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Author Louis Bayard is adapting his novel "The Wildes," which explores Oscar Wilde’s family life, for a staged reading at UCSB’s LAUNCH PAD Summer Series on July 10.

Louis Bayard brings ‘The Wildes’ to UCSB’s LAUNCH PAD series

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Russell Sage Foundation taps UCSB social scientists for fellowships
Two views: An Etruscan shrew and the breeching hide of a blue whale
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Shrew: Trebol-a/CC BY-SA 3.0 Whale: Jeff Jacobsen

Reference genomes from the world’s largest and smallest mammals pave the way toward solving mysteries of development and lifespan
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Matt Perko

‘In the Shadow of the Seawall’ tackles coastal land use dilemmas in the age of sea level rise
Wind turbines behind solar panels at sunset
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Evaluating and advancing equity in energy transitions
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Student debate team finishes second at national Ethics Bowl
700 Palms, Venice, CA
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Ehrhard Pfeiffer
700 Palms, Venice, California, Ehrlich Architects

Archive of multicultural modernist architect Steven Ehrlich adds to UCSB art museum collection
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UCSB communication professors honored for lifetime of achievements
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Debra Herrick
Nelson Lichtenstein

Historian Nelson Lichtenstein: Clinton betrayed progressives, capitulated to the right
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Expert on contemporary Chinese capitalism to speak at East Asia Center
A chiton sits among algae on a rock.
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The shell of the variable tonicia is covered in complex, image-forming eyes.

Unraveling the mystery of chiton visual systems
gears as brains on wooden silhouettes of heads facing each other

A holistic framework for studying social emotions
two-panel painting by social justice artist Ty Rawls
Painting by social justice artist Tyhib Rawls for UCSB's Black Student Union

Black studies conference examines criminal legal system, unveils new social justice art
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