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Statistics pioneer Sreenivasa Rao Jammalamadaka honored with lifetime achievement award
2026-04-02
Recognized for his pioneering work in directional data analysis, UC Santa Barbara statistics professor Sreenivasa Rao Jammalamadaka is being globally celebrated for a five-decade career that has helped bridge the gap between traditional mathematics and modern artificial intelligence.
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Communication and brain sciences professor at UC Santa Barbara elected as inaugural SANS Fellow
2026-03-23
Discover how UC Santa Barbara researcher and Brain Imaging Center director René Weber is revolutionizing media psychology as an inaugural Fellow of the Social and Affective Neuroscience Society (SANS). This prestigious recognition highlights his pioneering fMRI research on how video games and mass media impact the human brain.
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Accelerating the quantum future on the Central Coast
2026-03-18
Faculty and state leaders recently met at Henley Hall to scale a world-class quantum research and workforce ecosystem in Santa Barbara.
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Michelle O’Malley leads interdisciplinary effort to link gut health and neurodevelopment
2026-03-18
An ambitious new global research award supports a study investigating if and when the early-life gut microbiome influences brain development.
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Undergraduate researchers in Kuris Lab discover new predator in local fisheries
2026-03-16
Student-led research identified a rare species of "nicothoid" copepod targeting the eggs of commercially important rock crabs in Santa Barbara waters.
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Joseph Farah identifies relativistic 'chirp' signal in superluminous supernova
2026-03-11
Physicist Joseph Farah applied Einstein's theories of general relativity to explain the strobe-like "lighthouse" effect of ultra-bright stellar explosions.
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Mathematics team ranks 14th in North America at 86th Putnam Competition
2026-03-10
UC Santa Barbara undergraduates demonstrated exceptional mathematical problem-solving skills, securing 14th place nationally and 3rd regionally in Southern California at the prestigious 86th annual Putnam Math Competition.
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Liz Carlisle identifies perennial farming as vital key to climate resilience
2026-03-09
Environmental Studies professor Liz Carlisle showcases how Indigenous knowledge and perennial crops offer ecological and social solutions to food insecurity.
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