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Corner of Embarcadero Del Mar and Pardall in Isla Vista, CA
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Jeff Liang

Regulations in place, alternative activities planned for the weekend of April 7-9
A snorkeler with camera and note pad investigates a nearly bleached coral.
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Jeff Liang
Professor Deron Burkepile observes coral in the process of bleaching in the reefs around Moorea.

Stripped to the Bone: Research in Moorea shows the presence of coral skeletons influences reef recovery after bleaching
A couple dances to cumbia in the film Yo Soy No Guapo
“Yo No Soy Guapo,” 2018, directed by Joyce Garcia

Cumbia connects nations and generations through music and dance
A glowing circuit board
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Jonathan Balkind receives NSF Early CAREER Award to improve cloud-based computing
A school psychologist speaks with a young student
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Federal funding for the JEDI Project will increase the number of highly trained psychologists in K-12 public schools

Gevirtz Graduate School of Education awarded record grant for K-12 mental health services
Philosophy professor Thomas Holden
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Matt Perko
Professor Thomas Holden, March 2023

New book offers new interpretation on Thomas Hobbes’ philosophy of religion
Orange glass bottle mosaic structure with dolls and miscellanea
Inside one of the unique dwellings by California folk artist Tressa "Grandma" Prisbrey.

Doctoral candidate receives dissertation fellowship to study the impact of transportation on midcentury folk art
Female Professor France Winddance Twine
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Matt Perko
Professor France Winddance Twine, March 2023

New book offers firsthand accounts of inequality in Silicon Valley, centers Black and Latinx women
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UC Santa Barbara’s Critical Issues in America series will examine the broad societal implications of aging and extension of longevity
“Particle physics isn’t dead,” reads the blackboard behind an expressive physicist presenting to a packed audience.
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Harrison Tasoff
Although the LHC only discovered one new particle, “particle physics isn’t dead,” physicist Nima Arkani-Hamed exclaims in the program’s packed final talk.

Physicists gather to chart a path for the next kind of particle collider
Alexa Bertola in a CalTrans hard hat inset in a circle above Henley Gate, UC Santa Barbara

Caltrans representative answers questions about the impending construction project on Highway 217
Professor Umesh Mishra sitting on stairs
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Matt Perko
Professor Umesh Mishra

A new leader: Professor Umesh Mishra to become dean of engineering
blue lab coat with UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA in yellow stitching
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Matt Perko

A University of California multi-campus initiative strives to boost diversity within its STEM teaching faculty ranks
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Climate Forward: UC Santa Barbara receives $1 million to develop climate action capacity
two students stand near library stacks

Graduate Scholars Program builds sense of community and connection for graduate students
Argentinian glacier as seen from ISS
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NASA
Argentina's Perito Moreno Glacier as seen from the International Space Station

New NASA-funded research will build next-gen tech to better measure climate
Headshot of Jeffrey Milem
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Matt Perko
Jeffrey Milem

Gevirtz School Dean Jeffrey Milem elected to prestigious National Academy of Education
A sewing machine against a black background.
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Matt Perko
Simply seeing a machine might not convey what it does.

Filming Proteins in Motion: Physics researchers inch closer to an ambitious goal
Installation views of Sandy Rodriguez — Unfolding Histories: 200 Years of Resistance
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Ruben Diaz
Installation views of Sandy Rodriguez — Unfolding Histories: 200 Years of Resistance

Artist Sandy Rodriguez illuminates forgotten pasts of the Central Coast
A man on his smartphone is distracted from his family.
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Study finds parents’ phone use in front of their kids can harm emotional intelligence
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