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group shot of UCSB's Surfrider Battalion team
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Kailyn Heck
Surfrider Battalion team at Fort Hunter Liggett, pictured clockwise from top left: Madison Mohun, Yevgeny Beams, Darius James Khatami, Caz Arroyo, Zachary Trebotich, Jonathan Saenz, Fionn Bailey, Winston Bergseid, Jake Bermillo, Nicolas Gandolfo, Katelyn Hamel and Mia Lee

UCSB ROTC cadet team wins invite to prestigious West Point competition

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color photograph of a row of laboratory vials
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Matt Perko

Donor-driven summer funding advances graduate student research
color photograph of two students with newly arrived recycling bins on campus
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Jake Hereen
Kaili Mikami (left) and Lauren Buyalos with an early shipment of reuse and recycling bins for their FLOW project

Environmental leadership program launches lab plastics reuse and recycling
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UCSB to host UC application workshop for local high school students
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Professor Chris Van de Walle receives prestigious Welker Award
Headshot of Dennis Assanis overlaid on aerial view of campus
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Dr. Dennis Assanis

Dr. Dennis Assanis appointed as UC Santa Barbara’s next chancellor
Three UCSB student athletes hold a recycling can
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Jeff Liang
Former UCSB water polo players (from left) Cami Mras and Aidan Flynn with swimmer and environmental studies senior Ellie Schomberg

Student-led sports-waste recycling initiative takes off at UCSB
White signs on a blue and gold wall
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UCSB’s Technology Incubator celebrates 10 years on campus
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UCSB celebrates inaugural graduation of PROPEL scholars
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Candice Lyons
Solaire Denaud, 2025 Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellow

PhD candidate Solaire Denaud receives prestigious humanities and social science fellowship
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Capping off a stellar year
seven newly commissioned UCSB ROTC student stand in a row
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Nicolas Gandolfo
UCSB's 2025 ROTC commissioned second lieutenants (from left): Ashton Yin, Kellen Tressler, Francisco Romero, Min Kim, Jordan Juceam, Alec Garcia and Lizhi "Leon" Cen

Gold bars on the beach for graduating Surfrider Battalion ROTC cadets
Rocio Curiel sits among nature
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Jeff Liang

Field of dreams: Rocio Curiel’s remarkable path to graduation
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