UC Merced

Charles Nies, UC Merced’s vice chancellor of Student Affairs, told the Times, “UC Merced is part of a research project, and we’re looking at sewer waste, and we detected Omicron in Merced County in September. I haven’t heard of any case of an individual being identified as positive for Omicron, but it’s coming. “I’ve been hearing…

After a months long collaboration between dozens of UC Merced students, professional artists, National Park Service staff and Merced community…

Gov. Gavin Newsom visited UC Merced this week to personally tell UC officials, local elected leaders, community members, and of course students,…

Human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Nadia Murad will be honored with the Spendlove Prize during a UC Merced virtual ceremony on Nov. 3. Murad has been selected as the 14th recipient of the Alice and Clifford Spendlove Prize in Social Justice, Diplomacy and Tolerance. The 2018 Nobel Peace Prize recipient will be honored…

It was obvious UC Merced Chancellor Juan Sanchez Munoz was both proud of meeting the challenge of the Covid pandemic and optimistic about the…

The recent takeover of Afghanistan by Taliban forces has caused many Afghans to flee their homes searching for asylum. Responding to the urgency of the…

As the number of cases of COVID-19 surge again globally as a result of the delta variant, world leaders are searching for ways to make more informed decisions on how to contain the pandemic. Researchers at UC Merced and Michigan State University (MSU) know what can provide early signs of the virus and help with critical decisions — sewage.…

Michael McGeary has been named executive director of government and community relations for the University of California, Merced, after an extensive search…

With a new $20 million federal grant, UC Merced becomes part of a multi-institutional research collaborative to develop artificial intelligence — or AI —…

School is back in session and UC Merced’s total student enrollment has again surpassed 9,000 as the university returns to primarily in-person instruction for fall 2021 with its largest first-year class ever. The 9,226 students enrolled for the start of the academic year include 2,466 first-year students, 282 new transfer students and 146 new…