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UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events [UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events] [UC Santa Barbara]( October 18, 2022 Top News [Striving for Inclusion in Statistics and Data Science]( The campus leads a new initiative for low-income students pursuing careers in statistics and data science. [Read more about the NSF-funded project ▶]( [Two robots, one blue, one red, hold hands. The blue robot holds a rose.]( [Getting Together]( As Profs @ the Pub returns, psychology professor Daniel Conroy-Beam presents a talk on how we find our romantic partners. [Read more about the event ▶]( [Sand samples fill test tubes on the beach]( [Fantastic Bioplastic]( A collaboration to develop biodegradable oceangoing bioplastics receives Convergence Accelerator Phase 2 funding from NSF. [Read more about biodegradable plastics ▶]( [More News]( Featured Events [3-dimensional model of particles]( [KITP Virtual Public Lecture: Why Face Masks Work]( October 19, 2022 Eberhard Bodenschatz of Cornell University discusses the physics of pathogen-containing particles and the effects of masking on transmission risk. [Members of The Nrityagram Dance Ensemble perform onstage]( [The Nrityagram Dance Ensemble]( October 19, 2022 The all-female, premier Indian dance group is joined by men and women of the Sri Lankan company Chitrasena for “Āhuti.” [Maya Bennardo and Hannah Levinson]( [Corwin Chair Concert Series: andPlay Duo]( October 21, 2022 The New York City-based duo of Maya Bennardo, violin, and Hannah Levinson, viola. presents several works from the contemporary American and international repertoire. [More Events]( UC Santa Barbara In The News [The Atlantic via MSN]( [Pregnancy Is a War; Birth Is a Cease-Fire]( Lactation is a massive chore for moms, often requiring many more calories than even gestation does—and some animals are born so underdeveloped that they have to nurse for an exhaustingly long time. But an early birth can still quell some of the roughest aspects of the maternal-fetal tussle. Offspring “have less negotiation power once they’re born,” Amy Boddy, a biologist and evolutionary theorist at UC Santa Barbara, told me. [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})