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Wenfei Xu, an assistant professor of geography at UC Santa Barbara, coauthored the study "New Deal mortgage programmes benefited white borrowers disproportionately" in the journal Nature.

Exclusionary federal mortgage lending widened racial wealth gap in the US

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One of UCSB's Newest Faculty Members Receives $1 Million Award
Postdoctoral researcher Matthew Peterson, left and Miguel Eckstein, professor in the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at UCSB

Face Identification Accuracy is in the Eye (and Brain) of the Beholder, UCSB Researchers Say

New Ph.D. Emphasis at UC Santa Barbara Offers More Robust Bioengineering Training

Southern California Crustacean Sand-Dwellers Suffering Localized Extinctions

Study Determines Source of Oil Sheens Near the Site of Deepwater Horizon

UCSB Materials Professor Craig Hawker Appointed New Director of California NanoSystems Institute

NCEAS Finds Tropical Forest Blossoms Are Sensitive to Changing Climate
Douglas Scalapino, UCSB professor of physics.

UC Santa Barbara Physics Professor to Receive Eugene Feenberg Medal

Astronomer Uncovers The Hidden Identity Of An Exoplanet

UCSB Fulbright Scholars Study Abroad, Others Conduct Research on Campus

Mouse Models Point To A Potential Therapeutic Approach for Alzheimer's

UCSB Sociology and Political Science Scholars Analyze Supreme Court Rulings on Same-Sex Marriage
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