Articles for Uc Santa Barbara

The body transforms in remarkable ways during pregnancy. So does the brain
3 months ago

The body transforms in remarkable ways during pregnancy. So does the brain

NPR  

The body transforms in remarkable ways during pregnancy. So does the brain NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Emily Jacobs of UC Santa Barbara about how pregnancy reshapes the brain, the subject of a study out this week in the journal Nature Neuroscience. A new study details the changes that occurred in one healthy 38-year-old woman's brain from three weeks before …

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Pregnancy changes the brain more than previously known, study finds
3 months, 1 week ago

Pregnancy changes the brain more than previously known, study finds

CNN  

CNN — Researchers have created one of the first comprehensive maps of how the brain changes throughout pregnancy, substantially improving upon understanding of an understudied field. There has been “so much about the neurobiology of pregnancy that we don’t understand yet,” said senior study author Dr. Emily Jacobs, associate professor in the department of psychological and brain sciences at the …

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This California university, home of many Nobel laureates, topped 2025 party school list
3 months, 4 weeks ago

This California university, home of many Nobel laureates, topped 2025 party school list

LA Times  

A California university that’s home to a number of Nobel laureates has also gained the distinction of being the top party school in the United States, according to a recent ranking. Reviews from current and former students describe the university as “combining academic rigor with a laid-back coastal lifestyle” and praised the “vibrant student community.” More than half a dozen …

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Oregon eliminates UC Santa Barbara in NCAA baseball tournament
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Oregon eliminates UC Santa Barbara in NCAA baseball tournament

LA Times  

UC Santa Barbara’s Matt Ager, shown here delivering during a game in February, gave up two runs and two hits over 4 2/3 innings in a season-ending loss to Oregon in the NCAA regionals on Sunday. 14 national seed UC Santa Barbara with a 3-0 victory Sunday night, winning the Santa Barbara Regional and earning a spot in the NCAA …

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UC applications rise for fall 2024, with gains in diversity and transfer applicants
9 months, 2 weeks ago

UC applications rise for fall 2024, with gains in diversity and transfer applicants

LA Times  

The University of California drew a quarter-million applications for fall 2024, an increase over last year powered by a significant rebound in community college transfer applicants and more in-state residents of increasingly diverse backgrounds, according to preliminary data released Wednesday. The number of California first-year applications increased to 134,053, a 1.4% rise over last year’s preliminary data, with gains at …

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A scholar’s Native American heritage was questioned. Who gets to decide her identity?
10 months ago

A scholar’s Native American heritage was questioned. Who gets to decide her identity?

LA Times  

The dilemma arose just a few days before the book was set to go to press. tainted.” Larry Gross, a professor at the University of Redlands, was editor of a book called “Native American Rhetoric.” With the book deadline bearing down on him, Gross, an enrolled member of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, decided to conduct his own investigation of the …

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It’s not just toxic chemicals. Radioactive waste was also dumped off Los Angeles coast
10 months ago

It’s not just toxic chemicals. Radioactive waste was also dumped off Los Angeles coast

LA Times  

For decades, a graveyard of corroding barrels has littered the seafloor just off the coast of Los Angeles. Jacob Schmidt, lead author of the study and a PhD candidate in Valentine’s lab, combed through hundreds of pages of old records and tracked down seven lines of evidence indicating that California Salvage, the same company tasked with pouring the DDT waste …

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Players to watch from one-bid leagues include Weber State’s Jones, UNC Asheville’s Pember
1 year, 1 month ago

Players to watch from one-bid leagues include Weber State’s Jones, UNC Asheville’s Pember

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Jones, a 6-foot-6 forward, participated in the G League Elite Camp and the NBA combine after leading Weber State in points, rebounds, assists and steals per game last season. It wasn’t a great experience, but it was because of how much we learned from it.” …

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Opinion: Here’s one way to protect California’s beaches from rising seas: Stop messing with them
1 year, 2 months ago

Opinion: Here’s one way to protect California’s beaches from rising seas: Stop messing with them

LA Times  

Protecting our coasts from sea level rise is increasingly urgent, especially for densely populated coastal communities such as Southern California’s. Coastal flooding and beach erosion from rising seas and storms are far more than a threat; they’re already happening in many places in California and beyond. Beach grooming, which employs heavy equipment to rake sand, is a widespread practice used …

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Introducing March Madness’ Cinderellas: The mid-major stars you need to know
1 year, 9 months ago

Introducing March Madness’ Cinderellas: The mid-major stars you need to know

New York Times  

The Athletic has live coverage of the NCAA Tournament National Championship game. Whereas the two-time Summit League Player of the Year was actually leading the country in scoring back in 2021, he’s merely sixth this year as he’s surrounded by an even better core group of players. He won the league’s defensive player of the year award last season, and …

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To afford historic labor contract, UC considers cutting TAs, graduate student admissions
1 year, 10 months ago

To afford historic labor contract, UC considers cutting TAs, graduate student admissions

LA Times  

University of California academic workers won major wage gains following a six-week strike but campuses but scrambling to find ways to pay for them. “The state of California needs more highly trained people, and we’re going in the opposite direction,” said Susannah Scott, a UC Santa Barbara chemical engineering professor and chair of her campus Academic Senate. The result of …

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California college students live in vans and hotels as campus housing plans spark backlash
3 years, 1 month ago

California college students live in vans and hotels as campus housing plans spark backlash

LA Times  

After months of pandemic isolation, Kris Hotchkiss expected a celebratory return to campus for his senior year at UC Santa Barbara. “I’ve been working with the university legal center for 18 years and I’ve never seen a housing crisis like this one.” Madeline Castro, a senior geology major at UC Santa Barbara, lives in a hotel. “So we think it’s …

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Jail design vs. UC Santa Barbara's windowless 'dormzilla'
3 years, 1 month ago

Jail design vs. UC Santa Barbara's windowless 'dormzilla'

LA Times  

A rendering shows a shared space inside a proposed mega-dorm at UC Santa Barbara. The Finnish composer’s new work, “Vista” — which recently had its U.S. premiere courtesy of the L.A. Phil — was inspired by a drive she took from L.A. to San Diego. The piece captures the nuances of the landscape, writes classical music critic Mark Swed: “While …

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Can reviving beach dunes help California with sea level rise?
3 years, 4 months ago

Can reviving beach dunes help California with sea level rise?

LA Times  

For Cuadra, the Bay Foundation’s plant whisperer, the sand is her palette, the pristine beach her canvas for a different, more resilient landscape that beachgoers could learn to love. California least tern Status: Endangered To rebuild dunes, David Hubbard, a research specialist at UC Santa Barbara and co-founder of Coastal Restoration Consultants, recommends starting with the three “ecosystem engineers”: red …

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UC explains admissions decisions in a record application year of much heartbreak, some joy
3 years, 8 months ago

UC explains admissions decisions in a record application year of much heartbreak, some joy

LA Times  

Amanda Alarcon studies at her home in La Puente. “The thing I take the most pride in with the UC is that it’s all about achievement within context,” said Michelle Whittingham, UC Santa Cruz associate vice chancellor of enrollment management. “We get these calls: ‘My kid got this GPA.’ But at that particular school, it could be average or below …

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UC Santa Barbara falls to Creighton in NCAA tournament heartbreaker
3 years, 9 months ago

UC Santa Barbara falls to Creighton in NCAA tournament heartbreaker

LA Times  

UC Santa Barbara’s JaQuori McLaughlin, right, controls the ball in front of Creighton’s Christian Bishop during the first half of Saturday’s game. Swarmed on the wing, star guard JaQuori McLaughlin split two defenders with a pass that found forward Amadou Sow in the paint in the final seconds of the Gauchos’ first-round NCAA tournament game against Creighton. “A couple of …

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How the waters off Catalina became a DDT dumping ground
4 years, 1 month ago

How the waters off Catalina became a DDT dumping ground

LA Times  

No one could see it — until now The robot made its way 3,000 feet down to the bottom, beaming bright lights and a camera as it slowly skimmed the seafloor. Gen. James Simmons, famously praised the chemical as “the war’s greatest contribution to the future health of the world.” Rallying for the deep ocean is not easy, Valentine acknowledged, …

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