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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 Santa Cruz evolution
UC Santa Cruz |

Did life begin ... on land?

A paradigm-shifting hypothesis could reshape our idea about the origin of life.
Zero carbon conference UC Santa Barbara
UC Newsroom |

How a (nearly) zero-carbon conference can be a better conference

Borrowing a page from Netflix can help slash university emissions by as much as a third.
UC Berkeley zebrafish
UC Berkeley |

UC Berkeley to build a window into the brain

$21.6M awarded to create a 'brain modem' that can read and write to neurons, laying foundation for new therapies.
UC Irvine hair regulation
UC Irvine |

Fighting balding and unwanted hair growth at the same time

Understanding how hair grows in coordination across our bodies may provide the key to controlling it.
Lim Knowland UC San Diego
UC San Diego |

Brain circuits that express depression successfully altered

Neuroscientists alleviate or reverse social withdrawal and helplessness behavior in a new study.
UC Santa Barbara wind turbines
UC Santa Barbara |

How to pass laws to fight climate change

Don't say climate change — 'renewable energy' is the phrase that gets things done, study finds.
UC accountability
UC Newsroom |

UC scales new heights in graduation rates, research

With 1.86 million alumni, the University of California's impact is greater than ever.
fat food UC Berkeley smell
UC Berkeley |

Does smelling food make you fat?

Fatty food made mice double their weight — unless they lacked a sense of smell.
UC San Diego smart glove
UC San Diego |

Low-cost smart glove translates American Sign Language alphabet

Next-gen virtual tool could also be used in fields from telesurgery to defense.
UCSF traumatic brain injury
UCSF |

Drug reverses memory failure caused by traumatic brain injury

Brain-injured mice perform as well as normal mice on memory tests after treatment.
food movement UC Santa Cruz
UC Santa Cruz |

Oldest university-based organic research and education facility turns 50

Looking back on the food movement and movers of 'the people's farm.'
UCLA organization brain
UCLA |

Why do some people prefer order, and others thrive in uncertainty?

A new study suggests changes in two brain regions could be responsible for attitudes related to risk.