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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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Lawrence Livermore National Lab |

From ’60 Minutes’ to ‘SNL,’ fusion ignition news thrusts Lawrence Livermore National Lab into the zeitgeist

The official announcement that LLNL had achieved fusion ignition generated a media blitz that reached billions of people around the globe. And that was just the beginning.
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UC Irvine |

How a simple fragrance method can produce a major memory boost

UC Irvine research into aromas while sleeping sparks a 226 percent cognitive increase.
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UC San Diego |

California’s winter waves may be increasing under climate change

New research used 90 years of seismic data to infer wave heights, creating an unprecedented record of the waves that have pounded California’s coast.
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UC Santa Cruz |

UC Santa Cruz students behind bus tracking app selected as only US team in Google Solution Challenge’s top 10

Four students beat out teams from around the world with their development of SlugLoop, an innovative real-time bus tracking app.
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UC San Francisco |

Looking to cut back on wine and beer? This pill might help

How a nearly 40-year-old medication for alcohol use disorder could help thousands curb their drinking without daily medication.
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UC Newsroom |

Igniting innovation: University of California in the summer

Summer heat won’t stop UC from upholding its teaching, research and public service mission, with exciting offerings across the state for Californians of all ages.
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UC Newsroom |

Think you can’t afford UC? Think again — 10 facts about UC costs that might surprise you

A full 70 percent of UC undergrads get some financial aid — money for school that doesn’t need to be paid back.
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UC Davis |

Winemaking 101? More like VEN127L

A winemaking course at UC Davis prepares students for careers in the wine industry by partnering them with cutting-edge local wineries.
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UC Irvine |

Yes, people who are blind can be software engineers

UC Irvine’s Accessibility Research Collective works to shatter assumptions and empower people with disabilities.
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UCSF |

New Black baby equity clinic helps infants and moms flourish

UCSF Benioff Oakland launches newborn services to improve health with culturally responsive care.
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UC San Diego |

UC San Diego Health among first in nation to perform regenerative brain cell procedure for epilepsy

The new stem cell experimental therapy is part of a national clinical trial aimed at eliminating seizures.
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UCLA |

Often, consumers inadvertently give too much credit to products’ ‘scientifically studied’ claims

UCLA psychologists find people tend to remember vague assertions in more definitive terms.