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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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UC Riverside |

Parents are happier people

Psychologists from UC Riverside, Stanford and the University of British Columbia find that parents experience greater happiness and meaning in life than nonparents.
Mimi Ito
UC Irvine |

Growing up, 'geeking out'

Your kid is gaining useful skills playing Starcraft II, says UC Irvine cultural anthropologist Mimi Ito.
UC Office of the President |

UC Irvine, UC Santa Cruz among best young universities

Times Higher Education ranks institutions from around the world that are under 50 years old.
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UC Santa Cruz |

Milky Way destined to collide with Andromeda galaxy

Our galactic neighbor galaxy is on a collision course with our own Milky Way galaxy, according to new observations.
UC Santa Barbara |

Teaching physics through art

Arts-based teaching strategies helps attract students who might otherwise not be drawn to the sciences.
UC Office of the President |

UCTV videos of health innovation talks

View talks from first UC Center for Health Quality and Innovation colloquium.
UCLA |

Stunted growth genetically linked to excess growth

Discovery ends geneticist's 20-year quest for cause of rare IMAGe syndrome.
UC Office of the President |

UC Haiti Initiative wins leadership award

UC president honors student group that has spent years helping Caribbean nation recover from devastating 2010 earthquake.
UC Newsroom |

UC increases composting efforts

Campuses augment existing composting programs, educate people on use of the 'green bin' to achieve zero-waste goal.
UC Office of the President |

UC gets stem cell grants

12 UC scientists awarded for research covering areas such as Alzheimer's, heart disease, MS.
UC Office of the President |

Artificial nose knows when fruit is ripe

UC Davis researchers are applying the same science used to sniff out illegal drugs to smelling and picking out the freshest melons.
UC San Diego |

Search for lost da Vinci mural

UC San Diego researchers make progress in search for masterpiece.