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Haewon Jeong
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![exterior image of a man in a suit](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2024-06/satish-kumar-schmidt-fellow-uc-santa-barbara_0.jpg?itok=8fxfCfIu)
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Satish Kumar
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![winners of business plan competition with large first-place check](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2024-06/eyeclimate-2024-NVC-uc-santa-barbara.jpg?itok=aigb-GaC)
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NVC Finals judge Jason Rollman (left, in blue shirt) congratulates EyeClimate, the 2024 New Venture Competition Finals champions (from second to left) Bowen Zhang, PhD student; Max Gordon, undergraduate student; and Satish Kumar, PhD student
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College of Creative Studies biology student Ashley Yeh '24
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![Two workers in white coveralls and masks examine solar cells in a cleanroom.](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2024-05/Solar-cell-fab-iStock.jpg?itok=XdNRn720)
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Alternatives to silicon-based solar cells could allow solar panel production to move out of cleanrooms like this.
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M. Scott Shell, left, and Beth Pruitt, right
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![2024 Goldwater scholars](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2024-04/3up-portrait-hero-uc-santa-barbara.jpg?itok=k7nPYUgs)
Clockwise, from left: Matthew Unger, Riya Nilkrant, Xuanwei Liang, Isaac Hair, Anika Jena
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Neha Pincha Shroff and Pengfei Xu
Tooth epithelium (cell surface; yellow) and mesenchyme (cell surface; magenta). Proliferating cells (cyan) expand the tissue, generating a mechanical pressure at the tissue center that drives the formation of the main tooth signaling center or organizer, the enamel knot.