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UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events [UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events] [UC Santa Barbara]( December 22, 2020 Top News [COVID Test]( [Racing Against COVID-19]( With the addition of the campus’s new CLIA-certified lab, the COVID surveillance testing team is running 4,000 tests per week. [Read More ▶]( [Kernels of History]( Genetic testing of ancient maize from Honduras reveals South American varieties played a major role in the grain’s development. [Read More ▶]( [Howie Giles]( [Policing and Community]( Howie Giles, recipient of the 2020-21 Dickson Emeriti Professorship, continues his research into policing and intergroup communication. [Read More ▶]( [More News]( Featured Events [Tania Israel]( [Tania Israel]( January 13, 2021 The author and professor examines the toll of social outrage and looks at ways to harness it effectively through social justice advocacy. [The main cast of The Big Short]( [Script to Screen: The Big Short]( January 14, 2021 Academy Award-winning screenwriter Charles Randolph joins Pollock Theater director Matt Ryan for a Q&A about the 2015 financial comedy-drama. [Will Shortz]( [Puzzles & Ping-Pong with Will Shortz]( January 28, 2021 From his Westchester Table Tennis Center, the New York Times crossword puzzle editor explores the connection between the two pursuits. [More Events]( [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})