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Man in a blue shirt and tan pants tossing a blue bean bag, with a green tree and large building in the background
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Jeff Liang
The campus Bean Bag Toss Tournament brings out the crowds during the annual United for Education campaign.

UCSB’s United for Education campaign leverages small acts for big community impact

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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
One person ascending outdoor stairs of a modern building with a sunburst overhead
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Matt Perko
The Interactive Learning Pavilion, opened in 2023, is UCSB’s first all electric facility.

Reaching net zero for emissions will bring major cost savings to campus
Lego mini figures in red construction hats building a structure using Lego bricks
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iStock / meskolo

Lego bricks teach replication skills in a fun way
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EAOP promotes a college-going culture with annual conference
Portrait of a male chef, with dark hair and a greying goatee, in an industrial kitchen
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Jeff Liang
Chef Hayden Dozier in the kitchen at The Club & Guest House on campus

Recipe for a life in food
An exterior shot of the former Staples building on State Street in downtown Santa Barbara
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Matt Perko
An exterior shot of the former Staples building on State Street in downtown Santa Barbara

UC Santa Barbara heads to State Street
Hundreds of pairs of blue, purple and white plastic gloves
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Sarah Kidwell
The program so far has diverted more than 4,000 pounds of single-use plastic from the waste stream

Getting an upper hand on glove waste
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For its upcoming 19th season, UCSB Reads leans into ‘delights’
adults outside
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Jeff Liang

Learn and grow: Dilling Yang Staff Scholarship Program marks 20-year milestone
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Early Academic Outreach Program is ‘Planting Dreams’ at UC Santa Barbara
Black man with glasses
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Matt Perko

UCSB’s cybersecurity chief on protecting digital spaces and the role of AI
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UC Santa Barbara again named ‘Best Place to Work’
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