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UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events [UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events] [UC Santa Barbara]( February 18, 2021 Top News [The Past Through Pinnipeds]( New analysis finds that the Tongva people of Catalina Island hunted sea lions over 1,000 years ago and likely transported meat by plank canoes. [Read more about the marine mammals ▶]( [Timothy Brandt, Sung Soo Kim and Fedor Manin]( [Scholars of Outstanding Promise]( Timothy Brandt, Sung Soo Kim and Fedor Manin have been selected to receive prestigious fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. [Read more about their work ▶]( [Salmon River]( [Climate Change and Fire Suppression]( Researchers investigate the complex factors that will fuel the wildfires of the 21st century. [Read more about the FireEarth initiative ▶]( [More News]( Featured Events [Darryl Li]( [The Universal Enemy]( February 18, 2021 Anthropologist and attorney Darryl Li speaks with Middle East political scholar Gehad Abaza about jihadists, empire and the challenge of solidarity. [Ariella Aïsha Azoulay]( [Ariella Aïsha Azoulay]( February 19, 2021 In conversation with art history professor Sylvester Okwunodu Ogbechie, the author of “Potential History – Unlearning Imperialism” discusses her work. [Dr. Mae Jemison]( [Dr. Mae Jemison]( February 23, 2021 The first woman of color to travel into space gives a talk titled "Overcoming Obstacles, Breaking Barriers and Reaching for the Stars," moderated by Distinguished Professor Susannah Scott. [More Events]( UC Santa Barbara In The News [National Science Foundation]( [The spillover effect of marine reserves]( Researchers discover that marine reserves can increase lobster catch rates despite closing fishing grounds. [Read More ▶]( [International Business Times]( [COVID-19 Detection Dogs? Medical Study Says Dogs Can Sniff Out Illness]( Testing for COVID-19 is an intrusive, time-consuming task. However, a new study published in the February edition of The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association indicates there might be a way to fix both of those problems. [Read More ▶]( [The Atlantic]( [Life Is Tough for Teenage Parasites]( For a deep-sea parasitic worm, the epic journey to adulthood starts in a fish’s intestines. [Read More ▶]( [Slate]( [Gassed Up]( How the energy industry tricked Americans into loving a dangerous appliance. [Read More ▶]( [Hatch]( [Do Marine Protected Areas make a difference?]( A new study suggests that MPAs can yield significant benefits for regional fisheries. [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})