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UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events [UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events] [UC Santa Barbara]( March 24, 2022 Top News [Planetary Defense: Could we survive Don't Look Up?']( [Pulverizing a Planet Killer]( Physicists contemplate the premise of “Don’t Look Up” and the technology it would take to save humanity from an existential cosmic threat. [Explore a potential solution ▶]( [Reaserching motor circuitry in humans]( [Probing a Parkinson’s Paradox]( Researchers seek to understand why some Parkinson’s patients’ symptoms briefly vanish. [Read more about the new initiative ▶]( [Qiru Hu's ]( [More Than Fun and Games]( Electrical and computer engineering students will hold a video game open house to demonstrate their software skills. [Read more about the Gaucho Game Lab ▶]( [More News]( Featured Events [Author, Vivian Gornick]( [Vivian Gornick: The Only True Reader Is a Re-reader]( April 11, 2022 Through re-readings, the author brings the listener along on her own journey of self-discovery in a talk to be followed by an audience Q&A, a reception and a book signing. [The Assassination of Dulcie September]( [Murder in Paris]( April 12, 2022 Director Enver Samuel's film traces a decades-long pursuit of justice, exploring the story of the 1988 assassination of anti-apartheid activist Dulcie September with original interviews and never-before-seen archival footage. [Jennifer Koh and Davóne Tines]( [Everything Rises: Jennifer Koh and Davóne Tines]( April 12, 2022 The artists present a multimedia collaboration born from their desire to understand themselves as the descendants of refugees and slaves, revealing a universal history shared by immigrants and minority Americans. [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})