@ucsantabarbara.bsky.social#UCSB has launched a new minor in environmental humanities 👏 The program, based in the College of Letters & Science, examines how culture, history, ethics, research and storytelling shape the ways people understand and respond to environmental change.
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@ucsantabarbara.bsky.socialFrom early issues of “Lowrider” magazine to files on gang violence reduction initiatives, and decades of photographs, audio recordings and video footage, the Luis J. Rodriguez Papers are now open for research in #UCSB Library’s Department of Special Research Collections.
@ucsb-cs.bsky.socialBig news! 🎉 UCSB's new undergraduate BS degree in AI is officially here — and the inaugural cohort just kicked off their freshman seminar with renowned AI researcher Professor Xifeng Yan! 🤖
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@mediamosaiclab.bsky.social[1/3] 📢 We’re recruiting a PhD student to join @nibasaleem.bsky.social’s lab at UC Santa Barbara in Fall 2027!
Interested? Reach out to Dr. Saleem at [email protected] with your CV + a brief description of your research interests.
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@ucsantabarbara.bsky.socialThree #UCSB researchers received honors this year from the American Geophysical Union: David Valentine for the 2026 Ambassador Award; Leander Anderegg for the James B. Macelwane Medal, and Kelly Caylor has been elected as an AGU Fellow.
@ucsantabarbara.bsky.socialChosen as one of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation’s 2026 Experimental Physics Investigators, #UCSB's Bolin Liao is working to develop a platform for imaging and controlling quantum interactions with 2D materials.
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@quantaofgeorge.bsky.socialGreat seminar today at #UCSB by @symbionticism.bsky.social discussing 100+ years of work on #Wolbachia! An impressive animal -> microbe -> virus interaction!
@ucsantabarbara.bsky.social#UCSB's John Bowers, a pioneer in silicon photonics, received the Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award at the inaugural UC Regents Innovation Awards 🏆
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@ucsantabarbara.bsky.socialThe effects of gratitude interventions differ across countries and cultures 🙏 In a megastudy, #UCSB's Hongbo Yu and collaborators tease out these differences across 34 countries, with findings that illustrate the importance of cultural context.
@ucsantabarbara.bsky.social#UCSB is top-ranked for value and career placement by the Princeton Review! Based on academics, costs, financial aid, debt, graduation rates, and alumni career and salary data, the campus is the No. 15 Best Value College and No. 20 for Best Career Placement among public schools 🏆
@ucsantabarbara.bsky.socialThrough the National Science Foundation’s Quantum Leap Challenge Institutes program, #UCSB researchers are poised to tackle hurdles on the road to building widespread quantum-based technologies. A total of eight Institutes will receive between $28-$37 million over 5 years: https://ow.ly/V89r50ZSpOi
@ucsantabarbara.bsky.socialEconomist and demographer Shelly Lundberg, a distinguished professor and Leonard Broom Professor of Demography at #UCSB, has won the 2026 Jacob Mincer Award by the Society of Labor Economists for her lifetime contributions to labor economics 🏆
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@ucsantabarbara.bsky.socialThe arts are blooming this fall at #UCSB. From Romeo and Juliet to metaphysical spirituality. From the creative art of hard science to the handcasted names on a museum wall. There’s plenty to take in, and much of it is accessible for free. 🍁🎭
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@ucsantabarbara.bsky.socialOn Dolly Parton Day, #UCSB professor, author and "Dollyologist" Helen Morales shares about Dolly's radical empathy and the cultural power that let her hold contradictions—and people—together 💓
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@ucsb-cs.bsky.socialIs AI reshaping the internet and human mind simultaneously? 🤔
Join CS Professor Arpit Gupta & CS Affiliate Miguel Eckstein at the UCSB Library's next AI in Action Lecture on 9/29 at 4 PM to learn more! 🌐 🧠
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@ucsblibrary.bsky.socialStarting college comes with a learning curve! 🎓 ✨
Recent @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social grads shared their top advice for new students:
🌟 Say 'yes' to new opportunities
💡 Use available resources early
💙 Give yourself grace
⏳ Cherish every moment!
@ucsantabarbara.bsky.social#UCSB's Leah Stokes is bringing urgency to the fight to save the planet with "The Carbon Wave" 📚 It’s a memoir of when she worked with the Biden administration to enact the Inflation Reduction Act, viewed as the most consequential environmental legislation in decades. https://ow.ly/mK5f50ZPSIR
@ucsantabarbara.bsky.socialNew findings out of #UCSB add rare incidence data to dementia research among Indigenous peoples.
"Under their traditional lifeways, the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia is low, but it may not be as low as we originally thought."
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@ucsantabarbara.bsky.social#UCSB is a top university in U.S. News & World Report 2027 Best Colleges rankings 🏆🎉 The campus earned 11 high-ranking spots across multiple categories in the publication's latest annual assessment, including No. 14 among all U.S. public institutions.
@ucsantabarbara.bsky.socialAs public opinion sways between the benefits and risks of AI’s rapid rise into everyday life, #UCSB Library’s "AI in Action" speaker series returns this fall with insight from researchers on how the technology is reshaping modern computing and human cognition.
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