Nearly one-third of sharks are threatened with extinction, mostly due to fishing. While mandated releases are helpful, ...

From integrated photonics to quantum information science, controlling light with electric fields — known as the electro-optic effect — is essential for applications such as light modulation and ...

Beating 19 teams from schools across California, Nevada, Hawaii and Guam, UC Santa Barbara’s Army ROTC Surfrider Battalion won the Ranger Challenge regional competition in February at Fort Hunter ...

There’s no sugar coating to the film, nor a succinct lesson at the end. But it’s important medicine at a time when public ...

Nine years ago, UC Santa Barbara researchers and collaborators faced an intriguing question: Could an urban sandy beach—typically groomed flat and stripped of vegetation—be restored with minimal ...

Where do trees get their water? How does climate change reshape forests? UC Santa Barbara professor Naomi Tague and artist ...

First held in 2022, the event has become an annual favorite of staff, put on by Staff Assembly with support from Chancellor ...

Inside our fall/winter issue you'll find a trio of inspiring conservation stories from California's eastern Sierra region, where UC Santa Barbara has a natural reserve — and a huge research presence.