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UC Celebrates $15 Million Mellon Grant to Support Faculty Diversity

July 16, 2021

The University of California today (July 16) announced the receipt of a $15 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for the President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (PPFP). This funding will help expand the number of PPFP fellowships at UC and establish a program for hiring faculty...

Plantel Anuncia Colaboración con Aplicación Móvil Para Ayudar a Alimentar a la Comunidad del Valle

July 15, 2021

La Universidad de California, Merced (UCM) continúa demostrando su liderazgo en ayudar con la disminución de la inseguridad alimentaria en el Valle de San Joaquín tras anunciar su colaboración con la aplicación móvil Fresh Food Connect. La aplicación tiene como objetivo el que agricultores donen...

Professor’s Drive to Help the Community Gets Underway for 13th Year

July 15, 2021

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...

Q&A: Alumnus Sang Hoang Founds Nonprofit to Fight Asian Hate and Injustice

July 14, 2021

Sang Hoang ('20) says he has had enough. The University of California, Merced alumnus is tired of seeing countless attacks on Asian Americans, which have only increased amid the coronavirus pandemic. To help bring light to these crimes, battle anti-Asian hate and injustice, and empower young...

Cows are Udderly Useful for Healthy Vegetation Management on Nature Reserve

July 13, 2021

Today is National Cow Appreciation Day, a “holiday” invented by a fast-food chain that sells a lot of "chikn." But it’s still a good opportunity to celebrate our neighbors to the northeast — even if being surrounded by cows wasn’t necessarily how you imagined your college experience. The cows might...

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...

Strauss Foundation Winner, Recent Grad Works to Improve Wheelchair Accessibility

June 29, 2021

In July, Joseph Bello will present his findings for the prestigious Donald A. Strauss Foundation scholarship to United Spinal, the longstanding nonprofit dedicated to overcoming the stigma of disability and increasing inclusivity for wheelchair users. It has taken months of work to prepare, but...

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...

Central Valley Caravan to Provide Labor Rights Information to Farmworkers

June 24, 2021

Farmworkers can learn more about their labor rights and workplace safety protections as a mobile informational caravan makes multiple stops across the Central Valley this weekend. UC Merced's Community and Labor Center is one of several partners involved in the outreach effort being launched by the...

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...