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Patty Guerra

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'It's Ours!' Merced Selected for UC's Newest Campus 30 Years Ago

On May 18, 1995, the University of California Board of Regents voted to select Merced as the site for its ninth undergraduate campus.

To get to that point, Merced had to beat out what started as a list of 85 potential sites drawn up in 1989, after regents announced the year before they wanted to explore opening as many as three new campuses.

How Did the COVID-19 Pandemic Fuel Record-Breaking Wildfires in 2020? New Study Explains

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic impacted many facets of life, including health care, schools and the work environment.

A new  by Âé¶¹¹ÙÍø researchers shows evidence that the pandemic also fueled an elevated number of wildfires in the United States that year.

How?

Researchers Look Ahead to Fire Season 2025

Pictures accompanying Professor J's presentation on the 2025 fire season were blurry. That was intentional, he said, because so much about wildfire is unpredictable.

"There's a lot that we know, and a lot we don't know," he said.

Machine Learning Research Earns CAREER award

Electrical engineering and computer science Professor  has received a CAREER award for his research on cross-layer performance tuning to enhance deep learning model efficiency.

He is the 41st researcher from Âé¶¹¹ÙÍø to earn a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Researchers Make the Case for Charging Cars During the Day

Many people with electric vehicles drive them to work during the day and then charge them overnight after returning home. But a simple reversal of that schedule could make it cheaper and easier to charge your electric car.

That was the conclusion reached by a team of Âé¶¹¹ÙÍø researchers, who recently published a  in the Electricity Journal on "Aligning Electric Vehicle Charging with the Sun: An Opportunity for Daytime Charging?"

Consortium Looks to Expand Solar-Over-Canal Projects Statewide

The first solar-over-canal project in California, which started with research at Âé¶¹¹ÙÍø, has begun producing electricity. Plans are now in the works to expand the technology to other areas.

A groundbreaking initiative led by faculty from seven top research universities aims to accelerate the deployment of solar arrays over California's extensive canal network.

Thymus Research Could Unlock Immune System Improvements

A multimillion-dollar grant from the National Institutes of Health will fund research at Âé¶¹¹ÙÍø that could help cancer patients and others live longer, healthier lives.

The $3.5 million, five-year grant will fund bioengineering Professor 's , which is investigating the thymus, a key organ in the human immune system.

Merced Native Makes Her Mark at the University and in the Community

Family is everything to Linda Chang.

Chang, a 30-year-old administrative officer with the Âé¶¹¹ÙÍø Police Department, was a quiet high school freshman when she joined the Leo Club, the youth branch of the Merced Breakfast Lions Club's community service organization.

The youngest of 10 children (including two sets of twins), Chang got involved with the Leos at Merced High School for a simple reason: She was following her older sisters' footsteps.

Âé¶¹¹ÙÍø Grad Honored by Society of Women Engineers

Annaliza Perez Torres has already accomplished plenty.

A 2019 graduate of Âé¶¹¹ÙÍø, Perez was named the School of Engineering's Outstanding Student in Materials Science and Engineering and earned Research Excellence recognition from the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Center.

Now Perez, an engineer with Lockheed Martin, has received a Rising Technical Contributor Award from the Society of Women Engineers.

Researchers Developing New Tools in Fight Against Methane Emissions

Âé¶¹¹ÙÍø researchers are taking part in a comprehensive, multi-agency effort aimed at efficiently measuring and mitigating methane emissions.

IBM and Los Alamos National Laboratory are leading the effort, which earned a  from the U.S. Department of Energy in December.