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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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UC Riverside wasp
UC Riverside |

Rediscovering a wasp after 101 years

An animal that helps defend one of America's most unique trees has been captured by UC Riverside and partners.
UC Santa Barbara reef underwater
UC Santa Barbara |

Good news (and bad news) for coral reefs

UC Santa Barbara scientists have helped identify where reefs are flourishing, despite all odds. So why are others left behind?
Children at Ygnacio Elementary School in Concord pick up lunch from a new serving counter.
UC ANR |

School kitchen grants enable kids to make healthy food choices

New equipment helping schools around the country to serve fresher, healthier and more appealing food to students.
Xavier Becerra UCDC
UC Newsroom |

UC selects its first class of Presidential Public Service fellows

Twenty-seven undergraduates will participate in public service internships in Washington, D.C., and Sacramento this fall.
Cheetah UC Santa Barbara
UC Santa Barbara |

Will science find a way to save Earth’s top predators?

A UC Santa Barbara researcher wants to help slow-to-recover species flourish again.
Raul Carranza UC San Diego
UC San Diego |

UC San Diego grad with muscular dystrophy shows incredible strength to achieve his dreams

Raul Carranza pursues a future in politics, guided by a sense of justice and determination.
Berkeley Lab galaxy-seeking robots
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |

Galaxy-seeking robots ready for a test run

Berkeley Lab prepares to hone in on deep space with the help of its futuristic fleet.
UC Davis vineyard
UC Davis |

Local microbes can predict wine’s chemical profile

A wine's "fingerprint" could help with quality control, UC Davis finds.
UCSF Oliver Bishop
UCSF |

Free to be he, she, they

UCSF’s pioneering Child and Adolescent Gender Center is helping a growing number of families with gender identity.
Yi Xing breast cancer
UCLA |

Scientists find biomarkers that could drive better cancer survival estimates

UCLA research may also help scientists suppress dangerous genetic sequences.
Sugarcane UCSF
UC Newsroom |

A low-tech way to protect sugar cane workers

UCSF global health student's effort helps Central American communities facing epidemic of early deaths.
UC Santa Cruz blackboard
UC Santa Cruz |

Why don't we say what we mean?

These two UC Santa Cruz professors think it's time to have a talk with Siri.