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Renowned chef and humanitarian José Andrés to deliver inspirational talk for UCSB Arts & Lectures
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Pioneering author of Asian American literature to speak at Multicultural Center
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Courtesy photo

Computer scientist William Wang receives prestigious early career technical achievement award
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Lydia Rubio
Suzanne Jill Levine, UC Santa Barbara distinguished professor emerita of Latin American literature and recipient of the 2024 PEN/Ralph Manheim Award for Translation

Pioneering translation’s artistry
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Mellon Foundation awards $100,000 grants to four UCSB social science departments
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Media Inside Out conference honors pioneers and provocations in film and media studies 
2024 Goldwater scholars
Clockwise, from left: Matthew Unger, Riya Nilkrant, Xuanwei Liang, Isaac Hair, Anika Jena

Five UC Santa Barbara undergraduates named Goldwater Scholars
aerial shot of North Atlantic right whale and calf
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NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center/Lisa Conger and Elizabeth Josephson
North Atlantic right whale mother and calf as seen from a research drone called a hexacopter

Whale-saving cargo ship speed tracking program heads east
A 50 year logo against surfers walking on the beach.

50 years mapping the world
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Asian American artist-in-residency program debuts with film screening and workshops
a photo cradle attached to the rail of steps leading to beach
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Sonia Fernandez
The CoastSnap cradle on the steps to East Campus Beach

UC Santa Barbara researchers launch CoastSnap, citizen science initiative to monitor coastal changes
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UCSB Surfrider Battalion honors US and Filipino POWs with competitive finish at Bataan Memorial Death March
Waves crash on a revetment protecting houses along Broad Beach, Malibu.
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Charles Lester
The ocean is advancing on California, and we need to determine how we will respond.

Securing the future of California’s coasts
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A new champion is crowned — and moves on to compete systemwide
portrait of Trevor sociologist Trevor Auldridge Reveles
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Matt Perko
Trevor Auldridge-Reveles, March 2024

Why do kids outperform their parents in this rural California town? A sociologist looks for answers.
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UCSB and community partners implement Deltopia restrictions and safety measures
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Oral history project gathering stories from Afro-Chicanx community
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New book reveals Ottoman origins of refugee resettlement in Middle East
abstract image of the brain disintegrating

Researchers uncover a potential method for interrupting the misfolding of tau protein that underlies neurodegenerative disease
the cellular development of an embryonic tooth
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Neha Pincha Shroff and Pengfei Xu
Tooth epithelium (cell surface; yellow) and mesenchyme (cell surface; magenta). Proliferating cells (cyan) expand the tissue, generating a mechanical pressure at the tissue center that drives the formation of the main tooth signaling center or organizer, the enamel knot.

Pressure determines which embryonic cells become ‘organizers’
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