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Letters and Science, Writing ProgramLinda Adler-Kassner, a professor of writing, has joined the Writing Program at UC Santa Barbara as its new director.
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Letters and Science, Spanish and PortugueseA new five-volume series of works by Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges has been published by Penguin Classics under the general editorship of Suzanne Jill Levine, a professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese who teaches Latin...
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Genomic Sequencing of Marine Sponge Published; Revealed Early Genetic Complexity and Roots of CancerLetters and Science, Ecology Evolution and Marine BiologyThis week's publication of the complete genomic sequence of a living marine sponge reveals genes dating back hundreds of millions of years –– a result far exceeding the expectations of the scientific world.
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Letters and Science, AnthropologyFrom the late 1880's to the early 1900's, Ólöf Krarer regaled listeners with incredible stories about her native Greenland and her own Eskimo heritage.
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Letters and Science, Theater and DanceIn her 1958 memoir "Part of a Long Story –– Eugene O'Neill as a Young Man in Love," second wife Agnes Boulton describes the early years of her tumultuous marriage to the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright.
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Letters and Science, PhysicsPhysicists at UC Santa Barbara have created a microscopic device to assist biologists in making very fast molecular measurements that aid the understanding of protein folding.
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Letters and Science, PhysicsIn a new article published in this week's online edition of the Journal of Theoretical Biology, Helen Hansma, a retired UC Santa Barbara research scientist, has updated her theory about the origin of life and how the secret might lie between...
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Letters and Science, Black Studies, Economics, History, Mathematics, Psychological and Brain SciencesThree remarkable graduating seniors at UC Santa Barbara have been named winners of the university's top awards for their scholastic achievement, their extraordinary service to the university and the community, and their personal courage and...
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Letters and Science, Feminist Studies, SociologyWhen a mother devotes her life to caring for her children, her labors of love are celebrated and venerated. If she hires a nanny to do the same job, however, the work takes on an entirely different sensibility.
