Researchers have developed a model that captures the nuanced ways that plants manage water stress, and how this affects soil moisture levels.

Alexander Cho is a media scholar, digital design researcher, critical theorist, and pop culture geek. His research combines critical race theory, queer theory, design thinking, and ethnography to ...

Sabrina Strings, Ph.D. is Professor and North Hall Chair of Black Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She was a recipient of the UC Berkeley Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowship ...

A new National Science Foundation (NSF) award will support UC Santa Barbara researchers in developing the next generation of cyberinfrastructure for multimodal imaging data. Leading the effort is B. S ...

An expert in digital communication and equity, Amy Gonzales is interested in the psychological and tangible consequences of internet-based social interactions, and her work aims to advance theoretical ...

Chase Brewster works on the Clean Currents Coalition project aimed at preventing marine plastic pollution through interventions in rivers, primarily managing the Coalition’s global dataset and science ...

Sara Poot-Herrera has written over one hundred publications, including books, book chapters and papers. Her articles on Juan José Arreola, Carlos Fuentes, Juan Rulfo, Jaime Torres Bodet, Josefina ...

Metatext: In his latest book, UCSB scholar Benjamin Cohen examines the global and domestic pressures that could push countries, including the U.S., toward breakup.

Artist and professor Kip Fulbeck revisits The Hapa Project, exploring 25 years of mixed Asian Pacific Islander identity through portraits and personal stories.

Electron-phonon interactions — collisions between charge-carrying electrons and heat-carrying vibrations in the atomic lattice of the material — are considered the primary cause of electrons slowing ...

UC Santa Barbara’s Graduate Division has launched a new award to spotlight the vital contributions of postdoctoral scholars, celebrating their excellence in mentorship and leadership. In its inaugural ...

A sweeping new executive order to deregulate the U.S. seafood sector risks unraveling decades of scientific progress and environmental protections, according to aquaculture and fishery scientists ...