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color photo of a UCSB grad student and a local junior high teacher in the classroom
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Maria Zate / UCSB Gevirtz Graduate School of Education
Teacher Education Program graduate Isabella Garcia-Bernasconi (left) with La Colina Junior High School teacher Cameron Hatcher-Day

Back to school: UCSB teacher candidates assist local K-12s

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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

UC Santa Barbara set to celebrate inauguration of Chancellor Dennis Assanis
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.

UCSB’s United for Education campaign leverages small acts for big community impact
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Elena Zhurkova/UCOP

Art of Wellness program offers students space to pause, create and connect
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

UCSB Reads 2026 wraps up with Michelle Zauner’s appearance on campus
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

Three UCSB professors elected as members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
black and white photograph of professor Waverly Duck in his office
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Matt Perko
Sociology professor Waverly Duck, April 2026

Sociologist Waverly Duck tapped to lead prominent journal
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UCSB professors honored by Ecological Society of America
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
a collection of seven headshots of the Grad Slam finalists
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Jeff Liang
2026 Grad Slam finalists (top row, from left) Ashley Diedenhofen, Celine Tsoi, Jakob Romine, Jordan Bream and (bottom row, from left) Kaylee Laub, Komal and Michaela Sten

UCSB graduate student researchers vie for title of 2026 Grad Slam champ
A few young people ride bikes through a mostly quiet intersection
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Jeff Liang

Community programming and collaboration central to spring quarter kickoff weekend
professor eileen boris standing outside with her hands on her hips
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Matt Perko
Eileen Boris, March 2026

Eileen Boris reflects on a career shaping feminist studies at UCSB
Shelly Gable, David Morrison, Javier Read de Alaniz, Kelly Caylor
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Matt Perko and Jeff Liang
Shelly Gable, David Morrison, Javier Read de Alaniz, and Kelly Caylor

UCSB professors honored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science
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