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Closeup of 'The Book of Delights' with a library and people in the background
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Courtesy UC Santa Barbara Library

Author Ross Gay caps off UCSB Reads 2025 with appearance on campus

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Photo portrait of Gustavo Arellano
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Courtesy of Los Angeles Times
Gustavo Arellano, winner of the 19th annual Luis Leal Award for Distinction in Chicano/Latino Literature

Los Angeles Times columnist Gustavo Arellano to receive Luis Leal Award
lab equipment
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McLean Echlin
The prototype of UCSB's TriBeam microscope, developed by the Tresa Pollock Lab before it was commercialized by Thermo Fisher Scientific

Scientific research soars with NSF’s Major Research Instrumentation program
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Showing high school students how education, leadership and careers intertwine
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UCSB Writing Program names inaugural M. Garren Tinney fellows
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Visiting law scholar to discuss race at the Supreme Court
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National Academy of Inventors recognizes Professor Thuc-Quyen Nguyen
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Library launches free makerspace with grand opening workshops and ‘UCSB Reads’ book giveaway
Branches bearing orange flowers extend across a white background
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Elena Zhukova

New trustees bring ‘unique vision, leadership and passion’ to the university’s foundation board
A diverse collection of college-aged people sitting in the sun on a building deck, reading
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Matt Perko

Unveiling our most visited stories of 2023
A diverse group of adults seated in a classroom listening to a lecture
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Sarah Kidwell
Associate Ombuds Don Lubach leads a Crucial Conversations training, held at Coal Oil Point Nature Reserve.

Can we talk? Campus ombuds offers training for tough conversations
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Grad Slam revs up for 2024 competition
Photo of scholar-activist Charmaine Chua
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Ellie Leonardsmith

Global studies scholar-activist Charmaine Chua receives Harold J. Plous Memorial Award
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