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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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Napolitano: Preserving the environment ‘a moral imperative’

In keynote speech, UC president highlights the role colleges and universities must play in protecting the planet.
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UC Santa Cruz |

New support for human genome variation project

Keck Foundation pledges $2 million to create full-scale human genome map.
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UC Newsroom |

Santa Barbara energy expert named 2015 Sustainability Champion

David Auston is regarded as the 'MVP' of the UC systemwide Carbon Neutrality Initiative.
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Half of new UC students are first-generation college students

New data in UC's annual Accountability Report show the university’s widespread impact as an engine of social mobility, innovation.
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UC Berkeley |

Genome analysis pinpoints arrival, spread of first Americans

Siberians moved into North America in a single wave less than 23,000 years ago.
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UCLA |

Make it rain: Check out augmented reality teaching sandbox

Augmented Reality Sandbox lets users sculpt mountains, canyons and rivers, then fill them with water or even create erupting volcanoes.
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UC medical centers among nation's best

U.S. News includes all five centers in its annual rankings; UCLA and UCSF make the magazine's honor roll.
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Regents to discuss UC Health governance

Trustees to consider recommendation for a UC Health oversight board.
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UC Irvine |

Declawing the tiger mom

Sociologists debunk idea that Asian American academic achievement is due to unique cultural traits or values.
UC Santa Cruz |

Gift funds new chair in water resources and food sustainability

Endowed chair named for professor emeritus Steve Gliessman, holder of campus's first endowed chair and a pioneer in agroecology.
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Finding opportunities through experiential learning

When Kate Kaplan enrolled at UC Berkeley, she wanted to be involved with sustainability but didn’t know where to start. After stumbling into the Student Organic Garden Association, she found a place to both grow food and pursue a career path. Kate Kaplan
Ian Davies and Ankita Raturi
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From classrooms to fields, students dig into food fellowships

Global Food Initiative fellows represent a broad cross-section of students.