Campus Operations

The U.S. Women’s National Team is scheduled to play Chile on Tuesday, January 27, at 7 p.m. in Harder Stadium. Due to the high expected attendance, traffic and parking on campus will be heavily impacted throughout the afternoon and evening. Learn more about the details.

Please be aware that both Identity Self Service (im.ucsb.edu) and IAM Helpdesk web application will experience a scheduled downtime on Saturday, January 24 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Users will not be able to create new NetIDs or make changes to existing NetIDs during the outage.

Design, Facilities & Safety Services will be closed for the curtailment and holiday period (12/24/25-1/2/26). For Facilities Management emergencies, call the pager 805-451-9914. For Environmental Health & Safety emergencies, call UCPD dispatch 805-893-3446.

Campus retail dining will close all retail dining locations due to a necessary campus server migration. The Arbor will close starting December 19, and all retail dining locations will be closed on Monday, December 22, and Tuesday, December 23.

Many individuals make gifts to UC Santa Barbara at year end – the university’s busiest gift season. The Development Office stands ready to assist. Please contact us with any questions that you or your donors may have.

The Club's Dining Room, Guest House & Administrative Office have closures during UC Santa Barbara's winter break. Learn more.

Distribution & Logistical Services, including Mail Services and Furniture Services, will have reduced hours during the winter break separate from the scheduled University holidays. 

Inside UC Santa Barbara will not be distributed during holiday break. The last email distribution will be Wednesday, December 17, 2025 and the newsletter will resume distribution Wednesday, January 7, 2026.