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Mapping science: How GIS transformed our view of the world

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November 27, 2023

Compendium on Chicano poet laureate Juan Felipe Herrera strikes gold

November 17, 2023

Scientists will eliminate bottlenecks to breakthroughs with a newly acquired synthetic biology robotics system

November 17, 2023

Core textbook on computer music distills ‘vast information space’ in a definitive tutorial

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A Chumash cultural burn reignites ancient practice for wildland conservation

In Focus

November 21, 2023

Nine early-career faculty members receive 2023-24 Hellman Fellowships

November 14, 2023

A space for wellbeing, contemplation and local artistry

November 14, 2023

University of California statement on intolerance of campus bigotry

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UC Santa Barbara Professor Emeritus Francisco Lomelí

UC Santa Barbara Professor Emeritus Francisco Lomelí at the International Latino Book Awards, October 2023

November 27, 2023

Compendium on Chicano poet laureate Juan Felipe Herrera strikes gold

Painting of a friend by Lyra Purugganan

November 17, 2023

Take a friend to an artist’s studio

Two pianists play facing each other on a darkened stage

Vicki Ray and Aron Kallay have been playing together for about a decade.

November 15, 2023

Two pianists speaking the language of our time

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“Hay Fever” will run from Nov. 14-19 in the Performing Arts Theater on campus.

November 8, 2023

Noel Coward’s comedy of bad manners

Maps and cityscapes on a grid.

Alice Kitterman/U.S. National Science Foundation

November 21, 2023

Mapping science: How GIS transformed our view of the world

illustration of a robotic arm working with DNA

November 17, 2023

Scientists will eliminate bottlenecks to breakthroughs with a newly acquired synthetic biology robotics system

Book cover image of The Computer Music Tutorial

November 17, 2023

Core textbook on computer music distills ‘vast information space’ in a definitive tutorial

The surface of Lake Superior from the back of a research vessel.

Alexandra Phillips

The sulfate poor waters of Lake Superior could provide insights on the biochemistry of Earth's early ocean.

November 16, 2023

Research in Lake Superior reveals how sulfur might have cycled in Earth’s ancient oceans

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A trawler off the coast of South Africa

November 13, 2023

A ‘fish cartel’ for Africa could benefit the countries, and their seas

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November 9, 2023

Social-behavioral findings can be highly replicable, six-year study by four labs suggests

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A U.S. Department of Education grant will fund mental health services for K–12 schools nationwide

October 30, 2023

Expanding mental health treatment for schoolchildren focus of national grant award to Gevirtz School and partner universities

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Giuliana Perrone, October 2023

October 18, 2023

Freedom in the aftermath of slavery: historian Giuliana Perrone tracks the failures of American law

Cynthia De La Rosa

November 29, 2023

In pursuit of racial justice, by way of teaching, research and mentoring

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Sonia Fernandez

Student Health Services' Pharmacy Director Randy Lina

November 20, 2023

New Student Health pharmacy location to provide better access to students

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Walter Capps on the campaign trail, 1996

November 6, 2023

Celebrating the legacy of Walter Capps

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UC Santa Barbara students attend a lecture in the Interactive Learning Pavilion

November 1, 2023

‘Sharing knowledge across communities to improve lives around the world’

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Ocean Solutions

Working to preserve the world’s oceans

landscape of Valentine Eastern Sierra Reserve in Mammoth Lakes

Stewards of Nature

A multimedia series to highlight UCSB's Natural Reserve System

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Channel for Discovery

Learnings revealed from the Santa Barbara Channel