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Prepare to be amazed! UC graduate students wow with 3-minute talks at Grad Slam

Get a master class — in brief — on cutting-edge UC discoveries as graduate students explain their complex research in just 3 minutes flat.

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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 Davis |

Milk does a probiotic good

Dairy makes a positive difference in how effective probiotics can be.
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UC Berkeley |

Intellectual pursuits may buffer the brain against addiction

Mice engaged in stimulating activities were less likely to seek out cocaine.
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UC Santa Cruz |

Temperature's rising beneath West Antarctic ice sheet

Research team reports first direct measurement of geothermal heat flow rising from deep within the Earth to the bottom of the ice sheet.
Lorrene Ritchie, ANR
ANR |

Reducing childhood obesity

More than 1,700 nutritionists and other experts on children's health gathered in San Diego to share lessons learned about efforts to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic.
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UC Riverside |

Partnership makes algebra accessible north and south of the border

Online bilingual instruction is aligned with Mexican school requirements and Common Core, to help teachers keep immigrant students on track with math learning
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UC Santa Barbara |

Protecting the deep sea

Researchers call for balancing commercial extraction of deep-sea resources with protection of diverse seabed habitats.
UC San Diego |

Researchers ID ‘conjunction junction’ for brain’s navigation function

Ever wake at night and find your way through the house without stubbing your toe? There's a region of the brain that enables you to do that – and generally helps you navigate the world.
UC Newsroom |

8 from UC among Scientific American’s top biotech visionaries

Worldview 100 highlights visionaries who continue to reshape the industry — and the world.
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UCLA |

Homelessness and LGBT youth

Study: Sexual and gender minorities are overrepresented among homeless youth.
UC San Diego |

Scripps alumna nominated to lead National Academy of Sciences

Academy members will vote on geophysicist Marcia McNutt's candidacy in December.
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UC ANR |

Beyond the food stamp challenge

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources has found a way to help low-income families successfully stretch their food dollars and eat healthier while receiving food assistance.
Nathaniel Johnson, Marian Swain and Tom Muller take questions from the audience in a panel discussion.
UC Davis |

Symposium calls for food security (not food uncertainty)

A symposium by the UC Davis Institute for Food and Agricultural Literacy convened journalists, scientists and foodies to discuss the controversies surrounding genetic engineering technologies.