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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 Riverside worry
UC Riverside |

Worry — it does the body (and mind) good?

A new paper shows the power of worrying.
UC Berkeley empathy
UC Berkeley |

Tackling the ‘black troublemaker’ school stereotype

Psychologist works with Google to combat knee-jerk suspensions of African American teens.
UC Irvine entrepreneur
UC Newsroom |

Congratulations to our UC Entrepreneur luncheon winners!

Entrepreneurs from across the UC system win a chance to pitch their startup ideas.
Forbes Best Value
UC Newsroom |

UC campuses provide the most value for the investment, according to Forbes

Six campuses are among the nation’s top 25 best value colleges, with UC Berkeley and UCLA in first and second.
chest X-ray
UCSF |

Surprising new role for lungs: Making blood

UCSF scientists discover our breathing organ is a veritable factory of blood and immune stem cells.
Dream Revolution
UCLA |

Healthy Campus Initiative brings music, theater, food to UCLA's new living amphitheater

Guests inclue Grammy Award-nominated singer/songwriter Aloe Blacc and L.A. Laker Metta World Peace.
UC Riverside glass greener
UC Riverside |

Making batteries from waste glass bottles

New, low-cost process creates batteries with a lifespan four times better than what's currently sold.
The team that created Tabla, a device that detects pneumonia using sound waves and a stethoscope, received seed funding from Big Ideas@Berkeley to support its project.
UC Berkeley |

Big Ideas pitch day: seeding the future

Student innovation competition inspires big ideas from across the UC system and beyond.
UC Grad Slam Leah Foltz
UC Santa Barbara |

The elevator pitch perfected

Leah Foltz wins UC Santa Barbara's competition with a presentation on fixing blindness with your own cells.
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UCLA |

What does 'healthy' mean when it comes to food?

UCLA dietitian Dana Hunnes gives her expert opinion on this tricky question.
UCR researchers are uncovering hidden histories to help California Citrus State Historic Park tell a more inclusive story of the region’s citrus industry and use creative means to draw attention to it. This image is from “Manos, Espaldas y Blossoms (2017)
UC Riverside |

Sweet and sour stories of citrus

May 6 festival will unveil progress to cultivate inclusive histories at Riverside's California State Citrus Historic Park.
Sabertooth UCLA
UCLA |

Hunting with saber-toothed cats in California

An injury pattern in fossils gives an intimate look at how the animal brought down its prey.