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color photograph of Kaylee Laub on stage during Grad Slam competiton
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Jeff Liang
Grad Slam champion Kaylee Laub, April 9, 2026

Innovative environmental education earns top honors at 2026 Grad Slam
woman sits on blue cushion on a purple rug with green walls and a purple curtain with two cameras or lights set in front of her
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Matt Perko
Professor of time-based arts Shana Moulton in her UCSB studio

Artist Shana Moulton to speak at Humanities Decanted
man in wild sea grass
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UC Santa Barbara physics researcher Skyler Palatnik

Designing lightweight optics to detect signs of life beyond our solar system
a collection of seven headshots of the Grad Slam finalists
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Jeff Liang
2026 Grad Slam finalists (top row, from left) Ashley Diedenhofen, Celine Tsoi, Jakob Romine, Jordan Bream and (bottom row, from left) Kaylee Laub, Komal and Michaela Sten

UCSB graduate student researchers vie for title of 2026 Grad Slam champ
A man in a lab coat and mask works in a laboratory lit by blue light
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Matt Perko
A researcher works in the lab of Ania Bleszynski Jayich

Using mechanical inputs to enhance quantum states in sensors
A few young people ride bikes through a mostly quiet intersection
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Jeff Liang

Community programming and collaboration central to spring quarter kickoff weekend
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Matt Perko
College of Creative Studies student Jake Tran

Watching art films can make you a more creative thinker
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Peter Finch as anchorman Howard Beale in “Network.”

The profound prescience of a 1970s masterpiece
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Matt Perko
Eileen Boris, March 2026

Eileen Boris reflects on a career shaping feminist studies at UCSB
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Researchers demonstrate integrated stabilized laser chips performing clock and quantum operations on a room temperature trapped ion qubit
Shelly Gable, David Morrison, Javier Read de Alaniz, Kelly Caylor
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Matt Perko and Jeff Liang
Shelly Gable, David Morrison, Javier Read de Alaniz, and Kelly Caylor

UCSB professors honored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science
A man pours milk into cereal bowls for his children.
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Milk is often fortified with nutrients like vitamin D, vitamin A, iron and folic acid.

Food fortification prevents 7 billion nutrient gaps annually — but could triple its impact
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UCSB professor honored for research on how media shapes the human brain
two men in a black and white photo in the desert with one pointing out to the horizon and the other behind a 1950s motion film camera
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Archival photograph on the back cover of “Pipeline Cinema: The Cultural Infrastructure of Oil Extraction in Iran and Iraq” (UC Press, 2025) by Mona Damluji

How oil companies shaped early cinema in Iran and Iraq
A box of mounted and labeled iridescent bees.
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Gayle Laird ©2021 California Academy of Sciences
Museum collections hold a wealth of data just waiting to be brought into the digital age.

The Big Bee Project brings natural history collections into the 21st century
An aerial shot of a pumping plant for the California Aqueduct. The channel continues through pipes into the background toward parched hills.
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While reducing demand is important, most successful cases of groundwater recovery also involve moving huge amounts of water to meet demand.

Why some regions are winning the fight against groundwater depletion
Shuji Nakamura sits on a chair next to lamps
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Matt Perko
Shuji Nakamura

Nobel laureate Shuji Nakamura to receive honorary doctorate from University of Oxford
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Matt Perko
Daniel Masterson, UC Santa Barbara

Political scientist Daniel Masterson named UCSB’s 7th Pahl Scholar
close up of photonics chip
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Jeff Liang

California prepares to accelerate quantum research and industry
UCSB Chancellor Dennis Assanis pictured with nonprofit CEO Melissa James
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Jeff Liang
UC Santa Barbara Chancellor Dennis Assanis in discussion with REACH President and CEO Melissa James

Regional leaders discuss education, industry, energy and housing
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