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Culture + World

Making the Scene

Historian W. Patrick McCray’s new book explores the collaboration of art and technology in the 1960s
Business + Economics

Uncertain Times

California policymakers’ COVID-related fiscal actions result in a projected windfall, but an operating deficit looms
Computing + Technology

Teaming for Technology

The campus and Amazon team up on new research initiative in machine learning and data science
Faculty

Advancing Science and Its Applications

Professors Armand Kuris and Michael Chabinyc are among this year’s newly elected AAAS Fellows

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"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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