color photograph of a black bear in a tree
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Skyler Palatnick/@skyswildart
A black bear on the UCSB campus, April 2025
Campus + Community

Bear ecologist offers insight on recent sightings on and around campus

What's Current

black and white photograph of Erico Caruso Jr. on the set of the musical film "El Cantante de Napoles"
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The Erico Caruso Jr. Collection
Erico Caruso Jr. (center) on the set of the 1935 musical "El Cantante de Napoles"
 
Opera archive honoring famed Italian tenor donated to library
A sweaty child on a playground.
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Yaoinlove via iStock
Children are more sensitive to heat than adults, and chronic overheating can affect their experience and engagement at school.
 
Heat exposure in California schools prompts multi-campus research project
computer screens on desk with abstract images and woman's head from behind
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Photo illustration by Matt Perko with abstract visuals by Iason Paterakis and Nefeli Manoudaki; Original photo by SCARECROW artworks, Unsplash
AI-generated visuals designed by UCSB researchers help ease the psychological toll of isolation for scientists living and working in Antarctica.
 
New frontiers for well-being in Antarctica and isolated spaces

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Bridge to a Bright Future

Undergraduates walk FUERTE’s wild path toward environmental careers

Building future careers in STEM, students in the FUERTE program travel to the Eastern Sierra to explore nature, gain field experience and learn from top scientists.

 

Read more about FUERTE in this special multimedia feature.

 

FUERTE students hike around Convict Lake in the Eastern Sierras

In Video 

According to researchers at UC Santa Barbara's Marine Science Institute, restored dunes at Santa Monica Beach can help protect that section of California's coast from the severe storms and sea-level rise that come with a warming ocean.

In Focus

April 29, 2025

Design justice scholar Sasha Costanza-Chock to speak at Center for Black Studies Research

April 25, 2025

UC Success Nights celebrate UC-admitted seniors from area high schools

April 21, 2025

Pete Buttigieg to speak at Arlington Theatre; free simulcast for UCSB students on campus

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In Depth

moorea island research station

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research in Paradise

A highly interactive multimedia experience

Natural Reserve System landscape of SNARL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stewards of Nature

A multimedia series to highlight UCSB's Natural Reserve System

A controlled burn at Sedgwick Reserve

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Taming Fire

Controlled burns can be a boon to our landscape