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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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UCLA immunotherapy
UCLA |

UCLA researchers develop immunotherapy to treat advanced brain cancer

Findings could lead to promising new treatments for people with glioblastoma.
UCLA emancipation project
UCLA |

A legacy that lives on the walls

A UCLA professor leads young and underserved students from her community on a mural project.
Boy drinking water
UC San Francisco |

Thinking beyond the drinking water fountain

Water dispensers, cups encourage school children to drink more, study shows.
UC Santa Cruz Gail Project
UC Santa Barbara |

A world without the humanities

A UC Santa Barbara project, 4Humanities, draws attention to the importance of liberal arts in novel ways.
UC Davis cochlear implant
UC Davis |

How cochlear implants help profoundly deaf children

UC Davis studies how shifts in brain function due to deafness could be used to improve hearing aids.
UC Berkeley suitcase clinic
UC Berkeley |

Student-led Suitcase Clinic serves homeless and volunteers alike

UCSF-UC Berkeley effort provides a deeper understanding of what is needed on the streets.
UC Davis bumblebee
UC Davis |

Working together to weigh a bee

Engineers and entomologists at UC Davis figure out a tricky problem vital to monitoring colony health.
UC San Francisco |

Genetic risk for obesity grew stronger in 'obseogenic' environment

Study lends support to idea that high-calorie diets, sedentariness may be driving obesity epidemic.
Brazil fire UC Irvine
UC Irvine |

High risk of wildfire projected for Amazon

UC Irvine and NASA forecast suggests greater danger than in past drought years.
UC San Diego EWH team
UC San Diego |

UC San Diego undergrads develop low-cost HIV management solution

New system to be tested this summer could transform HIV treatment in low-resource settings.
UCLA Williams Institute transgender
UCLA |

UCLA reports 1.4 million US adults identify as transgender

New survey finds population doubled from estimates a decade ago.
Fortino Morales III manages R’Garden, UC Riverside's 3-acre community garden.
UC Food Observer |

30 Under 30: Community garden cultivates food justice

Global Food Initiative 30 Under 30 winner is raising awareness about food access.