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Two Caribbean reef sharks swim past a coral-encrusted rock on a flat, sandy bottom in clear blue water.
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Photo by Alex Rose on Unsplash
Caribbean reef sharks are frequent denizens of Caribbean coral reefs, and their scales certainly find their way into the region’s sand.

Two oceans, one country, 20 times the number of sharks
Two Mapuche women smiling and wearing colorful, traditional attire with silver necklaces.
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Oscar Gutierrez Zozulia via iStock
The Mapuche are Chile’s largest Indigenous group, having retained independence form the Spanish empire for centuries.

Indigenous land restitution empowers communities, but environmental gains require extra support
black and white aerial photograph from 1929 of the coast between Cole Oil Point and Campus Point
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Fairchild Aerial Surveys / UCSB Library Special Research Collections
A 1929 aerial photograph of what is now called Coal Oil Point (lower left), Isla Vista and UC Santa Barbara's Campus Lagoon

UCSB team saves historic aerial photos critical to coastal research
a pair of elderly hands hold onto a walker

Researchers find direct human evidence for a neural circuit that may help better understand a mystery of Parkinson’s Disease
Female scientist with choral background
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Assistant professor of bioengineering Marley Dewey

NSF grant supports Marley Dewey’s work to restore coral reefs
hand holding a pair of prosthetic glasses
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Matt Perko
UCSB’s Michael Beyeler is using AI to improve visual cortical prostheses, or “bionic eyes.”

Deep learning refines how bionic eyes communicate with the brain
a charging cable into an electric vehicle at sunset.
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Michael Fousert, Unsplash
Accounting for the emissions over a vehicle’s entire lifecycle overturns the sunk-cost thinking that keeps gasoline vehicles on the roads.

Thinking about trading your car in for an EV? There’s a compelling new reason to do it now
color graphic image of the UCSB Reads logo

Library opens voting for UCSB Reads 2027
aerial photo of fractal shape on landscape created by erosion
Vegetation highlights a self-similar repeating pattern created in the landscape by erosion

UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellow uses fractals to study erosion
two men stand in front of a tri-fold scientific presentation
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UCSB Professor Haewon Jeong's PhD student Neel Sankaran (left) with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientist Min Sang Cho (right).

UCSB, Lawrence Livermore collaborate to accelerate fusion plasma simulations with AI
Artist in black clothing in front of monumental textile work in red, blue, white and black
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Damien Maloney
Associate Professor of Art Sarah Rosalena with "Threading the Infinite: Omnidirectional Terrain" in LACMA's new Geffen Galleries.

Sarah Rosalena creates monumental textile work for LACMA’s new galleries
A shark fin sticks out of the ice at a fish market.
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enginakyurt11 via iStock
Small and easily stored, shark fins can be far more valuable than the rest of the animal’s carcass.

Combining fishing regulations and trade data reveals the complex global market for shark products
Christopher Costello
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Matt Perko
Christopher Costello

Christopher Costello recognized for his pioneering work in environmental markets
woman with red hair in blue lab coat with purple gloves at work at counter in laboratory
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BioPACIFIC MIP lab assistant Marissa Beyer

UCSB to lead national cloud laboratory for advanced materials
color photograph of professor Wenfei Xu sitting outside
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Matt Perko
Wenfei Xu, an assistant professor of geography at UC Santa Barbara, coauthored the study "New Deal mortgage programmes benefited white borrowers disproportionately" in the journal Nature.

Exclusionary federal mortgage lending widened racial wealth gap in the US
sunset photo of Grand Canyon Lodge
The Grand Canyon Lodge before it burned down in 2025

Thousands of America's historic landmarks face significant wildfire risk
a view of the Black Sea

UCSB-led international team evaluates anoxic marine basins as potential sites for carbon sequestration
Portrait of Kerry Bierman
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Kerry Bierman

UCSB names new vice chancellor of finance and chief financial officer
A man in a police uniform stands at a lectern, with pink and red flowers in the background
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Jeff Liang
UCPD Chief Matt Bly at his swearing-in ceremony, July 9, 2026.

New UCPD chief appointed, sworn in at UC Santa Barbara
color photograph of the exterior of the education building at UCSB
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Jeff Liang
Gevirtz Graduate School of Education, UC Santa Barbara

Gevirtz School launches undergraduate education major
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