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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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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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Mars ring
UC Berkeley |

Mars will lose its largest moon, but gain a ring

Phobos will likely slowly lose orbit and be shredded into pieces that will surround the red planet.
David Jablons, chief of thoracic surgery at UCSF Medical Center, sells his cheeses at the San Francisco Ferry Building farmers market on weekends.
UC San Francisco |

Physician-farmer finds niche making cheese

UCSF Dr. David Jablons builds cheese-making business with wife.
UC Davis |

GMO food animals should be judged by product, not process, scientists say

Paper makes the case for a new approach to regulating food products from animals developed using modern biotechnologies.
UCLA nanoscientists develop safer, faster way to remove pollutants from water
UCLA |

UCLA nanoscientists develop safer, faster way to remove pollutants from water

The advance could be an important new step in the effort to satisfy the world’s need for clean water.
An Anopheles stephensi mosquito obtains a blood meal from a human host through its pointed proboscis. A known malarial vector, the species can found from Egypt all the way to China.
UC Irvine and UC San Diego |

UC scientists create malaria-blocking mosquitoes

New insect model may help eradicate disease that sickens millions annually.
UC Newsroom |

24 UC researchers named AAAS fellows

They are honored for their contributions to innovation, education and scientific leadership.
lecture hall, UC Berkeley
UC Newsroom |

UC to dramatically boost California student enrollment

Regents approve budget plan to enroll an additional 10,000 California undergraduates over the next three years, including 5,000 freshman and transfer students in 2016-17.
UC Newsroom |

Regents streamline UC Health oversight

Trustees amend UC Health governance to foster continued growth of UC’s academic medical centers.
UC Merced
UC Merced |

Board of Regents approves UC Merced expansion plan

2020 Project, which would double the physical capacity of the campus, is green-lighted to proceed.
UC Merced student works on campus sustainability
UC Newsroom |

UC joins campuses across the country on White House Climate Pledge

UC President Napolitano, together with all 10 UC chancellors, joined the White House and universities around the country in urging world leaders to take decisive action on climate change.
community gardeners
UC Newsroom |

Faculty honored for contributions to UC initiatives

Leadership award winners are influencers in diversity, entrepreneurialsm, sustainability and other key issues.
UC Davis |

Pastured Poultry Farm to explore solutions for small chicken farms

UC Davis farm is home to 150 young laying chickens and a living lab where students and researchers hope to develop solutions benefiting pasture-based poultry farms, integrative crop-and-poultry farms, and backyard flocks.