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Students from Universidad Autónoma Chapingo in Texcoco, Mexico, visited UC Merced in March.
March 21, 2023
When three buses rolled onto campus on one chilly winter morning, UC Merced gave the occupants a warm Bobcat welcome. More than 100 undergraduate students and faculty members from Universidad Autónoma Chapingo — an agricultural institution in Texcoco, Mexico — visited the UC Merced campus on March...
The future of agriculture will be discussed at a summit March 30.
March 15, 2023
UC Merced researchers will discuss the campus's Experimental Smart Farm, as well as pressing agricultural issues, at a one-day summit later this month at California State University, Fresno. The summit, What is the Future of Agriculture in California, is free to attend either in person or...
A team of researchers published a paper on the varying needs for storing renewable energy.
March 13, 2023
As more renewable energy projects take hold in California, there is more need for effective ways to store that energy. A paper published by a UC Merced research team examines how the need for storage can vary for different combinations of renewable resources. Zabir Mahmud and his team published...
March 8, 2023
Fourth year Environmental Systems Ph.D. student Elena Bischak has been named a research fellow by the American Farmland Trust (AFT). The AFT Research Fellows Program aims to “empower the next generation of university-trained leaders to create meaningful positive change toward a new conventional...
Professor Peggy O'Day
March 8, 2023
At UC Merced, mercury is a regional challenge that student and faculty researchers have been tackling for several years. Mercury was used to extract gold during the Gold Rush in California, and the element was also mined at the New Almaden site, at one time the second-largest mercury mine in the...
The New Ventures Incubator, funded by a grant from the University of California Office of the President, will be constructed in the Biomedical Sciences and Physics building
March 7, 2023
A $1 million grant from the University of California (UC) Office of the President will fund opportunities for UC Merced researchers to make significant impacts on climate change - fast. The award, announced Wednesday, March 1, is part of $100 million designated to the University of California in...
Professor Rebecca Ryals and her students study soil organic amendments.
March 6, 2023
Professor Rebecca Ryals has made campus history by being named UC Merced’s inaugural Presidential Chair in Climate Change. The appointment was recommended by her peers and Dean Betsy Dumont from the School of Natural Sciences in recognition of Ryals’ outstanding research, teaching and service....
Field researcher at California's tidal pools.
March 2, 2023
It's time for the campus and the community to celebrate UC Merced’s high-level research during Research Week, March 6 through 10. The annual research showcase, hosted by the Office of Research and Economic Development, kicks off with a Health Sciences Research Institute (HSRI) event titled “...
Laurels for the director's choice award at the Thomas Edison Film Festival
March 1, 2023
Global Arts Studies Professor Yehuda Sharim ’s film “El Ojo Comienza en la Mano,” a documentary about a Central Valley farm worker who never gave up his love of painting, has been garnering awards and nominations around the world since it came out in 2022. The son of working-class agricultural...

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