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UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events [UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events] [The Current]( December 5, 2024 ▤ Top News [A pacific atoll covered in palm trees]( [After decades of plantation agriculture, coconut palms dominate over half of Pacific atoll forests]( New research provides the first comprehensive map of the vast footprint of coconut palm agriculture across nearly every Pacific atoll. [Read more about coconut palms]( [A meteor breaks up in earth's atmosphere]( [Researchers model airbursts, a common yet little-understood cosmic impact process]( Earth scientist James Kennett and collaborators characterize “touchdown” airbursts near the Earth’s surface that are “more common than large crater-forming events and hence are potentially more dangerous.” [Read more about “touchdown” airbursts]( [UC Santa Barbara Campus]( [UCSB ranks eighth globally for interdisciplinary science]( The rankings, developed in collaboration with Schmidt Science Fellows, celebrate universities driving scientific excellence and cross-disciplinary collaboration. [Read more about the Times Higher Education ranking]( [More News]( ▤ Featured Events [Dorrance Dance onstage]( [Dorrance Dance: The Nutcracker Suite]( December 5, 2024 Tap and jazz take on Tchaikovsky in the renowned tap company’s vibrant version of the beloved holiday classic, which takes cues from Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn’s extraordinary reinterpretation. [Gospel Choir Director Victor Bell]( [UCSB Gospel Choir Fall Concert]( December 6, 2024 Directed by Victor Bell, the choir presents “Celebrating The Holiday Season,” performing contemporary and traditional gospel music from African American culture. [Women's basketball players celebrate a victory]( [Women’s Basketball vs UC Davis]( December 7, 2024 The Gauchos take on the Aggies at the Thunderdome. [More Events]( 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.