Education

Merced City School District is making sure no child is left behind, despite school closures to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.  Teachers are contacting all of their students this week, to ensure they have a computer or tablet at home, to begin distance learning.  Every family in need of a device will receive one.  Plans are also in…

EDITOR'S NOTE: The following letter from all the Merced County School District Superintendents announces the extension of school…

By Mike Biddeson Antonio Villaraigosa, the newest member of the UC Merced Board of Trustees, likes to get his hands dirty.  The former Mayor…

Physics Professor Gabriela González is one of the world’s leading researchers in gravitational wave research and the global spokesperson for the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) Scientific Collaboration which proved one of Albert Einstein’s predictions about the universe. She is also this year’s guest…

Measure J will help foster ties between Mercy, Merced College By CHUCK KASSIS A couple of weeks ago, I…

Cruikshank Middle School staff is pleased to announce that Alex Tovar will be returning to school on Monday!  He will be attending school for a couple…

(from an MUHSD press release) Merced Union High School District (MUHSD) is seeking the public’s assistance in light of a recent uptick in vandalism. Merced Union High School District (MUHSD) is seeking the public’s assistance in light of a recent uptick in vandalism. For the third time this summer, MUHSD’s transportation yard, which is on…

UC Merced continues to build on its reputation as a world-class research university, debuting at No. 4 among U.S. universities in the 2019 Times Higher…

(Merced City School District Press Release) Students and staff at Hoover Middle School paid tribute to 13-year-old Vicente Mancera…

By Kenneth Mashinchi UC Merced Media Relations It is one of the largest and, arguably, most complex social infrastructure projects in the nation. Now, every building in the award-winning Merced 2020 Project is completely topped off. Chancellor Leland, UC Merced senior leadership and members of Webcor and Plenary — the project’s construction…