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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 Francisco |

How gene therapy saved a child from “Bubble Boy Disease”

Breakthrough makes young boy the first person to receive gene-corrected stem cells for Artemis-SCID.
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UCLA |

Tiny implantable device designed by UCLA scientists helps kill cancer

A therapeutic sponge the size of a pencil eraser boosted the body’s tumor-fighting response in mice and kept the cancer from returning.
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UC Santa Cruz |

Bering Land Bridge formed surprisingly late during last ice age, study finds

New research shows the Bering Strait remained flooded until around 35,700 years ago, not long before humans began migrating into the Americas.
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UC Berkeley |

Pushing to remove legal barriers for formerly incarcerated students

The policy fellowship at UC Berkeley’s Underground Scholars Initiative continues the student group’s tradition of successful legislation work.
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UC Riverside |

Mired in silence: Southern California’s farmworkers lack health resources, study says

Health of Southern California’s farmworkers needs to be a priority, says UC Riverside study.
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UC Irvine |

UC Irvine physicist proposes new experiment to detect dark matter in our solar system

The SpaceQ mission, involving atomic clocks on spacecraft placed close to the sun, could help find particles that have eluded researchers for decades.
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UC Berkeley Greater Good Science Center / Greater Good Magazine |

Our favorite books of 2022

Greater Good’s editors pick the most thought-provoking, practical, and inspirational science books of the year.
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UC Riverside |

Pollution cleanup method destroys toxic ‘forever chemicals’

A breakthrough process has been developed by UC Riverside scientists for drinking water treatment and toxic site remediation.
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UC Davis |

Canine cancer patient gets new lease on life while helping people fighting same disease

Tyson is starring in a YouTube video produced by UC Davis Health to show how dogs with cancer can help humans with cancer.
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UC San Francisco |

Is too much screen time bad for kids? It's complicated

UCSF expert explains lnks to disruptive behavior, increased anxiety and eating disorders
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UC Santa Barbara |

Celebrating a uniquely Californian winter

Take note of festive native plants and heighten your enjoyment of the season.
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UC San Diego |

How research is boosting voter turnout

Studies indicate that a small change in timing makes a major difference in turnout — and election officials are taking note.