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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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Participating on a Zocalo panel to discuss the social and economic forces limiting low-income Americans' access to healthy food and exercise were Anna Gorman (from eft), UCLA's Roshan Bastani, Tracie McMillan and LaVonna Lewis.
UCLA/Zocalo |

Who can afford organic kale on minimum wage?

A panel of health experts discusses what can be done to ensure health equity.
solar thermal technology
UC Newsroom |

UC creates five new inventions per day

In 2014, UC research led to 86 new startups and 1,769 new inventions — nearly five per day – amid a booming startup culture.
UCLA |

Non-surgical approach helps people with paralysis move their legs

UCLA study's results are believed to be the first time voluntary leg movements have ever been relearned without surgery.
UC Riverside |

UC Riverside authors book nominated for Man Booker Prize

“The Moor’s Account” by creative writing professor Laila Lalami, long-listed for prestigious international award.
UC Berkeley |

On Berkeley time? He keeps Campanile’s clocks ticking

What happens when the clocks stop on UC Berkeley landmark? The call goes to Art Simmons.
UC Davis |

Autism's costs estimated to be $500 billion, potentially $1 trillion, by 2025

UC Davis health economists have for the first time projected costs of caring for all people with the disorder.
UC Riverside |

Reshaping the solar spectrum to turn light to electricity

UC Riverside researchers find a way to use the infrared region of the sun’s spectrum to make solar cells more efficient.
UC Santa Barbara |

A cataclysmic event of a certain age

UC Santa Barbara geologist James Kennett part of team that narrows date of cooling event most likely triggered by a cosmic impact.
Mothers at farmers market
UC Food Observer |

Q&A: Lucia Kaiser and Dorina Espinoza, nutrition researchers and educators

Kaiser is part of a UC team that’s recently completed a research project on a program called “Plan, Shop, Save & Cook.” The findings have implications for identifying strategies that tackle food insecurity. Espinoza has participated in subsequent research.
UCLA |

Study may show way to predict autism or psychosis in children with genetic disorder

UCLA-led research may help lead to earlier, more targeted intervention for people with DiGeorge syndrome.
UC Newsroom |

University of California campuses dominate global rankings

All 10 campuses on a list of the 1,000 best universities compiled by the Center for World University Rankings.
UC Santa Barbara |

UC Santa Barbara is West Coast hub for photonics institute

Public-private partnership is bid to advance technology and boost manufacturing to create high-tech jobs.