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UC Santa Barbara Magazine features stories and visuals that highlight some of the people, programs, scholarly pursuits and cultural endeavors that make UC Santa Barbara a world-class institution. It also casts a wider net, aspiring not only to bring readers onto campus through its pages, but also to place the university in the world by examining issues, trends and topics of broad relevance, interest and impact.


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Owens pupfish illustration

Finding a bigger bucket

Desert fish and the legacy of Phil Pister 

Sagegrouse illustration

Sagebrush Icons

Studying the sage-grouse, researchers gain valuable environmental knowledge 

Mountain yellow-legged frog illustration

Comeback kids

Once-endangered mountain yellow-legged frogs have leaped back to life in Yosemite 

looking up at the Interactive Learning Pavilion

Vantage Point

Discoveries in the humanities from overlooked and underestimated spaces 

Sisters Marisa and Cristina Venegas

Making memories

Sisters’ birthright informs their special film project, ‘Mapping Alzheimer’s‘ 

abstract cactus' on red background

Between chaos and cactus

Artist Madeleine Eve Ignon journeys into motherhood in a botanical paradise 

In Every Issue

Chancellor and Dilling Yang greet a parent during move-in weekend

On Campus

Short takes, lively stories and snapshot looks at the UC Santa Barbara campus and community open a window into our dynamic environment and diverse culture.

On Campus

Tom Scrivener

Alumni

Alumni profiles, news bites and insights both from and about the UC Santa Barbara Alumni Association foster a strong sense of connection and Gaucho pride.

Alumni

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UC Santa Barbara Magazine Fall/Winter 2024

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Fall/Winter 2024

 

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