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Four undergraduates and one professor receive Chancellor’s research awards
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Andrew Smith '24

Despite extraordinary challenges, undergraduate Andrew Smith prevails
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UCSB Arts & Lectures announces 65th anniversary season
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Michelle Ramos Ramirez ’24

UCSB’s ÉXITO Program graduates third cohort of future ethnic studies teachers amidst rising attacks on ethnic studies
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A week’s worth of commencement activities will celebrate 6,875 graduates for 2023–2024
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Creative Studies students mark major milestone in the first of UCSB's Commencement ceremonies
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Graduate student service is honored with Dixon-Levy awards
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Miles Moses '24

How a passion for math drove this College of Creative Studies grad to distinction
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Commencement returns to the Green
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Students from Adams Elementary School at the Santa Barbara Presidio learn about the statue of King Carlos III.

Exploring the meaning and significance of monuments
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National parks are far from the only way to protect areas of land. Systems like, indigenous governance, community management and Eco-certified production can also foster conservation.

A novel approach to tracking conservation reveals more areas may be conserved than currently accounted for
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S. Shailja PhD '24, electrical and computer engineering

Dissertations in geography and electrical & computer engineering receive Lancaster awards for excellence
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Owen Jenkins '24

Cartoonist and illustrator presents senior art show, plans new comic book project
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When it comes to erosion of democracy, not all social media are equally harmful
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NVC Finals judge Jason Rollman (left, in blue shirt) congratulates EyeClimate, the 2024 New Venture Competition Finals champions (from second to left) Bowen Zhang, PhD student; Max Gordon, undergraduate student; and Satish Kumar, PhD student

An entrepreneurial eye for solving climate change
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UC Santa Barbara leads $9 million research project on ocean cycles
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Legions of icebergs brought the Atlantic circulation to its knees during the last glacial period.

Historic iceberg surges offer insights on modern climate change
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Shining a light on new chemical reactions
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Understanding aging on a cellular level
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Mario T. García: A lifetime of achievement in Chicano/a history
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