A University of California, Merced soccer player is dead after a crash that happened Monday evening. The California Highway Patrol says Isaias Ruiz's car collided with a semi truck on Interstate 5 ...

UC Merced announced Monday that it would guarantee a freshman seat to eligible local students, the first University of California campus to do so in an effort to expand college access in one of ...

UC Merced Chancellor Dorothy Leland, who doubled the size of the University of California's newest and most diverse campus and boosted graduation rates of its mostly low-income and first ...

UC Merced opens next Tuesday for its first school year, ushering in a new era for education in the San Joaquin Valley. And from the bricks and mortar to the brainpower behind UC Merced, the entire UC ...

First lady Michelle Obama's commencement speech at UC Merced on Saturday is the biggest thing to happen in this sleepy Central Valley city since, well, ever. "This is something that puts the UC ...

A UC Merced graduate writes how university students need a voice in how Merced, California is governed, and a fair and accurate district map lets that happen.

MERCED — UC Merced rises out of nowhere, a tidy cluster of modern buildings and perfectly spaced trees surrounded entirely by Central Valley grasslands. Students walking or skateboarding to ...

UC Merced’s 2020 project has been completed. The campus expansion, which cost a billion dollars, allows the California university to add more students with space for housing, classrooms ...

Interactive map uses geographic information systems to track the fire's path.

When UC Merced opened last year, it became the first UC campus to be built from the ground up since UC Santa Cruz opened in 1965. Long-range projections put its enrollment at 25,000 students.

UC Merced is not in the city limits, but could be in the same district as those other drivers in the future if the proposed maps are any measure. The maps also have other strengths and weaknesses.