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UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events [UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events] [UC Santa Barbara]( May 20, 2021 Top News [The cast of ]( [Life in Wartime]( Theater and Dance presents “Shanghai,” a new play about Jewish refugees in China during World War II. [Read more about the new play ▶]( [Lightbulbs]( [From Inspiration to Realization]( Technology Management’s newest crop of tech entrepreneurs face the judges at the 2021 New Venture Competition Finals. [Read more about the competition ▶]( [Summer Expansion]( Upcoming enhanced — and in-person — Summer Session offers something for everyone. [Read more about the plans for summer ▶]( [More News]( Featured Events [Tae-Yeoun Keum]( [Plato and the Mythic Tradition in Political Thought]( May 20, 2021 Political science scholars Tae-Yeoun Keum and Andrew Norris talk about Keum’s new book, followed by an audience Q&A. [Sugata Ray]( [Sugata Ray]( May 20, 2021 Reflecting on a 1612 painting of a North American turkey, the UC Berkeley professor of South and Southeast Asian art explores the history of art that perceives visual representations of the natural world. [Screengrab from The Mauritanian]( [The Mauritanian]( May 25, 2021 “Guantánamo Diary” author Mohamedou Ould Slahi joins sociology professor Lisa Hajjar for a discussion about his role in the making of the film based on his autobiography. [More Events]( UC Santa Barbara In The News [Newsweek]( [The 100 Best Public Colleges in America]( Earning a college degree is an investment with far-reaching benefits. Adults who hold degrees earn an average of $32,000 more per year than those who hold a high school diploma. This increased income can mean a big difference in quality of life, from being able to afford a home to lower instances of poverty, and even longer life expectancy. [Read the full story at Newsweek ▶]( [ZDNet]( [Google: We'll build this 'useful' quantum computer by the end of the decade]( Google takes the wraps off its Quantum AI campus in California and shows off its plans for an 'error-corrected' quantum device. [Read the full story at ZDNet ▶]( [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})