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UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events [UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events] [UC Santa Barbara]( February 27, 2020 Top News [Shuting Liu holds up a sample of seawater from Campus Point]( [Breaking Down Stubborn Molecules]( Researchers connect microbes in the ocean’s twilight zone with the breakdown of tough organic molecules. [Read More ▶]( [Jane Goodall and a Chimp]( [‘Forces of Nature’]( Environmental leaders and thinkers explore what it means to care for the planet and all its inhabitants in a special Arts & Lectures series. [Read More ▶]( [Carol Genetti and a Newly Minted PhD]( [Paving the Way]( Beyond Academia provides insights to graduate students and postdoctoral scholars seeking careers in industry, government or the nonprofit sector. [Read More ▶]( [More News]( Featured Events [The Cast of Othello]( [Othello in the Seraglio]( February 27, 2020 A cinematic restaging of the “coffeehouse opera” retells the story of a Black slave in the 17th-century Ottoman court who rises to power and riches, only to meet with a tragic end. [Claudia Rankine]( [Claudia Rankine]( February 27, 2020 Known for her unrelenting candor, the Yale professor, prize-winning poet and anthology editor shares how she came to her work and what inspires her. [Black String]( [Black String]( February 28, 2020 The South Korean quartet led by geomungo (zither) player Yoon Jeong Heo incorporates traditional Asian music, jazz, blues, rock and electronica. [More Events]( UC Santa Barbara In The News [MIT Technology Review]( [Inside the race to build the best quantum computer on Earth]( Lacking IBM’s quantum expertise, Google hired a team from outside, led by John Martinis, a physicist at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Martinis and his group were already among the world’s best quantum computer makers—they had managed to string up to nine qubits together—and Neven’s promise to Page seemed like a worthy goal for them to aim for. [Read More ▶]( [Yahoo! News]( [How a bizarre, monster fish hoodwinked researchers and reeled in a wave of citizen scientists]( UC Santa Barbara professor Thomas Turner saw Nielsen's post and rushed down to the beach with his wife and 4-year-old son. Turner posted a series of wild photos to iNaturalist, a social platform that allows users to map and share observations. [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})