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Whale fluke, with cargo ship in background
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Asha de Vos

Global workshop focuses on protecting whales from ship strikes
A book with a red cover, titled Crying in H Mart, next to a photo of a young woman with dark hair on a yellow background
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Courtesy UCSB Library
Michelle Zauner, right, is the author of “Crying in H Mart,” the UCSB Reads program’s pick for 2026

UCSB Reads 2026 wraps up with Michelle Zauner’s appearance on campus
color photograph of Jia-Ching Chen
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Matt Perko
Jia-Ching Chen, May 2026

Global studies professor wins Fulbright to study energy geopolitics in Taiwan
wide shot of the interior of a building with people walking by blurred by motion
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Jeff Liang

UCSB to join major collaboration supporting battery innovation and commercialization
overhead shot of giant collage mural on floor with one person touching it
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College of Creative Studies students created a mural for the exhibition “Scaling the Walls” at the Channing Peake Gallery and the Santa Barbara City Hall Gallery.

UCSB students and alumni featured in mural exhibition
wildfire smoke rises behind a row of houses

Wildfire resilience has always been the goal. Now it's a number
four men stand shoulder to shoulder in matching blue team shirts
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Team UCSB-WA (left to right): coach Wesley Hung ‘24 (CoE Computer Science), Ezra Furtado-Tiwari ‘28 (CCS Computing, Mathematics), Om Mahesh ‘28 (CCS Mathematics; CoE Computer Science) and David Qiao ‘26 (CoE Computer Science; L&S Mathematics)

UCSB team heads to world finals in Dubai for programming competition
giant kelp on a sandy beach

Kelp forests connected to sandy beach food webs
A red light mounted to a stop sign sits adjacent a green signpost noting 29 miles to Corcoran
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Chris Bovbjerg
The inaugural cohort of students in the UCSB LIFTED bachelor's degree program at California State Prison–Corcoran will begin in fall 2027, with a second group to be admitted for fall 2028.

UCSB launches bachelor’s degree for incarcerated individuals at Corcoran State Prison
Wind turbines tower over a field of grain under a cloudless Minnesotan sky.
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DonLand via iStock
Putting land to multiple uses is both economically and ecologically wise.

Integrated land planning is necessary to meet climate, food and biodiversity goals
Walter Echo-Hawk, Nakia Zavalla, Edward Halealoha Ayau and Timothy McKeown
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Greg Johnson
From left to right, “Repatriation Futures” team members Walter Echo-Hawk, Nakia Zavalla, Edward Halealoha Ayau and Timothy McKeown at the Santa Ynez Chumash Museum and Cultural Center.

Capps Center receives grant for work on Indigenous repatriation
two building structures in concrete with a bridge connecting them and a wide staircase with students walking down it
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Matt Perko

NSF-funded program supports and retains first-year engineers
closeup of a black bird called a grackle

Grackle research reveals behavioral flexibility and adaptation in action
posterized detail of Shakespeare's face
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Courtesy

New exhibition explores many lives of Shakespeare’s texts
Headshots of Alice Alldredge, Lars Bildsten and Henry Yang overlaid on a photo an academic building
Left to right: Alice Alldredge, Lars Bildsten and Henry Yang have been elected as members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences

Three UCSB professors elected as members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
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Professor Shane Jimerson wins national award for leadership in school psychology
hands holding a tiny crab
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Matt Perko

Beyond the Classroom: The Research Experience and Education Facility (REEF)
black and white photograph of professor Waverly Duck in his office
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Matt Perko
Sociology professor Waverly Duck, April 2026

Sociologist Waverly Duck tapped to lead prominent journal
Black woman with glasses in beauty aisle looking at products
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iStock

‘Clean’ beauty products for textured hair often contain hidden hazards
two ucsb students and the manager of the campus bike shop with a pile of old bike tires
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Matt Perko
Environmental studies undergrads Sophia Long (left) and Virginia Such with A.S. Bike Shop Manager Adam Jahnke, April 2026

UCSB environmental studies team launches tire recycling program at A.S. Bike Shop
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