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A tale of Tinder wins the day at the 10th annual UC Grad Slam

The hotly anticipated annual contest offered a peek at groundbreaking research powered by graduate students across the University of California system.

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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 San Francisco |

Biotech’s birthplace: How UCSF sparked a medical renaissance — twice

The discovery of recombinant DNA proved that biology, not chemistry alone, could create new medicines like life-saving insulin.
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UC San Diego |

New gel could boost coral reef restoration

A substance developed at UC San Diego improved coral larvae settlement by up to 20 times in experiments compared to untreated surfaces.
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UC Santa Barbara |

Bear ecologist offers insight on recent sightings on and around campus

Bren School ecologist Rae Wynn-Grant is a bear expert, and she has some thoughts on the recent sightings on campus and surrounding community.
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UC Santa Cruz |

The ripple effect of small earthquakes near major faults

Minor quakes can disrupt natural tectonic patterns deep underground and change stress landscape, new study finds.
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UC Berkeley |

Infant born with deadly disease now thriving thanks to customized CRISPR treatment six months after birth

A newborn boy, KJ, was diagnosed at birth with a rare and potentially fatal genetic disease. He received a novel, on-demand CRISPR therapy in record time.
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UC Newsroom |

UC awards $18 million to scale up the ambition and impact of AI in science

Together with Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore National Labs, the University of California is funding research to develop new AI approaches in genomics, quantum materials discovery and geothermal energy.
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UC Newsroom |

The race to perfect the quantum computer is on, and UC is helping America hold its lead

There's a reason several of the world's biggest tech companies have quantum research headquarters in California.
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UC Newsroom |

9 UC alumni awarded 2025 Pulitzer Prizes

Across categories of reporting, biography, history, and nonfiction UC alums from four campuses produced urgent work of the highest quality.
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UC Berkeley |

The key to success for this year’s University Medalist? Curiosity and collaboration

From using smartphone data to predict mental health relapses to leading French Club, Asher Cohen found community — and opportunities to serve others — in a myriad of corners of campus.
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UC San Diego |

It’s hard to get meds to the lungs: Breathable algae offer a new path

Algae are the new delivery drivers: they are tiny enough to float in inhalable liquid particles and travel deep inside the lungs of mice where they drop off drugs to fight pneumonia.
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UC Davis |

Targeting gluten: Researchers delete proteins in wheat harmful to people with celiac disease

A UC Davis study found that deleting a cluster of genes in wheat may reduce wheat allergies without harming breadmaking.
Four people, one in the foreground, three in the background, hold up giant checks
UC Newsroom |

A tale of Tinder wins the day at the 10th annual UC Grad Slam

The hotly anticipated annual contest offered a peek at groundbreaking research powered by graduate students across the University of California system.