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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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UC leads effort asking USDA to add water to MyPlate

UC nutritional policy leaders join with experts around the country to promote water as drink of choice, ideal substitute for sugar-sweetened beverages.
UC Merced |

UC Merced gains national recognition for community engagement

Campus receives prestigious Carnegie Foundation classification, signifying an institutional emphasis on collaboration with the community in research and service.
UC Davis |

Study casts doubt on mammoth-killing cosmic impact

Whatever triggered the Younger Dryas cold period, it wasn't a comet or meteorite colliding with Earth.
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ANR |

UC helps California lead the way in lima beans

Growers depend on UC research for improved varieties.
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Lawrence Livermore Lab |

Technology quickly traces source of tainted food

Contaminated food sickens 1 in 6 Americans every year. DNATrax traces the bad stuff back to its source.
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UC Newsroom |

How songbirds may help build a better hearing aid

Avian ability to pinpoint 'signal' sounds inspires algorithm at the heart of a new type of auditory device.
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UC Global Food Initiative: Our commitment

UC is committed to putting its campuses, the state and the world on a pathway to sustainably and nutritiously feed themselves.
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UCLA |

Small investment has big payoff as students launch public service projects globally

Global Citizens Fellowships challenge undergrads to transform communities.
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UC Santa Cruz |

UC Santa Cruz turns 50

Campus begins yearlong celebration of its trailblazing history and groundbreaking impact on the world.
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UC Newsroom |

Ten ways UC has made California better

From slugging Jackie Robinson to surfing the Internet, UC — its researchers and its students — have helped shaped California and the world.
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2014 across UC

In many ways, it was a very good year at the University of California's campuses and labs.
UC Merced |

Solar, water research proposals receive UC grants

Awards totaling an anticipated $5 million will fuel intercampus research into a sustainable future for the state and nation.