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Wind turbines tower over a field of grain under a cloudless Minnesotan sky.
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DonLand via iStock
Putting land to multiple uses is both economically and ecologically wise.

Integrated land planning is necessary to meet climate, food and biodiversity goals

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image of a woman from the film Memoria
"Memoria," staring Oscar-winner Tilda Swinton, kicks off the Panic! film series

Free film series hits the panic button at Carsey-Wolf Center
scientist looking at brain imaging scans
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Matt Perko
Emily Jacobs

New study reveals changes in the brain throughout pregnancy
pink and black weaving
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Ruben Diaz
Sarah Rosalena, Spiral Arm Red, 2023. Hand-dyed cochineal wool yarn, cotton yarn, image source Milky Way Galaxy.

Artist Sarah Rosalena featured in six Getty PST ART shows, gains spot in LACMA’s collection
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UC Santa Barbara and City of Santa Barbara secure a grant to enhance pedestrian and cyclist safety
people standing looking at wrap around image of world from space
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Courtesy

Immersive ocean health project premieres at UCSB’s AlloSphere as part of Getty PST ART
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Opening up office hours
box and cylinder
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Matt Perko
Paul Georg von Möllendorff Chinese cylinders, a collection of 16 recordings from the late 1800s

Linguistic artifacts: UCSB Library acquires rare Chinese audio recordings
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Author measures memoir’s potential impacts on readers with eating disorders
bald man in green car on fire with arrows chasing
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Wayne McCall
Keith Puccinelli, "Hot Rod Ambush," 2014. Blacklight ink and pen on paper, diptych. Gift of the Estate of Frances Garvin and Keith Julius Puccinelli.

Pooch’s World
scientists in lab with crates
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Jeff Liang
UCSB ExFAB staff and senior participants, from left, Oliver Vining, Elaine Kirschke, Jean-Marie Volland, Nathalie Elisabeth, Sherylle Mills Englander, Max Wilson, Michelle O'Malley, Joel Rothman, Niels Volkmann and Carolyn Mills.

UCSB to lead $22M NSF-funded center on exceptional microbes
glitched mosaic of images and data
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Laila Shereen Sakr
VJ Um Amel, "Boys on the Gaza Beach," digital mosaic, 2014

Laila Shereen Sakr’s ‘Arabic Glitch’ explores data, activism and technoculture
a group of Tanzanian men gather around a table and speak with a researcher
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David W. Lawson
A focus group of young men in Tanzania, led by project co-investigator Alexander Ishungisa (standing) and social scientist Elisha Mabula. (Photograph shared with participant consent.)

On gender: misperceptions about others can stifle women’s empowerment
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