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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 Newsroom |

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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Asimo, the Honda robot
UC Berkeley |

Will computers ever truly understand what we’re saying?

Machines may never be able to take into account the context of a conversation the way people do, says a UC Berkeley researcher.
Conley measures methane emissions in Southern California
UC Davis Newsroom |

Aliso Canyon methane leak emissions sky-high, finds UC Davis pilot scientist

Leak that prompted Gov. Jerry Brown to declare a state of emergency is doubling the emission rate for the entire Los Angeles Basin.
Dalmatian UCLA research
UCLA |

Modern genetic problems in dogs may be traced to domestication

UCLA study finds that 15,000 years of artificial selection may have led to a rise in the number of harmful genetic changes in canines.
UC Riverside backyard chicken
UC Riverside |

Backyard chickens - less healthy than you think?

A new UC Riverside study finds parasites more common than in commercially raised birds.
Cannabis plant
UCSF |

Cannabis-based drug reduces seizures in children with treatment resistant epilepsy

First study to examine the safety and efficacy of cannabidiol for children
Taiko drumming
UC Riverside |

Music professor tapped for National Council on the Humanities

President Obama will nominate UC Riverside's Deborah Wong for the National Council on the Humanities.
Beer for Butterfly contest
UC Davis |

Don't miss the annual 'Beer for a Butterfly' contest

Be the first to catch a cabbage white butterfly as part of this UC Davis professor's study and win an unusual prize.
When poverty becomes disease
UCSF |

Poor health: when poverty becomes disease

UCSF doctors and researchers address the impact of poverty on health in research and practice.
Mentoring at UCSD
The Conversation |

At UC San Diego, retired professors are mentoring first-generation college students

UCSD's unique mentoring program provides benefits to retired professors and students alike.
UC Merced Hypercats Design Team
UC Merced |

Student team makes the cut in global ‘hyperloop’ competition

UC Merced student engineers invited to international transportation design competition.
Bay Area Carbon Emissions Map
UC Berkeley |

New interactive map compares carbon footprints of Bay Area neighborhoods

UC Berkeley helps produce a first-of-its-kind map to help neighborhoods reduce their carbon footprints.
Sustainable Los Angeles
UCLA |

Steps toward a sustainable golden age for Los Angeles proposed in new UCLA plan

Developing the plan involved more than two dozen faculty members from different disciplines across campus