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New grant supports creation of UC network of open source program offices
Composite headshots of M. Scott Shell and Beth Pruitt
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Matt Perko; courtesy
M. Scott Shell, left, and Beth Pruitt, right

A prestigious career honor for two elite engineers
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Honoring future UC students
Portrait of Jennifer Ja Birchim
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Matt Perko
“My favorite spot on campus is Campus Point. My kids learned how to surf there, and that is where I surf as well as my husband. It is an important place for me because my kids have spent so much of their life down there.” —Jennifer Ja Birchim

From rental listings to dispute resolution, housing officer Jennifer Ja Birchim focuses on student support
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UCSB Library awarded $350,000 to digitize prewar American music recordings
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Student-led art show explores perspectives on reproductive biology
woman in medical inversion device with astral background image
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Shana Moulton
Shana Moulton, Still from 'Inversion Therapy,' 2019

The Museum of Modern Art premieres Shana Moulton’s ‘Meta/Physical Therapy’
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Renowned chef and humanitarian José Andrés to deliver inspirational talk for UCSB Arts & Lectures
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Pioneering author of Asian American literature to speak at Multicultural Center
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Courtesy photo

Computer scientist William Wang receives prestigious early career technical achievement award
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Lydia Rubio
Suzanne Jill Levine, UC Santa Barbara distinguished professor emerita of Latin American literature and recipient of the 2024 PEN/Ralph Manheim Award for Translation

Pioneering translation’s artistry
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Mellon Foundation awards $100,000 grants to four UCSB social science departments
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Media Inside Out conference honors pioneers and provocations in film and media studies 
2024 Goldwater scholars
Clockwise, from left: Matthew Unger, Riya Nilkrant, Xuanwei Liang, Isaac Hair, Anika Jena

Five UC Santa Barbara undergraduates named Goldwater Scholars
aerial shot of North Atlantic right whale and calf
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NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center/Lisa Conger and Elizabeth Josephson
North Atlantic right whale mother and calf as seen from a research drone called a hexacopter

Whale-saving cargo ship speed tracking program heads east
A 50 year logo against surfers walking on the beach.

50 years mapping the world
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Asian American artist-in-residency program debuts with film screening and workshops
a photo cradle attached to the rail of steps leading to beach
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Sonia Fernandez
The CoastSnap cradle on the steps to East Campus Beach

UC Santa Barbara researchers launch CoastSnap, citizen science initiative to monitor coastal changes
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UCSB Surfrider Battalion honors US and Filipino POWs with competitive finish at Bataan Memorial Death March
Waves crash on a revetment protecting houses along Broad Beach, Malibu.
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Charles Lester
The ocean is advancing on California, and we need to determine how we will respond.

Securing the future of California’s coasts
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