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UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events [UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events] [UC Santa Barbara]( October 27, 2022 Top News [Captured in Time]( The library launches the Community Archives Project for Santa Barbara’s Latinx neighborhoods. [Read more about the new initiative ▶]( [A laboratory]( [The Next Wonder Semiconductor]( With scanning ultrafast electron microscopy, researchers unveil the promising hot photocarrier transport properties of cubic boron arsenide. [Read more about the collaborative study ▶]( [Street signs for Embarcadero Del Mar and Pardall Road with palm trees behind it]( [Locals Only]( The university collaborates with students, neighbors and other agencies to ensure a safe Halloween. [Read more about the partnership and plans ▶]( [More News]( Featured Events [Carla Morrison in a baby blue jacket with frilly collar]( [Carla Morrison]( October 27, 2022 The Latin Grammy Award winner and international sensation makes her Santa Barbara debut at Campbell Hall. [Paul Berkowitz]( [Faculty Recital]( October 28, 2022 Pianist Paul Berkowitz performs the last three, great, Beethoven sonatas: opp. 109, 110 & 111. [Studio Theatre at the Theater and Dance Building]( [24 Hour Play Festival]( October 28-29, 2022 A celebration of ingenuity, creativity and collaboration that features the talents, skills, passion and perseverance of UCSB students. In just 24-hours, brand new short plays are written, directed, acted, produced and performed. [More Events]( Campus Announcements [Open Enrollment Begins]( The period when faculty and staff members have an opportunity to review their health plans and make choices regarding their 2023 benefits, starts at 8 a.m. today. [Read about how to make changes to benefits ▶]( UC Santa Barbara In The News [Discover Magazine]( [How Much Trash Is In Our Oceans?]( Take fishing gear, for example, which is known as a major contributor to the ocean pollution problem. According to a 2021 study by The Nature Conservancy and UC Santa Barbara, more than 100 million pounds of plastic from industrial fishing gear wind up as ocean trash each year. A previous study by the World Wildlife Foundation found that fishing gear contributes around 10 percent of ocean litter each year, or somewhere between 1 and 2 billion pounds. [Read more about plastic and the seas ▶]( [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})