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Andrew Plantinga

Andrew Plantinga recognized for shaping environmental policy through economic insight

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Matt Perko
The Interactive Learning Pavilion, opened in 2023, is UCSB’s first all electric facility.

Reaching net zero for emissions will bring major cost savings to campus
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Lego bricks teach replication skills in a fun way
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EAOP promotes a college-going culture with annual conference
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At blue economy summit, ocean experts and stakeholders converge
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Jeff Liang
Chef Hayden Dozier in the kitchen at The Club & Guest House on campus

Recipe for a life in food
An exterior shot of the former Staples building on State Street in downtown Santa Barbara
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Matt Perko
An exterior shot of the former Staples building on State Street in downtown Santa Barbara

UC Santa Barbara heads to State Street
Hundreds of pairs of blue, purple and white plastic gloves
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Sarah Kidwell
The program so far has diverted more than 4,000 pounds of single-use plastic from the waste stream

Getting an upper hand on glove waste
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For its upcoming 19th season, UCSB Reads leans into ‘delights’
Meghan Morrissey uses a micropipette in her lab.
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Matt Perko
Morrissey’s group is working to harness macrophage immune cells for novel cancer therapies.

Prof. Meghan Morrissey honored by the American Cancer Society for her work on cancer immunotherapy
three-panel photographic image of a woman holding a picture of her son, the cover of a new book on Guatemala and the dry riverbed below a dam
"The Fourth Invasion" argues that present-day hydroelectric projects are a continuation of Guatemala's long history of colonialism and resource exploitation and includes the state-sponsored genocide of the late 20th century

Guatemala’s history of colonialism, from genocide to extractionist industries
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New agreement empowers more UC authors to share their scholarship openly 
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Matt Perko

The university’s foundation board adds new trustees, welcomes new chair
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