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UC graduate programs and schools among nation’s best in the 2023-24 U.S. News Best Graduate Schools rankings

UC offers some of the most highly-ranked schools and programs across nearly every field imaginable.
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UC Santa Barbara to lead NSF-funded research institute for next-level AI-powered cybersecurity

UC Santa Barbara is to be the headquarters of a NSF-funded state-of-the-art AI-powered cybersecurity institute.
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Harmonia Rosales recasts the Renaissance with West African tales from the same period

An exhibition of paintings that draw subject matter from the transatlantic slave trade and Yorùbá myths, originated at UC Santa Barbara, will soon visit Spelman College, an Historically Black College.
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UC’s wild, wonderful natural reserves

Steve Monfort, executive director of the UC Natural Reserve System, shares why biodiversity is the key to our future and how UC’s reserves are its best-kept secret.
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How UC research is ensuring a future for 10 iconic animals

Bringing species back — and keeping them away — from the brink.
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The world’s largest-ever animals need our help. A new tool will help keep them safe

The future for California's whales is brighter thanks to Whale Safe.
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Helping a tiny shorebird come back from the brink

Western snowy plovers are once again nesting at the Coal Oil Point Reserve.
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How parents’ smartphone use affects their kids

Study finds parents’ phone use in front of their kids can harm emotional intelligence.
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Chasing one of biology's biggest goals: Filming proteins in motion

A UC Santa Barbara team has made strides in addressing one of the grand challenges of modern science: recording proteins in motion in a lifelike environment.
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Resistance is futile

A new antibiotic cures superbugs without bacterial resistance.
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17 UC faculty awarded 2023 Sloan Research fellowships

The prestigious award is granted to promising researchers likely to emerge as the next generation of scientific leaders.
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Serving the new California: 9 ways UC is working to cultivate a university as diverse as the state itself

Find out how UC is making a strategic effort to cultivate a student, staff and faculty community that reflects the state it serves.