San Joaquin Valley students see a future in robotics and computer science with UC Merced. Learn more about the Nextech Robotics program by clicking the image above...

California’s Central Valley is on the front lines of climate change. The Fourth Regional Climate Change Assessment, by a team of UC Merced and affiliated researchers, illustrates the biggest problems — and possible solutions — facing California’s unique biomes and communities, from the coasts to the mountains and deserts...

The recipients of the 2022 EDGE in Tech Initiative Athena Awards have been selected. Of the four recipients, the Executive Leadership Award goes to Sepi Hejazi Moghadam who leads the CITRIS Valle Program. Learn more about the award and the recipients by clicking the image above...

A team from the University of California, Merced comprising eight undergraduate and graduate students has won the inaugural CITRIS Aviation Prize. For engineering the winning proposal, they will receive a $2,000 cash award, as well as a $25,000 budget to support a live demonstration of their flight in spring 2022...

Dr. Josh Viers was recently interviewed by Insight’s Vicki Gonzalez. In their discussion, Dr. Viers described a UC Merced study on how climate change will likely impact agriculture and disadvantaged communities in the San Joaquin Valley. Speaking about climate change, Dr. Viers stated, “It is a race against time We need to think about a clean energy future. That is the full transition and decarbonization of agriculture.” To hear Dr. Viers discussion on the impact of climate change, skip to 11:50...

The Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society and the Banatao Institute (CITRIS) announce the recipients of the 2021 CITRIS Seed Awards. Competitive teams from the University of California campuses at Berkeley, Davis, Davis Health, Merced and Santa Cruz submitted 47 proposals for innovative, early-stage projects that emphasize collaboration across two or more institutions. This year, thanks in part to external philanthropic support, 13 teams were selected to each receive a one-time award of up to $60,000 for interdisciplinary work. These projects are designed to show results within a year, but many promise far-reaching influence on the future of their fields...

Professor Rudy M. Ortiz’s training program, Facilitating Agriculture-Related Mentoring for Emerging Research Scholars or FARMERS has been funded by the USDA for $1 million. Read more about the program...

The Environmental Systems Graduate Group at the University of California, Merced is currently recruiting PhD students for Fall 2022. Competitive funding packages are available and include a tuition waiver, stipend, and health insurance. Join a dynamic and multi-institution team through a large USDA-funded research, education, and outreach project on water, agriculture, ecosystems, and policy. The program is titled, Securing a Climate Resilient Water Future for Agriculture and Ecosystems through Innovations in Measurement, Management, and Markets. Learn more and apply!...

A new $1.5 million research grant from the California Department of Food and Agriculture is supporting School of Engineering Professor Josué Medellín-Azuara, collaborating engineering professors and John Abatzoglou and engineering and policy expert Alvar Escriva-Bou from the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) in developing economic analysis and decision support tools for agriculture during droughts...