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UC Newsroom |
Prepare to be amazed! UC graduate students wow with 3-minute talks at Grad Slam
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UC graduate programs and schools lead the nation in the 2025-26 U.S. News Best Graduate Schools rankings
UC San Diego |
Cloudy shrimp, thanks to ocean acidification
Increased acidity is linked to more calcium in shrimp shells and, as a result, decreased shrimp transparency.
UC Merced |
Most Americans could eat locally
More than 90 percent of the United States can eat food grown or raised within 100 miles of their homes — a boon for nutrition, the economy and sustainable agriculture.
UC San Francisco |
UCSF launches healthy beverage initiative
Health sciences campus — which has done considerable research on the dangers of sugar — will focus sales on zero-calorie and nutritious drinks.
UC Santa Cruz |
UC Santa Cruz professor honored for research in food justice issues
Julie Guthman, whose research looks at agricultural systems, food justice issues and environmental health, has been selected to receive the 2015 Excellence in Research Award from the Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society.
UC Berkeley |
Is motorcycle lane-splitting safe? New report says it can be
Car motorists may not like it, but lane-splitting at moderate speeds doesn't necessarily pose a greater risk for injury.
UCLA |
'Big Bang Theory’ creates scholarship fund for STEM students
Scholarship endowment has already raised more than $4 million for students pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering and math fields.
UCLA |
Even when at rest, our brains prepare us to be social
The brain has a major system that seems predisposed to get us ready to be social in our spare moments.
Lawrence Berkeley Lab |
New technique allows study of clouds in 3-D
Stereophotogrammetry provides a unique window into clouds, thus improving climate models.
UC San Diego |
Tiny parasite may have big impact on honey bees
Pathogen found to infect larvae as well as adult bees — another factor implicated in colony collapse disorder.
UC San Francisco via The Conversation |
We trust kids to know what gender they are
That is, until they go against the norm: addressing transgender issues in children.
UC Davis |
Surfing surgeon stoked on work-life balance
Passionate about his sport and his profession, assistant professor Boaz Arzi finds the waves to be good medicine for the rigors of the operating room.
UC Riverside |
From husks to homes
UC Riverside engineering students win awards at international competition for creating less-costly, more environmentally friendly and termite-resistant alternative to particleboard using rice husks and dry milk.