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UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events [UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events] [UC Santa Barbara]( January 12, 2021 Top News [Coates and Wilkerson]( [Race to Justice Continues]( The Arts & Lectures series features talks this month by award-winning authors and scholars Ta-Nehisi Coates and Isabel Wilkerson. [Read More ▶]( [Yangying Zhu]( [Recognizing Innovation]( Yangying Zhu has received a National Science Foundation Early CAREER Award to pursue phase-change research. [Read More ▶]( [Chuño]( [A Microscopic Map into the Past]( A study of chuño, an Andean staple, will help archaeologists trace the development and movement of the ancient food. [Read More ▶]( [More News]( Featured Events [Barbara Ransby]( [A Crucible Moment for Race in America]( January 13, 2021 The crisis of racial capitalism and the challenge of the movement for Black lives is the focus of a talk by historian, professor and activist Barbara Ransby. [Jake Shimabukuro]( [Jake Shimabukuro]( January 19, 2021 The ukulele master crosses genres, blending rock, jazz, blues, bluegrass, classical and folk music. [Kristen Wiig, Bel Powley, Alexander Skarsgård]( [Script to Screen: The Diary of a Teenage Girl]( January 19, 2021 Filmmaker Marielle Heller joins Pollock Theater Director Matt Ryan for a discussion about her 2015 comedy-drama. [More Events]( Campus Announcements [In-Person Instruction for Fall 2021]( In a message from President Michael Drake, UC has announced it is planning for a return to primarily in-person instruction systemwide starting fall 2021, enabling prospective and current students and their families to understand the University's goal well in advance amid the uncertainties of the COVID-19 pandemic. [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})