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Matt Perko
Jean Beaman, associate professor of sociology
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Carolyn Casey
Ingrid Banks, associate professor of Black studies
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Matt Perko
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Biological anthropologist Kristine Chua, postdoctoral fellow
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A trawler off the coast of South Africa
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A U.S. Department of Education grant will fund mental health services for K–12 schools nationwide
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![Giuliana Perrone photographed in black and white outdoors in sunlight](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2023-10/uc-santa-barbara-giulinana-perrone.jpg?itok=yys4GmLE)
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Matt Perko
Giuliana Perrone, October 2023
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Charmaine Chua is a 2023 Freedom Scholar
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Matt Perko
Wayne Chapman uses a hand drill to start a coal, which Chumash Elder Ernestine Ygnacio-De Soto (seated) will use to start the fire.