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An Icelandic braided river, seen from above.
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Luca Ronchi via iStock
Multi-channel rivers predominate in Iceland’s easily eroded volcanic soil.

Rivers choose their path based on erosion — a discovery that could transform flood planning and restoration

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red neon lights a window box in grey hallway with photo panels and mirrors
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Patrick Pyszka, city of Chicago
Hương Ngô & Hồng-Ân Trương, "chân trời foot of the sky," 2023. Archival pigment prints, two-way mirrored glass, neon. 240 x 92 x 30 in.

Art installation examines Vietnamese refugee history
people on stage
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Fritz Olenberger

Maternal love unleashed: ‘Everybody's Favorite Mothers’ premieres at UCSB
six women facing the sea with their arms raised in heart hands
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Simona Pilolla

Embracing single life: Love, intimacy and family beyond the couple
photographer of the five film students who made the 841 documentary
The "841" film crew (from left): director of photography Logan Asperian, sound mixer Lauren Barley, producer Macielle Villaseñor, director Rachel Burnett and editor Vincent Cuenco off the coast of Santa Cruz Island in 2023.

Coastal Media Project student documentaries to screen at Santa Barbara International Film Festival
two fishers in Kiribati waters
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Jacob Eurich

Reinforcing the diverse ways people access seafood can ensure healthy communities in the face of change
installation view in gallery with blue arc panel
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Arturo Heredia Soto
“A Box of One’s Own: Women Beyond Borders,” installation view, Art, Design & Architecture Museum, UC Santa Barbara

Art show ‘A Box of One’s Own’ refashions Woolf’s ‘room’ in small symbols of women’s empowerment
Photo portrait of Gustavo Arellano
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Courtesy of Los Angeles Times
Gustavo Arellano, winner of the 19th annual Luis Leal Award for Distinction in Chicano/Latino Literature

Los Angeles Times columnist Gustavo Arellano to receive Luis Leal Award
lab equipment
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McLean Echlin
The prototype of UCSB's TriBeam microscope, developed by the Tresa Pollock Lab before it was commercialized by Thermo Fisher Scientific

Scientific research soars with NSF’s Major Research Instrumentation program
Amber hills roll away behind a lone oak tree, with facilities in the background.
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Matt Perko
The rolling hills of Sedgwick Reserve offer a testbed for researchers to probe grassland ecology.

Extreme drought hits grasslands and shrublands harder than anticipated
a black stone arrow point

How a prehistoric cosmic airburst is assisting archaeologists today
kristen thomas-mcgill white woman with glasses on blue stage
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Jeopardy Productions, Inc.
History doctoral candidate Kristen Thomas-McGill on Jeopardy

Jeopardy winner and doctoral candidate Kristen Thomas-McGill examines the history of child sexual abuse, celebrity and public memory

Global groundwater depletion is accelerating, but is not inevitable
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