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UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events [UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events] [UC Santa Barbara]( March 23, 2023 Top News [A New Leader]( Professor Umesh Mishra is named dean of engineering and will assume the role July 1. [Read more about the appointment ▶]( [A forest ceiling with a puzzle piece missing]( [Climate Forward]( The campus receives $1 million to develop its climate action capacity as part of a UC-wide enterprise in support of California’s climate goals. [Read more about the new initiative ▶]( [Installation views of ]( [Unfolding Histories]( Artist Sandy Rodriguez illuminates forgotten pasts of the Central Coast. [Read more about the exhibition ▶]( [More News]( Featured Events [Woman dances to Cumbia music]( [Listening to Cumbia]( April 11, 2023 A screening of two documentaries on cumbia sonidera music is followed by a discussion with filmmakers Joyce García and Alvaro Parra. [Senior BFA candidates dance onstage]( [Spring Dance Concert]( April 13, 2023 Under the direction of Brandon Whited, senior BFA candidates present their original degree capstone projects. [The Danish String Quartet poses with their instruments in front of a chandelier]( [Danish String Quartet]( April 13, 2023 The quartet returns with the third concert in its Doppelgänger Project, pairing Schubert’s “Rosamunde” Quartet with a newly commissioned work by Icelandic composer Anna Thorvaldsdóttir. [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 © 2023 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})