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The campus teams with students, neighbors and local agencies to ensure another laid back Halloween
3D illustration of conceptual compass with needle pointing 0 percent of CO2
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Working toward a clean energy future, the university launches a campus decarbonization study
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Examining the effects of climate change and extreme weather on HIV
'A la Frontera de Aztlán' serigraph, Tony Ortega, 1995
'A la Frontera de Aztlán' serigraph, Tony Ortega, 1995

From the archives: UCSB Library showcases community art collection
woman walking at labyrinth
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Elena Zhukova

Are sportier people better friends? New research looks at physical activity and close relationships
Two male dancers perform on a blackened stage
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Jeff Liang
A scene from Santa Barbara Dance Theater's 2023 show, “The Ties that Bind/Los lazos que unen.”

Celebrating diverse voices, identities and perspectives with dance
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For the seventh year straight, UC Santa Barbara is named Best Place to Work
Giuliana Perrone photographed in black and white outdoors in sunlight
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Matt Perko
Giuliana Perrone, October 2023

Freedom in the aftermath of slavery: historian Giuliana Perrone tracks the failures of American law
The head of a California red-legged frog peers out from lily pads
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Gary M. Fellers/USGS
California red-legged frog (Rana draytonii) surfaces in a pond in Point Reyes National Seashore, Calif.

Seeding climate solutions for California’s amphibian communities and iconic beaches
students at desks with laptops
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Elena Zhukova

Richert Wang receives NSF grant to help bring role models from marginalized communities to computer science students
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UCSB joins a federally sponsored regional innovation hub to help bolster microelectronics technology
Graham Feyl and Sylvia Faichney
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Debra Herrick
Graham Feyl and Sylvia Faichney

‘Love and care outside normativity’ — a new art show immerses viewers in queer placemaking
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Technology and democracy in crisis: time to ‘get uncomfortable and get curious’
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Giving rise to diversity in marine science, by way of mentorship and research
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Storytelling is the ideal lens through which to view the light, and the shadows, of California
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University of California Santa Barbara is hosting a site visit by the WASC Senior College and University Commission
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Charmaine Chua is a 2023 Freedom Scholar

Charmaine Chua is named a 2023 Freedom Scholar
Wayne Chapman uses a hand drill to start a coal, which Chumash Elder Ernestine Ygnacio-De Soto (seated) will use to start the fire.
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Matt Perko
Wayne Chapman uses a hand drill to start a coal, which Chumash Elder Ernestine Ygnacio-De Soto (seated) will use to start the fire.

A Chumash cultural burn reignites ancient practice for wildland conservation
A humpback swims at the surface with fishing gear wrapped around its flukes.
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E. Lyman/ NOAA Sanctuaries
Less gear in the water means fewer chances for Whales to become entangled.

Reducing fishing gear could save whales with low impacts to California’s crab fishermen
illustration of comets in Earth's night sky

A prehistoric cosmic airburst preceded the advent of agriculture in the Levant
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