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Two students look at the UCSB Reads book exhibition
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The university’s award-winning common book program is the focus of "Creating Community Through Books: 20 Years of UCSB Reads," on display until Dec. 11.

New library exhibition celebrates 20th anniversary of UCSB Reads

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Graduate student service is honored with Dixon-Levy awards
A smiling graduate holds up a sash

A week’s worth of commencement activities will celebrate 6,875 graduates for 2023–2024
friend group celebrates with new graduate
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Sonia Fernandez

Creative Studies students mark major milestone in the first of UCSB's Commencement ceremonies
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Miles Moses '24

How a passion for math drove this College of Creative Studies grad to distinction
A graduate in cap and gown, holding flowers, with her arm raised, other grads in the background
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Matt Perko

Commencement returns to the Green
School children seen from behind observing a historical statue
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Students from Adams Elementary School at the Santa Barbara Presidio learn about the statue of King Carlos III.

Exploring the meaning and significance of monuments
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S. Shailja PhD '24, electrical and computer engineering

Dissertations in geography and electrical & computer engineering receive Lancaster awards for excellence
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Mario T. García: A lifetime of achievement in Chicano/a history
photograph of Brenda Major
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Matt Perko
Brenda Major, May 2024

Brenda Major elected to National Academy of Sciences
Staff luncheon on the Lagoon Green with Storke Tower in the background
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Jeff Liang

In appreciation of campus staff
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Breaking boundaries: UCSB grad students win prestigious Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellowship
kacie ring with blue background young white woman
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Jeff Liang
A Ph.D. student in ecology, evolution and marine biology, Kacie Ring placed second in the UC Grad Slam.

UCSB’s Kacie Ring triumphs at UC Grad Slam, places second, wins people’s choice
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