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a family of East African nomadic pastoralists
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The Turkana are nomadic pastoralists who live in Kenya

Genetic adaptations helped East African nomadic pastoralists adapt to constant water stress, but urbanization may present an 'evolutionary mismatch'

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close up of lab equipment
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Jeff Liang

New UCSB biofoundry to accelerate discoveries in biotechnology and biomanufacturing
exhibition with large sculpture
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Moe Wakai
Kim Garcia, "What you can never fully hold," 2025

How artistic research preserves cultural memory and care
modern dancers with arms and legs intertwined
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Fritz Olenberger
UCSB's Santa Barbara Dance Theater

Santa Barbara Dance Theater’s FORUM explores connection and collaboration
A forest sits atop an eroding bluff.
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Anna Trugman researches how plants respond to climate change, while Gen Li studies erosion and weathering — the natural processes that break down rocks and transport sediment.

Two UCSB professors recognized for contributions to the Earth sciences
Alexis Okeowo
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Alexis Okeowo

Writer Alexis Okeowo opens Arts & Lectures’ Justice for All series
Aerial view of the ocean, beach and mountains surrounding a university campus
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Jeff Liang
An aerial view of the UC Santa Barbara campus.

UCSB praised for excellence, access and value in national rankings
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Detail, book cover for "Unfaithful: A Translator's Memoir" by Suzanne Jill Levine, Bloomsbury, 2025

New memoir explores the art of translation and Latin American literature
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UCSB scholar to lead world’s largest actuarial society
exhibition
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Ingrid Bostrom
Installation view of "Joan Mitchell 100," on view at the Art, Design & Architecture Museum, UC Santa Barbara

Joan Mitchell at 100: UCSB spotlights a modern master
illustration of two scientists
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Illustration Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize Outreach
UCSB physics professors John Martinis, left, and Michel Devoret

UCSB physics professors John Martinis and Michel Devoret win 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics
color photograph of a firefighter watching a forest fire
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Talk on California’s wildfire crisis kicks off IHC public series
Swirls of light pink behind a dark purple circle
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Radiographic image of breast cancer tumor cells in the mammary ducts.

Novel membrane gel from UCSB offers new tool for breast cancer research
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