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![Archeological remains from El Gigante](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2023-06/paleobot-composite-uc-santa-barbara.jpg?itok=YMfzVGK5)
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Thomas Harper
Botanical remains from El Gigante.
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![Juneteenth mural](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2023-06/juneteenth-mural-uc-santa-barbara.jpg?itok=k2It7yzR)
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Juneteenth Legacy Project
"Absolute Equality" mural in Galveston, Texas, commemorating Juneteenth
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![Male teacher leaning against desk talking to diverse classroom](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2023-05/male-teacher-talking-to-class-iStock-opt-2.jpg?itok=6qZ5aFBc)
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iStock
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![Ted Egan, Christopher Waller, and Peter Rupert](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2023-05/EconomicForecastProject_201.jpg?itok=HIODAe_Q)
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David Bazemore
2023 South Coast Economic Summit guests (from left) Ted Egan, Christopher Waller and Peter Rupert
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![An envelope addressed to UCSB's Interdisciplinary Humanities Center, from Corcoran State Prison](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2023-05/literacy-studies-envelope-uc-santa-barbara.jpg?itok=sWJaZABv)
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Courtesy photo
With a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Grant, Foundations in the Humanities is funded to run at Corcoran for three years.
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![Anthropology associate professor David Lawson](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2023-05/David-Lawson-uc-santa-barbara-hero%20%281%29.jpg?itok=7Gb8JGW2)
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Jeff Liang
Associate Professor David W. Lawson, May 2023
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![A homebuilder on a housing job site](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2023-05/housing-iStock-Kwangmoozaa.jpg?itok=sGSMzZWe)
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iStock/Kwangmoozaa
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![Stop Asian Hate fortune cookie street art](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2023-05/stop-asian-hate-street-art.jpg?itok=zIRKwJVk)
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Michelle Bell
Michelle Bell, Chinatown Live
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![Chris Erdman](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2023-05/chris-erdman-classics-ucsb-8-opt.jpg?itok=SB2c-FYV)
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Debra Herrick
Chris Erdman is a recipient of the American Academy in Rome fellowship for 2024–25.