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UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events [UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events] [The Current]( June 18, 2024 ▤ Top News [A Black Statue of Liberty in front of a city skyline]( [From Juneteenth to reparations: The ongoing journey for racial justice]( Professor and historian Giuliana Perrone discusses her new research in the context of Juneteenth and the latest from California’s reparations task force. [Read more about the study]( [A dancer leaps, a tennis player readies a return]( [John ’75 and Jody Arnhold elevate the arts, the humanities and athletics]( Made with their Arnhold Foundation, the couple’s newest commitments to the university total $22 million. Since 2005, the Arnholds have invested nearly $50 million across a range of areas on campus. [Read more about their gifts]( [Wynton Marsalis plays the trumpet]( [UCSB Arts & Lectures announces 65th anniversary season]( From Yo-Yo Ma to Lil Buck and from Yung Pueblo to Father Gregory Boyle, the just-announced 2024-2025 lineup offers something for everyone. [Read more about A&L’s 65th year]( [More News]( ▤ Featured Events [The poster for the film ''Mamma Mia!'' featuring Amanda Seyfried, Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Christine Baranski and Stellan Skarsgård]( [Mamma Mia!]( August 16, 2024 The Meryl Streep-led 2008 musical based on the songs of ABBA screens at the Sunken Garden. [The poster for the film ''Crazy Rich Asians'' featuring Henry Golding and Constance Wu]( [Crazy Rich Asians]( August 23, 2024 UCSB Arts & Lectures’ free summer film series wraps up with a screening of Jon Chu’s hit romantic comedy. [More Events]( ▤ UC Santa Barbara in the News The New York Times • June 18, 2024 [On Juneteenth, Freedom Came With Strings Attached]( The laws governing the formerly enslaved “were very restrictive in terms of where they could go, what kind of jobs they could have, where they could live in certain communities,” said Daina Ramey Berry, the dean of humanities and fine arts at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and the author of “The Price for Their Pound of Flesh: The Value of the Enslaved, From Womb to Grave, in the Building of a Nation.” Time • June 17, 2024 [Why Juneteenth is on June 19?]( “It recognizes liberation, it recognizes freedom. Some people will refer to it as Black Independence Day. It’s a day to celebrate the ending of an era of 246 years of enslavement that African Americans experienced in this country,” says Daina Ramey Berry, Professor of History and Dean of Humanities and Fine Arts at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Explore [Arts]( [Science & Technology]( [Society & Culture]( [Campus & Community]( [Events]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Vimeo]( [LinkedIn]( [RSS Feeds]( Choose the emails you would like to receive by [managing your preferences](. If you do not wish to receive any emails from UC Santa Barbara Institutional Advancement (this includes event invitations, newsletters, networking opportunities and stories of philanthropy), you can [opt out of them ALL](. Got this as a forward [Sign up]( to receive our future emails. View this email [online](. UC Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara, CA 93106 US This email was sent to {EMAIL}. To continue receiving our emails, add us to your address book.