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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 San Francisco |

Access to free drinking water in SF neighborhoods driven by new partnership

Over next year, 19 new public water stations will be installed across San Francisco.
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UC Santa Barbara |

Holy guacamole

After finding invasive Asian beetles in native Montecito trees, UC Santa Barbara researchers are trying to determine how widespread they are.
Coffea arabica
UC Davis |

Arabica coffee genome sequenced

Coincides with birth of California-grown specialty coffee industry.
UC Merced bio bots
UC Merced |

Students build living machines out of engineered tissues

Bio-bots do what robots do — in fields like medicine and national defense — even better.
DNA differences UCSF
UCSF |

Cultural differences may leave their mark on DNA

Groundbreaking new study shows how deeply ethnicity combines genetics and environment.
UCLA sushi fraud
UCLA |

Bait and switch? Study finds fish fraud runs rampant

Half the time what’s on the menu at LA sushi restaurants is not what’s on your plate.
UC San Diego exercise mins
UC San Diego |

Exercise does a body good: 20 minutes can act as anti-inflammatory

Just one moderate session creates a cellular response that can boost our immune system.
Pre-Health Dreamers
UC Newsroom |

Meet the UC honorees of Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list

Young alums with ties to nearly every campus earn recognition for their innovations.
Helen Diller
UCSF |

Largest-ever gift to UCSF honors philanthropist Helen Diller

$500M donation among the most generous received by any academic institution in the US.
Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle
UC Riverside |

New technology will cut plug-in hybrid fuel consumption by one-third

Researchers look to birds flying in formation and find a way to make vehicles more efficient.
UC Merced
UC Newsroom |

A standout among standouts

UC lauded as the only university among Top 100 Global Innovators.
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UC Santa Cruz |

How a UC Santa Cruz alum became diversity’s superhero

Marvel Comics editor-in-chief wants fans of all backgrounds to see themselves on the page.