Business, Education, Local, News UCSB — The Current — A Rare and Exceptional Gift and more news by Community Contributor • January 5, 2021 • Comments Off on UCSB — The Current — A Rare and Exceptional Gift and more news View this email online. January 5, 2021 Top News A Rare and Exceptional Gift A woman who defied a genetic mutation that guarantees early-onset Alzheimer’s has donated her brain to research. Read More ? Fresh Eyes on Plato A political science scholar’s new book examines how a long line of thinkers have approached Plato’s use of myth in political philosophy. Read More ? The Fix is In Giovanni Vigna and some former students are developing a better way to address vulnerabilities at the source-code level. Read More ? More News Featured Events Subversives: Lingua Franca January 7, 2021 Filmmaker Isabel Sandoval joins Miguel Penabella for a conversation about her work, which explores issues of identity, civil rights and immigration. Ta-Nehisi Coates January 12, 2021 The MacArthur Fellow and National Book Award-winning author gives a talk followed by a virtual Q&A with the audience. Survivor at 20 January 12, 2021 Film and media studies scholar Jeremy Moore moderates a discussion around the influential reality TV show as it enters its third decade on the air. More Events Campus Announcements COVID-19 Asymptomatic Testing is Expanded for Winter Quarter The campus’s asymptomatic testing program for individuals who have no COVID-19 symptoms and no known exposure has been expanded through winter quarter to include all undergraduate students, including those living off campus. Read More ? Arts | Science + Technology | Society + Culture | Campus + Community | Athletics | Calendar Connect with Us: Copyright © 2021 The Regents of the University of California. All Rights Reserved.
