Hispanic/LatinX Heritage Month

UC Merced Gets Down to Business at HSI Battle of the Brains

September 28, 2026

UC Merced students who will compete in Battle of the Brains pose for picture

Seven hand-chosen, whip-smart UC Merced students descend on Austin, Texas, this week to pit their teamwork and business skills against representatives of other Hispanic-serving institutions in a high-pressure — and potentially highly rewarding — competition. First, there’s the...

Andres Arias standing in front of campus building

Study Highlights Hidden Labor Market Facing California’s Most Vulnerable Workers

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.

Hispanic Heritage Month Kicks off at UC Merced

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...

Graphic with five headshots of new faculty endowed chairs

School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts Faculty Named to Five Endowed Chairs

Five faculty members in the UC Merced School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts have been appointed to endowed chairs, recognizing their scholarship and contributions to research that serve...

Merced Native Sets Sights on Career in Veterinary Medicine

This is part of a series of profiles of new UC Merced Bobcats enrolled for the fall 2026 semester. Driven by a passion for animal care, incoming biological sciences major student Esperanza...

Trinidad Quiroz Signs Professional Contract with Necaxa Femenil

UC Merced women's soccer star Trinidad Quiroz has signed with Necaxa Femenil of Liga BBVA MX Femenil. Quiroz is the first Bobcat to sign a contract with the highest level of women's...

Dr. Michael Galvez speaks to students at UC Merced about National Latino Physician Day.

Need for More Latino Doctors Highlighted at UC Merced Event

In the United States, 20 percent of the population is Latino. By 2050, it’s expected that one in three people will identify as Latino. But less than 7 percent of doctors come from a similar...

Photo depicts a graduation cap with writing on it in Spanish at UC Merced's commencement.

UC Merced Celebrates 15 Years as a Hispanic-serving Institution

Fifteen years ago, UC Merced was designated as a Hispanic-serving institution. And though recent developments at the federal government have left what that designation means in limbo, the mission of...

New Bobcat Looks to Expand Impressive Research Resume

This is the final entry of a series of profiles of new UC Merced Bobcats enrolled for the fall 2025 semester. Adriana Ponce Mata spent the last two summers working in one of the largest and...

UC Merced Ph.D. graduate Fabiola Perez-Lua

Fellowship Lifts Mission of Farmworkers’ Daughter to Improve Immigrant Health

A daughter of San Joaquin Valley immigrant farmworkers has earned the opportunity to study alongside a nationally prominent health researcher and energize her mission to improve the well-being of...