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UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events [UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events] [UC Santa Barbara]( September 27, 2022 Top News [A whale in the San Franciso Bay]( [Safe Harbor]( Marine research and conservation institutions band together to expand whale-saving technology to the San Francisco Bay. [Read more about Whale Safe ▶]( [Archaeological ceramic sherds tracked back to the Late Classic Maya were analyzed for biomarkers of cacao]( [Not Just For the Gods]( Among ancient Maya, cacao was not a food exclusive to the elite, but was important — and common — to all. [Read more about the accessibility of cacao ▶]( [The experimental setup used by the Weld Lab]( [A Different Kind of Chaos]( Physicists answer a decades-old question about interacting quantum particles in a disordered system. [Read more about quantum chaos ▶]( [More News]( Featured Events [Naked Shakes: Romeo and Juliet]( [Romeo & Juliet]( September 28, 7:30 pm Naked Shakes presents a contemporary adaptation of the Shakespeare classic about a "pair of star-crossed lovers." [UCSB Soccer home game]( [UC Santa Barbara vs. UC San Diego]( September 28, 7:00 pm The Gaucho men's soccer team takes on UCSD on Teacher Appreciation Night at Harder Stadium. [Sigmund Morgenroth's grandparents]( [Gods, Glory & Spirituality Lecture Series: Sigmund Morgenroth]( September 29, 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm Professor Emeritus Peter Lackner, grandson of the late collector and patron of the arts, shares childhood impressions and biographical research gleaned from his grandfather’s personal and family documents. [More Events]( UC Santa Barbara In The News [The New York Times]( [Saving Whales From Ship Collisions With Warnings and Letter Grades]( On Wednesday, Whale Safe, an A.I.-powered detection system, began operating around San Francisco Bay. Its goal is to warn large ships in the area’s waters when whales are nearby. About 25 miles out to sea from the Golden Gate on Monday afternoon, a yellow buoy bobbed not far from the great white shark hunting grounds of the Farallon Islands. On a boat close by called the Nova, Douglas McCauley, director of the Benioff Ocean Initiative at the University of California, Santa Barbara, donned a wet suit and snorkel and jumped into the brine to give the buoy some T.L.C. before its big day. The buoy, tethered to an underwater microphone, is an integral part of Whale Safe. [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 © 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})