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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

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Closeup of 'The Book of Delights' with a library and people in the background
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Courtesy UC Santa Barbara Library

Author Ross Gay caps off UCSB Reads 2025 with appearance on campus
James B. Milliken
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Charlie Palafox, University of Texas
James B. Milliken

James B. Milliken named 22nd president of the University of California
Irene Beyerlein in front of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences seal
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Photo illustration by Matt Perko
Irene Beyerlein

Professor Irene Beyerlein elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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Design justice scholar Sasha Costanza-Chock to speak at Center for Black Studies Research
a scuba diver floating near a colony of soft corals in Fiji
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Melody Jue
A scuba diver pictured with a colony of soft corals in Fiji, 2020

‘Coralations’ Q&A with author Melody Jue
AI making connections

UCSB to host second annual AI Spring Symposium
Six adults sitting across from one another near a chalkboard filled with equations
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Jeff Liang
A group of KITP postdoctoral scholars interact at Kohn Hall on the UC Santa Barbara campus

Continuing to enhance the physics community
Aerial view six white buildings surrounded by trees
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© SOM | Mithun
A high-resolution rendered site plan for the San Benito student residential community

University progresses on development plans to expand student housing
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Giovanni Batz wins book prize for 'The Fourth Invasion'
An empty street lined with palm trees, before sunset
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Jeff Liang

University and community agencies partner on safety measures for Deltopia
Viviana Valle Gomez and Betsy Kaminski
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Matt Perko
Viviana Valle Gomez, left, and Betsy Kaminski, right, lead the UCSB Women's Center

Visibility, inclusivity and community: UCSB Women’s Center celebrates 50 years
Leda Cosmides, Adina Roskies, Rachel Segalman
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Left to right: Leda Cosmides, Adina Roskies, Rachel Segalman

‘The embodiment of scientific excellence and service’
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