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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
Irene Beyerlein in front of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences seal
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Photo illustration by Matt Perko
Irene Beyerlein

Professor Irene Beyerlein elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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Design justice scholar Sasha Costanza-Chock to speak at Center for Black Studies Research
a scuba diver floating near a colony of soft corals in Fiji
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Melody Jue
A scuba diver pictured with a colony of soft corals in Fiji, 2020

‘Coralations’ Q&A with author Melody Jue
Joan Dudney with hiking gear in the mountains.
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Joan Dudney studies the impacts of global change on forests to develop science-based management strategies.

Ecologist Joan Dudney studies forest change in a warming world
raspberry pis
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Photo illustration by Matt Perko

World’s biggest Raspberry Pi cluster is now at UCSB
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UC Success Nights celebrate UC-admitted seniors from area high schools
people in India working on top of large bags of waste
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Dana Kornberg
Workers in India's waste economy

Race and caste capitalism: Who gets access to status and wealth?
A large group of people gathered shoulder to shoulder on a theater stage
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Courtesy LAUNCH PAD
The Amplify Festival brings together veteran and emerging artists to workshop news plays and present public readings.

LAUNCH PAD Amplify Festival pairs student artists with professional playwrights
A set of hands holding up champagne flutes in a cheers at night
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Alcohol marketing ushered in a golden age of drinking in America
AI making connections

UCSB to host second annual AI Spring Symposium
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Pete Buttigieg to speak at Arlington Theatre; free simulcast for UCSB students on campus
The open back of a smartphone shows lithium-ion batteries inside
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Tyler Lastovich / Unsplash
Lithium-ion batteries power everything from cell phones to laptops

Lithium shows its metal, paving the way for better batteries
Six adults sitting across from one another near a chalkboard filled with equations
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Jeff Liang
A group of KITP postdoctoral scholars interact at Kohn Hall on the UC Santa Barbara campus

Continuing to enhance the physics community
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© SOM | Mithun
A high-resolution rendered site plan for the San Benito student residential community

University progresses on development plans to expand student housing
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Giovanni Batz wins book prize for 'The Fourth Invasion'
Christopher Parker, Black man with yellow background and abstract effect
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Photo illustration by Matt Perko
Carnegie Fellow Christopher Parker, a UCSB political science professor, researches how polarization affects communities of color.

Political scientist Christopher Parker named a Carnegie Fellow
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