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UC Santa Barbara's Top News [UC Santa Barbara's Top News] [The Current]( July 10, 2024 ▤ Top News [David Valentine stands on the beach]( [Discoveries from Disasters: A conversation with oceanographer David Valentine]( The professor’s expertise drives impactful research on marine contamination and oil spills. Here he discusses his work behind the headlines, balancing science, policy and people. [Read more about Valentine's work]( [A crowd sits in the grass of the Sunken Garden at the Santa Barbara Courthouse]( [Annual summer film series from UCSB Arts & Lectures brings the beach]( “Sun, Surf and Cinema” runs Fridays through August at the County Courthouse Sunken Garden. [Read more about the screenings]( [People in hard hats and high-visibility vests gather around a mannequin trapped under a table]( [Help is on the way: UCSB staff train to pitch in during a disaster]( Community Emergency Response Training, or CERT, a national program first developed by the Los Angeles Fire Department in 1985, trains volunteers to assist at a disaster scene before professional first responders can arrive. It has been taught for UCSB staff members 61 times since 2010. [Read more about the program]( [More News]( 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.