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UC Newsroom |

A tale of Tinder wins the day at the 10th annual UC Grad Slam

The hotly anticipated annual contest offered a peek at groundbreaking research powered by graduate students across the University of California system.

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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 Santa Barbara professor David Cleveland in his home garden.
UC Santa Barbara |

How does your garden grow?

Professor, students model the effect of household gardens on greenhouse gas emissions.
Dr. Christopher Giza examines Kennedy Dierk, 14, at the UCLA Steve Tisch BrainSport Clinic. A new survey shows most parents rely on outdated advice when caring for kids with concussions.
UCLA |

Most parents likely to follow outdated concussion advice

UCLA survey shows majority of parents are apt to heed advice that could worsen symptoms for kids with concussions.
Former NFL defensive end Kalimba Edwards traded a mansion for a tent cabin on the UC Santa Cruz Farm where he is an apprentice in the ecologial horticulture program.
UC Santa Cruz |

Football, farming and food security

Former NFL player and current UC Santa Cruz farm apprentice tackles new cause: how to feed the world sustainably.
Aerial image showing farming in California's Imperial Valley.
UC Riverside |

Helping farmers improve air quality

Researchers receive grant to study ways of reducing fertilizer use in high temperature agricultural regions.
Cafe 3
UC Berkeley |

Cal Dining opens doors to more inclusive cafe

Cafe 3 is first dining station in the UC system that is certified kosher.
Woolly mammoth
UC Santa Barbara |

A mammoth undertaking

How can de-extinction be made more ecologically responsible?
Car sharing on campuses
UC Newsroom |

Car sharing on campuses improves quality of life, takes cars off the road

A new survey by UC Berkeley and Zipcar shows how universities can relieve the crunch on campus parking.
The CalCARES report uses heat maps to show areas with higher proportions of particular cancers diagnosed at a late stage, pointing to a need for increased screening.
UC Davis |

Report shows impact of cancer screening

UC Davis report analyzes cancer screening in California over past 15 years.
UC Davis professor and marine ecologist Steven Morgan prepares to deploy yellow "robot larvae" off the coast of Bodega Bay.
UC Davis |

Robot larvae deployed at sea

"Minion"-like robots reveal surprising ways marine larvae move, and what that means for the ocean.
Breast scan
UC San Francisco |

Some breast cancer patients with low genetic risk could skip chemotherapy, study finds

Genetic test can help predict survival, guide treatment options.
Mars UC Berkeley
UC Berkeley |

Simulating life on Mars

UC Berkeley alumna Sheyna Gifford completes yearlong mission.
Researchers induce human pluripotent stem cells to differentiate into functional bone-building cells by feeding them adenosine, a naturally occurring molecule in the body.
UC San Diego |

Researchers use a single molecule to command stem cells to build new bone

The work could lead to treatments for patients with critical defects and injuries.