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A headshot of Dennis Assanis is overlaid on a landscape photo of a college campus on a navy blue background
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Matt Perko
UC Santa Barbara Chancellor Dennis Assanis

UC Santa Barbara set to celebrate inauguration of Chancellor Dennis Assanis

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A smiling graduate holds up a sash

A week’s worth of commencement activities will celebrate 6,875 graduates for 2023–2024
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Matt Perko

Commencement returns to the Green
School children seen from behind observing a historical statue
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Students from Adams Elementary School at the Santa Barbara Presidio learn about the statue of King Carlos III.

Exploring the meaning and significance of monuments
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Mario T. García: A lifetime of achievement in Chicano/a history
photograph of Brenda Major
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Matt Perko
Brenda Major, May 2024

Brenda Major elected to National Academy of Sciences
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Very Important Trees Tour imparts knowledge, inspires appreciation of campus plants
Photograph of author Patricia Fancher with her new book, Queer Techné

New book explores gay, queer and feminist community at the heart of early advances in computer science
A diverse mix of college students in motion outside a university building
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Elena Zhukova

The university’s accreditation is reaffirmed as it advances strategic goals for the future
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New grant supports creation of UC network of open source program offices
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Honoring future UC students
Portrait of Jennifer Ja Birchim
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Matt Perko
“My favorite spot on campus is Campus Point. My kids learned how to surf there, and that is where I surf as well as my husband. It is an important place for me because my kids have spent so much of their life down there.” —Jennifer Ja Birchim

From rental listings to dispute resolution, housing officer Jennifer Ja Birchim focuses on student support
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A new champion is crowned — and moves on to compete systemwide
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