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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 Riverside bacteria
UC Riverside |

Exploiting male-killing bacteria to control insects

A UC Riverside scientist's discovery of a lethal, sex-specific mechanism may help manage pest species in the future.
UCLA |

Your brain on microbes

Learn about scientists' latest findings in UCLA Science and Food lecture.
UCLA reputation ranking
UC Newsroom |

UC campuses rank highly on world reputation list

Six UC schools are included in Times Higher Education's ranking of the 100 most prestigious universities.
UC Santa Cruz virtual reality
UC Santa Cruz |

Experiencing the 6-by-9 world of solitary confinement

The Guardian's virtual reality project with a UC Santa Cruz professor puts viewers inside a concrete cell.
Senior technician Eduardo Garcia, left, and lab manager Charlotte Acharya, both of the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences, prepare to place young strawberry plants in this field at UC Davis.
UC Davis |

Industry upbeat about new UC Davis strawberry breeding research

'Setting the benchmark' for quality, yield and sustainability.
UCLA poverty health study
UCLA |

Inadequate financial savings tied to childhood health risks

UCLA study finds wealth is a greater predictor than income for obesity and illness in kids.
Sesame Riverside
UC Riverside |

Children trust ‘smart’ characters on television

New UC Riverside study finds that figures viewed as clever help preschoolers model problem-solving behavior.
Prince Super Bowl UCLA
UCLA |

Prince’s first manager reflects on the early days

"We were a family," says UCLA Extension’s Owen Husney.
Rebecca Bork (middle) and her children, Ava and Finn, are among those who benefit from having fresh produce delivered by UCLA students to the UCLA University Village.
UC Newsroom |

College campuses take on food waste

On UC campuses, the Global Food Initiative has spurred collaborations that unite students across the system.
Tea in its many forms will be explored at a UC Davis colloquium.
UC Davis |

International colloquium launches Global Tea Initiative

UC Davis positions itself to be research leader on yet another beverage.
UC president visits Arcata High School
UC Newsroom |

UC president urges Arcata students to consider UC

In visiting California's far north, President Napolitano hopes to draw more students from the region.
UC San Diego space red
The Conversation |

‘Ultracool’ dwarf star hosts three potentially habitable planets

A UC San Diego physicist has broken new ground in the search for life beyond Earth.