UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events

October 22, 2026

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A new tool makes mapping the ocean easier

The open-source software package developed by UCSB marine scientists makes it faster and simpler to find, organize and map data about the world’s oceans.

 

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Thuc-Quyen Nguyen

New Faculty Research Lecturer Thuc-Quyen Nguyen reflects on science, mentorship and resilience

The award is the highest honor the faculty can bestow on one of its members. Nguyen, the Essam Khashoggi Chair in Materials Chemistry, will deliver her lecture later this academic year.

 

Read more about Nguyen

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For the 10th year, UCSB is named Santa Barbara’s ‘Best Place to Work’

Marking a decade of wins, the campus takes top honors in the Santa Barbara Independent's annual ‘Best of Santa Barbara’ readers’ poll.

 

Read more about the honor

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▤ Featured Events

AI-generated Frankenstein flanked by chemicals in beakers

The Haunted Chemistry Building

Thursday, October 22

A family-friendly evening of live science features color-changing potions, glowing chemical reactions, spooky fog, liquid nitrogen and other chemistry demonstrations.

Man in blue shirt holds woman in yellow boots

Romeo & Juliet

October 23 & 24

Shakespeare’s iconic love story unfolds in a powerful live performance incorporating live music by the award-winning UCSB theater troupe Naked Shakes.

Chiwetel Ejiofor looks at a pile of furniture in the Backrooms

Storytelling for the Screen: Backrooms

Saturday, October 24

Producer Kori Adelson joins moderator Ross Melnick, director of the Carsey-Wolf Center, for pre- and post-screening discussion of the Kane Parsons horror film.

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