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Debra Herrick
"It is definitely a very special highlight in my composition career," said João Pedro Oliveira on receiving an award from the Guggenheim Foundation.
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![Ceramic reproduction of a meat market store front.](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2023-04/christopher-suarez-la-gaviota-detail-ucsb.jpg?itok=ycPj6qjC)
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Ruben Diaz
Christopher Suarez, La Gaviota Meat Market, detail, 2022, ceramic
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![Annette Hilton on stage giving a research talk](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2023-04/Grad-Slam-Final_annette-hilton-ucsb-rev4-opt-%281%29.jpg?itok=WLM92TmO)
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Jeff Liang
Hydrologist Annette Hilton is the winner of the Grad Slam Showcase 2023.
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![Harmonia Rosales, Birth of Oshun, detail, 2017, oil on canvas](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2023-04/Birth_of_Oshun-opt2.jpg?itok=H7RGw_ia)
Harmonia Rosales, Birth of Oshun, detail, 2017, oil on canvas
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![Astor Piazzolla playing the bandoneón](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2023-04/astor-piazzolla-tango-uc-santa-barbara-%281%29.jpg?itok=fOZH_bzz)
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COURTESY OF UCSB LIBRARY SPECIAL RESEARCH COLLECTIONS
Astor Piazzolla playing the bandoneón
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![Students descend the building’s main staircase.](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2023-04/ILP-stairs-UC-Santa-Barbara-perko_ERK8489-web.jpg?itok=ExEILRdF)
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Matt Perko
The ILP’s large windows and open corridors take advantage of the Southern California sunshine.
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![aerial view of wildfire marching across a forest landscape](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2023-04/wildfire-aerial-istock-uc-santa-barbara1.jpg?itok=WO10HMly)
Where fire is a natural part of the ecosystem, it can create space and opportunities for adaptations and new species
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![Mono Lake with bright sunshine](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2023-04/Mono-Lake-UC-Santa-Barbara.jpg?itok=w6HSTlII)
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Matt Perko
Mono Lake, where brine flies are a key food source for water birds.
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Michael Gurven
Compared to industrialized counterparts Tsimané people of lowland Bolivia have less food availability and must expend more effort to get it
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Photo illustration by Matt Perko. Original image by David Matos on Unsplash.