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Federal Grant Preserves Critical Equipment for Molecular Exploration

April 1, 2021
An important and expensive piece of equipment that was nearing the end of its life is getting a vital upgrade, thanks to a new grant awarded to Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Professor Andy LiWang from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR). Nuclear magnetic resonance (...

Graduate Student Association Provides Collective Voice for Grad Students

March 31, 2021
Graduate school is tough, but graduate students have a place to turn to for advocacy and support on campus. Since it was established in 2005, UC Merced’s Graduate Student Association (GSA) has promoted graduate students’ rights and worked with the Graduate Division and other campus leadership to...

Two New Faculty Members Expand Physics Department and Bring the Cosmos to Campus

March 29, 2021
UC Merced occupies just one small corner of the world. But through the research, teaching, experience, and connections of two new Department of Physics faculty members, students can access and begin to understand the universe. Astrophysics professors Sarah Loebman and Anna Nierenberg joined last...

A City in France Says It Can Predict COVID-19 Surges by analyzing poop in its sewers

March 25, 2021

Is Student Loan Forgiveness the Answer?

March 25, 2021

Undergrad Experience: Allen Kalampukattussery

March 23, 2021
Name: Allen Kalampukattussery Year: Third year Major: Biological Sciences, Human Biology emphasis Hometown: San Jose What is a memorable project that you worked on during your time at UC Merced? I am currently working on a project in Professor Gordon Bennett’s lab where I work on animal-microbe...

Stop Asian Hate, Stop Black Hate, Stop All Hate

March 21, 2021

Undergrad Experience: Austin John Escobar

March 18, 2021
Name: Austin John Escobar Year: Third year Major: Biological Sciences with Human Emphasis; minor in Education Hometowns: Dublin, Calif., and Manila, Philippines What is a memorable project that you worked on during your time at UC Merced? I have two I want to share. The first was a being student in...

With Kleckner’s Award, Physics Department Nabs its Third CAREER Grant This Year

March 16, 2021
Physics Professor Dustin Kleckner has received a prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER award for his research — the third in his department this year. He studies how optical and acoustic binding controls interactions between/among particles and how it manipulates them into self-...

Guaranteed Freshman Admission to Eligible Local Students

March 16, 2021

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