UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events

April 30, 2026

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Grackle research reveals behavioral flexibility and adaptation in action

With the Grackle Project, researcher Corina Logan is trying to understand how the highly social birds adapt to a variety of human-made environments.

 

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NSF-funded program supports and retains first-year engineers

The Integrated Networking, Scholarship and Peer Interaction for First-Year Engineers (INSPIRE) program introduces students to college, to potential careers and to each other with supportive mentoring along the way.

 

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“Repatriation Futures” team members Walter Echo-Hawk, Nakia Zavalla, Edward Halealoha Ayau and Timothy McKeown at the Santa Ynez Chumash Museum and Cultural Center.

Capps Center receives grant for work on Indigenous repatriation

A $500,000 grant from the Henry Luce Foundation will fund the center’s five-year project, “Repatriation Futures: Living Tradition, Spiritual Vitality, Best Practices.” 

 

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Member of Jasmine Echo Chinese Ensemble performs with a pipa

World Music Series

Wednesday, May 6

The Jasmine Echo Chinese Ensemble performs classical and popular works on traditional Chinese musical instruments.

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What Do Planets Feel Like?

Wednesday, May 6

Anthropologist Omri Elisha explores the significance of planetary bodies and metaphors in the lives of professional astrologers in North America, in a time when Western astrology has never been more popular.

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Profs at the Pub: Tuning In to Nature

Wednesday, May 6

Rachel King, a postdoctoral scientist at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, discusses how technology is transforming our understanding of the natural world.

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