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UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events [UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events] [UC Santa Barbara]( January 11, 2022 Top News [Outwitting Omicron]( Graduate student Zach Aralis has developed a rapid test for the COVID-19 Omicron variant. [Read more about the new assay ▶]( [Tardigrade floating in space]( [Sending Life to the Stars]( Scientists contemplate launching tiny lifeforms into interstellar space. [Read more about interstellar biology ▶]( [Cow bones]( [The Bones of a Culture]( A new paper sheds light on the resilience of Indigenous people during the Mission Period. [Read more about Native Californians and their hardships ▶]( [More News]( Featured Events [Jordana Moore Saggese]( [Boxing in the Frame]( January 27, 2022 Jordana Moore Saggese of the University of Maryland explores Eadweard Muybridge’s 1885 photographs of the mixed-race boxer Ben Bailey as a historically situated racial project. [Harmonia Rosales]( [Harmonia Rosales]( January 27, 2022 The Afro-Cuban American artist discusses her exhibition “Entwined,” which interweaves representations from ancient Greek and Yoruba mythologies and challenges ideas about identity and empowerment. [John Leguizamo]( [An Evening with John Leguizamo]( February 2, 2022 The Emmy and Tony Award winner known for his irreverent brand of comedy draws inspiration from his life story for this special performance. [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 © 2022 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})