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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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Leveraging social psychology to overcome barriers to climate action
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From Juneteenth to reparations: The ongoing journey for racial justice
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Michelle Ramos Ramirez ’24

UCSB’s ÉXITO Program graduates third cohort of future ethnic studies teachers amidst rising attacks on ethnic studies
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When it comes to erosion of democracy, not all social media are equally harmful
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The state of State
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Black Studies Professor Sabrina Strings

How the romantic institution props-up a racialized dating landscape
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Scholars discuss Black reparations in California
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Researchers find that a new mother’s immune status varies with her feeding strategy
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Jeffrey C. Stewart

Historian Jeffrey Stewart elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences for his work in the visual arts
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Mellon Foundation awards $100,000 grants to four UCSB social science departments
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Trevor Auldridge-Reveles, March 2024

Why do kids outperform their parents in this rural California town? A sociologist looks for answers.
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Climate change policies lose popularity when combined with pausing regulations or social justice
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