Winter 2013

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Arts

UCSB professor pioneers special effects technique. (Credit: Ted Kim).

Energy & Materials

Scientists build DNA material similar to a living cell. (Credit: Peter Allen).

Technology & Engineering

Researchers design a detector that mimics the canine nose. (Carl Meinhart, Martin Moskovits).

Arts

Scholar examines Depression-era African American film and theater. (Rod Rolle).

Culture & Society

For an accurate look at someone’s face look right below the eyes. (Miguel Eckstein, Matt Peterson).

Educational Research & Teacher Training

UCSB Educators will develop computer science curriculum for elementary school students. (Rod Rolle).

Health & Biology

Researchers create diagnostic test for hypertension condition in pregnancy. (From left) Dr. Alex Soffici, Professor Patrick Daugherty, and Serra Elliot.

What's new in Winter 2013

Smoke Effects
UCSB professor pioneers special effects technique
Mechanically Active Gel
Scientists build DNA material similar to a living cell
Nanotech Nose
Researchers design a detector that mimics the canine nose
Manifestations of Identity
Scholar examines Depression-era African American film and theater
At a Glance
For an accurate look at someone’s face look right below the eyes
Computational Thinking in the Classroom
UCSB Educators will develop computer science curriculum for elementary school students
Identifying Preeclampsia
Researchers create diagnostic test for hypertension condition in pregnancy

OUR NOBEL LAUREATES

FINN E. KYDLAND
Professor of Economics
2004 Nobel Prize in Economics

DAVID J. GROSS
Director, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics
2004 Nobel Prize in Physics

ALAN J. HEEGER
Professor of Physics and of Materials
2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

HERBERT KROEMER
Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering and of Materials
2000 Nobel Prize in Physics

WALTER KOHN
Founding Director, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics
Research Professor of Physics
1998 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Faculty Honors and Awards

UCSB Faculty Earn Prestigious International Physics Prize

Polchinski

Joseph Polchinski, professor of physics, was selected to be a laureate of 2013 Fundmental Physics Prize for his contributions in many areas of quantum field theory and string theory

Joseph Incandela, professor of physics and spokesman for the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment at the European Organization for Nuclear Research's (CERN) Large Hadron Collider (LHC), has been awarded a Special Fundamental Physics Prize by the Milner Foundation.

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Contracts and Grant Highlights

UCSB Receives Multimillion-Dollar NSF Grant for Long-Term Ecological Research

Two research groups at UC Santa Barbara's Marine Science Institute have received multimillion-dollar, multi-year grants from the National Science Foundation to fund their continuing long-term research into the ecology of kelp forests and coral reefs.

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Arts

UCSB professor pioneers special effects technique. (Credit: Ted Kim).

Energy & Materials

Scientists build DNA material similar to a living cell. (Credit: Peter Allen).

Technology & Engineering

Researchers design a detector that mimics the canine nose. (Carl Meinhart, Martin Moskovits).

Arts

Scholar examines Depression-era African American film and theater. (Rod Rolle).

Culture & Society

For an accurate look at someone’s face look right below the eyes. (Miguel Eckstein, Matt Peterson).

Educational Research & Teacher Training

UCSB Educators will develop computer science curriculum for elementary school students. (Rod Rolle).

Health & Biology

Researchers create diagnostic test for hypertension condition in pregnancy. (From left) Dr. Alex Soffici, Professor Patrick Daugherty, and Serra Elliot.

What's new in Winter 2013

Smoke Effects

UCSB professor pioneers special effects technique

Mechanically Active Gel

Scientists build DNA material similar to a living cell

Nanotech Nose

Researchers design a detector that mimics the canine nose

Manifestations of Identity

Scholar examines Depression-era African American film and theater

At a Glance

For an accurate look at someone’s face look right below the eyes

Computational Thinking in the Classroom

UCSB Educators will develop computer science curriculum for elementary school students

Identifying Preeclampsia

Researchers create diagnostic test for hypertension condition in pregnancy

OUR NOBEL LAUREATES

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Vice Chancellor's Letter

Research Vitality

UCSB Researchers are Making a Difference in ...