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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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UC Newsroom |

Newly funded COVID-19 research aims to protect the most vulnerable

Researchers across UC rapidly pivot from their usual research areas to address gaps in knowledge and care with COVID-19.
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UCLA |

Faculty share insights on responses to the killing of George Floyd

Darnell Hunt, Robin D.G. Kelley and Kimberlé Crenshaw, among others, contextualize recent events.
Eric Spangenberg
UC Irvine |

The future of retail

The pandemic may have altered the shopping landscape in permanent ways.
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UC Newsroom |

Is now the time to be your own boss?

Seven alumni on finding purpose and what to know before you become your own boss.
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UC Newsroom |

University of California campuses ranked among the best in the nation

UC campuses are among the best in the nation, according to the QS World University Rankings.
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UC Newsroom |

Thank you to those lending hearts and minds to California’s recovery

From hospitals and labs to neighborhoods across California, UC staff, faculty, alumni and students are putting their creativity and compassion to work to help their neighbors and save lives.
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UC Davis |

Photographer creates ‘Pandemic Portraits’

Karin Higgins documents the ‘new normal’ at UC Davis, highlighting the silver lining each photo subject has found in this historic moment.
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UCLA |

Q&A: For black men, wearing a mask may be a health risk greater than COVID-19

UCLA psychology professor Vickie Mays on how to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in black communities.
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UCSF Synapse |

UCSF students create COVID-19 fact check website

Two dozen medical students put together a site in six languages that clearly, cleanly separates fact from myth.
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UC Irvine |

Couple on the coronavirus front lines

A virologist and her pulmonologist husband balance their pandemic response with parenthood.
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UC San Diego |

Can we apply these lessons from South Korea to vanquish COVID-19?

South Korea’s targeted social distancing may better protect the vulnerable than stay-at-home orders.
Carol Greider
UC Santa Cruz |

Nobel Prize-winner Carol Greider to join UC Santa Cruz faculty

Known for her pioneering work on telomeres, Greider brings exceptional research and leadership skills to campus.