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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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UCSF |

Cultural differences may leave their mark on DNA

Groundbreaking new study shows how deeply ethnicity combines genetics and environment.
UCLA sushi fraud
UCLA |

Bait and switch? Study finds fish fraud runs rampant

Half the time what’s on the menu at LA sushi restaurants is not what’s on your plate.
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UC San Diego |

Exercise does a body good: 20 minutes can act as anti-inflammatory

Just one moderate session creates a cellular response that can boost our immune system.
Pre-Health Dreamers
UC Newsroom |

Meet the UC honorees of Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list

Young alums with ties to nearly every campus earn recognition for their innovations.
Helen Diller
UCSF |

Largest-ever gift to UCSF honors philanthropist Helen Diller

$500M donation among the most generous received by any academic institution in the US.
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UC Riverside |

New technology will cut plug-in hybrid fuel consumption by one-third

Researchers look to birds flying in formation and find a way to make vehicles more efficient.
UC Merced
UC Newsroom |

A standout among standouts

UC lauded as the only university among Top 100 Global Innovators.
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UC Santa Cruz |

How a UC Santa Cruz alum became diversity’s superhero

Marvel Comics editor-in-chief wants fans of all backgrounds to see themselves on the page.
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UC Irvine |

How massive was the California storm? Download the iRain app to find out

State-of-the-art rainfall estimation in even remote counties is now freely available.
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UC Santa Barbara |

How neurons learn: The last frontier

A neuroscientist seeks to understand the brain's foundation.
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UCSF |

Search engine: How artificial intelligence techniques are aiding the hunt for new drugs

Millions of untested compounds await a new method that will help sort through them.
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UC launches new efforts to address California’s teacher shortage

A new project focuses on improving teacher retention and effectiveness.