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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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UCLA |

Relax, mom. You still matter.

A new study has a reassuring message for parents of college-age children: You’re probably underestimating their loyalty to you.
UC Irvine |

Smartphones act as digital security blankets in stressful social situations

When people are in awkward social situations, their phones offer comfort and relieve feelings of isolation — without even turning them on.
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UC Berkeley |

Always a maverick: Alum Cynthia Marshall, NBA’s first African American female CEO

Marshall was the first African American cheerleader at UC Berkeley and the first in her family to graduate from college.
UCLA |

Neurosurgeon’s accurate diagnosis restored teen’s vision

After two years of living in darkness and pain, Rhianna Wilson's future looks bright
UC Newsroom |

Celebrating the 2018 Oakland Promise Scholars

UC President Janet Napolitano has awarded college scholarships to five UC-bound Oakland students.
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UC Berkeley |

Space probe to plunge into fiery corona of the sun

Carrying instruments built by Berkeley scientists, NASA plans to launch Earth’s first spacecraft to venture inside the orbits of Venus and Mercury to touch the very edge of the sun’s fiery corona.
UC Riverside |

Information overload has been around since the 1800s

There are striking similarities between 19th and 21st century mass media consumption habits and their effects on society.
UC Santa Cruz |

Moral decision making is rife with internal conflict

New findings challenge the popular notion that we rely on our "guts" and don't think through challenging questions of right and wrong.
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UC Berkeley |

Faith in an MBA: A priest comes to Berkeley Haas

Fellow students have asked, ‘what’s a priest going to do with an MBA?’” 
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UC Newsroom |

Float away with a good book

There’s nothing better than a good book for that long flight or lazy summer afternoon.
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UC San Diego via The Conversation |

Designing a solar tarp

Engineers are working to create a foldable, packable way to generate power from the sun.
First-gen students pose for picture in first-gen T-shirts
UC Newsroom |

Cracking the code on first-gen college student success

New approaches are boosting grades and student satisfaction rates.