UCLA was a huge change for Jose León. The college transfer student from a small town and a tight-knit extended family struggled to relate to classmates from bigger cities.
Then, at a student resource fair, León met Robin Bueno, the... Read More
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September 17, 2026
When farmworkers decide conditions are so harsh they have to leave the fields, the story doesn’t end there — it moves to another corner of the labor market.
UC Merced Sociology Ph.D. candidate Andrés Arias captures that in his article, “’... Read More
September 16, 2026
UC Merced's Hispanic Heritage Month celebrations got off to a lively, colorful start on Tuesday, with a performance by Mariachi Los Bobcats, food and tabling in the university's Conference Center.
Attendees received a Loteria-themed T-... Read More
September 16, 2026
Many organizations claim sustainability is baked into their DNA. Nowhere is that truer than at UC Merced, where the approach to sustainability, climate action and ecological conservation is part of everything from the buildings on campus... Read More
September 15, 2026
UC Merced is deepening its investment in the fight against climate change, uniting scientific expertise across campus to help confront the effects of a changing planet.
Leading that effort is the Sierra Nevada Research Institute (SNRI),... Read More