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The allegory that is 'Animal Farm' examines the perils of unchecked power and privilege, the use of words as a political weapon, and revolutions that erode into regimes not unlike those they overthrew.

UCSB theater students take on Orwell’s ‘Animal Farm,’ a fable that still bites

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New iPhone App Bridges Science, Technology, Education, and a Day at the Beach

NCEAS Researchers Offer New Ecological Model for Deep-Water Oil Spills

Economic Forecast Project Heads to Santa Maria for Annual North Santa Barbara County Economic Summit

Children's Book by UCSB Greenhouse Manager Studies Monarch Butterflies

Professor Emeritus and Spouse Establish Endowed Chair in Economics to Honor Former Colleague and Close Friend

UCSB Study Shows Forest Insects and Diseases Arrive in U.S. Via Imported Plants
Kenneth Kosik

Book by UC Santa Barbara Professor of Neuroscience Receives Award for Excellence in Medical Communication

UCSB History Associates Talk to Look at the Science of Surfing

Quantum Control Protocols Could Lead to More Accurate, Larger Scale Quantum Computations
Victor Rios

UCSB Sociologist to Give Plous Lecture on Crime and Desistance Among Marginalized Youth

Big Bang, Dark Energy the Focus of Annual Las Cumbres Observatory Lecture

‘Seeing Nature’ Exhibit Examines Human Views of the Natural World
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