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UCSB — The Current — ‘Seeding climate solutions for California’s amphibian communities and iconic beaches’ and more news, events

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October 19, 2023

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Seeding climate solutions for California’s amphibian communities and iconic beaches

Biologist Cherie Briggs and geographer Ian Walker receive University of California Climate Action Grants to advance their respective efforts in restoration and conservation.

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Celebrating diverse voices, identities and perspectives with dance

Santa Barbara Dance Theater builds on its legacy of inclusion and innovation with “The Ties that Bind/Los Lazos que Unen.”

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Collage celebrating Best Place to Work winner UC Santa Barbara

For the seventh year straight, UC Santa Barbara is named Best Place to Work

The campus takes top workplace honors — again — in the Santa Barbara Independent’s annual readers’ poll.

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California’s Fire Safe Future

October 19, 2023

Jessica Morse, commissioner of the Federal Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission, discusses strategies and tools that promote wildfire resilience in a changing climate.

Annie Mumolo and Kirsten Wiig as Barb and Star

I Love This Film: Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar

October 21, 2023

Screenwriter, showrunner, producer, actor and comedian Gabe Liedman introduces the 2021 comedy and joins moderator Tyler Morgenstern for a brief post-screening discussion of the film.

Anna May Wong on the cover of the book ''Daughter of the Dragon''

Yunte Huang

October 24, 2023

The distinguished professor of English joins film scholar Constance Penley for a discussion of his new book, “Daughter of the Dragon,” about Chinese American movie star Anna May Wong.