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Our faculty members, Profs Erica Rutter, Noemi Petra, and Maya Tokman win the 2022-2023 SNS Awards

October 23, 2023

Building Collaborations in Teaching This award recognizes a faculty member who reaches across disciplinary boundaries to build collaborations that support innovative research and educational opportunities. This year’s award...

Ali Heydari has successfully defended his Ph.D thesis

October 13, 2023

Our Ph.D. student, Ali Heydari (adviser: Prof. Suzanne Sindi), has successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled "Deep Learning and Numerical Methods for Modeling Complex Biological Systems". Congratulations, Dr. Heydari! Dr. Heydari will go on to a Research Scientist...

Thank you Prof. Noemi Petra for your great service for SIAM Student Chapter!

September 11, 2023

Department of Energy Awards $37 Million to Build Research Capacity

September 7, 2023

Five faculty members from the School of Natural Sciences received grants recently from the Department of Energy (DOE) under its Funding for Accelerated, Inclusive Research (FAIR) initiative. To support research at minority-serving institutions and emerging research institutions, the DOE announced...

Eunji Yoo has successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis

July 25, 2023

Our Ph.D. student, Eunji Yoo (adviser: Prof. François Blanchette and Prof. Shilpa Khatri), has successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled "Flows of settling marine aggregates and complex fluid rheology". Congratulations, Dr. Yoo! Dr. You will go on to a postdoctoral position at...

Data Science Challenge offers Students Learning and Growth Opportunities

July 24, 2023

About 20 UC Merced students spent the past two weeks working at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) to see if they can solve a problem that could have a significant impact on cardiology. The annual Data Science Challenge (DSC), a two-week, full-time internship at LLNL, this year teamed...

Majerle Reeves has successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis

July 6, 2023

Our Ph.D. student, Majerle Reeves (adviser: Prof. Harish Bhat), has successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled "Machine Learning and Data Science for System Identification, Public Health, and Equity". Congratulations, Dr. Reeves! Dr. Reeves will go on to a prestigious postdoctoral...

Campus Adds New Areas of Studies for Students to Choose From

June 12, 2023

New students or those who have not yet chosen their majors will have an array of options before them. Five new majors and several new emphases, ranging across all three schools, are all coming online in 2024 and are recruiting students now. New bachelor’s of science degrees: chemical engineering...

SIAM Student Chapter Conference Showcases Math Students from Around Region and Coast

May 9, 2023

After a three-year hiatus, the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Student Chapter from UC Merced held its fifth annual Central Valley regional conference on campus. The UC Merced SIAM Student Chapter hosted the mid-April conference in the Dr. Vikram and Priya Lakireddy Grand...

UC Merced’s Graduate Programs Rank Among Best in the Nation

April 25, 2023

UC Merced continues to be recognized nationally, with some programs leaping forward, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2023-2024 edition of Best Graduate Schools released on April 25. Designed for prospective students looking to further their education beyond college, the Best Graduate...

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