Drones Donated to UC Merced by Start-Up SeekOps Will Monitor Environmental Conditions
SeekOps Inc, a Texas-based start-up, has donated state-of-the-art unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), along with necessary software and hardware, to support UC Merced's research efforts in environmental monitoring and conservation, allowing for new advances in various research projects, including precision agriculture...
USDA Scholarship for UC Merced students. OPEN TO ALL MAJORS
USDA FARMERS is a paid internship to do research and participate ion computational and agricultural training. Connect with your favorite professor and apply for $12,500 over the academic year including the summer...
2023 EDGE in tech symposium
The 7th Annual Edge in Tech Symposium was held virtually on March 2nd, 2023. This year’s overarching theme was Smarter Tech for a Resilient Future and highlighted the experiences of experts using emerging technologies to advance innovation for more sustainable infrastructure...
The Complexities of Combating Cyberbullying and Harassment
In this podcast interview with Informs, professor Lisa Yeo shares insights about modern cyberbullying. Such as how online harassment could threaten personal data and financial security. "as a woman who worked in IT, it was really just this huge confluence of why women don’t work in IT" - Lisa Yeo. Listen to the podcast and learn more...
Week of Storms Tests California’s Approach to Taming Nature
As global warming brings more intense rainfall, experts say the state needs to give rivers more room to flood safely. But the obstacles are enormous...
UC Merced Gains Prestigious UC Agricultural Experiment Station Designation
UCs Merced and Santa Cruz became the newest campuses in the system to be named an agricultural experiment stations(AES), UC President Michael Drake announced at todays Regents meeting...
Modeling Your Future
A workshop series inaugural event to learn about technology, Computer Science, networking and research. This is a free conference, open to Central Valley students. Discover paid research opportunities and apply at this event. Register here...
CITRIS hosts California Farm Bureau President
Farm Bureau representatives met with Chancellor Juan Muñoz of the University of California, Merced, this month to discuss potential science and research collaborations that may benefit farmers, ranchers and students, while generating important agricultural data to guide policymakers...
Lisa Yeo comments on ag tech information and protecting users in CCST Panel
Agricultural innovation depends on detailed information. Data are collected at every step of the production process, with sensors on combines and tractors, irrigation, drainage ditches, water wells, not to mention remote sensing and aerial maps of fields...