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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 Davis seals cold
UC Davis |

When there's nowhere colder to go

As the oceans warmed, species migrated to Antarctica. What happens when climate change heats up their home?
UCSF MRI MS
UCSF |

Over-the-counter allergy drug helps patients with chronic injury from multiple sclerosis

Clinical trial shows FDA-approved antihistamine restores nervous system function in MS patients.
UC alumni entrepreneur contest
UC Newsroom |

UC alumni entrepreneurs pitch their startups in new competition

Finalists will receive mentoring and a chance to wow more than 600 business leaders at an upcoming conference.
UC Berkeley My Last Trash
UC Newsroom |

UC’s #MyLastTrash campaign asks you to help push campuses toward zero waste

A new effort strives to transform habits and meet an ambitious 2020 goal.
UC Davis solar panels
UC Newsroom |

UC named national leader in clean energy

The university was one of only eight organizations nationwide to earn the distinction.
UC San Diego surfer
UC San Diego |

Hanging ten (decades): 'Einstein of the oceans' turns 100

Professor emeritus Walter Munk invented the surf forecast and transformed how the world understands the sea.
Get Out UCLA
UCLA |

‘Get Out’-inspired class gets students to dig into portrayals of race and fear

Jordan Peele stops by lecturer Tananarive Due's course on how depictions of blackness have shaped real-life prejudice.
UC Riverside drone
UC Riverside |

Drones to grow minds of their own

UC Riverside professors aim to embed intelligence in drones.
UC San Diego Munk surf
University of New South Wales via The Conversation |

Hang ten (decades): Walter Munk, inventor of the surf forecast, turns 100

The UC San Diego professor emeritus might be the most underappreciated man in surfing.
UC Berkeley blog
UC Berkeley |

Sex, power and the systems that enable men like Harvey Weinstein

If we want to stop the predators among us, we have to look at how power corrupts.
UC Irvine crisis
UC Irvine |

Social media can increase stress during a crisis

Official use of social media can be effective. The unverified rumor mill? Much less so.
UCSF ashtray
UCSF |

Hardcore smokers are softening over time

“Even smokers with the greatest psychological distress can be reached and helped to quit,” says UCSF's Stanton Glantz.