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Leda Cosmides, Adina Roskies, Rachel Segalman
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Matt Perko
Left to right: Leda Cosmides, Adina Roskies, Rachel Segalman

‘The embodiment of scientific excellence and service’
The chemical element nickel denoted the number 28 from the periodic table
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iStock / Olena Yefremkina

Adding nickel atoms to improve a silver catalyst
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New microCT machine unites biologists and materials scientists
machine learning brain symbol on circuit board, 3D rendering
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iStock / Karneg

Inspired by early biomimetic approaches, Kerem Çamsarı’s work evokes features of neural connectivity
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Winner of Second Chance round advances to Grad Slam campus final
Members of Girl Gains outside
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Jeff Liang
From left Girl Gains executive board, Jayden Ruth, Sindhu Guddanti, Teagan Golden, Awni Broughton, Ariana Rivera, Lola Alvarez, Emily Ge and Andelina Miller.

Girl Gains empowers women through weightlifting and community
artist rendering of #D semiconductor architectures using 2D materials
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Brian Long/UCSB

Next-gen 3D transistors transform energy-efficient electronics
man of East Asian descent in stadium with dramatic light
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Jeff Liang
Professor Sameer Pandya at UC Santa Barbara's Harder Stadium

In Sameer Pandya’s ‘Our Beautiful Boys,’ teenage secrets are the dark heart of suburbia
A Caribbean reef shark, Carcharhinus perezii, with a wire leader hanging from her mouth off New Providence, Bahamas.
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Shane Gross
Sharks are often observed with hooks, scars or other evidence of encounters with fisherman. This Caribbean reef shark was spotted in the Bahamas with a wire leader hanging from her mouth. It has been illegal to catch sharks in the Bahamas since 2011.

Sharks are dying at alarming rates, mostly due to fishing. Retention bans may help
blue lights in shape of trees and roots
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Ethan Turpin & Naomi Tague
"Tree Water," detail, 2024

How an artist and a scientist uncovered hidden landscapes  
Concept illustration of the electro-optic response in AlScN
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Haochen Wang, ChuanNan Li, Van de Walle group
Concept illustration of the electro-optic response in AlScN

Boosting electro-optic performance in III-V semiconductors
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Teamwork and grit earn ROTC cadets an invite to West Point championships
A half-corroded barrel seeps toxic waste into the seafloor.
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Untold amounts of toxic waste were carelessly, though legally, disposed of off the California coast. Their presence continues to haunt human and wildlife health.

Award-winning documentary explores the unfinished tale of DDT
a natural dune formation on a sandy beach
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City of Santa Monica

Santa Monica Beach dune project shows promise for coastal resilience
Two women hold hands with a man dressed as Storke Tower.
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Daniel Smith
Jen Johansen, left, academic personnel manager in the College of Creative Studies, and Lisa Blanco, right, flank "Storkie" Joshua Mejia-Padilla, financial coordinator in the sociology department.

Bringing the fun, and the food, Staff Assembly hosts appreciation event
A scuba diver swims in a kelp forest
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Courtesy of NPS

SeaSketch helps stakeholders explore changes to MPAs
fist punch to gavel in front of red curtain
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Illustration by Matt Perko
In “Fighting Mad,” UCSB professor Laury Oaks examines how infant surrender policies are being used to justify restrictions on reproductive choice—and the ongoing fight for reproductive justice in the post-Roe era.

What baby safe haven laws reveal about reproductive justice
3D rendering of a polymer chain
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A 3D rendering of a polymer chain

Advancing polymer chemistry through collaboration and innovation
headshot of Pico Gilman
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Second-year Pico Gilman ’27 placed sixth in the Putnam Math Competition, leading UCSB to its best-ever finish.

UCSB ranks fifth in prestigious Putnam Math Competition
historical map of US with text in Spanish and flowers
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Illustration by Matt Perko
Flower picking as a metaphor for rediscovery — professor emerita Víctor Fuentes’ "Florilegio" gathers centuries of overlooked Spanish-language literature from the U.S.

Spanish-language writers and the making of a U.S. literary tradition
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