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Wind turbines tower over a field of grain under a cloudless Minnesotan sky.
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DonLand via iStock
Putting land to multiple uses is both economically and ecologically wise.

Integrated land planning is necessary to meet climate, food and biodiversity goals

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Walter Echo-Hawk, Nakia Zavalla, Edward Halealoha Ayau and Timothy McKeown
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Greg Johnson
From left to right, “Repatriation Futures” team members Walter Echo-Hawk, Nakia Zavalla, Edward Halealoha Ayau and Timothy McKeown at the Santa Ynez Chumash Museum and Cultural Center.

Capps Center receives grant for work on Indigenous repatriation
closeup of a black bird called a grackle

Grackle research reveals behavioral flexibility and adaptation in action
posterized detail of Shakespeare's face
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Courtesy

New exhibition explores many lives of Shakespeare’s texts
Headshots of Alice Alldredge, Lars Bildsten and Henry Yang overlaid on a photo an academic building
Left to right: Alice Alldredge, Lars Bildsten and Henry Yang have been elected as members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences

Three UCSB professors elected as members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
hands holding a tiny crab
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Matt Perko

Beyond the Classroom: The Research Experience and Education Facility (REEF)
black and white photograph of professor Waverly Duck in his office
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Matt Perko
Sociology professor Waverly Duck, April 2026

Sociologist Waverly Duck tapped to lead prominent journal
two ucsb students and the manager of the campus bike shop with a pile of old bike tires
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Matt Perko
Environmental studies undergrads Sophia Long (left) and Virginia Such with A.S. Bike Shop Manager Adam Jahnke, April 2026

UCSB environmental studies team launches tire recycling program at A.S. Bike Shop
underwater photo of a coral reef

Researchers uncover a ‘treasure trove’ of bioactive molecules in coral reefs
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UCSB professors honored by Ecological Society of America
a close up image of a fruit fly

Newly discovered neural connections reveal that inhibitory neurons can also drive movement
collage of torn pages and political debris
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Photo illustration by Matt Perko

How information disorder shapes global politics
woman sits on blue cushion on a purple rug with green walls and a purple curtain with two cameras or lights set in front of her
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Matt Perko
Professor of time-based arts Shana Moulton in her UCSB studio

Artist Shana Moulton to speak at Humanities Decanted
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