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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 Berkeley |

Startup connects local farmers with city dwellers

Farmcation, a new student startup, grew from a UC Berkeley innovation course called “Eat.Think.Design.”
UC Newsroom |

Stem cell grants awarded to pursue 'great ideas'

UC researchers from four campuses receive 11 grants totaling $2.5M.
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UC Newsroom |

Steyer: Students must lead on climate solutions. Students: We’re on it.

Students competing at the UC Carbon Slam event showed they have what it takes to tackle the biggest issue of the day.
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UC Santa Barbara |

Tiny vampires

Vampires are real, and they’ve been around for millions of years, according to a UC Santa Barbara scientist.
UC Merced wildfire
UC Merced via The Conversation |

Wildfires in West have gotten bigger, more frequent and longer since the 1980s

Climate change is increasing forest fires, says UC Merced professor.
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UC Berkeley |

How you argue could make you sick

UC Berkeley researchers find different — but negative — health outcomes, whether you raise your voice or keep a stiff upper lip.
UC Santa Barbara's David Low was among the recipients of a Grand Challenges Explorations grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
UC Newsroom |

Gates Foundation grants tackle big problems in global health

Three UC researchers receive new Grand Challenges Explorations grants; two previous UC grantees awarded additional funding.
UC Davis reptile fossil
UC Davis |

New fossil changes ideas about marine reptile evolution

UC Davis-studied specimen reveals how oceans may've bounced back from extinction 250 million years ago.
UCSF Brain weight loss
UCSF via The Conversation |

Want to lose weight? Train the brain, not the body

Emotional brain training can help you break the stress-obesity connection, a UCSF professor says.
UC San Diego algae biofuel
UC San Diego |

UC San Diego’s algae biofuels program ranked best in nation

An algae surfboard and work on gasoline alternatives help the campus win for the fourth year in a row.
UCLA freshman survey
UCLA |

How freshmen have changed in the past 50 years

Over the course of a 15 million student survey, a UCLA professor finds reasons for optimism.
Students pick up food at the Bistro in the Segundo Dining Commons at UC Davis.
UC Davis |

UC Davis to switch to university-managed food service

Campus will join seven other UCs that run their own food services.