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a section of cave with Native American art
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The rock art of the Chumash people, the original inhabitants of what are now Santa Barbara, Ventura, San Luis Obispo, Los Angeles and Kern counties

Professor Emerita Lynn Gamble receives lifetime achievement award as a California archaeologist

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bloody face man holding mask and shovel
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Detail of "Queer Traffic" book cover with art by Lechevirgen Trimegisto

Free trade, moral panic and the politics of belonging
Headshot of Sherrilyn Ifill
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Sherrilyn Ifill

Civil rights lawyer Sherrilyn Ifill reimagines democracy in talk for UCSB Arts & Lectures
clean archive with documents
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Matt Perko
UCSB’s repository houses collections for research and storage; access to Native American materials requires tribal permission.

UCSB outlines progress and goals for Native American repatriation
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Experts to discuss repatriation, religion and law
Headshot of Paul Leonardi next to cover of his book, "Digital Exhaustion."
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Paul Leonardi

In ‘Digital Exhaustion,’ Paul Leonardi shares how to make technology work for you
Ruins of an ancient temple beneath a blue sky and clouds
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Tikal, in Guatemala, is among the major sites of the Classic Mayan civilization.

Why Classic Maya cities rose and fell
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Fareed Zakaria makes sense of a changing world in Arts & Lectures talk
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UCSB scholar to lead world’s largest actuarial society
color photograph of a firefighter watching a forest fire
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Talk on California’s wildfire crisis kicks off IHC public series
A 3D render of team communication and abstract social network connection symbols with a hand in the background.
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Advanced mortality modeling earns UCSB team international actuarial prize
A log cabin sits amid a pine grove in the late afternoon light.
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Jeff Liang
The Old Valentine Cabin has been hosting visitors to Mammoth for over 100 years.

Historic cabins from the early days of Mammoth now serve scientists and students
book cover art of many Asian men coming out of a door down a rainbow
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Top Shelf Productions
Book cover art for “It Rhymes with Takei,” illustrated by Harmony Becker

Star Trek actor George Takei and coming out in 2005
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