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September 17, 2026

Andres Arias standing in front of campus building
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, “’It is worse in the fields:’...
Andres Arias standing in front of campus building
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....
Students dressed in black shirts and pants perform mariachi music in the UC Merced Conference Center.
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...
Jim Brugger, the retired director of campus engineering services, gestures while leading a tour of the UC Merced campus.
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...
Members of the Earth Institute posed next to a branded sign
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. ...
Headshot of Hilly Rus and UC Merced campus entrance
For Holly Rus, ’17, a passion for health psychology and real-world impact has led to a career at the forefront of consumer sleep research. She is head of scientific research at Sleep.ai, where...
Tractor operator classes are part of the training. Here, a student operates a tractor while instructors provide guidance.
 Key Findings: Interest in agricultural technology is here. Among 10,856 respondents from Central Valley agricultural communities, 16.5% expressed interest in agtech...
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman takes a photo with UC Merced students Rayan Dua and Samir Ahmed.
It might seem that an airfield filled with old planes is a strange place to talk about the future of space flight. But Jared Isaacman, the administrator of NASA, said the Castle Air Museum was the...
Teddy Adams, Olivia Gawel, Adrianna Seiden, Bridget Sprecher and Taylor Whitney
Five UC Merced doctoral students have earned prestigious awards from the Northern California Chapter of ARCS Foundation, joining a select group of scholars recognized for outstanding research....
Students wearing blue shirts emblazoned with the COSMOS logo sit in the stands at a Fresno Grizzlies game.
Dozens of California high school students recently finished four weeks on the UC Merced campus, where they delved into topics including nanoparticles, digital twins, bioluminescent squids, and...

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