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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

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Professors Somayeh Dodge and Alan Murray receive UCGIS awards
Three adults in graduation regalia throwing caps toward a blue sky
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Matt Perko

UC Santa Barbara commencement events to celebrate 7,460 graduates for 2024–2025
color photograph of student Matthew Schoen sitting next to shoe donation box overflowing with old sneakers
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Jeff Liang
Zero Waste Committee Co-Chair Matthew Schoen, May 2025

Zero Waste Committee launches shoe-recycling drive, June 2–13
color photographs of Leila Rupp and Janine Jones
Outgoing Graduate Division Interim Dean Leila Rupp (left) and incoming Janine Jones

Interim Graduate Dean Leila Rupp to pass torch to Janine Jones
A student looks at images of bees in the library corridor.
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Harrison Tasoff
Natural history collections like the one housed at UCSB’s Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration hold valuable data accumulated over 100 years.

Take a microscopic look at our native bees at the UCSB Library
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National Book Award winner Jason De León uncovers stories at the U.S.-Mexico border
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

Funding for free speech and civic engagement
Closeup of 'The Book of Delights' with a library and people in the background
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Courtesy UC Santa Barbara Library

Author Ross Gay caps off UCSB Reads 2025 with appearance on campus
James B. Milliken
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Charlie Palafox, University of Texas
James B. Milliken

James B. Milliken named 22nd president of the University of California
Irene Beyerlein in front of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences seal
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Photo illustration by Matt Perko
Irene Beyerlein

Professor Irene Beyerlein elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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Design justice scholar Sasha Costanza-Chock to speak at Center for Black Studies Research
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