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UC Santa Barbara expands its leadership on coastal issues with revival of Ocean & Coastal Policy Center within the Marine Science Institute

UCSB Neuroscientist Kenneth Kosik to receive 2021 Potamkin Prize for his Alzheimer’s research.

The largest assessment of global groundwater wells finds many are at risk of drying up.

Global media leader Oprah Winfrey to serve as guest speaker for UC Santa Barbara’s virtual graduation celebration June 12.

UC Santa Barbara researchers map out paths to a carbon-free California transportation sector.

UC Office of the President is making influenza vaccinations mandatory for all faculty, staff and students who will be working, living or learning on a UC campus by November 1st.

UCSB Environmental studies lecturer aims to lower barriers to eco-friendly changes with new Earth Day initiative.

A UCSB scholar’s theory on what causes Zoom fatigue focuses on how the technology warps our sense of space in interactions.

UC Santa Barbara breaks ground on its first new classroom building since 1967.

UC Santa Barbara researchers urge a closer examination of sunlight’s efficacy in inactivating the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Aiming for another safe and quiet weekend, UCSB and partners are hosting at-home activities with restrictions in place for April 2-4.

UC Santa Barbara will close campus beaches and increase parking restrictions this coming weekend and next.

UC Santa Barbara's Economic Forecast Project takes a block-by-block walk in the downtown area.

New research on sea urchins challenges long-held assumptions about marine reserves.

Facebook donates $1.5 million to Insitute for Energy Efficiency in support of data center efficiency research

UCSB researchers investigate the complex factors that will fuel the wildfires of the 21st century.

Dogs’ highly evolved noses can rapidly sniff out the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

UCSB's Colloquium on Dance and Performance Studies examines music, dance, Black female movement through the lens of Black Lives Matter.

Archaeologist argues the Chumash Indians were using highly worked shell beads as currency 2,000 years ago.

Researchers at UC Santa Barbara reveal that the onset of the rainy season can affect food security as much as does the amount of rain farmers receive overall

UC Santa Barbara researchers propose a framework for evaluating the impacts of climate change on California’s water and energy systems.

A unique public-private initiative has reduced deforestation in the Amazon for soy farming, highlighting opportunities for similar efforts across the tropics 

In Michelle O’Malley’s UCSB lab, a simple approach suggests a big leap forward in addressing the challenge of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

UCSB Arts & Lectures announces Race to Justice Winter 2021 virtual events featuring leading activists, creatives and thinkers confronting racism in America and guiding us towards racial equality

UC Santa Barbara researchers announce the debut of a superfast exoplanet camera.

Researchers at UC Santa Barbara investigate how marine protected areas affect the impacts of heatwaves on ocean ecosystems.

Animals are back at Gorongosa National Park after civil war, but the savanna community doesn’t quite look like how it used to.

UCSB scientists unravel how tissue geometry influences the movement of cells through the body, with potential applications in cancer research.

UCSB Professor Yangying Zhu receives a National Science Foundation Early CAREER Award to pursue phase-change research relating to COVID-19.

UC Santa Barbara researchers discover that fishing reduces carbon sequestration in the ocean.