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A few young people ride bikes through a mostly quiet intersection
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Jeff Liang

Community programming and collaboration central to spring quarter kickoff weekend

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Matt Perko
Eileen Boris, March 2026

Eileen Boris reflects on a career shaping feminist studies at UCSB
Shelly Gable, David Morrison, Javier Read de Alaniz, Kelly Caylor
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Matt Perko and Jeff Liang
Shelly Gable, David Morrison, Javier Read de Alaniz, and Kelly Caylor

UCSB professors honored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science
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Jeff Liang

California prepares to accelerate quantum research and industry
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Earl Wilson
Caitlin Dickerson is a presenter in the Arts & Lectures Justice for All series

Pulitzer-winning journalist Caitlin Dickerson to give A&L Justice for All talk on deportation policies
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Professor James Buckwalter honored for work on integrated circuits
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Matt Perko
A researcher works in a campus lab devoted to AI.

UCSB computer science department to offer undergraduate major in AI
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Film and Media Studies faculty sweep major national society awards
Two students look at the UCSB Reads book exhibition
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The university’s award-winning common book program is the focus of "Creating Community Through Books: 20 Years of UCSB Reads," on display until Dec. 11.

New library exhibition celebrates 20th anniversary of UCSB Reads
The interactive learning pavilion, seen from below
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Matt Perko

UCSB unveils new tools and reporting platform, transforming financial management
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Matt Perko
Chemistry Nobel Laureate and birthday celebrant Alan Heeger, center, flanked by his wife Ruth, right, and symposium organizer, CPOS Director Thuc-Quyen Nguyen

UCSB Chemistry Nobel Laureate Alan Heeger celebrates his 90th birthday with a symposium in his honor
color portrait photograph of Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English Alan Liu
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Matt Perko
Distinguished Professor Emeritus Alan Liu, January 2026

Faculty Research Lecturer Alan Liu ponders ‘good’ knowledge in the age of AI
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Michael V. Drake, M.D.

UC President Emeritus Michael Drake, M.D. to speak on campus in a free event
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