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UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events [UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events] [UC Santa Barbara]( January 5, 2021 Top News [The Brain as a Puzzle]( [A Rare and Exceptional Gift]( A woman who defied a genetic mutation that guarantees early-onset Alzheimer’s has donated her brain to research. [Read More ▶]( [Fresh Eyes on Plato]( A political science scholar’s new book examines how a long line of thinkers have approached Plato’s use of myth in political philosophy. [Read More ▶]( [Pinpointing problems with planes]( [The Fix is In]( Giovanni Vigna and some former students are developing a better way to address vulnerabilities at the source-code level. [Read More ▶]( [More News]( Featured Events [Isabel Sandoval]( [Subversives: Lingua Franca]( January 7, 2021 Filmmaker Isabel Sandoval joins Miguel Penabella for a conversation about her work, which explores issues of identity, civil rights and immigration. [Ta-Nehisi Coates]( [Ta-Nehisi Coates]( January 12, 2021 The MacArthur Fellow and National Book Award-winning author gives a talk followed by a virtual Q&A with the audience. [The Cast of Survivor]( [Survivor at 20]( January 12, 2021 Film and media studies scholar Jeremy Moore moderates a discussion around the influential reality TV show as it enters its third decade on the air. [More Events]( Campus Announcements [COVID-19 Asymptomatic Testing is Expanded for Winter Quarter]( The campus's asymptomatic testing program for individuals who have no COVID-19 symptoms and no known exposure has been expanded through winter quarter to include all undergraduate students, including those living off campus. [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 © 2021 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})