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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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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
a women with a digital camera records the landscape from an overlook
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Ryan Grant
Coastal Media Project student Catherine Scanlon gathering footage for her team's documentary short film

Student-made environmental documentaries to screen at SBIFF
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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’
color photograph of three UCSB students, each a newly announced Racial Justice Fellow
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Matt Perko
2024–25 Racial Justice Fellows, from left: India Sanders, Diego Lazcano Avila and Marlene Lopez Torres

Fellows in the fight for racial justice
graphic with students and fulbright logo

A leader in promoting global engagement, reflecting diversity and embracing different perspectives
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Early Academic Outreach Program is ‘Planting Dreams’ at UC Santa Barbara
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