From avoiding California power outages by better forecasting electricity demand to stopping Alzheimer’s disease before it starts, UC graduate students are making advances that will affect us all.

从通过更精准地预测电力需求来避免加州停电，到在阿尔茨海默病发作前加以阻止，加州大学的研究生们正在取得的进展将影响到我们每一个人。

Get a master class — in brief — on these and other cutting-edge research projects at Grad Slam, the UC-wide competition that challenges graduate students to explain their complex research in just 3 minutes flat.

简而言之，在“毕业生大满贯”（Grad Slam）， 即毕业演讲，这一面向全加州大学系统的竞赛中，研究生们要在短短 3 分钟内阐释自己复杂的研究课题。这场竞赛将为您简要介绍这些及其他前沿研究项目。

Celebrating its 10th year, Grad Slam gives the public a glimpse of the incredible breadth of graduate research and innovation happening across the 10-campus University of California system. The systemwide championship on April 29 features 10 contestants who competed in campus competitions in the leadup to the main event. Often infused with humor and unexpected analogies that make even the knottiest of subjects easy to understand, their talks are thought-provoking, enlightening and entertaining, offering relatable ways to think about complex, technical or abstract topics.

在庆祝其成立10周年之际，“毕业生大满贯”让公众得以一窥加州大学10个校区系统中研究生研究和创新的惊人广度。在4月29日举行的全系统锦标赛中，有10名选手参加了校园比赛，为主赛事做准备。他们的演讲经常充满幽默和意想不到的类比，即使是最棘手的话题也很容易理解，发人深省，具有启发性和娱乐性，为思考复杂、技术或抽象的话题提供了相关的方式。

The ultimate goal isn’t just to wow the audience — it’s to help graduate students build the communication skills they need to land jobs, get funding, and demystify science.

最终目标并非仅仅是为了让观众惊叹不已——而是要帮助研究生们培养出他们就业、获取资助以及揭开科学神秘面纱所需的沟通能力。

Grad Slam competitors have spent months preparing for the event, learning how to break down complicated topics into easily digested analogies that can captivate and enlighten a general audience — and to do it in 3 snappy minutes or less.

参加“毕业生大满贯”大赛的选手们为此准备了数月之久，他们学习如何将复杂的话题分解成通俗易懂的类比，从而能够吸引并启迪广大观众——而且要在短短三分钟以内做到这一点。

Contestants will be vying for more than just bragging rights — $18,000 in prize money is split among the top three finishers and the audience favorite. The grand champion also takes home the fabled “Slammy” first-place trophy.

选手们争夺的不仅仅是炫耀的权利——18,000美元的奖金将分给前三名选手和观众最喜欢的选手。总冠军还将带回家传说中的“ Slammy ”第一名奖杯。

UC President Michael V. Drake, M.D., will emcee the competition, while a panel of judges representing industry, media and higher education choose the top three winners. The popular vote matters as well, with event attendees and livestream viewers selecting the People’s Choice winner.

加州大学校长Michael V. Drake，医学博士将主持比赛，而代表工业界，媒体和高等教育的评审团将选出前三名获胜者。民众投票也很重要，由活动参与者和直播观众选出人民选择奖得主。

This year, the event also includes a panel discussion, “Keeping California a World Leader: The Role of UC Innovation,” with Samuel Assefa, director of the California Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation; former California state senator Bill Dodd; UC Berkeley Vice Provost for Graduate Studies and Hitchcock Dean of the Graduate Division Lisa García Bedolla; and UC Merced Vice Chancellor for Research, Innovation and Economic Development Gillian Wilson. The panel is moderated by Yvette Gullatt, vice president, Graduate and Undergraduate Affairs, and vice provost, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at the UC Office of the President.

今年，该活动还包括一场名为“让加州保持世界领先地位：加州大学创新所扮演的角色”的小组讨论，参与人员有：加州土地利用与气候创新办公室主任塞缪尔·阿塞法（Samuel Assefa）、前加州州参议员比尔·多德（Bill Dodd）、加州大学伯克利分校研究生部主任兼研究生学院希契科克院长丽莎·加西亚·贝多拉（Lisa Garcia Bedolla）、以及加州大学梅尔科分校负责研究、创新与经济发展事务的副校长吉莉安·威尔逊（Gillian Wilson）。该小组讨论由加州大学校长办公室负责研究生和本科生事务的副校长以及负责公平、多样性和包容性事务的副校长伊薇特·古拉特（Yvette Gullatt）主持。

“Across a broad array of disciplines, UC’s nearly 28,000 Ph.D. students are creating knowledge and making discoveries that will change the world. Grad Slam offers the public a window onto the vast world of research, ingenuity and impact powered by graduate students,” said Pamela D. Jennings, associate vice provost for graduate studies at the UC Office of the President. “The contestants also become experts in conveying why their work matters in a quick and compelling way — something valuable to broadening the understanding of the value of research and a skill that will help them across their future professional endeavors.”

“在众多学科领域，加州大学（UC）近 28,000 名博士生正在创造知识并取得发现成果，这些成果将改变世界。“毕业生大满贯”为公众提供了一个了解由研究生推动的广阔研究、创新和影响力世界的窗口。”加州大学校长办公室负责研究生事务的副副校长帕梅拉·D·詹宁斯说道。“参赛者们还能够迅速且引人入胜地阐述自己的工作为何重要——这对拓宽对研究价值的理解具有重要价值，也是他们未来职业生涯中必备的一项技能。”

Far from a simple exercise, boiling down years of meticulous graduate research into a 3-minute explainer takes months of work. Grad Slam participants have access to campus-based preparation opportunities, such as public speaking workshops, theatrical training and even one-on-one coaching. The contestants who make it to the championship will have logged many hours of practice and won out against dozens of competitors on their own campuses.

将多年细致的研究生研究成果浓缩成一个 3 分钟的讲解演示并非易事，这需要耗费数月的时间。参加“毕业生大满贯”大赛的选手们能够获得校园内的各种准备机会，比如公共演讲工作坊、戏剧训练甚至一对一的指导。能够晋级到总决赛的选手们已经投入了大量的练习时间，并且在自己的校园里击败了众多竞争对手。

Kacie Ring of UC Santa Barbara, who won both second place and People’s Choice at the 2024 Grad Slam, talked about the impact of the experience: “As I went through the process, I realized I was building skills beyond the scope of a fun contest. I was totally put outside my comfort zone, and now I am so excited to talk about science to anyone. The most unexpected outcome was gaining a group of new colleagues and friends. My mind, community and heart have been immeasurably expanded from these connections.”

来自加州大学圣巴巴拉分校的凯西·林（Kacie Ring）在 2024 年“毕业生大满贯”中获得了第二名和“民众选择奖”，她谈到了这次经历对她产生的影响：“在经历这个过程的过程中，我意识到自己所培养的技能超出了这场有趣竞赛的范畴。我完全置身于自己的舒适区之外，而现在我非常兴奋地想要向任何人讲述科学知识。最意想不到的结果是结识了一群新的同事和朋友。这些联系极大地拓展了我的思维、社交圈和内心世界。”