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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 |

Cosmic collisions wake up snoozing galaxies

When galaxy clusters collide, the resulting shockwave can “wake up” these dormant galaxies and drive a new generation of star formation.
Worker prepares world’s first algae surfboard
UC San Diego |

Surfing into a greener future

UC San Diego biology and chemistry students produce the world’s first algae-based, sustainable surfboard.
UC Davis |

Sugary drinks boost risk factors for heart disease

Even limited amounts of high-fructose corn syrup are shown to increase risk.
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UC Newsroom |

Is there life out there? UC researchers aim to find out

NASA's quest to search for life on planets outside our solar system will be guided by experts from UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz, among others.
UC Newsroom |

President Napolitano among new members of American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Academy's Class of 2015 includes 22 members from across the UC system.
UC Newsroom |

Art, science inspire student climate-change activism

37 students are awarded fellowships to work on projects that support UC's Carbon Neutrality Initiative.
UC President Janet Napolitano's listens to UC Global Food Initiative student fellows discuss their projects at Masumoto Family Farm in Del Rey.
UC Newsroom |

UC students tour peach farm, meet with President Napolitano

UC Global Food Initiative student fellows gathered near Fresno to dig into the soil, thin fruiting peach trees and discuss the initiative with UC President Janet Napolitano.
UC Davis |

UC Davis opens Life Sciences Innovation Center in Chile

The center’s long-term goal is to support research, development and economic competitiveness in Chile and California with a focus on the agricultural industry, including plant breeding, postharvest and climate-change technologies.
Luz Torres-Gonzalez, in front, is one of more than a dozen UCLA staff, students and faculty who will be recognized by the UCLA Healthy Campus Initiative at its inaugural symposium for their contributions to campus health and wellness.
UCLA |

Healthy Campus Initiative to honor students, staff at inaugural celebration

More than a dozen UCLA staff members, students and faculty will be honored on April 30 at the inaugural UCLA Healthy Campus Initiative Symposium.
Constantine "Costa" Spyrou, a third-year, food science major, and Sara Schaefer, associate director of the Children's Health and Education Program in the UC Davis Foods for Health Institute, are developing an application for consumers on food they can and
UC Davis |

Nutrition app takes Food Hackathon grand prize

A UC Davis student and his team have developed an award-winning idea for a software application helping consumers choose foods that meet their medication needs.
Genetic diversity of cowpea seed
UC Riverside |

Feeding a growing population

“Food Security for Africa: The Cowpea Story From Lab to Plate” is the topic of the next free public lecture at UC Riverside in a new lecture series on the science of food and health.
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UC San Diego |

Overnight fasting may reduce breast cancer risk

Women who forgo nocturnal dining also appear to lower their risk of diabetes.