Local legend and third-year statistics and data science major Riley Logan of UC Santa Barbara has reportedly been struggling ...

Jump into 2026 with a recap of UCSB's most recent research innovations.

Chloé Zhao’s "Hamnet" tells the story of Shakespeare's wife, Anne Hathaway during the events that inspired the tragedy ...

In Santa Barbara and Ventura counties, conditions are ideal for a wildfire to rapidly spread upon ignition, according to an expert from the UC Santa Barbara Wildfire Resilience Initiative. “Right now ...

After every spring break, one tradition holds true for UC Santa Barbara students at the start of spring quarter: they want to party. Isla Vista’s annual unsanctioned street festival, now known as ...

As the planet faces intensifying climate disasters, a growing number of legal scholars, activists and governments are calling for a radical shift in how we think about environmental protection — by ...

Michelle Cisneros (she/her) is the Lead News Editor for the 2025-2026 school year. Previously, Cisneros was the Community Outreach News Editor for the 2024-25 school year and the Assistant News Editor ...

UC Santa Barbara sociology professors Janice Baldwin and John Baldwin’s love story began in an unexpected twist of fate — a blind date, or as they fondly recall it, a “fixed-up blind date.” Both ...

An extensive collaborative project led by UC Santa Barbara studies unique and unusual microorganisms. Just like its name, the BioFoundry for Extreme & Exceptional Fungi, Archaea and Bacteria brings ...

Hip hop is undoubtedly one of the most popular music genres today, especially after the flood of albums released in 2016 by prominent artists such as Kanye West, Chance the Rapper, Kendrick Lamar and ...

Editor’s Note: This year, UC Santa Barbara marks 50 years since the 1969-1970 school year — a time known for political unrest and high tensions between Isla Vista residents and local law enforcement.