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Rising atmospheric demand for moisture is gradually intensifying droughts, according to new research co-led by #UCSB’s Climate Hazards Center. 🌡️ This has serious implications for agriculture, water security and wildfires. Full story: ow.ly/VIj850W4maf

A team co-lead by #UCSB has just released the largest map of the universe 🗺️🔭 Called the COSMOS-Web field, the data, collected with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), consists of all the imaging and a catalog of nearly 800,000 galaxies ow.ly/ojP650W53MK

Congrats to the winners of the 2025 Global Datathon on Women's Brain Health! 🥇Manh Nguyen, Thu Nguyen -FPT University 🥈Baixue Yao, Xiaoyue Zhang -Flagship Labs 84 🥉Wei Lyu, Zhida Wang UC Santa Barbara from 1000s of participants around the globe🌐 The Ann S. Bowers Women's Brain Health Initiative WiDS Datathon

#UCSB's College of Creative Studies kicked off commencement season for #UCSB2025 grads 🎓 Known as a "graduate school for undergrads," the CCS was established in 1967 to serve motivated students who demonstrate talent for original work in art or science: ow.ly/uX1q50W6B8f

Congratulations to our Student Assistants in the Special Research Collections! Thank you for all your hard work. 🎓 #UCSB #UCSBLibrary #UCSantaBarbara #Classof2025 #UCSB2025

𝓐𝓵𝔂𝓼𝓼𝓪 𝓜𝓪𝓻𝓲𝓷 𝓬𝓪𝓹𝓼 𝓸𝓯𝓯 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓤𝓒𝓢𝓑 𝓬𝓱𝓪𝓹𝓽𝓮𝓻 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝓶𝓸𝓻𝓮 𝔀𝓮𝓵𝓵-𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓷𝓮𝓭 𝓪𝔀𝓪𝓻𝓭! She does it again! Congratulations to Alyssa Marin for being named the Women’s Basketball Student-Athlete of the Year at the Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table

What does peace look like in places where violence is part of daily life? In his new book, “Local Peace" #UCSB's William Nomikos makes the case that U.N. peacekeepers are most successful by earning the trust of the people they aim to protect: news.ucsb.edu/2025/021915/tr…

UCSB's College of Engineering has been named The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering, for a former dean who has had significant impact on the college. Full story: ow.ly/MIAK50W94wI

What a day honoring over 90 of our graduating student-athletes! Congratulations to the Class of 2025! Once a Gaucho, always a Gaucho! #GoGauchos

You can become a more curious person, according to new research out of #UCSB. This study, which included the use of a "curiosity app," challenges the long-held view that personality traits are relatively fixed. ow.ly/oK3Z50Wae8i

@UCSantaBarbara's U.S. Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) Surfrider Battalion Class of 2025 cadets earned their gold bars and advanced to the entry-level officer rank of second lieutenant. bit.ly/4eb5UJx

Students, family, and mentors gathered at Goleta Beach for #UCSB’s U.S. Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) Surfrider Battalion commissioning ceremony. Full story: ow.ly/LPTu50WbMQp

Happy #Juneteenth! Looking for ways to talk to youth about this important day? UC Santa Barbara shares tips to turn tough conversations into powerful learning moments. 🔗 bit.ly/3HLDCsI

Congratulations to Gaucho legend Ajay Mitchell & the OKC THUNDER on winning the NBA Championship!! #GoGauchos | jayyyyyy

A condition long considered to be unfavorable to electrical conduction in semiconductor materials may actually be beneficial in 2D semiconductors, according to new findings by #UCSB researchers💡 Full story: ow.ly/PljV50WeVe9

What's at stake in the budget reconciliation bill? 💰 Deep cuts in federal financial aid for college students 🍎 Less access to food assistance programs 🏥 Millions of patients at risk of losing health care Join UC in opposing these cuts: bit.ly/4kRIDhX

So-called "overhead" funds facilitate science, and cuts to these ultimately hurt research, writes #UCSB professor David L. Valentine in Los Angeles Times. Valentine's own research led to the discovery of widespread toxic-waste dumping off the California coast.

Could America break apart? #UCSB's Benjamin Cohen is exploring the possibility. "We cannot ignore the risks of the current fissures and fragmentation — the breakdown of community." In his new book "Dream States" he provides an assessment of the risk: ow.ly/mu7150WgpZZ