Features | Spring/Summer 2022
In this issue, UC Santa Barbara Magazine embarks on a quest to cultivate optimism and action to bridge our social divisions and to heal our distress over harrowing predictions for our planet and a protracted pandemic. Our cover package, “Always Toward the Sun,” delves into this goal — and how to achieve it — over four topical, in-depth stories that, taken altogether, make a strong case for hope. Additional features highlight four alumni in professional sports, recent research from our faculty, local efforts on behalf of bees, the resurgence of book banning, and the push for more ethical technology.
