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Celebrating honors for faculty, researchers and others

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Six UCSB junior faculty members selected for 2026 NSF CAREER awards

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Scholars in Department of Spanish and Portuguese awarded for lifetime achievements
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Jeff Liang
Gary Horowitz

Gary Horowitz awarded Dirac Medal for contributions to theoretical physics
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Book on transformation of queer nightlife shortlisted for prestigious award
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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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