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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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Meet 4 UC-trained nurses who are solving California’s biggest health care challenges

Nurses graduating from UC take on one of the biggest challenges facing our state: A shortage of clinicians that makes it too hard for too many people to get the medical care they need.

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UC Merced students
UC Newsroom |

New assistance for middle class families

Thousands of eligible students with family incomes up to $150,000 will benefit from state-funded program.
UC President Napolitano
UC Newsroom |

Napolitano: As public research universities go, so goes the nation

UC president gave keynote address at conference centered on issues in higher education.
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UC Davis |

Early intervention lessens autism symptoms

'Infant Start' therapy treats disabling delays before most children are diagnosed
pupfish
UC Berkeley |

Biologists try to dig endangered pupfish out of its hole

Considered the world's rarest fish, the wild pupfish faces a 28 to 32 percent risk of extinction over the next 20 years. A UC Berkeley biologist is helping to rescue it from that fate.
UC Santa Cruz |

Study traces ecological collapse over 6,000 years of Egyptian history

Ancient Egyptian artworks help scientists reconstruct how animal communities changed as climate became drier and human populations grew.
UCLA |

Biologists delay the aging process by ‘remote control’

Researchers have identified a gene that can slow the aging process throughout the entire body when switched on in key organ systems.
diapered baby
UC Riverside |

The diaper detective

Team of engineering students develop an inexpensive, versatile pad to detect medical problems in infants.
UC President Napolitano at Doctors Academy event
UC Newsroom |

Napolitano encourages aspiring doctors in Fresno

UC president encourages high school students to pursue their dreams and help address physician shortage in the San Joaquin Valley.
Janet Napolitano and community college officials
UC Newsroom |

Napolitano meets with community college leaders

Officials identify steps that would bring transfer students to UC from a broader range of schools around the state.
Melanoma drug Keytruda in action
UCLA |

FDA approves new melanoma drug

Drug that turns on the immune system to fight deadly cancers is a ‘game changer,’ says study’s principal investigator.
Peter Homyak collects lake sediment core
UC Riverside |

Acidity on decline in Sierra Nevada lakes

Research team did long-term measurements of lake chemistry, studied sediment cores from the lakes.
UC Davis |

Breast vs. bottle feeding in rhesus monkeys

Infants receiving different diets after birth develop distinct immune systems.