UC Santa Barbara
@ucsantabarbara.bsky.social
Official Bluesky of #UCSB 🎓 A top-ranked public university where beauty meets brilliance 💛 ucsb.edu
#UCSB professor Daniel Blumenthal's lab joins the National Science Foundation's National Quantum Virtual Laboratory 🔬 With MIT, UCLA, Harvard & University of Maryland, the lab is working on high-tech infrastructure to accelerate the development of quantum technologies.
https://ow.ly/N6O850XrUFZ
https://ow.ly/N6O850XrUFZ
November 14, 2025 at 7:20 PM
#UCSB professor Daniel Blumenthal's lab joins the National Science Foundation's National Quantum Virtual Laboratory 🔬 With MIT, UCLA, Harvard & University of Maryland, the lab is working on high-tech infrastructure to accelerate the development of quantum technologies.
https://ow.ly/N6O850XrUFZ
https://ow.ly/N6O850XrUFZ
#UCSB has proven it helps students take steps in the right direction 🔝 We're ranked as the No. 19 Best National University for Social Mobility 🏆
Full story: https://ow.ly/pzyy50Xm9XS
Full story: https://ow.ly/pzyy50Xm9XS
November 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
#UCSB has proven it helps students take steps in the right direction 🔝 We're ranked as the No. 19 Best National University for Social Mobility 🏆
Full story: https://ow.ly/pzyy50Xm9XS
Full story: https://ow.ly/pzyy50Xm9XS
National Internet Day throwback to the dawn of the Internet, Oct. 29, 1969: #UCSB was one of the first four nodes of the original ARPANET, along with UCLA, Stanford, and University of Utah.
Learn more about world-changing UC innovations: https://ow.ly/QcCa50XjPxX
Learn more about world-changing UC innovations: https://ow.ly/QcCa50XjPxX
October 29, 2025 at 3:40 PM
National Internet Day throwback to the dawn of the Internet, Oct. 29, 1969: #UCSB was one of the first four nodes of the original ARPANET, along with UCLA, Stanford, and University of Utah.
Learn more about world-changing UC innovations: https://ow.ly/QcCa50XjPxX
Learn more about world-changing UC innovations: https://ow.ly/QcCa50XjPxX
#UCSB faculty and alumni are behind three of TIME's Best Inventions of 2025.
From the first topological quantum chip, to compostable retail bags, to an app showing how brains change during pregnancy, #UCSB made its mark 💡
Full story: https://ow.ly/GuT750XhHXj #UniversityOfCalifornia
From the first topological quantum chip, to compostable retail bags, to an app showing how brains change during pregnancy, #UCSB made its mark 💡
Full story: https://ow.ly/GuT750XhHXj #UniversityOfCalifornia
October 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
#UCSB faculty and alumni are behind three of TIME's Best Inventions of 2025.
From the first topological quantum chip, to compostable retail bags, to an app showing how brains change during pregnancy, #UCSB made its mark 💡
Full story: https://ow.ly/GuT750XhHXj #UniversityOfCalifornia
From the first topological quantum chip, to compostable retail bags, to an app showing how brains change during pregnancy, #UCSB made its mark 💡
Full story: https://ow.ly/GuT750XhHXj #UniversityOfCalifornia
#UCSB research has a direct impact on your life through advancements in health, disaster management strategies & much more 🧬
From the local level to the global stage, research conducted on our campus is helping improve the present & secure the future 👉 https://ow.ly/HRZB50XgZUI
From the local level to the global stage, research conducted on our campus is helping improve the present & secure the future 👉 https://ow.ly/HRZB50XgZUI
October 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
#UCSB research has a direct impact on your life through advancements in health, disaster management strategies & much more 🧬
From the local level to the global stage, research conducted on our campus is helping improve the present & secure the future 👉 https://ow.ly/HRZB50XgZUI
From the local level to the global stage, research conducted on our campus is helping improve the present & secure the future 👉 https://ow.ly/HRZB50XgZUI
We're number 1 🏆 #UCSB’s mix of ocean views, teamwork and innovation has again made it Santa Barbara County’s *Best Place to Work* in the Santa Barbara Independent's annual readers poll.
It’s the ninth straight year the campus has claimed the honor 🎉 https://ow.ly/otko50Xeq3f
It’s the ninth straight year the campus has claimed the honor 🎉 https://ow.ly/otko50Xeq3f
October 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
We're number 1 🏆 #UCSB’s mix of ocean views, teamwork and innovation has again made it Santa Barbara County’s *Best Place to Work* in the Santa Barbara Independent's annual readers poll.
It’s the ninth straight year the campus has claimed the honor 🎉 https://ow.ly/otko50Xeq3f
It’s the ninth straight year the campus has claimed the honor 🎉 https://ow.ly/otko50Xeq3f
Everyone has seen those "Keep Tahoe Blue" stickers 💙 Five #UCSB alumni are working within the organization behind the slogan, the League to Save Lake Tahoe. Through science, education and advocacy, these Gauchos are helping protect the basin for generations to come 🏔️
🔗 https://ow.ly/ICRi50XbVL4
🔗 https://ow.ly/ICRi50XbVL4
October 15, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Everyone has seen those "Keep Tahoe Blue" stickers 💙 Five #UCSB alumni are working within the organization behind the slogan, the League to Save Lake Tahoe. Through science, education and advocacy, these Gauchos are helping protect the basin for generations to come 🏔️
🔗 https://ow.ly/ICRi50XbVL4
🔗 https://ow.ly/ICRi50XbVL4
What happens when an acclaimed journalist returns to the Deep South to ask how race, faith and power shape life in America today?
Alexis Okeowo kicks off #UCSB Arts & Lectures’s Justice For All programming discussing her portrait of Alabama at a crossroads 📚
Full story: https://ow.ly/xEt150Xb8VM
Alexis Okeowo kicks off #UCSB Arts & Lectures’s Justice For All programming discussing her portrait of Alabama at a crossroads 📚
Full story: https://ow.ly/xEt150Xb8VM
October 14, 2025 at 3:24 PM
What happens when an acclaimed journalist returns to the Deep South to ask how race, faith and power shape life in America today?
Alexis Okeowo kicks off #UCSB Arts & Lectures’s Justice For All programming discussing her portrait of Alabama at a crossroads 📚
Full story: https://ow.ly/xEt150Xb8VM
Alexis Okeowo kicks off #UCSB Arts & Lectures’s Justice For All programming discussing her portrait of Alabama at a crossroads 📚
Full story: https://ow.ly/xEt150Xb8VM
Happening now: Join us in celebrating UC Santa Barbara physicists John Martinis and Michel Devoret winning the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics: https://ow.ly/3nsF50X8eET #UCSB #YoutubeLive
October 7, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Happening now: Join us in celebrating UC Santa Barbara physicists John Martinis and Michel Devoret winning the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics: https://ow.ly/3nsF50X8eET #UCSB #YoutubeLive
The research could lead to a new way of monitoring ocean and coastal conditions
September 4, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The research could lead to a new way of monitoring ocean and coastal conditions
Biochemist Yang Yang has been named a 2025 Freeman Hrabowski Scholar by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute—a first for a UCSB faculty member.
The Yang Lab combines chemistry, biology and A.I. to focus on designing, discovering and evolving previously unknown enzyme functions: ow.ly/fm7O50WwPlZ
The Yang Lab combines chemistry, biology and A.I. to focus on designing, discovering and evolving previously unknown enzyme functions: ow.ly/fm7O50WwPlZ
July 29, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Biochemist Yang Yang has been named a 2025 Freeman Hrabowski Scholar by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute—a first for a UCSB faculty member.
The Yang Lab combines chemistry, biology and A.I. to focus on designing, discovering and evolving previously unknown enzyme functions: ow.ly/fm7O50WwPlZ
The Yang Lab combines chemistry, biology and A.I. to focus on designing, discovering and evolving previously unknown enzyme functions: ow.ly/fm7O50WwPlZ
The American black bear served as the team’s model animal because the bear’s size and territorial extent make it a good candidate for assessing the connectivity of a large landscape 🐻🌿
July 24, 2025 at 10:06 PM
The American black bear served as the team’s model animal because the bear’s size and territorial extent make it a good candidate for assessing the connectivity of a large landscape 🐻🌿
“You seem happier.”
Thanks, I’ve been going on sunset walks instead of doomscrolling.
Thanks, I’ve been going on sunset walks instead of doomscrolling.
July 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
“You seem happier.”
Thanks, I’ve been going on sunset walks instead of doomscrolling.
Thanks, I’ve been going on sunset walks instead of doomscrolling.
What's the middle ground between brain rot & total abstinence from screens? The new issue of UC Santa Barbara Magazine explores this🌳📲
It also offers an intro to women’s basketball coach Renee Jimenez; reflections on outgoing Chancellor Yang; and an alumni package on Tahoe ow.ly/RCBW50WhbcA
It also offers an intro to women’s basketball coach Renee Jimenez; reflections on outgoing Chancellor Yang; and an alumni package on Tahoe ow.ly/RCBW50WhbcA
June 30, 2025 at 10:21 PM
What's the middle ground between brain rot & total abstinence from screens? The new issue of UC Santa Barbara Magazine explores this🌳📲
It also offers an intro to women’s basketball coach Renee Jimenez; reflections on outgoing Chancellor Yang; and an alumni package on Tahoe ow.ly/RCBW50WhbcA
It also offers an intro to women’s basketball coach Renee Jimenez; reflections on outgoing Chancellor Yang; and an alumni package on Tahoe ow.ly/RCBW50WhbcA
A team led by #UCSB researchers has completed the first population estimate of giant sea bass in SoCal. 🌊🐟 It’s a hopeful sign this #WorldEnvironmentDay, as conservation efforts show progress for a species recovering from overfishing. news.ucsb.edu/2025/021842/...
June 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
A team led by #UCSB researchers has completed the first population estimate of giant sea bass in SoCal. 🌊🐟 It’s a hopeful sign this #WorldEnvironmentDay, as conservation efforts show progress for a species recovering from overfishing. news.ucsb.edu/2025/021842/...
“To understand insects, we have to break this bias that they are not individuals.”
news.ucsb.edu/2025/021882/...
news.ucsb.edu/2025/021882/...
May 20, 2025 at 10:23 PM
“To understand insects, we have to break this bias that they are not individuals.”
news.ucsb.edu/2025/021882/...
news.ucsb.edu/2025/021882/...
Exploring nature and building resumes: UCSB's FUERTE program gives future ecologists and environmental leaders the chance to experience life as a field scientist. 🌳🔭
“The science is important, but really, we want the students to fall in love with these ecosystems.” ow.ly/ubM750VPqB7
“The science is important, but really, we want the students to fall in love with these ecosystems.” ow.ly/ubM750VPqB7
May 8, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Exploring nature and building resumes: UCSB's FUERTE program gives future ecologists and environmental leaders the chance to experience life as a field scientist. 🌳🔭
“The science is important, but really, we want the students to fall in love with these ecosystems.” ow.ly/ubM750VPqB7
“The science is important, but really, we want the students to fall in love with these ecosystems.” ow.ly/ubM750VPqB7
It's #WorldBookDay & #UCSB faculty are writing books that help shape the world 📚 Some recent professor-penned book releases:
"The Social Biome" by Andy Merolla
"Our Beautiful Boys" by Sameer Pandya
"Witch Studies" by Jane Ward
"The Fourth Invasion" by Giovanni Batz
More: ow.ly/fUAt50VFRvk
"The Social Biome" by Andy Merolla
"Our Beautiful Boys" by Sameer Pandya
"Witch Studies" by Jane Ward
"The Fourth Invasion" by Giovanni Batz
More: ow.ly/fUAt50VFRvk
April 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
It's #WorldBookDay & #UCSB faculty are writing books that help shape the world 📚 Some recent professor-penned book releases:
"The Social Biome" by Andy Merolla
"Our Beautiful Boys" by Sameer Pandya
"Witch Studies" by Jane Ward
"The Fourth Invasion" by Giovanni Batz
More: ow.ly/fUAt50VFRvk
"The Social Biome" by Andy Merolla
"Our Beautiful Boys" by Sameer Pandya
"Witch Studies" by Jane Ward
"The Fourth Invasion" by Giovanni Batz
More: ow.ly/fUAt50VFRvk
“As our society grapples with increasing polarization, understanding the responses of communities of color is essential." ow.ly/sJEy50VBIxk #CarnegieFellow
April 16, 2025 at 5:57 PM
“As our society grapples with increasing polarization, understanding the responses of communities of color is essential." ow.ly/sJEy50VBIxk #CarnegieFellow
Taking a little mental health walk around campus this #WorldHealthDay at #UCSB.
April 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Taking a little mental health walk around campus this #WorldHealthDay at #UCSB.
“The gym is a place to learn more about yourself,” said Awni Broughton, co-president of #UCSB’s Girl Gains chapter. “Just because you don't look a certain way or lift a certain amount, it doesn't diminish your ability to be a weightlifter. You’re a weightlifter if you pick up a weight.” 🏋️♀️
March 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
“The gym is a place to learn more about yourself,” said Awni Broughton, co-president of #UCSB’s Girl Gains chapter. “Just because you don't look a certain way or lift a certain amount, it doesn't diminish your ability to be a weightlifter. You’re a weightlifter if you pick up a weight.” 🏋️♀️