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Photo depicts an attendee speaking into a microphone to ask a question at the Rural Energy Summit at UC Merced.
January 21, 2026

One of the biggest hurdles facing local farmers is the rising cost of doing business. However, some innovative solutions are in the works, as highlighted at the Central Valley Rural Energy Systems...

Photo depicts climate scientist Michael Mann speaking at a podium at UC Merced.
December 16, 2025

The global climate crisis was entirely predictable and impacts nearly every facet of life. But we still can slow its progress and mitigate the effects we already see. That was the message delivered...

Professor Roger Bales
November 10, 2025

Professors Roger Bales and Martha Conklin arrived in Merced in 2003, the first non-administrative faculty members at UC Merced. They came with a vision: to create a research university that would...