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Campus News
‘UCSB Reads’ Selects ‘Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption’
The award-winning memoir follows attorney Bryan Stevenson’s efforts to give voice to wrongly convicted underrepresented minorities. Read more about ‘UCSB Reads’ Selects ‘Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption’
Winter Wonderland
UCSB Regent Hadi Makarechian and his wife, Barbara, host the fourth annual Guardian Scholars Holiday Party. Read more about Winter Wonderland
The Fadeout Effect
A meta-analysis shows that the beneficial effects of interventions to raise intelligence in young children fade over time. Read more about The Fadeout Effect
Paleoclimate Change
Using a core sample from the Santa Barbara Basin, UCSB researchers decipher the history of paleoclimate change with surprising results. Read more about Paleoclimate Change
Events
UCSB Library Grand Opening
January 13, 2016
Paseo Main Entrance
Remarks, a ribbon-cutting, an open house and performances by students from the departments of music, and theater and dance, will all feature in this free, public celebration.
Listening and the Semiosphere
January 14, 2016
McCune Conference Room
The Interdisciplinary Humanities Center’s ongoing series, “The Humanities and the Brain,” opens the new year with a talk by neuroscientist Seth Horowitz on “how our individual brains build shared worlds.”
Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour
January 14, 2016
Campbell Hall
A tour featuring some of the iconic festival’s best-known acts, including saxophonist Ravi Coltrane, pianist and musical director Gerald Clayton, bassist Joe Sanders and drummer Justin Brown.