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Ph.D. Student Named Underrepresented Chemist of Color by Merck

June 25, 2021
Chemistry and Chemical Biology graduate student Ali Abou Taka is one of 12 students to receive the inaugural Merck Research Award for Underrepresented Chemists of Color. Abou Taka, a Ph.D. student in Professor Hrant Hratchian’s lab, studies the transition of metal complexes that play a critical...

Where Did Sierra Snow Go This Spring?

June 23, 2021

From Earth to Space and Back Again: Solar Samples Show Surprising Results

June 17, 2021
When physics graduate student William Delmas made samples of solar energy harvesting perovskite films two years ago, he had no idea that this summer, he’d be analyzing those same samples after they made a round trip to the International Space Station (ISS). “It’s really cool to see this come full...

MacKenzie Scott Gifts $20 Million to UC Merced

June 16, 2021

The Latest Tool in Fighting Wildfires: Homes That Won't Burn

June 15, 2021

How the Virus Unraveled Hispanic American Families

June 14, 2021

Black Women Owe 22% More in Student Debt than White Women

June 14, 2021

Humans Might be Making Genetic Evolution Obsolete

June 14, 2021

Staff Members’ Daughter Raises $1,000 to Plant New Trees

June 10, 2021
A core tenet of UC Merced’s mission is public service, something staffers Tom and Esmeralda Martinez know all about thanks to their daughter. On June 5, Merced natives the Martinezes and their 7-year-old daughter, Adison, worked alongside community members and city leaders to clean up Rahilly Park...

'Solar Canals' Could Save 63 Billion Gallons of Water

June 1, 2021

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