Your Tuesday News Briefing

UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events [UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events] [UC Santa Barbara]( October 27, 2020 Top News [Plastic]( [Closing the Plastic Loop]( Researchers develop an efficient, low-energy method for upcycling polyethylene plastic waste into valuable molecules that can be repurposed for further use. [Read More ▶]( [Money and Coronavirus]( [Before, After and Beyond]( The latest Economic Forecast Project webinar examines the COVID-19 pandemic’s ongoing impacts to housing, jobs and small business. [Read More ▶]( [Healthcare in Indonesia]( [Healthcare as a Climate Solution]( A new analysis reveals that accessible and affordable healthcare could be a key tool for addressing the climate crisis. [Read More ▶]( [More News]( Featured Events [Natalie Avalos]( [The Chicanx Resurgence]( October 29, 2020 Natalie Avalos of the University of Colorado Boulder discusses how an Indigenous religious resurgence now serves as a means to Chicanx cultural sovereignty. [Mike Birbiglia]( [Mike Birbiglia]( October 29, 2020 The comic will read from his new memoir, followed by an off-the-cuff virtual Q&A with the audience. [Santa Ynez Valley]( [NRS Fall Seminar Series]( October 29, 2020 Frank Davis, a professor of landscape ecology and conservation planning at the Bren School, discusses the oak savannas in the Santa Ynez Valley. [More Events]( Campus Announcements [Open Enrollment 2020]( A variety of options for faculty and staff are offered in health, wellness and other plans for 2021. [Read More ▶]( UC Santa Barbara In The News [Los Angeles Times]( [L.A.'s coast was once a DDT dumping ground. No one could see it - until now]( Not far from Santa Catalina Island, in an ocean shared by divers and fishermen, kelp forests and whales, David Valentine decoded unusual signals underwater that gave him chills. [Read More ▶]( [Gizmodo]( [Scientists Found A New Way To Break Down the Most Common Plastic]( “Globally, it’s a $9 billion market today,” Susannah Scott, a chemical engineer at University of California, Santa Barbara who co-authored the study, said in an email in reference to alkylaromatic molecules. “There is economic value and scale here.” [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})