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Novelist Sameer Pandya Takes Helm of Nation's First Asian American Studies Department
With the start of the Fall 2025 quarter Sameer Pandya has officially begun his tenure as chair of the nation's first Asian American Studies department.
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Dr. Sabine Frühstück Appointed Director of East Asia Center
The University of California, Santa Barbara has announced the appointment of Dr. Sabine Frühstück, Distinguished Professor and Koichi Takashima Chair in Japanese Cultural Studies, as the new Director of the East Asia Center (EAC).
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Center for Feminist Futures Inaugural Director Jigna Desai offers a new take on feminism
by Nicholas Schou
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Dr. Gaye Theresa Johnson Appointed Director of the Blum Center on Poverty, Inequality, and Democracy
by Nicholas Schou
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Troubling Trends in the Battle for California's Groundwater
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UCSB Welcomes New Propel Scholars
UC Santa Barbara has welcomed 24 first year (and in many cases, first generation) students to its 2025 PROEL Cohort. The program's title is an acronym for PRomoting OPportunity and Equity in Learning. It is a donor-funded initiative in the Division of Social Sciences empowering Social Science majors to enhance their academic, personal, and professional experience at UC Santa Barbara.
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Dr. Kyle Meng Joins Governor Newsom for Historic Climate Bill Signing
Governor Gavin Newsom today signed sweeping reforms to California’s world-leading climate policy that aim to save Californians billions of dollars on energy costs. The Governor’s action comes as the Trump administration continues its efforts to gut decades-old, bipartisan American clean air protections and derail critical climate progress. Newsom joined members of the Legislature, as well as hundreds of labor, business, climate and energy advocates, at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco where he signed the historic legislation.
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2025 Labor Summer Graduates Honored
The future of California’s organized labor movement was on full display at the Corwin Pavilion on Aug. 8, when UC Santa Barbara’s Community Labor Center (CLC) celebrated 14 students who just completed an intensive internship program with local labor unions. Now in its third year, the Labor Summer Internship Program pairs students with local unions and worker organizations, providing them with hands-on experience in organizing, communications, and outreach.
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