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Jeff Liang

How books helped make computers mainstream

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Matt Perko
UC Santa Barbara English assistant professor Jim Casey is leading a project to recover and share 19th-century African American newspapers using artificial intelligence.

$750,000 Schmidt Sciences grant uses AI to transform Black press archives
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NIH backs UCSB virtual reality project to help older adults build real social connections
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Matt Perko
Kylie Falcione

Brain science, social media and a modern moral panic
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Video game addiction in teens likely stems from preexisting mental health issues
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To benefit from the internet, ‘not all screens are created equal’
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Matt Perko
The sum total of our daily communication comprises our “social biomes.”

Improve your life by embracing everyday, even mundane, conversations? Research says yes.
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Ingrid Bostrom
Corita Kent (b. Fort Dodge, IA, 1918 - 1986), “harness the sun” and “solw,” details, both 1967, Serigraph on paper, Courtesy of Corita Art Center, Los Angeles. Art, Design & Architecture Museum, UC Santa Barbara.

California artists reimagine language, state’s identity in new exhibition
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Academy of Management inductee Linda Putnam establishes award for organizational research scholars
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Matt Perko

University names winners of top student awards for Class of 2024
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Four undergraduates and one professor receive Chancellor’s research awards
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UCSB communication professors honored for lifetime of achievements
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