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The Materials Research Laboratory receives a six-year, $18 million grant from NSF
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Children’s drawings illustrate the hurt imparted by policies of family separation 

Wifi can read through walls
Historian Kate McDonald
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Matt Perko
Historian Kate McDonald, August 2023

From rickshaw to railroad, a scholar navigates Japan’s history of transportation
concept of laser-based quantum optical system

Experimental physicist David Weld to investigate the role of feedback and measurement in quantum systems
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Moral reasoning creates distinct patterns of activity in the brain.

Moral reasoning displays characteristic patterns in the brain, with distinctions between moral categories
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Making change, and creating justice, through art
Emily Jacobs seated, looking upward, seated in front of a backdrop of brain imagery
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Matt Perko
Emily Jacobs’ lab primarily examines how hormones affect the brain

The current landscape of women’s health — and how it might be improved
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Artist residency merges hands-on creativity and cutting-edge science
a student presents research findings
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Andrew Masuda
UC Santa Barbara chemical engineering major Jessy Gonzalez explains his summer research project during a poster session sponsored by the Center for Science and Engineering Partnerships (CSEP).

Immersive research experiences translate into an inspiring summer for undergraduate students
concept of a quantum magnetometer
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Brian Long
A quantum magnetometer on a chip

UC Santa Barbara quantum scientists to conduct NSF-funded research to pursue quantum-scale sensor technologies
Photo illustration of a floating human brain
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Matt Perko

When the brain leaves the body, does identity move with it? Depends on who you ask.
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Unite to Light sends solar lamps and chargers to Lahaina
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Prescribed burn at North Campus Open Space will revive an ancient tradition
Palms blow in a storm.
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The El Niño Southern Oscillation influences weather patterns across the world.

El Niño and La Niña multi-year events could become more common
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Renowned dance artist Alice Condodina connects students with dance lineage 
Student filmmakers Alessandra Puig-Santana and Tess McCormick
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Ian Kellett
Student filmmakers Alessandra Puig-Santana (left) and Tess McCormick on Santa Cruz Island

Adventuresome filmmaking meets theory, technique and environmental education
Bolivian tribe receiving health education regarding COVID-19
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Michael Gurven
A health educator conveys information about COVID-19 transmission to members of Bolivia's Tsimané population

Remoteness did little to reduce COVID-19 spread to Amazonian Tsimané
The Naked Shakes theater company in full dress for "The Death of Kings"
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Jeff Liang
"The Death of Kings" will play for three nights on campus before traveling to the Verona Shakespeare Fringe Festival

Performance group Naked Shakes takes a royal thrill ride through Shakespeare’s England, and lands on a prestigious stage in Italy
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Professor Kyle Meng will serve as a senior economist in Washington
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