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A red-tiled building with Lobero Theatre spelled out on the exterior. A blue banner hanging beneath reads "Inauguration of Dennis Assanis"
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Jeff Liang
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two LAUR winners and UCSB's university librarian standing together outside the library
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Jeff Liang
This year’s LAUR runner-up Shirely Qiu (left) with winner Samuel Liu (center) and University Librarian Todd Grappone, May 2026
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Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost David Marshall speaking at a podium
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Matt Perko
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chancellor dennis assanis inauguration ceremony
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Matt Perko
UC Santa Barbara Chancellor Dennis Assanis, May 27, 2026
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A headshot of Dennis Assanis is overlaid on a landscape photo of a college campus on a navy blue background
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Matt Perko
UC Santa Barbara Chancellor Dennis Assanis
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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.
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hands holding up a piece of art with a woman blurry in background
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Elena Zhurkova/UCOP
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A book with a red cover, titled Crying in H Mart, next to a photo of a young woman with dark hair on a yellow background
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Courtesy UCSB Library
Michelle Zauner, right, is the author of “Crying in H Mart,” the UCSB Reads program’s pick for 2026
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Headshots of Alice Alldredge, Lars Bildsten and Henry Yang overlaid on a photo an academic building
Left to right: Alice Alldredge, Lars Bildsten and Henry Yang have been elected as members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
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black and white photograph of professor Waverly Duck in his office
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Matt Perko
Sociology professor Waverly Duck, April 2026