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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 Berkeley |

Prenatal pesticide exposure linked to changes in teen’s brain activity

New study is one of the first to use advanced brain imaging to reveal how exposure to these chemicals changes the brain.
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UC Davis via The Conversation |

Plants are going extinct up to 350 times faster than the historical norm

Human-driven land clearing and climate change are risking a devastating biodiversity crash.
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UC Newsroom |

UC schools are among those doing the most for the country

Washington Monthly places all nine UC undergrad campuses among the nation’s Top 100 for social mobility and public service.
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UC Irvine via The Conversation |

How to address America’s lead crisis and provide safe drinking water for all

Newark is the latest U.S. city to struggle with high lead levels in drinking water. We can end this crisis.
Neuron
UC Riverside |

An alternate theory for what causes Alzheimer's disease

A unique neurological signature not previously identified in patients may provide a path to new, more successful trials.
Two boys playing football
UCSF |

Unmasking concussion with a simple blood test

A blood test that costs a fraction of the price of a brain scan may flag concussion in patients that pass CT tests.
A man walking in a citrus grove
UC Davis |

75 percent of Florida's oranges have been lost to disease. Can science save citrus?

Farmers and researchers try to hold off a deadly citrus greening that's now reached California long enough to find a cure.
Mathieu Prévot displays water collected by the harvester
UC Berkeley |

Water harvester makes it easy to drink water from thin air

A device that cycles 24/7 to produce enough water from desert air to drink is close to hitting the market.
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UCLA Anderson Review |

That online hotel review you wrote? It matters

Ratings act as free advertising for hotels with good reviews, a new study finds.
Senior man in a hat playing video games excitedly
UC Irvine |

Why grandpa and grandma should be playing video games

Online brain exercises can help seniors multitask as well as people 50 years younger.
Moisturizer dish with a woman dipping her hands into it
UCSF |

Moisturizers may be turning your skin into ‘Swiss cheese’

What some lotions do to your skin could make your skin crawl. Researchers explain.
Students at UC Berkeley
UC Newsroom |

UC earns even more recognition as one of the world’s best universities

Several new rankings confirm UC as an academic powerhouse.