In findings that raise a variety of questions about how our brains work, and even about the nature of consciousness, UC Santa Barbara researchers and collaborators report that only a small section of ...

Known for his media-blending esoteric artwork, Deniz Çağlarcan has won the PRIX CIME 2025 International Electroacoustic Music Competition. “Being selected for the residency is very meaningful to me,” ...

As religion declines in the United States, where are people turning for meaning and purpose? A UC Santa Barbara professor is looking for answers. Religious studies associate professor Joseph Blankholm ...

The University of California Board of Regents approved the acquisition of an off-campus property to serve as the residence for the current and future chancellors of UC Santa Barbara to enable them to ...

Thousands of songs representing some of the rarest and most uniquely American music borne from the Jazz Age and the Great Depression would have likely been lost to landfills and faded from memory.

In our modern society, aging tends to be something we ignore, and then try to avoid. Mainstream culture is geared toward the young, using the youth to gauge trends and styles, and targeting their ...

Whether natural or synthetic, polymers — large molecules made up of repeating units called monomers — exhibit complex structures and properties that make them useful in a wide range of applications.

Homework help, enrichment and specialty Zoom rooms are among the free educational resources offered by dozens of UC Santa Barbara student volunteers with Education+, a campus organization that ...

Even as coal power continues its steady decline in the United States, more than a hundred plants still have no retirement plans — a gap large enough to derail national climate goals. A new study led ...

What will it take to strengthen democracy in a time of division? Sherrilyn Ifill, a civil rights lawyer, Howard Law School professor and former president of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, has dedicated ...

Free trade agreements have done more than move goods across borders. They’ve also shaped how societies define and regulate bodies, identities and belonging. International trade policies, especially ...