Jan 28, 2025 · Inside our fall/winter issue you'll find a trio of inspiring conservation stories from California's eastern Sierra region, where UC Santa Barbara has a natural reserve — and a huge research presence. This mini-package, starring the Owens Valley pupfish, Yosemite’s mountain yellow-legged frogs ...

Jan 29, 2025 · Tomiyama Taeko, "Theater Beneath the Sea, 'Splendid Banquet for the Empire,'" detail, 2008, oil on canvas, gift of Sakata Natsume in memory of her mother Tomiyama Taeko, Art, Design & Architecture Museum, UC Santa Barbara.

Jan 16, 2025 · Intending to have a larger presence in the downtown area, and to work with the City of Santa Barbara and the community to support the revitalization of Santa Barbara’s primary business corridor, UC Santa Barbara received approval from …

Jan 21, 2025 · Santa Barbara’s year-round sunshine and good weather make it an attractive tourist destination and a paradise for UC Santa Barbara’s campus community. However, the Southern Californian climate is inseparable with the cycle of wildfires that grip the state every year. Fortunately, the geography ...

Jan 28, 2025 · UC Santa Barbara Professor David Valentine has been making headlines since 2020 for discovering evidence of widespread toxic-waste dumping off the California coast. The news caused outrage and concern, prompting action from state and federal agencies and from congress. The dust likely won’t settle for decades.

Feb 22, 2024 · With a goal to expand residential housing for students, UC Santa Barbara continues to advance on a development plan that will create 3,500 new student beds on the main campus, in accordance with the targets highlighted in the university’s 2010 Long Range Development Plan (LRDP).

Nov 5, 2024 · The Earth is a complex system, and understanding the processes happening between the crust and the stratosphere is an interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary enterprise.

Nov 21, 2024 · UC Santa Barbara has solidified its position as a leader in groundbreaking research, placing No. 8 worldwide in the 2025 Times Higher Education Interdisciplinary Science Rankings.

Oct 17, 2024 · For affordability, social mobility, research impact, academics and other metrics, the campus is again considered among the nation’s — and the world’s — top universities, according to myriad recent rankings.

Nov 13, 2024 · Sanders chose to pursue her graduate studies at UCSB for its diverse faculty and the Department of Counseling, Clinical & School Psychology ’s commitment to social justice. “When I applied, I was immediately drawn to the opportunity to work at the Healing Space, which provides therapy for addressing racial trauma and promoting resilience in the Black and African American community in the ...