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Three UCSB student athletes hold a recycling can
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Jeff Liang
Former UCSB water polo players (from left) Cami Mras and Aidan Flynn with swimmer and environmental studies senior Ellie Schomberg

Student-led sports-waste recycling initiative takes off at UCSB

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Hayden Vega wears a lobster on his head
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Matt Perko

Real-world coral studies spark future in ocean conservation
color photograph of student Matthew Schoen sitting next to shoe donation box overflowing with old sneakers
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Jeff Liang
Zero Waste Committee Co-Chair Matthew Schoen, May 2025

Zero Waste Committee launches shoe-recycling drive, June 2–13
Joan Dudney with hiking gear in the mountains.
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Joan Dudney studies the impacts of global change on forests to develop science-based management strategies.

Ecologist Joan Dudney studies forest change in a warming world
A black and white photograph of two people in the atomic devastation of World War II in Hiroshima, Japan
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Wikimedia Commons / U.S. Department of Energy
Hiroshima, November 27, 1945

Girls and women disproportionately harmed by nuclear radiation
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UCSB study helps wildlife safely cross Gaviota Pass
photograph of student activists marching for climate justice
Fossil Free UC student activists, June 2015.

Fossil Free UC historical records added to UCSB Library Special Research Collections
A graduate with long hair, wearing cap and gown, seen from back facing crowd of graduates
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Matt Perko

University names winners of top student awards for Class of 2024
white man with blue polo shirt
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Debra Herrick
Andrew Smith '24

Despite extraordinary challenges, undergraduate Andrew Smith prevails
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
photograph of UCSB student Matthew Schoen with a pair of sneakers
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Matt Perko
Second-year environmental sciences major Matthew Schoen, March 2024

Environmental Leadership Incubator project launches campus shoe drive
Wind turbines behind solar panels at sunset
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Evaluating and advancing equity in energy transitions

Global groundwater depletion is accelerating, but is not inevitable
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