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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 research puts wildfire risk into historic context

Western U.S. precipitation extremes are closely aligned with the region’s past, a new study shows.
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UC Davis |

Shining light on the social lives of viruses

Animal behavior theories can provide a fresh look at how viruses spread, scientist says.
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UC Santa Cruz |

A new era in astronomy: First observations of merging neutron stars

A UC Santa Cruz team provides the first-ever visual evidence of the source of gravitational waves.
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UC leaders to Congress: Protect the nation’s Dreamers

President Napolitano and the 10 chancellors press Calif. lawmakers to lead the way on bipartisan Dreamer legislation.
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Meet UC’s 2017 MacArthur award ‘geniuses’

Four alums and one professor earn prestigious fellowships to continue their creative work.
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UC Merced |

Animations that are true to life

Animated films are about to take a leap forward, thanks to math.
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UC Santa Cruz |

The link between dreaming and mind-wandering

What are dreams? "An accidental byproduct of our waking cognitive abilities," a new book says.
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UCLA |

Physician, feed thyself

Future doctors and nurses learn what nutrition really means to help patients down the line.
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UC Merced |

Human speech, jazz and whale song

Three wildly different samples show how much forms of communication have in common.
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The rankings agree: UC stands among the world’s best universities

Eight rankings from this year confirm UC's excellence by any metric.
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UC leaders deliver a message of access to California students and schools

UC leaders are bringing a preview of the college experience to underrepresented high schools across the state.
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UC San Diego |

Stefan Savage receives prestigious MacArthur Foundation fellowship

The renowned cybersecurity expert and computer science professor joins the 2017 class of MacArthur geniuses.