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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 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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David Blackwell
UC Berkeley |

Life stories of early black faculty offer window onto history

Eighteen African American faculty and senior administrators, hired before the advent of affirmative-action policies in the 1970s, recount their stories in an oral-history series.
UC Santa Cruz and Queen Mary University |

Astronomers detect two planets orbiting nearby ancient star

An international team of scientists has reported two planets orbiting a nearby and very old star known as Kapteyn's star.
aliens spacecraft
California Magazine |

Aliens are almost surely out there

Berkeley's SETI says we're not alone. But can we find the money to find them?
UCLA |

Taking brakes off immune system to fight deadly cancers

Doctors see successes with an experimental drug in two types of cancer with historically low survival rates: metastatic melanoma and lung cancer.
Lawrence Berkeley Lab |

The energy cost of streaming video

A night of Netflix may create a larger carbon footprint than you'd think.
Elisabeth Rosenthal and Stanley Prusiner
UC Newsroom |

Tackling tomorrow's health challenges

Nobel laureate Stanley Prusiner and other UC speakers help shape the debate at New York Times health conference.
UCLA |

Researchers discover hormone that controls supply of iron in red blood cell production

Findings could lead to treatments for blood disorders associated with both iron deficiencies and overloads.
Walnut Grove community, 1925
UCLA |

Rare documentary about early Japanese immigrants resurfaces

After 30 years, film about first-generation Issei in California reaches new audiences.
Daniela Cusack
UCLA |

Reducing emissions will be primary way to fight climate change

Study: Climate engineering won't sufficiently stem global warming.
UC Santa Cruz |

Football helmet science project scores two White House visits

Self-professed football fanatic is studying the science of making the sport safer.
UC Newsroom |

Curiosity finds earthly similarities on Mars mission

UC scientists and engineers have been vital to the success of landing rover and conducting experiments on the Red Planet.
UC San Diego |

How to erase a memory – and restore it

Researchers have erased and reactivated memories in rats, profoundly altering the animals’ reaction to past events; development may bolster Alzheimer's research.