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A tale of Tinder wins the day at the 10th annual UC Grad Slam

The hotly anticipated annual contest offered a peek at groundbreaking research powered by graduate students across the University of California system.

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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 |

Celebrating a record-setting investment in climate research for California

Climate scientists and state officials gathered in Sacramento last week to kick off a new round of research projects funded by a $185 million partnership between UC and the State of California.
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UC Berkeley |

Rescuing dissent: Inside the year-long mission to bring prominent Putin critics to UC Berkeley

Russian social science professors Ilya Matveev and Ilya Budraitskis, renowned for their expertise on authoritarianism, fled their country after Russia invaded Ukraine. A faculty and staff coalition helped give them a safe harbor at UC Berkeley.
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UC Merced |

New project focuses on women of color in the geosciences throughout UC

A three-year grant will launch a network to provide community, belonging, access, advocacy and resources to overcome barriers to success.
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UCLA |

Romance or nomance? Adolescents prefer to see less sex, more friendships, platonic relationships on screen

Teens and young adults think romance is overused in the media they consume.
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UC San Francisco |

Two daughters, a rare blood disorder and a fairytale cure

UCSF Benioff Oakland helps 90% of kids with beta thalassemia end transfusions.
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UC Newsroom |

Three extraordinary UC faculty awarded National Medals at White House ceremony

They received the nation’s highest honor for their scientific and technological achievements.
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UC Newsroom |

New UC-backed research is helping California communities respond to the climate crisis

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UC San Francisco |

Could the neurons that make you scratch be the solution for your itch?

Scientists discover a role for the nervous system in keeping itch and allergy under control.
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UC San Diego |

Nanoparticle vaccine could curb cancer metastasis to lungs by targeting a protein

Fashioned from bacterial viruses, these nanoparticles have been engineered to target a protein known to play a central role in cancer growth and spread.
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UC Davis |

Why do men and women respond to stress differently? New research suggests answer is found in puberty

Women are nearly twice as likely as men to be diagnosed with an anxiety disorder, but among boys and girls the likelihood is the same.
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UC Berkeley |

Berkeley Space Center at NASA Ames to become innovation hub for new aviation, space technology

UC Berkeley will develop a 36-acre site to house companies, labs and students in heart of Silicon Valley.
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UC Newsroom |

Journey to UC: An immersive, multicampus program changes the game for prospective transfer students

Journey to UC, a three-day, all-expenses-paid residential program jointly hosted by UC Davis and UC Berkeley, brings the transfer process to students from the farthest reaches of the state.