The 2013-14 academic year included such events as the grand opening of the farmers market; the award-winning Grad Slam competition; and a memorial service to honor students lost in the Isla Vista tragedy. Collage credit: Patricia Marroquin
Another academic year at UC Santa Barbara has come and gone. It was a year of triumphs and tragedy, awards and accolades, food and frivolity for our campus community. Here are some of the poignant, impressive, educational, tasty, and just plain fun news items we’ve covered over the academic year recently ended:
A Milestone Moment at UCSB Bren School’s 2014 Commencement: 1,000th Degree Is Conferred
UCSB Awards its First Feminist Studies Ph.D., to Carly Thomsen
Grad Slam 2014: Recaps of Rounds 1-10; Semifinal Rounds 1-2; and Final Round
History Grad Student, Other Volunteers Create Memorial Wall in The Arbor
1,500 Proud Gauchos Take to the Water for Memorial Paddle Out
20,000 Hearts Were United at Memorial Service to Honor Six UCSB Students
UCSB Classes Suspended on Tuesday, a ‘Day of Mourning and Reflection’
2 UCSB Ph.D. Students Shed Light on Research During Graduate Research Advocacy Day
U.S. News & World Report Ranks UCSB’s Chemical Engineering, Materials Programs Among Nation’s Best
UCSB Reads “Big Burn” Book Giveaway
UCSB Goes Smoke-Free and Tobacco-Free
Enjoy a Day in the Life of UC Santa Barbara
Physicist, Philanthropist Fred Kavli of Kavli Institute of Theoretical Physics Dies
UCSB Makes List of Top 25 Universities to Work For; Grad Student and Grad Alum Staff Members Agree
UCSB Gets Fresh on Wednesdays at Gaucho Certified Farmers Market
Grad Slam Wins Graduate Education Excellence and Innovation Award
UCSB Ranks No. 33 on Times Higher Education List of the World’s Top 200 Universities
UCSB History Ph.D. Alum Robin Fleming Wins Prestigious MacArthur ‘Genius’ Award
GSA President Speaks of Library’s Importance to Grad Students at Groundbreaking Ceremony
Snow Day at Storke in November
New UCSB Students Discover Campus, Colleagues at 2013 Orientation
The Office of Public Affairs and Communications has summed up the year in 2 minutes and 19 seconds! Take a trip down memory lane by viewing “UCSB 2013-14: The Year in Review,” below. And be sure to look for our grad students in this video! Graduate students are featured at 1:08 (Leah Kuritzky presenting in the Grad Slam); 2:01 (Carly Thomsen is acknowledged at Commencement for her Ph.D. in Feminist Studies); and 2:02 (the Bren School awards its 1,000th degree at 2014 Commencement). Enjoy!
UCSB 2013-14: The Year in Review from UC Santa Barbara on Vimeo.