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April 18, 2024

Please join us for the 62nd Annual Carl Snyder Memorial Lecture

October 16, 2023

University of California, Santa Barbara Professor, Shelly Lundberg was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 

August 29, 2023

Environmental Economist Will Join the White House Council of Economic Advisers

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