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The cover of A Forest Journey by John Perlin with a forest in the background
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UC Santa Barbara & Patagonia Media

UC Santa Barbara’s John Perlin will discuss the inextricable link between civilization and forests
Lukas Kraak and Noah Weiss stand with their art piece "Anthroterra"
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Jeff Liang
Lukas Kraak, left, and Noah Weiss, right, are the artists behind “Anthroterra.”

New library installation attempts to spark serious thinking about human impacts on the environment
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Electrical and computer engineering students hold their second annual video game showcase
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Gevirtz School lecture series ‘Fast & Curious’ returns to highlight research, service and impact
Professor Elisabeth Ayuk-Etang
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Matt Perko
Professor Elisabeth Ayuk-Etang, December 2022

How visiting professor Elisabeth Ayuk-Etang fled war-torn Cameroon with her family — and what happens next
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Computer scientist William Wang receives Karen Spärck Jones Award
Diego Ratto turns knobs on a controller in front of a laptop with a guitar strapped to his shoulder
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Davide Sciaky
Diego Ratto

Graduate student receives award in international acousmatic music composition
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UC Santa Barbara Foundation Board of Trustees elects new chair, adds new members
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Beth Pruitt receives a five-year NSF award to study sex-differentiated heart-cell responses to stress
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Ann Marie Musto joins the campus as the new associate vice chancellor and chief human resources officer
Gerardo Aldana wears a suit and stands in front of a Wakanda Forever poster which features King Namor
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Gerardo Aldana at the world premier of Wakanda Forever. Among other things, he consulted on King Namor's headdress and spear, pictured in the poster.

Historian Gerardo Aldana, an expert in Mesoamerican civilizations, consults on “Wakanda Forever,” propelling his research into the MCU — and ending up on screen
Ballet Preljocaj performs "Swan Lake" onstage.
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Arts & Lectures
Ballet Preljocaj performs "Swan Lake."

Arts & Lectures performances of ‘Swan Lake’ and ‘EDEN’ celebrate the harmonies of nature
Kamyar Parto works in the Quantum Photonics Lab with Arjun Choudhri, a high school student he mentored last summer
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Jeff Liang
Kamyar Parto (left) works in the Quantum Photonics Lab with Arjun Choudhri, a high school student he mentored last summer

The Moody Lab develops a new method for on-chip generation of single photon
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on stage

Historian Daina Ramey Berry offers perspective on the legacy and enduring relevance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
dimly lit shark with black background
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Photo by Laura College, Unsplash

Researchers use machine learning to map where sharks face the most risk from longline fishing

Ecologists and environmental scientists identify priorities within synthesis research to address pressing issues
Playwright Jacqueline Lawton sits at a desk holding a pen above a red notebook
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Playwright Jacqueline Lawton's “Freedom Hill” will be featured in the LAUNCH PAD Amplify Reading Series Festival.

LAUNCH PAD reading festival brings the Black American experience, family and community stories to center stage
Woman with black hair with red streaks and bangs wearing a red and black dress grinds pigments on stone in front of a red tiled wall
"Sandy Rodriguez: Unfolding Histories" opens at the Art, Design and Architecture Museum this winter.

New season brings new line-up of performances, art exhibitions, concerts and more
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A 35-millimeter landscaped portrait from the "Get Shorty" press kit, as seen in "Still Film"

Experimental ‘Still Film’ interrogates cinematic memory
The Thomas Fire burns the mountains above Ventura and Santa Barbara
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Carsten Schertzer / iSTOCK
The 2017-18 Thomas Fire burned 282,000 acres in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties.

University of California systemwide network offers crisis course
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