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Dec 18, 2024 · Inside our fall/winter issue you'll find a trio of inspiring conservation stories from California's eastern Sierra region, where UC Santa Barbara has a natural reserve — and a huge research presence. This mini-package, starring the Owens Valley pupfish, Yosemite’s mountain yellow-legged frogs ...
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Dec 12, 2024 · Andrei Isichenko holds the ultra-high-quality ring resonator (left), which can help turn the "coarse" light from a commercially available Fabry-Perot laser diode (right) into a low linewidth laser
UCSB’s cybersecurity chief on protecting digital spaces and the …
Oct 23, 2024 · Each and every member of the UCSB community has a role to play. At some point, security measures might fail and if they do, each individual in the organization has an obligation to detect and mitigate threats. People have less reason to worry if they are acting in ways that reduce the probability of falling victim to a breach.
Program addresses need for bilingual and culturally responsive …
9 hours ago · Newly launched training at UC Santa Barbara aims to help fill a widening gap between two opposing forces — an ongoing shortage of school psychologists and the growing need for services for increasingly diverse student bodies nationwide. Offered through the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education ...
University progresses on development plans to expand student …
Feb 22, 2024 · With a goal to expand residential housing for students, UC Santa Barbara continues to advance on a development plan that will create 3,500 new student beds on the main campus, in accordance with the targets highlighted in the university’s 2010 Long Range Development Plan (LRDP).
Working toward a clean energy future, the university launches a …
Oct 24, 2023 · Despite significant growth across the system, the University of California’s carbon emissions now are 30% lower than they were in 2009. Those reductions are the result of concerted efforts at every campus, including energy efficiency programs that have saved UC more than $400 million in energy costs, and the deployment of more …
Gauchos give back: New program allows students to donate …
‘Tis the season of generosity, and now UC Santa Barbara students can give back to fellow classmates in need of a meal. Launched in fall quarter 2024, the meal swipe donations program allows any student with a meal plan to easily donate up to three meals per week. Meals can be donated from 7 a.m. Monday until noon Thursday every week.
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Nov 5, 2024 · "The Fourth Invasion" argues that present-day hydroelectric projects are a continuation of Guatemala's long history of colonialism and resource exploitation and includes the state-sponsored genocide of the late 20th century
UC Santa Barbara ranks among top universities nationally and …
Oct 17, 2024 · For affordability, social mobility, research impact, academics and other metrics, the campus is again considered among the nation’s — and the world’s — top universities, according to myriad recent rankings.
From impact to academics to outcomes, UC Santa Barbara ranks …
Sep 18, 2023 · In student outcomes and academics. In affordability and social mobility. For return on investment. For overall excellence. In multiple rankings across an array of metrics, UC Santa Barbara continues to place in the upper echelons of higher education.