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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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UC love on the brain
UC Newsroom |

This is your brain on love

On Valentine's Day, we asked the experts how biology and psychology affect love, relationships and sex.
Breast cancer scalp cooling
UCSF |

Scalp cooling can help some breast cancer patients retain hair

New study identifies way for majority of patients to lessen one of cancer's most devastating hallmarks.
Exercise vision UC Santa Barbara
UC Santa Barbara |

Can you see better when you exercise?

A novel experiment investigates whether human vision is more sensitive during physical activity.
UC Riverside Ventura fault
UC Riverside |

Ventura fault could cause stronger shaking, new research finds

The fault has a staircase-like structure, which would result in more damage during an earthquake.
Yasmeen Kahn, a senior custodial supervisor at UC Davis Student Housing, donated her right kidney to her husband, Mohammed Faiyaz.
UC Davis |

A national leader in transplants

UC Davis leads nation in kidney transplants; UCLA and UCSF top nation in total organ transplants last year.
UC Irvine signal generator
UC Irvine |

New 'super-smart' processing technology developed

Millimeter-wave signal generator could revolutionize scanning, spectroscopy and wireless communication.
Channing Dungey UCLA
UCLA |

Self-described TV junkie calls the shots at ABC

Alumna Channing Dungey is the new head of entertainment at the network.
UC love stories
UC Newsroom |

Campus-crossed valentines

For Valentine’s Day, we found four real UC love stories that transcend individual campus bubbles.
Doron Comerchero is the founder and director of FoodWhat.
UC Santa Cruz |

Planting seeds, growing confidence

FoodWhat uses sustainable food, meaningful work and farming to help youth heal, grow and explore their identities.
UC San Diego robotics surgery
UC San Diego |

The operating room of the future

Engineers develop what will become an integral part of surgical teams: robotic assistants.
Lou Gehrig UC Riverside
UC Riverside |

Researchers show how Lou Gehrig’s disease progression could be delayed

Study could lead to new drugs for spinal cord injury, Alzheimer’s disease and some cancers.
UC Davis civil and environmental engineering professor Deb Niemeier is among 11 UC researchers elected to the National Academy of Engineering.
UC Newsroom |

11 UC researchers elected to National Academy of Engineering

Election is among the highest honors in the engineering profession.