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A man and a woman behind a standing microphone, circa 1930
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Diane Corwin Okarski
"Poet Laureate of Radio" Norman Corwin, left, and actor Peggy Burt, right, performing on the “Magic Key of RCA” in the late 1930s.

Bringing radio history to life

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Burned facade of Lahaina Store
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Staff Sgt. Matthew A. Foster/ Wikimedia commons

Unite to Light sends solar lamps and chargers to Lahaina
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Prescribed burn at North Campus Open Space will revive an ancient tradition
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Take a peek — and make a pick — for UCSB Reads 2024
A grid of photos of graduating college seniors overlaid with title, Four Years Later
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Jessie Ward
On the eve of their graduation, departing seniors look back on their time, and growth, as Gauchos

Graduating seniors look back on their college experience by revisiting themselves as freshmen
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Dean’s award and other prizes recognize scholastic achievement in the sciences, social sciences, humanities, fine arts
A tall grey tower against a bright blue sky
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Mike Eliason

University names winners of Thomas More Storke Award and other major prizes for 2023 graduates
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Four undergraduates and one professor receive Chancellor’s research awards; UCSB Library awards six students for exemplary research
A graduate with long hair, wearing cap and gown, seen from back facing crowd of graduates
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Matt Perko

’Tis the season: Here comes Commencement
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An all-time, top Peace Corps volunteer-producing university
Social Sciences and Media Studies Building
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Courtesy Photo

Building on their vision — and their legacy — alumni Louise and Stephen Pahl gift the campus $10.5 million for social sciences research in the interest of change
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Tresa Pollock is the first woman to win the prestigious Acta Materialia Gold Medal for metallurgists
Side-by-side headshots of Tanya Atwater, Leda Cosmides and Nelson Lichtenstein
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Left to right: Tanya Atwater, Leda Cosmides and Nelson Lichtenstein

Joining one of the world’s premier honorary societies, three professors are named to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
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