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April 15, 2025

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Honeybee with a blue honeycomb background behind it

New microCT machine unites biologists and materials scientists

“A microCT is important because it allows us to look at internal anatomy and the inside of bee nests as bees are growing,” said Katja Seltmann, the Katherine Esau Director of the Cheadle Center.

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Inspired by early biomimetic approaches, Kerem Çamsar?’s work evokes features of neural connectivity

The professor and his team received the prestigious Misha Mahowald Prize in Neuromorphic Engineering for their work on stochastic neuromorphic computing.

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A still from UCSB student Travers Tobis's short film ''The Circus Monkey,'' nominated for a Student Emmy Award.

Student Emmy nomination goes to UCSB team for ‘The Circus Monkey’

The short film directed by Travers Tobis and produced through UCSB’s Crew Production course, taught by Chris Jenkins and Wendy Jackson, is one of only three national finalists in the College Television Awards.

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Featured Events

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

Tuesday, April 15

The groundbreaking company brings its unique blend of contemporary and classic movement to the stage.

Los Catanes del Norte play guitars and a accordion

World Music Series

Wednesday, April 16

Los Catanes del Norte will perform music from different regions in Mexico including corridos, rancheras, and boleros norteños.

Yura Borisov from ''Captain Volkonogov Escaped''

CWC Global: Captain Volkonogov Escaped

Thursday, April 17

Filmmakers Alexey Chupov and Natasha Merkulova will join Sasha Razor of Film and Media Studies for a post-screening discussion of the fast-paced fable.

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UC Santa Barbara in the News

The New York Times • Apr 13, 2025

Standing Up for Invasive Species

In the past year alone, there have been exhibitions from the artist Lisa Jevbratt, a professor at the University of California Santa Barbara and her collaborator Helén Svensson, who dye wool with fennel, wisteria and other overabundant species on Santa Cruz Island, and the emerging New York artist Kay Kasparhauser, who derives pink pigment from the wings of spotted lanternflies, a species government officials say to squash on sight.