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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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No-till cover crop seeding into cotton and tomato residues.
ANR |

Conservation practices can help sequester carbon in farmland

UC findings point to role that agriculture could play in cap-and-trade programs.
UC Irvine |

Human neural stem cells alleviate 'chemo brain'

Study reveals how they restore cognitive functions impaired by chemotherapy.
incarcerated girl
UC Santa Barbara |

A question of justice

In his new book, Richard Ross explores the conditions and contexts of girls remanded to detention centers.
UC Newsroom |

Energy smack down Campuses compete to save electricity

Nine UC undergraduate campuses are going head to head as part of a national contest to conserve energy.
UC Berkeley |

Brain’s iconic seat of speech goes silent when we actually talk

The brain's speech area, named after 19th century French physician Pierre Paul Broca, shuts down when we talk out loud, according to a new study that challenges the long-held belief that 'Broca's area' governs all aspects of speech production.
UC Berkeley |

Creating love in the lab: The 36 questions that spark intimacy

After falling in love as UC Berkeley graduate students, Arthur and Elaine Aron have studied love for nearly 50 years.
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UC among leaders for research and development expenditures

Five UC campuses ranked among the top 25 universities for research and development expenditures, according to figures released by the National Science Foundation. As it has for several years, UC San Diego ranked fifth among top U.S. universities for research…
Fortino Morales III is coordinator of R’Garden, UC Riverside’s 3-acre community garden
UC Riverside |

Feeding the world from UC Riverside

A look at UC Riverside's contributions to the UC Global Food initiative, including UCR’s community garden and how planting seeds on campus bears fruit for staff, faculty and students.
UC Santa Barbara |

An ocean of plastic

New report by UC Santa Barbara-based research center calculates the magnitude of waste going into the world's seas.
UC Natural Reserve System |

Digital California plant portal hits 2 million specimens

Collecting, pressing and identifying plant specimens may seem quaint, but the process is key to helping scientists understand our environmental future.
UC San Diego |

The Basement opens for business at UC San Diego

New incubator/accelerator program for student entrepreneurs opens on campus.
Triton Food Pantry
UC San Diego |

Triton Food Pantry opens at UC San Diego

A new service for all undergraduate and graduate students at UC San Diego, the Triton Food Pantry was launched by Associated Students Feb. 5 to provide discreet relief for students.