On Campus

On Campus | Fall/Winter 2021

A lively snapshot of the vibrant UC Santa Barbara campus and community and its impact on the larger world around it.

In the Top Five

UC Santa Barbara earns No. 5 ranking in U.S. News & World Report’s 2022 listing.

Then & Now

The wheels keep on turning at our beautiful bicycle-friendly campus.

The Short List

DJ Darla Bea ’03 makes a career out of evoking our musical memories.

Off the Clock

Professors Sumita Pennathur, Aahish Mehta and Tevfik Bultan pour their creative passions into the jazz ensemble Previously Committed.

Bedside Reading

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jeffrey Stewart, professor of Black Studies, shares an eclectic list of book recommendations.

Gaucho Giving

The Rinker Undergraduate Teaching Lab exemplifies the power of alumni engineers’ enthusiasm for giving back.

Faculty Honors

Recognizing members of the UC Santa Barbara faculty for scholarly achievements.

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On With the Show!

The curtain is rising on an exciting season of concerts, live performances, screenings and exhibitions.

The New Normal

With COVID-19 continuing to touch every corner of the world, we explore its extraordinary impacts both close to home — on campus, among students, staff and faculty and in the research sphere — as well as more broadly in education, work, mental health, the environment and the economy.

Transience, acrylic on canvas, 77" x 154", 2017, by Yumiko Glover

Elevated Reflections of Life

Cover artist Yumiko Glover MA ’17 reflects on the preciousness of life and its influence on her work.

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