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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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UC Newsroom |

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 Riverside |

Lecture series to address the science of food and health

Free public lectures at UC Riverside will cover cowpea research, sustainable food and nutrition's impact on health; first talk to focus on feeding Botswana.
UC Berkeley |

Stereotypes persist that class, privilege determine intellect, success

Despite egalitarian efforts to downplay class as a forecaster for intelligence and achievement, many people still believe their destiny is tied to their station in life.
Chancellor Howard Gillman
UC Irvine |

Gillman invested as UC Irvine’s sixth chancellor

He sees innovation, expansion and partnerships as key to further enhancing campus’s excellence, impact and global preeminence.
California Magazine |

First-gen students torn between college and home

First-gen university students may find themselves torn between college and home.
hazy skies over Bakersfield
UC Davis |

Ten percent of San Joaquin Valley's ozone pollution comes from outside California

Ten percent of San Joaquin Valley's ozone pollution comes from outside California, particularly from Asia.
full moon
UCLA |

Stop blaming the moon

Busy night in the maternity ward or the emergency room? Contrary to folk belief, it's not the fault of a full moon.
Sarah Moffitt
UC Davis |

Sea change: What took decades to destroy in oceans took millennia to recover

Ocean ecosystems that experience rapid upheaval because of climate change can take thousands of years to recover.
UC Newsroom |

UC awarded stem cell grants

UC researchers received three grants totaling more than $12 million in funding from the state’s stem cell agency to develop stem cell treatments for Huntington’s disease, spina bifida and chronic diabetic wounds.
UC Davis match day
UC Newsroom |

Medical students celebrate Match Day

On March 20, more than 650 UC medical students were among the nearly 17,000 seniors at traditional U.S. medical schools who learned where they were matched for their residencies.
wax cylinder (early audio recording)
UC Santa Barbara |

Speaking in the vernacular

Library of Congress adds Vernacular Wax Cylinder Recordings collection to the National Recording Registry.
UC San Francisco |

UCSF to study benefits of personal approach to breast cancer screening

Research team has won a five-year, $14.1 million award to investigate whether a personalized approach to breast cancer screening is as safe and effective as annual mammograms.
Delta smelt
UC Davis |

New funding for endangered Delta smelt 'refuge'

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation awards nearly $2.5 million per year for four years for UC Davis lab's work for the species.