Features | Spring/Summer 2024

Features | Spring/Summer 2024

A good old fashioned great read. We hope that’s what we’ve made for you here.
In this issue, you’ll learn about some life-changing technological innovations, discover a unique performance artist who channels her anxiety through an alter ego, and get the 4-1-1 from current students about the best tacos to try next time you’re near UC Santa Barbara. You’ll meet more fascinating alumni making their marks in myriad ways. Our cover feature explores the burgeoning “blue food movement” and the vast potential of seafood to sustainably feed a growing global population. The only politically tinged story you’ll find inside is one of hope — imagine that.


Captivating people. Fresh perspectives. Striking photographs. Come on in, and enjoy!

Wild Blue Harvest

As the global population soars, sustaining the ocean’s ‘blue food’ bounty is more crucial than ever

Shana Moulton's art installation at NY MOMA

Profile of an Alter Ego

Artist Shana Moulton’s other self, ‘Cynthia,’ seeks enlightenment through song, shopping and exercise

fiesta dancers at night

Fiesta! Viva el Centenario

Fiesta, the iconic Santa Barbara and beloved celebration also known as Old Spanish Days, turns 100

plats of tacos on blue background

Taco the Town

Your student-led guide to the best taquerias near campus. Yum!

hand holding glasses with camera

Engineering in Real Life

With skill, creativity and collaboration, UCSB researchers past and present are developing inventions that can help millions of people living with medical and physiological conditions


Spring / Summer 2024

Features


Shana Moulton's art installation at NY MOMA

Profile of an Alter Ego

hand holding glasses with camera

Engineering in Real Life

Seafood paella with ingredients on blue background

Wild Blue Harvest