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UC Santa Barbara

UCSB again makes a strong showing, across several categories, in annual college rankings

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Seven adults, four sitting at a table and two standing behind, all wearing navy t-shirts reading 'UC Santa Barbara wellbeing' smile as one signs a document
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Jeff Liang
Chancellor Dennis Assanis, center, and Eleni Assanis, center left, are joined by multiple UC Santa Barbara staff members to sign the Okanagan Charter

Underscoring its commitment to wellbeing on campus, UCSB adopts Okanagan Charter
A crowd seen from behind watches as four adults in dark suits cluster near a sign reading The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering
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Lilli Walker
Left to right: Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost David Marshall, Chancellor Emeritus Henry T. Yang, Dean of Engineering Umesh Mishra, Chancellor Dennis Assanis and Robert Mehrabian during a special event honoring Mehrabian.

UCSB celebrates The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering in special ceremony
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Jonathan Worth
Cory Doctorow

Cory Doctorow’s ‘Enshittification’ named UCSB Reads 2027 book
Campus point headland with people on top, a surfer below and islands in the distance.
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UC Santa Barbara

An ‘Iconic Headland’
A red and gold graphic stating "Best of Winner" over an aerial photo of the ocean and beach below the UC Santa Barbara campus

For the 10th year, UCSB is named Santa Barbara’s ‘Best Place to Work’
Jigna Desai and Sameer Pandya
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Jeff Liang
Jigna Desai, left, and Sameer Pandya, right, will co-lead a new South Asian American studies center

UCSB secures gift to launch a South Asian American studies center
An arial view of Campus Point looking toward the university and the mountains behind it.
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Matt Perko
UCSB’s privileged position on the coast places it in the vanguard of climate adaptation.

UCSB seeks community input as the university plans for sea-level rise
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Jay Blakeserg
Beloved alumni jam band ALO features Zach Gill ’97, Dan Lebowitz ’98, Steve Adams ’99 and Ezra Lipp

UCSB’s GauchoFest invites community to campus for a day of celebration
A UCSB student stands at a whiteboard and works on an equation while consulting her computer
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Matt Perko

UC Santa Barbara taking a ‘base camp’ approach to artificial intelligence
Waves roll up the shoreline at sunrise, horizon is orange in the distance
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Matt Perko

UC Santa Barbara introduces minor in environmental humanities
Blue sky and bright sun light the partial view of a modern building on a coastline
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Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects
An artist's rendering of the La Kretz Environmental Crossroads shows the view from the main entry and an elevated porch with the ocean in the distance

Alumni gift, vision powers plans for a multifaceted climate solutions hub at UCSB
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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