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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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Two students ascend the modern stairway of an academic building with bright sun overhead
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Matt Perko

UC Santa Barbara ranks among top universities nationally and globally in recent assessments
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Chris Jenkins filming in South Sudan

Film & media studies instructor awarded Alex Trebek Legacy Fellowship
students working out at the Recreation Center
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Elena Zhukova
Exercising with battle ropes is a popular high-intensity interval training (HIIT) workout

Bursts of exercise boost cognitive function, UCSB neuroscientists find
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Capps Center fall lineup: queer nuns, election-year politics and Latinx environmentalism
photo sculpture of mannequins in vintage clothing
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Jane Callister, from the series ”Imaginary Film Stills from a Movie that Never Existed”

Exploring the connection between memory and film through art
Denise Montell
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Denise Montell

Professor Denise Montell wins second NIH Pioneer Award, receiving $5.5 million for immune therapy research
An electron-microscopy image of the fruit fly's anterior visual pathway
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Dustin Garner, Emil Kind
An electron-microscopy image of the fruit fly's anterior visual pathway — all neurons involved in processing visual information and conveying it to the navigation center in the fly brain. Compass neurons are in the circular area at the center

Researchers' reconstruction of fruit fly’s anterior visual pathway will lead to insights into animal navigation
colorful mixed media image to illustrate artificial intelligence

Talk on AI and the creative process kicks off Interdisciplinary Humanities Center yearlong public event series
color photo portrait of gabriela castaneda
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Juan Hernández
Gabriela Castañeda with Border Network for Human Rights, El Paso, Texas

Immigration documentary focuses on ‘military border complex’
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George Legrady, "The Alchemist’s Study: #f803b," 2022

Exploring the aesthetics of AI

Charting the course of rivers
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UCSB study helps wildlife safely cross Gaviota Pass
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