Dr. Dennis Assanis Appointed as UC Santa Barbara’s Next Chancellor
Assanis, who has served as president at the University of Delaware since 2016, will assume his role on September 1.
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UC Santa Barbara Chancellor Gets New $7.8 Million Home
University of California regents purchase a multimillion-dollar Hope Ranch manor to replace the old campus facilities as the chancellor residence.
ParalympicsGB Makes UCSB Its Training Base for L.A. 2028
UC Santa Barbara will host ParalympicsGB ahead of the L.A. 2028 Paralympic Games.
UC Santa Barbara Physics Professors John Martinis and Michel Devoret Win 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics
Selected for the honor alongside UC Berkeley physicist and former advisor John Clarke, they were lauded for work that, according to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, “revealed quantum physics in action.”
UC Santa Barbara Professors Win 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics
Physicists John Martinis and Michel Devoret’s win is a celebration of quantum discovery — and a reminder of why public science matters.
UC Santa Barbara’s New Chancellor Taking $620K Pay Cut
Dr. Dennis Assanis is ending his tenure as the University of Delaware’s president a year early to begin his new role at UCSB this September.
