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Let There Be Light

A video featuring John Bowers, director of UCSB’s Institute for Energy Efficiency, is part of Onward California, a campaign highlighting how UC plays a part in the lives of every Californian, every day. In the video, Bowers talks about an initiative providing solar-powered lights to schoolchildren in underdeveloped countries. For more on the Unite to Light initiative, go here.

Psychologists Find That Orientation
of Diagrams Affects Comprehension

New Study by Physicists Provides
Insight into Convection Process

Scientists Use Powerful UCSB Laser
to Study the World at Atomic Level

Artificial Pancreas Researchers Win
Wyss Translational Research Award

U.S. News & World Report Ranks
UCSB Among Top 10 Universities

Cell Technology UC Santa Barbara is now host to a unique new energy system — a 200-kilowatt fuel cell — that is providing electricity as part of the university’s commitment to energy efficiency and sustainability.

The Campaign for UC Santa Barbara

ALL NEWS & CAMPUS TOPICS

San Jose Taiko, inspired by traditional Japanese drumming, delivers an energetic performance that transcends cultural boundaries by exploring rhythms from around the world, Oct. 14.

Versa-Style, an LA-based hip-hop dance
crew, headlines MCC’s Kickoff, Sept. 24

Elvis Costello, Grammy winner and pop
legend, in a solo performance, Sept. 30

Kirk Douglas on Film, a series that pays
tribute to the actor, Oct. 1–Nov. 5.

Rachel Maddow, TV news host and best-
selling author, in rare appearance, Oct. 7

ALL EVENTS