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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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Center for Black Studies Research launches documentary series with ‘Slavery by Another Name’
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Jeff Liang

Learn and grow: Dilling Yang Staff Scholarship Program marks 20-year milestone
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Katie Falcone

Campus teams with students, neighbors and local agencies to ensure a safe and serene Halloween
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Early Academic Outreach Program is ‘Planting Dreams’ at UC Santa Barbara
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Matt Perko

UCSB’s cybersecurity chief on protecting digital spaces and the role of AI
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UC Santa Barbara again named ‘Best Place to Work’
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Pioneering social scientist David Hamilton honored with lifetime achievement award
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Matt Perko

UC Santa Barbara ranks among top universities nationally and globally in recent assessments
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Matt Perko

Promoting Latiné excellence: A Q&A with inaugural HSI director Veronica Fematt
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Capps Center fall lineup: queer nuns, election-year politics and Latinx environmentalism
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The Promise Fellowship Program supports graduate first-gen students from low-income households
Celesta Billeci and Wynton Marsalis
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Kim Citro Photography
Celesta Billeci and Wynton Marsalis

A&L director awarded for leadership in the arts
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