Composer and filmmaker Clarence Barlow visits campus with two free events.
Tag: University of California at Santa Barbara
UCSB — The Current — ‘Captured in Time’ and more news, events
The library launches the Community Archives Project for Santa Barbara’s Latinx neighborhoods.
UCSB — The Current — ‘The Environmental Footprint of Food’ and more news
Researchers map the environmental pressures of global production for all foods on land and ocean.
UCSB — The Current — ‘A Healing Space’ and more news, events
A Santa Barbara Foundation grant underscores the community need for racially-informed therapy services.
UCSB — The Current — ‘Striving for Inclusion in Statistics and Data Science’ and more news
The campus leads a new initiative for low-income students pursuing careers in statistics and data science.
UCSB — The Current — ‘Making It Personal’ and more news
The university receives two major awards to bolster STEM programs at Hispanic Serving Institutions.
UCSB — The Current — ‘Determined to Learn’ and more news
Esteemed scholar and historian Daina Ramey Berry joins the campus as the new dean of humanities and fine arts.
UCSB — The Current — ‘Too Much Information’ and more information
The Interdisciplinary Humanities Center’s 2022-2023 public events series examines life in the Information Age.
UCSB — The Current — ‘Delight in the Arts’ and more news
The fall quarter offers a stellar line-up of exhibitions, film screenings, theater, dance and more.
UCSB — The Current — ‘Safe Harbor’ and more news
Marine research and conservation institutions band together to expand whale-saving technology to the San Francisco Bay.
UCSB — The Current — ‘Healing Our Ocean’ and more news
Marc and Lynne Benioff gift the university $60 million to support ocean science research and solutions.
UCSB — The Current — ‘On a Rankings Roll’ and more news
The campus again lands in U.S. News & World Report’s Top 10, ranking No. 7 among the country’s top public universities.
UCSB — The Current — ‘A Nutrition Label for Earth’ and more news
Researchers estimate the environmental impacts of 57,000 common store-bought food products.
UCSB — The Current — ‘Romeo and Juliet, Our Contemporaries’ and more news
UCSB — The Current — ‘A New Kind of Chemo’ and more news
Researchers identify a new class of drugs that offer a safer, more targeted treatment for leukemia patients.
UCSB — The Current — ‘Energizing Africa’ and more news
UCSB — The Current — ‘Outstanding Performance’
Psychology professor Daniel Conroy-Beam has been named the recipient of the 2022-23 Plous Award.
UCSB — The Current — ‘The Many Versions of a Female Scientist’ and more news
Aiming to undo stereotypes, Women Doing Science profiles female scientists all over the world in their elements, be they labs, lecture halls or the field.
UCSB — The Current — ‘World Renowned’ and more news
UCSB — The Current — ‘Climate and Conflict’ and more news
New research demonstrates the connections between climate change and civil unrest among the ancient Maya.
UCSB — The Current — ‘New Plays Promise Laughs and Substance’ and more news
Highlighting four works in progress, LAUNCH PAD’s 2022 Summer Reading Series features both comedy and drama.
UCSB — The Current ‘First-Gen Resilience’ and more news
UCSB — The Current — ‘A Remarkable Impact’ and more news
The Geological Society celebrates Tanya Atwater’s extraordinary career studying plate tectonics and sharing her enthusiasm for discovery.
UCSB — The Current — ‘Together Again’ and more news
UCSB — The Current — ‘Achievements in Research’ and more news
Four graduating seniors and one faculty member receive Chancellor’s awards, and the Library honors six students for exemplary research.
UCSB — The Current — ‘Going Out on Top’ and more news
The university announces winners of the Thomas More Storke Award and other major honors.
UCSB — The Current — ‘And We’re Back’ and more news
UCSB — The Current — ‘A Planetary Sisterhood’ and more news
UCSB — The Current — ‘Forward Motion’ and more news
UCSB — The Current — ‘A Threat Reconsidered’ and more news
UCSB — The Current — ‘An Underwater Frontier’ and more news
Earth scientist Zach Eilon receives a National Science Foundation Early CAREER Award to peer through the seafloor to find out how tectonic plates are made.
UCSB — The Current — ‘Hitting New Heights’ and more news
A device developed in the Hawkes Lab achieves the tallest height of any known jumper, engineered or biological.
UCSB — The Current — ‘Sagittarius A* Revealed’ and more news
The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration gives the world a first look at the high-gravity void in the middle of the Milky Way.
UCSB — The Current — ‘A Bigger Good Boy’ and more news
UCSB — The Current — ‘National Recognition’ and more news
Scholars Alison Butler, Richard Church and Craig Hawker have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
UCSB — The Current — Academy Honors
Professors Michael Doherty, Shelly Lundberg and Joan-Emma Shea have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
UCSB — The Current — ‘Celebrating 20 Years of Sustainability; and more news
The campus marks two decades of focused sustainability efforts by highlighting some of its major achievements.
UCSB — The Current — ‘A Dramatic Shift’ and more news
A new NASA research campaign at three UCSB Natural Reserves links plant biodiversity and health with remote sensing technology.
UCSB — The Current — ‘Sonatas and Scholarship’ and more news
Musician and music researcher Alexandra Birch brings the Beethoven cycle to Santa Barbara.
UCSB — The Current — An ‘Iconic Headland’ and more news
UCSB — The Current — Common Ground
Researchers find that state-level decarbonization policies have received a significant amount of bipartisan support.
UCSB — The Current — ‘Everything Rises’ and more news
Arts & Lectures premieres its commission from Jennifer Koh and Davóne Tines, an original multimedia performance.
UCSB — The Current — ‘The Multitudes Within Us’ and more news
With a $5.4 million grant from the John Templeton Foundation, a global research team will seek to understand microchimerism.
The Current — ‘History Revealed’ and more news
A new study finds that ancient migration from the south brought maize and contributed to early Maya ancestry.
UCSB — The Current — ‘Clot Buster’ and more news
A new test predicts sepsis before blood clots cause permanent organ damage, markedly increasing survival.
UCSB — The Current — ‘Pulverizing a Planet Killer’ and more news
Physicists contemplate the premise of “Don’t Look Up” and the technology it would take to save humanity from an existential cosmic threat.
UCSB — The Current — ‘Art Reflects Life’ and more information
New research reveals the strong family ties of Latina teens, themes evident in Oscar-nominated films “Encanto” and “West Side Story.”
UCSB — The Current — ‘Outstanding Women in Tech’ and more news
In connection with Women’s History Month, IT staff member Anne Weger gets special recognition from the UC Office of the President.
UCSB — The Current — ‘The Longest Drought’ and more news
A team of climate scientists led by Samantha Stevenson reconsiders the meaning and implications of drought in light of a changing world.
UCSB — The Current — ‘A Model Scientist’ and more news
Ecologist Anna Trugman has received an award for her work modeling how forests respond to change.
UCSB — The Current — ‘Moving on Up’ and more news
Geography professor Somayeh Dodge receives two early career awards for studying movement.
UCSB — The Current — ‘Determined to Rebound’ and more news
Director Delila Moseley brings a diverse slate of choreographers to UCSB Dance Theater’s first live shows in two years.
UCSB ‘The Current’ — ‘Theater for Social Change’
El Teatro de la Esperanza, founded and active at UCSB in the 1970’s, promoted justice through storytelling; a 50th anniversary conference will celebrate its legacy.
UCSB ‘The Current’ — ‘Wealth Is Not Health’ and more news
Global studies scholar Jan Nederveen Pieterse pinpoints three key factors in effective Covid-19 response.
UCSB — The Current — The Forever Scholar
UCSB — The Current — ‘A Hopeful Monster’ and more news
UCSB — The Current — ‘Giving Rise to Hope’ and more news
Social entrepreneur Amanda Nguyen talks “Hopeanomics” in a virtual, free event for Arts & Lectures.
UCSB — The Current — ‘A Scholar for the Ages’ and more news
UCSB — The Current — ‘A Journal Project of Note’ and more news
UCSB — The Current — ‘Conflict and Consequence’ and more news
Distinguished professor emeritus Benjamin Cohen shares insights on potential economic impacts of Russia-Ukraine conflict for the European Union and the United States.
UCSB — The Current — ‘Smartphone, M.D.: Going Viral’ and more news
A new app and lab kit can turn your smartphone into a COVID-19 and flu virus detection test.
UCSB — The Current — ‘Hard Work Pays Off’ and more news
UCSB — The Current — ‘Getting a Read on Responsible AI’ and more news
UCSB — The Current — Familiar Forms, Unfamiliar Tales
A new exhibition at the Art, Design & Architecture Museum reimagines classical imagery for a multicultural America.
UCSB — The Current — ‘A Source of Friction’ and more news
Researcher Angela Pitenis receives funding from the NSF to study friction between soft materials.
UCSB — The Current — ‘Boosting the Community’ and more news
The university is partnering with County Public Health to offer boosters to students, the Isla Vista community and other local residents.
UCSB — The Current — ‘Outwitting Omicron’ and more news
Graduate student Zach Aralis has developed a rapid test for the COVID-19 Omicron variant.
UCSB — The Current — ‘Animals and the Big C’ and more news
UCSB — The Current — ‘Diverse Voices, Diverse Approaches to Theater’ and more stories
UCSB — The Current — ‘Sending our warmest season’s greetings and happiest holiday wishes’
We’ll meet you back here Tuesday, January 4, 2022, when the Current email returns with more research news, features and other campus stories to share.
UCSB — The Current — ‘A Call to Action’ and more news
An exhibit at the library brings to life the public experiences of COVID-19 and Black Lives Matter.
UCSB — The Current — ‘Ancient Acid Taste Receptors’ and more news
Anindya Ganguly and Craig Montell identify and characterize a sour receptor conserved from fruit flies to humans.
UCSB — The Current — A Winning Dance of Liquids
Researchers take the top award from the American Physical Society for their video capturing the beauty of fluid dynamics.
UCSB — The Current — ‘A New Microscope’ and more news
Spencer LaVere Smith’s laboratory has developed a two-photon microscope that provides unprecedented brain-imaging ability.
UCSB — The Current — ‘A Transnational Treasure’ and more news
UCSB — The Current — ‘Move to This’ and more news
UCSB — The Current — UCSB Reads 2022 and more news
The campus reading program has selected “Exhalation,” a collection of short stories by science fiction writer Ted Chiang.
UCSB — The Current — Highly Cited Excellence
Clarivate Analytics names 9 scientists and social scientists to its 2021 list of highly cited researchers.
UCSB — The Current — Theater Again Takes Wing with ‘Seagull’ and more news
UCSB — The Current — ‘Leading From the Front’ and more news
Mike Fogelsonger has been named director of UC Santa Barbara’s Veterans and Military Services.
UCSB — The Current — ‘Managing Water Resources in a Low-to-No-Snow Future’ and more news
With mountain snowpacks shrinking in the western U.S., researchers analyze when a low-to-no-snow future might arrive and the implications for water management.
UCSB — The Current — 35 Reasons to Laugh, Cry
UCSB — The Current — ‘Warrior Women’ and more news
Mother-daughter Native American rights icon Madonna Thunder Hawk and Marcella Gilbert will speak on campus following a screening of a documentary about their work.
UCSB — The Current — ‘Home-Based Halloween’ and more news
The campus teams with students and community on rules, regulations, safety enhancements and alternative events for October 29 through November 1.
UCSB — The Current — ‘New Direction’ and more news
The Art, Design & Architecture Museum reopens to in-person visitors and welcomes new director Gabriel Ritter.
UCSB — The Current — ‘Postcards from Salinas’ and more news
UCSB — The Current — ‘A Fire Safe Haven’ and more news
UCSB — The Current — ‘Toward a Better Future’ and more news
The Interdisciplinary Humanities Center’s public events series, “Regeneration,” begins with David Pellow speaking on environmental justice.
UCSB — The Current — ‘Uniting Generations’ and more information
A clinical trial explores how virtual reality can help older adults and their families stay connected.
UCSB — The Current — ‘All the World’s a Screen’ and more news
UCSB — The Current — ‘The Elephant in the Museum’ and more news
A unique public art project culminates in an exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art.
UCSB — The Current — ‘A Blue Food Revolution’ and more news
Doubling of global demand for aquatic foods calls for a ‘blue food revolution’ to tackle climate change and malnutrition.
UCSB — The Current — In The Top Five and more news
U.S. News & World Report ranks UC Santa Barbara No. 5 among the country’s top public universities.
UCSB — The Current — ‘Delta Variant Q&A’ and more news
Campus microbiologists and medical experts unpack data about the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant.
UCSB — The Current — ‘A Dose of Levity’ and more news
UCSB — The Current — ‘The Art of Doing Science’ and more news
A global leader in collaborative research, the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics expands its reach with a series of free, virtual events for all.
UCSB — The Current — ‘The Winds of Change’ and more news
UCSB — The Current — ‘The Ocean Remembers’ and more news
Using artificial intelligence, researchers find that global ocean warming started later in the 20th century than previously estimated.
UCSB — The Current — ‘A Forest with No Canopy’ and more news
UCSB — The Current — ‘Absolutely Stunning’ and more news
Campus makes progress on a planned student housing development in partnership with visionary philanthropist Charlie Munger.
UCSB — The Current — ‘False Forests’ and more news
Ecologist Ruby Harris-Gavin reflects on Ireland’s ‘conflicted national relationship with trees.’
UCSB — The Current — Building Futures and more news
Scholars Jeffrey Stewart and Victor Rios have been named to MacArthur Foundation Chairs.
UCSB — The Current — Pioneering Work’ and more news
The American Association for Advances in Functional Materials has selected professor Steven DenBaars to receive its 2021 AAAFM-Nakamura Award.
UCSB — The Current — The Goldilocks Supernova and more news
UCSB — The Current — ‘Inspiration and GRIT’ and more news
Summer Sessions presents a new season of GRIT Talks, a series of free public lectures by notable faculty across myriad disciplines.
UCSB — The Current — Congratulations, Graduates
UCSB — The Current — ‘Promise and Persistence’ and more news
Promise Scholar and Guardian Scholar graduates reflect on obstacles overcome, goals met and big plans for the future.
UCSB — The Current — Virtually Finished
Campus will graduate 6,893 students for 2020-2021; celebrations will include Grad Walk and a virtual event featuring Oprah Winfrey.
UCSB — The Current — ‘Play Time’ and more news
The Department of Theater and Dance teams with Isla Vista Arts to present the 17th-century play “Life Is a Dream” in a 21st-century Zoom performance.
UCSB — The Current — ‘Starting Local’ and more news
Managing local conditions could help coral reefs persevere in the face of climate crisis.
UCSB — The Current — ‘Cinema Paradiso’ and more news
The Reel Loud Film and Arts Festival heads to the West Wind Drive-In after its COVID hiatus.
UCSB — The Current — ‘Music in Real Time’ and more news
The Chamber Choir and Jazz Ensemble will perform live concerts via YouTube for the first time since COVID lockdowns began.
UCSB — The Current — ‘Life in Wartime’ and more news
Theater and Dance presents “Shanghai,” a new play about Jewish refugees in China during World War II.
UCSB — The Current — ‘Taming Titans’ and more news
UCSB — The Current — ‘Anchors Aweigh’ and more news
After months of COVID-related delays and cancellations, research vessels are once again sailing the ocean to study its carbon cycle.
UCSB — The Current — ‘A National Distinction’ and more news
Professors Denise Montell, Linda Petzold and Glenn Fredrickson have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
UCSB — The Current — ”Enjoy the May-nia’ and more information
The campus’s annual Staff Celebration Week goes monthlong with a host of virtual events.
UCSB — The Current — ‘Messages From a Pandemic’ and more news
UCSB — The Current — ‘Golden State, Green State’ and more news
UCSB — The Current — ‘A Message of Inspiration’ and more news
Global media leader Oprah Winfrey will serve as guest speaker for UC Santa Barbara’s virtual graduation celebration June 12.
UCSB — The Current — ‘To Educate and Inspire’ and more news
With its outreach efforts, Arts & Lectures brings diverse ideas and unique encounters to students of all ages and the community at large.
UCSB — The Current — ‘A More Complete Account’ and more news
The most detailed look at kelp forests to date finds that unseen parasites dominate species interactions.
UCSB — The Current — ‘Spotting Cows From Space’ and more news
Satellite imagery is used to track interactions between cows and elk at the interface of wildland and rangeland.
UCSB — The Current — ‘Creating Hope’ and more news
An Arts & Lectures initiative aims to foster connection, compassion and positive change.
UCSB — The Current — The Nature of Ownership and more news
A new book co-written by Bren professor James Salzman explores the surprising — and often unseen — rules about who owns what.
UCSB — The Current — ‘The Volcano Down the Road’ and more news
UCSB — The Current — April 3 in IV
Aiming for another safe and quiet weekend, a host of at-home activities — and restrictions — are in place for April 2-4.
UCSB — The Current — In a Class of Its Own
Click here for the entire e-newsletter March 30, 2021 Top News In a Class of Its Own The university breaks ground on its first new classroom building since 1967. Read more about the new building ? Uncertain Energy Mathematicians…
UCSB — The Current — ‘Double the Recognition’ and more news
Two research societies honor ecologist Erika Eliason for her work studying the effects of climate change on Pacific fish.
UCSB — The Current — Library Prepares for Limited Reopening and more news
UCSB — The Current — ‘Three Times the Gains’ and more news
A groundbreaking study is the first to map ocean areas that, if strongly protected, would help solve climate, food and biodiversity crises.
UCSB — The Current — ‘An Ancient Mystery’ and more news
With support from the Moore and Simons foundations, scientists advance their study of the origins of eukaryotic cells.
UCSB — The Current — ‘The Pull of Home’ and more news
Study finds that conditions at home drive Syrian refugees’ decisions to return to their native country.
UCSB — The Current — ‘History, Reconsidered’ and more news
UCSB — The Current — ‘COVID-19 Prevention and Intervention’ and more news
An online discussion and Q&A with campus experts explores the science of COVID-19 vaccines and other, non-pharmaceutical interventions.
UCSB — The Current — ‘Echoes of a Tragedy’ and more news
Playwright Anna Deavere Smith’s ‘Fires in the Mirror: Crown Heights, Brooklyn,’ gives voice to community members caught up in a tragic event.
UCSB — The Current — ‘Poking the Paradigm’ and more news
UCSB — The Current — ‘The Past Through Pinnipeds’ and more news
New analysis finds that the Tongva people of Catalina Island hunted sea lions over 1,000 years ago and likely transported meat by plank canoes.
UCSB — The Current — ‘Humanity’s Best Friend’ and more news
UCSB — The Current — ‘Laughter as Lens’ and more news
Sociopolitical comedian W. Kamau Bell joins Belinda Robnett, vice chancellor for diversity, equity and inclusion, for Arts & Lectures events centered on racial justice.
UCSB — The Current — ‘A Surprising Cycle’ and more news
UCSB — The Current — ‘A Richness of Consequences’ and more news
Shuji Nakamura has received the 2021 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering for his development of LED lighting.
UCSB — The Current — Wonder Fungi and more news
From biofuels and other commodity chemicals to methane production, a genomic study peers into the mysteries of a goat’s gut.
UCSB — The Current — Age of Automation
An upcoming workshop will highlight a bold proposal to decipher the secrets behind successfully integrating automation into industry.
UCSB — The Current — ‘A COVID-19 Shot in the Arm’ and more news
Medical and microbiology experts discuss the science behind the current COVID-19 vaccines.
UCSB — The Current — ‘A Most Distant Signal’ and other news
Researchers have discovered the earliest supermassive black hole and quasar in the universe.
UCSB — The Current — ‘Extreme Fire Weather’ and more news
Researchers model the regional impacts of specific anthropogenic activities and their influence on extreme fire weather risk.
UCSB — The Current — ‘Rounding the Corner’ and other news
The Economic Forecast Project updates the Santa Barbara community on the state of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.
UCSB — The Current — ‘Race to Justice Continues’ and more news
The Arts & Lectures series features talks this month by award-winning authors and scholars Ta-Nehisi Coates and Isabel Wilkerson.
UCSB — The Current — The Geology Around Us
With a pair of new books, geology professor Arthur Sylvester takes readers on a field trip around Southern California.