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UC Newsroom |

A tale of Tinder wins the day at the 10th annual UC Grad Slam

The hotly anticipated annual contest offered a peek at groundbreaking research powered by graduate students across the University of California system.

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UC Newsroom |

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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Pancreatic cancer cells
UC San Francisco and UC San Diego |

UCs join national effort to improve survival for pancreatic cancer patients

UCSF, UC San Diego part of Precision Promise, bringing together researchers, clinicians and drug developers.
UCSF childhood trauma Boyce
UC San Francisco |

Undoing the harm of childhood trauma and adversity

Early experiences have far-reaching health consequences, but researchers are developing new ways to intervene.
UC San Diego surfing patagonia
UC San Diego |

Surfing the world for microbes

Doctoral student Cliff Kapono sets out on an adventure to map the surfer microbiome.
Gecko feet UC Riverside
UC Riverside |

How gecko feet got sticky

Studying this lizard's extraordinary toes offers a snapshot into evolution.
Ferengi UC Santa Barbara
UC Santa Barbara |

'Star Trek' designer opens up his universe

Thousands of aliens emerged from alum's brain to define the series' look.
Climate change hits the classroom
UC Newsroom |

Climate change hits the classroom

Hundreds of new sections on climate change in courses from music to medicine are coming to UC classrooms.
UC Berkeley Stall Catchers
UC Berkeley |

New online game invites public to help fight Alzheimer’s

Help scientists find a cure by taking part in some citizen science.
Elba De Contreras, the recipient of the 1,000th lung transplant performed at UCLA, along with members of her family and her transplant team.
UCLA |

UCLA Lung Transplant Program performs 1,000th surgery

The recipient of the donor lungs was Elba De Contreras, 59, from Goleta.
UC Irvine first generation military
UC Irvine Magazine |

Climbing the mountain

First-generation students provide a hand up to freshmen in a new peer-to-peer mentoring program.
Elise Brockett, student assistant, plants African vegetable seedlings at the Horticulture Innovation Lab Demonstration Center at UC Davis.
UC Davis |

World Food Day: Challenge accepted

UC Davis to host a number of events highlighting efforts to improve and increase the global food supply.
Neal Driscoll UC San Diego
UC San Diego |

New fault discovered in earthquake-prone Southern California region

Scientists discover a feature that may be helping forestall new quakes near the San Andreas fault.
UC breast cancer
UC Newsroom |

Beating breast cancer: The latest on prevention and screening

Some risk factors cannot be avoided, but there are plenty of ways to take preventative action.