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UC Santa Barbara's Top News [UC Santa Barbara's Top News] [UC Santa Barbara]( June 30, 2021 Top News [The Goldilocks Supernova]( The discovery of a new type of supernova illuminates a medieval mystery. [Read More about the discovery ▶]( [Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure Film Poster]( [Totally Tubular]( Arts & Lectures’ annual summer slate of free films celebrates the '80s and '90s. [Read More about the film series ▶]( [Romani street sweepers]( [Streets of Resilience]( Anthropologist Elana Resnick explores how a “racialized Anthropocene” affects Bulgaria’s Romani. [Read More about the Romani people ▶]( [More News]( UC Santa Barbara In The News [CNN]( [New Type of Supernova Discovered by Astronomers]( Astronomers have discovered a new type of supernova, or star explosion, and it provides a new window into the violent life cycle of stars. The new research, focused on supernova 2018zd, confirms a prediction made by University of Tokyo astronomer Ken'ichi Nomoto more than 40 years ago. [Read More ▶]( [Los Angeles Times via Yahoo!]( [Column: COVID Isn't Spread by Mosquitoes. But the Next Pandemic Might be]( Omar Akbari, an associate professor of cell and developmental biology at UC San Diego, admits he loses sleep thinking about the next pandemic — and how it could be so much worse than COVID-19. [Read More ▶]( [Vox]( [6 Crucial Climate Actions the Senate Left out of its Infrastructure Deal]( The bipartisan deal is a disappointment on climate change, but it’s only part one. Here’s what could come next. [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})