UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events

May 28, 2026

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Dennis Assanis onstage at the Lobero Theater

‘Agent of change’ Dennis Assanis inaugurated as UCSB chancellor

Assanis arrived in September as UCSB’s sixth chancellor, assuming the helm from Henry Yang, who served for 31 years before stepping down last summer.

 

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The Correspondence book outside the UCSB Library

UCSB’s Thoreau Edition publishes final volume of Henry David Thoreau’s correspondence

The longtime project, based in UCSB Library, marked a major milestone with the publication of “The Correspondence of Henry D. Thoreau: Volume 3: 1857–1862.”

 

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Wesley Hung, Ezra Furtado-Tiwari, Om Mahesh and David Qiao

UCSB team heads to world finals in Dubai for programming competition

Coach Wesley Hung ‘24, with undergraduates Ezra Furtado-Tiwari, Om Mahesh and David Qiao, will represent UCSB at the International Collegiate Programming Contest.

 

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UCSB Choir performs onstage

An evening of Sondheim and Schwartz

Friday, May 29

The Concert Choir celebrates Broadway with a medley of selections from Stephen Sondheim’s most beloved musicals, as well as music from Wicked.

An image from a Gordon Quinn film

An Afternoon with Gordon Quinn

Saturday, May 30

The filmmaker joins moderator Naoki Yamamoto of film and media studies for a discussion of his films, the direct cinema movement and his own career.

Glitchy colors over a black background with the words END OF YEAR SHOW 2026 in the corner

re:agency

Tuesday, June 2
& Thursday, June 4

The Media Arts and Technology graduate program hosts its End of Year Show, featuring innovative student projects and performances. 

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