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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 Santa Cruz |

Tracking reveals hidden lives of elephant seals

New data on the deep-diving creatures include a record-setting dive more than a mile deep.
UC Berkeley |

Water shortages pit trout against vineyards

UC Berkeley study links higher death rates for juvenile steelhead trout with low water levels and vineyard acreage upstream.
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Response to UC campus protest

UC officials have released a draft report on how the university responds to campus protest and civil disobedience. The public is invited to comment on the report through May 25.
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Plastic found in 9 percent of 'garbage patch' fishes

The first scientific results from an ambitious voyage led by a group of graduate students from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego offer a stark view of human pollution and its infiltration of an area of the ocean that has been labeled as the…
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Conference celebrates UC's land-grant history

150 years ago, the Morrill Act gave birth to the University of California and secured the state's pre-eminence in research, agriculture and technological innovation.
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Initiative seeks to boost faculty diversity

UC Diversity Pipeline Initiative encourages UC underrepresented female postgraduate students to pursue academic careers.
UC Irvine |

Seeing how the other half lives

An exhibit at UC Irvine entitled “214 sq. ft.” re-creates a motel room occupied by a composite family
UC Office of the President |

Health risks of thirdhand smoke

Thirdhand smoke is a new frontier, and UC's Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program has assembled a consortium of investigators to study the health risks caused by the remnants of cigarette smoke.
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Leadership skills for Native American staffers

Fellowship aims to prepare talented Native American employees for senior-level administration positions.
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UCs still tops in world reputation

Five campuses ranked among 2012's Top Universities by Reputation by Times Higher Education.
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8 UC campuses are Princeton Review ‘Best Values’

Rankings salute schools that offer top academics, lower costs and generous financial aid.
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What steers vampire bats to blood

Researchers have discovered how vampire bats find the best spots to bite their prey.