Cultural, Education, Local, News UCSB — The Current — Your Tuesday News Briefing by Community Contributor • December 1, 2020 • Comments Off on UCSB — The Current — Your Tuesday News Briefing December 1, 2020 Top News Uncertain Times California policymakers’ COVID-related fiscal actions result in a projected windfall, but an operating deficit looms. Read More ? Making the Scene Historian W. Patrick McCray’s new book explores the collaboration of art and technology in the 1960s. Read More ? Shocks to Seafood Research shows that typical seafood distribution in the United States dropped sharply at the start of the global pandemic. Read More ? More News Featured Events LAIS Tertulia December 1, 2020 Global studies scholar Kai Thaler moderates a roundtable discussion of social movements, identity and resistance in contemporary Nicaragua. The Queen’s Gambit December 3, 2020 Carsey-Wolf Center Director Patrice Petro discusses the hugely popular Netflix series with co-creator and alumnus Scott Frank. Cheryl Strayed December 3, 2020 The bestselling author of “Wild” and host of the New York Times podcast “Sugar Calling” joins Pico Iyer in conversation. More Events UC Santa Barbara In The News Washington Post Amazon won Black Friday. Here’s how it plans to dominate the holiday rush Online spending on Friday jumped about 22 percent from a year ago, according to data from Adobe Analytics. And Cyber Monday deals could set new online shopping records today. Read More ? Arts | Science + Technology | Society + Culture | Campus + Community | Athletics | Calendar Connect with Us: Copyright © 2020 The Regents of the University of California. All Rights Reserved.