Reminder to join us tomorrow for the 2022 UC Merced astrophysics symposium. UC Merced Nat Sci

Big congratulations to graduate student Micah Oeur for receiving an honorable mention from the extremely competitive U.S. National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program.

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UC Merced Nat Sci Professor Anna Nierenberg (Anna M Nierenberg) is featured in a new NPR story about NASA's James Webb telescope and her idea to use the telescope to further understand dark matter. npr.org/2022/07/11/111…

UC Merced Professor Anna Nierenberg leads a team that has cooked up a clever way to use the James Webb Space Telescope to try to understand the fundamental nature of dark matter, that invisible stuff that makes up a quarter of the universe. ucm.edu/CyVUce via NPR

If you weren't able to tune in live this AM, you can listen to the Insight interview I did this morning here on this link. The JWST segment starts around the 12 minute mark :) capradio.org/news/insight/2… UC Merced Astrophysics UC Merced Physics UC Merced UC Merced Nat Sci

The storm Sunday and Monday covered Mount Hamilton with snow, making the road dangerously icy. We expect the sunny weather today to melt most of the snow and icy. kron4.com/news/bay-area/…

Shout out to our amazing employees for pitching in to help those impacted by the recent storms. We are all one big family, and we are happy to give back to the community that has supported us over the years! #BobcatsGiveBack #PlanadaStrong

As the Sun sets in this #imageoftheweek, and its light scatters through Earth’s atmosphere, the Arizona sky at Kitt Peak National Observatory, a Program of U.S. National Science Foundation’s NOIRLab, glows in wondrous shades of vivid color. noirlab.edu/public/images/… Image: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/T. Slovinský.

Jonathan W Arenberg The chief engineer of the NASA Webb Telescope James Webb Space Telescope will be visiting UC Merced on Thursday February 16th and giving a free public lecture from 6-7 PM in COB1 102. We hope you can attend! Info: forms.gle/RgpMzYz22erx6

We are thrilled to welcome Jonathan W Arenberg, the chief engineer at NASA Webb Telescope, to UC Merced! He will be giving a free public lecture about his journey leading the design, construction and launch of the Webb Telescope today from 6-7pm in COB 102. To register: ucm.edu/FhETny

What is one of the best parts of being a University of California astronomer? Access to UC Observatories including W. M. Keck Observatory! Thanks to everyone who made this trip possible. Special shoutout to John O'Meara and Rich Matsuda for showing us around.

Another annual physics faculty retreat in the books. Great discussions and concrete plans for our research and academic programs as well as for continuing to build community between undergrads, grads and faculty in the upcoming academic year. UC Merced Graduate Division

Now done with exoplanets and moving to much larger scales with a great talk by Anna M Nierenberg on measuring invisible small dark matter halos with Keck, JWST, and ELTs

Solar Eclipse 2024 — UC Merced style!

Awesome eclipse viewing event on campus yesterday. Including a solar telescope and sightings of sun spots, organized by Professor Sarah Loebman (she/her)

UC Merced Ranked No. 1 in the Nation for Social Mobility, No. 18 Overall When it comes to changing the lives of its students, UC Merced is second to none. news.ucmerced.edu/news/2024/uc-m…

Calling all friends of physics: Join us for our famous pumpkin carving contest next Wednesday 10/30 in the physics lounge (ACS 238) starting at 6 PM:

Need a break from world events? Come to "Celestial Tales: Stars, Exoplanets, and the Myths that Connect Us". A FREE public lecture by two researchers from Kyoto University, followed by stargazing with the UCM astronomy club! Thursday March 6 at 7 PM. news.ucmerced.edu/news/2025/star…

Announcing UC Merced's 42nd NSF CAREER award winner Physics Professor Anna M Nierenberg. Nierenberg received this award for her research on dark matter using strong gravitational lensing. UC Merced has the most active CAREER awards in the UC system! news.ucmerced.edu/news/2025/nsf-…