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UC Newsroom |

UC graduate programs and schools lead the nation in the 2025-26 U.S. News Best Graduate Schools rankings

UC once again earned top marks, including a slew of No. 1 rankings, across its schools of business, education, engineering, law, medicine and nursing, and programs in humanities and the social sciences.

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UC Newsroom |

Meet 4 UC-trained nurses who are solving California’s biggest health care challenges

Nurses graduating from UC take on one of the biggest challenges facing our state: A shortage of clinicians that makes it too hard for too many people to get the medical care they need.

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UC Santa Barbara |

Anatomy of fake news

Students have created a website that shines a light on the modern scourge of bogus “news”
UC Newsroom |

The UC ‘September Issue’: Boldly Californian

We combed our campuses for student styles that we admire. Here's what we found.
Margaret Atwood at UC Berkeley
UC Berkeley |

‘Things can change a lot faster than you think,’ says Margaret Atwood, author of ‘The Handmaid's Tale’

The Canadian author discusses how her sci-fi vision has come to reflect incisively on our present and future.
Scientist in hazmat suit holds bat
UC Davis |

Finding Ebola before it finds you

For the first time, scientists discover a new Ebola species in a host prior to detection in an infected human or animal.
Caroline Carpenter stands apart from her class
UC Santa Cruz |

Fire in the belly

Alumna Caroline Carpenter is the first woman to graduate at the top of the Los Angeles Fire Department Academy.
UC San Francisco |

Does the keto diet live up to its promise?

As the super low-carb ketogenic diet gains popularity, scientists explain what we do and don’t know.
UC San Diego students walk on campus
UC Newsroom |

The college campuses doing the most for the country

UC campuses are at the head of the class when it comes to social mobility, research and public service.
Nalo Hopkinson with other authors
UC Riverside |

Nalo Hopkinson enters Neil Gaiman’s ‘Sandman Universe’

Author will pen “House of Whispers,” a new comic series rooted in Afro-Caribbean culture.
Man smoking e-cigarette
UCSF |

Heart attack risk doubles for daily e-cigarette users

Vaping provides no improvement over regular cigarettes, study finds.
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UC Irvine via The Conversation |

Is plastic making us fat?

When it comes to the obesity epidemic, plastics are fuel for the fire.
4-H campers in a canoe
UC Newsroom |

California kids get a taste of science and leadership at UC's 4-H summer camps

UC 4-H Clubs provide an unforgettable summer for campers and counselors alike.
Sleep deprived girl in classroom
UC Berkeley |

How poor sleep can ruin your social life

People found sleep-deprived individuals to be more socially unattractive, and felt lonelier after interacting with them.