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UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events [UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events] [UC Santa Barbara]( April 27, 2021 Top News [‘A Message of Inspiration’]( Global media leader Oprah Winfrey will serve as guest speaker for UC Santa Barbara’s virtual graduation celebration June 12. [Read more about commencement ▶]( [COVID-19 Vaccine Record Card]( [Preventative Measure]( A proposed policy would require COVID-19 vaccinations for students and employees seeking access to any UC campus facilities. [Read more about the policy ▶]( [Cup of pencils and stack of books in front of a chalkboard]( [Future Me]( A new series sponsored by the Early Academic Outreach Program focuses on career exploration and professional possibilities. [Read more about the events ▶]( [More News]( Featured Events [UCSB Reads 2021]( [Zine Workshop]( April 27, 2021 As part of UCSB Reads 2021, the library hosts the third annual workshop on creating self-published magazines. [Walden Bello]( [Global Studies Colloquium]( April 28, 2021 Sociology scholar Walden Bello, a former member of the Philippines House of Representatives, discusses the global political economy, focusing on Asia, China, the U.S. and the far right. [Megan Bang]( [Nature-Culture Relations and Engaging Multiple Ways of Knowing]( April 29, 2021 Megan Bang of Northwestern University examines how cross-cultural variation in cognitive models and construals of humans with nature impact reasoning and sense-making. [More Events]( UC Santa Barbara In The News [Bloomberg]( [Up to 20 Percent of Groundwater Wells Are in Danger of Running Dry]( As many as one in five wells worldwide is at risk of running dry if groundwater levels drop by even a few meters, according to a new study appearing Thursday in the journal Science. [Read More ▶]( [The New York Times via MSN]( [Biden’s Bet on a Climate Transition Carries Big Risks]( President Biden’s pledge to cut America’s climate warming emissions in half by 2030 is technologically feasible and, scientists say, ecologically imperative. Economically, it could be a gamble. [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})