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Recent UCSB graduates Matthieu Huy and Enri Lala were selected from 3,400 applicants for a fully funded year of graduate study in France.

Two UC Santa Barbara graduates receive inaugural Lafayette Fellowship

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woman with VR headset
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Yuehao Gao
A visitor experiences virtual reality at a Media Arts & Technology exhibition.
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cargo ships queueing at Los Angeles and Long Beach port during COVID pandemic
Cargo vessel congestion at the Los Angeles/Long Beach port complex during the COVID pandemic
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Daniel Naylor
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color photograph of student Matthew Schoen sitting next to shoe donation box overflowing with old sneakers
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Jeff Liang
Zero Waste Committee Co-Chair Matthew Schoen, May 2025
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women weaving and mending fishing nets
Geospatial information about how women use the ocean is an important part of marine spatial planning, but tends to be hidden in the data
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woman with dark hair in forest
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Lyn Photography
Physicist and computer science assistant professor Murphy Yuezhen Niu
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college age woman of Taiwanese descent sits in studio with branches and canvas
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Debra Herrick
Meiya Sidney '25, College of Creative Studies and art honors
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Women in bright colored dresses on stage with a blue background
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Luca Meyers
A play about young women on the cusp of their teenage years, “Dance Nation” portrays their conflicting impulses to stand out and blend in.
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white woman sits at desk with tablet, on desk is robotic arm, coiled clay vessels and computer screen, crochet dress on mannequin at side
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Matt Perko
“You can think of this as the next step in personal computing,” said UCSB professor Jennifer Jacobs, whose research explores more intuitive, responsive digital fabrication systems.
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concept illustration of amino acid chains that form proteins
De novo protein design involves sequencing amino acids to produce proteins with the desired structures and functions