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color photographic portrait of teaching professor Tim Dewar
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Matt Perko
California Writing Project director and UC Santa Barbara teaching professor Tim Dewar, September 2026

In Video 

Researcher Corina Logan studies grackles to uncover the secrets of their success in changing and human-made environments

News Bites

UC Santa Barbara top-ranked for value, career placement by Princeton Review

Based on academics, costs, financial aid, debt, graduation rates, and alumni career and salary data, the campus is the No. 15 Best Value College and No. 20 for Best Career Placement among public schools.

Physics professor Tengiz Bibilashvili publishes calculus textbook

The book, “Learning Newton’s Calculus" (World Scientific, 2026), grew out of Bibilashvili’s PHYS 8 course, which prepares incoming majors who need a stronger foundation in calculus. Unable to find a textbook introduced the subject the way it is actually used in physics, he developed his own materials with help from four UCSB Physics students. After several years of refining the text, PHYS 8 students are using the published book for the first time this fall.

UC Santa Barbara is a top university in U.S. News & World Report 2027 Best Colleges rankings

The campus earned 11 high-ranking spots across multiple categories in the publication's latest annual assessment, including No. 14 among all U.S. public institutions.

UC Santa Barbara is the country's No. 12 public university in new Forbes ranking

The publication ranked its Top 25 Public Colleges for 2027 based on factors including graduation rates, student debt, alumni salaries and achievements.⁣

Bridge to a Bright Future

Undergraduates walk FUERTE’s wild path toward environmental careers

 

Building future careers in STEM, students in the FUERTE program travel to the Eastern Sierra to explore nature, gain field experience and learn from top scientists.

 

Read more about FUERTE in this special multimedia feature.

 

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FUERTE students hike around Convict Lake in the Eastern Sierras

What's Current in

UC Santa Barbara Magazine

Summer 2026

School’s out for summer and we’re serving up a new issue for your enjoyment. Tuck it into your beach bag or your carry-on, or cozy up with it on your couch over coffee. We’ve leaned hard into the humanities this time around, most notably with our cover feature about Gauchos from our film and media studies department — alums and faculty alike — who are lighting up Hollywood, and how UCSB helped ready them for their closeups. A handful of companion pieces spotlight a few individual success stories that also reflect the theme. We’ve also got features on standout alumni artist Tiffany Chung, and on UCSB Library’s collaboration with the Dust-to-Digital Foundation to make a vast collection of historic American music available for free.

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Summer 2026 issue cover featuring a film camera and reels

In Depth

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moorea island research station

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research in Paradise

A highly interactive multimedia experience

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Natural Reserve System landscape of SNARL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stewards of Nature

A multimedia series to highlight UCSB's Natural Reserve System

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A controlled burn at Sedgwick Reserve

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Taming Fire

Controlled burns can be a boon to our landscape