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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 Newsroom |

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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The winning team in the UC World Food Day Video Challenge: (From left) Umayr Sufi, Irwin Donis-Gonzalez and Carlos Orozco-Gonzalez.
UC Davis |

Rising to the challenge: World Food Day video prizes awarded

Top prizes in UC-wide competition go to UC Davis students.
An invasive female oyster drill and her eggs attach to a native Olympia oyster in Tomales Bay.
UC Davis |

Climate change may benefit native oysters, but there's a catch

Oysters can tolerate extremes better than predatory snails can -- if the snails don't get them first.
Angela Courtney
UC Newsroom |

Advances in breast cancer research and treatment bring hope

From detection to treatment, UC researchers are taking aim at breast cancer.
UC Berkeley and UC Davis |

Combating antibiotic resistance

UC Berkeley, UC Davis projects among those funded by CDC in effort to preserve the power of antibiotics.
UC Berkeley water startup
California Magazine |

Startup helps people find out what they’re drinking

A UC Berkeley team provides much needed oversight of the largest unchecked threat to water safety.
UC Riverside window to the brain
UC Riverside |

International ‘Window to the Brain’ research team gathers at UC Riverside

Scientists from the U.S. and Mexico are working to make their therapeutic transparent skull implant a reality for patients with brain disorders.
UC Santa Cruz largest-ever gift
UC Santa Cruz |

UC Santa Cruz receives largest-ever gift

$32M collection of 12,000 photos from Ansel Adams, Dorothea Lange and more endowed to the school.
UC Santa Barbara's Irene Chen (right) was among the university's recipients of NIH's high-risk, high-reward research grants.
UC Newsroom |

UC scientists receive NIH high-risk, high-reward research grants

Awards to pursue innovative and transformative research projects.
Pancreatic cancer cells
UC San Francisco and UC San Diego |

UCs join national effort to improve survival for pancreatic cancer patients

UCSF, UC San Diego part of Precision Promise, bringing together researchers, clinicians and drug developers.
UCSF childhood trauma Boyce
UC San Francisco |

Undoing the harm of childhood trauma and adversity

Early experiences have far-reaching health consequences, but researchers are developing new ways to intervene.
UC San Diego surfing patagonia
UC San Diego |

Surfing the world for microbes

Doctoral student Cliff Kapono sets out on an adventure to map the surfer microbiome.
Gecko feet UC Riverside
UC Riverside |

How gecko feet got sticky

Studying this lizard's extraordinary toes offers a snapshot into evolution.