The UC Board of Regents has approved the scope, design and budget for UC Santa Barbara’s East Campus Student Housing Project, which will provide 1,688 beds (412 replacement beds and 1,276 new beds) on ...

Michael Miller is interested in the psychological and neural processes underlying human memory and decision-making. His research employs a variety of techniques, including functional magnetic ...

With a background in both STEM and communication, Harrison Tasoff is a science and environmental journalist who delights in deciphering new research and distilling it into clear language. Every story ...

Sonia came to science writing after working many years as a journalist. A graduate of UC Santa Barbara with a degree in English, she’s thrilled to be writing for her alma mater and working with the ...

John Melack researches ecological processes in lakes, wetlands and streams, as well as the hydrology and biogeochemistry of catchments. His research combines state-of-the-art measurements, modeling, ...

Thousands of songs representing some of the rarest and most uniquely American music borne from the Jazz Age and the Great Depression would have likely been lost to landfills and faded from memory.

In our modern society, aging tends to be something we ignore, and then try to avoid. Mainstream culture is geared toward the young, using the youth to gauge trends and styles, and targeting their ...

“Language is a living pattern — something we shape, observe and share.” That idea guides the creative practice of artist and UC Santa Barbara assistant teaching professor Iman Djouini — and it will ...

The drought in the central Amazon was already showing signs of unusual severity in early September 2023, but the situation turned catastrophic by the end of the month, when the carcasses of two ...

As religion declines in the United States, where are people turning for meaning and purpose? A UC Santa Barbara professor is looking for answers. Religious studies associate professor Joseph Blankholm ...

Eating a diet of almost exclusively animal products and experiencing relentless, chronic dehydration would lead to serious problems for many of us, but not so for the Turkana of northwest Kenya. The ...

Whether natural or synthetic, polymers — large molecules made up of repeating units called monomers — exhibit complex structures and properties that make them useful in a wide range of applications.