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New Director Looks to Build on Sexual Violence Prevention Efforts

September 15, 2016

UC Merced was ahead of the curve in 2009, when it created the Violence Prevention Program to combat sexual violence, dating and domestic violence, and stalking on campus and in the community just four years after opening its doors to students. The program later became the Campus Advocacy, Resources...

U.S. News Ranks UC Merced Among Nation’s Top Universities

September 13, 2016

In just its 12th academic year, the University of California, Merced, has been named one of the best public universities in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. The news magazine’s 2017 Best Colleges rankings, released today, rate UC Merced No. 78 among public schools...

Researcher’s Solar-Powered Water Heaters Could Save Energy and Money

September 7, 2016

UC Merced Professor Gerardo Diaz is developing solar-powered water heating technology that could reduce the demand for natural gas in businesses and homes and lower the costs for business and homeowners. Soon he’ll be putting that technology to the test in Southern California. Through a nearly $1...

UC Merced ‘Cool’ Again in Sierra Sustainability Rankings

September 6, 2016

A week after being lauded by Washington Monthly in its rankings for social mobility and value, UC Merced today was named one of the Sierra Club’s “Cool Schools” for its commitment to sustainability. It’s the fourth time in the last five years that UC Merced has appeared in the rankings — each time...

UC Merced Places Well in Sierra Sustainability Rankings

September 6, 2016

A week after being lauded by Washington MonthlyOpens a New Window. in its rankings for social mobility and value, UC Merced today was named one of the Sierra Club’s “Cool Schools”Opens a New Window. for its commitment to sustainabilityOpens a...

Engineering Students Find Success, Passion and Possible Lifesaver in Research Lab

August 31, 2016

A team of UC Merced engineering students — plus one from a nearby state university and two from a local high school — made progress this summer on prototypes of portable machines for diagnosing diseases while enhancing the breadth of their education at the same time. Mentored by Professor Anand...

Washington Monthly Ranks Campus High for Value, Social Mobility

August 30, 2016

The Washington Monthly College Guide lists UC Merced as No. 8 in its “Best Bang for the Buck: Western Colleges” list — one spot behind Stanford University — highlighting colleges in the Western U.S. that are doing the best job of helping students from low-income...

Now a Dentist, Alum Embodied Campus’s Founding Spirit

August 29, 2016

Looking back on his years as one of the first students at UC Merced, Vinh Vo remembers how the brand-new university served him not only as a student, but also by preparing him for graduate school and his current career as a dentist. Vo, who graduated in 2009 with a bachelor’s degree in biological...

Young Students a Glimpse of College Life, Leadership

August 17, 2016

Ke-Myrion Anderson had never set foot on college campus before he spent a week at UC Merced in July. The Fresno eighth-grader was one of 150 students from across California who were invited to live and learn at the university as part of the Willie Lewis Brown Jr. Youth Leadership Development...

To ‘Change the World,’ UC Researchers Start Writing

August 15, 2016

When UC San Francisco Professor Elizabeth Dzeng wrote about homelessness for the San Francisco Chronicle, she wasn’t just conveying her expertise on a critical social issue — she was working as part of a cohort of roughly 60 faculty members across nine UC campuses who are all committed to...