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One thing is becoming increasingly clear: UC Merced, the system’s first new campus to open since 1965, will play a crucial role in educating young, Latino Californians, who have been historically underrepresented at the university.
Chancellor Dorothy Leland has helmed UC Merced through its initial growth spurt, including a $1.3 billion expansion, known as the Merced 2020 Project [master planned by SOM], that will double the campus’s size.