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UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events [UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events] [UC Santa Barbara]( May 18, 2021 Top News [‘Taming Titans’]( The 2021 Arthur N. Rupe Great Debate will explore how Big Tech should be regulated. [Read more about the event ▶]( [His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama and Professor José Cabezón greet one another at Santa Barbara Airport]( [An Enduring Connection]( The Dalai Lama Endowed Chair in Religious Studies celebrates 20 years of Tibetan Buddhism study. [Read more about the endowed chair ▶]( [Person Receiving Coronavirus Vaccine]( [One and Done]( The campus will hold weekly Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine clinics through the end of spring quarter. [Read more about the clinic ▶]( [More News]( Featured Events [Daya Thussu]( [Global Studies Colloquium]( May 19, 2021 Daya Thussu of Hong Kong Baptist University discusses the role of Brazil, Russian, India, China and South Africa in pluralizing information and communication agendas online. [Lily Anne Welty Tamai]( [Mixed-race Black identities in post-war Japan and Okinawa]( May 19, 2021 History scholar Lily Anne Welty Tamai explores the experiences of mixed-race Black Japanese people after World War II. [NVC 2021 Poster]( [2021 New Venture Finals]( May 20, 2021 Six teams (Tesserol, AquiPur, EEL Armor, Skillside, Scopen and Solaris) compete over livestream for the top prize in the Technology Management Program’s annual competition. [More Events]( Campus Announcements [UC Statement on Governor's Revised Budget]( UC Board of Regents Chair John A. Pérez and UC President Michael V. Drake, M.D. respond to Gov. Newsom's revised 2021-22 budget. [Read More ▶]( UC Santa Barbara In The News [The Nation]( [How Teachers Fought for Their Safety in the Pandemic—and Won]( As the debate over in-person schooling roiled, teachers’ unions secured significant protections­—often with parents’ support. [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})