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Nori Muster was a devotee of the Hare Krishna movement of the 1970s and 1980s

Seeking inner peace, finding moral rot

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The ability to efficiently measure diversity in social media opens new possibilities for researchers, companies and consumers.

Computer vision and human annotations provide insights on inclusion in social media at scale
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UCSB historians Ya Zuo and Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky awarded Stanford humanities fellowships
An envelope addressed to UCSB's Interdisciplinary Humanities Center, from Corcoran State Prison
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With a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Grant, Foundations in the Humanities is funded to run at Corcoran for three years.

Humanities program brings courses in literary studies to individuals in the California state prison system
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on stage

Historian Daina Ramey Berry offers perspective on the legacy and enduring relevance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Photograph of authors Pei-te Lien and Nicole Filler

A Pioneering Collaboration

‘Liking’ is Believing

Fuel for Thought
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A Leader in International Relations
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The Old Roots of New Age
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Too Much Information
Fishermen on small boat standing around tracking device

Tracking Small-Scale Fishers
photo grid of different women in science

The Many Versions of a Female Scientist
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