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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 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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UCSF Brain weight loss
UCSF via The Conversation |

Want to lose weight? Train the brain, not the body

Emotional brain training can help you break the stress-obesity connection, a UCSF professor says.
UC San Diego algae biofuel
UC San Diego |

UC San Diego’s algae biofuels program ranked best in nation

An algae surfboard and work on gasoline alternatives help the campus win for the fourth year in a row.
UCLA freshman survey
UCLA |

How freshmen have changed in the past 50 years

Over the course of a 15 million student survey, a UCLA professor finds reasons for optimism.
Students pick up food at the Bistro in the Segundo Dining Commons at UC Davis.
UC Davis |

UC Davis to switch to university-managed food service

Campus will join seven other UCs that run their own food services.
UC Davis bees
UC Cooperative Extension via The Conversation |

Deciphering the mysterious decline of honey bees

New research can help these pollinators beat back threats, writes a UC Davis scientist.
A tv with Sansa Stark saying, "You're spoiling everything!"
UC Newsroom |

Spoiler alert: spoilers make you enjoy stories more

Did someone spoil the next episode of "Game of Thrones"? They might have done you a favor.
Cancer resistant drug UCSF
UC San Francisco |

Hybrid cancer drug could be resistance-resistant

UCSF scientists find conjoined compounds deal double blow to resistant cancers in cells and mice.
UC innovation Regis Kelly
UC Newsroom |

Startup champion Regis Kelly awarded Citation of Excellence

Kelly's triumphs as President Napolitano's senior adviser included shaping legislation, startup fundraising and creation of a senior VP role focused on innovation and entrepreneurship.
UC Davis |

Richard and Evelyne Rominger to receive the UC Davis Medal

Family deeply rooted in UC Davis and California agriculture.
Walkman and iPhone
UC Irvine |

The iPhone’s ancestor

A UC Irvine writer reflects on how the Sony Walkman paved the way for smartphones to change the world.
UCLA color neurons
UCLA |

UCLA study identifies how brain connects memories across time

Neuroscientists boost ability of aging brain to recapture links between related memories.
UC Santa Barbara clean water team
UC Santa Barbara |

Better water quality for all, thanks to UC Santa Barbara grad students

A young startup's device that makes water sampling quick and easy wins a campus venture competition.