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Campus News
A Leader in Light
UCSB professor and photonics expert John Bowers receives the 2017 IEEE Photonics Award. Read more about A Leader in Light
Banking on Strangers
UCSB researchers examine the uniquely human willingness to cooperate between social groups. Read more about Banking on Strangers
‘Promoting Discovery and Developing Solutions’
UCSB geography professor Dar Roberts is named a fellow of the American Geophysical Union. Read more about ‘Promoting Discovery and Developing Solutions’
Echoes of the Past
UCSB scholars say today's political polarization in the U.S. looks a lot like the bitter divisions of the 19th century. Read more about Echoes of the Past
Events
The Art of Illusion
Through August 14, 2016
Art, Design & Architecture Museum
The vast archive of famed architectural illustrator Carlos Diniz is housed and on display at UCSB.
Dark Passage
August 10, 7:30
Campbell Hall
Humphrey Bogart plays a prison escapee falsely accused of killing his wife and Lauren Bacall is the stranger who takes him in.
Much Ado About Nothing
August 16
Studio Theater
Presented by UCSB's Naked Shakes, the Shakespeare comedy combines hilarity with serious meditations on honor, shame and court politics.