What's Current in

Staff

Two students look at the UCSB Reads book exhibition
Photo Credit
Courtesy UCSB Library
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

Read Article

Graduates smile

Capping off a stellar year
Three people in graduation gowns walk past a colorful background of geometric shapes
Photo Credit
Matt Perko

University names winners of top student awards for Class of 2025
Stairs leading up a modernistic building with a sunburst overhead
Photo Credit
Matt Perko

UCSB launches new faculty mentoring program to help new hires adjust and thrive
Three adults in graduation regalia throwing caps toward a blue sky
Photo Credit
Matt Perko

UC Santa Barbara commencement events to celebrate 7,460 graduates for 2024–2025
In Focus placeholder

National Book Award winner Jason De León uncovers stories at the U.S.-Mexico border
Closeup of 'The Book of Delights' with a library and people in the background
Photo Credit
Courtesy UC Santa Barbara Library

Author Ross Gay caps off UCSB Reads 2025 with appearance on campus
James B. Milliken
Photo Credit
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
Photo Credit
Photo illustration by Matt Perko
Irene Beyerlein

Professor Irene Beyerlein elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
In Focus placeholder

Design justice scholar Sasha Costanza-Chock to speak at Center for Black Studies Research
In Focus placeholder

UC Success Nights celebrate UC-admitted seniors from area high schools
AI making connections

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

Continuing to enhance the physics community
Subscribe to Staff