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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 San Francisco |

Tarantula toxins offer key insights into neuroscience of pain

Extracts from venom could be used to study disorders ranging from irritable bowel syndrome to epilepsy, UCSF finds.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is developing “human-on-a-chip,” a miniature external replication of the human body
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |

‘Human-on-a-chip’ could replace animal testing

Scientists at Livermore Lab are replicating four major biological systems that are vital for life.
UC Riverside black business owners
UC Riverside |

Revenues, employment at black-owned businesses growing fast

Growth is higher than overall rate but disparities endure, UC Riverside census analysis shows.
composite image of the “bullet cluster,” a galaxy cluster formed by a collision of two clusters.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |

3 knowns and 3 unknowns about dark matter

While we can’t see dark matter, we are learning more about it. Berkeley Lab breaks it down.
Chris Chang and UC Berkeley graduate student Sumin Lee carry out experiments to find proteins that bind to copper and potentially influence the storage and burning of fat.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |

Copper is key in burning fat

UC Berkeley and Berkeley Lab research points to possible link between deficiency and obesity-related diseases.
UC-Mexico Initiative
UC Riverside |

Preservation of Spanish missions in California and Mexico examined

UC-Mexico Initiative based at UC Riverside launches with binational summit.
UCSF cirrhosis to healthy liver cells
UC San Francisco |

Researchers convert cirrhosis-causing cells to healthy liver cells in mice

New approach led by UCSF that repairs liver from within may be more efficient than cell transplants.
UC San Diego Zika
UC San Diego |

Building a defense against Zika

UC San Diego researchers are leading efforts to find a turning point to the virus.
UC Santa Barbara brain power
UC Santa Barbara |

A switch for brain growth found

UC Santa Barbara and UCSF scientists find a gene responsible for our unique cerebral cortex.
UC San Diego CaliBaja Center
UC San Diego |

Engineers launch cross-border center to create materials that withstand extreme environments

Researchers come together to create materials for defense, nuclear and aerospace applications.
UC Santa Cruz slave voyages
UC Santa Cruz |

UC Santa Cruz professor to create new public database about the slave trade

UC Irvine also contributes research to visualizing its massive scale.
UC San Diego old habits new habits
UC San Diego |

How the brain makes – and breaks – a habit

Goal vs. habit: A UC San Diego professor researches how we may switch between the two.