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Lily Collins presents David Gross with his Breakthrough Award
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Lester Cohen/Getty Images Getty Images for Breakthrough Prize
Lily Collins and David J. Gross, 2026 Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics winner speak onstage during the 12th Breakthrough Prize Ceremony at Barker Hangar on April 18, 2026 in Santa Monica, California.

UCSB’s David Gross wins Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics

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University of California statement on intolerance of campus bigotry
Walter Capps speaking from a podium
Walter Capps on the campaign trail, 1996

Celebrating the legacy of Walter Capps
Diverse group of students listening to a lecture in a modern lecture hall
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Elena Zhukova
UC Santa Barbara students attend a lecture in the Interactive Learning Pavilion

‘Sharing knowledge across communities to improve lives around the world’
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UCSB Reads selects “Your Brain on Art” for its 18th season
NSF director at the Engineering Sciences Building
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Matt Perko
NSF Director Sethuraman Panchanathan speaking at the Engineering Sciences Building

Innovation anywhere, opportunities everywhere
UC Santa Barbara Graduate Fellows group photo illustration
Hamzah Baig, Marcell Cadney, Marissa Gionet-Gonzales, Julio Orellana and Tessa Cookmeyer

Meet the fellows: UC President’s and Chancellor’s postdoctoral fellows begin new award year
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The campus teams with students, neighbors and local agencies to ensure another laid back Halloween
3D illustration of conceptual compass with needle pointing 0 percent of CO2
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Working toward a clean energy future, the university launches a campus decarbonization study
'A la Frontera de Aztlán' serigraph, Tony Ortega, 1995
'A la Frontera de Aztlán' serigraph, Tony Ortega, 1995

From the archives: UCSB Library showcases community art collection
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For the seventh year straight, UC Santa Barbara is named Best Place to Work
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University of California Santa Barbara is hosting a site visit by the WASC Senior College and University Commission
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Chancellor Henry T. Yang Statement on Senator Dianne Feinstein
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