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UC Newsroom |

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 Newsroom |

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 Newsroom |

UC alumni entrepreneurs pitch at venture summit

Top alumni entrepreneurs prove that UC’s changemakers can be found well beyond the campus gates
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University of California |

What it means to be boldly Californian

Look back on 150 years of amazing discoveries, students and visionaries that helped make UC what it is today in a new video.
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UC Newsroom |

Sustainability wins for UC, California in 2017

UC’s 14th Annual Report on Sustainable Practices shows that the UC system is not only growing, it’s greener than ever.
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Berkeley Lab |

Scientists create smart windows that actually generate electricity

Scientists have discovered an ideal window material that can block the sun's heat and glare, while generating electricity.
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UC Santa Barbara |

Beyond 5G

A new research center will explore the next, next generation of communications.
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UC San Diego |

Researchers develop a remote-controlled cancer immunotherapy system

The ultrasound-based system can non-invasively control genetic processes to kill cancer cells.
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UC Riverside |

Making fuel cells for a fraction of the cost

A newly developed material could slash fuel cells' burdensome price tag.
UC Davis sequence all life
UC Davis |

Earth BioGenome Project to sequence all life

UC Davis-led partnership to map the DNA of every lifeform announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
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UCLA |

Curcumin improves memory and mood, new study says

Lovers of Indian food, give yourselves a second helping. The compound found in turmeric has new benefits.
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UC Irvine |

Rain goes rogue

Climate change appears to be skewing weather patterns, making it harder to predict wet and dry years.
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UC Davis |

Marijuana farms expose endangered owls to rat poison, study shows

An abundance of illegal sites without oversight are poisoning wildlife in Northern California.
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UC Berkeley |

What does a thought look like?

Trippy: UC Berkeley neuroscientists are recording a thought's fleeting trip through the brain.