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UCSB's College of Creative Studies leads 2026 Commencement ceremonies
2+ hour, 58+ min 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…...
UCSB student-produced plays collect theater awards
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (348+ words) A trio of UC Santa Barbara undergraduate students were among this year's Indy Award winners, joining professionals countywide honored for acting and stagecraft. "To be the costume designer for a mainstage production was really exciting for me, and it would…...
Symposium celebrates UCSB's academic excellence
1+ week, 3+ day ago (279+ words) In the morning of UC Santa Barbara Chancellor Dennis Assanis's inauguration day, UCSB's sixth chancellor highlighted the campus's strengths in facing the challenges of today's world. "UC Santa Barbara has never been daunted by the challenges of a changing world,…...
UCSB's United for Education campaign leverages small acts for big community impact | The Current
3+ week, 1+ day ago (478+ words) In a time of seemingly constant challenges and discouraging news, the idea of creating sustained positive change may feel beyond reach. We may wonder what small acts of kindness amount to. What can donating $5 really do? How far can giving…...
UCSB Library launches "AI in Action" speaker series
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (270+ words) At the highest levels of academic research, the task of finding, cleaning and sorting massive amounts of data often becomes Herculean. To help shoulder the load, more and more scholars are turning to AI." In an effort to bring together…...
NSF-funded program supports and retains first-year engineers
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (516+ words) Attrition in undergraduate engineering students is an issue across the country, with some researchers reporting that close to 50% of those who start college as engineering majors have switched by the time they graduate. They also may not have had time…...
Bren School environmental education for local teens reaches new heights at Dangermond Preserve
5+ mon, 2+ day ago (571+ words) Greeting the kids, a handful of UC Santa Barbara graduate and undergraduate students broke into small groups and handed out curated bingo cards with squares ranging from lemonade berry and wild boar to lace lichen and turkey vultures. The game…...