UC Merced

UC Merced’s virtual Research Week, March 1 through 5, was held via Zoom due to the pandemic. One of the organizations presenting research during the event was…

UC Merced master’s student Selina Brinkmann has been awarded a Rhodes Scholarship for study at Oxford University — a first for the campus. “A Rhodes…

UC Merced Research Week, March 1 through 5, consisted of five days of virtual presentations featuring some of UC Merced’s ground-breaking research and work. Highlights of the all-virtual Research Week included campus experts talking about COVID-19, wildfires and collaborative studies with communities, virtual tours of UC Merced’s eight core labs…

This year UC Merced is bringing the Children’s Opera to students and families across the Central Valley. Through a virtual format, children ages 3 and…

What is the best way to get your questions about food and healthy eating habits answered by an authority so as to be aware of, and enjoy, good nutrition?…

By NILS SKUDRA Special To The Times More than 10 years ago, after graduating from high school in the Bay Area, I moved to Merced to begin my undergraduate studies at UC Merced.  Upon visiting the campus, I was profoundly struck by its remoteness, the simple beauty of its agricultural surroundings, and the fact that the university…

By JUAN SÁNCHEZ MUÑOZ When I was named UC Merced’s fourth chancellor in mid 2020, I knew the story of this great university — the battle for its creation…

The University of California announced this week that it is planning for a return to primarily in-person instruction systemwide starting in fall 2021. The…

Anais Guillem is one of those UC Merced grad students you don’t ever want to see leave town.  “During my time here, I have always looked for ways to collaborate with local residents, and also to give back something beneficial to the community,” she told the Times shortly before her departure.   In addition to her on-campus efforts…