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Celebrating honors for faculty, researchers and others

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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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David Huang
San Dieguito Lagoon, one of Beheshti’s primary research sites.

Kat Beheshti earns early career distinction for contributions to coastal science and resource management
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Professor Chris Van de Walle receives prestigious Welker Award
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Biochemist Yang Yang becomes UCSB’s first Freeman Hrabowski Scholar
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Jeff Liang
UCSB Distinguished Professor Sara Poot Herrera

How to build global community through Mexican literature
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Andrew Plantinga

Andrew Plantinga recognized for shaping environmental policy through economic insight
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Graduate Division announces winners of annual mentoring awards
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Postdocs awarded inaugural Graduate Division prize in excellence
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Candice Lyons
Solaire Denaud, 2025 Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellow

PhD candidate Solaire Denaud receives prestigious humanities and social science fellowship
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New NIH grant supports UCSB taste and hydration research
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Jeff Liang
Winner of the Humanities & Fine Arts category Cece Chao, a senior majoring in history

Library’s annual research award honors undergraduate projects in sciences, humanities and arts
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Professors Somayeh Dodge and Alan Murray receive UCGIS awards
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Matt Perko
Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky, December 2024

Hamed-Troyansky’s “Empire of Refugees” wins multiple book prizes
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