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ICE Raids Have Forced Children Into Field Work, UCSB Researchers Find

Matt Kinsella-Walsh and Danny Sanchez Bravo are both graduate strategic researchers at the UC Santa Barbara Community Labor Center. In a July 15 editorial that ran in the Santa Barbara Independent, they write that ICE raids targeting undocumented workers in Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties have disastrously impacted farmworker wages and even sent teenaged workers into the the fields to help support their families. 

Communications Professor Dan Lane named UC fellow for research on AI and civic engagement

Artificial intelligence is becoming a fixture of college life, influencing how students learn, seek advice and navigate the world. As a 2026–27 fellow of the University of California National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement (UC-NCFSCE), Dan Lane, an associate professor in the UC Santa Barbara Department of Communication, is examining what role these technologies play in civic learning and democratic participation.

UCSB's ÉXITO Program Crowns New Cohort of Future Educators

Pathways to Change Celebrates Inaugural Cohort

UCSB's 'Abundance & Polycrisis' Symposium Unites Indigenous Scholarship Across Borders

UCSB Division of Social Sciences Bids Farewell to 2nd PROPEL Cohort

Last week, UC Santa Barbara bid farewell to the 2nd cohort of promising young scholars to graduate from its PROPEL, or PRomoting OPportunity and Equity in Learning, program. The June 5 event included family members of 14 seniors who completed the program by maintaining a 2.75 GPA/quarter while meeting with staff regularly to ensure their success. 

UCSB Professor Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky Traces the Global Impact of Refugee Migration

KEYT highlights UC Santa Barbara's Central Coast Community Summit