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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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Recent graduate Katie Slocum turned her love of coffee into an award-winning senior thesis that examined the supply chain of coffee beans from Honduras to the United States.
UC Santa Cruz |

From farm to cup

UC Santa Cruz anthropology student traces java's route from Central America to California for senior thesis.
Valerie Jenness
UC Irvine |

How the law works for law breakers

Book co-authored by social ecology dean sheds light on the inmate grievance process in California.
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UC San Francisco |

Researchers launch landmark study of LGBTQ health

Framingham heart health study inspired efforts to track LGBTQ health trends.
Hoover Dam
UC Irvine via The Conversation |

California tackles water-energy interdependence by getting decision-makers to talk

UC and the U.S. Department of Energy are leading with a jointly sponsored workshop with utilities, regulators and researchers from throughout the West.
UC Newsroom |

Ensuring inclusive campus environments for LGBT students, faculty and staff

New measures address self-identification of orientation and identity, and gender-neutral facilities.
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UCLA |

One-quarter of California adults are obese

In just 14 years, the percentage of obese Californians is up from one-fifth.
UC Riverside |

Undergraduate discovers new firefly species

Discovery is among a few little-seen firefly species found in Southern California.
UC Davis |

Food engineer named World Agriculture Prize laureate

UC Davis' R. Paul Singh is recognized for a lifetime of internationally renowned contributions to food engineering research, education, development, consulting and technology transfer.
UC Irvine |

Minority children underrepresented in special education

Findings contradict prior research, public perception, and federal legislation and policies.
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UC Berkeley |

Environment takes big hit from water-intensive marijuana cultivation

Irrigation, pest control and garbage take heavy toll on drought-stressed watershed areas.
Spotted wing Drosophila on ripe blueberries. The males have a characteristic dark spot on tip of wings.
UC Riverside |

Scientists find safe repellent that protects fruit from pesky pest

Pleasant-smelling chemical compound effectively wards off spotted wing Drosophila, lab experiments at UC Riverside show.
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UC Santa Cruz |

A visionary, a genius, and the human genome

In 2000, two dogged researchers defied the odds to become the first in the world to assemble the DNA sequence of the human genome.