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Prepare to be amazed! UC graduate students wow with 3-minute talks at Grad Slam
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UC graduate programs and schools lead the nation in the 2025-26 U.S. News Best Graduate Schools rankings
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Alumna Katherine S. Newman appointed as provost of the University of California system
The University of California Board of Regents today (Oct. 18) approved Katherine S. Newman, a nationally renowned academic leader and scholar, as UC Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs.
UC Newsroom |
Six UC alums awarded 2022 MacArthur ‘genius grant’ fellowships
Fellows are selected for their exceptional talent and creativity — and the promise of even greater things to come.
UC Berkeley Haas |
Depressed people are just more realistic, right? Not so, says UC Berkeley study
Depressive realism has held sway in science and popular culture for decades, but a rosier outlook may be overdue.
UCLA |
There’s a lot of hate in the world. UCLA’s scholars are asking why and what can be done
The new Initiative to Study Hate kicks off with 23 diverse projects.
UC San Diego |
Surf’s up in San Diego, thanks to alumni-led startup
Surfing in San Diego just got a whole lot easier, thanks to a team of UC San Diego alumni bringing app-based, accessible board rental right where it’s needed.
UC San Francisco |
Video games offer the potential of ‘experiential medicine’
After a decade of work, scientists at UC San Francisco’s Neuroscape Center have developed a suite of video game interventions that improve key aspects of cognition in aging adults.
UC Newsroom |
Persistence was key to UC regent and NASA astronaut José Hernández’s achievement of lifelong dream
Hernández shares what he has learned from a life that is the stuff of movies. (In fact, Amazon is turning it into a feature film!)
UC Davis Health |
World’s first stem cell treatment for spina bifida delivered during fetal surgery
Groundbreaking trial aims to reverse the paralysis and other abnormal functions of spina bifida before birth.
UC Riverside |
Will the U.S. economy fall into recession in 2023? Only if the Fed intensifies current tightening policies
California on the verge of recovering all jobs lost since pandemic; investors buying up larger share of homes in the Inland Empire.
UC Newsroom |
Three remarkable scientists with UC connections win Nobel Prizes
This year, the winners in physiology or medicine, physics and chemistry all share one important distinction: important foundational time spent at UC, a cradle of inventiveness, experimentation and learning.
UCLA |
Driving high? Chemists make strides toward a marijuana breath analyzer
By oxidizing THC to create an electric current, a UCLA team’s fuel cell sensor can reveal the presence of the drug.
UC Newsroom |
California’s public higher education leaders united in their support of DACA
In a joint statement, leaders urge DACA recipients to renew their status as a federal court reviews the program’s legal standing.