UC Merced

UC Merced is ranked in the Top 25 Best Public Schools by @usnews and holds the No. 3 spot in social mobility for the second year in a row. 🔗 ucm.edu/nwhjdw

Proud to be ranked among the nation's best!🙌 UC Merced is once again featured in @Money 2026 Best Colleges in America report, which recognizes more than 700 institutions based on student outcomes, affordability, instructor access and economic mobility. 🔗 ucm.edu/vu9mck

Happy Fourth of July from UC Merced! 🇺🇸 This year, we celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and the people, ideas, and communities that continue to move our nation forward. Our campus will be closed Friday, July 3, in observance of the holiday.

What started as a jam session in a professor's garage became G Street Revolution, an all-faculty band made up of UC Merced professors and lecturers from across disciplines🎶🎸 Ten years later, the band has released its debut album called "Dumpster Fire." 🔗ucm.edu/dx9f1u

Heat waves supercharge wildfire season, according to new research from @UCMerced showing that while heat waves account for just 12–15% of warm-season days, they’re linked to 42% of the area burned by wildfires in the western U.S. bit.ly/4uTyFko

The Bay Area is home to five professional women’s sports teams and our Bobcats had a front-row seat to history. Thank you to incoming Foundation Trustee and proud @ucmerced alumna Temnee Wright '08 for hosting our Bobcats at the Golden State Valkyries game. 💙💛🏀

At UC Merced, students can analyze airflow in a wind tunnel, perform standup comedy for an audience or study mushrooms at Yosemite National Park. These unexpected courses spark creativity, confidence and discovery in unforgettable ways 💫 Full story 🔗 ucm.edu/ht9g6a

From classrooms and campus research labs to some of the nation's most impactful scientific institutions🔬🚀 🧬 Bobcats are turning opportunity into careers at the nation's leading national laboratories, including Lawrence Livermore and Sandia. Read more 🔗 ucm.edu/national-labs

UC Merced and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have signed a Strategic Partnership Agreement to advance research, support national and energy security, strengthen CA innovation, and help prepare the next generation of scientists and engineers. 🔗 ucm.edu/m2a2vq

A $3 million grant is helping UC Merced and partners across the San Joaquin Valley create more opportunities for students to succeed after high school 🎓This initiative will help thousands build a clearer path to college, a career and beyond. 🔗ucm.edu/homzb6

The future of autonomous driving is being built at UC Merced. ⚡🚗 Supported by NVIDIA, researchers are working to bridge the gap between AI breakthroughs in the lab and the split-second decisions vehicles need to make on real roads. Read more 🔗 ucm.edu/j87slc

A train whistle. A jazz club. The hum of farm equipment.🎧 Those sounds and more come to life in "Soundscapes of Merced," a new exhibit created by UC Merced Professor Patricia Vergara. It preserves the stories and sounds that have connected generations. 🔗 ucm.edu/2cetj1

For 25 years, CITRIS and the Banatao Institute have transformed bold ideas into solutions that make a difference, drive innovation, inspire discovery and create lasting impact.✨ Read more 🔗 ucm.edu/wibtla

Here’s to the people behind the scenes and at the center of it all, our UC Merced staff! 💛💙 Thank you for the countless ways you support the Bobcat community every single day. We hope Staff Appreciation Week showed just how valued you are!

Flexible pathways. Meaningful degrees. Greater economic mobility. 🎓 A new $550,000 grant from College Futures Foundation will help UC Merced expand opportunities for adult learners to return to school and complete a UC degree. Read more🔗ucm.edu/scnd

This Memorial Day, we honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our country. Campus is closed today in observance and will reopen Tuesday. We hope you take a moment to reflect on their courage and sacrifice 🇺🇸

🏆 Back-to-back wins! 🙌 @ucmerced's NSBE chapter earns Region VI Medium Chapter of the Year again—standing out among 100+ chapters. A testament to leadership, vision, and community impact! 🔗ucm.edu/zmigo2 #UCMEngineering #NSBE #BlackExcellence

Bold support for the pursuit of transformative discovery💡The W.M. Keck Foundation is investing nearly $1.8 million in UC Merced research, helping fuel groundbreaking advances while supporting innovative, early-career researchers. 🧬 🔗 ucm.edu/o3kmzx

This commencement weekend was a full-circle moment at UC Merced 💫 Every keynote speaker once sat in the crowd as a UC Merced graduate. Now, during the university’s 20th year, they returned to inspire the next generation. Congratulations, Class of 2026 🎓 @UCMercedAlumni

In 2006, Eve Delfin was one of just three graduates in UC Merced’s very first graduating class 🎓 Twenty years later, she returned to welcome more than 1,600 undergraduates in the Class of 2026 into the Bobcat alumni family 💙🐾

Thank you for spending time with our Bobcat community @ucprez Milliken!