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A woman in a bright blue shirt smiling as she walks through rows of people waving blue and gold pom-poms
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Matt Perko
The second annual Gaucho Welcome rally for first-year and transfer students brought the energy to kick off fall quarter.

Fall quarter kicks off with a week’s worth of events and festivities

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color photograph of artist Jackie Amezquita working on a mural
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Gina Clyne, courtesy of the artist, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, and Los Angeles Nomadic Division
The AD&A Museum show by Guatemalan-born artist Jackie Amézquita (center) will include "Gemidos de la Tierra (Wailings of the Land/Soil)," a public activation of her work on Día de los Muertos (Nov. 1)

Fall arts abound across campus and community
Portrait of Wendy Berry Mendes
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Courtesy
Wendy Berry Mendes

Social psychologist, alum Wendy Berry Mendes to deliver inaugural Major-Blascovich Lecture
a photo of servers in a stack
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Matt Perko

UC Santa Barbara Named 2026 AWS Champion
color photo of a UCSB grad student and a local junior high teacher in the classroom
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Maria Zate / UCSB Gevirtz Graduate School of Education
Teacher Education Program graduate Isabella Garcia-Bernasconi (left) with La Colina Junior High School teacher Cameron Hatcher-Day

Back to school: UCSB teacher candidates assist local K-12s
black and white aerial photograph from 1929 of the coast between Cole Oil Point and Campus Point
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Fairchild Aerial Surveys / UCSB Library Special Research Collections
A 1929 aerial photograph of what is now called Coal Oil Point (lower left), Isla Vista and UC Santa Barbara's Campus Lagoon

UCSB team saves historic aerial photos critical to coastal research
color graphic image of the UCSB Reads logo

Library opens voting for UCSB Reads 2027
Portrait of Kerry Bierman
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Kerry Bierman

UCSB names new vice chancellor of finance and chief financial officer
A man in a police uniform stands at a lectern, with pink and red flowers in the background
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Jeff Liang
UCPD Chief Matt Bly at his swearing-in ceremony, July 9, 2026.

New UCPD chief appointed, sworn in at UC Santa Barbara
Deborah Williams smiles with an Alaskan landscape behind her
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Background image by Benton Sherman, portrait by Jeff Liang
Deborah Williams dedicated decades of her career to improving her adopted home.

Deborah Williams joins the Alaska Women’s Hall of Fame for decades of trailblazing public service
People enter and exit a modern white, glass and grey building fronted by palm trees
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Jeff Liang
UC Santa Barbara Library

UCSB Library wins prestigious national award for UCSB Reads
A women in a green jacket sits at a table, hands folded, in front of a red background
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Matt Perko
Thuc-Quyen Nguyen

New Faculty Research Lecturer Thuc-Quyen Nguyen reflects on science, mentorship and resilience
a digital illustration of a shield floating through a field brightly colored nodes representing different networks

UC Santa Barbara Information Technology wins Zero Trust Award
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