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UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events [UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events] [UC Santa Barbara]( October 21, 2021 Top News [Flu Vaccination Q&A]( Student Health Executive Director Vejas Skripkus, M.D., discusses the UC influenza vaccination mandate. [Read more about the flu vaccination mandate ▶]( [UC Santa Barbara Coastline]( [‘Outsized Impact’]( The campus raised more than $100 million in philanthropic gifts in fiscal year 2021, as the endowment hit a new high. [Read more about the donations ▶]( [Sorghum harvests in Uganda]( [Sending Out an SOS]( Researchers tie grain prices to the start of the season in eastern and southern Africa. [Read more about the Start of the Season ▶]( [More News]( Featured Events [MCC Open Mic Night Poster featuring Keith Mar]( [An Evening of Self Expression]( October 22, 2021 The MultiCultural Center’s free quarterly open mic night features spoken word poet Keith Mar as emcee. [Emily Goard Jacobs]( [Emily Goard Jacobs]( October 26, 2021 The neuroscientist examines how progress in women’s health has suffered from the lack of female representation in the fields of medicine and health. [Max Ajl]( [Global Studies Colloquium]( October 27, 2021 Max Ajl of Wagenstein University discusses the possibility of a global People’s Green New Deal. [More Events]( UC Santa Barbara In The News [National Science Foundation]( [Hot time, summer in the city: Growing threat of extreme heat on urban populations]( Between climate change and the "urban heat island" effect, many of the world's cities are sizzling. Extreme heat already affects almost 2 billion urban residents worldwide, according to a new study led by UC Santa Barbara researchers. [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})