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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 ANR |

Hackathon aims to solve real agriculture and food problems

Apps for Ag event July 15-17 to be hosted by UC ANR and California State Fair.
UC Berkeley healthier choices
UC Berkeley |

Our brain activity could be nudged to make healthier choices

UC Berkeley scientists capture the moment-to-moment dynamics of how we make decisions.
Stephen Maxey
UC Newsroom |

From a life on the streets to one advocating for the homeless

Stephen Maxey never saw himself as college material — but the community of UC Merced saw otherwise.
Kevin Hale UCLA
UCLA |

After kicking addiction, graduating UCLA student reboots life

Native American student finds way back to help others pursue higher education.
Scrub Jay UC Natural Reserve System
UC Natural Reserve System |

Rare scrub jay helps regrow oak forests

These Johnny Appleseeds are reversing ranching damage on Santa Cruz Island, UC scientists find.
UCSF doctor end of life
UC San Francisco |

Looking for a better way to die

Several experts at UCSF offer comment on the new California end-of-life law.
UC Davis is building on its partnership with Orbis international programs.
UC Davis |

Orbis, UC Davis surgery team train on world's only Flying Eye Hospital

Hands-on simulation training reflects strong partnership UC Davis, Orbis have developed over years to improve global eye health.
UC Davis oceans
UC Davis |

9 ways UC Davis is rescuing oceans

Scientists are studying how oceans are affected by climate change to help us enjoy a better future.
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UC Santa Cruz |

Ice age bison fossils shed light on early human migrations in North America

Evidence analyzed by UC Santa Cruz researchers establish when an ice-free corridor opened in the Rocky Mountains.
UCLA building ancient manuscripts
UCLA |

UCLA to offer digital images of rare ancient manuscripts in Egypt

Project will preserve materials critically important to our understanding of Middle East history.
Researchers discovered that a variant of a gene called DRD2 could predispose people of Asian descent to crave certain types of food.
UCLA |

Some Asian Americans are predisposed to want more carbs

UCLA research could point toward strategy for combating rapidly increasing obesity rate among those of Asian descent.
UC Newsroom |

How star systems function in heavy traffic

A UC Santa Cruz grad student looks beyond the reach of the farthest telescopes to glean insights into what makes our own corner of the universe unique.