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Outgoing Graduate Division Interim Dean Leila Rupp (left) and incoming Janine Jones

Interim Graduate Dean Leila Rupp to pass torch to Janine Jones
college age woman of Taiwanese descent sits in studio with branches and canvas
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Debra Herrick
Meiya Sidney '25, College of Creative Studies and art honors

Artist explores Taiwanese heritage and memory though ceramics
Women in bright colored dresses on stage with a blue background
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Luca Meyers
A play about young women on the cusp of their teenage years, “Dance Nation” portrays their conflicting impulses to stand out and blend in.

UCSB stages ‘Dance Nation,’ a play about ambition, competition and coming of age
A student looks at images of bees in the library corridor.
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Harrison Tasoff
Natural history collections like the one housed at UCSB’s Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration hold valuable data accumulated over 100 years.

Take a microscopic look at our native bees at the UCSB Library
A giant sea bass cruises the deep reef.
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Merry Passage
Southern California’s population of giant sea bass is recovering from overfishing, but progress is slow.

Community science helps reveal population growth among SoCal’s endangered giant sea bass
concept image of neural net

Energy and memory: A new neural network paradigm
white woman sits at desk with tablet, on desk is robotic arm, coiled clay vessels and computer screen, crochet dress on mannequin at side
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Matt Perko
“You can think of this as the next step in personal computing,” said UCSB professor Jennifer Jacobs, whose research explores more intuitive, responsive digital fabrication systems.

Making automation more human through innovative fabrication tools
concept illustration of amino acid chains that form proteins
De novo protein design involves sequencing amino acids to produce proteins with the desired structures and functions

Enzymes from scratch
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National Book Award winner Jason De León uncovers stories at the U.S.-Mexico border
illustration of neurons and chemical signaling

Hormone cycles shape the structure and function of key memory regions in the brain
concept illustration of engtangled photons

Quantum entangled photons on demand
Painting of a comet traveling through night sky full of stars
Rose Schlossberg, "Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinstan-ATLAS," 2024

MFA exhibition explores time, space and transformation
color photograph of a black bear in a tree
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Skyler Palatnick/@skyswildart
A black bear on the UCSB campus, April 2025

Bear ecologist offers insight on recent sightings on and around campus
black and white photograph of Erico Caruso Jr. on the set of the musical film "El Cantante de Napoles"
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The Erico Caruso Jr. Collection
Erico Caruso Jr. (center) on the set of the 1935 musical "El Cantante de Napoles"

Opera archive honoring famed Italian tenor donated to library
A sweaty child on a playground.
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Yaoinlove via iStock
Children are more sensitive to heat than adults, and chronic overheating can affect their experience and engagement at school.

Heat exposure in California schools prompts multi-campus research project

Funding for free speech and civic engagement
Closeup of 'The Book of Delights' with a library and people in the background
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Courtesy UC Santa Barbara Library

Author Ross Gay caps off UCSB Reads 2025 with appearance on campus
James B. Milliken
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Charlie Palafox, University of Texas
James B. Milliken

James B. Milliken named 22nd president of the University of California
Bridge to a Bright Future
Undergraduates walk FUERTE's wild path toward environmental careers

Written by Sonia Fernandez | Videos by Jessie Ward O’Sullivan | Photos and design by Matt Perko

Written by Sonia Fernandez | Videos by Jessie Ward O’Sullivan | Photos and design by Matt Perko

Bridge to a Bright Future
computer screens on desk with abstract images and woman's head from behind
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Photo illustration by Matt Perko with abstract visuals by Iason Paterakis and Nefeli Manoudaki; Original photo by SCARECROW artworks, Unsplash
AI-generated visuals designed by UCSB researchers help ease the psychological toll of isolation for scientists living and working in Antarctica.

New frontiers for well-being in Antarctica and isolated spaces
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