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color photograph of Kaylee Laub on stage during Grad Slam competiton
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Jeff Liang
Grad Slam champion Kaylee Laub, April 9, 2026

Innovative environmental education earns top honors at 2026 Grad Slam

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Capping off their doctoral work at UCSB, historian Sergey Salushchev and microbiologist Thomas Lankiewicz win the university's dissertation award
Chloe Zhang

Chloe Zhang graduates with a doctorate in school psychology and a passion for helping children from marginalized communities
students at College of Creative Studies graduation
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Sonia Fernandez

UC Santa Barbara kicks off Commencement with College of Creative Studies ceremony
Anabel Rocha Ambrosio
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Debra Herrick
Anabel Rocha Ambrosio

First-generation graduate Anabel Rocha Ambrosio builds a better life with education as the foundation
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Four undergraduates and one professor receive Chancellor’s research awards; UCSB Library awards six students for exemplary research
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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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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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Engaging families early to demystify the college preparation process
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Tresa Pollock is the first woman to win the prestigious Acta Materialia Gold Medal for metallurgists
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Grad Slam winner battles for systemwide title
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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