Three women posing with giant checks

Featured Story

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.

A student researcher smiles in a lab coat around blue tubing

Featured Story

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.

List Grid
Community
Campuses & Locations
Categories
UC Regent Richard Blum at a UC podium
UC Newsroom |

UC leaders mourn the passing of longtime Regent Richard Blum

University of California leaders on Monday (Feb. 28) mourned the loss of Richard Blum, a UC alum, benefactor and longtime member of the Board of Regents.
Map showing key regions related to the Feb. 23 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
UCLA |

The Russian invasion of Ukraine: Professor Daniel Treisman provides insight and context

Treisman is the co-author of the book “Spin Dictators: The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century.”
Red and black illustration of the U.S. Capitol building
UC Berkeley |

Defending democracy — a new approach to thwarting misinformation

If social media are required to share their data with researchers, we could learn how dangerous propaganda goes viral.
Human brain made of paper on a blue background
UC Irvine |

Taking on depression

A $55 million gift will create one of the largest research centers in the country tackling the pervasive mental health issue.  
Doctors holding brain scans
UC San Francisco |

Brainpower may take a beating following concussion

In addition to sleep disturbances, mood disorders and headache, a new study headed by UC San Francisco finds concussions may also take a long-term toll on cognition.
Young South Asian woman listening to headphones smiling and pointing finger
UC San Diego |

The unique power of headphones to persuade

Headphones increase feelings of connectivity, empathy and engagement, reports a new study from UC San Diego, UCLA and UC Berkeley.
Meal time at the Manzanar Relocation Center
UCLA |

Making the past personal

Students are gaining a new understanding of the imprisonment of Japanese Americans during World War II.
Orange and green trees in the Sierra Nevada
UC Davis |

Just what is a resilient forest, anyway?

Resilient, frequent-fire forests have far fewer trees than we're used to.
Brown mosaic of panels and eyes
UC Riverside |

‘Hypervisibility’ for Black girls; ‘invisibility’ for Black women

Black adolescent girls and Black women employ coping mechanisms to combat microaggressions, with varying success.
Dividing breast cancer cell
UC San Diego |

Pandemic upends breast cancer diagnoses

UC San Diego Health study documents fewer early-stage and more late-stage breast cancer diagnoses as patients delay care.
Canal covered with solar panels
UC Merced |

Solar-paneled canals getting a test run in San Joaquin Valley

A research project conducted by a graduate student is becoming a reality in this first-in-the-nation pilot construction of solar panels over water canals.
Charging Renault Zoe electric car on a parking place in the city of Zwolle, The Netherlands.
UC Riverside |

Can the Salton Sea geothermal field prevent the coming lithium shortage?

UC Riverside and Berkeley Lab join exploration of California’s resources.