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UC Newsroom |

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 Newsroom |

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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Dry fields and hills, San Joaquin, CA
UC Davis |

California agriculture faces greatest water loss ever seen

New report sounds warning on over-reliance on groundwater reserves.
UC Newsroom |

UC president highlights international research in APLU speech

Addressing higher ed leaders, Janet Napolitano says public research universities are uniquely positioned to tackle audacious global challenges.
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UC San Diego |

Friends are the family you choose

You and your friends have a lot in common — including genes, according to a genome-wide analysis.
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UC Riverside |

Science fiction through lens of racial inclusiveness

Prestigious grant will fund a yearlong exploration of ethnic futurisms.
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UC San Diego |

Acute glaucoma found to be an inflammatory disease

Acute form of the eye disease accounts for almost half of all cases of glaucoma in parts of Asia.
UC Merced students prepare to launch drone
UC Merced |

FAA approves data drone research at UC Merced

Permission to fly over the Merced Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve will allow imaging testing for a comprehensive aerial survey of the property.
UC Newsroom |

R&D kudos to lab researchers

Projects at all three UC-affiliated national laboratories make the R&D 100 award list.
Berkeley Lab's FLEXLAB
Lawrence Berkeley Lab |

Lab project to drive increase in building efficiency

FLEXLAB's flexible design building will test low-energy systems and components.
Tom Burtonwood's Orihon
UC Santa Barbara |

One for the books

New exhibit shines a spotlight on artists’ books.
Lawrence Livermore engineer Vanessa Tolosa
Lawrence Livermore Lab |

Developing world's first neural device to restore memory

Device aims to help those robbed of memory by injury or illness.
UC Office of the President |

Sam Hawgood biography

Sam Hawgood, the UC San Francisco Medical School dean who emerged from a national search as the top candidate to be the 10th UCSF chancellor after leading the campus in an interim role, is a highly accomplished scientist, educator and physician with a strong…
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UCLA |

Putting the brakes on concussion

Former Bruin, NFL players talk about their head injuries at event to educate parents, coaches and doctors on how to protect young football players.