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UC Santa Barbara's Top News [UC Santa Barbara's Top News] [The Current]( June 20, 2024 ▤ Top News [Two graduates hug at commencement]( [A celebratory send-off]( From the sunny skies to the good vibes, it was a glorious graduation weekend at UC Santa Barbara. [Watch the video to relive the highlights]( [A human eye reflects digital artifacts]( [AI learns to pay covert attention]( Using AI, researchers show that covert attention — thought to be the domain of an evolved brain — might be more of an emergent form of intelligence. [Read more about highly efficient information processing]( [A collage of ocean-dwelling creatures]( [A conservation market could incentivize global ocean protection]( Nations aim to protect 30% of the planet by 2030. Researchers propose a market-based system for trading conservation credits to make it easier for countries to meet these ambitious targets. [Read more about the 30x30 initiative]( [More News]( ▤ Campus Announcements Summer News Briefings Beginning next week and through the summer, The Current e-mail will be reduced to once per week, on Wednesdays. In addition, due to the limited number of campus events over these months, The Current's weekly email will highlight only news stories until fall. For information on events that do get scheduled, please visit The Current's calendar page. ▤ UC Santa Barbara in the News The Conversation • June 19, 2024 [Solstices brought Mayan communities together, using monuments shaped by science and religion – and kingly ambitions, too]( Written by: Gerardo Aldana, Professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies, 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.