'What started as one lecture turned into 20 days of traveling through the Philippines for UC Merced management Professor Russ McBride.' Read more about what functional entrepreneurship...

Resources for the Future and NASA selected three research teams for grants totaling $300,000. Economist Stephen Newbold of the University of Wyoming is leading the transdisciplinary team working on water quality management. The project team includes Sarah Lindley and Shannon Albeke (University of Wyoming), Joshua Viers (University of California, Merced), Robert Johnston (Clark University), and George Parsons (University of Delaware)...

Three UC Merced professors — Dr. Wei-Chun Chin, Dr. Jennifer Lu and Dr. Changqing Li — their mission is to develop a rapid response COVID-19 antibody test. It’s one of four UC Merced projects awarded seed grant funding from the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) and the Banatao Institute. Other participating campuses include UC Berkeley, UC Davis, and UC Santa Cruz...

The showcase, the School of Engineering’s premier event, is divided into four sections. Three — the Capstone Innovation Design Clinic, Engineering Service Learning and the Mobile App Challenge — have been part of every spring event for the past eight years. This year saw the addition of an exhibition of Technology for Social Good by the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) — a student-led learning and technology program that promotes healthy and sustainable livelihoods in the United States and abroad...

The University of California, Merced, is rising to the meet the greatest challenge of our lifetimes. Because of their rapid response, innovative engineering and deep ethic to help, UC Merced faculty members have been awarded four grants from the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society and the Banatao Institute (CITRIS) COVID-19 Seed Fund to address the pandemic...

Led by Professor Colleen Naughton, a new program to engage incoming and transfer students before they start at UCM also develops the agricultural workforce. The six-week summer immersion bridge program at the University of California, Merced introduces students from the San Joaquin Valley to the exciting world of research in agricultural science and technology...

CITRIS UC Merced congratulates Valerie Moss, Class of 2020! During her term at UC Merced, Moss has served as a tour guide, ASUCM judge, and intern with the Office of Student Life. With CITRIS, Moss led the transition to tech-based team coordination, helping everyone adopt new technologies and practices; was instrumental in launching several programs including the inaugural Tech for Social Good program; and conducted social science research on ag-food-tech, women-in-tech and diversity in STEM fields. She brought a critical perspective as a student from the San Joaquin Valley to improving our community with technology programs. Moss graduates with a double major in Cognitive Science and Psychology. She plans to attend graduate school to inform educational policy...

The School of Engineering is hosting it's annual event Innovate to Grow, which has always been a day-long series of presentations, posters and judging, will be held entirely online this year in a streamlined format via Zoom on May 15...

UC Merced professors are leading or participating in four technology projects designed to mitigate the COVID-19 crisis. The Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) and the Banatao Institute awarded seed grants to 25 interdisciplinary, multi-campus teams to address the pandemic. More than 95 proposals were reviewed, including rapid-cycle ventilators; next-generation face masks; new algorithms for contact tracing and advance prediction; and a portable, point-of-care rapid-testing device the size of a credit card...