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Celebrating honors for faculty, researchers and others

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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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UCSB communication professors honored for lifetime of achievements
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Matt Perko
College of Creative Studies assistant teaching professor Michelle Petty-Grue, February 2024

Poet professor reflects on imagination, students and racism in America
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A trio of history scholars earn significant fellowships
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Laser tech expert wins major materials award
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Gustavo Arellano, winner of the 19th annual Luis Leal Award for Distinction in Chicano/Latino Literature

Los Angeles Times columnist Gustavo Arellano to receive Luis Leal Award
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National Academy of Inventors recognizes Professor Thuc-Quyen Nguyen
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John Bowers to receive the 2024 Jun-ichi Nishizawa Prize for his contributions to optics and photonics
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Elena Zhukova

Making the world healthier, more sustainable and more secure through research
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Professor and opera singer Isabel Bayrakdarian, November 2023

Operatic soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian: a lifetime of achievement
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Ellie Leonardsmith

Global studies scholar-activist Charmaine Chua receives Harold J. Plous Memorial Award
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Charmaine Chua is a 2023 Freedom Scholar

Charmaine Chua is named a 2023 Freedom Scholar
Promise Fellowship awardees (from left) Lesley Figueroa, Anthony A. Botros, Erik Magaña and Rosemary Juarez
2023-24 Promise Fellowship awardees (from left) Lesley Figueroa, Anthony A. Botros, Erik Magaña and Rosemary Juarez

First-generation college students awarded Promise Fellowships to ease financial stress as they pursue advanced degrees
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