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UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events [UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events] [UC Santa Barbara]( April 1, 2021 Top News [April 3 in IV]( Aiming for another safe and quiet weekend, a host of at-home activities — and restrictions — are in place for April 2-4. [Read more about the preparations for this weekend ▶]( [Woman Working From Home]( [Mapping Hell]( A scholar’s theory on what causes Zoom fatigue focuses on how the technology warps our sense of space in interactions. [Read more about computer-mediated communication exhaustion ▶]( [Meadow in Sunlight]( [A Second Look at Sunlight]( Researchers urge a closer examination of sunlight’s efficacy in inactivating the SARS-CoV-2 virus. [Read more about virus inactivation ▶]( [More News]( Featured Events [Theater/Dance Logo]( [BIPOC Reading Series]( April 2-3, 2021 A two-day festival features readings of six plays, each one followed by a Q&A with the playwright, director, dramaturg and actors. [Borders, Power and Transgression Poster]( [Borders, Power and Transgression]( April 7, 2021 A graduate student conference in Latin American and Iberian studies examines borders as a broad and fluid concept, with contributions from disciplines across the social sciences, the humanities and the arts. [Mind and Machine Intelligence Logo]( [The Accuracy, Fairness and Limits of Machine Learning in Criminal Justice]( April 12, 2021 Sharad Goel of Stanford University and Hany Farid of UC Berkeley share their research and discuss the potential, the limitations and the risks of algorithmic justice. [More Events]( Campus Announcements [UC President Speaks About Sexual Assault Awareness Month]( At the start of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, UC President Michael Drake delivers a message that reflects on its history and mission. [View Now ▶]( UC Santa Barbara In The News [Smithsonian]( [Why You Can’t Spot a Liar Just By Looking]( Psychologists say you can’t confirm deception by the way a person acts—but experts are zeroing in other methods that might actually work. [Read More ▶]( [Buzzfeed News]( [The US Labor Board Isn’t Strong Enough To Protect Workers From Amazon. Some Union Organizers Want To Go Around It.]( In the lead-up to the biggest union vote in Amazon’s history, the company has already shown it can break the rules and get away with it. [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})