Children’s drawings illustrate the hurt imparted by policies of family separation

“When a child is separated from a parent, it impacts every facet of the child’s life in emotional, physical and financial ways,” said Silvia Rodriguez Vega, an assistant professor of Chicana and Chicano studies, whose new book considers hundreds of drawings by children living on the American side of the U.S.-Mexico border.

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A peek inside the quickening race to understand, treat — and even cure — Alzheimer’s disease

Neuroscientist Kenneth Kosik will detail the current and future direction of Alzheimer’s research in a free public talk at the Music Academy in Montecito.

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From impact to academics to outcomes, UC Santa Barbara ranks among the nation’s top universities

In multiple rankings across an array of metrics, UC Santa Barbara continues to place in the upper echelons of higher education.

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