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two ucsb students and the director of the campus bike shop with a pile of old bike tires
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Matt Perko
Environmental studies undergrads Sophia Long (left) and Virginia Such with A.S. Bike Shop Director Adam Jahnke, April 2026

UCSB environmental studies team launches tire recycling program at A.S. Bike Shop

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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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A new champion is crowned — and moves on to compete systemwide
portrait of Trevor sociologist Trevor Auldridge Reveles
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Matt Perko
Trevor Auldridge-Reveles, March 2024

Why do kids outperform their parents in this rural California town? A sociologist looks for answers.
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Oral history project gathering stories from Afro-Chicanx community
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