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Jan 16, 2025 · The Current is UC Santa Barbara's official news site updated daily with breaking news, events, and research news from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
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Jan 15, 2025 · UC Santa Barbara associate professor Leah Stokes researches public policy, public opinion and political behavior, with a focus on energy, environment and climate change. January 21, 2025 Leah Stokes receives the prestigious Schneider Award …
UCSB faculty and students among the American Geophysical …
Sep 23, 2024 · Two UC Santa Barbara faculty members have been elected as fellows of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), joining a distinguished group of 54 individuals in the 2024 Class of Fellows. Professor Naomi Tague, from the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, studies ecohydrology, exploring how water, ecosystems and climate interact.
UCSB ranks eighth globally for interdisciplinary science
Nov 21, 2024 · UC Santa Barbara has solidified its position as a leader in groundbreaking research, placing No. 8 worldwide in the 2025 Times Higher Education Interdisciplinary Science Rankings. The rankings, developed in collaboration with Schmidt Science Fellows, celebrate universities driving scientific excellence and cross-disciplinary collaboration.
UC Santa Barbara joins consortium of universities carrying out …
Nov 5, 2024 · UCSB has joined the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR). Despite its name, UCAR is actually a nonprofit consortium of more than 120 North American colleges and universities that advances understanding of Earth system sciences, especially the atmosphere, oceans and climate.
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Dec 17, 2024 · Noel the northwestern salamander hitched a ride on a Christmas tree from the Pacific Northwest to sunny Santa Barbara. December 20, 2024 From forest to living room: How Christmas trees can transport wildlife across states
A new aqueous battery research collaboration to advance clean …
Nov 12, 2024 · UC Santa Barbara materials faculty members Raphaële Clément and Ram Seshadri will work with colleagues across the U.S. in one of two U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Energy Innovation Hub teams funded by a five-year, $125 million grant, “to seed and accelerate next-generation technologies beyond today’s generation of lithium (Li)-ion ...
A new study in Science maps out a comprehensive plan to …
Nov 14, 2024 · UC Santa Barbara researchers and their colleagues estimate that without intervention, plastic pollution is on track to double by 2050. But in a study published in the journal Science, these same scientists report that this all can be avoided.
UC Santa Barbara ranks among top universities nationally and …
Oct 17, 2024 · UC Santa Barbara listed at No. 67 — out of 2,000 institutions from 115 countries and territories — in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2025. THE’s 2024 subject-based rankings placed UCSB 37th worldwide in the …
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Jan 6, 2025 · Trove of John Steinbeck first editions and audio recordings elevate UCSB Library archive