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May 2, 2024

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Matt Beane with the cover of ''The Skill Code''

How to build and protect skills in our modern workplace, a world filled with AI and robots

Assistant professor Matt Beane‘s new book uncovers ways for workers to remain competent and competitive in an increasingly automated workplace.

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Researchers reveal a new approach for treating degenerative diseases

A new paper identifies a protein crucial for breaking down misfolded proteins, a target for treating degenerative conditions like the blinding disease retinitis pigmentosa.

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Very Important Trees Tour imparts knowledge, inspires appreciation of campus plants

Greenhouse manager Cameron Hannah-Bick leads the popular walkabout centered on UCSB’s trees. A follow-up tour of campus specimen plants, led by emeritus professor Bruce Tiffney, is set for Monday, May 6.

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Featured Events

!Women Art Revolution

May 2, 2024

A virtual post-screening discussion of the documentary features filmmaker Lynn Hershman Leeson and Letícia Cobra Lima, a Ph.D. candidate in the history of art and architecture, and curator of the exhibition “A Box of One’s Own.”

Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

May 7, 2024

The marine biologist, policy advisor and writer offers answers to the crucial question: What would the future look like if we forged ahead with all the solutions to actually address the climate crisis?

Thalia Wheatley

May 9, 2024

As part of the SAGE Center Lectures, the Dartmouth professor explores the neural basis of social networks; how to win friends and influence people; measuring mental coupling in real time; why music moves us; how our brains detect and understand other minds; and how shapes, sounds, human speech and movement all convey emotional arousal.