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LA Times Premieres Documentary of David Valetine's Research on DDT Dumping off the LA Coast

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NSF Grants $22M for 'extreme' microbe lab collaboration

Pollution cleanup is one of many applications.

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UCSB to lead $22M NSF-funded center on exceptional microbes

The National Science Foundation announced the award of a six-year, $22M grant to UC Santa Barbara under its biofoundries program for the establishment of the BioFoundry for Extreme and Exceptional Fungi, Archaea and Bacteria (ExFAB).

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NSF invests in BioFoundries to drive advances across science and engineering

NSF announces an award to UC Santa Barbara, UC Riverside and Cal Poly Pomona to establish the NSF Ex-FAB BioFoundry, to focus on extreme and exceptional microbes.

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Environmental Impact

The Green Initiative Fund supports array of campus sustainability projects

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Sharing knowledge across communities to improve lives around the world

UC Santa Barbara has been named a Fulbright HSI Leader by the U.S. Department of State

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A doctoral emphasis in teaching excellence

Elisabeth Steel completed a special emphasis during her doctoral studies that gave her a super power on the job market

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Graduate Student Research Experience

Much of the work being done at Gump Research Station is led by UC Santa Barbara scientists

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