Why Does Cuba Matter?
Faculty and graduate students are invited to a talk with special guest speaker: Rafael J Betancourt, Professor of Urban Economics at
Wednesday 22 January 2025
Faculty and graduate students are invited to a talk with special guest speaker: Rafael J Betancourt, Professor of Urban Economics at
Join the Blum Center in welcoming special guest, Professor Tendai Chitewere, from the Department of Geography and Environment at San Francisco State University for a keynote talk: Green
Celebrate World Food Day with the Blum Center and the UC Merced library for a special Faculty Author Series talk with Professor Catherine Keske.
Taste regional specialities from the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador as Dr. Keske shares excerpts from her new book, Food Futures.
She will also discuss the impact that Central Valley food production has internationally, even in seemingly obscure regions.
All welcome!
Join the Blum Center for a special Take Action event with members of the Equitable Food Initiative.
UC Merced Professor Mario Sifuentez will moderate a panel including Ramon Ramirez, President and Co-Founder of Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste (PCUN), Margaret Reeves, Senior Scientist at the Pesticide Action Network and member of the EFI on-farm leadership teams.
Ralph Armbruster-Sandoval presents "Starving for Justice: Hunger Strikes, Spectacular Speech, and the Struggle for Dignity."
Good news! The deadline to submit applications for the 2018 seed grants has been extended to FRIDAY APRIL 6th. More details and the link to apply are posted on our Apply for Funding page.
Join the Blum Center for the Inaugural Food Security Symposium, featuring Dr. Lisa Soederberg Miller, Professor of Human Development, with the Department of Human Ecology at UC Davis.
Classes resume the week of August 21st.
UC Merced's Office of Sustainability presents Bobcat Eats: Fixing the Food System, What can you do? Featuring guest speaker Liz Carlisle.
