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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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African Plant Breeding Academy launch
UC Davis |

New plant breeding academy graduates to improve Africa’s ‘orphan’ crops

UC Davis-run academy is designed to increase food security and help eliminate malnutrition and stunting among Africa’s youth.
pollution research van
Lawrence Berkeley Lab |

Air pollution down thanks to diesel truck regulation

Berkeley Lab air quality scientists measure truck emissions at two busy San Francisco Bay Area locations.
UC San Diego |

Brewing up an industry

UC San Diego alumni help lead San Diego’s growing microbrew industry.
Hush earplugs
UC San Diego |

Student entrepreneurs find success with smart earplugs

Engineering trio turn a class project into a budding company.
overweight boy with slice of cake (iStock)
UC San Diego |

Obese children’s brains respond more to sugar

Most of us light up at the taste of a sweet treat. But the response is heightened in overweight children, suggesting that they may be predisposed to crave more sugar.
Pook's Hill
UC Merced |

Discover Magazine features archaeologist’s cave research

Holley Moyes has spent the better part of two decades studying caves in Belize, but her interest isn’t just academic — it’s also helping to preserve the history of the Maya culture.
UCLA's Judith Baca
UCLA |

Muralist's memorabilia heads to Smithsonian

National Museum of American History honors professor Judith Baca and the Great Wall of Los Angeles.
UC Newsroom |

Eight UC campuses are among the top 100 universities in the world rated by TheBestSchools.org

TheBestSchools.org analyzed institutions listed in the 2014 Academic Ranking of World Universities to form its ratings.
UC Berkeley |

Can organic crops compete with industrial agriculture?

An analysis of 115 studies comparing organic and conventional farming finds that the crop yields of organic agriculture are higher than previously thought.
art therapy
UC San Francisco |

The art of healing

The idea of art as medicine dates back to antiquity, but recently the concept is drawing increasing interest from the medical and science communities.
UC Newsroom |

UC participates in second white house summit

At White House summit, UC officials unveil new efforts to help kids succeed, particularly those from low-income families.
Winning entries, Food College contest
UC Newsroom |

Playing with food pays off for UC Produce Collage Contest winners

Fine art and late night comedy inspired the creators of the winning entries.