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color photograph of a black bear in a tree
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Skyler Palatnick/@skyswildart
A black bear on the UCSB campus, April 2025

Bear ecologist offers insight on recent sightings on and around campus

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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
Q&A graphic with photo of network parts

Raising the bar on cybersecurity: Q&A with Jackson Muhirwe and Shea Lovan
a teacher and small children sitting on the floor of a childcare classroom
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iStock/Nimito

Childcare providers get business training with new grant award
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
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At blue economy summit, ocean experts and stakeholders converge
Stork plaza, the UCen, and music building with the ocean in the background.
Photo Credit
Matt Perko

UCSB is well positioned for fire preparedness
Portrait of a male chef, with dark hair and a greying goatee, in an industrial kitchen
Photo Credit
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
Photo Credit
Matt Perko
An exterior shot of the former Staples building on State Street in downtown Santa Barbara

UC Santa Barbara heads to State Street
black and white photograph of Martin Luther King Jr. at the Lincoln Memorial
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Wikimedia Commons
Martin Luther King Jr. on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington, August 28, 1963.

Campus events honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s struggle for equality
Hundreds of pairs of blue, purple and white plastic gloves
Photo Credit
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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