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João Pedro Oliveira named 2025 Fromm Music Foundation composer

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Mexican-American Dreamer Julissa Arce wins Luis Leal literary award
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Warhol Foundation selects Jenni Sorkin for Arts Writers Award supporting book on 1990s textile art
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Distinguished Professor Emeritus Alan Liu, January 2026

Faculty Research Lecturer Alan Liu ponders ‘good’ knowledge in the age of AI
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UC Santa Barbara English assistant professor Jim Casey is leading a project to recover and share 19th-century African American newspapers using artificial intelligence.

$750,000 Schmidt Sciences grant uses AI to transform Black press archives
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UCSB’s Education Abroad Program recognized among nation’s best
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Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky, December 2024

A feat of multilingual research, Hamed-Troyansky’s “Empire of Refugees” wins eight book prizes
Phoito-illustration of Boris Shraiman in front of a blackboard.
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Boris Shraiman

Boris Shraiman points a physicist’s eye on biological quandaries
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Transdisciplinary composer, violinist and conductor Deniz Çağlarcan

Electroacoustic composer Deniz Çağlarcan wins prestigious residency
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Still the best: UCSB voted Santa Barbara’s No. 1 place to work
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Anna Trugman researches how plants respond to climate change, while Gen Li studies erosion and weathering — the natural processes that break down rocks and transport sediment.

Two UCSB professors recognized for contributions to the Earth sciences
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UCSB physics professors John Martinis, left, and Michel Devoret

UCSB physics professors John Martinis and Michel Devoret win 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics
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Advanced mortality modeling earns UCSB team international actuarial prize
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