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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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UCLA sea snakes
UCLA Newsroom |

See something weird in nature? Call your local scientist

UCLA's Brad Shafffer on sea snakes and other signs of natural phenomena.
Wi-Fi scanning robots with x-ray vision
UC Newsroom |

How Wi-Fi can give us X-ray vision

Can Wi-Fi signals be used to sense the environment around us, or even see through walls?
UC Davis Peace Corps volunteer Austin Alcorn Petersen
UC Newsroom |

UC campuses among top producers of Peace Corps volunteers

Alumni have a long tradition of service that dates to organization's founding in 1961.
Food scientist Daniela Barile and graduate student Tian Tian study milk sugar compounds as part of a study showing the role these compounds play in nourishing health-promoting gut microbes in infants.
UC Davis |

Gut microbes and milk compounds tackle childhood malnutrition

One study suggests may be opportunity for dairy industry to play important role in helping to develop novel foods and therapies.
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UC Berkeley |

UC Berkeley is going 'Sugar Savvy'

Campus is on a mission to make Berkeley the most sugar-savvy university.
UC Santa Barbara tracking El Nino
UC Santa Barbara |

Tracking El Niño’s impact

UC Santa Barbara geologists are measuring coastal erosion and the effects of rising sea levels and storms brought by weather phenomenon.
A working drawing of what the café space will look like as of now.
UC San Diego |

'A' is for Audrey at Geisel Library Cafe

Cafe in UC San Diego's flagship building set to open in spring.
Professor Arturo Arias UC Merced
UC Merced |

Two UC Merced professors named campus's first MacArthur Chairs

Internationally recognized scholars granted the opportunity to pursue new horizons in humanities research.
LA aqueduct
UCLA |

$1.2 million awarded by UCLA to help Los Angeles County thrive despite climate change

Developing smart grids and converting wastewater are among the projects earning grants as part of the Sustainable LA Grand Challenge.
Sang-Hee Lee UC Riverside
UC Riverside |

Anthropologist pens a best-seller in South Korea

A UC Riverside professor has won celebrity and acclaim with her book on evolutionary history, "Human Origins."
UC San Francisco research fellow Cheri Mah, shown here with cyclist Kurt Wolfgang, studies sleep and performance in elite athletes, and consults with professional sports teams to improve their athletes’ sleep habits.
UC Newsroom |

How to sleep like a pro (athlete)

Six tips for better sleep from UCSF expert Cheri Mah, who consults with the Golden State Warriors and other elite athletes.
UC Berkeley Twitter trust & safety
UC Berkeley |

UC Berkeley psychologist tapped to foster a kinder Twittersphere

Dacher Keltner is a member of Twitter's new Trust & Safety Council to help the site balance cybersafety and free speech.