New faculty members highlight UCSB’s interdisciplinary approach Of the 22 new faculty members joining the College of Letters and Science in 2009-10, some are already full professors holding...
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Undergraduate Possibilities

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UC Santa Barbara is renowned as a research university, and this includes the college's undergraduates.

A Liberal Arts Education

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The liberal arts have been at the heart of the university from its inception.

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News Highlights

Thursday, 29 October 2009

Spintronics made easy

In a video interview, David Awschalom, professor of physics, offers an introduction to spintronics and explains how electron spin could be harnessed to create very dense computer memories and even quantum computers.
Monday, 19 October 2009

One Nation, in Broad Strokes

Bruce Robertson, professor of the history of art and architecture, is one of the curators of American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765-1915, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, reviewed by the New York Times.
Friday, 16 October 2009

Does the Brain Like E-Books?

Alan Liu, professor of English and director of the UC Transliteracies Project, takes part in an online discussion in the New York Times about whether the reading experience changes depending on the medium.

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Diversity

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The College of Letters and Science is a vibrant academic community that embraces and promotes intellectual, socioeconomic and ethnic diversity.

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