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December 11, 2025

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Michel Devoret and John Martinis at their Nobel Prize acceptance reception

UCSB physicists accept Nobel Prizes in Sweden

In a ceremony full of splendor, music and admiration, professors Michel Devoret and John Martinis, alongside their mentor, UC Berkeley physicist John Clarke, on Dec. 10 officially received their Nobel Prizes from King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.

 

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New haptic display technology creates 3D graphics you can see and feel

The development from Yon Visell's RE Touch Lab could one day enable high-definition visual-haptic touch screens for automobiles, mobile computing or intelligent architectural walls.

 

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Baka, a waste collector, at home

How Europe’s green transition is reinforcing racial inequality

Anthropologist Elana Resnick’s research examines how Europe’s sustainability agenda relies on Romani women’s labor and reproduces racial inequality.

 

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Elena Yu

Wednesday, January 7

The artist details how she reinterpreted book dust jackets and other materials from UCSB Library’s Ethnic and Gender Studies Collection space to make curtains for the exhibition.

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Men’s Basketball vs Cal Poly

Thursday, January 22

The Gauchos take on the Mustangs at the Thunderdome.

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Beth Rose Middleton

Thursday, January 22

The author and professor of Native American Studies at UC Davis discusses the environmental injustices of land theft and fire suppression.

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