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UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events [UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events] [UC Santa Barbara]( February 18, 2020 Top News [Urchins Eating Thru Kelp Forests]( [Predators to Spare]( Protecting redundancy in the food web helps ensure ecological resilience. [Read More ▶]( [Yok Balum Cave in Belize]( [A Measure of Concern]( A paper co-authored by environmental anthropologist Douglas Kennett suggests a warming climate could lead to drier conditions in the Neotropics, including Central America. [Read More ▶]( [Cyrus Roberts, Kat Cleeve and Blake Thompson]( [‘Hookman’]( Playwright Lauren Yee’s “slasher comedy” opens at the Performing Arts Center. [Read More ▶]( [More News]( Featured Events [Douglas McCauley]( [Profs at the Pub]( February 18, 2020 Douglas McCauley, associate professor of marine sciences, will discuss complex ocean ecosystems and how to better protect them. [Evolve Benton]( [Evolve Benton]( Febraury 19, 2020 The social justice educator hosts a poetry reading and a screening of The BOI DOC, their film about gender and gender expression. [Anita Hill]( [Anita Hill]( February 19, 2020 The women’s rights icon, attorney and advocate for equality gives the talk “From Social Movement to Social Impact: Putting an End to Sexual Harassment.” [More Events]( UC Santa Barbara In The News [USA Today]( [Looking for an inclusive student body? These colleges are among the most diverse]( For many young Americans, college is often the first time they have the chance to meet and socialize with people from other racial, ethnic, or geographic backgrounds. This can provide students with important experience as they begin the next phase of their lives. [Read More ▶]( [Yahoo]( [Young Men Embrace Gender Equality, but They Still Don't Vacuum]( Young people today have become much more open-minded about gender roles — it shows up in their attitudes about pronouns, politics and sports. But in one area, change has been minimal. They are holding on to traditional views about who does what at home. [Read More ▶]( [Buzzfeed News]( [A Controversial Study Claimed To Explain Why Women Don’t Go Into Science And Tech. It Just Got A 1,113-Word Correction.]( Jordan Peterson cited the study to argue women naturally aren’t interested in technical fields. But it presented a “contrived and distorted picture,” said an outside researcher. [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})