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UC President Honors RadioBio

August 7, 2020
University of California President Janet Napolitano honored a student activist and a student-run science podcasting group on Thursday (July 30) with the annual President’s Award for Outstanding Student Leadership. Napolitano recognized this year’s award winners, UCLA Law’s...

New Tools Indicate How Thinning and Fire Affect Forest Water Use and Boost Runoff

July 29, 2020
Forest-management actions such as mechanical thinning and prescribed burns don’t just reduce the risk of severe wildfire and promote forest health — these practices can also contribute to significant increases in downstream water availability. New research from UC Merced’s Sierra Nevada Research...

SNRI Sees a Leadership Transition

July 29, 2020
Change is everywhere at UC Merced this year, from hiring a new chancellor to the completion of a major campus expansion. The Sierra Nevada Research Institute (SNRI), an early hallmark of research excellence at UC Merced, is also making a change: After a 13-year tenure, Faculty Director Professor...

Podcast Focuses on New Agriculture and California’s Future

July 14, 2020
On a hot June evening, UC Merced Professor Josh Viers joined farm advocate and small farmer Tom Willey on his front porch near Fresno to talk about California’s water, disadvantaged communities, agricultural production and the future as part of the new “Down on the Farm” podcast that’s now...

Human Waste Treatment Helps Solve Climate-Change Puzzle, New Study Shows

June 1, 2020
About 4.5 billion people around the globe do not have access to adequate sanitation, and what they do have — typically pit latrines and lagoons — are responsible for widespread illnesses and a portion of the greenhouse gases that are warming the planet. UC Merced Professor...

Human Waste Treatment Helps Solve Climate-Change Puzzle, New Study Shows

June 1, 2020
About 4.5 billion people around the globe do not have access to adequate sanitation, and what they do have — typically pit latrines and lagoons — are responsible for widespread illnesses and a portion of the greenhouse gases that are warming the planet. UC Merced Professor Rebecca Ryals and a...

Low Snowpack In California Mountains May Mean More Wildfires This Summer

May 19, 2020
The snowpack in California is dangerously low. The state gets most of its water from snow melt that begins high in the Sierra Nevada. Low snowpack means a drier summer and potentially more wildfires. Transcript:  ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: This month is shaping up to be one of the driest...

We Salute Your Service. We Will Never Forget The Sacrifice.

May 19, 2020

Researchers Forge a New Weapon to Fight Parasites and Other Infections

April 14, 2020
Breakthrough collaborative science by an interdisciplinary team of researchers brought together by computational biology Professor David Ardell promises a new approach for treating all types of infections. Infections have become more dangerous in recent years because bacteria and...

‘Research Week’ Celebrates UC Merced Innovation

February 25, 2020
UC Merced celebrates Research Week from March 2-6 to highlight the ground-breaking work taking place at the University of California’s newest campus. The annual week of events, sponsored by the Office of Research and Economic Development , is an opportunity for all to see the innovative projects...

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