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photograph of a first edition copy of the novel "The Grapes of Wrath"

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A first edition of "The Grapes of Wrath" was among a recent donation of John Steinbeck's major works to the UCSB Library archive

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Trove of John Steinbeck first editions and audio recordings elevate UCSB Library archive

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scientist holds a chip-scale ring resonator and a commercially available Fabry-Perot laser diode

Sonia Fernandez

Andrei Isichenko holds the ultra-high-quality ring resonator (left), which can help turn the "coarse" light from a commercially available Fabry-Perot laser diode (right) into a low linewidth laser

December 12, 2024

Bringing the power of tabletop precision lasers for quantum science to the chip scale

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Resolving ambiguity

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Rethinking autism through the diagnostic process

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Six UCSB researchers named among world’s most influential scientists

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New agreement empowers more UC authors to share their scholarship openly

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Portrait of Leah Bleich

Director Leah Bleich brings her first feature to the campus where she got her start in filmmaking.

November 19, 2024

‘Back’ to the future: Alum Leah Bleich returns to campus with her first feature film

printed materials of assorted sizes and styles

November 13, 2024

Santa Barbara’s Off Register art book and print fair brings art, prints and interactive exhibits

Three actors on a stage in colorful makeup and costumes for The Threepenny Opera

UC Santa Santa Barbara Department of Theater and Dance is mounting a new production of 1928 play “The Threepenny Opera”

November 12, 2024

A bracingly contemporary century-old masterpiece

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Mapping Alzheimer's Productions

Colombian neuroscientist Francisco Lopera, left, and UCSB neuroscientist Kenneth S. Kosik

October 29, 2024

Mapping Alzheimer’s: UCSB’s Cristina Venegas follows a genetic puzzle tracing Alzheimer’s roots from Colombia

scientist holds a chip-scale ring resonator and a commercially available Fabry-Perot laser diode

Sonia Fernandez

Andrei Isichenko holds the ultra-high-quality ring resonator (left), which can help turn the "coarse" light from a commercially available Fabry-Perot laser diode (right) into a low linewidth laser

December 12, 2024

Bringing the power of tabletop precision lasers for quantum science to the chip scale

signpost with three potential directions

December 10, 2024

Resolving ambiguity

Coconut palms stretch into the distance framed by tropical blue waters.

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Coconut palms account for more than one third of forested areas on Fakarava Atoll, French Polynesia, which falls far short of the region’s most heavily impacted atolls.

December 4, 2024

After decades of plantation agriculture, coconut palms dominate over half of Pacific atoll forests

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The internal structure of a jet engine

November 25, 2024

Materials scientist Daniel Oropeza receives prestigious award to advance high-temperature 3D ceramics

silhouettes of people with gears and other systems in their heads

December 9, 2024

Rethinking autism through the diagnostic process

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December 5, 2024

Historian Tsuyoshi Hasegawa writes definitive account of the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II

illustration of two women, one of whom is pregnant, standing in front of a balancing scale

November 18, 2024

Abortion access linked to future economic and educational success

November 6, 2024

Bridging divided views to strengthen communities

photograph of a first edition copy of the novel "The Grapes of Wrath"

A first edition of "The Grapes of Wrath" was among a recent donation of John Steinbeck's major works to the UCSB Library archive

November 22, 2024

Trove of John Steinbeck first editions and audio recordings elevate UCSB Library archive

view from above of campus buildings with mountains in background

November 21, 2024

UCSB ranks eighth globally for interdisciplinary science

Meghan Morrissey uses a micropipette in her lab.

Morrissey’s group is working to harness macrophage immune cells for novel cancer therapies.

November 20, 2024

Prof. Meghan Morrissey honored by the American Cancer Society for her work on cancer immunotherapy

three-panel photographic image of a woman holding a picture of her son, the cover of a new book on Guatemala and the dry riverbed below a dam

"The Fourth Invasion" argues that present-day hydroelectric projects are a continuation of Guatemala's long history of colonialism and resource exploitation and includes the state-sponsored genocide of the late 20th century

November 19, 2024

Guatemala’s history of colonialism, from genocide to extractionist industries

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