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WEBWith an eye in the sky, researchers can track white sharks off the coast. September 30, 2024. Scientists use drones to track white sharks along California beaches. The structural complexity of a healthy coral reef provides habitat for a diversity of lifeforms. September 26, 2024. Dead coral skeletons hinder reef regeneration by sheltering seaweed.
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WEBSep 26, 2024 · Federal broadband subsidies boosted rural internet, but service faded once funding ended, researchers find. September 23, 2024.
SciTrek, UCSB’s largest education outreach program, garners new …
WEBAug 13, 2024 · Reaching students earlier. In 2010, Feldwinn and biochemistry professor Norbert Reich had an idea: Get enthusiastic undergraduate volunteers to lead hands-on learning experiences in K-12 classrooms. Now entering its 14th year, the SciTrek outreach program is set to expand its scope and offerings. Spearheaded by U.S. Representative Salud Carbajal, a nearly $1 million grant directly from ...
University progresses on development plans to expand student …
WEBFeb 22, 2024 · With a goal to expand residential housing for students, UC Santa Barbara continues to advance on a development plan that will create 3,500 new student beds on the main campus, in accordance with the targets highlighted in the university’s 2010 Long Range Development Plan (LRDP). The first phase of …
From impact to academics to outcomes, UC Santa Barbara ranks …
WEBSep 18, 2023 · In student outcomes and academics. In affordability and social mobility. For return on investment. For overall excellence. In multiple rankings across an array of metrics, UC Santa Barbara continues to place in the upper echelons of higher education.
UC Santa Barbara leads $9 million research project on ocean cycles
WEBJun 3, 2024 · UC Santa Barbara leads $9 million research project on ocean cycles. Harrison Tasoff. The ocean is a vast and complex web of intertwined systems. Chemistry, currents, temperature and nutrients all ebb and flow, each feeding back into the others. A multinational research team, led by UC Santa Barbara’s Tim …
Two UCSB professors selected by the Gordon and Betty Moore …
WEBAug 21, 2024 · UC Santa Barbara professors Andrew Jayich and Jon Schuller have been selected by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to be part of the 2024 cohort of Experimental Physics Investigators. They join 17 other mid-career researchers from around the country, each receiving a five-year, $1.25 million grant to pursue research goals.
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WEBSep 12, 2021 · In its 2022 listing of the “Top Public Schools,” U.S. News & World Report has ranked UC Santa Barbara No. 5.. Among “Best National Universities,” which includes both public and private institutions, UC Santa Barbara placed No. 28.. UC Santa Barbara’s College of Engineering is ranked No. 18 among public universities on the U.S. News & World Report list of “Best Programs at ...
On a Rankings Roll - The Current
WEBSep 11, 2022 · The magazine’s complete rankings for 2022-2023 are now online. UC Santa Barbara continues to earn high marks in other national, and even international, university rankings. Forbes’ annual list of America’s Top Colleges has UC Santa Barbara at No. 13 among public universities and at No. 39 overall. The 2022 Academic Ranking of World ...
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WEBAug 22, 2022 · The 2022 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) evaluated 2,500 institutions to determine the top 1,000 worldwide. Among U.S. public universities to make the list, UC Santa Barbara is No. 14. The campus ranked No. 32 among all U.S. universities in the ranking, and No. 57 globally among all universities included.