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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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Robert Boutin, a UC Davis professor of radiology and specialist in musculoskeletal imaging.
UC Davis |

Knuckle cracking looks explosive, but causes no detectable harm

Ultrasound evaluations show that the knuckle-cracking sound occurs when gas bubbles form in joints very quickly, UC Davis study finds.
One professor’s top holiday movies
UC Riverside |

One professor’s top holiday movies

UC Riverside media and cultural studies professor Derek Burrill offers his favorites. Warning: Not all these films are reindeer approved.
Briana Sidney is pursuing game design at UC Santa Cruz
UC Santa Cruz |

First-in-family college student pursues game design

UC Santa Cruz freshman Briana Sidney is intent on beating the odds on her way to becoming a game designer.
Five early signs of autism
UCLA |

Five early signs of autism

Getting a diagnosis for Autism Spectrum Disorder as early as possible is important for early intervention, UCLA professor Connie Kasari says
Derek Herrera
UC Newsroom |

UC entrepreneurs win funding at first primeUC competition

Twenty of UC's most promising life-science startups competed for seed funding in the first primeUC competition at UCSF.
The air-quality monitoring network has sampling sites at nearly every national park — from Yosemite to the Grand Canyon and Smokey Mountains.
UC Davis |

Government chooses UC Davis to monitor nation's fine particles

Crocker Nuclear Laboratory is now the prime contractor for both major federal fine particle air quality monitoring networks.
Executive Chef Rodney Fry prepares beautiful, healthy meals in the newly renovated kitchen at UC San Diego's Thornton Hospital.
UC San Diego |

Hospital cafes embrace locavore movement

Farm-to-cafeteria movement is in full swing at UC San Diego Health.
Anthony Barnosky and Elizabeth Hadly
UC Berkeley |

Dire climate forecast inspires upbeat film about solutions for a warmer ‘Tomorrow’

A paper on climate change by UC Berkeley professor Anthony Barnosky inspired the new film "Demain." 
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UC Merced |

‘My Merced’ captures UC Merced’s spirit in song

Award-winning composer Jimmy Dunne composes campus’ official alma mater.
The California report found that the state’s port activity in September was at a historically high level.
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Job growth, wage increases to push real GDP growth past 3%

UCLA Anderson Forecast expects steady employment gains in California through 2017.
Amy Rowat in her UCLA laboratory.
UCLA |

Scientists design a new method for screening cancer cells

Parallel microfiltration could lead to better treatments for a number of diseases, UCLA-led study says.
Jennifer Doudna
UC Berkeley |

CRISPR inventor calls for pause in editing heritable genes

Idea for summit on ethics comes from Jennifer Doudna, the UC Berkeley professor who developed technology that makes it easier to manipulate the human genome.