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A study by a UCSB-led research team in the Department of Geography shows how record-high temperatures in California are worsening the already historic drought. In an article for The UCSB Current, posted May 26 with the title above, Jim Logan goes on to say: Two facts are indisputable: California remains in the grip of one of the worst droughts in history, and 2014 proved to be one of the hottest years on record. Now, a group of...

The following article is from The UCSB Current, written by Andrea Estrada, posted May 21, and with the title “Another Top 10”: UC Santa Barbara has once again placed among the top 10 in Leiden University’s annual rankings of the 750 best major universities in the world, in terms of impact in the field of the sciences. UCSB took the No. 7 spot overall. Compiled by the Centre for Science and Technology Studies at...

Hundreds of undergraduates displayed their research projects at the 2015 Undergraduate Research Colloquium. The following description is from The UCSB Current, dated May 20, 2015 and with the title above: “More than 200 UC Santa Barbara undergraduates took advantage of the opportunity to display their research prowess at the 2015 Undergraduate Research Colloquium held in Corwin Pavilion. The projects covered a wide variety of...