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UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events [UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events] [UC Santa Barbara]( October 12, 2021 Top News [Toward a Better Future]( The Interdisciplinary Humanities Center’s public events series, “Regeneration,” begins with David Pellow speaking on environmental justice. [Read more about the new lecture series ▶]( [Megan Valentine]( [Bio-Inspired Autonomous Materials]( Five universities team up to program biological cells to design futuristic materials. [Read more about the collaboration funded by NSF ▶]( [Snowy Plover on a Beach]( [20 Years of Snowy Plovers]( Coal Oil Point Reserve celebrates 20 years helping the tiny shorebirds come back from the brink. [Read more about the efforts to save the birds ▶]( [More News]( Featured Events [The Wood Brothers]( [The Wood Brothers]( October 12, 2021 With special guest Kat Wright, the trio performs a diverse program of music from country folk to electrified blues funk. [Anastasia Nesvetailova]( [Global Studies Colloquium]( October 13, 2021 Anastasia Nesvetailova of City University of London discusses “The Business of Finance,” including the political economy of financial innovation, systemic risk, shadow banking and wealth management. [Fandango at the Wall Poster]( [Fandango at the Wall]( October 15, 2021 Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra are joined by the Villalobos Brothers to fuse the richness of Mexican folk music with the intricate harmonies of jazz and classical music. [More Events]( UC Santa Barbara In The News [Marketplace]( [The challenges of getting oil companies to decommission California’s aging offshore oil rigs]( Some lawmakers are calling for a permanent ban on new oil drilling off the West Coast after a recent spill released thousands of gallons of oil into Southern California waters. But what about the aging rigs off the coast of California right now? [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})