#UCSB professor Omar Saleh has spent decades studying polymer behavior, conducting experiments to better understand coacervates. He estimates his lab is 1 of 10 labs globally conducting nanoscale measurements of microgel polymers with custom-built machinery 💡 Full story https://ow.ly/GbZf50XmPoL

UCSB professor Michael Gurven's new book, "Seven Decades: How We Evolved to Live Longer," examines anatomic and societal aspects of aging. He believes being "old" is less about age than the ability to fend for one’s self and one’s community 🤲 Full story https://ow.ly/KPay50XmMsn

Civil rights lawyer Sherrilyn Ifill hosts a talk this week as part of #UCSB Arts & Lectures' Justice for All initiative. Ifill has dedicated decades to fighting for justice and challenges audiences to imagine a democracy that fulfills its founding ideals. Full story: https://ow.ly/Q6Qr50Xm8ZT

UC Santa Barbara is advancing its efforts to return Native American ancestors and cultural items, with a comprehensive repatriation program and a goal of completing this work responsibly and transparently by 2028: https://ow.ly/vzh650XlUl0

The Halloween witch is one of the most enduring images in Western pop culture. But #UCSB's Jane Ward argues that the fear she represents is much deeper 🧙 In the book "The Witch Studies Reader," Ward and co-author Soma Chaudhuri present feminist witch studies: https://ow.ly/M0Q350XiIUu

Happy Halloween from #UCSB 🎃

#UCSB researchers have demonstrated a new dimension for spin qubits in diamond 💎 This breakthrough enables the realization of a metrological quantum advantage in the solid state, marking an important step toward the next generation of quantum technologies: https://ow.ly/aNKN50XjXoZ

National Internet Day throwback to the dawn of the Internet, Oct. 29, 1969: #UCSB was one of the first four nodes of the original ARPANET, along with UCLA, Stanford, and University of Utah. Learn more about world-changing UC innovations: https://ow.ly/QcCa50XjPxX

As coal power continues its decline in the U.S., 100+ plants still have no retirement plans—which could derail national climate goals. A new #UCSB study shows how targeted, data-driven approaches could help accelerate the transition: https://ow.ly/ZhaR50Xix1m

Every year, TIME magazine highlights inventions that change how we live, work, play and think about what's possible. 13 of them have UC ties. www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/uc-facu...

#UCSB faculty and alumni are behind three of TIME's Best Inventions of 2025. From the first topological quantum chip, to compostable retail bags, to an app showing how brains change during pregnancy, #UCSB made its mark 💡 Full story: https://ow.ly/GuT750XhHXj #UniversityOfCalifornia

Texts, emails, social media pings—and repeat. In "Digital Exhaustion: Simple Rules for Reclaiming Your Life" #UCSB's Paul Leonardi draws on decades of research to examine why our digital life is so overwhelming and what we can do to make our tools work for us. Full story: https://ow.ly/8Aaf50XgwTx

In a one-week "bioblitz," #UCSB researchers and students worked to collect and classify sea floor creatures—worms, mollusks, sponges, sea stars and others—in partnership with the Smithsonian Institution. Full story: https://ow.ly/QarQ50XguoU

#UCSB research has a direct impact on your life through advancements in health, disaster management strategies & much more 🧬 From the local level to the global stage, research conducted on our campus is helping improve the present & secure the future 👉 https://ow.ly/HRZB50XgZUI

Artist and #UCSB lecturer Kim Garcia explores how art can hold history. Her LA show "Tender Material" (through Nov. 8) layers resin and image to preserve family and culture. Full story: https://ow.ly/mvMI50XfVCU

Meanwhile, on campus @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social

We're number 1 🏆 #UCSB’s mix of ocean views, teamwork and innovation has again made it Santa Barbara County’s *Best Place to Work* in the Santa Barbara Independent's annual readers poll. It’s the ninth straight year the campus has claimed the honor 🎉 https://ow.ly/otko50Xeq3f

Scholars and researchers coming up through the #UCSB Bren School of Environmental Science & Management are presenting recent joint projects in their respective fields—from marine biology and agricultural practices to social justice and pollution reduction. Full story: https://ow.ly/KPWw50XecEE

With a new study, #UCSB archaeologist Douglas Kennett and collaborators show how exploring the rise and fall of Classic Maya cities can help us better understand and manage contemporary and future urban evolution. Full story: https://ow.ly/ZXr650XcGct

The campus crowd when you win the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics 🏆 #UCSB

Set against the backdrop of the 1960s and 1970s and the rise of the Latin American Boom, "Unfaithful: A Translator’s Memoir" by #UCSB's Suzanne Jill Levine explores how translation both carries and transforms meaning across languages 📖 Full story: https://ow.ly/8YVq50XaIUE

Everyone has seen those "Keep Tahoe Blue" stickers 💙 Five #UCSB alumni are working within the organization behind the slogan, the League to Save Lake Tahoe. Through science, education and advocacy, these Gauchos are helping protect the basin for generations to come 🏔️ 🔗 https://ow.ly/ICRi50XbVL4

HerBrain, the first digital twin of the maternal brain, has been named one of TIME Magazine's Best Inventions of 2025! 👏 Led by @ninamiolane.bsky.social the HerBrain app illustrates how brain structures change across the pregnancy and postpartum periods, so a woman can predict her weekly shifts.

What happens when an acclaimed journalist returns to the Deep South to ask how race, faith and power shape life in America today? Alexis Okeowo kicks off #UCSB Arts & Lectures’s Justice For All programming discussing her portrait of Alabama at a crossroads 📚 Full story: https://ow.ly/xEt150Xb8VM

A host of recent rankings from Forbes Magazine, U.S. News & World Report and more are praising #UCSB’s status as a leading university across a range of categories — from research to social mobility, veterans support and academic excellence. Full story: https://ow.ly/zVpy50XaG8w

Even 100 years after her birth, Joan Mitchell’s work continues to bloom 🌻 At #UCSB’s AD&A Museum, "Joan Mitchell 100" joins 70+ global exhibitions celebrating the modern master of Abstract Expressionism and her enduring impact. Full story https://ow.ly/Wpp150X9QzF

Exciting news: #UCSB physicists John Martinis and Michel Devoret have been awarded the 2025 #NobelPrize in Physics. They were lauded for work that, according to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, "revealed quantum physics in action." Full story: https://ow.ly/TH7K50X7ULp#UCSB

#UCSB's "On Fire" series kicks off with "When It All Burns" author Jordan Thomas on October 9, followed early next year by UC Davis professor Beth Rose Middleton, discussing an initiative between Indigenous fire practitioners, students and community members 🔥 Full story: https://ow.ly/rXW650X83yF

Happening now: Join us in celebrating UC Santa Barbara physicists John Martinis and Michel Devoret winning the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics: https://ow.ly/3nsF50X8eET #UCSB #YoutubeLive

UC SWEEP IN PHYSICS! Congratulations to @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social emeritus professor John Clarke, who won the prize along with @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social professors Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis! 💙💛🥇

Exciting news: #UCSB physicists John Martinis and Michel Devoret have been awarded the 2025 #NobelPrize in Physics. They were lauded for work that, according to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, "revealed quantum physics in action." Full story: https://ow.ly/TH7K50X7ULp#UCSB

ON FIRE TALK: WHEN IT ALL BURNS Join us for a talk by National Book Award nominee Jordan Thomas on the creation of California's wildfire crisis and the sociological, historical, and economic forces that fuel today’s megafires. 10/9, 4 PM | 6020 HSSB Learn more: bit.ly/Thomas-IHC

#UCSB's Philip Lubin, who is part of the #NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts program, gave expert background info for this video. As a public research university, #UCSB relies on federal funding to drive innovation: www.universityofcalifornia.edu/get-involved... #SpeakUp4Science #StandUpforUC

How do you compare the carbon cost of a tuna steak with that of a plate of shrimp? Find out how a team of @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social graduate students answered that question using @globalfishingwatch.org and @fao.org data here: bit.ly/4gQrUdI #DataScience for #SustainableSeafood 🦐 🍣 🐟

A #UCSB team has created a new tool for breast cancer research—an algae-based gel that supports the development of normal mammary gland tissue and can be modified to direct how cells grow. Full story: https://ow.ly/rFXz50X5VHv

"Canneries reduce reliance on industrial agriculture, help mitigate climate change, support small-scale farmers, build food sovereignty, and foster a sense of community. ... We need more of them,” writes @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social student Jillian Fischer in an op-ed.

On the 20th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, #UCSB's Mona Damluji wrote a poem to her daughters. Now, she's turned that poem into a book—"I Want You to Know"—to help families address displacement, resilience and the legacies of experiencing war 📖 👩‍👩‍👧‍👧 Full story: ow.ly/GAS550X1aZW

#UCSB history professor Patrick McCray shares how universities helped the U.S. become a global science superpower—and how government investments in university research pays off 🔬 Full story: ow.ly/LEwA50X3JIL @uofcalifornia.bsky.social #SpeakUp4Science #StandUpforUC

#UCSB's Grace Han has been named one of five scientist-inventors nationwide to receive a 2025 Moore Inventor Fellowship. Han’s approach offers a clean, emission-free alternative to fossil fuels—and a pathway to new sustainable energy technologies ow.ly/Nrfz50X1HHz

Cold atom experiments are among the most precise ways of exploring the quantum world. And for more than a decade, #UCSB's Daniel Blumenthal has been working to translate these experiments to a portable form that can sit in the palm of your hand 🤚 Full story: ow.ly/wNqc50X2iPH

First week of school things 📚🎉 #UCSB’s Week of Welcome was a hit.

"Mexican Prints: The Garcia-Correa Collection," is on view now at #UCSB's AD&A Museum, with a public reception taking place Sept. 27 🖼️ The exhibition features 31 prints by artists who played a central role in the Mexican printmaking movement, following the Mexican Revolution: ow.ly/91jW50WZvz6

#UCSB scientists have discovered cloud seeding could disrupt El Niño, underscoring the need for caution in climate interventions. Full story: ow.ly/9HQh50WZ2MY

Tell me you go to #UCSB without telling me.

"In other words, all hell broke loose." With the findings of shocked quartz at three archaeological sites, #UCSB researchers and collaborators propose a scenario in which a fragmented comet exploded aboveground, sending shockwaves and extreme heat to Earth. Full story: ow.ly/OSVP50WYSsN

A new UCSB kelp study can inform habitat conservation and recovery efforts along the coasts 🌊 Full story: ow.ly/913t50WYmwF

As federal research funding faces steep cuts, UC scientists are pushing brain-computer interfaces forward: restoring speech after ALS, easing Parkinson’s symptoms, and improving bionic vision with AI (that’s us 👋 at @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social). 🧠 www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/thrilli...

This summer, junior high and high school teachers collaborated with UCSB grad students and staff from the IHC, UCSB Library, and Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation to conduct research on the history of community celebrations surrounding Fiesta and develop lesson plans for their students.

Students in the Santa Barbara area will spend this year reexamining and reinterpreting the century-old Old Spanish Days celebration a.k.a Fiesta. Full story: ow.ly/RxW350WXa3R

Join us for the BML Seminar Series! On 9/17, Holly Moeller @mixotrophe.bsky.social, an Associate Professor in the Dept of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology at UCSB, will present "Trade, Borrow, or Steal: How Acquired Metabolism Drives Evolutionary Innovation." ucdavis.zoom.us/webinar/regi...