by Alli Sweigard | Oct 3, 2025 | Company News, News
Lake Yosemite sits on the north edge of UC Merced. On a beautiful afternoon, buses brought campus staff who enable all our activities out to the placid lake for fun and relaxation. VISTA hosted second VISTACHILLA, bringing together faculty, staff, students, industry...
by Alli Sweigard | Oct 3, 2025 | Company News, News
On September 4, we hosted our first Ag Bag gathering of the fall 2025 semester, featuring three speakers who highlighted innovative approaches to nutrition, soil health, and water sustainability. Karina Diaz Rios, Associate Professor of Cooperative Extension in Public...
by Alli Sweigard | Oct 3, 2025 | Company News, News
UC Merced recently hosted BEAM Circular for a BiocirV workshop on bio-waste management, drawing more than 30 faculty, researchers, growers, processors, and industry leaders. The interactive session explored challenges, successes, and opportunities to strengthen the...
by Alli Sweigard | Oct 3, 2025 | Company News, News
Earlier this year, Applied Mathematics Ph.D. student Kyle Wright traveled to Brisbane, Australia, to present his talk “Groundwater Modeling Using Gravity-Gradient Cartography” at the 2025 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. Kyle also presented...
by Alli Sweigard | Sep 30, 2025 | Company News, F3 Highlight, News
By Alli Sweigard, VISTA F3 Communications Coordinator On September 17th, we hosted our first Field Day at the UC Merced Experimental Smart Farm. The event brought together the UC Merced community, industry partners, and farmers for a day focused on agricultural...
by Alli Sweigard | Sep 10, 2025 | Company News, News
This summer, VISTA F3 student Ethan Vu joined the AgAID Undergraduate Research Internship, working with Professors Joshua Viers and Teamrat Ghezzehei on AI-Assisted Rapid AgTech Development. Ethan contributed to an Arduino-based STEM kit to teach middle schoolers...
