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UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events [UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events] [UC Santa Barbara]( May 4, 2021 Top News [Messages From a Pandemic]( The 2021 Rupe Conference will focus on communicating about COVID-19. [Read more about the conference ▶]( [Scientists in a Laboratory]( [‘A Sense of Belonging’]( The campus has partnered on a grant project to expand representation and achievement in STEM among graduate students of color. [Read more about the NSF INCLUDES Planning Grant ▶]( [Richard Mayer]( [A Teachable Moment]( Psychology professor Richard Mayer has been named the 2020-21 Faculty Research Lecturer. [Read more about the honor ▶]( [More News]( Featured Events [Heather McGhee]( [Heather McGhee]( May 4, 2021 The activist and author of the bestselling book "The Sum of Us" discusses racial division and its impact on American economics. [Poster for 40 Years a Prisoner]( [40 Years a Prisoner]( May 4, 2021 Mike Africa, Jr., the focus of Tommy Oliver's HBO film, shares his decades-long struggles to free his parents after 40 years of unjust imprisonment. [Kathryn Stott & Yo-Yo Ma]( [Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott]( May 5, 2021 The cellist and pianist perform a program of traditional folk tunes and pop songs along with classical and jazz standards. [More Events]( UC Santa Barbara In The News [The New York Times]( [How Scientists Discovered a Massive Toxic Dump Site Off the LA Coast]( One researcher said the number of discarded drums far exceeded his expectations. “It was hard to wrap my head around the density of targets,” he said. [Read More ▶]( [Wired]( [Google Fixes Two Annoying Quirks in Its Voice Assistant]( The AI just got a useful boost in understanding natural human speech. [Read More ▶]( [Voice of America]( [What is So Special About a US President's First 100 Days?]( More than three months after being sworn in as the 46th president of the United States, President Joe Biden will soon pass a milestone: his first 100 days in office. [Read More ▶]( [San Diego Union-Tribune]( [Newsom’s $1B wildfire plan favors Sierra Nevada logging over homeowners]( Scientists contend that hot, dry, windy conditions fuel the state’s most deadly and destructive blazes — not overgrown forests [Read More ▶]( [Sierra Club]( [A Bold Action Plan for a Stable Climate]( President Joe Biden celebrated Earth Day 2021 with a bang: He pledged to reduce US greenhouse gas emissions by more than 50 percent below 2005 levels by 2030. [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})