Society & Psychology

May 11, 2020

UCSB Professors Discuss Uncertainty in COVID-19 Datasets

By Gracie Shi

The seminar is the third of the UC Santa Barbara’s interdisciplinary COVID-19 Webinar series.

May 4, 2020

Gender Diversity and the New Discoveries It Brings to Neuroscience

By Hannah Hirou

Jacobs spotlights the issue that is common in science — the underrepresentation of both female researchers and scientific studies about women.

April 30, 2020

UCSB Natural Science Departments Conduct Spring Quarter Lab Classes Remotely

By Gracie Shi

With the transition from in-person to online lab classes, lab instructors, TAs and students are learning to adapt to the new format.

March 31, 2020

Better Together: The Evolution of Commitment and Altruism in Relationships

By Jacqueline Wen

The paper aimed to answer two questions: Why do people care about the commitment of others, and why do we use gifts and other acts of kindness to display our own commitment?

February 27, 2020

UCSB’s Fourth Annual Zero Waste Festival Highlights Sustainability and Waste Reduction

By Leon Liu

The festival, held at Storke Plaza, featured over a dozen on-campus organizations and local businesses that are dedicated to reducing Goleta’s waste output.

February 20, 2020

National Society of Black Engineers at UCSB Provides Black S.T.E.M. Students “Encouragement” and “Knowledge”

By Jacqueline Wen

NSBE also frequently collaborates with another MESA engineering program partner, Los Ingenieros, as well as UCSB’s College of Engineering.

February 20, 2020

A Rooted Conversation About Hair

By Surya Pugal

The conversation about natural hair in the African American community has been a hard one, riddled with misconceptions that lend to discriminatory practices both within and outside of the workplace.

February 6, 2020

New English Course at UCSB Offers Students a More Personal Understanding of Climate Change

By Daniel Seo

Ken Hiltner developed and teaches English 23, or “The Climate Crisis: What It Is and What Each of Us Can Do About It,” known colloquially as Climate Crisis 101.

February 6, 2020

Former UCSB Professor Faces Paper Retractions, Suspicions Regarding Anomalous Data

By Sean Crommelin

The investigations into Pruitt’s data will no doubt have an enormous impact on Pruitt, his collaborators and the broader field of animal personality research.