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February 15, 2024

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Hu?o?ng Ngo? & Hô?ng-A?n Tru?o?ng, ''cha?n tr??i foot of the sky,'' 2023. Archival pigment prints, two-way mirrored glass, neon. 240 x 92 x 30 in.

Art installation examines Vietnamese refugee history

At O’Hare International Airport’s Terminal 5, art lecturer H??ng Ngô and collaborator H?ng-n Tr??ng reimagine concepts of citizenship and safe passage in a newly commissioned piece.

Read more about Ngô’s work

Religious scholar to discuss FBI roots in white Christian nationalism

Lerone A. Martin presents his latest book about the history of the FBI and how the agency policed religion and politics in America, “most notably by going after Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., and attempting to discredit the civil rights movement . . . as a communist subversion.”

Laser tech expert wins major materials award

Larry Coldren, universally recognized as a leader in the field of photonics, wins the prestigious ISCS Heinrich Welker Award.

Read more about his research

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UCSB Middle East Ensemble perform onstage

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