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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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Mosaic of shots from the movie “Word is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives,” which features interviews with 26 queer men and women about their experiences as queer individuals in America
UCLA |

8 films with UCLA ties named to National Film Registry for 2022

The selections are “a testament to the rich, diverse stories told by talented UCLA filmmakers,” said May Hong HaDuong, director of the UCLA Film & Television Archive.
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UC Riverside |

Skip the angry, never-sent letter — try a grateful one instead

Letter writing carries greater benefits than gratitude journaling, new UC Riverside research finds.
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UC Newsroom |

Hundreds of UC faculty named among the world’s most influential researchers

More than 330 faculty were included in the 2022 list, more than any other university system in the world.
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UC Newsroom |

12 incredible UC research breakthroughs in 2022

Another year is very nearly in the books, and when it comes to the work that UC researchers have accomplished in 2022 — from sequencing the human genome and achieving fusion ignition — that book is quite the page-turner.
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Lawrence Livermore National Lab |

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's National Ignition Facility achieves fusion ignition

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) today announced the achievement of fusion ignition at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) — a major scientific breakthrough decades in the making that will…
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UC Newsroom |

Fresh gift ideas that show your UC pride

Our campuses are loaded with great gift ideas for Californians of all ages.
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UC Berkeley |

Law student Hoda Katebi: Iran protests are about ‘total liberation’

Women’s rights are central to the idea of how to build a new society for everybody, says Hoda Katebi, a third-year Berkeley Law student.
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UC San Francisco |

A blueprint for more equitable care in public health crises

UCSF partnerships with San Francisco and community groups were key during the pandemic.
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UC San Diego |

A new self-powered ingestible sensor opens fresh avenues for gut research

Researchers develop a self-powered ingestible sensor system designed to monitor metabolites in the small intestine over time.
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UC Merced |

UC Merced students, faculty, staff help the needy at the holidays

The campus community provided Thanksgiving dinner for 30 needy families, and a gift drive is now underway.
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UC Davis |

What happens with Twitter now?

UC Davis experts weigh in on new ownership, changes.
Irene Vasquez at Yosemite in traditional tribal clothing
UC Santa Cruz |

Alumna fights for inclusive science and tribal knowledge

Irene Vasquez preserves her Southern Sierra Miwuk heritage while serving as Yosemite National Park’s first-ever Cultural Ecologist.