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Apply Now! 2018 Blum Center Summer Institute
Applications are now being accepted for our 2018 undergraduate Summer Institute on agriculture! 
Ready for Spring Break?
Students and Faculty: Check out these food resources available to prepare you for spring break! 
Extended Deadline! 2018 Seed Grants
Applications are now being accepted for 2018-18 Blum Center seed grants. Apply by April 6th. 
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Symposium Success
Thank you to all our 2017 Food Security Symposium participants and attendees. 
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The Blum Center at UC Merced is focused on promoting access to healthy food on campus as well as in vulnerable populations across the region.

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Summer Institute Application Deadline

UC Merced Undergraduates! Apply now for our 2018 Summer Institute, an intenstive one week course on Agriculture in the Central Valley. Meals,...

Featured News

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Study: Drug-Resistant Cancer Cleverer Than Imagined

April 4, 2018
Research from Professor Fabian Filipp finds that cancer can rewire its own metabolism to become chemotherapy-resistant.
Professor Susana Ramirez

Study: Kitchen and Culture Clash When Promoting Healthy Eating to Latinos

March 22, 2018
A new study from Professor Susana Ramirez explains why healthy-eating messages targeting assimilated Latinas might not be working.

A Fruit Fly Walks Into a Bar ...

March 5, 2018
UC Merced scientists identified a protein in brain cells that's essential for producing key features of alcohol addiction.
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