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Solar Car Race Draws Middle School Competitors to UC Merced

November 10, 2022
    It wasn’t exactly “Racers, start your engines.” More like, “Racers, remove     your covers.”     But the solar car challenge put on by CalTeach and the Solar Energy     Association at UC Merced Saturday, Nov. 5, was still an action-packed day     of racing.     Several dozen middle...

Nishiguchi Joins California Academy of Sciences, Recognized for Contributions to Microbiology

November 9, 2022
Molecular and Cellular Biology Professor Michele “Nish” Nishiguchi has been inducted as a Fellow of the California Academy of Sciences and was recently named president-elect for the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB). She is one of 11 distinguished scientists inducted at the...

Webinar on Health Effects of Hookah to Include Doctoral Student's Research

November 9, 2022
A doctoral student in the Public Health program will be among the presenters taking part in a webinar on the health effects and policy implications of hookah smoking. Sarah Alnahari will present her research in the webinar titled "Shisha, Hookah and Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking: Health Effects of Use...

UC Merced, Fresno City College Create New Transfer Pipeline for Students

November 9, 2022
On Monday (Oct.31), UC Merced and Fresno City College (FCC) signed the Merced Promise Pathway Program memorandum of understanding (MOU). The signing of this MOU further extends access for transfer students in the Central Valley. FCC is the largest community college in the Central Valley region....

UC Merced in Partnership with the K-16 Workforce & Education Collaborative Receives State Planning Grant

November 7, 2022
The University of California, Merced, as the lead agency working in collaboration with partners from Merced, Stanislaus and San Joaquin counties, was awarded a planning grant for $250,000 to plan and design streamlined pathways for students from high school to postsecondary education to the...

Professors to Share Their Research Through Comics at Events

November 3, 2022
The Center for the Humanities is hosting in-person and virtual events to give some insight into how professors share their research through comics. The center's Bobcat Comics series aims to showcase different types of research in an easy-to-understand format. Four new comics are being launched...

Ninth Merced Automatic Admission Program Partnership to Open Educational Doors to Students from Visalia Unified

November 2, 2022
UC Merced has added Visalia Unified School District (VUSD) to its list of partners signed to the Merced Automatic Admission Program (MAAP). The ninth partnership will allow hundreds of VUSD students to be automatically accepted to UC Merced if they meet the university’s eligibility requirements....

Professor Contributes to New Report on Health and Climate Change that Paints Grim Picture

October 26, 2022
The 2022 report of the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change warns that global health is at the mercy of fossil fuels. An accompanying policy brief states that an estimated 32,000 people in the U.S. died due to air pollution in 2020 alone; 37% of those deaths were directly related to fossil...

Professor Eaton Makes Case for Student Loan Forgiveness on 'Dr. Phil' Show

October 26, 2022
Sociology Professor Charlie Eaton was a recent guest on the "Dr. Phil" talk show, where he discussed President Joe Biden's plan to cancel billions of dollars in federal student loans. Ultimately, Eaton believes it will be "transformative for more than 40 million people who are going to have their...

Fred and Mitzie Ruiz Honored for Transformational Gift with Named Administration Center

October 24, 2022
Fred and Mitzie Ruiz, longtime UC Merced donors and two of the university’s most active and earliest supporters, have made a significant gift to name the campus’ administration building and enrollment center. In honor of their philanthropic leadership, the facility will be named the Fred and Mitzie...

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