Collective Behavior Improves Odds of Survival; Academic Senate Awards; Graduate Student Recognized by Department of Energy

UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events [UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events] [UC Santa Barbara]( May 9, 2019 Top News [Stegodyphus dumicola]( [The Physics of Competition]( Evolutionary ecologist Jonathan Pruitt’s study links collective behavior selection and a society’s chances of success. [Read More]( [UC Santa Barbara Campus]( [For Excellence in Teaching]( Faculty members and graduate students receive Academic Senate teaching awards. [Read More]( [Selena Staun]( [Transuranic Explorer]( Graduate student Selena Staun has received a special research award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science. [Read More]( [More News]( Featured Events [Dancing]( [Dancing Under the Stars]( May 10, 2019 This family friendly event features beginner lessons in salsa and waltz followed by a night of DJ’d music, games, crafts, and photo booths. [Neil Gaiman]( [Neil Gaiman]( May 11, 2019 The celebrated author of books, graphic novels, short stories and nonfiction for readers of all ages will tell and read stories, followed by a Q&A. [Brian Hare]( [The Genius of Dogs]( May 13, 2019 In his work on the evolution of cognition, anthropologist Brian Hare studies humans, primates and species — primarily domestic dogs — whose cognition converged with our own. [More Events]( UC Santa Barbara In The News The Atlantic [A Very Important Climate Fact That No One Knows]( Leah Stokes, a political-science professor at UC Santa Barbara, is very much in the first camp. She is writing a book about state standards, and the most important thing to know about them, she told me, is that it’s very rare that state lawmakers actually passed an RPS by itself. [Read More]( [Arts]( | [Science + Technology]( | [Society + Culture]( | [Campus + Community]( | [Athletics]( | [Calendar]( [UC Santa Barbara]( Connect with Us: [FB icon]( [Twitter icon]( [Vimeo icon]( [LinkedIn icon]( [YouTube icon]( [RSS icon]( Copyright © 2019 The Regents of the University of California. All Rights Reserved. Share this email: [Email]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [LinkedIn]( [Manage]( your preferences | [Opt out]( using TrueRemove® 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.]({EMAIL})