UC Merced News

Osteoporosis patients are among those who could benefit from the findings of a study on bone health at the University of California at Merced.

The Lake Elsinore Rotary Club recently awarded six scholarships. Pictured left to right are Scholarship chairwoman Mary Brown, Rotarian Adria Poindexter, Fernando Olvera of Lakeside High School, Isis Perez of Lakeside High School, Ana Mendoza of Temescal Canyon High School, Esteban Arenas of Ortega High School, Jessica Reimer of Lakeside High ... (more)

The Peninsula College Fund scholarship awardees Diana Lopez Solorzano and Cristian Diaz have much in common.

Osteoporosis patients are among those who could benefit from the findings of a new UC Merced study on bone health.

To combat that, UC Merced students are sharing their stories of academic success, sometimes in the face of their own difficult circumstances, in hopes of convincing local kids to stay in school.

The children's opera "Ugh the Duck" will be performed at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday in the Merced Multicultural Arts Center, 645 W. Main St.

The Outdoor Experience Program capitalizes on UC Merced's location with its rapidly growing menu of excursions to outdoor destinations such as Zion National Park, Big Sur, Yosemite National Park, San Francisco Bay and Joshua Tree National Monument.

Some graduating seniors have defied cultural barriers and overcome poverty, illness, and painful family histories.

Granite Hills High School seniors were awarded close to $1 million towards college during the school's annual scholarship and award night held May 10 at Granite Hills High School.

As a middle-class student, William Kyle Hamilton is among those who felt the impact of college-tuition increases the most.

While jobs and the economy were never far from anyone's lips, the forum gave voters a glimpse into the candidates' ideological differences.

The March Students of the Month are Gina Bachtel of Valley Preparatory School and Glenn Claflin of the Grove School.

Merced was not just the city where my university happened to be located. It was something completely different for me, coming from a coastal city in Southern California, but it was a welcome change.

Local moms Luzviminda Kendrick and Debye Conte will be among the 775 UC Merced students who will walk in tonight's seventh commencement ceremony at the university.

As she makes her way through the modest but charming facility, she says hello to Mac the mountain lion, Boomer the bobcat and UC Merced mascot and a couple of raccoons named Bart and Ms.

Tuesday's workshop, from 9 to 11:30 a.m., will help eligible businesses get certification for the program, which can give them preferential access to federal government contracts.

An alarming number of California high school graduates are deciding not to attend the state's once-vaunted public universities, researchers have found.

With first lady Michelle Obama as the principal speaker, the Secret Service will ensure that security around the campus is especially tight.

Here's yet another sign of crisis in California higher education. More students are leaving the state to attend a four-year college or university.

Merced College and UC Merced have been named as Hispanic-serving agricultural institutions of higher education by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.