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UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events [UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events] [UC Santa Barbara]( November 16, 2021 Top News [Theater Again Takes Wing with ‘Seagull’]( Risa Brainin directs the Chekov classic, as translated by local Libby Appel. [Read more about the play ▶]( [The inaugural cohort of PROPEL scholars at an orientation event]( [‘Charting Their Own Path’]( The PROPEL Scholars Program supports undergraduate students in the social sciences. [Read more about the new program ▶]( [Mengyang Gu]( [A World of Uncertainty]( Statistician Mengyang Gu receives the 2022 SIAM Activity Group on Uncertainty Quantification Early Career Prize. [Read more about the honor ▶]( [More News]( Featured Events [Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky]( [Global Studies Colloquium]( November 17, 2021 Assistant professor Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky explores Muslim return migration from the Middle East to Russia from the 19th to the 21st centuries. [Close-Up of a Violin]( [UCSB Chamber Players]( November 17, 2021 Jonathan Moerschel directs an evening of chamber music by Schubert, Brahms and others, performed by student ensembles. [Simu Liu as Shang-Chi]( [Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings]( November 18, 2021 Co-writer and director Destin Daniel Cretton joins Matt Ryan, director of Pollock Theater, for a virtual discussion of the first Marvel Studios film to feature an Asian actor in a lead role. [More Events]( Campus Announcements [Open Enrollment Ends Friday, Nov. 19]( Open Enrollment, the period when faculty and staff members have an opportunity to review their health plans and make choices regarding their 2022 benefits, ends at 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 19. [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})