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color photograph of musician Deniz Çağlarcan holding a violin
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Transdisciplinary composer, violinist and conductor Deniz Çağlarcan

Electroacoustic composer Deniz Çağlarcan wins prestigious residency

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Student-led art show explores perspectives on reproductive biology
woman in medical inversion device with astral background image
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Shana Moulton
Shana Moulton, Still from 'Inversion Therapy,' 2019

The Museum of Modern Art premieres Shana Moulton’s ‘Meta/Physical Therapy’
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Pioneering author of Asian American literature to speak at Multicultural Center
suzanne jill levine
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Lydia Rubio
Suzanne Jill Levine, UC Santa Barbara distinguished professor emerita of Latin American literature and recipient of the 2024 PEN/Ralph Manheim Award for Translation

Pioneering translation’s artistry
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Mellon Foundation awards $100,000 grants to four UCSB social science departments
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Media Inside Out conference honors pioneers and provocations in film and media studies 
2024 Goldwater scholars
Clockwise, from left: Matthew Unger, Riya Nilkrant, Xuanwei Liang, Isaac Hair, Anika Jena

Five UC Santa Barbara undergraduates named Goldwater Scholars
aerial shot of North Atlantic right whale and calf
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NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center/Lisa Conger and Elizabeth Josephson
North Atlantic right whale mother and calf as seen from a research drone called a hexacopter

Whale-saving cargo ship speed tracking program heads east
A 50 year logo against surfers walking on the beach.

50 years mapping the world
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Asian American artist-in-residency program debuts with film screening and workshops
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UCSB Surfrider Battalion honors US and Filipino POWs with competitive finish at Bataan Memorial Death March
Waves crash on a revetment protecting houses along Broad Beach, Malibu.
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Charles Lester
The ocean is advancing on California, and we need to determine how we will respond.

Securing the future of California’s coasts
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