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UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events [UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events] [UC Santa Barbara]( February 23, 2021 Top News [Poking the Paradigm]( New research on sea urchins challenges long-held assumptions about marine reserves. [Read more about marine reserves ▶]( [Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]( [A Healthy Dose of Mozart]( In the age of COVID-19, the music department turns to “Don Giovanni” for its annual opera production. [Read more about the opera ▶]( [The siege of Tenochtitlán]( [Legend of the Fall]( The Art, Design & Architecture Museum’s new lecture series explores the conquest of Tenochtitlán 500 years ago. [Read more about the lecture series ▶]( [More News]( Featured Events [Zine Workshop Poster]( [Zine Workshop]( February 23, 2021 As part of UCSB Reads 2021, the library hosts the third annual workshop on creating self-published magazines. [Red Bandage]( [The Science Behind COVID-19 Vaccines and Other Interventions]( February 25, 2021 A panel discussion and Q&A with medical and microbiology experts explores the COVID-19 vaccines and other, non-pharmaceutical interventions. [LaToya Ruby Frazier]( [LaToya Ruby Frazier]( February 25, 2021 The acclaimed photographer and MacArthur Fellow presents her work depicting the unsettling reality of today’s America, followed by a Q&A with art department chair Kim Yasuda. [More Events]( UC Santa Barbara In The News [The Atlantic]( [Texas Failed Because It Did Not Plan]( What went wrong? The Lone Star State made three fundamental errors. [Read More ▶]( [CNET]( [Millions of Americans can't get broadband because of a faulty FCC map. There's a fix]( A fundamental flaw in closing the digital divide is not knowing where the problems actually are. We're finally about to see changes. [Read More ▶]( [Los Angeles Times via Yahoo!]( [Op-Ed: The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has value far beyond $25 an acre in oil leases. Tell Congress.]( The pure, utter wildness of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge will overwhelm you. When I was there one June, I watched thousands of caribou migrating purposefully to their birthing grounds on the refuge's coastal plain. The Porcupine caribou herd had once again traversed 400 miles to reach this incomparable place — remote, pristine, rich with resources for the mothers and their calves. [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})