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October 10, 2024

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The structural complexity of a healthy coral reef provides habitat for a diversity of lifeforms.

Dead coral skeletons hinder reef regeneration by sheltering seaweed

While working at reefs in Moorea, French Polynesia, Kai Kopecky found that the network of coral skeletons left in place by bleaching events caused critical processes to break down, ultimately preventing reefs from recovering.

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Left to right: Anna Boser, Naomi Tague, David Valentine, and Leander Anderegg.

UCSB faculty and students among American Geophysical Union’s 2024 honorees

Professors Naomi Tague and David Valentine have been elected as AGU fellows, while researchers Leander Anderegg and Anna Boser each won AGU awards.

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A&L director awarded for leadership in the arts

Celesta Billeci received the 2024 County of Santa Barbara Leadership in Arts Individual Award from the Santa Barbara County Office of Arts and Culture.

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MCC Open House

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Meet the MultiCultural Center team, learn about upcoming events and programs, discover student organizations affiliated with the center, and engage in discussion about community.

Recreational Biology: From Animals in Flatland to Cellular Origami

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The Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics welcomes speaker Manu Prakash, of Stanford University, for the next installment in its KITP Public Lecture series.