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Matt Perko
Daniel Masterson, UC Santa Barbara

Political scientist Daniel Masterson named UCSB’s 7th Pahl Scholar

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S. Shailja PhD '24, electrical and computer engineering

Dissertations in geography and electrical & computer engineering receive Lancaster awards for excellence
Theo world map fading into blue water.
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Philip Hoeppli via iStock

UC Santa Barbara leads $9 million research project on ocean cycles
A river meanders through forests and fields in Columbia.
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EGT via iStock
Meandering rivers create a dynamic landscape, depositing sand bars and eroding steep banks as they undulate across their floodplains.

Managing meandering waterways in a changing world
A 50 year logo against surfers walking on the beach.

50 years mapping the world
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New study in Nature Water puts spotlight on importance of groundwater
A tractor sprays a soybean field in spring.
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Organic farming practices can increase pesticide use in neighboring, non-organic fields.

Organic farms can have mixed effects on pesticide use depending on their neighbors
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UC Santa Barbara selects inaugural Public Voices Fellows
Maps and cityscapes on a grid.
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Alice Kitterman/U.S. National Science Foundation

Mapping science: How GIS transformed our view of the world
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Examining the effects of climate change and extreme weather on HIV
The head of a California red-legged frog peers out from lily pads
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Gary M. Fellers/USGS
California red-legged frog (Rana draytonii) surfaces in a pond in Point Reyes National Seashore, Calif.

Seeding climate solutions for California’s amphibian communities and iconic beaches
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Dogs can detect COVID-19 infections faster and more accurately than conventional technology, demonstrating readiness for mainstream medical applications
researchers working with Senegalese partners
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UCSB geographer David López-Carr, center left, and Stanford University health and environmental scientist Andrea Lund, center right, working with Senegalese partners

Nuisance vegetation removal in Senegalese waterways reduces the overall prevalence of parasitic infections and increases local food production
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