1+ hour, 44+ min ago  (655+ words) The courtyard of Bren Hall was packed to the gills Friday morning with jubilant grads and their families, friends and faculty. The ceremony was scored with numbers like "Wide Open Spaces" and "Have You Ever Seen the Rain," performed by…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago  (409+ words) More than 600 students in the UC Santa Barbara Graduate Division crossed the commencement stage on the afternoon of June 11 to collect their diplomas. The 290 doctoral candidates and 333 master's degree recipients represented the division's largest graduating group in a decade." Newly…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago  (435+ words) With Commencement officially underway, UC Santa Barbara has announced the newest recipients of its most prestigious student honors, awarded for scholastic achievement, extraordinary service and personal courage and persistence. An award ceremony for winners of these and other student awards,…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago  (329+ words) The ceremony featured several'musical and multimedia art works from CCS music composition majors, including Lillian Wiechelt's "Performance Anxiety," Kai Jenkin's "To Sleep," Cameron Kennedy's "Chaos," and Hudson Rose's "Surfaces." It is this environment of learning that led CCS alumnus and…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago  (335+ words) The Dan David Prize, the largest history prize in the world, today announced its 2026 winners. Among them is Howard Chiang, UC Santa Barbara historian of modern East Asian thought and culture with an emphasis on the critical study of science,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (536+ words) UC Santa Barbara UCSB names new dean of its Gevirtz Graduate School of Education UC Santa Barbara Chancellor Dennis Assanis, with Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost David Marshall, announced the appointment of Jaime Lester as the new Jules Zimmer Dean…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (416+ words) Following a greeting and traditional blessing from Nakia Zavalla, a tribal community member from the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians, nine different speakers addressed the crowd in a packed Lobero Theatre " and on the event livestream. Santa Barbara's mayor,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (152+ words) Now in its eighth year, the Library Award for Undergraduate Research (LAUR) at UC Santa Barbara has crowned its 2026 winners." The LAUR judging panel, composed of UCSB librarians and faculty from across campus, commended Liu's submission as original and relevant....

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (387+ words) It's the most wonderful time of the year. For graduates, especially. Commencement season has arrived. At UC Santa Barbara, more than 6, 700 students " a combination of both undergraduate and graduate " have declared their candidacy to earn degrees in 2026. And they'll all…...

2+ week, 5+ hour ago  (170+ words) For fourth-year undergraduate Macey Hartmann, who received the mentorship fellowship her freshman year, the program opened the door to a new and meaningful career. Because the best decisions and innovations come from diverse minds, the program also works to support…...