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color photograph of Todd Grappone standing in front of the library
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Matt Perko
University Librarian Todd Grappone

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scientist holds a wafer of chips developed for deployable quantum experiments
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Matt Perko
Professor Daniel Blumenthal's lab develops chip-scale components that can bring the power and precision of quantum science outside of the tightly controlled environment of the lab.

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Adults in blue t-shirts ride bikes through cooridor of adults in blue t-shirt with arms upraised
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Matt Perko

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woman in suit
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Jeff Liang
UCSB's Grace Han’s research centers on solar fuels that capture sunlight and convert it into usable heat.

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A log cabin sits amid a pine grove in the late afternoon light.
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Jeff Liang
The Old Valentine Cabin has been hosting visitors to Mammoth for over 100 years.

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water color painting of small boats arriving to shore
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Courtesy
Illustration by Ishtar Bäcklund Dakhil for Mona Damluji's “I Want You to Know."

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Orange and red colored cells appear three-dimensional against a blue and purple background
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Courtesy Marley Dewey
Fibroblasts secreting matrix-bound nanovesicles

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framed art on gallery wall
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Ingrid Bostrom
Installation view of "Mexican Prints: The Garcia-Correa Collection," on view at the Art, Design & Architecture Museum, UC Santa Barbara, from Sept. 13–Dec. 7, 2025.

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Three tropical cyclones in the northeast Pacific Ocean.
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NASA
The El Niño Southern Oscillation drives major weather patterns across the globe. Disrupting it could have intense and far-reaching ramifications.

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A three-panel montage of old brochures from Santa Barbara's annual Fiesta event
Historic program imagery from UCSB Library's archive of Old Spanish Days primary source material

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cell images
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Dorit Hanein
Dorit Hanein’s team and collaborators captured Rac1, a tiny molecular switch, rapidly building and breaking cellular scaffolds, revealing how cells swiftly reshape their skeletons to move and adapt.

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campus road signs
An artist's rendering of the new signage to be installed the week of Sept. 15.

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color photograph of a row of laboratory vials
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Matt Perko

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front of building with landscaping sunny day
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Courtesy

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a bloom of green algae off the coast
Eutrophication — caused by excessive nutrients, such as fertilizer runoff — causes a bloom of algae that depletes the water of oxygen and causes 'dead zones' that kill fish and other marine organisms