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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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Meet 4 UC-trained nurses who are solving California’s biggest health care challenges

Nurses graduating from UC take on one of the biggest challenges facing our state: A shortage of clinicians that makes it too hard for too many people to get the medical care they need.

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Orange and green trees in the Sierra Nevada
UC Davis |

Just what is a resilient forest, anyway?

Resilient, frequent-fire forests have far fewer trees than we're used to.
Brown mosaic of panels and eyes
UC Riverside |

‘Hypervisibility’ for Black girls; ‘invisibility’ for Black women

Black adolescent girls and Black women employ coping mechanisms to combat microaggressions, with varying success.
Dividing breast cancer cell
UC San Diego |

Pandemic upends breast cancer diagnoses

UC San Diego Health study documents fewer early-stage and more late-stage breast cancer diagnoses as patients delay care.
Canal covered with solar panels
UC Merced |

Solar-paneled canals getting a test run in San Joaquin Valley

A research project conducted by a graduate student is becoming a reality in this first-in-the-nation pilot construction of solar panels over water canals.
Charging Renault Zoe electric car on a parking place in the city of Zwolle, The Netherlands.
UC Riverside |

Can the Salton Sea geothermal field prevent the coming lithium shortage?

UC Riverside and Berkeley Lab join exploration of California’s resources.
Campus Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Lori Kletzer, John R. Lewis College Provost Flora Lu, and Dean of the Arts Division Celine Parreñas Shimizu
UC Santa Cruz |

UC Santa Cruz tops ranking of women in leadership at R1 universities

When it comes to women leading universities, UC Santa Cruz is first in the nation for racial and gender diversity in leadership.
A man in scrubs, a hairnet and a face mask leans against a window
UC Berkeley |

Burnout: What we’re feeling and how to use it to make positive change

Americans are burned out after two years of COVID-19’s surges and dips upending life as we know it.
Aminta Kouyate, a UC Prime medical student, smiling outside UCSF
UC Newsroom |

A doctor who’s trying to fix what’s broken

A bad hospital experience led Aminta Kouyate to pursue a career in medicine.
Screenshot of the redesigned University of California website featuring a young Black medical student
UC Newsroom |

New University of California website shows impact of 10-campus system

The redesigned website streamlines the digital experience to help visitors find information about the 10-campus system.
A parched Nevada landscape showing dry cracked earth
UCLA |

Megadrought in southwestern North America is region’s driest in at least 1,200 years

The drought that has enveloped southwestern North America for the past 22 years is the region’s driest “megadrought” — defined as a drought lasting two decades or longer — since at least the year 800, according to a new UCLA-led study in the journal…
A smart watch on a wrist with cortisol reading displayed
UCLA |

Sweating the small stuff: Smartwatch developed at UCLA measures key stress hormone

Device opens new possibilities for personal health monitoring.
Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz in front of chalkboard
UC Santa Cruz |

White House honors astronomer Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz with mentoring award

The acknowledgment represents the highest honor bestowed upon mentors who work to expand STEM talent.