Your Tuesday News Briefing

UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events [UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events] [UC Santa Barbara]( February 4, 2020 Top News [The Line Becomes a River Cover]( [Dispatches from the Border]( Latino author and literary scholar Francisco Cantú will receive the 16th annual Luis Leal literature Award. [Read More ▶]( [The Electromagnetic Spectrum]( [The Wave of the Future]( Researchers achieve the first successful generation and detection of pure spin currents in antiferromagnetic materials. [Read More ▶]( [Sreenivasa Rao Jammalamadaka]( [For Pioneering Contributions]( Sreenivasa Rao Jammalamadaka earns a lifetime achievement award from the Indian Society for Probability and Statistics. [Read More ▶]( [More News]( Featured Events [Chris Thile]( [An Evening with Chris Thile]( February 4, 2020 The mandolin virtuoso, composer and vocalist performs an eclectic program of musical styles including classical, rock, jazz and bluegrass. [Joy Harjo]( [Joy Harjo]( February 5, 2020 The work of the first Native American United States Poet Laureate tells the story of tradition and loss, reckoning and myth-making. [Closeup on Percussion Instrument]( [UCSB Percussion Ensemble]( February 5, 2020 Contemporary works and transcriptions for percussion, both solo and ensemble, are directed by Jon Nathan. [More Events]( Campus Announcements [UC's Response to Coronavirus]( Following the World Health Organization’s declaration of a global health emergency on January 30, 2020, combined with CDC and State Department guidance, UC’s Office of the President issued a directive to the UC community (including students, faculty and staff) to temporarily avoid all non-essential travel to China while federal travel health warnings are in effect. [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 © 2020 The Regents of the University of California. All Rights Reserved. Share this email: [Email]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [LinkedIn]( 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]( using TrueRemove® 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})