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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 Newsroom |

The science of cool: How UC research is helping cities cope with heat waves

Cities can be considerably hotter than surrounding rural regions. New materials and technologies can cool things down.
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UC Irvine via The Conversation |

The metaverse isn’t here yet, but it already has a long history

The metaverse is still unfolding, but it has been developing for more than a century. Rudimentary virtual worlds have existed — in imagination and reality — since the days of the telegraph.
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UCLA |

Climate change makes catastrophic flood twice as likely, study shows

Increased runoff could lead to devastating landslides and debris flows — particularly in hilly areas burned by wildfires.
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UCLA |

How to stay safe in a heat wave

As temperatures rise, so does the risk of serious illness. Here’s how to protect yourself and your loved ones.
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UC Newsroom |

Heat waves aren’t going away. Here’s how we can prepare

How UC is addressing “the greatest environmental and equity challenge facing California today.”
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UC Santa Cruz |

Turning awareness into action

Alum author Kate Schatz moves to show adults what they can do to combat racism.
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UC Berkeley |

New inhaled COVID-19 therapeutic blocks viral replication in the lungs

The experimental treatment is effective against all SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern and could be readily modified to target other RNA viruses.
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UC San Francisco |

Reprogramming the brain’s cleaning crew to mop up Alzheimer’s disease

New CRISPR technology puts diseased microglia back on track.
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UC Irvine |

When was talking invented? A language scientist explains how this unique feature of human beings may have evolved

A language scientist explains that talking was never invented but has evolved over hundreds of thousands of years.
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UC San Francisco |

Elevated tween screen time linked to disruptive behavior disorders

Social media has strongest tie to conduct disorder.
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UC San Diego |

More evidence that California weather is trending toward extremes

Patterns associated with wildfires increasing in frequency; those linked to “normal” rainfall decreasing.
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UC Davis |

UC Davis aims to turn ‘stop-outs’ into graduates

Four UC campuses have come together as the UC Reengagement Consortium to help more students complete their college studies.