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UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events [UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events] [UC Santa Barbara]( June 10, 2021 Top News [Promise Scholars Betsabe Lopez Morales, Juanita ]( [Promise and Persistence]( Promise Scholar and Guardian Scholar graduates reflect on obstacles overcome, goals met and big plans for the future. [Read more about the graduates ▶]( [Quality and Quantity]( Four undergraduates and one professor receive Chancellor’s research awards while the Library recognizes six students for exemplary research. [Read more about the awards ▶]( [Henley Gate]( [Advocating for Graduate Students]( The Graduate Student Association names its 2021 Dixon-Levy Service Award recipients. [Read more about the winners ▶]( [More News]( Featured Events [Blue Jay Singing in the Dead of Night Poster]( [Blue Jay Singing in the Dead of Night]( June 10, 2021 Irwin Appel directs a reading of Dale Griffiths Stamos’s play about a radio DJ navigating the changing world of FM radio in 1976. [Artwork by Sydnie Pace]( [A Moment Alone with Millions of People]( June 10, 2021 An evening with the UCSB Ensemble for Contemporary Music features works by Pauline Oliveros, Aidan Gold and Nicole Chamberlain, presented with gifs made by College of Creative Studies art students to accompany each movement. [Oprah Winfrey]( [Virtual Commencement Ceremony]( June 12, 2021 Keynote graduation speaker Oprah Winfrey kicks off a day of celebration for graduates. [More Events]( [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})