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Jeff Liang
The allegory that is 'Animal Farm' examines the perils of unchecked power and privilege, the use of words as a political weapon, and revolutions that erode into regimes not unlike those they overthrew.

UCSB theater students take on Orwell’s ‘Animal Farm,’ a fable that still bites

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Professor David Valentine’s toxic waste discovery featured in LA Times documentary at SBIFF
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Film still from the documentary “Walk With Me” about Los Angeles designer Charlie Hess and his journey into early-onset Alzheimer’s.

UCSB research featured in Alzheimer’s documentary at SBIFF
Leah Stokes on a chair holding a plant
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UC Santa Barbara associate professor Leah Stokes researches public policy, public opinion and political behavior, with a focus on energy, environment and climate change.

Leah Stokes receives the prestigious Schneider Award for Outstanding Science Communication
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Jeff Liang
Chef Hayden Dozier in the kitchen at The Club & Guest House on campus

Recipe for a life in food
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This illustration appeared on the cover of 'Red Channels,' a 1950s-era newsletter by an anti-Communist group that contained names of supposed subversives in the entertainment industry.

The long-term effects of the Hollywood blacklist
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Martin Luther King Jr. on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington, August 28, 1963.

Campus events honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s struggle for equality
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Yang Yang’s wizardry with enzymes earns him early career recognition
A human brain against a background of double helices.
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Matt Perko
Differences in gene expression, not just their presence, seems to drive the remarkable specialization found in the human brain.

It’s all about expression
Beautiful Black woman sitting in a dark theater with a prop box of popcorn
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Matt Perko
UCSB lecturer and producer Wendy Eley Jackson spotlights advocacy in a compelling new documentary.

In the theater with Wendy Eley Jackson: ‘Facing the Falls’
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Matt Perko
Using virtual reality, an AI module for future vision prostheses, designed by Michael Beyeler’s Bionic Vision Lab, creates practical and useful artificial vision.

Seeing the future: Michael Beyeler’s work in neurotechnology earns him top faculty award
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Six UCSB researchers named among world’s most influential scientists
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Resolving ambiguity
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