View this email online. April 20, 2023 Top News Composer João Pedro Oliveira is awarded a Guggenheim “All of us at UC Santa Barbara are fortunate to have a colleague of such talent and expertise in our Music Department,” said…
The recently completed Interactive Learning Pavilion is the campus’s first new dedicated classroom building in more than 50 years.
The productivity of brine flies is tied to overall health of salt lake ecosystems; both are in decline.
Research in Moorea shows the presence of coral skeletons influences reef recovery after bleaching.
The Gevirtz Graduate School of Education is awarded a record grant for K-12 mental health services.
Doctoral candidate Elizabeth Driscoll Smith receives a dissertation fellowship to research the impact of transportation on midcentury American folk art.
A new book by sociology professor France Winddance Twine offers firsthand accounts of inequality in Silicon Valley and centers the experiences of Black and Latinx women.
Researchers prove that tough, woody lignin can be broken down in an anaerobic environment.
The UCSB Dance Company explores the spectrum of human sensibility through the lens of female choreographers.
The Carsey-Wolf Center screens the restored Ukrainian classic “Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors.”
A new Carsey-Wolf Center initiative shines a light on the influence and impact of Black artists.
Ecologist Leander Anderegg receives an award for research on the interplay between plant physiology and ecosystem dynamics.
Among the first generation of professionally trained historians to excavate and record Chicano and Chicana history, UC Santa Barbara professor Mario T. García helped set the foundation for emerging scholars during the past half century.
His body of work as a self-described liberationist historian aiming to inspire progressive social change includes more than a dozen books and several edited collections, all of which advance the inclusion of the poor and oppressed, and spotlight the leaders of social justice movements.
García’s legacy will be the focus of a special symposium as part of the sixth bi-annual Sal Castro Memorial Conference(link is external), Feb. 17–18, in the McCune Conference Room of the campus’s Humanities & Social Sciences Building. Named after Salvador “Sal” Castro, a high school social studies teacher who helped lead the historic 1968 Chicano student walkouts to protest bias and inequalities in the Los Angeles Unified School District, the conference is free and open to the public.
Guest speakers will cover recent books about the Chicano movement, plus history, art and culture. The symposium on García’s work will include a keynote video presentation about his life and career, a panel discussion on civil rights leadership and reflections on his work’s impact on graduate students and fellow academics.
Feminist studies postdoctoral scholar Caleb Luna centers fat experiences in cultural critique through research, podcast and poetry.
Marine scientists compile the first detailed description of the species living on and around a rare underwater habitat.
Geographers, climate scientists and ecologists weigh in on the risks of debris flows following large storms.
Former Ballet Hispánico leader Kiri Avelar takes a borderlands approach to understanding the American dance archive as a doctoral research fellow.
A collaborative, cross-disciplinary study on socially responsible augmented reality for human rights museums receives a National Science Foundation grant.
Alison Cerezo leads a program evaluation team for California’s $17.5 million LBTQ Health Equity Initiative.
Researchers create visible-to-near-infrared-light lasers on silicon chips, paving the way for scientific and consumer applications.
Research shows that the more ?’s people get when retweeting negative fake news stories, the more they agreed with its content.
As Sedgwick Reserve marks 25 years of groundbreaking science, an upcoming art show will benefit the UCSB Natural Reserve System.
Six years after ‘the Blob’ rolled through the Santa Barbara Channel, lasting effects are seen in the kelp forest communities.
The annual MFA open studios at Harder Stadium offer a unique opportunity to see where artists work — and what they’re working on.
Arts & Lectures performers share what goes into songwriting in a unique community workshop series from the music department.
Results of a clinical feasibility study suggest ketogenic diet and periodic fasting may have benefits against polycystic kidney disease.
A tiny species known only from fossils is found alive in the tidepools of Santa Barbara.
A Renewed Focus
A water purification collaboration involving UC Santa Barbara researchers receives a $12 million grant from the Department of Energy.
The library launches the Community Archives Project for Santa Barbara’s Latinx neighborhoods.
Researchers map the environmental pressures of global production for all foods on land and ocean.
A Santa Barbara Foundation grant underscores the community need for racially-informed therapy services.
The campus leads a new initiative for low-income students pursuing careers in statistics and data science.
The university receives two major awards to bolster STEM programs at Hispanic Serving Institutions.
Esteemed scholar and historian Daina Ramey Berry joins the campus as the new dean of humanities and fine arts.
The Interdisciplinary Humanities Center’s 2022-2023 public events series examines life in the Information Age.
The campus again lands in U.S. News & World Report’s Top 10, ranking No. 7 among the country’s top public universities.
Researchers estimate the environmental impacts of 57,000 common store-bought food products.
Researchers identify a new class of drugs that offer a safer, more targeted treatment for leukemia patients.
Psychology professor Daniel Conroy-Beam has been named the recipient of the 2022-23 Plous Award.
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.
New research demonstrates the connections between climate change and civil unrest among the ancient Maya.
