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Jeff Liang

Learn and grow: Dilling Yang Staff Scholarship Program marks 20-year milestone
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Kaustav Banerjee named a JSAP Fellow International
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Mapping Alzheimer's Productions
Colombian neuroscientist Francisco Lopera, left, and UCSB neuroscientist Kenneth S. Kosik

Mapping Alzheimer’s: UCSB’s Cristina Venegas follows a genetic puzzle tracing Alzheimer’s roots from Colombia
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Coral underpin ecosystems as vibrant as they are. But these iconic animals face many challenges in the 21st century.

UC Santa Barbara leads $1.3-million research project on coral regeneration
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Katie Falcone

Campus teams with students, neighbors and local agencies to ensure a safe and serene Halloween
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Ferrets are among the vertebrates that get the most tumors, while black footed penguins get the fewest

Researchers complete the largest compilation of cancer prevalence across vertebrates
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Early Academic Outreach Program is ‘Planting Dreams’ at UC Santa Barbara
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Percival Everett, author of "James" (Doubleday 2024)

‘James’ author Percival Everett discusses reimagining ‘Huckleberry Finn’ and Black narratives with UCSB’s Stephanie Batiste
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Matt Perko

UCSB’s cybersecurity chief on protecting digital spaces and the role of AI
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Hương Ngô, detail, "Bestouan 5/12/18"

Generational memory and labor, Southeast Asian refugee experience, in new Hương Ngô exhibition
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UC Santa Barbara again named ‘Best Place to Work’
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Is ‘U-shaped happiness’ universal? Not for rural subsistence populations, say researchers
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How art opens the mind: Professor Jonathan Schooler’s research on the cognitive effects of art
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Pioneering social scientist David Hamilton honored with lifetime achievement award
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Researchers model airbursts, a common yet little-understood cosmic impact process
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UCSB, Community Environmental Council to hold Living with Fire Summit
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Matt Perko

UC Santa Barbara ranks among top universities nationally and globally in recent assessments
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Chris Jenkins filming in South Sudan

Film & media studies instructor awarded Alex Trebek Legacy Fellowship
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Elena Zhukova
Exercising with battle ropes is a popular high-intensity interval training (HIIT) workout

Bursts of exercise boost cognitive function, UCSB neuroscientists find
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Matt Perko

Promoting Latiné excellence: A Q&A with inaugural HSI director Veronica Fematt
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