Merced is a community with a lot of poverty, made worse with the Great Recession in 2009 and the COVID-19 pandemic. To help people in need, Professor Patti LiWang has been leading a diaper and toilet paper drive for the past 12 years.
“When we moved here, the recession hit. It was hard for us, a...
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Campus Wastewater Testing Offers COVID-19 Early Warning System, Establishes Protocols for the Future
July 8, 2021
COVID-19 upended life as we know it, especially among the science community. While some scientists rushed to develop a vaccine, others sought a better understanding of the virus, hoping to predict where the next outbreak might be in order to better contain it. At UC Merced, this included testing...
July 1, 2021
The School of Natural Sciences is pleased to welcome and introduce 3 new faculty members this fall.
We look forward to supporting their careers and research development as we continue our advancement to R1.
Adeyemi Adebiyi, Assistant Professor, Life and Environmental...
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...