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Beginning in Spring 2026, OIT will be disabling phone-based authentication methods (Text & Call) on Duo accounts to address ongoing security concerns with these methods. To learn more about when...
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Update as of 4:10 PM 5/7 CatCourses is currently experiencing a major outage affecting all UC Merced instances of CatCourses.  Please refer to the recent campus-wide email for more...

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