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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 scientists California NanoSystems Institute
UCLA |

UCLA scientists create quick-charging hybrid supercapacitors

Charge storage device created at California NanoSystems Institute is vast improvement over existing models.
Berkeley Food Institute panel discussion
UC Newsroom |

Food justice takes center stage

Forum focuses on labor, power, policy and other issues around food.
UCLA Magazine |

The compassion effect: How social activism is changing everything

Doing well by doing good is increasingly the go-to strategy for everything from marketing to entertainment — driven by millennials, the world’s first digital generation.
David Oyelowo and Ava DuVernay
UCLA Magazine |

True colors: Hollywood’s diversity dilemma

The country has never been so diverse — but not so in Hollywood. The numbers of nonwhite and female actors and others in the entertainment industry remain distressingly low.
Students who use the SmartMeal app to pre-order nutritious meals will be able to pick up food at an express location.
ANR |

Improving school nutrition with 21st century strategies

UC researchers to use a nearly $2 million grant for childhood obesity prevention in San Francisco Unified School District.
Jerry Kang
UCLA |

Law professor named UCLA’s first vice chancellor for equity, diversity and inclusion

Jerry Kang draws praise for his commitment to fairness and his leadership skills.
Atkinson Hall exterior in the evening
UC San Diego |

Qualcomm Institute launches industry innovation space on UC San Diego campus

Qualcomm Institute launches facility where qualified faculty startups, industry partners or national laboratories can lease office or lab space.
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UC Riverside |

Lecture series to address the science of food and health

Free public lectures at UC Riverside will cover cowpea research, sustainable food and nutrition's impact on health; first talk to focus on feeding Botswana.
UC Berkeley |

Stereotypes persist that class, privilege determine intellect, success

Despite egalitarian efforts to downplay class as a forecaster for intelligence and achievement, many people still believe their destiny is tied to their station in life.
Chancellor Howard Gillman
UC Irvine |

Gillman invested as UC Irvine’s sixth chancellor

He sees innovation, expansion and partnerships as key to further enhancing campus’s excellence, impact and global preeminence.
California Magazine |

First-gen students torn between college and home

First-gen university students may find themselves torn between college and home.
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UC Davis |

Ten percent of San Joaquin Valley's ozone pollution comes from outside California

Ten percent of San Joaquin Valley's ozone pollution comes from outside California, particularly from Asia.