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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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Channing Dungey UCLA
UCLA |

Self-described TV junkie calls the shots at ABC

Alumna Channing Dungey is the new head of entertainment at the network.
UC love stories
UC Newsroom |

Campus-crossed valentines

For Valentine’s Day, we found four real UC love stories that transcend individual campus bubbles.
Doron Comerchero is the founder and director of FoodWhat.
UC Santa Cruz |

Planting seeds, growing confidence

FoodWhat uses sustainable food, meaningful work and farming to help youth heal, grow and explore their identities.
UC San Diego robotics surgery
UC San Diego |

The operating room of the future

Engineers develop what will become an integral part of surgical teams: robotic assistants.
Lou Gehrig UC Riverside
UC Riverside |

Researchers show how Lou Gehrig’s disease progression could be delayed

Study could lead to new drugs for spinal cord injury, Alzheimer’s disease and some cancers.
UC Davis civil and environmental engineering professor Deb Niemeier is among 11 UC researchers elected to the National Academy of Engineering.
UC Newsroom |

11 UC researchers elected to National Academy of Engineering

Election is among the highest honors in the engineering profession.
UC San Diego nuclear explosion
UC San Diego |

First nuclear explosion helps test theory of moon's formation

Nuclear fallout and lunar samples are similar enough to suggest an impact could have created our moon.
UC Irvine hyperloop
UC Irvine |

Student-designed Hyperloop prototype debuts

Undergrad team in Elon Musk's competition set their sights on a test track run this summer.
UC Davis school lunch
UC Newsroom |

How California is reinventing school lunch

30 million kids receive school lunch daily — and UC's Global Food Initiative is helping ensure it's healthy and sustainable.
UC Irvine immigration
UC Irvine via The Conversation |

Immigration does not increase crime — it decreases it

Findings over as many as four decades demonstrate the economic and social benefits of immigration.
UCSF dementia odor
UCSF |

Poor odor identification may be early warning for dementia

New study suggests olfactory testing might be a simple way to predict disease a decade before symptoms occur.
UC Merced baby surprise
UC Merced |

Study: Infants recognize surprise in others before age 2

New research shows children's understanding begins in half the time previously thought.