Artificial intelligence is becoming a fixture of college life, influencing how students learn, seek advice and navigate the world. As a 2026–27 fellow of the University of California National Center ...

Marine scientists at UC Santa Barbara have found that disturbances to giant kelp forests have a major influence on their net primary productivity (NPP) — an indicator of an ecosystem’s health and its ...

Quasars are among the brightest, most energetic objects in the universe, powered by supermassive black holes devouring matter at the centers of galaxies. Their extreme luminosity makes them visible ...

A study conducted by UC Santa Barbara researchers and collaborators has found that California has lost more than half of its coastal dune systems. The researchers’ assessment — the first of its kind ...

Joseph Hennawi is a cosmologist who works at the interface between observations and theory. He often searches for rare objects that serve as unique astrophysical laboratories. This often entails ...

UC Santa Barbara has been named the first-ever university recipient of the 2026 Zero Trust Champion Award at the Zscaler Public Sector Summit. The award recognizes organizations that are fundamentally ...

Proteins, made of chains of amino acids, play critical roles in the body, whether building bone and muscle or supporting the immune system. While many proteins have a consistent folding pattern that ...

UC Santa Barbara has appointed Elena Irwin as the new dean of the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, a leading environmental graduate program, effective September 21, 2026. Irwin comes ...

Baltimore native Terrell Winder graduated from Columbia University before heading to UCLA for grad school. Right away he picked up on the differences between his historically Black hometown upbringing ...

The first group of incoming doctoral students in UC Santa Barbara’s newly launched GRAD EDGE (Engagement and Development for Graduate Equity) program begin their eight-week summer bridge studies in ...

Some people seek perfection. UC Santa Barbara materials professor Daniel Gianola is focused on creating, finding and exploring imperfections, with an eye to developing new and better materials. “Our ...

Indiana Jones has nothing on Anabel Ford. The daughter of a Hollywood actress and a world-renowned sociologist, Ford is the archaeological powerhouse who in 1983 rediscovered the ancient Maya city of ...