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A Top Ten — Again

U.S. News & World Report ranks UC Santa Barbara No. 6 among the country’s top public universities
Medicine + Health

How We Age

Anthropologists compare a composite measure of physiological dysregulation among humans and other primates
Business + Economics

'Kind of Immune'

Economic Forecast Project webinar touches on Santa Barbara County home sales
Physics + Astronomy

From the Poles to the Stars

A minuscule spacecraft from UC Santa Barbara joins a pilot’s epic journey to fly from pole to pole

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Where Beauty Meets Brilliance

A dynamic environment that prizes academic inquiry and creativity to generate discoveries with wide-ranging impact: This inspirational setting, this collaborative community, this is UC Santa Barbara.

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Students talk about UC Santa Barbara

"It was incredibly important that while pursuing a Ph.D. I would be allowed freedom to grow creatively in my interdisciplinary scholarship. Getting to know UCSB's strong spirit of collaboration across departments assured me of my choice."

- Xochitl Clare, Ph.D. Student | Ecology Evolution, Marine Biology

Xochitl Clare, Ph.D. Student | Ecology Evolution, Marine Biology

"I chose UCSB because of the amazing opportunities to grow socially, academically, and professionally as well as the inclusivity and love that I have felt from the community both on and off campus."

Shelly Luong, Undergraduate Student | Economics

Shelly Luong, Undergraduate Student | Economics

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