Welcome back UC Santa Barbara 2025

We asked incoming students: What are your goals at UC Santa Barbara?

A video message from Chancellor Assanis

We Asked: What is your best tip for thriving at UC Santa Barbara?

Gaucho Racing | UC Santa Barbara's Formula SAE Competition Team

Beyond the Classroom | Special Research Collections | UCSB Library

UCSB commencement: Asking family and friends who they're supporting

2025 Commencement memories

We Asked Grads: How would you describe your UCSB experience

UCSB Commencement: What you need to know

We Asked Alums: What do you miss about UCSB?

Studio visit with Meiya Sidney: UCSB student explores Taiwanese heritage and memory though ceramics

Bridge to a Bright Future

We asked: What is your favorite quarter?

Welcome UC Santa Barbara Class of 2029!

The Santa Monica Dune Restoration Project

We asked: Why did you choose your major?

We Asked: What do you like to do when you're not in class?

Winter beach magic at UC Santa Barbara

Top 5 Research Stories of 2024

The Taft Gardens Art in Nature Residency

We asked parents: What's your favorite part about visiting your UCSB student?

First-years ask upperclassmen

Research in 60 seconds | Bridging divided views to strengthen communities

UCSB 2024/25 - It's good to be back

We asked incoming students: What are you looking forward to at UCSB?

Research in 60 seconds | Understanding River Dynamics

The Art of Computational Craft

We Asked: What is your favorite resource at UCSB?

We asked: What is your favorite aspect of Summer Sessions at UCSB?

Shana Moulton's time-based and immersive video art

UCSB Commencement Celebrations 2024

We Asked Grads: What is your favorite memory at UCSB?

Alumni Spotlight: Hook & Press Donuts

We Asked: What are you looking forward to this summer?

Interlopings: The art of Lisa Jevbratt

UC Santa Barbara | This Is Where It Happens

We Asked: Why Choose UC Santa Barbara?

We Asked: What song describes your UCSB experience?

We Asked: What has been your most interesting class?

The Makerspace

The 5 most-read stories on The Current in 2023

Holiday Greetings from UC Santa Barbara

The new Associated Students Bike Shop

We Asked: What campus activities are you involved in?

We Asked: What does being a UCSB parent mean to you?

UC Santa Barbara Parents & Family Weekend 2023

We Asked: What era are you in?

"Activism in their hearts" The Ismael "Mayo" de la Rocha endowed scholarship

Reigniting an Ancient Practice | A Cultural Burn at UC Santa Barbara

Make the year yours! | Welcome to 2023-24, Gauchos!

We Asked: What are your first impressions of UC Santa Barbara?

We Asked: What's one thing all students should bring to UC Santa Barbara?

UC Santa Barbara's Art, Design & Architecture Museum

We Asked: What's your favorite aspect of summer at UCSB

Fire Followers: Superbloom on Lagoon Island

2023 UCSB Commencement Ceremonies

Four Years Later | Reflecting on the UC Santa Barbara college experience

We Asked: What does being a Gaucho Athlete mean to you?

Research in 60 Seconds | A Plastic Recycling Breakthrough