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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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UC Newsroom |

UC earns national award for diversity and inclusion efforts

The University of California was honored today (Sept. 20) with a 2021 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine.
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UCSF |

The Kidney Project successfully tests a prototype bioartificial kidney

Taking another big step toward becoming reality, Shuvo Roy's project is awarded KidneyX’s Artificial Kidney Prize.
David Feldman
UC Irvine |

The technologies that could solve California’s droughts

Policies, and especially attitudes toward water, will have to shift as climate change makes drought more severe, says urban planning professor David Feldman.
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UC Santa Cruz |

UC Santa Cruz Hispanic-Serving Institution Initiatives launching new programs to advance educational equity

One of only four HSI members of the Association of American Universities, the campus is aiming to transform the academic landscape and offer meaningful change.
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UC Berkeley |

Planet maven Shannon Curry takes over MAVEN mission to Mars

At the age of 38, she is also one of the youngest principal investigators of any NASA mission.
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UC Riverside |

Grow and eat your own vaccines?

A new project will study whether edible plants like lettuce into mRNA vaccine factories.
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UC Davis |

Personality matters, even for squirrels

Social skills can give squirrels an advantage.
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UC campuses earn top spots in U.S. News & World Report’s 2022 Best Colleges rankings

Six UC campuses rank among the top 10 public universities in the country, with all nine undergrad campuses among the top 50 in this year’s ranking.
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UC Irvine |

How 9/11 changed America

Scholars offer insights into the tragic day’s continued impacts on health, travel, politics and the media.
Maryam Karimi
UC Berkeley |

Maryam Karimi: This generation in Afghanistan will not give up

The third-year student, born in Afghanistan in September 2001, has seen a lifetime of struggle in her home country but still expects her generation to persevere.
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UC Riverside |

Shang-Chi, an Asian superhero, comes to the big screen

Marvel’s first Asian film protagonist marks many milestones.
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UC Santa Barbara |

The archaic law stopping climate activists from keeping oil in the ground

Allowing conservationists to bid on public resources — held to a “use it or lose it” standard — could be a game-changer, experts say.