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Prepare to be amazed! UC graduate students wow with 3-minute talks at Grad Slam

Get a master class — in brief — on cutting-edge UC discoveries as graduate students explain their complex research in just 3 minutes flat.

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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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Examples of gene networks in the hippocampus affected by brain trauma. UCLA researchers report that the “master regulator” genes (in red) influence many other genes responsible for the effects of brain trauma.
UCLA |

Head injuries can alter hundreds of genes and lead to serious brain diseases

'Master genes' may trigger harmful changes in other genes that are linked to Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, other disorders.
Nanoengineering professor Shaochen Chen 3D prints a biomimetic blood vessel network.
UC San Diego |

How 3-D printing could one day save lives

Researchers make 3-D printed blood vessel network.
Achieve UC
UC Newsroom |

California students: A world-class UC education is within reach

At more than 150 Achieve UC events this spring, in-state teens get information, resources to make college a reality.
work out UC Berkeley
UC Berkeley |

What sweat sensors can tell about your health

Monitoring moment-by-moment changes could help athletes, prediabetics and people exposed to lead.
UCSF newborn severe immune disorder
UCSF |

Gene therapy offers hope for newborns with severe immune disorder

Trial may lead to novel approaches for sickle cell anemia, cancers.
Fabian Filipp UC Merced
UC Merced |

Precision targeting provides new insights into therapy-resistant cancers

Having found a promising new melanoma drug, professor has now identified regulators that control cancer.
UC Davis light
UC Davis |

Light the way you were meant to see it

The campus tests out energy-efficient lighting the way humans were meant to see it — in living color.
UC Riverside paper reprintable
UC Riverside via The Conversation |

Reprintable paper becomes a reality

Cost and environmental impact are lessened with an inexpensive new coating.
UC Peace Corps
UC Newsroom |

Serving the public good

UC campuses roam across the annual Peace Corps rankings.
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UCLA |

UCLA archaeologist enlists community to help preserve cultural heritage in Ethiopia

Locals jump in to protect their ancient treasures.
UC Santa Barbara sea lions
UC Santa Barbara |

A better way to rebuild wildlife populations

Researchers discover a faster way to repopulate predators and prey alike.
UC Berkeley transgender Yoder
UC Berkeley |

Trans and gender-fluid teens left with few ‘safe harbors’

New research finds they face up to three times more abuse at school and at home than their gender-conforming peers.