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UC Merced Professor Rose Scott, student Narciso Martinez Solorio

First-generation Students Shine at UC Merced. This Week Celebrates Them

November 3, 2025

More than six in 10 UC Merced undergraduates are the first in their families to attend a university. The national average for four-year universities is about two in 10. Opening doors to opportunity...

From the Valley, for the Valley: New SJV PRIME+ Students Embark on Journey to Transform Health Care

September 12, 2025
UC Merced welcomed 15 students into the SJV PRIME+ pathway, an eight-year B.S.-to-M.D. track created to address the San Joaquin Valley’s physician shortage. Students pledged to serve their...
UC Merced Professor Christopher Ojeda and his book

Depression Due to Politics: the Quiet Danger to Democracy

July 7, 2025

On laptop screens, televisions and social media feeds across the nation, images and words fueled by a fractured political landscape spout anger, frustration and resentment. Clashing ideologies burst...