Gene Lucas
Tue, Feb 20, 2:44 pm | Gifts & Donors, UCSB Reads
For 18 years, the UCSB Reads program has brought the campus and Santa Barbara communities together to read a common book that explores compelling interdisciplinary issues of our time. The program has become a mainstay in campus education and outreach, with book topics tackling issues as diverse as...
UCSB Reads 2024 book selection "Your Brain on Art"
Thu, Oct 19, 8:30 am | UCSB Reads
The UC Santa Barbara Library and the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor are pleased to announce the selection of the 2024 UCSB Reads book, Your Brain On Art: How the Arts Transform Us by Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross. Now in its 18th year, UCSB Reads brings the campus and Santa Barbara...
UCSB Reads 2024 Sneak Peek book covers collage
Thu, Jun 29, 8:51 am | UCSB Reads
The UCSB Reads selection committee is pleased to announce its shortlist of titles under consideration for UCSB Reads 2024. The titles explore diverse subjects ranging from neuroaesthetics, poverty, disability, animal senses, and California's natural and human history. UCSB Reads is an award-winning...
UCSB Reads 2023 book cover
Mon, Oct 3, 2:29 pm | UCSB Reads
The UC Santa Barbara Library and the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor are pleased to announce the selection of the 2023 UCSB Reads book, Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design by Charles Montgomery. Now in its 17th year, UCSB Reads brings the campus and Santa Barbara...
UCSB Reads 23 Sneak Peek book covers
Fri, Jun 24, 1:17 pm | UCSB Reads
The UCSB Reads selection committee is pleased to announce its shortlist of titles under consideration for UCSB Reads 2023. The list includes both fiction and nonfiction titles that explore subjects ranging from racism in science, fast food and civil rights, urban design, Black women’s history, and...
A copy of Exhalation sits outside the UCSB Library.
Wed, Oct 27, 4:10 pm | UCSB Reads
The UC Santa Barbara Library and the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor are pleased to announce the selection of the 2022 UCSB Reads book, Exhalation: Stories by Ted Chiang. Now in its 16th year, UCSB Reads brings the campus and Santa Barbara communities together to read a common book that...
UCSB Reads Sneak Peek logo with book titles in background
Wed, Jun 23, 11:28 am | UCSB Reads
The UCSB Reads selection committee has announced its shortlist of titles under consideration for UCSB Reads 2022. The selections span the genres of science fiction short stories, fiction, nonfiction, and biographical essays. They explore subjects of free will, bioethics, grief, privilege, poverty...
Sunglasses next to book on the sand with text that reads, "Summer 2021 Book Club"
UCSB Library is excited to launch summer book clubs to bring the campus and community together to connect with others who love literature and engage in peer-led discussions on interesting topics. The summer book clubs will focus on the five books nominated for the UCSB Reads 2022 shortlist, which...
UCSB Reads Book with Badge
Fri, Feb 12, 11:40 am | UCSB Reads
Want to meet other Gauchos who care about racial justice? UCSB Library is organizing student-led small group reading discussions for UCSB students to dive into the UCSB Reads 2021 book When They Call You A Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir by Patrisse Cullors and asha bandele.  These groups...
When They Call You a Terrorist book cover with UCSB Reads logo
Mon, Nov 9, 3:03 pm | UCSB Reads
The UC Santa Barbara Library and the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor are pleased to announce the selection of the 2021 UCSB Reads book, When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir by Patrisse Cullors and asha bandele. Now in its 15th year, UCSB Reads continues to bring the...

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