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Iman Djouini, "Limn," hand pulled silkscreen on Rives BFK 19" x 26"
At the 2026 Venice Biennale, Iman Djouini gives language a new form
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Illustration by Matt Perko
Flower picking as a metaphor for rediscovery — professor emerita Víctor Fuentes’ "Florilegio" gathers centuries of overlooked Spanish-language literature from the U.S.
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iStock / Olena Kovalova
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Wikimedia Commons / U.S. Department of Energy
Hiroshima, November 27, 1945
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Matt Perko
On its own, Earth would shift toward another ice age in about 10,000 years, scientists say. But humanity’s greenhouse gas emissions may have radically shifted the climates trajectory.
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Matt Perko
Sharon Tettegah
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Used with permission from Microsoft
Majorana 1, the eight-qubit topological quantum processor unveiled at Microsoft Station Q's 2025 conference
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Matt Perko
The Interactive Learning Pavilion, opened in 2023, is UCSB’s first all electric facility.
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Courtesy UCSB MCC
Connecting the past to the present, the documentary "We Were Here" sparks conversations about representation, belonging and historical memory.
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Jeff Liang
Risa Brainin, right, on stage with a student actor during rehearsals for LAUNCH PAD’s production of “Strange Birds”
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Ingrid Bostrom
Corita Kent (b. Fort Dodge, IA, 1918 - 1986), “harness the sun” and “solw,” details, both 1967, Serigraph on paper, Courtesy of Corita Art Center, Los Angeles. Art, Design & Architecture Museum, UC Santa Barbara.
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Daniela Soto