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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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UC Davis |

Evolutionary biology key to tackling diverse global problems

Drug-resistant diseases, pesticide-resistant bugs and animals threatened by climate change are signs of human-driven evolution getting out of control. A multi-university team calls for solutions.
Murmuration art installation
UCLA |

Visual poetry breaks through boundaries of art

Professor Jennifer Steinkamp won a national award for her video installation "Murmuration."
Douglas Thorpe
UC Irvine |

The king of drones

Alum Douglas Thorpe has spent decades developing unmanned aerial vehicles for all kinds of uses.
UC Newsroom |

The sun rises as one of UC's top energy choices

Largest solar power purchase by a university moves UC closer to its goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2025.
Brain scans: with (left) and without obstructive sleep apnea
UCLA |

More proof that sleep apnea hurts the brain

Weaker blood flow to the brain results from the disorder.
UC Santa Barbara |

Breast milk is brain food

Certain fats found in mother's milk appear to be the strongest predictor of academic test performance.
UC San Francisco |

UCSF, Google Earth Engine make maps to predict malaria

UCSF is working to create an online platform that health workers around the world can use to predict where malaria is likely to be transmitted using data on Google Earth Engine.
UC Merced students
UC Newsroom |

New assistance for middle class families

Thousands of eligible students with family incomes up to $150,000 will benefit from state-funded program.
UC President Napolitano
UC Newsroom |

Napolitano: As public research universities go, so goes the nation

UC president gave keynote address at conference centered on issues in higher education.
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UC Davis |

Early intervention lessens autism symptoms

'Infant Start' therapy treats disabling delays before most children are diagnosed
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UC Berkeley |

Biologists try to dig endangered pupfish out of its hole

Considered the world's rarest fish, the wild pupfish faces a 28 to 32 percent risk of extinction over the next 20 years. A UC Berkeley biologist is helping to rescue it from that fate.
UC Santa Cruz |

Study traces ecological collapse over 6,000 years of Egyptian history

Ancient Egyptian artworks help scientists reconstruct how animal communities changed as climate became drier and human populations grew.