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man with grey and black shoulder length hair and tattoos on his arms
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Jeff Liang
Artist and professor Kip Fulbeck creates spaces for people to define themselves and be seen as they are.

What does it mean to be ‘Hapa?’ Artist Kip Fulbeck reflects on 25-year identity project

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Samantha Mladjov pilots a drone above a beachgoers and dogs.
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Neil Nathan
With an eye in the sky, researchers can track white sharks off the coast.

Scientists use drones to track white sharks along California beaches
UCSB professor Deron Burkepile explores the North shore of Moorea’s fore reef.
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Andrew Thurber
The structural complexity of a healthy coral reef provides habitat for a diversity of lifeforms.

Dead coral skeletons hinder reef regeneration by sheltering seaweed
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First Mahsa Amini fellow begins doctoral program in religious studies
Left to right: Anna Boser, Naomi Tague, David Valentine, and Leander Anderegg.
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UC Santa Barbara
Left to right: Anna Boser, Naomi Tague, David Valentine, and Leander Anderegg.

UCSB faculty and students among the American Geophysical Union’s 2024 honorees
image of a woman from the film Memoria
"Memoria," staring Oscar-winner Tilda Swinton, kicks off the Panic! film series

Free film series hits the panic button at Carsey-Wolf Center
scientist looking at brain imaging scans
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Matt Perko
Emily Jacobs

New study reveals changes in the brain throughout pregnancy
pink and black weaving
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Ruben Diaz
Sarah Rosalena, Spiral Arm Red, 2023. Hand-dyed cochineal wool yarn, cotton yarn, image source Milky Way Galaxy.

Artist Sarah Rosalena featured in six Getty PST ART shows, gains spot in LACMA’s collection
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UC Santa Barbara and City of Santa Barbara secure a grant to enhance pedestrian and cyclist safety
people standing looking at wrap around image of world from space
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Immersive ocean health project premieres at UCSB’s AlloSphere as part of Getty PST ART
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Opening up office hours
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Matt Perko
Paul Georg von Möllendorff Chinese cylinders, a collection of 16 recordings from the late 1800s

Linguistic artifacts: UCSB Library acquires rare Chinese audio recordings
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Author measures memoir’s potential impacts on readers with eating disorders
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