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Black Student Coalition Grows - A Lot

February 28, 2024
Editor's note: In honor of Black History Month, the UC Merced newsroom is highlighting some of the organizations, services and people who serve or represent the Black community on campus. UC Merced's Black Student Coalition has tripled in size in just the past year. Stephen Smith and De'Zhane Brown...

Human Rights Film Festival Shows the Faces of Injustice

February 27, 2024
The unflinching demand for justice drives the moving images and impassioned ideas packed into the agenda of this year’s UC Merced Human Rights Film Festival, presented by the university’s Global Arts, Media & Writing Studies department. From discussions of systemic oppression and the horrors...

Project Positions W.E.B. Du Bois as Inspiration for STEM Students

February 27, 2024
Editor's note: In honor of Black History Month, the UC Merced newsroom is highlighting some of the organizations, services and people who serve or represent the Black community on campus. We all need heroes. Perhaps that was on Roy Wilkins’ mind as he faced the sea of humanity – 250,000 strong – on...

Fellowship Expands Quantum, AI Training to Fill Industry Demand

February 26, 2024
UC Merced graduate students Anuvetha Govindarajan and Jocelyn Ornelas-Munoz have each received a $25,000 fellowship from SandboxAQ, which creates solutions at the nexus of artificial intelligence and quantum technology — or AQ — to address some of the world's greatest challenges. For the past six...

Grant Supports UC Merced Effort to Improve College Readiness in Valley

February 26, 2024
A significant grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will advance UC Merced's efforts to create a deeper and more comprehensive understanding of college readiness among high-school students in the San Joaquin Valley, particularly those from underrepresented and socioeconomically diverse...

Groundbreaking Sorority Hosts Black History Month Celebration

February 23, 2024
Editor's note: In honor of Black History Month, the UC Merced newsroom is highlighting some of the organizations, services and people who serve or represent the Black community on campus. Three months ago, UC Merced welcomed its first historically African-American international sorority. On...

AFRO Hall Students Find Community, Support and Success

February 23, 2024
Editor's note: In honor of Black History Month, the UC Merced newsroom is highlighting some of the organizations, services and people who serve or represent the Black community on campus. Like many first-year students, Layla Muhammed stumbled a bit at the beginning of her journey at UC Merced. But...

Climate and Carbon Dioxide ‘Roads to Removal’ Discussion Set for UC Merced

February 23, 2024
What does the greater Merced community need to know about climate change? How might the Central Valley play a significant role in discussions and solutions about carbon dioxide removal? What new projects are on the horizon, and can they bring economic and community benefits to the region? These...

Public Radio Highlights Natural Reserves, New Program for Undergraduates

February 20, 2024
The latest installment of North State Public Radio’s Blue Dot podcast focuses on the UC Natural Reserve System and the national parks and features a segment about the UC Merced ¿field curious? program. Sponsored by the UC Merced Natural Reserve System (NRS), ¿field curious? introduces...

Sukenik Named Sloan Research Fellow for Pioneering Research in Protein Chemistry

February 20, 2024
Professor Shahar Sukenik has been a faculty member for only 5 1/2 years, but he has already built an impressive resume, becoming a leader in his research field, an innovator and an exceptional communicator. Those qualities helped him become UC Merced’s first recipient of the Alfred P. Sloan...

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