3+ day, 7+ hour ago  (655+ words) The courtyard of Bren Hall was packed to the gills Friday morning with jubilant grads and their families, friends and faculty. The ceremony was scored with numbers like "Wide Open Spaces" and "Have You Ever Seen the Rain," performed by…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago  (578+ words) Artificial intelligence is becoming increasingly vital to everyday activities across diverse sectors of society, from AI assistants to autonomous vehicles to healthcare. But the way these systems are trained doesn't provide them with a conceptual framework like humans use to…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago  (330+ words) Published in the journal Nature Catalysis, Yang's research group and collaborators at the University of Pittsburgh and Florida State University have developed a new type of reaction, one that employs a mechanism that was until now unknown to both native…...

1+ week, 12+ hour ago  (409+ words) More than 600 students in the UC Santa Barbara Graduate Division crossed the commencement stage on the afternoon of June 11 to collect their diplomas. The 290 doctoral candidates and 333 master's degree recipients represented the division's largest graduating group in a decade." Newly…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (829+ words) Breakbone fever. The nickname alone attests to the pain that dengue fever can cause. About half the people who get the virus are asymptomatic. But for the rest, an infection can be excruciating, even life-threatening, and there is no treatment....

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (435+ words) With Commencement officially underway, UC Santa Barbara has announced the newest recipients of its most prestigious student honors, awarded for scholastic achievement, extraordinary service and personal courage and persistence. An award ceremony for winners of these and other student awards,…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (508+ words) The unique capabilities of this system open the door to new approaches to nano- and micro-manufacturing of complex structures and devices that are no longer constrained by geometry nor confined to two-dimensional planes," the authors wrote in their proposal. By…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (329+ words) The ceremony featured several'musical and multimedia art works from CCS music composition majors, including Lillian Wiechelt's "Performance Anxiety," Kai Jenkin's "To Sleep," Cameron Kennedy's "Chaos," and Hudson Rose's "Surfaces." It is this environment of learning that led CCS alumnus and…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (335+ words) The Dan David Prize, the largest history prize in the world, today announced its 2026 winners. Among them is Howard Chiang, UC Santa Barbara historian of modern East Asian thought and culture with an emphasis on the critical study of science,…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (455+ words) Our ability to forecast the rains would've been the envy of our agrarian ancestors. It's given us an unprecedented ability to take advantage of good growing seasons and prepare for tough times. Researchers at UC Santa Barbara have just released…...