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Gopinathan Chosen for Leadership Role in American Physical Society
By Lorena Anderson, UC MercedDecember 21, 2021Professor Ajay Gopinathan has been elected the next vice-chair of the Division of Biological Physics. Image by Veronica Adrover.Professor Ajay Gopinathan...
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UC Merced Team Wins CITRIS’s Inaugural Student Aviation Competition
By Peter Glenn, CITRISJanuary 14, 2022A team from UC Merced comprising eight undergraduate and graduate students has won the inaugural CITRIS Aviation Prize.A team from UC Merced comprising eight...
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Mechanical Engineer Receives Prestigious CAREER Award
By Lorena Anderson, UC MercedJanuary 20, 2022Professor Goyal, front, with several of his students. Mechanical engineering Professor Sachin Goyal has received a CAREER award for his research into how...
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McCloskey Earns a Place Among Fellows in Prestigious Bioengineering Organization
By Lorena Anderson, UC MercedFebruary 15, 2022Professor Kara McCloskeyThe American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has elected founding faculty member Professor Kara McCloskey...
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Chemist Becomes Campus’ Second Cottrell Scholar
By Lorena Anderson, UC MercedFebruary 22, 2022Aurora Pribram-JonesTheoretical chemist Professor Aurora Pribram-Jones has been named a Cottrell Scholar, winning one of only 24 of the prestigious...
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UC Merced, Stanislaus State Awarded $1.4 Million to Help Snuff Out Tobacco Use
By Juan Flores, UC MercedMarch 14, 2022The funding from the collaborative grant is slated to last through 2025. Photo via Pixabay.UC Merced's Nicotine and Cannabis Policy Center (NCPC) and California...
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UC Merced Student Selected as a ‘Rising Graduate Scholar’ by Diverse
By Brenda Ortiz, UC MercedMarch 17, 2022Quantitative and Systems Biology doctoral student Rhondene Wint was named a 2022 Rising Graduate Scholar by Diverse: Issues In Higher Education.Rhondene Wint is...
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Literature Professor Inducted as Permanent Member of Prestigious Academy
By Juan Flores, UC MercedMarch 17, 2022Professor Manuel M. Martín-Rodríguez has been with UC Merced since 2004. Photo by Veronica Adrover.A UC Merced professor is being recognized by a major...
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UC Merced Police Chief Honored with Distinguished Staff Award
By Desiree López, UC MercedMarch 21, 2022Chou Her has been with UC Merced since 2005 and was appointed chief of police in 2017.As someone who has overcome many obstacles to get where he is now,...
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Graduate Students’ Fellowships Promote Study of Valley Fever
By Anh Diep, UC MercedMarch 28, 2022Graduate students Nadia Miranda, left, and Susana Tejeda-Garibay have received prestigious fellowships for their research.Professor Katrina Hoyer ’s lab is helping...
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UC Merced Grad Programs See Uptick in U.S. News Rankings
By Brenda Ortiz, UC MercedMarch 29, 2022Most ranked graduate programs see progress in the 2023 U.S. News Best Graduate Schools rankings.Twelve of UC Merced’s graduate programs and one of its schools...
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Cottrell Award Giving Undergrad a Grad Student Experience
By Lorena Anderson, UC MercedApril 21, 2022Physics Professor David Strubbe and undergraduate student Elsa Vazquez. Photo by Zachary Mauri.Physics undergraduate student Elsa Vazquez and her faculty...
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Jessica Wilson’s CBD Research Talk Advances Her to UC Grad Slam Final
By Brenda Ortiz, UC MercedApril 26, 2022QSB graduate candidate Jessica Wilson won UC Merced's 2022 Grad Slam competition and heads to the UC final on May 6.UC Merced’s top 10 Glad Slam finalists went...
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Political Science Professor Named 2022 Carnegie Fellow
By Juan Flores, UC MercedApril 27, 2022Professor Jessica Trounstine is one of 28 award recipients. Photo by Veronica Adrover.The Carnegie Corporation of New York announced that Department of Political...
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Community and Labor Center Receives Historic $6.5 Million Award
By Juan Flores, UC MercedMay 2, 2022The $6.5 million grant will support the creation of a Worker Resource Center. Photo provided by Community and Labor Center.The UC Merced Community and Labor Center...
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NEH Grant Awarded to UC Merced for Sierra Nevada-Central Valley Archive in...
By Juan Flores, UC MercedMay 3, 2022The expanded space will enable the library to preserve and provide access to special research collections. Photo by Rebecca Gourevitch.The National Endowment for the...
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Campus Awarded Edible Food Recovery Grant
By Desiree López, UC MercedJune 1, 2022UC Merced’s Office of Sustainability’s Bobcat Eats Food Waste Awareness and Prevention Program, in partnership with United Way of Merced, has been awarded a...
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Student Team Winners Named at this Spring’s Innovate to Grow Event
By Kate Totter, UC MercedJune 9, 2022I2G is an opportunity to see student-designed solutions to real-world challenges.The biannual School of Engineering showcase event, Innovate to Grow (I2G),...
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Palmer Headed for Capitol Hill as Campus’s First Congressional Science Fellow
July 5, 2022Hannah Palmer was named as the 2022-23 Congressional Science Fellow by the Geological Society of America.UC Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow Hannah Palmer, Ph.D., was named as the 2022-23...
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UC Merced Earns Highest Rating for its Sustainability Efforts
By Desiree López, UC MercedJuly 7, 2022Photo by Veronica AdroverFor the first time, UC Merced has been awarded a Platinum rating in recognition of its sustainability achievements under the Association...
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