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A mantis shrimp emerges from its burrow to confront a rival.

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Patrick Green

These territorial crustaceans use their tails as shields to defend against the explosive punches of their rivals.

Science + Technology

Rolling with the punches: How mantis shrimp defend against high-speed strikes

What's Current

May 8, 2024

UCSB’s MFA thesis show ‘Incandescent’ explores interconnectedness of humans and nature

May 7, 2024

Creative Studies student earns coveted Knight-Hennessy Scholarship for neuroscience

May 3, 2024

Researchers find that a new mother’s immune status varies with her feeding strategy

In Video

A Chumash cultural burn reignites ancient practice for wildland conservation

In Focus

May 10, 2024

Opera Gala combines song, dance, multimedia and a live orchestra

May 7, 2024

Scholars discuss Black reparations in California

May 1, 2024

Very Important Trees Tour imparts knowledge, inspires appreciation of campus plants

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Black woman lying on ground partially submerged by light or water

A still from "movement:::Water / movement:::Support," choreographed by Hope Okere

May 8, 2024

UCSB’s MFA thesis show ‘Incandescent’ explores interconnectedness of humans and nature

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Chiho Harazaki, Shippo, detail, 2023

May 6, 2024

‘Positive Exposure:’ So-Cal Asian American art exhibit features UCSB grad student and alumni artists

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Shana Moulton, Still from 'Inversion Therapy,' 2019

April 18, 2024

The Museum of Modern Art premieres Shana Moulton’s ‘Meta/Physical Therapy’

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Suzanne Jill Levine, UC Santa Barbara distinguished professor emerita of Latin American literature and recipient of the 2024 PEN/Ralph Manheim Award for Translation

April 15, 2024

Pioneering translation’s artistry

A mantis shrimp emerges from its burrow to confront a rival.

These territorial crustaceans use their tails as shields to defend against the explosive punches of their rivals.

May 9, 2024

Rolling with the punches: How mantis shrimp defend against high-speed strikes

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College of Creative Studies biology student Ashley Yeh '24

May 7, 2024

Creative Studies student earns coveted Knight-Hennessy Scholarship for neuroscience

Two workers in white coveralls and masks examine solar cells in a cleanroom.

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Alternatives to silicon-based solar cells could allow solar panel production to move out of cleanrooms like this.

May 6, 2024

UCSB pioneers a low-energy process for high-performance solar cells

Researcher's new book and portrait

April 30, 2024

How to build and protect skills in our modern workplace, a world filled with AI and robots

mother nursing baby

May 3, 2024

Researchers find that a new mother’s immune status varies with her feeding strategy

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Jeffrey C. Stewart

May 2, 2024

Historian Jeffrey Stewart elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences for his work in the visual arts

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Trevor Auldridge-Reveles, March 2024

April 8, 2024

Why do kids outperform their parents in this rural California town? A sociologist looks for answers.

Black man with trays of different insects

Umberto Diecinove

March 26, 2024

Edible Insect Art Show displays culinary diversity & sustainability

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A Ph.D. student in ecology, evolution and marine biology, Kacie Ring placed second in the UC Grad Slam.

May 9, 2024

UCSB’s Kacie Ring triumphs at UC Grad Slam, places second, wins people’s choice

young woman smiling

College of Creative Studies biology student Ashley Yeh '24

May 7, 2024

Creative Studies student earns coveted Knight-Hennessy Scholarship for neuroscience

Photograph of author Patricia Fancher with her new book, Queer Techné

April 26, 2024

New book explores gay, queer and feminist community at the heart of early advances in computer science

A diverse mix of college students in motion outside a university building

April 25, 2024

The university’s accreditation is reaffirmed as it advances strategic goals for the future

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In Depth

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Ocean Solutions

Working to preserve the world’s oceans

Natural Reserve System landscape of SNARL

Stewards of Nature

A multimedia series to highlight UCSB's Natural Reserve System

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Channel for Discovery

Learnings revealed from the Santa Barbara Channel