Santa Barbara cracks down on rager at America's No. 1 party school

Spring will look different this year in Santa Barbara with a crackdown on the signature blowout event for America's No. 1 ...
Santa Barbara Independent

Dr. Dennis Assanis Appointed as UC Santa Barbara’s Next Chancellor

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. The University of California Board of Regents today approved Dr. Dennis Assanis as UC Santa Barbara’s sixth chancellor. He ...
Santa Barbara Independent

UC Santa Barbara Chancellor Gets New $7.8 Million Home

The University of California Santa Barbara’s new chancellor just got a housing upgrade. The Board of Regents’ recently purchased a multimillion-dollar home for Chancellor Dennis Assanis. On October 23 ...
KTLA

2 U.C. Santa Barbara professors receive 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics

Three physicists, including a pair of University of California, Santa Barbara professors, have been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for essentially bridging the gap between the invisible ...