Anaya Khan

February 23, 2023

Black History Month: Contributions to Science

By Anaya Khan

Timeline: 1864: Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler becomes the first Black woman to earn a medical degree in the United States. She later writes one of the earliest medical books published by an African American in 1883. &nb...

January 19, 2023

Simply Stated: Where’d All The Eggs Go?

By Anaya Khan

With the persistence of a highly pathogenic outbreak of Avian Influenza, poultry populations have suffered, in turn causing decreasing egg supplies and increasing prices.

November 3, 2022

Campus Point: New and Exciting Research at UCSB

By Anaya Khan

A look at mental health, laser manufacturing, the evolution of desirability, and food footprints.

October 13, 2022

Campus Point: New and Exciting Research at UCSB

By Emma Holm-Olsen, Anaya Khan

A look at data collection, deforestation and Drosophila.

September 29, 2022

Simply Stated: What’s Going On Up There?

By Anaya Khan

Scientists at NASA have found success in the world’s first planetary defense mission, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test.

August 29, 2022

Simply Stated: What can really be expected from the Ocean Road Housing Project?

By Emma Holm-Olsen, Anaya Khan

With the removal of the Eucalyptus Curtain, there will be noticeably less green space, more traffic and noise pollution along Ocean Road. Despite the expected environmental impacts, these impacts might be minimized by pl...

July 19, 2022

Simply Stated: James Webb Telescope Releases First Images

By Anaya Khan

The recently launched James Webb Telescope released 5 images on Tuesday, July 12, 2022, not only deepening scientific understanding of the universe, but promising discovery in the future.

May 26, 2022

Research in Review

By Josh Foster, Devanshi Tomar, Emma Holm-Olsen, Anaya Khan

Looking back on the most notable scientific accomplishments and breakthroughs made by UCSB researchers during the 2021-22 year.

May 19, 2022

Campus Point: New and Exciting Research at UCSB

By Emma Holm-Olsen, Anaya Khan

A look at breakthrough biofilters, ghost fishing, and greenhouse gas emission levels in China

May 13, 2022

“Post Roe Frontiers”: Goodwin, Oaks Share Dialogue on Reproductive Health Policy and Justice

By Anaya Khan, Emma Holm-Olsen

Following the leaked Supreme Court case draft opinion that might overturn Roe v. Wade, UC Irvine Chancellor’s Professor Michele Goodwin and UC Santa Barbara feminist studies professor Laury Oaks came together on May 9 ...

April 23, 2022

Campus Point: New and Exciting Research at UCSB

By Devanshi Tomar, Emma Holm-Olsen, Anaya Khan

A look at the rise of zoonoses, addressing water demands, and the blue economy.

April 14, 2022

Las Cumbres Observatory Searches for Supernovae

By Seamus O'Hara, Anaya Khan

The Las Cumbres Observatory (LCO), located in Goleta, California, is one of the many worldwide observatories where robotic telescopes are designed to collect astronomical data. There are many ongoing research projects at...