UCSB — The Current — ‘Old diseases return as settlement pushes into the Amazon rainforest’ and more news, events
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The growing border between forested and urban areas is causing an alarming uptick in human cases of yellow fever, a disease that had become rare in South America.
By quantifying the impact of shootings on neighborhood foot traffic, sociologist Masoud Movahed establishes a causal link between gun violence, reduced economic activity and racial segregation.
Professor Stephen Wilson’s lab group developed an innovative way to use a phenomenon known as ‘frustration’ to engineer unconventional magnetic states with potential relevance for quantum technologies.
Participants are invited to make their own CD art in this library workshop inspired by frontwoman Michelle Zauner and her book, “Crying in H Mart,” the UCSB Reads 2026 selection.
