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black and white aerial photograph from 1929 of the coast between Cole Oil Point and Campus Point
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Fairchild Aerial Surveys / UCSB Library Special Research Collections
A 1929 aerial photograph of what is now called Coal Oil Point (lower left), Isla Vista and UC Santa Barbara's Campus Lagoon

UCSB team saves historic aerial photos critical to coastal research

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a pair of elderly hands hold onto a walker

Researchers find direct human evidence for a neural circuit that may help better understand a mystery of Parkinson’s Disease
aerial photo of fractal shape on landscape created by erosion
Vegetation highlights a self-similar repeating pattern created in the landscape by erosion

UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellow uses fractals to study erosion
Artist in black clothing in front of monumental textile work in red, blue, white and black
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Damien Maloney
Associate Professor of Art Sarah Rosalena with "Threading the Infinite: Omnidirectional Terrain" in LACMA's new Geffen Galleries.

Sarah Rosalena creates monumental textile work for LACMA’s new galleries
color photograph of professor Wenfei Xu sitting outside
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Matt Perko
Wenfei Xu, an assistant professor of geography at UC Santa Barbara, coauthored the study "New Deal mortgage programmes benefited white borrowers disproportionately" in the journal Nature.

Exclusionary federal mortgage lending widened racial wealth gap in the US
a view of the Black Sea

UCSB-led international team evaluates anoxic marine basins as potential sites for carbon sequestration
two white men with yellow and blue lines on background
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Courtesy
Recent UCSB graduates Matthieu Huy and Enri Lala were selected from 3,400 applicants for a fully funded year of graduate study in France.

Two UC Santa Barbara graduates receive inaugural Lafayette Fellowship
A collection of dark green lines and small dots on a pale green background
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Courtesy UCSB Engineering
A close-up view of anaerobic gut fungi under the microscope. Armed with powerful plant-degrading enzymes and a dense network of hyphae, these specialized microbes break down tough lignocellulosic plant matter in the absence of oxygen.

Two UCSB-led projects selected for DOE’s Genesis Mission
Deborah Williams smiles with an Alaskan landscape behind her
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Background image by Benton Sherman, portrait by Jeff Liang
Deborah Williams dedicated decades of her career to improving her adopted home.

Deborah Williams joins the Alaska Women’s Hall of Fame for decades of trailblazing public service
illustration of male and female workers sitting on stacks of dollar bills, representing gender-based wage gap

In the battle of the sexes, the pay gap persists
man with dark hair, laptop and white headphones at a desk in a room full of students at desks
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Matt Perko

Comm scholar Dan Lane named UC fellow for research on AI and civic engagement
giant kelp in the water

Disturbance has a greater effect on giant kelp productivity than does resource availability
A women in a green jacket sits at a table, hands folded, in front of a red background
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Matt Perko
Thuc-Quyen Nguyen

New Faculty Research Lecturer Thuc-Quyen Nguyen reflects on science, mentorship and resilience
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