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Free Health Conference Offered for Spanish-Speaking Students and Families

November 8, 2019
UC Merced will hold a free Spanish-language health conference for the community on Saturday, Nov. 16, with sessions on topics including preventative health measures, coping with stress, domestic violence and vaccines. The event is led by the Medical Spanish Service Learning Project, which trains...

Chancellor Brostrom Welcomes Maria Echaveste for Conversation on Democracy

November 6, 2019
At a time of dramatic political division in our society, the role of universities — as places where people can connect with others and explore ideas — is more important than ever, according to Maria Echaveste, the featured guest for a conversation with interim Chancellor Nathan Brostrom. Brostrom...

Votes Needed to Bring Concert Series to Merced

November 4, 2019
UC Merced is leading the charge to bring free outdoor concerts to Merced. Through Nov. 20, you can cast a vote for Merced to be named one of the Levitt AMP finalists. If Merced finishes in the Top 25, the city will move one step closer to receiving a $25,000 matching grant to present 10 free...

Physicist Found His Path to the Future at UC Merced

November 4, 2019
When Denzal Martin started his undergraduate work at UC Merced, he wasn’t thinking about a career in physics, interning with NASA or attending graduate school. The Los Angeles native was studying computer science and engineering. One day, though, he decided to attend a materials science and...

Lab Works to Understand Molecular Motors and Cholesterol’s Relation to Alzheimer’s

November 4, 2019
Professor Jing Xu and her students study extremely tiny motor proteins, but their work could make a huge contribution to the growing body of knowledge about Alzheimer’s and other diseases that progressively destroy brain tissue. Alzheimer's disease is, so far, untreatable and incurable and is the...

Researchers Look to Wetlands to Increase Delta Water Quality

November 4, 2019
UC Merced Professor Peggy O’Day hopes to improve water quality in the California Delta by studying local wetlands. O’Day is leading a new three-year study of Merced County wetlands that drain into the San Joaquin River and eventually the Delta. “The Delta is sort of the heart and lungs of...

Chancellor, DRIVE partners discuss economic initiative with governor

November 1, 2019
Interim Chancellor Nathan Brostrom joined colleagues and partners from the Central Valley to present Governor Gavin Newsom with a draft of the Fresno DRIVE plan. UC Merced has been a partner in the creation of DRIVE (Developing the Region’s Inclusive and Vibrant Economy), a regionally focused,...

Maria Echaveste, Former Senior White House Official, Set to Visit UC Merced

November 1, 2019
American democracy is an evolving force, one on the edge of peril, and the future of our government depends on how — and whether — individual Americans choose to be part of it, says Maria Echaveste, a distinguished public policy advocate and former senior White House official. “The Future of...

Brostrom Delivers Annual University Address, Welcomes New Trustees

November 1, 2019
The UC Merced Foundation Board of Trustees welcomed six new members, and an alumni representative, on Wednesday during their fall meeting on campus. The Foundation welcomed: Sally Bednar, Managing Director, Wells Fargo Securities, New York City Lesley Slaton Brown, Chief Diversity Officer, HP Inc...

The Chancellor's Annual Address to the UC Merced Foundation

November 1, 2019
Ladies and gentlemen, members of the board of trustees and members of our community, friends of the University of California Merced, students, faculty and staff — I would like to begin on a personal note as I mark three months as your interim Chancellor. It has been a distinct and humbling honor to...

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