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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 Agriculture and Natural Resources |

UC launches first-ever organic research institute, with a hand from Clif Bar

The California Organic Institute will accelerate the development and adoption of effective farming tools and practices.
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UC Davis |

Solar power at night?

It’s no joke, says a professor developing prototypes of nighttime solar cells capable of generating power.
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UC San Diego |

Astronaut alum Jessica Meir answers questions from the International Space Station

UC San Diego alumna discusses her journey from ‘STEM to Stars’ during live Q&A from International Space Station.
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UC Berkeley |

How UC is working to expand open access to its research

UC continues to press for free access to publicly-funded research despite stalled talks with Elsevier.
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UC Santa Barbara |

Surviving the era of unlimited distraction

A team of scientists is helping teenagers learn to calm and focus their minds.
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UC Santa Barbara |

Dolly Parton: The great unifier?

America's first ‘Dollyologist’ reflects on how the country singer has become a figure that resonates all over the world.
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UC Irvine |

Putting the ‘lazy eye’ to work

New research on how amblyopia actually works could lead to better treatments that improve 3-D vision.
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UC Davis |

Spreading hope and healing for fragile X syndrome

Doctors offer families support in a region of the world just beginning to recognize let alone treat the condition.
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UC Berkeley |

150 years of women at the University of California

UC Berkeley celebrates the 150th anniversary of the enrollment of women on campus.
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UC San Diego |

The mosquito that repels the dengue virus

An international team of scientists has synthetically engineered mosquitoes that halt dengue virus transmission.
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UC Riverside |

America’s most widely consumed cooking oil causes genetic changes in the brain

Soybean oil is linked to metabolic and neurological changes in mice in new research.
Educational Vision Technologies team members Lyn Scott, Shelly Bae and co-founders Monal Parmar and Jason Bunk hold first-place prize check after winning a pitch competition in June 2019.
UC Newsroom |

Finalists announced for 2020 UC Startup Pitch Showcase

Five UC startups will have the opportunity to pitch their companies to more than 900 business leaders and could win $10 million in funding.