What's Current in

Campus + Community

a small group of high school students posed for a picture on the truck of a giant fallen oak tree
Photo Credit
Caasi Chavez
Students from Lompoc High School at the Jack and Laura Dangermond Preserve

Bren School environmental education for local teens reaches new heights at Dangermond Preserve

Read Article

In Focus placeholder

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
Photo Credit
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
photograph of a school psychologist speaking with a student
Photo Credit
iStock/Marcos Elihu Castillo Ramirez

Program addresses need for bilingual and culturally responsive school psychologists
students eat together in dining commons
Photo Credit
Matt Perko

Gauchos give back: New program allows students to donate dining commons meals
In Focus placeholder

For its upcoming 19th season, UCSB Reads leans into ‘delights’
photograph of a first edition copy of the novel "The Grapes of Wrath"
Photo Credit
Matt Perko
A first edition of "The Grapes of Wrath" was among a recent donation of John Steinbeck's major works to the UCSB Library archive

Trove of John Steinbeck first editions and audio recordings elevate UCSB Library archive
view from above of campus buildings with mountains in background
Photo Credit
Matt Perko

UCSB ranks eighth globally for interdisciplinary science
Meghan Morrissey uses a micropipette in her lab.
Photo Credit
Matt Perko
Morrissey’s group is working to harness macrophage immune cells for novel cancer therapies.

Prof. Meghan Morrissey honored by the American Cancer Society for her work on cancer immunotherapy
Subscribe to Campus + Community