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 ...

A remote lakeshore deep inside Yosemite National Park teems with life: coyotes, snakes, birds, tadpoles, frogs. The frogs are at the heart of this scene, which a decade ago was much different. It was ...

You never know what you’re going to find at an art book & print fair. At the last one artist Alex Lukas went to, he purchased a book on Indonesian designs from cooking products. It was a well-produced ...

Continuing its commitment to amplify underrepresented voices and to support scholars driven to effect change, the Graduate Division at UC Santa Barbara has selected three new Racial Justice Fellows: ...

It’s not hard to find parallels between modern-day America and Germany between the World Wars. The era’s sexual freedom, flirtations with fascism and general sense of unease all feel eerily ...

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 ...

Raphaële Clément’s research endeavors to elucidate the structure-property relationships in electrochemical materials used in rechargeable batteries. Her approach encompasses the development of novel ...

Ram Seshadri's research efforts in the group are focused on the theme of developing structure – composition – property relations in functional inorganic materials. His contributions include the ...

An associate professor in the Department of Sociology, Taylor's research specialities and main teaching areas include gender, work, health, reproduction, survey and experimental methods, social ...

Against the backdrop of global warming, sea level rise and extreme weather, it’s reassuring to learn that not all climatic changes are solely due to human activities. There are still natural rhythms ...

Tania Israel's scholarship focuses on interventions to support the mental health and well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) individuals and communities; privilege and ...

UC Santa Barbara materials professor Jim Speck is one of only 11 people — from an initial group of 170 applicants, 27 of whom were invited to submit full proposals — to receive a prestigious 2024 ...