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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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UCLA health sisters
UCLA |

Sisters become doctors, lawyers after childhood of farm labor

Five first-generation students earn degrees and pursue a life of public service through UC.
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UC Berkeley |

The man behind Pokémon Go

Meet the UC Berkeley alum who created the most popular mobile game in history.
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UC ANR via The Conversation |

Loss for words: Art, language and the challenges of living on a changing planet

Is climate change too abstract? A UC analyst says the right vocabulary can help us grapple with the problem.
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UC San Diego |

Federal grant helps bring healthy food to low-income families

UC San Diego program to use financial incentives to provide needy households with more produce.
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UC Berkeley |

Letter unearthed at UC Berkeley sheds light on Van Gogh's ear

A doctor's note found in campus archives may finally clear up an enduring mystery.
UCLA Ninja Warrior
UCLA |

UCLA’s American Ninja Warrior

UC Riverside alumna competes in the Los Angeles finals of NBC’s crazy-hard obstacle course.
UC TRDRP
UC Newsroom |

University of California appoints Smoke- and Tobacco-Free Student Fellows

Inaugural class of four will lead grant-supported tobacco research and cessation projects over the next year.
Medical oncologist and physician-scientist Chong-xian Pan received a career development award through the UC Davis CTSC to develop cancer-specific molecules that improve cancer screening, diagnosis and treatment.
UC Davis |

New grant further solidifies UC Davis' leadership role in translational research

$27.8 million grant award will facilitate multicenter clinical trials, expand efforts to involve patients in studies evaluating rare diseases.
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UC San Diego via The Conversation |

Underwater microscope provides views of sea creatures in their natural setting

UC San Diego provides a fresh look at coral — up close and personal.
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UC Newsroom |

UC ranks highly in global excellence, value in new rankings

Campuses earn top marks in two recently released college rating lists.
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UC San Francisco |

Countdown to a cure: UCSF's effort to finally defeat AIDS

Spurred by three decades of momentum and fresh funding, new tactics aim at ending - not just treating - the disease.
UC Davis gorilla
UC Davis |

Noninvasive health monitoring could help save gorillas

A UC Davis study finds a way to balance protecting and testing the animals.