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A rendered site plan for the San Benito student residential community.

Student housing lawsuits settled in new agreements between UC Santa Barbara, Goleta and Santa Barbara County

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Four undergraduates and one professor receive Chancellor’s research awards; UCSB Library awards six students for exemplary research
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Matt Perko

’Tis the season: Here comes Commencement
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An all-time, top Peace Corps volunteer-producing university
Social Sciences and Media Studies Building
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Building on their vision — and their legacy — alumni Louise and Stephen Pahl gift the campus $10.5 million for social sciences research in the interest of change
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Tresa Pollock is the first woman to win the prestigious Acta Materialia Gold Medal for metallurgists
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Left to right: Tanya Atwater, Leda Cosmides and Nelson Lichtenstein

Joining one of the world’s premier honorary societies, three professors are named to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Philosophy professor Thomas Holden
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Professor Thomas Holden, March 2023

New book offers new interpretation on Thomas Hobbes’ philosophy of religion
Professor Umesh Mishra sitting on stairs
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Professor Umesh Mishra

A new leader: Professor Umesh Mishra to become dean of engineering
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Matt Perko

A University of California multi-campus initiative strives to boost diversity within its STEM teaching faculty ranks
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Jeffrey Milem

Gevirtz School Dean Jeffrey Milem elected to prestigious National Academy of Education
Professor Mario T. García in a suit holding his left hand
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Matt Perko
Professor Mario T. García, February 2023

Mario T. García, a UC Santa Barbara professor for 47 years, to be honored at Sal Castro Memorial Conference
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A Pioneering Collaboration
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