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UC Newsroom |

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 Newsroom |

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 Diego |

Bees don't just wiggle wiggle, they learn — the newly discovered complex social behavior behind the ‘waggle dance’

Watch out TikTok: The honey bee's groove, one of the most intricate forms of communication known outside humans, relies on learning and culture, researchers find.
Study author Jun Wu in a brush-filled field
UC Irvine |

Exposure to green space linked to reduced risk of postpartum depression

Tree coverage and physical activity intensify the effect, a UC Irvine-led study finds.
Someone walks by the SVB bank with one door boarded up
UC Berkeley Haas School of Business |

After the Silicon Valley Bank failure, Berkeley Haas faculty raise concerns about systemic weaknesses in banking

The problems of SVB were “banking 101,” experts say, but also possibly influenced by its close ties to one industry.
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UC Berkeley |

Voting, race and religion: Is the U.S. Supreme Court a threat to democracy?

Scholars say the court may be helping to assemble a legal framework in which a shrinking base of white conservatives can rule the country long-term — even as a minority.
Meera Varma, at her UCLA graduation
UCLA |

Healing words: How Meera Varma learned the language of mental health

Varma has found a way to advocate for mental health across cultures and all the way to the White House.
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UC San Diego |

Birch Aquarium welcomes baby weedy seadragons

The conservation program scores a massive success with the arrival of more than 70 tiny newborn weedy seadragons.
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UC San Francisco |

An allergy drug showed promise for MS. Could they prove it?

Years of scientific sleuthing leads to breakthroughs in multiple sclerosis.
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UC Riverside |

The planet that could end life on Earth

A terrestrial planet hovering between Mars and Jupiter would be able to push Earth out of the solar system and wipe out life on this planet, according to a new experiment.
A UC Riverside medical student holds his hand over his mouth in excitement, flanked by his parents, on Match Day
UC Newsroom |

Graduating medical students anxiously await Match Day, the other March madness

Friday, March 17, 2023, is Match Day — the moment when graduating medical students across the nation discover where they will serve their residencies.
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UC Newsroom |

The doctor is in: Meet California’s next wave of dedicated physicians

Educated during a global pandemic, they are passionate about addressing health inequities and leading a new era in medicine.
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UC San Diego |

The future of drug discovery may be in space. UC San Diego’s new astrobiotechnology hub is set to explore it.

Leaders in academia, biotechnology and aerospace industries unite in their mission to advance stem cell science in space.
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UC Riverside |

UC President Michael Drake visits UC Riverside

Over the course of a two-day visit, President Drake held far-ranging discussions with students, staff, faculty, and community members on everything from expanding affordability and access to his favorite music.