–Elizabeth Robinson, 2024

This exhibition documents the life’s work of Cedric J. Robinson and Elizabeth Peters Robinson, placing it in the global context of the Black radical tradition. The Robinsons were renowned for their seminal scholarship and activism that had wide-ranging influence at UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), in academia, and across many public arenas. The exhibition is drawn from the Cedric J. and Elizabeth P. Robinson Archive (“Robinson Archive”) and supplemented by a variety of materials from other collections in UCSB Library’s Special Research Collections, as well as personal contributions from Elizabeth Robinson.

"[The Black radical tradition is] the continuing development of a collective consciousness informed by the historical struggles for liberation and motivated by the shared sense of obligation to preserve the collective being, the ontological totality."

–Cedric Robinson, Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition, 1983

A deeply influential educator, Cedric Robinson (1940-2016) was a well-known scholar of racial capitalism and the Black radical tradition, and an active participant in political movements, both at home and internationally. For more than 30 years, Elizabeth Robinson has been an educator, social worker, former associate director for media at KCSB-FM radio, activist, and community media producer.

With the 2024 acquisition of the Robinson Archive from Elizabeth Robinson and the Robinsons’ daughter Najda Ife Robinson-Mayer, the Library launched the Post-Custodial, Community-based and Participatory Archives Project. This initiative aims to establish a living archive at UCSB centered on the Black Radical Tradition and the broader field of Black Studies. The Robinson Archive serves as an important anchor for the larger project, and will enable global research, teaching, scholarship, and sociopolitical and cultural activism for future generations.

This exhibition was curated by Yolanda Blue, the Library’s Curator of American and International History, Politics, and Cultures Collections, in collaboration with New York University and UCSB Library staff.

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We recognize that many employees are navigating profound layers of stress, grief, or anxiety right now. The Academic & Staff Assistance Program (ASAP) is here for you.

We provide compassionate, inclusive, and confidential spaces to process these experiences, and have opened additional priority sessions to ensure all staff and faculty seeking support can be seen.

Please reach out to us at (805) 893-3318 or email asap@hr.ucsb.edu

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No Tiene Que Cargar Con Esto a Solas

Reconocemos que muchos de nuestros empleados están atravesando niveles profundos de estrés, duelo o ansiedad en este momento. El Programa de Asistencia para Académicos y Personal (ASAP) está aquí para apoyarlos.

Ofrecemos espacios compasivos, inclusivos y confidenciales para procesar estas experiencias, y hemos abierto sesiones prioritarias adicionales para asegurar que todo el personal y los profesores que busquen apoyo puedan ser atendidos.

Por favor, comuníquese con nosotros al (805) 893-3318 o por correo electrónico a asap@hr.ucsb.edu

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Space is limited, and these sessions cannot be recorded. Please register for individual sessions.

If you cannot attend a live session, please visit https://myucretirement.com/webinars/calendar for webinars on these and other financial planning topics. You can also bookmark UCSB's WorkLife Well-Being webpage to stay up to date on all upcoming events and programs.

April 9th @ 11:00 AM

Five Money Musts

Description: Learn five money concepts to help you start your financial journey on the right foot.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_y6cG-h0XTxCItwe7xgGssQ

April 16th @ 11:00 AM

Guide to Investing in the UC Retirement Savings Program

Description: Basics of investing, including key investing concepts and common types of investments plus an overview of funds available through the UC Retirement Savings Program. It also includes investment approaches based on risk tolerance, investing horizon and involvement level.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Dfx9OU0ORkyxXXJ8fZ1waQ

April 23rd @ 9:00am (Spanish) and 10:00am (English)

Fidelity's Guide to the UC Retirement System

Description: UC's primary retirement benefits that provide a foundation for retirement income: and voluntary retirement benefits that offer additional saving opportunities in UC's 403(b), 457(b) and DC plans. Learn about the benefits offered through the primary and voluntary retirement programs and how they work together to help prepare for a financially secure retirement.

Location: Student Affairs and Administrative Services Building (SAASB) Third Floor

Registration Link for the Spanish Presentation: https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/fidelitys-guide-to-the-uc-retirement-system-en-espanol

Registration Link for the English Presentation: https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/fidelitys-guide-to-the-uc-retirement-system

April 23rd @ 11:00 AM

529 College Savings

Description: We will discuss manageable strategies, tools, and tips that can help you plan more effectively for the cost of college.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7tZxEkz2Q7esO25gvRTUuQ

April 30th @ 11:00 AM

Preserving Savings for Future Generations

Description: Understand what assets are potentially taxable and how they might be distributed, learn the importance of a living will and health care proxy, and review the basics of trusts, gifting, and possible insurance replacement strategies. Note: Fidelity does not provide legal or tax advice. The information herein is general in nature and should not be considered legal or tax advice. Consult an attorney or tax professional regarding your specific situation.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8JA8tLnjQsWVCFpcVZjo7w

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The program kicks off in winter with a book giveaway for UCSB students led by the Chancellor, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, and University Librarian, and culminates with a free public talk by the book’s author(s) at Campbell Hall in the spring. Throughout the winter and spring quarters, the Library sponsors a variety of free learning, experiential, and social events to explore the book’s themes. The selected book is also incorporated into the university curriculum for winter and spring, allowing students to explore its themes in an academic context. UCSB Reads is generously supported by many individuals, university departments, and organizations.

This exhibition highlights the history of UCSB Reads since its inception, featuring promotional posters, selected books, custom bookmarks along with testimonials and images of participants engaging with programming throughout the years. UCSB Reads has become a beloved campus tradition that brings together thousands of people every year and demonstrates the power of literature to bridge divides, promote intellectual engagement, and build community.

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This exhibition was curated and cosponsored by the Oak Group and the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration, in collaboration with UCSB Library staff.

The Oak Group is one of the first artist groups in the U.S. to combine creativity with conservation. Since 1986, Oak Group artists have exhibited artworks painted on location to raise awareness and funds for open spaces, generating over $3 million in sales to support the preservation of lands for wildlife, recreation, ranching, and farming. The group includes 25 active members and has presented more than 100 exhibitions benefiting over 20 conservation organizations.

The Cheadle Center manages over 340 acres of open space between Ellwood Mesa and Goleta Slough, supporting habitat conservation, upland and wetland restoration, and sustainable stormwater management. These lands form a mosaic of oak woodland, coastal sage scrub, grassland, and wetland ecosystems that sustain high regional biodiversity. The Center also provides critical academic opportunities for UCSB students, including internships, field courses, and independent projects supported by the Research and Monitoring Mentorship Program.

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Trans, nonbinary, and gender non-conforming students, staff, faculty, and community members are invited to attend the event and receive free clothing on Friday, April 24th, 11 am - 3 pm on the SRB lawn. Donations not required to participate.

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Printers and publishers have reproduced Shakespeare’s words in every possible textual format and in numerous languages. Literary and visual artists have continuously adapted and reinterpreted them in various artforms. Musicians and choreographers have refashioned his stories into opera, ballet, pop songs, and modern dance. Meanwhile, filmmakers, television writers, and videogame creators have transformed them for modern screens. This exhibition explores the many forms and many afterlives of Shakespeare’s art – from a single scrap of his crabbed handwritten text to the digital media of the twenty-first century.

Infinite Variety was co-curated by David Gartrell, the Library’s Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts, and Professor Jim Kearney, Department of English. The exhibition is on display in the Jackie Laskoff Exhibition Alcove, located in the Sara Miller McCune Arts Library (1st Floor, Mountain Side), and is co-sponsored by UCSB Library and the Department of English.

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We are looking for volunteers to help us gather data. It’s a quick commitment for a big impact.

The Details:

When: April 14th, 2026Shifts: 1.5 hours each (between 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM)Where: Various campus locations (details provided upon sign-up)Perk: Volunteers will receive a $20 IV COOP gift card as a thank you!Ready to help us close the loop?

Space is limited to the first 25 sign-ups, so grab your spot now!

RSVP

Thanks for helping us keep our campus green!

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Spring Dates: Tuesdays from March 24th-May 26th

Time: 12:15-12:35 pm

Location: Online-Zoom link will be provided upon registration

RSVP: https://forms.gle/jytu6XaKVe7AdiGL8

Join us this final series of the academic quarter for Tranquil Tuesdays, a 20-minute drop-in meditation group to support your wellness. Meditating helps promote deep relaxation, creativity, and heightened awareness. Research shows that meditation can reduce stress, enhance focus, and strengthen our overall sense of balance. These sessions will provide a space to explore tools for feeling grounded, nurturing yourself, and being more present in daily life.

Whether you're new to meditation or have an established practice, come and take a moment for yourself in a supportive community setting.

Offered by: The ASAP Psychologist Team

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Educate yourself on emergency supplies, evacuation plans, pet safety, and local resources that help us build community climate resilience.

Free Food + Raffle!

RSVP Here

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Curated by EAP staff, this exhibition showcases standout submissions from EAP’s annual photo contests. Through these eye-catching photographs, students share their experiences living abroad with the campus community and highlight how EAP has enriched their undergraduate education at UCSB.

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What does it feel like to be enjoined to avenge your father’s death? What is it like to banish your daughter or disavow your community? To forgive the unforgivable? To murder? Shakespeare and his fellow early modern playwrights inherited and developed rhetorical and philosophical practices geared toward the creation of immersive virtual experience.

This talk approaches Shakespearean theater as a lab or platform in which the experience of ethics in extreme circumstances is simulated. Drawing on his new book Shakespearean Ethics in Extremity: Phenomenology, Theater, Experience (Oxford University Press, 2025), Kearney investigates Shakespeare’s attempts to capture – or conjure or discover or create – forms of what we might call ethical experience.

Jim Kearney is a Professor of English and Chair of the English Department at UCSB. He specializes in early modern literature with research interests that include ethical experience, the history of emotion, phenomenology (including the phenomenology of theater), various materialisms, religious identity and transformation, and the history of reading.

Kearney’s approximately 45-minute presentation will be followed by a Q&A session.

This event may be photographed or recorded.

Advance registration is recommended as space is limited.

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Join the UCSB History Associates for a discussion on two novels: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1943), by Betty Smith, and The Hate U Give (2017), by Angie Thomas. Both have been widely used as part of high school curricula—and both have been a target of book banners.

Read either or both of the books & join us for one of three hosted discussions.

Please select one of the following dates in your RSVP:

Thursday, April 9, 5:30 PM at UCSB - Public History Conference Room

Tuesday, April 14, 5:30 PM at Santa Barbara Central Library (The Hate U Give only)

Sunday, April 19, 2:00 PM at Dean: A Coffee Shop

Click here to RSVP!

Besides stirring strong feeling (and controversy) both of these novels are great reads. Copies
are available at your library or through Chaucer’s Books in Santa Barbara. If you choose to
purchase from Chaucer's Books they appreciate if you place an order through their
website, www.chaucersbooks.com. This will make sure they have enough copies on hand for the book clubs. And they will notify you when your book comes in!

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Books will be available for purchase and signing, courtesy of Chaucer’s Books

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–Elizabeth Robinson, 2024

This exhibition documents the life’s work of Cedric J. Robinson and Elizabeth Peters Robinson, placing it in the global context of the Black radical tradition. The Robinsons were renowned for their seminal scholarship and activism that had wide-ranging influence at UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), in academia, and across many public arenas. The exhibition is drawn from the Cedric J. and Elizabeth P. Robinson Archive (“Robinson Archive”) and supplemented by a variety of materials from other collections in UCSB Library’s Special Research Collections, as well as personal contributions from Elizabeth Robinson.

"[The Black radical tradition is] the continuing development of a collective consciousness informed by the historical struggles for liberation and motivated by the shared sense of obligation to preserve the collective being, the ontological totality."

–Cedric Robinson, Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition, 1983

A deeply influential educator, Cedric Robinson (1940-2016) was a well-known scholar of racial capitalism and the Black radical tradition, and an active participant in political movements, both at home and internationally. For more than 30 years, Elizabeth Robinson has been an educator, social worker, former associate director for media at KCSB-FM radio, activist, and community media producer.

With the 2024 acquisition of the Robinson Archive from Elizabeth Robinson and the Robinsons’ daughter Najda Ife Robinson-Mayer, the Library launched the Post-Custodial, Community-based and Participatory Archives Project. This initiative aims to establish a living archive at UCSB centered on the Black Radical Tradition and the broader field of Black Studies. The Robinson Archive serves as an important anchor for the larger project, and will enable global research, teaching, scholarship, and sociopolitical and cultural activism for future generations.

This exhibition was curated by Yolanda Blue, the Library’s Curator of American and International History, Politics, and Cultures Collections, in collaboration with New York University and UCSB Library staff.

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We recognize that many employees are navigating profound layers of stress, grief, or anxiety right now. The Academic & Staff Assistance Program (ASAP) is here for you.

We provide compassionate, inclusive, and confidential spaces to process these experiences, and have opened additional priority sessions to ensure all staff and faculty seeking support can be seen.

Please reach out to us at (805) 893-3318 or email asap@hr.ucsb.edu

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No Tiene Que Cargar Con Esto a Solas

Reconocemos que muchos de nuestros empleados están atravesando niveles profundos de estrés, duelo o ansiedad en este momento. El Programa de Asistencia para Académicos y Personal (ASAP) está aquí para apoyarlos.

Ofrecemos espacios compasivos, inclusivos y confidenciales para procesar estas experiencias, y hemos abierto sesiones prioritarias adicionales para asegurar que todo el personal y los profesores que busquen apoyo puedan ser atendidos.

Por favor, comuníquese con nosotros al (805) 893-3318 o por correo electrónico a asap@hr.ucsb.edu

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Space is limited, and these sessions cannot be recorded. Please register for individual sessions.

If you cannot attend a live session, please visit https://myucretirement.com/webinars/calendar for webinars on these and other financial planning topics. You can also bookmark UCSB's WorkLife Well-Being webpage to stay up to date on all upcoming events and programs.

April 9th @ 11:00 AM

Five Money Musts

Description: Learn five money concepts to help you start your financial journey on the right foot.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_y6cG-h0XTxCItwe7xgGssQ

April 16th @ 11:00 AM

Guide to Investing in the UC Retirement Savings Program

Description: Basics of investing, including key investing concepts and common types of investments plus an overview of funds available through the UC Retirement Savings Program. It also includes investment approaches based on risk tolerance, investing horizon and involvement level.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Dfx9OU0ORkyxXXJ8fZ1waQ

April 23rd @ 9:00am (Spanish) and 10:00am (English)

Fidelity's Guide to the UC Retirement System

Description: UC's primary retirement benefits that provide a foundation for retirement income: and voluntary retirement benefits that offer additional saving opportunities in UC's 403(b), 457(b) and DC plans. Learn about the benefits offered through the primary and voluntary retirement programs and how they work together to help prepare for a financially secure retirement.

Location: Student Affairs and Administrative Services Building (SAASB) Third Floor

Registration Link for the Spanish Presentation: https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/fidelitys-guide-to-the-uc-retirement-system-en-espanol

Registration Link for the English Presentation: https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/fidelitys-guide-to-the-uc-retirement-system

April 23rd @ 11:00 AM

529 College Savings

Description: We will discuss manageable strategies, tools, and tips that can help you plan more effectively for the cost of college.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7tZxEkz2Q7esO25gvRTUuQ

April 30th @ 11:00 AM

Preserving Savings for Future Generations

Description: Understand what assets are potentially taxable and how they might be distributed, learn the importance of a living will and health care proxy, and review the basics of trusts, gifting, and possible insurance replacement strategies. Note: Fidelity does not provide legal or tax advice. The information herein is general in nature and should not be considered legal or tax advice. Consult an attorney or tax professional regarding your specific situation.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8JA8tLnjQsWVCFpcVZjo7w

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The program kicks off in winter with a book giveaway for UCSB students led by the Chancellor, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, and University Librarian, and culminates with a free public talk by the book’s author(s) at Campbell Hall in the spring. Throughout the winter and spring quarters, the Library sponsors a variety of free learning, experiential, and social events to explore the book’s themes. The selected book is also incorporated into the university curriculum for winter and spring, allowing students to explore its themes in an academic context. UCSB Reads is generously supported by many individuals, university departments, and organizations.

This exhibition highlights the history of UCSB Reads since its inception, featuring promotional posters, selected books, custom bookmarks along with testimonials and images of participants engaging with programming throughout the years. UCSB Reads has become a beloved campus tradition that brings together thousands of people every year and demonstrates the power of literature to bridge divides, promote intellectual engagement, and build community.

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SUPERVISORS and NON-SUPERVISORS are welcome.

Click here to register in the UC Learning Center.

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This exhibition was curated and cosponsored by the Oak Group and the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration, in collaboration with UCSB Library staff.

The Oak Group is one of the first artist groups in the U.S. to combine creativity with conservation. Since 1986, Oak Group artists have exhibited artworks painted on location to raise awareness and funds for open spaces, generating over $3 million in sales to support the preservation of lands for wildlife, recreation, ranching, and farming. The group includes 25 active members and has presented more than 100 exhibitions benefiting over 20 conservation organizations.

The Cheadle Center manages over 340 acres of open space between Ellwood Mesa and Goleta Slough, supporting habitat conservation, upland and wetland restoration, and sustainable stormwater management. These lands form a mosaic of oak woodland, coastal sage scrub, grassland, and wetland ecosystems that sustain high regional biodiversity. The Center also provides critical academic opportunities for UCSB students, including internships, field courses, and independent projects supported by the Research and Monitoring Mentorship Program.

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Trans, nonbinary, and gender non-conforming students, staff, faculty, and community members are invited to attend the event and receive free clothing on Friday, April 24th, 11 am - 3 pm on the SRB lawn. Donations not required to participate.

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Come by for:

Shut-off timers and power strips giveawaysStickers and swagTo learn about free resources and assessments to reduce your workspaces’ impact. Coffee and donuts!Who we are:

Our goal is to reduce the overall impact UCSB workspaces have on our environment. We are uniquely prepared to work with offices, events, and laboratory spaces. For more information on our programs, please visit: www.sustainability.ucsb.edu/labrats and www.sustainability.ucsb.edu/paces

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Are you ready for your next career move? Join fellow alumni and professionals at the HireDMV Multi-University Alumni Career Fair, a unique opportunity to connect directly with top employers hiring across a wide range of industries. This expo-style career event brings together alumni, graduate students, and doctoral candidates from multiple universities to meet 75+ employers actively recruiting talented professionals in the DMV region.

HireDMV Multi-University Alumni Career Fair
📅 Wednesday, April 15, 2026
⏰ 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM EST
📍 Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center, College Park, MD

Learn More & Register

Why Attend
• Meet 75+ companies actively hiring
• Network with 500+ accomplished alumni and advanced-degree candidates
• Build meaningful connections with recruiters and hiring managers
• Explore opportunities across industries and career levels
• Free to attend for alumni

Whether you're exploring a career transition, returning to the workforce, or seeking your next leadership role, the HireDMV Career Fair offers a powerful opportunity to expand your network and discover new possibilities.
Bring your resume and come ready to connect.

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Printers and publishers have reproduced Shakespeare’s words in every possible textual format and in numerous languages. Literary and visual artists have continuously adapted and reinterpreted them in various artforms. Musicians and choreographers have refashioned his stories into opera, ballet, pop songs, and modern dance. Meanwhile, filmmakers, television writers, and videogame creators have transformed them for modern screens. This exhibition explores the many forms and many afterlives of Shakespeare’s art – from a single scrap of his crabbed handwritten text to the digital media of the twenty-first century.

Infinite Variety was co-curated by David Gartrell, the Library’s Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts, and Professor Jim Kearney, Department of English. The exhibition is on display in the Jackie Laskoff Exhibition Alcove, located in the Sara Miller McCune Arts Library (1st Floor, Mountain Side), and is co-sponsored by UCSB Library and the Department of English.

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Bring your lunch and friends at noon to the Music Bowl in the Music Building and enjoy some live music!

The World Music Series takes place every Wednesdays at 12 PM in the Music Bowl.

Co-sponsored by the UCSB MultiCultural Center and the Department of Music

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In partnership with UC's new Open Source Program Office (OSPO) Network, the UCSB Open Source Program hosts a casual in-person open source meetup. Discussion meetings are led by a member of the UCSB Open Source Meetup community, in a format of their choice (e.g. code review, journal club, presentation, etc.). Open to students, faculty, and staff of all experience levels!

Visit our website for past and upcoming topics. https://ucospo.net/santa-barbara/ucsb-projects/meetup/

We will provide light refreshments, but feel free to bring your own lunch.

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Norteño Music with Los Catanes Del Norte
Wednesday, Apr 15th
Los Catanes del Norte will perform music from different regions in Mexico including corridos, rancheras, and boleros norteños.

Ethiopian Jazz with the Addis Collective
Wednesday, Apr 22nd
The Addis Collective is a Santa Barbara-based band focusing on the 60s — 70's era Ethiopian Jazz. The style is a mix of solid groove, Reggae-esque hypnotic sound textures and improvised Jazz Soloing.

UCSB GAMELAN ENSEMBLE
Wednesday, Apr 29
Directed by Richard North, the UCSB Gamelan Ensemble will showcase an ancient style of gamelan from Cirebon, West Java, featuring dynamic drumming, delicate melodies, and lively interlocking rhythms.

The Jasmine Echo Chinese Ensemble
Wednesday, May 6
The UCSB-based student ensemble, The Jasmine Echo Chinese Ensemble, will perform both classic and popular works on traditional Chinese musical instruments.

UCSB Music of India Ensemble
Wednesday, May 13
Scott Marcus leads a performance of North Indian classical music performed on sitar-s with tabla accompaniment by Ziyad Marcus.

UCSB GOSPEL CHOIR
Wednesday, May 20th
Directed by Victor Bell, the choir will perform traditional and contemporary songs drawn from African American religious traditions.

UCSB Son Jarocho Ensemble
Wednesday, May 27th
Directed by Jorge Mijangos, the UCSB Son Jarocho Ensemble presents music and dance from Veracruz, Mexico that blends Mexican, Spanish and African elements.

Co-sponsored by the UCSB MultiCultural Center and the Department of Music.

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Are you a student singer, musician, poet or other talented performer that would like to showcase your talent, or just want to belt out some tunes? Join us at the Hub on Wednesday afternoons from 4-7!

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Curated by EAP staff, this exhibition showcases standout submissions from EAP’s annual photo contests. Through these eye-catching photographs, students share their experiences living abroad with the campus community and highlight how EAP has enriched their undergraduate education at UCSB.

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As part of the “Launch Your Network” series, this mixer bridges the gap between our successful alumni and current transfer students. We are looking for Gauchos who navigated the leap from community college or other institutions to share how their "transfer identity" and grit shaped their career paths.

Event Details

Date: Wednesday, April 15, 2026
Time: 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Location: Mosher Alumni House, UC Santa Barbara

Your Role: Join us for a relaxed networking mixer following our alumni panel to engage directly with students and share real-world insights.

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Kai Jenkin's program features intimate pieces for solo piano, film scores, a grand piece for chamber orchestra, and much more. With a focus on melody-first composition, Kai's recital will tell the story of his time at UCSB, and leave the listener with both the songs of his successes and the tunes of his tribulations.

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Her program “We are too tired, like two sinking suns.” is an immersive 30-minute meditation on the feeling of burnout. Written for two cellos and live electronics, the work explores the exhausting cycle of modern labor and the weight of days spent drowning in repetition.

Within this sonic cell of labor, the piece unravels through an exploration of tactile textures, rhythmic persistence, and the steady accumulation of digital debris. I wish it could provide a place for the audience to sit with the heaviness of exhaustion, to lean on one another, and to face pain directly: to pick it up, hold its weight, and eventually, lay it to rest.

Student Bio:

Yifeng Yvonne Yuan is a composer, sound artist, and performer whose interdisciplinary research operates at the intersection of sound, text, technology, and performance studies. Her work frequently explores the fragility of human emotions, fleeting feelings, and visceral, pre-linguistic expressions.

Yuan’s creative process positions sonic and visual objects into narrative structures. Her materials include the metallic clicking of a typewriter, glitched vocal noise, the shadow of leaves on a brick wall, and melting ice. Drawing inspiration from the ritualistic practices of early humans and the organic textures of the natural world, she composes for orchestra, chamber ensembles, dancers, moving images, and spatial environments.

Currently a Ph.D. candidate in Music Composition and a Master’s student in Media Arts and Technology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, Yuan maintains a dual career in both experimental concert music and film scoring. Her concert works and performances have been featured in major series and festivals such as the International Computer Music Conference (ICMC), PianoSphere, and more. As a film composer, her scores have been presented at international venues including the Venice International Film Festival and Dance at the Odyssey Los Angeles.

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–Elizabeth Robinson, 2024

This exhibition documents the life’s work of Cedric J. Robinson and Elizabeth Peters Robinson, placing it in the global context of the Black radical tradition. The Robinsons were renowned for their seminal scholarship and activism that had wide-ranging influence at UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), in academia, and across many public arenas. The exhibition is drawn from the Cedric J. and Elizabeth P. Robinson Archive (“Robinson Archive”) and supplemented by a variety of materials from other collections in UCSB Library’s Special Research Collections, as well as personal contributions from Elizabeth Robinson.

"[The Black radical tradition is] the continuing development of a collective consciousness informed by the historical struggles for liberation and motivated by the shared sense of obligation to preserve the collective being, the ontological totality."

–Cedric Robinson, Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition, 1983

A deeply influential educator, Cedric Robinson (1940-2016) was a well-known scholar of racial capitalism and the Black radical tradition, and an active participant in political movements, both at home and internationally. For more than 30 years, Elizabeth Robinson has been an educator, social worker, former associate director for media at KCSB-FM radio, activist, and community media producer.

With the 2024 acquisition of the Robinson Archive from Elizabeth Robinson and the Robinsons’ daughter Najda Ife Robinson-Mayer, the Library launched the Post-Custodial, Community-based and Participatory Archives Project. This initiative aims to establish a living archive at UCSB centered on the Black Radical Tradition and the broader field of Black Studies. The Robinson Archive serves as an important anchor for the larger project, and will enable global research, teaching, scholarship, and sociopolitical and cultural activism for future generations.

This exhibition was curated by Yolanda Blue, the Library’s Curator of American and International History, Politics, and Cultures Collections, in collaboration with New York University and UCSB Library staff.

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We recognize that many employees are navigating profound layers of stress, grief, or anxiety right now. The Academic & Staff Assistance Program (ASAP) is here for you.

We provide compassionate, inclusive, and confidential spaces to process these experiences, and have opened additional priority sessions to ensure all staff and faculty seeking support can be seen.

Please reach out to us at (805) 893-3318 or email asap@hr.ucsb.edu

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No Tiene Que Cargar Con Esto a Solas

Reconocemos que muchos de nuestros empleados están atravesando niveles profundos de estrés, duelo o ansiedad en este momento. El Programa de Asistencia para Académicos y Personal (ASAP) está aquí para apoyarlos.

Ofrecemos espacios compasivos, inclusivos y confidenciales para procesar estas experiencias, y hemos abierto sesiones prioritarias adicionales para asegurar que todo el personal y los profesores que busquen apoyo puedan ser atendidos.

Por favor, comuníquese con nosotros al (805) 893-3318 o por correo electrónico a asap@hr.ucsb.edu

View on site | Email this event

Space is limited, and these sessions cannot be recorded. Please register for individual sessions.

If you cannot attend a live session, please visit https://myucretirement.com/webinars/calendar for webinars on these and other financial planning topics. You can also bookmark UCSB's WorkLife Well-Being webpage to stay up to date on all upcoming events and programs.

April 9th @ 11:00 AM

Five Money Musts

Description: Learn five money concepts to help you start your financial journey on the right foot.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_y6cG-h0XTxCItwe7xgGssQ

April 16th @ 11:00 AM

Guide to Investing in the UC Retirement Savings Program

Description: Basics of investing, including key investing concepts and common types of investments plus an overview of funds available through the UC Retirement Savings Program. It also includes investment approaches based on risk tolerance, investing horizon and involvement level.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Dfx9OU0ORkyxXXJ8fZ1waQ

April 23rd @ 9:00am (Spanish) and 10:00am (English)

Fidelity's Guide to the UC Retirement System

Description: UC's primary retirement benefits that provide a foundation for retirement income: and voluntary retirement benefits that offer additional saving opportunities in UC's 403(b), 457(b) and DC plans. Learn about the benefits offered through the primary and voluntary retirement programs and how they work together to help prepare for a financially secure retirement.

Location: Student Affairs and Administrative Services Building (SAASB) Third Floor

Registration Link for the Spanish Presentation: https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/fidelitys-guide-to-the-uc-retirement-system-en-espanol

Registration Link for the English Presentation: https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/fidelitys-guide-to-the-uc-retirement-system

April 23rd @ 11:00 AM

529 College Savings

Description: We will discuss manageable strategies, tools, and tips that can help you plan more effectively for the cost of college.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7tZxEkz2Q7esO25gvRTUuQ

April 30th @ 11:00 AM

Preserving Savings for Future Generations

Description: Understand what assets are potentially taxable and how they might be distributed, learn the importance of a living will and health care proxy, and review the basics of trusts, gifting, and possible insurance replacement strategies. Note: Fidelity does not provide legal or tax advice. The information herein is general in nature and should not be considered legal or tax advice. Consult an attorney or tax professional regarding your specific situation.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8JA8tLnjQsWVCFpcVZjo7w

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The program kicks off in winter with a book giveaway for UCSB students led by the Chancellor, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, and University Librarian, and culminates with a free public talk by the book’s author(s) at Campbell Hall in the spring. Throughout the winter and spring quarters, the Library sponsors a variety of free learning, experiential, and social events to explore the book’s themes. The selected book is also incorporated into the university curriculum for winter and spring, allowing students to explore its themes in an academic context. UCSB Reads is generously supported by many individuals, university departments, and organizations.

This exhibition highlights the history of UCSB Reads since its inception, featuring promotional posters, selected books, custom bookmarks along with testimonials and images of participants engaging with programming throughout the years. UCSB Reads has become a beloved campus tradition that brings together thousands of people every year and demonstrates the power of literature to bridge divides, promote intellectual engagement, and build community.

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This exhibition was curated and cosponsored by the Oak Group and the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration, in collaboration with UCSB Library staff.

The Oak Group is one of the first artist groups in the U.S. to combine creativity with conservation. Since 1986, Oak Group artists have exhibited artworks painted on location to raise awareness and funds for open spaces, generating over $3 million in sales to support the preservation of lands for wildlife, recreation, ranching, and farming. The group includes 25 active members and has presented more than 100 exhibitions benefiting over 20 conservation organizations.

The Cheadle Center manages over 340 acres of open space between Ellwood Mesa and Goleta Slough, supporting habitat conservation, upland and wetland restoration, and sustainable stormwater management. These lands form a mosaic of oak woodland, coastal sage scrub, grassland, and wetland ecosystems that sustain high regional biodiversity. The Center also provides critical academic opportunities for UCSB students, including internships, field courses, and independent projects supported by the Research and Monitoring Mentorship Program.

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Trans, nonbinary, and gender non-conforming students, staff, faculty, and community members are invited to attend the event and receive free clothing on Friday, April 24th, 11 am - 3 pm on the SRB lawn. Donations not required to participate.

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Printers and publishers have reproduced Shakespeare’s words in every possible textual format and in numerous languages. Literary and visual artists have continuously adapted and reinterpreted them in various artforms. Musicians and choreographers have refashioned his stories into opera, ballet, pop songs, and modern dance. Meanwhile, filmmakers, television writers, and videogame creators have transformed them for modern screens. This exhibition explores the many forms and many afterlives of Shakespeare’s art – from a single scrap of his crabbed handwritten text to the digital media of the twenty-first century.

Infinite Variety was co-curated by David Gartrell, the Library’s Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts, and Professor Jim Kearney, Department of English. The exhibition is on display in the Jackie Laskoff Exhibition Alcove, located in the Sara Miller McCune Arts Library (1st Floor, Mountain Side), and is co-sponsored by UCSB Library and the Department of English.

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We will create memorial flowers to honor our own loved ones who’ve passed away. All required materials to create your flower will be provided, and you are welcome to also bring sentimental fabrics to incorporate. Flowers can be displayed in a temporary exhibition at the Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) building if you choose or kept as keepsake keychains after the event.

Loss can look different for each of us. We hope to be in community with you as you honor your experience.

The event will take place in Library Room 2509 (2nd Floor, Mountain Side).

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Curated by EAP staff, this exhibition showcases standout submissions from EAP’s annual photo contests. Through these eye-catching photographs, students share their experiences living abroad with the campus community and highlight how EAP has enriched their undergraduate education at UCSB.

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Kenneth Karmiole Annual Lecture on Religion in American Life at UCSB Library, featuring Dr. Randall Balmer. This annual lecture highlights scholarship and public engagement on American religious history, drawing from the rich resources of UCSB Library’s American Religions Collection.

Randall Balmer is the John Phillips Professor in Religion at Dartmouth College and a prize‑winning historian, bestselling author, and public commentator on American religious history. His New York Times–bestselling book, America’s Best Idea: The Separation of Church and State (2025), examines how the First Amendment’s protections of religious freedom have fostered America’s religious diversity, and the challenges it faces today. Balmer’s scholarship combines rigorous historical research with insightful commentary on the intersections of religion, law, and society.

About the American Religions Collection

The American Religions Collection (ARC) was established by J. Gordon Melton in 1968 and is located in UCSB Library’s Special Research Collections. Religion or religious practice in ARC is defined very broadly, and includes such diverse interests as unexplained phenomena, spiritual technologies, and dietary practices. Under the curation of David Gartrell, the ARC now includes more than 35,000 volumes, 5,000 serials titles, and over 1,000 linear feet of archival and manuscript collections and is one of the most comprehensive collections of American religious history primary source materials in the US.

About the Series

The Kenneth Karmiole Annual Lecture Series on Religion in American Life is an endowed fund established by Kenneth Karmiole in support of an annual public lecture series related to the research, scholarship and collection materials within the UC Santa Barbara Library’s American Religions Collection (ARC).

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Filmmaker Anthony Shim will join moderator Miguel Penabella (Carsey-Wolf Center, UCSB) for a post-screening discussion of Riceboy Sleeps.

This event is presented in conjunction with the UCSB Reads program. The program’s 2026 selection is Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner. For more information and tickets to attend Zauner’s free public lecture at Campbell Hall on Thursday, May 7 at 7:30 PM, please visit this page.

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Grab a pint with local UC alumni at The Understudy, on London's Southbank. This monthly pub night is hosted by UCSB Alumni Olé UK and open to all University of California alumni, students and friends!

REGISTER HERE!

Monthly, every 3rd Thursday at 7:00pm
The Understudy, Upper Ground, London SE1 9PX, UK

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–Elizabeth Robinson, 2024

This exhibition documents the life’s work of Cedric J. Robinson and Elizabeth Peters Robinson, placing it in the global context of the Black radical tradition. The Robinsons were renowned for their seminal scholarship and activism that had wide-ranging influence at UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), in academia, and across many public arenas. The exhibition is drawn from the Cedric J. and Elizabeth P. Robinson Archive (“Robinson Archive”) and supplemented by a variety of materials from other collections in UCSB Library’s Special Research Collections, as well as personal contributions from Elizabeth Robinson.

"[The Black radical tradition is] the continuing development of a collective consciousness informed by the historical struggles for liberation and motivated by the shared sense of obligation to preserve the collective being, the ontological totality."

–Cedric Robinson, Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition, 1983

A deeply influential educator, Cedric Robinson (1940-2016) was a well-known scholar of racial capitalism and the Black radical tradition, and an active participant in political movements, both at home and internationally. For more than 30 years, Elizabeth Robinson has been an educator, social worker, former associate director for media at KCSB-FM radio, activist, and community media producer.

With the 2024 acquisition of the Robinson Archive from Elizabeth Robinson and the Robinsons’ daughter Najda Ife Robinson-Mayer, the Library launched the Post-Custodial, Community-based and Participatory Archives Project. This initiative aims to establish a living archive at UCSB centered on the Black Radical Tradition and the broader field of Black Studies. The Robinson Archive serves as an important anchor for the larger project, and will enable global research, teaching, scholarship, and sociopolitical and cultural activism for future generations.

This exhibition was curated by Yolanda Blue, the Library’s Curator of American and International History, Politics, and Cultures Collections, in collaboration with New York University and UCSB Library staff.

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We recognize that many employees are navigating profound layers of stress, grief, or anxiety right now. The Academic & Staff Assistance Program (ASAP) is here for you.

We provide compassionate, inclusive, and confidential spaces to process these experiences, and have opened additional priority sessions to ensure all staff and faculty seeking support can be seen.

Please reach out to us at (805) 893-3318 or email asap@hr.ucsb.edu

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No Tiene Que Cargar Con Esto a Solas

Reconocemos que muchos de nuestros empleados están atravesando niveles profundos de estrés, duelo o ansiedad en este momento. El Programa de Asistencia para Académicos y Personal (ASAP) está aquí para apoyarlos.

Ofrecemos espacios compasivos, inclusivos y confidenciales para procesar estas experiencias, y hemos abierto sesiones prioritarias adicionales para asegurar que todo el personal y los profesores que busquen apoyo puedan ser atendidos.

Por favor, comuníquese con nosotros al (805) 893-3318 o por correo electrónico a asap@hr.ucsb.edu

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Space is limited, and these sessions cannot be recorded. Please register for individual sessions.

If you cannot attend a live session, please visit https://myucretirement.com/webinars/calendar for webinars on these and other financial planning topics. You can also bookmark UCSB's WorkLife Well-Being webpage to stay up to date on all upcoming events and programs.

April 9th @ 11:00 AM

Five Money Musts

Description: Learn five money concepts to help you start your financial journey on the right foot.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_y6cG-h0XTxCItwe7xgGssQ

April 16th @ 11:00 AM

Guide to Investing in the UC Retirement Savings Program

Description: Basics of investing, including key investing concepts and common types of investments plus an overview of funds available through the UC Retirement Savings Program. It also includes investment approaches based on risk tolerance, investing horizon and involvement level.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Dfx9OU0ORkyxXXJ8fZ1waQ

April 23rd @ 9:00am (Spanish) and 10:00am (English)

Fidelity's Guide to the UC Retirement System

Description: UC's primary retirement benefits that provide a foundation for retirement income: and voluntary retirement benefits that offer additional saving opportunities in UC's 403(b), 457(b) and DC plans. Learn about the benefits offered through the primary and voluntary retirement programs and how they work together to help prepare for a financially secure retirement.

Location: Student Affairs and Administrative Services Building (SAASB) Third Floor

Registration Link for the Spanish Presentation: https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/fidelitys-guide-to-the-uc-retirement-system-en-espanol

Registration Link for the English Presentation: https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/fidelitys-guide-to-the-uc-retirement-system

April 23rd @ 11:00 AM

529 College Savings

Description: We will discuss manageable strategies, tools, and tips that can help you plan more effectively for the cost of college.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7tZxEkz2Q7esO25gvRTUuQ

April 30th @ 11:00 AM

Preserving Savings for Future Generations

Description: Understand what assets are potentially taxable and how they might be distributed, learn the importance of a living will and health care proxy, and review the basics of trusts, gifting, and possible insurance replacement strategies. Note: Fidelity does not provide legal or tax advice. The information herein is general in nature and should not be considered legal or tax advice. Consult an attorney or tax professional regarding your specific situation.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8JA8tLnjQsWVCFpcVZjo7w

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The program kicks off in winter with a book giveaway for UCSB students led by the Chancellor, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, and University Librarian, and culminates with a free public talk by the book’s author(s) at Campbell Hall in the spring. Throughout the winter and spring quarters, the Library sponsors a variety of free learning, experiential, and social events to explore the book’s themes. The selected book is also incorporated into the university curriculum for winter and spring, allowing students to explore its themes in an academic context. UCSB Reads is generously supported by many individuals, university departments, and organizations.

This exhibition highlights the history of UCSB Reads since its inception, featuring promotional posters, selected books, custom bookmarks along with testimonials and images of participants engaging with programming throughout the years. UCSB Reads has become a beloved campus tradition that brings together thousands of people every year and demonstrates the power of literature to bridge divides, promote intellectual engagement, and build community.

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This exhibition was curated and cosponsored by the Oak Group and the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration, in collaboration with UCSB Library staff.

The Oak Group is one of the first artist groups in the U.S. to combine creativity with conservation. Since 1986, Oak Group artists have exhibited artworks painted on location to raise awareness and funds for open spaces, generating over $3 million in sales to support the preservation of lands for wildlife, recreation, ranching, and farming. The group includes 25 active members and has presented more than 100 exhibitions benefiting over 20 conservation organizations.

The Cheadle Center manages over 340 acres of open space between Ellwood Mesa and Goleta Slough, supporting habitat conservation, upland and wetland restoration, and sustainable stormwater management. These lands form a mosaic of oak woodland, coastal sage scrub, grassland, and wetland ecosystems that sustain high regional biodiversity. The Center also provides critical academic opportunities for UCSB students, including internships, field courses, and independent projects supported by the Research and Monitoring Mentorship Program.

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Trans, nonbinary, and gender non-conforming students, staff, faculty, and community members are invited to attend the event and receive free clothing on Friday, April 24th, 11 am - 3 pm on the SRB lawn. Donations not required to participate.

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Printers and publishers have reproduced Shakespeare’s words in every possible textual format and in numerous languages. Literary and visual artists have continuously adapted and reinterpreted them in various artforms. Musicians and choreographers have refashioned his stories into opera, ballet, pop songs, and modern dance. Meanwhile, filmmakers, television writers, and videogame creators have transformed them for modern screens. This exhibition explores the many forms and many afterlives of Shakespeare’s art – from a single scrap of his crabbed handwritten text to the digital media of the twenty-first century.

Infinite Variety was co-curated by David Gartrell, the Library’s Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts, and Professor Jim Kearney, Department of English. The exhibition is on display in the Jackie Laskoff Exhibition Alcove, located in the Sara Miller McCune Arts Library (1st Floor, Mountain Side), and is co-sponsored by UCSB Library and the Department of English.

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Key Topics:

How the Circular Economy Works: The recycling and remanufacturing process.Product Overview: Sustainable lab products available through Polycarbin’s manufacturing partners.Glove Recycling: Best practices for managing a circular stream for laboratory gloves.

Register via Zoom.

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The Unspoken Playbook: Alumni Women on Crafting a Purpose-Driven Path
Date: April 17th | Time: 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM | Location: Mosher Alumni House

How you can help: We are looking for alumni to provide "flash mentorship" and candid insights on the unspoken rules of the workplace—from navigating culture and overcoming imposter syndrome to mastering self-advocacy.

What to Expect:
A "lightning round" alumni panel over lunch followed by table breakouts where alumni will share their career insights, advice, and lots of encouragement.

Space is limited to 50 students and 25 alumni. Secure your spot below to help support the next generation for women leaders!

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This event is open to the public, both in-person and online. No registration is required. See schedule and livestream links below.

SCHEDULE

Session A: Bren Hall 1414

+ Session A livestream

1:00 - 1:15 pm: Dean's Welcome1:15 - 1:40 pm: Coexisting with Black Bears: Modeling Habitat Connectivity and Conflict in California’s North Bay; Carolina Chatila, Olly Johnson, Emmalyn Norman, Lauren Puffer, Sydney Royal1:45 - 2:10 pm: Evaluating Habitat Suitability at Apricot Lane Farms for the Proposed Reintroduction of the California Red-Legged Frog (Rana draytonii); Natasha Atkins, Avery Bowen, Lenaya-Aiden Gonzales, Melissa Rivas Hernandez, Angelina Taylor2:15 - 2:40 pm: Regional Restoration Planning for the Central San Joaquin Valley and Sierra Nevada; Rebeca Adam, James Benjamin, Sneha Kumar, Sara Soroka, Elizabeth Weathers2:45 - 3:10 pm: Integrating Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies into Low-Income Residential Developments in the City of Santa Barbara; Kyle Alves, Lucas d'Alva Duchrow, Maya Kurani, Isabella Perez3:15 - 3:40 pm: MediMRF: Automated Waste Sorting for Healthcare (Eco-Entrepreneurship); Nicholas Leong, Ryan Stanley4:00 - 4:25 pm: ReNewHair: An Eco-Friendly and Non-Toxic Alternative for Hair Extensions (Eco-Entrepreneurship); Halle Kuhar-Pitters, Aaliyah Muhammad4:30 - 4:55 pm: Circular Threads: A Blueprint for California’s Textile Recovery Under SB 707; Kaitlin Castor, Elise Dauterive, Claire Katzenberger, Karina Kays5:00 - 5:25 pm: Evaluating the Equity and Efficacy of Los Angeles County's Stormwater Capture Projects; Claire Anderson, Samuel Cervantes, Nico Gavigan, Lili Khosravi, Tina Tran5:30 - 5:55 pm: Impacts of Mining Contamination in the Pilcomayo River Basin and Opportunities for Remediation; Katerina Bischel, Abbey Guilliat, Nadav Kempinski, Elijah Khan, Jackson MillsSession B: MSI Auditorium

+ Session B livestream

1:00 - 1:15 pm: Dean's Welcome1:15 - 1:40 pm: Squid Inc.: Treating and Transforming Squid Processing Wastewater at Ventura Harbor (Eco-Entrepreneurship); Ashley Diedenhofen, Benjamin Ladabaum, Travis Rennacker, Stella Wing1:45 - 2:10 pm: A Feasibility Assessment of U.S. Deep-Sea Mining and a Comparative Analysis with Terrestrial Mining; Gerald Clark, Haven Parker, Emma Perme, Pablo Van Dyck2:15 - 2:40 pm: Baseline Environmental Assessment of Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary; Andrew Castillo, Michelle Graham, Marley Hatfield, Sarayu Ramnath, Caroline Smith2:45 - 3:10 pm: Assessing Climate Exposures to Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities and the Nature within their Territories in Amazonia; Jackson Coldiron, Garrett Craig, Isa Elias, Justin Gutierrez, Bella Pucker3:15 - 3:40 pm: Quantitative Assessment of Remote Sensing Capabilities to Improve Monitoring of Giant Kelp Condition; Emilie Lenoir, Michelle Moreno, Charles O'Connor, Tanvi Shah, Danielle Turner4:30 - 4:55 pm: Santa Barbara Residential Electrification: Roadmap to Zero Emissions by 2035; Karlie Hayes, Nolan Mitschke, Alon Robbins5:00 - 5:25 pm: Evaluating Neighborhood-Scale Decarbonization in a Disadvantaged Community through Energy System Electrification; Megan Baker, Nicolas DeStephano, Allison Larko, Ella Moore, Scott Schwartz5:30 - 5:55 pm: Advancing Managed Retreat in California: Planning Considerations and Buyout-Leaseback Financing Evaluation; William Dean, Ada Ekpezu Olumba, Wesley Noble, Lilia Mourier, Daniel O'SheaReception to follow in the Bren Hall Michael J. Connell Memorial Courtyard

Bren School MESM Impact Project Presentation Day: An Invitation from Interim Dean Sarah Anderson

I am pleased to invite you to the Bren School’s 29th Annual Impact Project Presentations. This event showcases our mission: turning rigorous, interdisciplinary science into actionable, real-world solutions.

Today represents the culmination of a year-long immersion in the complexities of environmental problem-solving for the MESM Class of 2026. Working in collaborative teams with faculty advisors, our students have navigated the technical, scientific, and social realities that define modern environmental work. Their projects provide immediate, tangible value to our partners and the broader environmental community, ranging from data-driven management strategies for external stakeholders to sustainable ventures launched through the Eco-E track.

By joining us for these presentations, you are doing more than just watching a series of talks. You are meeting a new cohort of leaders who have the depth of knowledge and the practical experience to lead the way forward. Whether you are a long-time collaborator, a family member, a Bren alum, or a prospective employer, I know you will be inspired by the expertise and readiness of our students as they step into their roles as the next generation of environmental leaders.

Thank you to our 2026 Master's Impact Project Presentations Supporter:

And thank you to the Bren School's Corporate and Institutional Partners:

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, California Homebuilding Foundation, California Marine Sanctuary Foundation, Donald Bren Foundation, Kingfisher Foundation, Latham & Watkins, Natalie Orfalea Foundation, Professional Environmental Managers Association (PEMA), Rincon Consultants, Safe Passage Youth Foundation, Southern California Edison, The Kirby-Jones Foundation, The Nature Conservancy, Toad&Co.

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Curated by EAP staff, this exhibition showcases standout submissions from EAP’s annual photo contests. Through these eye-catching photographs, students share their experiences living abroad with the campus community and highlight how EAP has enriched their undergraduate education at UCSB.

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Friday, April 17, 2026 | 7:30 pm

Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall, UC Santa Barbara

Robert Schumann – Fantasy Pieces and other stories

Faculty pianist Paul Berkowitz picks up where he left off after his performances of Robert Schumann’s Humoreske in 2024 and Fantasie in 2025 (soon to be released together as a CD and streaming album for Meridian Records). He continues on April 17 with an entire evening of Schumann piano music in Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall, spanning the composer’s life. Opening with a group of five early evocative short pieces from Bunte Blätter (Colored Leaves), op. 99, he follows with one of Schumann’s most beloved collections, the eight Fantasiestücke, op. 12, displaying Schumann’s dual personalities – the dreamy poet and exuberant extrovert – in full flood. Mr. Berkowitz will then perform the hardly known late second set of three Fantasiestücke, op. 111, reflecting Schumann’s soul at its most troubled in music of astonishing imagination. The recital will conclude with the warm and tender Waldszenen (Forest Scenes), op. 82, a virtualsong cycle for solo piano, epitomizing the Romantic approach to nature.

Bio

Paul Berkowitz has recorded the complete piano sonatas and other major works of Schubert for Meridian Records, to worldwide acclaim. He was described by the London Sunday Times as being “in the royal class of Schubert interpreters” and his Compact Disc recordings of the Last Three Schubert Piano Sonatas were included among the same newspaper’s Records of the Year. His recording of Schumann’s Kreisleriana was selected by BBC Radio Record Review as the best of all available recordings. He also released a series of three CD recordings of Brahms Piano Music. BBC Music Magazine reviewed Vol. I commenting, "...praise to Meridian, which has in the Canadian pianist Paul Berkowitz an artist who isn't shy of taking on the kind of repertoire traditionally the preserve of more internationally high-profile artists. Rightly so, for he has a voice, a musicality, a bigness of pianism distinctively his own...his integrity is commanding, his stylistic authority convincing and his refusal merely to play the notes impressive."

Mr. Berkowitz recorded the Schubert Impromptus, Moments Musicaux and other repertoire as the final two volumes, released in 2017, of his 9-CD cycle of major works for piano by Schubert for Meridian which he began in 1984. The Guardian of London noted: "A sparkling technique allied to a clear sense of line make these recordings particularly special." More recently he has taken an interest in the piano works of the 20th-century French composer Francis Poulenc, with a new Meridian CD of Poulenc piano music released in July 2025. International Piano Magazine praised Berkowitz’s “innately musical” playing, noting the warmth and sophistication of his interpretation. BBC Music Magazine welcomed the recording as an important contribution to the Poulenc discography, highlighting Berkowitz as “an especially fine advocate” for these underappreciated works and praising the poignancy, vitality, and character he brings to each piece. His next project for Meridian is a second volume of major works by Schumann, the Humoreske, Arabeske, and Fantasie, already recorded and currently in preparation for imminent release.

Mr. Berkowitz, a native of Montreal, Canada, is a graduate of McGill University and of the Curtis Institute of Music, where he studied with Rudolf Serkin. He lived in Britain for 20 years appearing frequently at the Queen Elizabeth and Wigmore Halls and on the BBC, as a soloist with major orchestras in Britain and Canada and at music festivals in Belgium, Denmark, England, Scotland, France, Italy and Spain. Mr. Berkowitz left the Guildhall School of Music in London, where he had been a professor since 1975, to join the music faculty at the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1993, where he is Professor of Piano and Head of Keyboard, and served as Chair of the Department of Music 2007-12. He has been invited to present master classes at major conservatories, universities and festivals, and his students have won prizes in numerous competitions, including the BBC Young Musician of the Year (Thomas Adès), the International Piano Competition Palma d'Oro in Italy, the Bradshaw and Buono International Competition in New York, and the Los Angeles Liszt Competition, and have gone on to have concert and academic careers of their own in Europe, North America and Asia.

Mr. Berkowitz is a Steinway Artist.

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–Elizabeth Robinson, 2024

This exhibition documents the life’s work of Cedric J. Robinson and Elizabeth Peters Robinson, placing it in the global context of the Black radical tradition. The Robinsons were renowned for their seminal scholarship and activism that had wide-ranging influence at UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), in academia, and across many public arenas. The exhibition is drawn from the Cedric J. and Elizabeth P. Robinson Archive (“Robinson Archive”) and supplemented by a variety of materials from other collections in UCSB Library’s Special Research Collections, as well as personal contributions from Elizabeth Robinson.

"[The Black radical tradition is] the continuing development of a collective consciousness informed by the historical struggles for liberation and motivated by the shared sense of obligation to preserve the collective being, the ontological totality."

–Cedric Robinson, Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition, 1983

A deeply influential educator, Cedric Robinson (1940-2016) was a well-known scholar of racial capitalism and the Black radical tradition, and an active participant in political movements, both at home and internationally. For more than 30 years, Elizabeth Robinson has been an educator, social worker, former associate director for media at KCSB-FM radio, activist, and community media producer.

With the 2024 acquisition of the Robinson Archive from Elizabeth Robinson and the Robinsons’ daughter Najda Ife Robinson-Mayer, the Library launched the Post-Custodial, Community-based and Participatory Archives Project. This initiative aims to establish a living archive at UCSB centered on the Black Radical Tradition and the broader field of Black Studies. The Robinson Archive serves as an important anchor for the larger project, and will enable global research, teaching, scholarship, and sociopolitical and cultural activism for future generations.

This exhibition was curated by Yolanda Blue, the Library’s Curator of American and International History, Politics, and Cultures Collections, in collaboration with New York University and UCSB Library staff.

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We recognize that many employees are navigating profound layers of stress, grief, or anxiety right now. The Academic & Staff Assistance Program (ASAP) is here for you.

We provide compassionate, inclusive, and confidential spaces to process these experiences, and have opened additional priority sessions to ensure all staff and faculty seeking support can be seen.

Please reach out to us at (805) 893-3318 or email asap@hr.ucsb.edu

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No Tiene Que Cargar Con Esto a Solas

Reconocemos que muchos de nuestros empleados están atravesando niveles profundos de estrés, duelo o ansiedad en este momento. El Programa de Asistencia para Académicos y Personal (ASAP) está aquí para apoyarlos.

Ofrecemos espacios compasivos, inclusivos y confidenciales para procesar estas experiencias, y hemos abierto sesiones prioritarias adicionales para asegurar que todo el personal y los profesores que busquen apoyo puedan ser atendidos.

Por favor, comuníquese con nosotros al (805) 893-3318 o por correo electrónico a asap@hr.ucsb.edu

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Space is limited, and these sessions cannot be recorded. Please register for individual sessions.

If you cannot attend a live session, please visit https://myucretirement.com/webinars/calendar for webinars on these and other financial planning topics. You can also bookmark UCSB's WorkLife Well-Being webpage to stay up to date on all upcoming events and programs.

April 9th @ 11:00 AM

Five Money Musts

Description: Learn five money concepts to help you start your financial journey on the right foot.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_y6cG-h0XTxCItwe7xgGssQ

April 16th @ 11:00 AM

Guide to Investing in the UC Retirement Savings Program

Description: Basics of investing, including key investing concepts and common types of investments plus an overview of funds available through the UC Retirement Savings Program. It also includes investment approaches based on risk tolerance, investing horizon and involvement level.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Dfx9OU0ORkyxXXJ8fZ1waQ

April 23rd @ 9:00am (Spanish) and 10:00am (English)

Fidelity's Guide to the UC Retirement System

Description: UC's primary retirement benefits that provide a foundation for retirement income: and voluntary retirement benefits that offer additional saving opportunities in UC's 403(b), 457(b) and DC plans. Learn about the benefits offered through the primary and voluntary retirement programs and how they work together to help prepare for a financially secure retirement.

Location: Student Affairs and Administrative Services Building (SAASB) Third Floor

Registration Link for the Spanish Presentation: https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/fidelitys-guide-to-the-uc-retirement-system-en-espanol

Registration Link for the English Presentation: https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/fidelitys-guide-to-the-uc-retirement-system

April 23rd @ 11:00 AM

529 College Savings

Description: We will discuss manageable strategies, tools, and tips that can help you plan more effectively for the cost of college.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7tZxEkz2Q7esO25gvRTUuQ

April 30th @ 11:00 AM

Preserving Savings for Future Generations

Description: Understand what assets are potentially taxable and how they might be distributed, learn the importance of a living will and health care proxy, and review the basics of trusts, gifting, and possible insurance replacement strategies. Note: Fidelity does not provide legal or tax advice. The information herein is general in nature and should not be considered legal or tax advice. Consult an attorney or tax professional regarding your specific situation.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8JA8tLnjQsWVCFpcVZjo7w

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The program kicks off in winter with a book giveaway for UCSB students led by the Chancellor, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, and University Librarian, and culminates with a free public talk by the book’s author(s) at Campbell Hall in the spring. Throughout the winter and spring quarters, the Library sponsors a variety of free learning, experiential, and social events to explore the book’s themes. The selected book is also incorporated into the university curriculum for winter and spring, allowing students to explore its themes in an academic context. UCSB Reads is generously supported by many individuals, university departments, and organizations.

This exhibition highlights the history of UCSB Reads since its inception, featuring promotional posters, selected books, custom bookmarks along with testimonials and images of participants engaging with programming throughout the years. UCSB Reads has become a beloved campus tradition that brings together thousands of people every year and demonstrates the power of literature to bridge divides, promote intellectual engagement, and build community.

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This exhibition was curated and cosponsored by the Oak Group and the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration, in collaboration with UCSB Library staff.

The Oak Group is one of the first artist groups in the U.S. to combine creativity with conservation. Since 1986, Oak Group artists have exhibited artworks painted on location to raise awareness and funds for open spaces, generating over $3 million in sales to support the preservation of lands for wildlife, recreation, ranching, and farming. The group includes 25 active members and has presented more than 100 exhibitions benefiting over 20 conservation organizations.

The Cheadle Center manages over 340 acres of open space between Ellwood Mesa and Goleta Slough, supporting habitat conservation, upland and wetland restoration, and sustainable stormwater management. These lands form a mosaic of oak woodland, coastal sage scrub, grassland, and wetland ecosystems that sustain high regional biodiversity. The Center also provides critical academic opportunities for UCSB students, including internships, field courses, and independent projects supported by the Research and Monitoring Mentorship Program.

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Trans, nonbinary, and gender non-conforming students, staff, faculty, and community members are invited to attend the event and receive free clothing on Friday, April 24th, 11 am - 3 pm on the SRB lawn. Donations not required to participate.

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Printers and publishers have reproduced Shakespeare’s words in every possible textual format and in numerous languages. Literary and visual artists have continuously adapted and reinterpreted them in various artforms. Musicians and choreographers have refashioned his stories into opera, ballet, pop songs, and modern dance. Meanwhile, filmmakers, television writers, and videogame creators have transformed them for modern screens. This exhibition explores the many forms and many afterlives of Shakespeare’s art – from a single scrap of his crabbed handwritten text to the digital media of the twenty-first century.

Infinite Variety was co-curated by David Gartrell, the Library’s Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts, and Professor Jim Kearney, Department of English. The exhibition is on display in the Jackie Laskoff Exhibition Alcove, located in the Sara Miller McCune Arts Library (1st Floor, Mountain Side), and is co-sponsored by UCSB Library and the Department of English.

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There are multiple train routes from London to Canterbury, so we’ll coordinate travel options in a group chat after you sign up, or you’re welcome to make your own way there at a time that suits you. Train tickets currently range from £30–£45, and we recommend purchasing an Anytime Return to keep your travel flexible.

We’ll plan to head back toward London at around 5:30pm, though you’re very welcome to stay longer, explore more of Canterbury, or return earlier if needed.

This event is free to join. We estimate the total out-of-pocket cost will be £30–£45 for train tickets plus the cost of lunch and any drinks.

This event is open to alumni, students, and friends of the University of California, Santa Barbara. Go Gauchos!

Notes

Photography: Please note photography will take place at this event. Entry constitutes consent to such, and to any use, in any and all media. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us via the email below or speak to a member of staff on arrival to the event.

Code of Conduct: By attending a University of California Trust event, you are agreeing to comply with our code of conduct. To learn more, please visit here.

Questions? Contact us at alumni@californiahouse.org.uk.

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Curated by EAP staff, this exhibition showcases standout submissions from EAP’s annual photo contests. Through these eye-catching photographs, students share their experiences living abroad with the campus community and highlight how EAP has enriched their undergraduate education at UCSB.

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–Elizabeth Robinson, 2024

This exhibition documents the life’s work of Cedric J. Robinson and Elizabeth Peters Robinson, placing it in the global context of the Black radical tradition. The Robinsons were renowned for their seminal scholarship and activism that had wide-ranging influence at UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), in academia, and across many public arenas. The exhibition is drawn from the Cedric J. and Elizabeth P. Robinson Archive (“Robinson Archive”) and supplemented by a variety of materials from other collections in UCSB Library’s Special Research Collections, as well as personal contributions from Elizabeth Robinson.

"[The Black radical tradition is] the continuing development of a collective consciousness informed by the historical struggles for liberation and motivated by the shared sense of obligation to preserve the collective being, the ontological totality."

–Cedric Robinson, Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition, 1983

A deeply influential educator, Cedric Robinson (1940-2016) was a well-known scholar of racial capitalism and the Black radical tradition, and an active participant in political movements, both at home and internationally. For more than 30 years, Elizabeth Robinson has been an educator, social worker, former associate director for media at KCSB-FM radio, activist, and community media producer.

With the 2024 acquisition of the Robinson Archive from Elizabeth Robinson and the Robinsons’ daughter Najda Ife Robinson-Mayer, the Library launched the Post-Custodial, Community-based and Participatory Archives Project. This initiative aims to establish a living archive at UCSB centered on the Black Radical Tradition and the broader field of Black Studies. The Robinson Archive serves as an important anchor for the larger project, and will enable global research, teaching, scholarship, and sociopolitical and cultural activism for future generations.

This exhibition was curated by Yolanda Blue, the Library’s Curator of American and International History, Politics, and Cultures Collections, in collaboration with New York University and UCSB Library staff.

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We recognize that many employees are navigating profound layers of stress, grief, or anxiety right now. The Academic & Staff Assistance Program (ASAP) is here for you.

We provide compassionate, inclusive, and confidential spaces to process these experiences, and have opened additional priority sessions to ensure all staff and faculty seeking support can be seen.

Please reach out to us at (805) 893-3318 or email asap@hr.ucsb.edu

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No Tiene Que Cargar Con Esto a Solas

Reconocemos que muchos de nuestros empleados están atravesando niveles profundos de estrés, duelo o ansiedad en este momento. El Programa de Asistencia para Académicos y Personal (ASAP) está aquí para apoyarlos.

Ofrecemos espacios compasivos, inclusivos y confidenciales para procesar estas experiencias, y hemos abierto sesiones prioritarias adicionales para asegurar que todo el personal y los profesores que busquen apoyo puedan ser atendidos.

Por favor, comuníquese con nosotros al (805) 893-3318 o por correo electrónico a asap@hr.ucsb.edu

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Space is limited, and these sessions cannot be recorded. Please register for individual sessions.

If you cannot attend a live session, please visit https://myucretirement.com/webinars/calendar for webinars on these and other financial planning topics. You can also bookmark UCSB's WorkLife Well-Being webpage to stay up to date on all upcoming events and programs.

April 9th @ 11:00 AM

Five Money Musts

Description: Learn five money concepts to help you start your financial journey on the right foot.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_y6cG-h0XTxCItwe7xgGssQ

April 16th @ 11:00 AM

Guide to Investing in the UC Retirement Savings Program

Description: Basics of investing, including key investing concepts and common types of investments plus an overview of funds available through the UC Retirement Savings Program. It also includes investment approaches based on risk tolerance, investing horizon and involvement level.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Dfx9OU0ORkyxXXJ8fZ1waQ

April 23rd @ 9:00am (Spanish) and 10:00am (English)

Fidelity's Guide to the UC Retirement System

Description: UC's primary retirement benefits that provide a foundation for retirement income: and voluntary retirement benefits that offer additional saving opportunities in UC's 403(b), 457(b) and DC plans. Learn about the benefits offered through the primary and voluntary retirement programs and how they work together to help prepare for a financially secure retirement.

Location: Student Affairs and Administrative Services Building (SAASB) Third Floor

Registration Link for the Spanish Presentation: https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/fidelitys-guide-to-the-uc-retirement-system-en-espanol

Registration Link for the English Presentation: https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/fidelitys-guide-to-the-uc-retirement-system

April 23rd @ 11:00 AM

529 College Savings

Description: We will discuss manageable strategies, tools, and tips that can help you plan more effectively for the cost of college.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7tZxEkz2Q7esO25gvRTUuQ

April 30th @ 11:00 AM

Preserving Savings for Future Generations

Description: Understand what assets are potentially taxable and how they might be distributed, learn the importance of a living will and health care proxy, and review the basics of trusts, gifting, and possible insurance replacement strategies. Note: Fidelity does not provide legal or tax advice. The information herein is general in nature and should not be considered legal or tax advice. Consult an attorney or tax professional regarding your specific situation.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8JA8tLnjQsWVCFpcVZjo7w

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The program kicks off in winter with a book giveaway for UCSB students led by the Chancellor, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, and University Librarian, and culminates with a free public talk by the book’s author(s) at Campbell Hall in the spring. Throughout the winter and spring quarters, the Library sponsors a variety of free learning, experiential, and social events to explore the book’s themes. The selected book is also incorporated into the university curriculum for winter and spring, allowing students to explore its themes in an academic context. UCSB Reads is generously supported by many individuals, university departments, and organizations.

This exhibition highlights the history of UCSB Reads since its inception, featuring promotional posters, selected books, custom bookmarks along with testimonials and images of participants engaging with programming throughout the years. UCSB Reads has become a beloved campus tradition that brings together thousands of people every year and demonstrates the power of literature to bridge divides, promote intellectual engagement, and build community.

View on site | Email this event

This exhibition was curated and cosponsored by the Oak Group and the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration, in collaboration with UCSB Library staff.

The Oak Group is one of the first artist groups in the U.S. to combine creativity with conservation. Since 1986, Oak Group artists have exhibited artworks painted on location to raise awareness and funds for open spaces, generating over $3 million in sales to support the preservation of lands for wildlife, recreation, ranching, and farming. The group includes 25 active members and has presented more than 100 exhibitions benefiting over 20 conservation organizations.

The Cheadle Center manages over 340 acres of open space between Ellwood Mesa and Goleta Slough, supporting habitat conservation, upland and wetland restoration, and sustainable stormwater management. These lands form a mosaic of oak woodland, coastal sage scrub, grassland, and wetland ecosystems that sustain high regional biodiversity. The Center also provides critical academic opportunities for UCSB students, including internships, field courses, and independent projects supported by the Research and Monitoring Mentorship Program.

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Trans, nonbinary, and gender non-conforming students, staff, faculty, and community members are invited to attend the event and receive free clothing on Friday, April 24th, 11 am - 3 pm on the SRB lawn. Donations not required to participate.

View on site | Email this event

Printers and publishers have reproduced Shakespeare’s words in every possible textual format and in numerous languages. Literary and visual artists have continuously adapted and reinterpreted them in various artforms. Musicians and choreographers have refashioned his stories into opera, ballet, pop songs, and modern dance. Meanwhile, filmmakers, television writers, and videogame creators have transformed them for modern screens. This exhibition explores the many forms and many afterlives of Shakespeare’s art – from a single scrap of his crabbed handwritten text to the digital media of the twenty-first century.

Infinite Variety was co-curated by David Gartrell, the Library’s Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts, and Professor Jim Kearney, Department of English. The exhibition is on display in the Jackie Laskoff Exhibition Alcove, located in the Sara Miller McCune Arts Library (1st Floor, Mountain Side), and is co-sponsored by UCSB Library and the Department of English.

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Join the UCSB History Associates for a discussion on two novels: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1943), by Betty Smith, and The Hate U Give (2017), by Angie Thomas. Both have been widely used as part of high school curricula—and both have been a target of book banners.

Read either or both of the books & join us for one of three hosted discussions.

Please select one of the following dates in your RSVP:

Thursday, April 9, 5:30 PM at UCSB - Public History Conference Room

Tuesday, April 14, 5:30 PM at Santa Barbara Central Library (The Hate U Give only)

Sunday, April 19, 2:00 PM at Dean: A Coffee Shop

Click here to RSVP!

Besides stirring strong feeling (and controversy) both of these novels are great reads. Copies
are available at your library or through Chaucer’s Books in Santa Barbara. If you choose to
purchase from Chaucer's Books they appreciate if you place an order through their
website, www.chaucersbooks.com. This will make sure they have enough copies on hand for the book clubs. And they will notify you when your book comes in!

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Julia Ong (UCSB Student Carillonist) and Wesley Arai (UCSB University Carillonist) will present a recital from the carillon in UCSB’s Storke Tower on Sunday, April 19th at 2:00pm. Selections will include solo works and duets, covering a wide range of original works for carillon and arrangements of well-known classical and popular tunes. Listeners are encouraged to bring a blanket or lawn chair to sit on the grass outside the tower during the recital.

View Carillon lineup:

Sunday, April 19 | 2pm
Julia Ong (UCSB Student Carillonist) and Wesley Arai (UCSB University Carillonist) will present a recital of solo works and duets, covering a wide range of original works for carillon and arrangements of well-known classical and popular tunes.

Sunday, May 3 | 2pm
Junrui Liu (UCSB Student Carillonist) will present a special solo recital on the Storke Tower Carillon.

Sunday, May 17 | 2pm
UC Santa Barbara University Carillonist Wesley Arai will present a recital of original works for carillon, plus arrangements of classical and modern favorites created specifically for carillon.

Sunday, May 31 | 10am
Students Annmarie Fan, Rose Gallagher, Junrui Liu, Julia Ong, Pratyush Rallapally, and Ryan Stenberg from University Carillonist Wesley Arai’s studio will present a recital of original works and arrangements for carillon.

LIVE, IN-PERSON EVENTS
Bring a blanket or lawn chair, grab some snacks, and enjoy the recitals from the lawn outside the tower!
Read more at music.ucsb.edu/news.

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Curated by EAP staff, this exhibition showcases standout submissions from EAP’s annual photo contests. Through these eye-catching photographs, students share their experiences living abroad with the campus community and highlight how EAP has enriched their undergraduate education at UCSB.

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Sun, Apr 19 | 7 PM | Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall | FREE

Music, Lyrics, Book, & Direction by Chelsea-Cameron Hastings
Choreographed by Lena Wessel
Vocal Director Z. Giovanini
Art by Joi Mcneil

Chelsea-Cameron (Cam) Hastings (any pronouns) is a third-year CCS Music Composition major. They are a 21 year old director, singer, performer, composer, and songwriter. Cam is the Music Director of Shrunken Heads Production Company. They also work for the UCSB Music Department as a lighting, audio, and video technician in Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall. Cam has a passion for music, play-writing, and all things theatre, and they prioritize the individual talents and uniqueness of the actors, singers, and musicians they work with.

This event is free admission and open to the public

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–Elizabeth Robinson, 2024

This exhibition documents the life’s work of Cedric J. Robinson and Elizabeth Peters Robinson, placing it in the global context of the Black radical tradition. The Robinsons were renowned for their seminal scholarship and activism that had wide-ranging influence at UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), in academia, and across many public arenas. The exhibition is drawn from the Cedric J. and Elizabeth P. Robinson Archive (“Robinson Archive”) and supplemented by a variety of materials from other collections in UCSB Library’s Special Research Collections, as well as personal contributions from Elizabeth Robinson.

"[The Black radical tradition is] the continuing development of a collective consciousness informed by the historical struggles for liberation and motivated by the shared sense of obligation to preserve the collective being, the ontological totality."

–Cedric Robinson, Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition, 1983

A deeply influential educator, Cedric Robinson (1940-2016) was a well-known scholar of racial capitalism and the Black radical tradition, and an active participant in political movements, both at home and internationally. For more than 30 years, Elizabeth Robinson has been an educator, social worker, former associate director for media at KCSB-FM radio, activist, and community media producer.

With the 2024 acquisition of the Robinson Archive from Elizabeth Robinson and the Robinsons’ daughter Najda Ife Robinson-Mayer, the Library launched the Post-Custodial, Community-based and Participatory Archives Project. This initiative aims to establish a living archive at UCSB centered on the Black Radical Tradition and the broader field of Black Studies. The Robinson Archive serves as an important anchor for the larger project, and will enable global research, teaching, scholarship, and sociopolitical and cultural activism for future generations.

This exhibition was curated by Yolanda Blue, the Library’s Curator of American and International History, Politics, and Cultures Collections, in collaboration with New York University and UCSB Library staff.

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We recognize that many employees are navigating profound layers of stress, grief, or anxiety right now. The Academic & Staff Assistance Program (ASAP) is here for you.

We provide compassionate, inclusive, and confidential spaces to process these experiences, and have opened additional priority sessions to ensure all staff and faculty seeking support can be seen.

Please reach out to us at (805) 893-3318 or email asap@hr.ucsb.edu

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No Tiene Que Cargar Con Esto a Solas

Reconocemos que muchos de nuestros empleados están atravesando niveles profundos de estrés, duelo o ansiedad en este momento. El Programa de Asistencia para Académicos y Personal (ASAP) está aquí para apoyarlos.

Ofrecemos espacios compasivos, inclusivos y confidenciales para procesar estas experiencias, y hemos abierto sesiones prioritarias adicionales para asegurar que todo el personal y los profesores que busquen apoyo puedan ser atendidos.

Por favor, comuníquese con nosotros al (805) 893-3318 o por correo electrónico a asap@hr.ucsb.edu

View on site | Email this event

Space is limited, and these sessions cannot be recorded. Please register for individual sessions.

If you cannot attend a live session, please visit https://myucretirement.com/webinars/calendar for webinars on these and other financial planning topics. You can also bookmark UCSB's WorkLife Well-Being webpage to stay up to date on all upcoming events and programs.

April 9th @ 11:00 AM

Five Money Musts

Description: Learn five money concepts to help you start your financial journey on the right foot.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_y6cG-h0XTxCItwe7xgGssQ

April 16th @ 11:00 AM

Guide to Investing in the UC Retirement Savings Program

Description: Basics of investing, including key investing concepts and common types of investments plus an overview of funds available through the UC Retirement Savings Program. It also includes investment approaches based on risk tolerance, investing horizon and involvement level.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Dfx9OU0ORkyxXXJ8fZ1waQ

April 23rd @ 9:00am (Spanish) and 10:00am (English)

Fidelity's Guide to the UC Retirement System

Description: UC's primary retirement benefits that provide a foundation for retirement income: and voluntary retirement benefits that offer additional saving opportunities in UC's 403(b), 457(b) and DC plans. Learn about the benefits offered through the primary and voluntary retirement programs and how they work together to help prepare for a financially secure retirement.

Location: Student Affairs and Administrative Services Building (SAASB) Third Floor

Registration Link for the Spanish Presentation: https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/fidelitys-guide-to-the-uc-retirement-system-en-espanol

Registration Link for the English Presentation: https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/fidelitys-guide-to-the-uc-retirement-system

April 23rd @ 11:00 AM

529 College Savings

Description: We will discuss manageable strategies, tools, and tips that can help you plan more effectively for the cost of college.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7tZxEkz2Q7esO25gvRTUuQ

April 30th @ 11:00 AM

Preserving Savings for Future Generations

Description: Understand what assets are potentially taxable and how they might be distributed, learn the importance of a living will and health care proxy, and review the basics of trusts, gifting, and possible insurance replacement strategies. Note: Fidelity does not provide legal or tax advice. The information herein is general in nature and should not be considered legal or tax advice. Consult an attorney or tax professional regarding your specific situation.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8JA8tLnjQsWVCFpcVZjo7w

View on site | Email this event

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The program kicks off in winter with a book giveaway for UCSB students led by the Chancellor, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, and University Librarian, and culminates with a free public talk by the book’s author(s) at Campbell Hall in the spring. Throughout the winter and spring quarters, the Library sponsors a variety of free learning, experiential, and social events to explore the book’s themes. The selected book is also incorporated into the university curriculum for winter and spring, allowing students to explore its themes in an academic context. UCSB Reads is generously supported by many individuals, university departments, and organizations.

This exhibition highlights the history of UCSB Reads since its inception, featuring promotional posters, selected books, custom bookmarks along with testimonials and images of participants engaging with programming throughout the years. UCSB Reads has become a beloved campus tradition that brings together thousands of people every year and demonstrates the power of literature to bridge divides, promote intellectual engagement, and build community.

View on site | Email this event

This exhibition was curated and cosponsored by the Oak Group and the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration, in collaboration with UCSB Library staff.

The Oak Group is one of the first artist groups in the U.S. to combine creativity with conservation. Since 1986, Oak Group artists have exhibited artworks painted on location to raise awareness and funds for open spaces, generating over $3 million in sales to support the preservation of lands for wildlife, recreation, ranching, and farming. The group includes 25 active members and has presented more than 100 exhibitions benefiting over 20 conservation organizations.

The Cheadle Center manages over 340 acres of open space between Ellwood Mesa and Goleta Slough, supporting habitat conservation, upland and wetland restoration, and sustainable stormwater management. These lands form a mosaic of oak woodland, coastal sage scrub, grassland, and wetland ecosystems that sustain high regional biodiversity. The Center also provides critical academic opportunities for UCSB students, including internships, field courses, and independent projects supported by the Research and Monitoring Mentorship Program.

View on site | Email this event

Trans, nonbinary, and gender non-conforming students, staff, faculty, and community members are invited to attend the event and receive free clothing on Friday, April 24th, 11 am - 3 pm on the SRB lawn. Donations not required to participate.

View on site | Email this event

Printers and publishers have reproduced Shakespeare’s words in every possible textual format and in numerous languages. Literary and visual artists have continuously adapted and reinterpreted them in various artforms. Musicians and choreographers have refashioned his stories into opera, ballet, pop songs, and modern dance. Meanwhile, filmmakers, television writers, and videogame creators have transformed them for modern screens. This exhibition explores the many forms and many afterlives of Shakespeare’s art – from a single scrap of his crabbed handwritten text to the digital media of the twenty-first century.

Infinite Variety was co-curated by David Gartrell, the Library’s Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts, and Professor Jim Kearney, Department of English. The exhibition is on display in the Jackie Laskoff Exhibition Alcove, located in the Sara Miller McCune Arts Library (1st Floor, Mountain Side), and is co-sponsored by UCSB Library and the Department of English.

View on site | Email this event

View on site | Email this event

View on site | Email this event

Curated by EAP staff, this exhibition showcases standout submissions from EAP’s annual photo contests. Through these eye-catching photographs, students share their experiences living abroad with the campus community and highlight how EAP has enriched their undergraduate education at UCSB.

View on site | Email this event

Free for students & $6 for community.

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–Elizabeth Robinson, 2024

This exhibition documents the life’s work of Cedric J. Robinson and Elizabeth Peters Robinson, placing it in the global context of the Black radical tradition. The Robinsons were renowned for their seminal scholarship and activism that had wide-ranging influence at UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), in academia, and across many public arenas. The exhibition is drawn from the Cedric J. and Elizabeth P. Robinson Archive (“Robinson Archive”) and supplemented by a variety of materials from other collections in UCSB Library’s Special Research Collections, as well as personal contributions from Elizabeth Robinson.

"[The Black radical tradition is] the continuing development of a collective consciousness informed by the historical struggles for liberation and motivated by the shared sense of obligation to preserve the collective being, the ontological totality."

–Cedric Robinson, Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition, 1983

A deeply influential educator, Cedric Robinson (1940-2016) was a well-known scholar of racial capitalism and the Black radical tradition, and an active participant in political movements, both at home and internationally. For more than 30 years, Elizabeth Robinson has been an educator, social worker, former associate director for media at KCSB-FM radio, activist, and community media producer.

With the 2024 acquisition of the Robinson Archive from Elizabeth Robinson and the Robinsons’ daughter Najda Ife Robinson-Mayer, the Library launched the Post-Custodial, Community-based and Participatory Archives Project. This initiative aims to establish a living archive at UCSB centered on the Black Radical Tradition and the broader field of Black Studies. The Robinson Archive serves as an important anchor for the larger project, and will enable global research, teaching, scholarship, and sociopolitical and cultural activism for future generations.

This exhibition was curated by Yolanda Blue, the Library’s Curator of American and International History, Politics, and Cultures Collections, in collaboration with New York University and UCSB Library staff.

View on site | Email this event

We recognize that many employees are navigating profound layers of stress, grief, or anxiety right now. The Academic & Staff Assistance Program (ASAP) is here for you.

We provide compassionate, inclusive, and confidential spaces to process these experiences, and have opened additional priority sessions to ensure all staff and faculty seeking support can be seen.

Please reach out to us at (805) 893-3318 or email asap@hr.ucsb.edu

---

No Tiene Que Cargar Con Esto a Solas

Reconocemos que muchos de nuestros empleados están atravesando niveles profundos de estrés, duelo o ansiedad en este momento. El Programa de Asistencia para Académicos y Personal (ASAP) está aquí para apoyarlos.

Ofrecemos espacios compasivos, inclusivos y confidenciales para procesar estas experiencias, y hemos abierto sesiones prioritarias adicionales para asegurar que todo el personal y los profesores que busquen apoyo puedan ser atendidos.

Por favor, comuníquese con nosotros al (805) 893-3318 o por correo electrónico a asap@hr.ucsb.edu

View on site | Email this event

Space is limited, and these sessions cannot be recorded. Please register for individual sessions.

If you cannot attend a live session, please visit https://myucretirement.com/webinars/calendar for webinars on these and other financial planning topics. You can also bookmark UCSB's WorkLife Well-Being webpage to stay up to date on all upcoming events and programs.

April 9th @ 11:00 AM

Five Money Musts

Description: Learn five money concepts to help you start your financial journey on the right foot.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_y6cG-h0XTxCItwe7xgGssQ

April 16th @ 11:00 AM

Guide to Investing in the UC Retirement Savings Program

Description: Basics of investing, including key investing concepts and common types of investments plus an overview of funds available through the UC Retirement Savings Program. It also includes investment approaches based on risk tolerance, investing horizon and involvement level.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Dfx9OU0ORkyxXXJ8fZ1waQ

April 23rd @ 9:00am (Spanish) and 10:00am (English)

Fidelity's Guide to the UC Retirement System

Description: UC's primary retirement benefits that provide a foundation for retirement income: and voluntary retirement benefits that offer additional saving opportunities in UC's 403(b), 457(b) and DC plans. Learn about the benefits offered through the primary and voluntary retirement programs and how they work together to help prepare for a financially secure retirement.

Location: Student Affairs and Administrative Services Building (SAASB) Third Floor

Registration Link for the Spanish Presentation: https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/fidelitys-guide-to-the-uc-retirement-system-en-espanol

Registration Link for the English Presentation: https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/fidelitys-guide-to-the-uc-retirement-system

April 23rd @ 11:00 AM

529 College Savings

Description: We will discuss manageable strategies, tools, and tips that can help you plan more effectively for the cost of college.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7tZxEkz2Q7esO25gvRTUuQ

April 30th @ 11:00 AM

Preserving Savings for Future Generations

Description: Understand what assets are potentially taxable and how they might be distributed, learn the importance of a living will and health care proxy, and review the basics of trusts, gifting, and possible insurance replacement strategies. Note: Fidelity does not provide legal or tax advice. The information herein is general in nature and should not be considered legal or tax advice. Consult an attorney or tax professional regarding your specific situation.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8JA8tLnjQsWVCFpcVZjo7w

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The program kicks off in winter with a book giveaway for UCSB students led by the Chancellor, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, and University Librarian, and culminates with a free public talk by the book’s author(s) at Campbell Hall in the spring. Throughout the winter and spring quarters, the Library sponsors a variety of free learning, experiential, and social events to explore the book’s themes. The selected book is also incorporated into the university curriculum for winter and spring, allowing students to explore its themes in an academic context. UCSB Reads is generously supported by many individuals, university departments, and organizations.

This exhibition highlights the history of UCSB Reads since its inception, featuring promotional posters, selected books, custom bookmarks along with testimonials and images of participants engaging with programming throughout the years. UCSB Reads has become a beloved campus tradition that brings together thousands of people every year and demonstrates the power of literature to bridge divides, promote intellectual engagement, and build community.

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This exhibition was curated and cosponsored by the Oak Group and the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration, in collaboration with UCSB Library staff.

The Oak Group is one of the first artist groups in the U.S. to combine creativity with conservation. Since 1986, Oak Group artists have exhibited artworks painted on location to raise awareness and funds for open spaces, generating over $3 million in sales to support the preservation of lands for wildlife, recreation, ranching, and farming. The group includes 25 active members and has presented more than 100 exhibitions benefiting over 20 conservation organizations.

The Cheadle Center manages over 340 acres of open space between Ellwood Mesa and Goleta Slough, supporting habitat conservation, upland and wetland restoration, and sustainable stormwater management. These lands form a mosaic of oak woodland, coastal sage scrub, grassland, and wetland ecosystems that sustain high regional biodiversity. The Center also provides critical academic opportunities for UCSB students, including internships, field courses, and independent projects supported by the Research and Monitoring Mentorship Program.

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Trans, nonbinary, and gender non-conforming students, staff, faculty, and community members are invited to attend the event and receive free clothing on Friday, April 24th, 11 am - 3 pm on the SRB lawn. Donations not required to participate.

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Tuesday, April 21st, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.

A professional, updated headshot is crucial for departmental and lab websites, conferences and workshops, and research communication with both university communications teams and external publications.

These headshots are taken on a drop-in basis at no charge to faculty members. No appointments are necessary, so there may be a brief wait upon arrival. Headshots are taken at Kerr Hall 1205. You enter through the Video Services door in the breezeway that runs through the middle of the building. Once you enter, the Photo Services door is the first door on the left. There is a small flight of stairs going down into the studio, if that is an issue for anyone, please let Jeff Liang know ahead of time and he can let you in another way. Receiving photosA BOX folder will be shared to your @ucsb.edu email containing only your headshots. One complimentary edited headshot is available upon request. Otherwise, you will receive all of the headshots taken during the session with basic global edits.

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Printers and publishers have reproduced Shakespeare’s words in every possible textual format and in numerous languages. Literary and visual artists have continuously adapted and reinterpreted them in various artforms. Musicians and choreographers have refashioned his stories into opera, ballet, pop songs, and modern dance. Meanwhile, filmmakers, television writers, and videogame creators have transformed them for modern screens. This exhibition explores the many forms and many afterlives of Shakespeare’s art – from a single scrap of his crabbed handwritten text to the digital media of the twenty-first century.

Infinite Variety was co-curated by David Gartrell, the Library’s Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts, and Professor Jim Kearney, Department of English. The exhibition is on display in the Jackie Laskoff Exhibition Alcove, located in the Sara Miller McCune Arts Library (1st Floor, Mountain Side), and is co-sponsored by UCSB Library and the Department of English.

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Spring Dates: Tuesdays from March 24th-May 26th

Time: 12:15-12:35 pm

Location: Online-Zoom link will be provided upon registration

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Join us this final series of the academic quarter for Tranquil Tuesdays, a 20-minute drop-in meditation group to support your wellness. Meditating helps promote deep relaxation, creativity, and heightened awareness. Research shows that meditation can reduce stress, enhance focus, and strengthen our overall sense of balance. These sessions will provide a space to explore tools for feeling grounded, nurturing yourself, and being more present in daily life.

Whether you're new to meditation or have an established practice, come and take a moment for yourself in a supportive community setting.

Offered by: The ASAP Psychologist Team

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A Journey in the Exploration of the Extent and Limits of Hybridisation Strategies in Musical Composition

The talk will focus on musical hybridity and critical methods developed for the hybridisation of electroacoustic music and metal as part of the presenter’s PhD research. These methods are designed to build a blueprint for hybrid composers (ultimately not only for metal and electroacoustic music, but also for other genres that combine spectromorphological-focused music with harmony- and rhythm-based music, since this type of hybridity requires a unique set of challenges and complexities). The talk shall shed light on this research journey, which began with exploration of two differing concepts of hybridity at opposite ends of the spectrum: Transformational Hybrid, which focuses on transforming the musical materials across different genres, and Polystylistic Hybrid, which approaches hybridity through the coexistence of distinct musical identities. Through this four-year research journey, these approaches led to the development of a novel concept and framework: the Cannibalistic Hybrid, which offers greater control and more complex possibilities for achieving end goals similar to those of the Transformational Hybrid. As technology increases rapidly and postmodern conditions continue to blur boundaries, hybridity has become a prominent musical approach for reflecting on what is considered music and art in the 21st century.

Bio:
Berk Yagli (b. 1999) is a Cypriot guitarist, composer, and producer based in the UK. His mission with his music has been to discuss social, political, and philosophical matters engagingly, inviting listeners to reflect on the topics. He has been active in the UK since he was 18. He recently completed a PhD in Music Composition at the University of the Arts London, with his topic, hybridity between metal and electroacoustic music. Exploring and forming different hybrid forms to engage and build (or intentionally break) relationships between metal and electroacoustic music. His intention in his works is to challenge the notions of high art and low art and criticise the oppressive uniformity that surrounds genres (even in the avant-garde). His works have been presented in more than 30 countries and in more than 150 festivals, including Ars Electronica Festival, IRCAM, En Chair et en Son, NYCEMF, and more. He won more than 15 awards in composition competitions worldwide, including the Prix Russolo (France), MusicaAcoustica (China), Uljus (Serbia), and Musica Nova (Czech Republic). He regularly composes his music in studios throughout the world, including more than 10 residencies at institutions such as the MacDowell Colony (USA), EMS (Sweden), ACA (USA), BAL (Latvia), CMMAS (Mexico), VICC (Sweden), NOVARS Research Centre (UK), and more. His music has been published several times, including on the Cities and Memory and Deep Dive Sound, German label Gruenrekorder, and more. He regularly teaches and gives workshops on music composition and musical hybridity at significant institutions worldwide, including the University of Manchester, Anton Bruckner Privatuniversität, CMMAS, Queen's University Belfast, Staffordshire University, University of the Arts London, and more.

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This 2024 exhibition premiered a new site-specific installation. Through performance, video, and sculpture, Moulton chronicled the experiences of her semi-autobiographical alter-ego, Cynthia, as she navigated personal choices and physical limitations. Transforming the Kravis Studio into a prismatic environment, this installation employed the artist’s signature blend of spiritual imagery, medical technology, popular culture, and references to high art and dollar-store kitsch. An extension of Moulton’s Whispering Pines series, which began in 2002, the project continued the artist’s incisive examination of the aesthetics of pain and healing and the mass marketing of wellness and explores the maladies of middle age. Presented as a multi-chapter narrative, the installation was accompanied by a series of performances created in collaboration with composer Nick Hallett, bringing Cynthia’s inner world to life.

Shana Moulton is a California-born and -based artist who works in video, performance, and installation. She holds a BA from UC Berkeley in Art and Anthropology and an MFA from Carnegie Mellon University. Moulton has exhibited her work as a solo artist and in groups at major international museums, galleries and institutes. She has performed at sites including The Museum of Modern Art, New York, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, The Getty, Los Angeles, and The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. Moulton’s work has been featured in Artforum, The New York Times, ArtReview, Art in America, Flash Art, Artpress, Metropolis M, BOMB Magazine, and Frieze.

Refreshments will be served.

Cosponsored by the IHC’s Idee Levitan Endowment

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Curated by EAP staff, this exhibition showcases standout submissions from EAP’s annual photo contests. Through these eye-catching photographs, students share their experiences living abroad with the campus community and highlight how EAP has enriched their undergraduate education at UCSB.

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Tuesday, April 21, 2026

6:00 PM at Validation Ale (Funk Zone)

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Join us for an evening of lively conversation as we debate the question:

“Will artificial intelligence be a net benefit for the planet?”

Two leading voices in environmental science and technology, NCEAS Director Ben Halpern and Haveli Investments' Chief Sustainability Officer Lucas Joppa, will take opposing sides on the question, exploring the promise and potential risks of AI for addressing environmental challenges. From biodiversity monitoring and climate modeling to energy use and unintended consequences, they will make the case for why AI could help or harm the future of our planet.

After the debate, the audience will join the conversation, ask questions, and vote on who made the most convincing argument.

Register here for the debate!

Meet our debaters:

Ben Halpern, NCEAS Director

Marine ecologist and professor at UCSB’s Bren School

Leads global research on ocean management and conservation

Work includes marine protected areas (MPAs), Human impact on oceans, and the Ocean Health Index

Lucas Joppa, Haveli Investments' Chief Sustainability Officer

Former Chief Environmental Officer at Microsoft

Led the development and execution of the company’s sustainability strategy

Advances technology-driven solutions for global sustainability

Since 1995, the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) has been a global leader in environmental data science—ranking in the top 1% of ecological research institutions. We accelerate discoveries that deepen understanding of our planet and drive solutions for people and nature.

Learn more at nceas.ucsb.edu

The UCSB Affiliates is led by a volunteer board of community members and campus representatives passionate about creating innovative and community- centered programming. The goal of the UCSB Affiliates is to build and celebrate connections between UC Santa Barbara and the greater Santa Barbara community. We provide a pathway for community members to learn more about UC Santa Barbara and participate in campus activities. Through our events and newsletters, we highlight exciting campus-community partnerships and initiatives.

Learn more at communityrelations.ucsb.edu/ucsb-affiliates

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Documentary participant Greg Laemmle and filmmaker Raphael Sbarge will join Ross Melnick (interim Dick Wolf Director of the Carsey-Wolf Center) for a post-screening discussion of Only in Theaters and the future of arthouse cinema.

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Documentary participant Greg Laemmle and filmmaker Raphael Sbarge will join moderator Ross Melnick (Interim Dick Wolf Director of the Carsey-Wolf Center) for a post-screening discussion of Only in Theaters and the future of arthouse cinema.

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–Elizabeth Robinson, 2024

This exhibition documents the life’s work of Cedric J. Robinson and Elizabeth Peters Robinson, placing it in the global context of the Black radical tradition. The Robinsons were renowned for their seminal scholarship and activism that had wide-ranging influence at UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), in academia, and across many public arenas. The exhibition is drawn from the Cedric J. and Elizabeth P. Robinson Archive (“Robinson Archive”) and supplemented by a variety of materials from other collections in UCSB Library’s Special Research Collections, as well as personal contributions from Elizabeth Robinson.

"[The Black radical tradition is] the continuing development of a collective consciousness informed by the historical struggles for liberation and motivated by the shared sense of obligation to preserve the collective being, the ontological totality."

–Cedric Robinson, Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition, 1983

A deeply influential educator, Cedric Robinson (1940-2016) was a well-known scholar of racial capitalism and the Black radical tradition, and an active participant in political movements, both at home and internationally. For more than 30 years, Elizabeth Robinson has been an educator, social worker, former associate director for media at KCSB-FM radio, activist, and community media producer.

With the 2024 acquisition of the Robinson Archive from Elizabeth Robinson and the Robinsons’ daughter Najda Ife Robinson-Mayer, the Library launched the Post-Custodial, Community-based and Participatory Archives Project. This initiative aims to establish a living archive at UCSB centered on the Black Radical Tradition and the broader field of Black Studies. The Robinson Archive serves as an important anchor for the larger project, and will enable global research, teaching, scholarship, and sociopolitical and cultural activism for future generations.

This exhibition was curated by Yolanda Blue, the Library’s Curator of American and International History, Politics, and Cultures Collections, in collaboration with New York University and UCSB Library staff.

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We recognize that many employees are navigating profound layers of stress, grief, or anxiety right now. The Academic & Staff Assistance Program (ASAP) is here for you.

We provide compassionate, inclusive, and confidential spaces to process these experiences, and have opened additional priority sessions to ensure all staff and faculty seeking support can be seen.

Please reach out to us at (805) 893-3318 or email asap@hr.ucsb.edu

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No Tiene Que Cargar Con Esto a Solas

Reconocemos que muchos de nuestros empleados están atravesando niveles profundos de estrés, duelo o ansiedad en este momento. El Programa de Asistencia para Académicos y Personal (ASAP) está aquí para apoyarlos.

Ofrecemos espacios compasivos, inclusivos y confidenciales para procesar estas experiencias, y hemos abierto sesiones prioritarias adicionales para asegurar que todo el personal y los profesores que busquen apoyo puedan ser atendidos.

Por favor, comuníquese con nosotros al (805) 893-3318 o por correo electrónico a asap@hr.ucsb.edu

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Space is limited, and these sessions cannot be recorded. Please register for individual sessions.

If you cannot attend a live session, please visit https://myucretirement.com/webinars/calendar for webinars on these and other financial planning topics. You can also bookmark UCSB's WorkLife Well-Being webpage to stay up to date on all upcoming events and programs.

April 9th @ 11:00 AM

Five Money Musts

Description: Learn five money concepts to help you start your financial journey on the right foot.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_y6cG-h0XTxCItwe7xgGssQ

April 16th @ 11:00 AM

Guide to Investing in the UC Retirement Savings Program

Description: Basics of investing, including key investing concepts and common types of investments plus an overview of funds available through the UC Retirement Savings Program. It also includes investment approaches based on risk tolerance, investing horizon and involvement level.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Dfx9OU0ORkyxXXJ8fZ1waQ

April 23rd @ 9:00am (Spanish) and 10:00am (English)

Fidelity's Guide to the UC Retirement System

Description: UC's primary retirement benefits that provide a foundation for retirement income: and voluntary retirement benefits that offer additional saving opportunities in UC's 403(b), 457(b) and DC plans. Learn about the benefits offered through the primary and voluntary retirement programs and how they work together to help prepare for a financially secure retirement.

Location: Student Affairs and Administrative Services Building (SAASB) Third Floor

Registration Link for the Spanish Presentation: https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/fidelitys-guide-to-the-uc-retirement-system-en-espanol

Registration Link for the English Presentation: https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/fidelitys-guide-to-the-uc-retirement-system

April 23rd @ 11:00 AM

529 College Savings

Description: We will discuss manageable strategies, tools, and tips that can help you plan more effectively for the cost of college.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7tZxEkz2Q7esO25gvRTUuQ

April 30th @ 11:00 AM

Preserving Savings for Future Generations

Description: Understand what assets are potentially taxable and how they might be distributed, learn the importance of a living will and health care proxy, and review the basics of trusts, gifting, and possible insurance replacement strategies. Note: Fidelity does not provide legal or tax advice. The information herein is general in nature and should not be considered legal or tax advice. Consult an attorney or tax professional regarding your specific situation.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8JA8tLnjQsWVCFpcVZjo7w

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The program kicks off in winter with a book giveaway for UCSB students led by the Chancellor, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, and University Librarian, and culminates with a free public talk by the book’s author(s) at Campbell Hall in the spring. Throughout the winter and spring quarters, the Library sponsors a variety of free learning, experiential, and social events to explore the book’s themes. The selected book is also incorporated into the university curriculum for winter and spring, allowing students to explore its themes in an academic context. UCSB Reads is generously supported by many individuals, university departments, and organizations.

This exhibition highlights the history of UCSB Reads since its inception, featuring promotional posters, selected books, custom bookmarks along with testimonials and images of participants engaging with programming throughout the years. UCSB Reads has become a beloved campus tradition that brings together thousands of people every year and demonstrates the power of literature to bridge divides, promote intellectual engagement, and build community.

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This exhibition was curated and cosponsored by the Oak Group and the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration, in collaboration with UCSB Library staff.

The Oak Group is one of the first artist groups in the U.S. to combine creativity with conservation. Since 1986, Oak Group artists have exhibited artworks painted on location to raise awareness and funds for open spaces, generating over $3 million in sales to support the preservation of lands for wildlife, recreation, ranching, and farming. The group includes 25 active members and has presented more than 100 exhibitions benefiting over 20 conservation organizations.

The Cheadle Center manages over 340 acres of open space between Ellwood Mesa and Goleta Slough, supporting habitat conservation, upland and wetland restoration, and sustainable stormwater management. These lands form a mosaic of oak woodland, coastal sage scrub, grassland, and wetland ecosystems that sustain high regional biodiversity. The Center also provides critical academic opportunities for UCSB students, including internships, field courses, and independent projects supported by the Research and Monitoring Mentorship Program.

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Trans, nonbinary, and gender non-conforming students, staff, faculty, and community members are invited to attend the event and receive free clothing on Friday, April 24th, 11 am - 3 pm on the SRB lawn. Donations not required to participate.

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Printers and publishers have reproduced Shakespeare’s words in every possible textual format and in numerous languages. Literary and visual artists have continuously adapted and reinterpreted them in various artforms. Musicians and choreographers have refashioned his stories into opera, ballet, pop songs, and modern dance. Meanwhile, filmmakers, television writers, and videogame creators have transformed them for modern screens. This exhibition explores the many forms and many afterlives of Shakespeare’s art – from a single scrap of his crabbed handwritten text to the digital media of the twenty-first century.

Infinite Variety was co-curated by David Gartrell, the Library’s Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts, and Professor Jim Kearney, Department of English. The exhibition is on display in the Jackie Laskoff Exhibition Alcove, located in the Sara Miller McCune Arts Library (1st Floor, Mountain Side), and is co-sponsored by UCSB Library and the Department of English.

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Participants will walk away with complimentary 10-ride passes and resources to help their teams try the train and integrate it into their commute.

Space is limited. Advanced registration required. A continental breakfast will be provided, and complimentary parking is available on site. Please use this link to register for the event. If you have questions about the event, please contact SBCAG here or email UCSB TAP at tps-tapprogram@ucsb.edu.

We hope to share further information about confirmed train service times specific to UCSB employees later in the month. Please note that we are dependent on SBCAG releasing information before we can distribute information. In terms of a last-mile connection to UCSB, we are lobbying SBCAG to fund a connection from the Goleta train station to campus. They have been receptive and have included us in meetings with MTD to review options around having a bus serve this route at optimal times. We're optimistic that they will have a connection in place by the time the train service is up and running.

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Event Details
HireNew York Multi-University Alumni Career Fair
�� Wednesday, April 22, 2026
⏰ 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
�� Prince George Ballroom, 15 E 27 th St., NYC

Why Attend
 Meet 60+ companies actively hiring
 Build meaningful connections with recruiters and hiring managers
 Explore opportunities across industries and career levels
 Free to attend for alumni

Whether you're exploring a career transition, returning to the workforce, or seeking yournext leadership role, the HireNew York Career Fair offers a powerful opportunity to expand your network and discover new possibilities.

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Bring your lunch and friends at noon to the Music Bowl in the Music Building and enjoy some live music!

The World Music Series takes place every Wednesdays at 12 PM in the Music Bowl.

Co-sponsored by the UCSB MultiCultural Center and the Department of Music

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Norteño Music with Los Catanes Del Norte
Wednesday, Apr 15th
Los Catanes del Norte will perform music from different regions in Mexico including corridos, rancheras, and boleros norteños.

Ethiopian Jazz with the Addis Collective
Wednesday, Apr 22nd
The Addis Collective is a Santa Barbara-based band focusing on the 60s — 70's era Ethiopian Jazz. The style is a mix of solid groove, Reggae-esque hypnotic sound textures and improvised Jazz Soloing.

UCSB GAMELAN ENSEMBLE
Wednesday, Apr 29
Directed by Richard North, the UCSB Gamelan Ensemble will showcase an ancient style of gamelan from Cirebon, West Java, featuring dynamic drumming, delicate melodies, and lively interlocking rhythms.

The Jasmine Echo Chinese Ensemble
Wednesday, May 6
The UCSB-based student ensemble, The Jasmine Echo Chinese Ensemble, will perform both classic and popular works on traditional Chinese musical instruments.

UCSB Music of India Ensemble
Wednesday, May 13
Scott Marcus leads a performance of North Indian classical music performed on sitar-s with tabla accompaniment by Ziyad Marcus.

UCSB GOSPEL CHOIR
Wednesday, May 20th
Directed by Victor Bell, the choir will perform traditional and contemporary songs drawn from African American religious traditions.

UCSB Son Jarocho Ensemble
Wednesday, May 27th
Directed by Jorge Mijangos, the UCSB Son Jarocho Ensemble presents music and dance from Veracruz, Mexico that blends Mexican, Spanish and African elements.

Co-sponsored by the UCSB MultiCultural Center and the Department of Music.

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The event will kick off with a reading by current Santa Barbara Poet Laureate George Yatchisin and UCSB Professor Emerita Shirley Geok-Lin Lim. Afterward, other participants will read their selected poems to the audience.

Inspired by UCSB Reads and this year’s selection, Crying in H Mart, the event highlights poetry as a creative practice that, like memoir, allows personal stories to take form through creative expression and be shared with others.

How to participate? Please complete this form with your name and the title and author of the published poem you’d like to read by April 13th. All genres and styles are welcome. You are also welcome to submit original work. Participants will be confirmed and notified by April 15th. Whether you're sharing a published work or something you've written yourself, we encourage a diverse range of voices and styles.

This event is free and open to all students, staff, faculty, and community members.

The event may be photographed or recorded.

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Curated by EAP staff, this exhibition showcases standout submissions from EAP’s annual photo contests. Through these eye-catching photographs, students share their experiences living abroad with the campus community and highlight how EAP has enriched their undergraduate education at UCSB.

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–Elizabeth Robinson, 2024

This exhibition documents the life’s work of Cedric J. Robinson and Elizabeth Peters Robinson, placing it in the global context of the Black radical tradition. The Robinsons were renowned for their seminal scholarship and activism that had wide-ranging influence at UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), in academia, and across many public arenas. The exhibition is drawn from the Cedric J. and Elizabeth P. Robinson Archive (“Robinson Archive”) and supplemented by a variety of materials from other collections in UCSB Library’s Special Research Collections, as well as personal contributions from Elizabeth Robinson.

"[The Black radical tradition is] the continuing development of a collective consciousness informed by the historical struggles for liberation and motivated by the shared sense of obligation to preserve the collective being, the ontological totality."

–Cedric Robinson, Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition, 1983

A deeply influential educator, Cedric Robinson (1940-2016) was a well-known scholar of racial capitalism and the Black radical tradition, and an active participant in political movements, both at home and internationally. For more than 30 years, Elizabeth Robinson has been an educator, social worker, former associate director for media at KCSB-FM radio, activist, and community media producer.

With the 2024 acquisition of the Robinson Archive from Elizabeth Robinson and the Robinsons’ daughter Najda Ife Robinson-Mayer, the Library launched the Post-Custodial, Community-based and Participatory Archives Project. This initiative aims to establish a living archive at UCSB centered on the Black Radical Tradition and the broader field of Black Studies. The Robinson Archive serves as an important anchor for the larger project, and will enable global research, teaching, scholarship, and sociopolitical and cultural activism for future generations.

This exhibition was curated by Yolanda Blue, the Library’s Curator of American and International History, Politics, and Cultures Collections, in collaboration with New York University and UCSB Library staff.

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We recognize that many employees are navigating profound layers of stress, grief, or anxiety right now. The Academic & Staff Assistance Program (ASAP) is here for you.

We provide compassionate, inclusive, and confidential spaces to process these experiences, and have opened additional priority sessions to ensure all staff and faculty seeking support can be seen.

Please reach out to us at (805) 893-3318 or email asap@hr.ucsb.edu

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No Tiene Que Cargar Con Esto a Solas

Reconocemos que muchos de nuestros empleados están atravesando niveles profundos de estrés, duelo o ansiedad en este momento. El Programa de Asistencia para Académicos y Personal (ASAP) está aquí para apoyarlos.

Ofrecemos espacios compasivos, inclusivos y confidenciales para procesar estas experiencias, y hemos abierto sesiones prioritarias adicionales para asegurar que todo el personal y los profesores que busquen apoyo puedan ser atendidos.

Por favor, comuníquese con nosotros al (805) 893-3318 o por correo electrónico a asap@hr.ucsb.edu

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Space is limited, and these sessions cannot be recorded. Please register for individual sessions.

If you cannot attend a live session, please visit https://myucretirement.com/webinars/calendar for webinars on these and other financial planning topics. You can also bookmark UCSB's WorkLife Well-Being webpage to stay up to date on all upcoming events and programs.

April 9th @ 11:00 AM

Five Money Musts

Description: Learn five money concepts to help you start your financial journey on the right foot.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_y6cG-h0XTxCItwe7xgGssQ

April 16th @ 11:00 AM

Guide to Investing in the UC Retirement Savings Program

Description: Basics of investing, including key investing concepts and common types of investments plus an overview of funds available through the UC Retirement Savings Program. It also includes investment approaches based on risk tolerance, investing horizon and involvement level.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Dfx9OU0ORkyxXXJ8fZ1waQ

April 23rd @ 9:00am (Spanish) and 10:00am (English)

Fidelity's Guide to the UC Retirement System

Description: UC's primary retirement benefits that provide a foundation for retirement income: and voluntary retirement benefits that offer additional saving opportunities in UC's 403(b), 457(b) and DC plans. Learn about the benefits offered through the primary and voluntary retirement programs and how they work together to help prepare for a financially secure retirement.

Location: Student Affairs and Administrative Services Building (SAASB) Third Floor

Registration Link for the Spanish Presentation: https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/fidelitys-guide-to-the-uc-retirement-system-en-espanol

Registration Link for the English Presentation: https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/fidelitys-guide-to-the-uc-retirement-system

April 23rd @ 11:00 AM

529 College Savings

Description: We will discuss manageable strategies, tools, and tips that can help you plan more effectively for the cost of college.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7tZxEkz2Q7esO25gvRTUuQ

April 30th @ 11:00 AM

Preserving Savings for Future Generations

Description: Understand what assets are potentially taxable and how they might be distributed, learn the importance of a living will and health care proxy, and review the basics of trusts, gifting, and possible insurance replacement strategies. Note: Fidelity does not provide legal or tax advice. The information herein is general in nature and should not be considered legal or tax advice. Consult an attorney or tax professional regarding your specific situation.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8JA8tLnjQsWVCFpcVZjo7w

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The program kicks off in winter with a book giveaway for UCSB students led by the Chancellor, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, and University Librarian, and culminates with a free public talk by the book’s author(s) at Campbell Hall in the spring. Throughout the winter and spring quarters, the Library sponsors a variety of free learning, experiential, and social events to explore the book’s themes. The selected book is also incorporated into the university curriculum for winter and spring, allowing students to explore its themes in an academic context. UCSB Reads is generously supported by many individuals, university departments, and organizations.

This exhibition highlights the history of UCSB Reads since its inception, featuring promotional posters, selected books, custom bookmarks along with testimonials and images of participants engaging with programming throughout the years. UCSB Reads has become a beloved campus tradition that brings together thousands of people every year and demonstrates the power of literature to bridge divides, promote intellectual engagement, and build community.

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This exhibition was curated and cosponsored by the Oak Group and the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration, in collaboration with UCSB Library staff.

The Oak Group is one of the first artist groups in the U.S. to combine creativity with conservation. Since 1986, Oak Group artists have exhibited artworks painted on location to raise awareness and funds for open spaces, generating over $3 million in sales to support the preservation of lands for wildlife, recreation, ranching, and farming. The group includes 25 active members and has presented more than 100 exhibitions benefiting over 20 conservation organizations.

The Cheadle Center manages over 340 acres of open space between Ellwood Mesa and Goleta Slough, supporting habitat conservation, upland and wetland restoration, and sustainable stormwater management. These lands form a mosaic of oak woodland, coastal sage scrub, grassland, and wetland ecosystems that sustain high regional biodiversity. The Center also provides critical academic opportunities for UCSB students, including internships, field courses, and independent projects supported by the Research and Monitoring Mentorship Program.

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Printers and publishers have reproduced Shakespeare’s words in every possible textual format and in numerous languages. Literary and visual artists have continuously adapted and reinterpreted them in various artforms. Musicians and choreographers have refashioned his stories into opera, ballet, pop songs, and modern dance. Meanwhile, filmmakers, television writers, and videogame creators have transformed them for modern screens. This exhibition explores the many forms and many afterlives of Shakespeare’s art – from a single scrap of his crabbed handwritten text to the digital media of the twenty-first century.

Infinite Variety was co-curated by David Gartrell, the Library’s Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts, and Professor Jim Kearney, Department of English. The exhibition is on display in the Jackie Laskoff Exhibition Alcove, located in the Sara Miller McCune Arts Library (1st Floor, Mountain Side), and is co-sponsored by UCSB Library and the Department of English.

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UCSB Reads invites you to join Shopping List Scores, an art workshop led by artist and educator Lucy Bell Thursday, April 23, 12:00 PM. This event is in conversation with the UCSB Reads book Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner.

Following the work of performance artists like Yoko Ono and modern dancers like Simone Forti and Anna Halprin, artist Lucy Bell will guide participants through score-writing to create their own Shopping List Score or Memory Score. Using print, text, and drawing, participants will think about the ritual of shopping, eating and the cultural and familial memories that can be reenacted in a score. Participants will walk away with a printed or hand-made paper piece recounting their own memories with food, shopping, and their identity.

This event may be photographed or recorded.

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Through interactive sessions, you’ll develop a practical blueprint for self-advocacy, effective communication, and collective care.

Date: Thursdays, April 23, May 7, and May 14

Time: 12:05 p.m. -12:50 p.m. PDT

Location: Zoom

Part 1: Using Emotional Awareness to Identify and Meet Your Needs

Date and Time: Thursday, April 23rd, from 12:05pm to 12:50pm

Presented by: Kate Hawley, PhD

Part 2: Effectively Communicating Your Needs to Others

Date and Time: Thursday, May 7th, 12:05pm to 12:50pm

Presented by: Melissa Cordero, PsyD; Kate Hawley, PhD; Valeria Moreno, LPCC

Part 3: Leading Through the Storm: Equanimity and Courage in Chaos

Date and Time: Thursday, May 14th, 12:05pm to 12:50pm

Presented by: Melissa Cordero, PsyD; Kate Hawley, PhD; Valeria Moreno, LPCC

Click here https://forms.gle/oFvWhHaUAcHcKZ4TA to register. *Only one registration is required to attend all three workshops.

Note: As each workshop builds on the last, we highly recommend attending the full series.

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“Talking” with hundreds of students and a teaching team in large courses can be challenging. In this three-workshop series, you’ll practice using asset-based framing and a structured feedback model to create effective, transparent, encouraging, and even personalized communication strategies for large courses. Each 75-minute, interactive, in-person workshop provides a dedicated space to enhance your communication strategies. Participants will have the opportunity to reflect on their overarching course goals and critically assess their current approaches to communicating with students. Participants will leave the series with new strategies and practices for designing effective communication for teaching and feedback in large courses

RSVP for "What? How? & With Whom?: Communicating in Large Enrollment Courses." on Thursday, 4/23, 4/30, and 5/14

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Curated by EAP staff, this exhibition showcases standout submissions from EAP’s annual photo contests. Through these eye-catching photographs, students share their experiences living abroad with the campus community and highlight how EAP has enriched their undergraduate education at UCSB.

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The New Venture Fair will be open from 5:00PM to 7:30PM, and refreshments and appetizers will be served. Thank you for your continued support of Technology Management’s New Venture Program and our students. We look forward to seeing you on April 23rd!

About the New Venture Fair:
The New Venture Fair is part of UC Santa Barbara's New Venture Program, in which students from all academic disciplines work throughout the year to develop start-up business models for innovative product ideas. The Fair, which serves as the NVC semi-finals, is a dynamic and exciting event where the community gets an opportunity to interact with UCSB's exceptional student entrepreneurs. The New Venture Fair and NVC Finals have become significant events in the local entrepreneurship ecosystem.

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Lecture Two: The Neuroscience of Motherhood

In 2024 a team of scientists at UC Santa Barbara generated the first detailed map of the human brain across pregnancy. Now they are launching a global expansion of the “Maternal Brain Project” to establish the most comprehensive maternal neuroimaging database to date. Led by Dr. Martinez Garcia, the Maternal Brain Project is shining a light on the neuroscience of matrescence, or the profound neural adaptations that occur during pregnancy and postpartum. To what extent is the adult human brain capable of extensive neuroplasticity? Could the remodeling of the maternal brain inspire new treatments for stroke or brain injury? Can we detect biomarkers of postpartum depression before behavioral symptoms manifest? Do pregnancy conditions like preeclampsia or gestational diabetes effect maternal brain health? To answer these questions—and many more—a global team of experts in neuroscience, reproductive immunology, proteomics, and AI have joined forces to chart the unparalleled transformation of the maternal brain—searching for insights that could enhance brain health not just for mothers, but for everyone.

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Program
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2

Fresh off her electrifying 2025 duo tour with Víkingur Ólafsson, superstar pianist Yuja Wang returns to Arts & Lectures to conduct the Santa Barbara debut of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra from the keyboard. This distinctive collaboration represents another daring artistic move for Yuja Wang, who thus asserts a new level of creative leadership. For the MCO, already widely known for its lauded partnerships with pianists, Wang’s involvement magnifies the focus of international attention. Expect 19th- and 20th-century masterworks delivered with symphonic intensity and crystalline chamber clarity.

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A free screening for students & $6 for community.

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–Elizabeth Robinson, 2024

This exhibition documents the life’s work of Cedric J. Robinson and Elizabeth Peters Robinson, placing it in the global context of the Black radical tradition. The Robinsons were renowned for their seminal scholarship and activism that had wide-ranging influence at UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), in academia, and across many public arenas. The exhibition is drawn from the Cedric J. and Elizabeth P. Robinson Archive (“Robinson Archive”) and supplemented by a variety of materials from other collections in UCSB Library’s Special Research Collections, as well as personal contributions from Elizabeth Robinson.

"[The Black radical tradition is] the continuing development of a collective consciousness informed by the historical struggles for liberation and motivated by the shared sense of obligation to preserve the collective being, the ontological totality."

–Cedric Robinson, Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition, 1983

A deeply influential educator, Cedric Robinson (1940-2016) was a well-known scholar of racial capitalism and the Black radical tradition, and an active participant in political movements, both at home and internationally. For more than 30 years, Elizabeth Robinson has been an educator, social worker, former associate director for media at KCSB-FM radio, activist, and community media producer.

With the 2024 acquisition of the Robinson Archive from Elizabeth Robinson and the Robinsons’ daughter Najda Ife Robinson-Mayer, the Library launched the Post-Custodial, Community-based and Participatory Archives Project. This initiative aims to establish a living archive at UCSB centered on the Black Radical Tradition and the broader field of Black Studies. The Robinson Archive serves as an important anchor for the larger project, and will enable global research, teaching, scholarship, and sociopolitical and cultural activism for future generations.

This exhibition was curated by Yolanda Blue, the Library’s Curator of American and International History, Politics, and Cultures Collections, in collaboration with New York University and UCSB Library staff.

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We recognize that many employees are navigating profound layers of stress, grief, or anxiety right now. The Academic & Staff Assistance Program (ASAP) is here for you.

We provide compassionate, inclusive, and confidential spaces to process these experiences, and have opened additional priority sessions to ensure all staff and faculty seeking support can be seen.

Please reach out to us at (805) 893-3318 or email asap@hr.ucsb.edu

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No Tiene Que Cargar Con Esto a Solas

Reconocemos que muchos de nuestros empleados están atravesando niveles profundos de estrés, duelo o ansiedad en este momento. El Programa de Asistencia para Académicos y Personal (ASAP) está aquí para apoyarlos.

Ofrecemos espacios compasivos, inclusivos y confidenciales para procesar estas experiencias, y hemos abierto sesiones prioritarias adicionales para asegurar que todo el personal y los profesores que busquen apoyo puedan ser atendidos.

Por favor, comuníquese con nosotros al (805) 893-3318 o por correo electrónico a asap@hr.ucsb.edu

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Space is limited, and these sessions cannot be recorded. Please register for individual sessions.

If you cannot attend a live session, please visit https://myucretirement.com/webinars/calendar for webinars on these and other financial planning topics. You can also bookmark UCSB's WorkLife Well-Being webpage to stay up to date on all upcoming events and programs.

April 9th @ 11:00 AM

Five Money Musts

Description: Learn five money concepts to help you start your financial journey on the right foot.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_y6cG-h0XTxCItwe7xgGssQ

April 16th @ 11:00 AM

Guide to Investing in the UC Retirement Savings Program

Description: Basics of investing, including key investing concepts and common types of investments plus an overview of funds available through the UC Retirement Savings Program. It also includes investment approaches based on risk tolerance, investing horizon and involvement level.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Dfx9OU0ORkyxXXJ8fZ1waQ

April 23rd @ 9:00am (Spanish) and 10:00am (English)

Fidelity's Guide to the UC Retirement System

Description: UC's primary retirement benefits that provide a foundation for retirement income: and voluntary retirement benefits that offer additional saving opportunities in UC's 403(b), 457(b) and DC plans. Learn about the benefits offered through the primary and voluntary retirement programs and how they work together to help prepare for a financially secure retirement.

Location: Student Affairs and Administrative Services Building (SAASB) Third Floor

Registration Link for the Spanish Presentation: https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/fidelitys-guide-to-the-uc-retirement-system-en-espanol

Registration Link for the English Presentation: https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/fidelitys-guide-to-the-uc-retirement-system

April 23rd @ 11:00 AM

529 College Savings

Description: We will discuss manageable strategies, tools, and tips that can help you plan more effectively for the cost of college.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7tZxEkz2Q7esO25gvRTUuQ

April 30th @ 11:00 AM

Preserving Savings for Future Generations

Description: Understand what assets are potentially taxable and how they might be distributed, learn the importance of a living will and health care proxy, and review the basics of trusts, gifting, and possible insurance replacement strategies. Note: Fidelity does not provide legal or tax advice. The information herein is general in nature and should not be considered legal or tax advice. Consult an attorney or tax professional regarding your specific situation.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8JA8tLnjQsWVCFpcVZjo7w

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The program kicks off in winter with a book giveaway for UCSB students led by the Chancellor, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, and University Librarian, and culminates with a free public talk by the book’s author(s) at Campbell Hall in the spring. Throughout the winter and spring quarters, the Library sponsors a variety of free learning, experiential, and social events to explore the book’s themes. The selected book is also incorporated into the university curriculum for winter and spring, allowing students to explore its themes in an academic context. UCSB Reads is generously supported by many individuals, university departments, and organizations.

This exhibition highlights the history of UCSB Reads since its inception, featuring promotional posters, selected books, custom bookmarks along with testimonials and images of participants engaging with programming throughout the years. UCSB Reads has become a beloved campus tradition that brings together thousands of people every year and demonstrates the power of literature to bridge divides, promote intellectual engagement, and build community.

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This exhibition was curated and cosponsored by the Oak Group and the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration, in collaboration with UCSB Library staff.

The Oak Group is one of the first artist groups in the U.S. to combine creativity with conservation. Since 1986, Oak Group artists have exhibited artworks painted on location to raise awareness and funds for open spaces, generating over $3 million in sales to support the preservation of lands for wildlife, recreation, ranching, and farming. The group includes 25 active members and has presented more than 100 exhibitions benefiting over 20 conservation organizations.

The Cheadle Center manages over 340 acres of open space between Ellwood Mesa and Goleta Slough, supporting habitat conservation, upland and wetland restoration, and sustainable stormwater management. These lands form a mosaic of oak woodland, coastal sage scrub, grassland, and wetland ecosystems that sustain high regional biodiversity. The Center also provides critical academic opportunities for UCSB students, including internships, field courses, and independent projects supported by the Research and Monitoring Mentorship Program.

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Printers and publishers have reproduced Shakespeare’s words in every possible textual format and in numerous languages. Literary and visual artists have continuously adapted and reinterpreted them in various artforms. Musicians and choreographers have refashioned his stories into opera, ballet, pop songs, and modern dance. Meanwhile, filmmakers, television writers, and videogame creators have transformed them for modern screens. This exhibition explores the many forms and many afterlives of Shakespeare’s art – from a single scrap of his crabbed handwritten text to the digital media of the twenty-first century.

Infinite Variety was co-curated by David Gartrell, the Library’s Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts, and Professor Jim Kearney, Department of English. The exhibition is on display in the Jackie Laskoff Exhibition Alcove, located in the Sara Miller McCune Arts Library (1st Floor, Mountain Side), and is co-sponsored by UCSB Library and the Department of English.

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Curated by EAP staff, this exhibition showcases standout submissions from EAP’s annual photo contests. Through these eye-catching photographs, students share their experiences living abroad with the campus community and highlight how EAP has enriched their undergraduate education at UCSB.

View on site | Email this event

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–Elizabeth Robinson, 2024

This exhibition documents the life’s work of Cedric J. Robinson and Elizabeth Peters Robinson, placing it in the global context of the Black radical tradition. The Robinsons were renowned for their seminal scholarship and activism that had wide-ranging influence at UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), in academia, and across many public arenas. The exhibition is drawn from the Cedric J. and Elizabeth P. Robinson Archive (“Robinson Archive”) and supplemented by a variety of materials from other collections in UCSB Library’s Special Research Collections, as well as personal contributions from Elizabeth Robinson.

"[The Black radical tradition is] the continuing development of a collective consciousness informed by the historical struggles for liberation and motivated by the shared sense of obligation to preserve the collective being, the ontological totality."

–Cedric Robinson, Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition, 1983

A deeply influential educator, Cedric Robinson (1940-2016) was a well-known scholar of racial capitalism and the Black radical tradition, and an active participant in political movements, both at home and internationally. For more than 30 years, Elizabeth Robinson has been an educator, social worker, former associate director for media at KCSB-FM radio, activist, and community media producer.

With the 2024 acquisition of the Robinson Archive from Elizabeth Robinson and the Robinsons’ daughter Najda Ife Robinson-Mayer, the Library launched the Post-Custodial, Community-based and Participatory Archives Project. This initiative aims to establish a living archive at UCSB centered on the Black Radical Tradition and the broader field of Black Studies. The Robinson Archive serves as an important anchor for the larger project, and will enable global research, teaching, scholarship, and sociopolitical and cultural activism for future generations.

This exhibition was curated by Yolanda Blue, the Library’s Curator of American and International History, Politics, and Cultures Collections, in collaboration with New York University and UCSB Library staff.

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We recognize that many employees are navigating profound layers of stress, grief, or anxiety right now. The Academic & Staff Assistance Program (ASAP) is here for you.

We provide compassionate, inclusive, and confidential spaces to process these experiences, and have opened additional priority sessions to ensure all staff and faculty seeking support can be seen.

Please reach out to us at (805) 893-3318 or email asap@hr.ucsb.edu

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No Tiene Que Cargar Con Esto a Solas

Reconocemos que muchos de nuestros empleados están atravesando niveles profundos de estrés, duelo o ansiedad en este momento. El Programa de Asistencia para Académicos y Personal (ASAP) está aquí para apoyarlos.

Ofrecemos espacios compasivos, inclusivos y confidenciales para procesar estas experiencias, y hemos abierto sesiones prioritarias adicionales para asegurar que todo el personal y los profesores que busquen apoyo puedan ser atendidos.

Por favor, comuníquese con nosotros al (805) 893-3318 o por correo electrónico a asap@hr.ucsb.edu

View on site | Email this event

Space is limited, and these sessions cannot be recorded. Please register for individual sessions.

If you cannot attend a live session, please visit https://myucretirement.com/webinars/calendar for webinars on these and other financial planning topics. You can also bookmark UCSB's WorkLife Well-Being webpage to stay up to date on all upcoming events and programs.

April 9th @ 11:00 AM

Five Money Musts

Description: Learn five money concepts to help you start your financial journey on the right foot.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_y6cG-h0XTxCItwe7xgGssQ

April 16th @ 11:00 AM

Guide to Investing in the UC Retirement Savings Program

Description: Basics of investing, including key investing concepts and common types of investments plus an overview of funds available through the UC Retirement Savings Program. It also includes investment approaches based on risk tolerance, investing horizon and involvement level.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Dfx9OU0ORkyxXXJ8fZ1waQ

April 23rd @ 9:00am (Spanish) and 10:00am (English)

Fidelity's Guide to the UC Retirement System

Description: UC's primary retirement benefits that provide a foundation for retirement income: and voluntary retirement benefits that offer additional saving opportunities in UC's 403(b), 457(b) and DC plans. Learn about the benefits offered through the primary and voluntary retirement programs and how they work together to help prepare for a financially secure retirement.

Location: Student Affairs and Administrative Services Building (SAASB) Third Floor

Registration Link for the Spanish Presentation: https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/fidelitys-guide-to-the-uc-retirement-system-en-espanol

Registration Link for the English Presentation: https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/fidelitys-guide-to-the-uc-retirement-system

April 23rd @ 11:00 AM

529 College Savings

Description: We will discuss manageable strategies, tools, and tips that can help you plan more effectively for the cost of college.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7tZxEkz2Q7esO25gvRTUuQ

April 30th @ 11:00 AM

Preserving Savings for Future Generations

Description: Understand what assets are potentially taxable and how they might be distributed, learn the importance of a living will and health care proxy, and review the basics of trusts, gifting, and possible insurance replacement strategies. Note: Fidelity does not provide legal or tax advice. The information herein is general in nature and should not be considered legal or tax advice. Consult an attorney or tax professional regarding your specific situation.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8JA8tLnjQsWVCFpcVZjo7w

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The program kicks off in winter with a book giveaway for UCSB students led by the Chancellor, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, and University Librarian, and culminates with a free public talk by the book’s author(s) at Campbell Hall in the spring. Throughout the winter and spring quarters, the Library sponsors a variety of free learning, experiential, and social events to explore the book’s themes. The selected book is also incorporated into the university curriculum for winter and spring, allowing students to explore its themes in an academic context. UCSB Reads is generously supported by many individuals, university departments, and organizations.

This exhibition highlights the history of UCSB Reads since its inception, featuring promotional posters, selected books, custom bookmarks along with testimonials and images of participants engaging with programming throughout the years. UCSB Reads has become a beloved campus tradition that brings together thousands of people every year and demonstrates the power of literature to bridge divides, promote intellectual engagement, and build community.

View on site | Email this event

This exhibition was curated and cosponsored by the Oak Group and the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration, in collaboration with UCSB Library staff.

The Oak Group is one of the first artist groups in the U.S. to combine creativity with conservation. Since 1986, Oak Group artists have exhibited artworks painted on location to raise awareness and funds for open spaces, generating over $3 million in sales to support the preservation of lands for wildlife, recreation, ranching, and farming. The group includes 25 active members and has presented more than 100 exhibitions benefiting over 20 conservation organizations.

The Cheadle Center manages over 340 acres of open space between Ellwood Mesa and Goleta Slough, supporting habitat conservation, upland and wetland restoration, and sustainable stormwater management. These lands form a mosaic of oak woodland, coastal sage scrub, grassland, and wetland ecosystems that sustain high regional biodiversity. The Center also provides critical academic opportunities for UCSB students, including internships, field courses, and independent projects supported by the Research and Monitoring Mentorship Program.

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Printers and publishers have reproduced Shakespeare’s words in every possible textual format and in numerous languages. Literary and visual artists have continuously adapted and reinterpreted them in various artforms. Musicians and choreographers have refashioned his stories into opera, ballet, pop songs, and modern dance. Meanwhile, filmmakers, television writers, and videogame creators have transformed them for modern screens. This exhibition explores the many forms and many afterlives of Shakespeare’s art – from a single scrap of his crabbed handwritten text to the digital media of the twenty-first century.

Infinite Variety was co-curated by David Gartrell, the Library’s Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts, and Professor Jim Kearney, Department of English. The exhibition is on display in the Jackie Laskoff Exhibition Alcove, located in the Sara Miller McCune Arts Library (1st Floor, Mountain Side), and is co-sponsored by UCSB Library and the Department of English.

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Bay Area Gauchos! Let's eat our way through Chinatown SF! Join Olé in the Bay for a fun, casual food crawl on Saturday, April 25the from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM as we hop between some of the neighborhood's best local spots and try a mix of savory bites and sweet treats.

RSVP HERE!

Chinatown SF Food Crawl
Saturday, April 25th, 2026
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
(Exact locaiton will be shared on the calendar invite)

BONUS: The first 20 confirmed attendees will get FREE boba at the end (limit 1 per person) courtesy of UCSB Alumni Affairs. Spots are limited Be sure to reply "YES" to the confirmation email to lock in your free boba. Calendar invite with full details will be sent by Sunday, April 19th.

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The Comm Playbook: One Major. Many Plays. Infinite Outcomes
Saturday, April 25, 2026 at UCSB's Thunderdome
1:00PM - 3:30PM: For Students - Panels and Discussion Tables with Alumni
3:30PM - 5:00PM: Alumni Reception

Each spring the UCSB Communication Alumni Council helps the Department sponsor Communication Career Day. On this day, dozens of alumni return to campus to participate in speed advice sessions that help our undergraduates gain insight into the variety of professions and diverse career paths chosen by our Communication alumni. This annual networking event brings 200+ Communication students together with alumni for career workshops, industry connections, and professional socializing. Students meet with alumni and receive one-on-one career guidance, learn from expert speakers, gain experience, and learn about opportunities as interns or employees, from student/alumni networking sessions.

ALUMNI RSVP HERE

Keynote Speaker and Panel Moderator: Angela Chee, Author of The Power of the Only, and former LA TV News Anchor/Reporter
Panel Speakers: Kendra Jackson, Manager of Programming, FOX Sports; Frank Lee, Global Head of Independent Agencies at Snap
See https://www.comm.ucsb.edu/news-events/annual/career-day for more information.

Students: Register (free) here: https://cglink.me/2dD/r2265636

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Please note: This event will not feature a screening of the documentary. The format for this event will be a live discussion between filmmakers Sam Crane and Pinny Grylls, and moderator Miguel Penabella (Carsey-Wolf Center, UCSB). They will discuss the making of Grand Theft Hamlet, and the process of casting, producing, rehearsing, and staging a live production of Hamlet in Grand Theft Auto Online. Patrons may choose to watch the film in advance of this discussion via MUBI, which offers a special sixty day student membership trial (and a seven day non-student membership trial), but advance viewing of the film will not be necessary to appreciate the discussion.

Sam Crane (filmmaker)

Sam Crane is an award-winning actor, filmmaker, and researcher. With his partner Pinny Grylls, he runs Project 1961, a creative studio working at the intersection of cinema, live performance, and video games. Their debut film, Grand Theft Hamlet, won the SXSW Jury Award, a Grierson Award, and two BIFAs. They are currently developing the hybrid IRL/video game performance Sound & Fury and the documentary Non-Playable Character. Sam has starred in West End and Broadway productions, including Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and 1984. He is a PhD candidate at the University of York.

Pinny Grylls (filmmaker)

Pinny Grylls is a BAFTA Breakthrough Artist and BFI Chanel Award winner for her debut feature Grand Theft Hamlet. She works across documentary, theatre, and ethnography, and is known for formally adventurous work exploring performance and human connection. Her films have screened internationally, and she has directed for Channel 4, The Guardian, and the BBC. She lost her hearing in 2016 and is now a proud member of the deaf community and a British Sign Language user.

Miguel Penabella (Carsey-Wolf Center, UCSB)

Miguel Penabella is Assistant Director of the Carsey-Wolf Center and a PhD candidate in Film and Media Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He writes as a freelance videogame critic, with bylines in Playboy, Vice, Kill Screen, and Unwinnable, among others. He is a former editor and monthly columnist for Haywire Magazine. At UCSB, he taught the Experimental Games course as part of the campus’s Creative Computing Initiative.

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In the SXSW, Grierson, and British Independent Film Award-winning Grand Theft Hamlet (2024), actors Sam Crane and Mark Oosterveen find themselves out of work when theaters shut down during the COVID-19 pandemic. Uncertain about their futures, they turn to the virtual space of Grand Theft Auto Online, embarking on the improbable project of casting and producing a live staging of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet within the game’s chaotic landscape. Directed by Sam Crane and Pinny Grylls, the documentary is comprised entirely of in-game footage, with all of the subjects depicted by their online avatars. The film chronicles the challenges of mounting theater in an unconventional space—from scouting locations and coordinating auditions with players around the globe to navigating rehearsal conflicts—while also capturing unexpected moments of connection during a period of global isolation. Both a celebration of the creative possibilities shared by theater, video games, and cinema, and a poignant reflection on the artistic process, Grand Theft Hamlet explores the enduring human need for connection through art.

Please note: This event will not feature a screening of the documentary. The format for this event will be a live discussion between filmmakers Sam Crane and Pinny Grylls, and moderator Miguel Penabella (Carsey-Wolf Center, UCSB). They will discuss the making of Grand Theft Hamlet, and the process of casting, producing, rehearsing, and staging a live production of Hamlet in Grand Theft Auto Online. Patrons may choose to watch the film in advance of this discussion via MUBI, which offers a special sixty day student membership trial (and a seven day non-student membership trial), but advance viewing of the film will not be necessary to appreciate the discussion.

This event is presented in conjunction with the UCSB Library exhibition Infinite Variety: The Many Lives of Shakespeare’s Texts.

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Curated by EAP staff, this exhibition showcases standout submissions from EAP’s annual photo contests. Through these eye-catching photographs, students share their experiences living abroad with the campus community and highlight how EAP has enriched their undergraduate education at UCSB.

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–Elizabeth Robinson, 2024

This exhibition documents the life’s work of Cedric J. Robinson and Elizabeth Peters Robinson, placing it in the global context of the Black radical tradition. The Robinsons were renowned for their seminal scholarship and activism that had wide-ranging influence at UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), in academia, and across many public arenas. The exhibition is drawn from the Cedric J. and Elizabeth P. Robinson Archive (“Robinson Archive”) and supplemented by a variety of materials from other collections in UCSB Library’s Special Research Collections, as well as personal contributions from Elizabeth Robinson.

"[The Black radical tradition is] the continuing development of a collective consciousness informed by the historical struggles for liberation and motivated by the shared sense of obligation to preserve the collective being, the ontological totality."

–Cedric Robinson, Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition, 1983

A deeply influential educator, Cedric Robinson (1940-2016) was a well-known scholar of racial capitalism and the Black radical tradition, and an active participant in political movements, both at home and internationally. For more than 30 years, Elizabeth Robinson has been an educator, social worker, former associate director for media at KCSB-FM radio, activist, and community media producer.

With the 2024 acquisition of the Robinson Archive from Elizabeth Robinson and the Robinsons’ daughter Najda Ife Robinson-Mayer, the Library launched the Post-Custodial, Community-based and Participatory Archives Project. This initiative aims to establish a living archive at UCSB centered on the Black Radical Tradition and the broader field of Black Studies. The Robinson Archive serves as an important anchor for the larger project, and will enable global research, teaching, scholarship, and sociopolitical and cultural activism for future generations.

This exhibition was curated by Yolanda Blue, the Library’s Curator of American and International History, Politics, and Cultures Collections, in collaboration with New York University and UCSB Library staff.

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We recognize that many employees are navigating profound layers of stress, grief, or anxiety right now. The Academic & Staff Assistance Program (ASAP) is here for you.

We provide compassionate, inclusive, and confidential spaces to process these experiences, and have opened additional priority sessions to ensure all staff and faculty seeking support can be seen.

Please reach out to us at (805) 893-3318 or email asap@hr.ucsb.edu

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No Tiene Que Cargar Con Esto a Solas

Reconocemos que muchos de nuestros empleados están atravesando niveles profundos de estrés, duelo o ansiedad en este momento. El Programa de Asistencia para Académicos y Personal (ASAP) está aquí para apoyarlos.

Ofrecemos espacios compasivos, inclusivos y confidenciales para procesar estas experiencias, y hemos abierto sesiones prioritarias adicionales para asegurar que todo el personal y los profesores que busquen apoyo puedan ser atendidos.

Por favor, comuníquese con nosotros al (805) 893-3318 o por correo electrónico a asap@hr.ucsb.edu

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Space is limited, and these sessions cannot be recorded. Please register for individual sessions.

If you cannot attend a live session, please visit https://myucretirement.com/webinars/calendar for webinars on these and other financial planning topics. You can also bookmark UCSB's WorkLife Well-Being webpage to stay up to date on all upcoming events and programs.

April 9th @ 11:00 AM

Five Money Musts

Description: Learn five money concepts to help you start your financial journey on the right foot.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_y6cG-h0XTxCItwe7xgGssQ

April 16th @ 11:00 AM

Guide to Investing in the UC Retirement Savings Program

Description: Basics of investing, including key investing concepts and common types of investments plus an overview of funds available through the UC Retirement Savings Program. It also includes investment approaches based on risk tolerance, investing horizon and involvement level.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Dfx9OU0ORkyxXXJ8fZ1waQ

April 23rd @ 9:00am (Spanish) and 10:00am (English)

Fidelity's Guide to the UC Retirement System

Description: UC's primary retirement benefits that provide a foundation for retirement income: and voluntary retirement benefits that offer additional saving opportunities in UC's 403(b), 457(b) and DC plans. Learn about the benefits offered through the primary and voluntary retirement programs and how they work together to help prepare for a financially secure retirement.

Location: Student Affairs and Administrative Services Building (SAASB) Third Floor

Registration Link for the Spanish Presentation: https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/fidelitys-guide-to-the-uc-retirement-system-en-espanol

Registration Link for the English Presentation: https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/fidelitys-guide-to-the-uc-retirement-system

April 23rd @ 11:00 AM

529 College Savings

Description: We will discuss manageable strategies, tools, and tips that can help you plan more effectively for the cost of college.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7tZxEkz2Q7esO25gvRTUuQ

April 30th @ 11:00 AM

Preserving Savings for Future Generations

Description: Understand what assets are potentially taxable and how they might be distributed, learn the importance of a living will and health care proxy, and review the basics of trusts, gifting, and possible insurance replacement strategies. Note: Fidelity does not provide legal or tax advice. The information herein is general in nature and should not be considered legal or tax advice. Consult an attorney or tax professional regarding your specific situation.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8JA8tLnjQsWVCFpcVZjo7w

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The program kicks off in winter with a book giveaway for UCSB students led by the Chancellor, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, and University Librarian, and culminates with a free public talk by the book’s author(s) at Campbell Hall in the spring. Throughout the winter and spring quarters, the Library sponsors a variety of free learning, experiential, and social events to explore the book’s themes. The selected book is also incorporated into the university curriculum for winter and spring, allowing students to explore its themes in an academic context. UCSB Reads is generously supported by many individuals, university departments, and organizations.

This exhibition highlights the history of UCSB Reads since its inception, featuring promotional posters, selected books, custom bookmarks along with testimonials and images of participants engaging with programming throughout the years. UCSB Reads has become a beloved campus tradition that brings together thousands of people every year and demonstrates the power of literature to bridge divides, promote intellectual engagement, and build community.

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This exhibition was curated and cosponsored by the Oak Group and the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration, in collaboration with UCSB Library staff.

The Oak Group is one of the first artist groups in the U.S. to combine creativity with conservation. Since 1986, Oak Group artists have exhibited artworks painted on location to raise awareness and funds for open spaces, generating over $3 million in sales to support the preservation of lands for wildlife, recreation, ranching, and farming. The group includes 25 active members and has presented more than 100 exhibitions benefiting over 20 conservation organizations.

The Cheadle Center manages over 340 acres of open space between Ellwood Mesa and Goleta Slough, supporting habitat conservation, upland and wetland restoration, and sustainable stormwater management. These lands form a mosaic of oak woodland, coastal sage scrub, grassland, and wetland ecosystems that sustain high regional biodiversity. The Center also provides critical academic opportunities for UCSB students, including internships, field courses, and independent projects supported by the Research and Monitoring Mentorship Program.

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Printers and publishers have reproduced Shakespeare’s words in every possible textual format and in numerous languages. Literary and visual artists have continuously adapted and reinterpreted them in various artforms. Musicians and choreographers have refashioned his stories into opera, ballet, pop songs, and modern dance. Meanwhile, filmmakers, television writers, and videogame creators have transformed them for modern screens. This exhibition explores the many forms and many afterlives of Shakespeare’s art – from a single scrap of his crabbed handwritten text to the digital media of the twenty-first century.

Infinite Variety was co-curated by David Gartrell, the Library’s Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts, and Professor Jim Kearney, Department of English. The exhibition is on display in the Jackie Laskoff Exhibition Alcove, located in the Sara Miller McCune Arts Library (1st Floor, Mountain Side), and is co-sponsored by UCSB Library and the Department of English.

View on site | Email this event

View on site | Email this event

Curated by EAP staff, this exhibition showcases standout submissions from EAP’s annual photo contests. Through these eye-catching photographs, students share their experiences living abroad with the campus community and highlight how EAP has enriched their undergraduate education at UCSB.

View on site | Email this event

–Elizabeth Robinson, 2024

This exhibition documents the life’s work of Cedric J. Robinson and Elizabeth Peters Robinson, placing it in the global context of the Black radical tradition. The Robinsons were renowned for their seminal scholarship and activism that had wide-ranging influence at UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), in academia, and across many public arenas. The exhibition is drawn from the Cedric J. and Elizabeth P. Robinson Archive (“Robinson Archive”) and supplemented by a variety of materials from other collections in UCSB Library’s Special Research Collections, as well as personal contributions from Elizabeth Robinson.

"[The Black radical tradition is] the continuing development of a collective consciousness informed by the historical struggles for liberation and motivated by the shared sense of obligation to preserve the collective being, the ontological totality."

–Cedric Robinson, Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition, 1983

A deeply influential educator, Cedric Robinson (1940-2016) was a well-known scholar of racial capitalism and the Black radical tradition, and an active participant in political movements, both at home and internationally. For more than 30 years, Elizabeth Robinson has been an educator, social worker, former associate director for media at KCSB-FM radio, activist, and community media producer.

With the 2024 acquisition of the Robinson Archive from Elizabeth Robinson and the Robinsons’ daughter Najda Ife Robinson-Mayer, the Library launched the Post-Custodial, Community-based and Participatory Archives Project. This initiative aims to establish a living archive at UCSB centered on the Black Radical Tradition and the broader field of Black Studies. The Robinson Archive serves as an important anchor for the larger project, and will enable global research, teaching, scholarship, and sociopolitical and cultural activism for future generations.

This exhibition was curated by Yolanda Blue, the Library’s Curator of American and International History, Politics, and Cultures Collections, in collaboration with New York University and UCSB Library staff.

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AI Innovations and Impact at UC Santa Barbara

This week-long, online event brings together UCSB community members to share their insights, concerns and data-driven approaches for using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to advance the mission of our University.

Each day will feature:

- An opening keynote or panel discussion

- Spotlight sessions with 2-3 presenters

- Interactive lunchtime demos, panels and workshops

Sponsored by: the Office of Teaching and Learning, the Office of the CIO, with generous support from the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, the Library and the Division of Student Affairs.

Questions? Contact: Dr. Lisa Berry (lisa_berry@ucsb.edu) or Deputy CIO Joe Sabado (joesabado@ucsb.edu)

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We recognize that many employees are navigating profound layers of stress, grief, or anxiety right now. The Academic & Staff Assistance Program (ASAP) is here for you.

We provide compassionate, inclusive, and confidential spaces to process these experiences, and have opened additional priority sessions to ensure all staff and faculty seeking support can be seen.

Please reach out to us at (805) 893-3318 or email asap@hr.ucsb.edu

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No Tiene Que Cargar Con Esto a Solas

Reconocemos que muchos de nuestros empleados están atravesando niveles profundos de estrés, duelo o ansiedad en este momento. El Programa de Asistencia para Académicos y Personal (ASAP) está aquí para apoyarlos.

Ofrecemos espacios compasivos, inclusivos y confidenciales para procesar estas experiencias, y hemos abierto sesiones prioritarias adicionales para asegurar que todo el personal y los profesores que busquen apoyo puedan ser atendidos.

Por favor, comuníquese con nosotros al (805) 893-3318 o por correo electrónico a asap@hr.ucsb.edu

View on site | Email this event

Space is limited, and these sessions cannot be recorded. Please register for individual sessions.

If you cannot attend a live session, please visit https://myucretirement.com/webinars/calendar for webinars on these and other financial planning topics. You can also bookmark UCSB's WorkLife Well-Being webpage to stay up to date on all upcoming events and programs.

April 9th @ 11:00 AM

Five Money Musts

Description: Learn five money concepts to help you start your financial journey on the right foot.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_y6cG-h0XTxCItwe7xgGssQ

April 16th @ 11:00 AM

Guide to Investing in the UC Retirement Savings Program

Description: Basics of investing, including key investing concepts and common types of investments plus an overview of funds available through the UC Retirement Savings Program. It also includes investment approaches based on risk tolerance, investing horizon and involvement level.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Dfx9OU0ORkyxXXJ8fZ1waQ

April 23rd @ 9:00am (Spanish) and 10:00am (English)

Fidelity's Guide to the UC Retirement System

Description: UC's primary retirement benefits that provide a foundation for retirement income: and voluntary retirement benefits that offer additional saving opportunities in UC's 403(b), 457(b) and DC plans. Learn about the benefits offered through the primary and voluntary retirement programs and how they work together to help prepare for a financially secure retirement.

Location: Student Affairs and Administrative Services Building (SAASB) Third Floor

Registration Link for the Spanish Presentation: https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/fidelitys-guide-to-the-uc-retirement-system-en-espanol

Registration Link for the English Presentation: https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/fidelitys-guide-to-the-uc-retirement-system

April 23rd @ 11:00 AM

529 College Savings

Description: We will discuss manageable strategies, tools, and tips that can help you plan more effectively for the cost of college.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7tZxEkz2Q7esO25gvRTUuQ

April 30th @ 11:00 AM

Preserving Savings for Future Generations

Description: Understand what assets are potentially taxable and how they might be distributed, learn the importance of a living will and health care proxy, and review the basics of trusts, gifting, and possible insurance replacement strategies. Note: Fidelity does not provide legal or tax advice. The information herein is general in nature and should not be considered legal or tax advice. Consult an attorney or tax professional regarding your specific situation.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8JA8tLnjQsWVCFpcVZjo7w

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The program kicks off in winter with a book giveaway for UCSB students led by the Chancellor, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, and University Librarian, and culminates with a free public talk by the book’s author(s) at Campbell Hall in the spring. Throughout the winter and spring quarters, the Library sponsors a variety of free learning, experiential, and social events to explore the book’s themes. The selected book is also incorporated into the university curriculum for winter and spring, allowing students to explore its themes in an academic context. UCSB Reads is generously supported by many individuals, university departments, and organizations.

This exhibition highlights the history of UCSB Reads since its inception, featuring promotional posters, selected books, custom bookmarks along with testimonials and images of participants engaging with programming throughout the years. UCSB Reads has become a beloved campus tradition that brings together thousands of people every year and demonstrates the power of literature to bridge divides, promote intellectual engagement, and build community.

View on site | Email this event

This exhibition was curated and cosponsored by the Oak Group and the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration, in collaboration with UCSB Library staff.

The Oak Group is one of the first artist groups in the U.S. to combine creativity with conservation. Since 1986, Oak Group artists have exhibited artworks painted on location to raise awareness and funds for open spaces, generating over $3 million in sales to support the preservation of lands for wildlife, recreation, ranching, and farming. The group includes 25 active members and has presented more than 100 exhibitions benefiting over 20 conservation organizations.

The Cheadle Center manages over 340 acres of open space between Ellwood Mesa and Goleta Slough, supporting habitat conservation, upland and wetland restoration, and sustainable stormwater management. These lands form a mosaic of oak woodland, coastal sage scrub, grassland, and wetland ecosystems that sustain high regional biodiversity. The Center also provides critical academic opportunities for UCSB students, including internships, field courses, and independent projects supported by the Research and Monitoring Mentorship Program.

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Printers and publishers have reproduced Shakespeare’s words in every possible textual format and in numerous languages. Literary and visual artists have continuously adapted and reinterpreted them in various artforms. Musicians and choreographers have refashioned his stories into opera, ballet, pop songs, and modern dance. Meanwhile, filmmakers, television writers, and videogame creators have transformed them for modern screens. This exhibition explores the many forms and many afterlives of Shakespeare’s art – from a single scrap of his crabbed handwritten text to the digital media of the twenty-first century.

Infinite Variety was co-curated by David Gartrell, the Library’s Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts, and Professor Jim Kearney, Department of English. The exhibition is on display in the Jackie Laskoff Exhibition Alcove, located in the Sara Miller McCune Arts Library (1st Floor, Mountain Side), and is co-sponsored by UCSB Library and the Department of English.

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Research posters are powerful tools for communicating your research and sparking conversation with others. In this workshop, you will learn how to design posters that clearly highlight key findings and guide viewers through your research story. We will introduce practical strategies for organizing content, using visuals effectively, and applying simple design principles that make posters easier to read and interpret. The session will also cover practical tips for presenting your poster. Through examples and short activities, you will gain tools to create posters that communicate your research clearly and confidently.

Researchers from all disciplines are welcome. This workshop will be of particular interest to graduate students and upper-division undergraduates.

Got questions? Send them to workshops@library.ucsb.edu

Co-sponsored by the UCSB Library and Undergraduate Research & Creative Activities (UCRA).

This event may be photographed or recorded.

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Curated by EAP staff, this exhibition showcases standout submissions from EAP’s annual photo contests. Through these eye-catching photographs, students share their experiences living abroad with the campus community and highlight how EAP has enriched their undergraduate education at UCSB.

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A free screening for students & $6 for community members.

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–Elizabeth Robinson, 2024

This exhibition documents the life’s work of Cedric J. Robinson and Elizabeth Peters Robinson, placing it in the global context of the Black radical tradition. The Robinsons were renowned for their seminal scholarship and activism that had wide-ranging influence at UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), in academia, and across many public arenas. The exhibition is drawn from the Cedric J. and Elizabeth P. Robinson Archive (“Robinson Archive”) and supplemented by a variety of materials from other collections in UCSB Library’s Special Research Collections, as well as personal contributions from Elizabeth Robinson.

"[The Black radical tradition is] the continuing development of a collective consciousness informed by the historical struggles for liberation and motivated by the shared sense of obligation to preserve the collective being, the ontological totality."

–Cedric Robinson, Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition, 1983

A deeply influential educator, Cedric Robinson (1940-2016) was a well-known scholar of racial capitalism and the Black radical tradition, and an active participant in political movements, both at home and internationally. For more than 30 years, Elizabeth Robinson has been an educator, social worker, former associate director for media at KCSB-FM radio, activist, and community media producer.

With the 2024 acquisition of the Robinson Archive from Elizabeth Robinson and the Robinsons’ daughter Najda Ife Robinson-Mayer, the Library launched the Post-Custodial, Community-based and Participatory Archives Project. This initiative aims to establish a living archive at UCSB centered on the Black Radical Tradition and the broader field of Black Studies. The Robinson Archive serves as an important anchor for the larger project, and will enable global research, teaching, scholarship, and sociopolitical and cultural activism for future generations.

This exhibition was curated by Yolanda Blue, the Library’s Curator of American and International History, Politics, and Cultures Collections, in collaboration with New York University and UCSB Library staff.

View on site | Email this event

AI Innovations and Impact at UC Santa Barbara

This week-long, online event brings together UCSB community members to share their insights, concerns and data-driven approaches for using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to advance the mission of our University.

Each day will feature:

- An opening keynote or panel discussion

- Spotlight sessions with 2-3 presenters

- Interactive lunchtime demos, panels and workshops

Sponsored by: the Office of Teaching and Learning, the Office of the CIO, with generous support from the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, the Library and the Division of Student Affairs.

Questions? Contact: Dr. Lisa Berry (lisa_berry@ucsb.edu) or Deputy CIO Joe Sabado (joesabado@ucsb.edu)

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We recognize that many employees are navigating profound layers of stress, grief, or anxiety right now. The Academic & Staff Assistance Program (ASAP) is here for you.

We provide compassionate, inclusive, and confidential spaces to process these experiences, and have opened additional priority sessions to ensure all staff and faculty seeking support can be seen.

Please reach out to us at (805) 893-3318 or email asap@hr.ucsb.edu

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No Tiene Que Cargar Con Esto a Solas

Reconocemos que muchos de nuestros empleados están atravesando niveles profundos de estrés, duelo o ansiedad en este momento. El Programa de Asistencia para Académicos y Personal (ASAP) está aquí para apoyarlos.

Ofrecemos espacios compasivos, inclusivos y confidenciales para procesar estas experiencias, y hemos abierto sesiones prioritarias adicionales para asegurar que todo el personal y los profesores que busquen apoyo puedan ser atendidos.

Por favor, comuníquese con nosotros al (805) 893-3318 o por correo electrónico a asap@hr.ucsb.edu

View on site | Email this event

Space is limited, and these sessions cannot be recorded. Please register for individual sessions.

If you cannot attend a live session, please visit https://myucretirement.com/webinars/calendar for webinars on these and other financial planning topics. You can also bookmark UCSB's WorkLife Well-Being webpage to stay up to date on all upcoming events and programs.

April 9th @ 11:00 AM

Five Money Musts

Description: Learn five money concepts to help you start your financial journey on the right foot.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_y6cG-h0XTxCItwe7xgGssQ

April 16th @ 11:00 AM

Guide to Investing in the UC Retirement Savings Program

Description: Basics of investing, including key investing concepts and common types of investments plus an overview of funds available through the UC Retirement Savings Program. It also includes investment approaches based on risk tolerance, investing horizon and involvement level.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Dfx9OU0ORkyxXXJ8fZ1waQ

April 23rd @ 9:00am (Spanish) and 10:00am (English)

Fidelity's Guide to the UC Retirement System

Description: UC's primary retirement benefits that provide a foundation for retirement income: and voluntary retirement benefits that offer additional saving opportunities in UC's 403(b), 457(b) and DC plans. Learn about the benefits offered through the primary and voluntary retirement programs and how they work together to help prepare for a financially secure retirement.

Location: Student Affairs and Administrative Services Building (SAASB) Third Floor

Registration Link for the Spanish Presentation: https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/fidelitys-guide-to-the-uc-retirement-system-en-espanol

Registration Link for the English Presentation: https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/fidelitys-guide-to-the-uc-retirement-system

April 23rd @ 11:00 AM

529 College Savings

Description: We will discuss manageable strategies, tools, and tips that can help you plan more effectively for the cost of college.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7tZxEkz2Q7esO25gvRTUuQ

April 30th @ 11:00 AM

Preserving Savings for Future Generations

Description: Understand what assets are potentially taxable and how they might be distributed, learn the importance of a living will and health care proxy, and review the basics of trusts, gifting, and possible insurance replacement strategies. Note: Fidelity does not provide legal or tax advice. The information herein is general in nature and should not be considered legal or tax advice. Consult an attorney or tax professional regarding your specific situation.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8JA8tLnjQsWVCFpcVZjo7w

View on site | Email this event

View on site | Email this event

The program kicks off in winter with a book giveaway for UCSB students led by the Chancellor, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, and University Librarian, and culminates with a free public talk by the book’s author(s) at Campbell Hall in the spring. Throughout the winter and spring quarters, the Library sponsors a variety of free learning, experiential, and social events to explore the book’s themes. The selected book is also incorporated into the university curriculum for winter and spring, allowing students to explore its themes in an academic context. UCSB Reads is generously supported by many individuals, university departments, and organizations.

This exhibition highlights the history of UCSB Reads since its inception, featuring promotional posters, selected books, custom bookmarks along with testimonials and images of participants engaging with programming throughout the years. UCSB Reads has become a beloved campus tradition that brings together thousands of people every year and demonstrates the power of literature to bridge divides, promote intellectual engagement, and build community.

View on site | Email this event

This exhibition was curated and cosponsored by the Oak Group and the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration, in collaboration with UCSB Library staff.

The Oak Group is one of the first artist groups in the U.S. to combine creativity with conservation. Since 1986, Oak Group artists have exhibited artworks painted on location to raise awareness and funds for open spaces, generating over $3 million in sales to support the preservation of lands for wildlife, recreation, ranching, and farming. The group includes 25 active members and has presented more than 100 exhibitions benefiting over 20 conservation organizations.

The Cheadle Center manages over 340 acres of open space between Ellwood Mesa and Goleta Slough, supporting habitat conservation, upland and wetland restoration, and sustainable stormwater management. These lands form a mosaic of oak woodland, coastal sage scrub, grassland, and wetland ecosystems that sustain high regional biodiversity. The Center also provides critical academic opportunities for UCSB students, including internships, field courses, and independent projects supported by the Research and Monitoring Mentorship Program.

View on site | Email this event

Printers and publishers have reproduced Shakespeare’s words in every possible textual format and in numerous languages. Literary and visual artists have continuously adapted and reinterpreted them in various artforms. Musicians and choreographers have refashioned his stories into opera, ballet, pop songs, and modern dance. Meanwhile, filmmakers, television writers, and videogame creators have transformed them for modern screens. This exhibition explores the many forms and many afterlives of Shakespeare’s art – from a single scrap of his crabbed handwritten text to the digital media of the twenty-first century.

Infinite Variety was co-curated by David Gartrell, the Library’s Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts, and Professor Jim Kearney, Department of English. The exhibition is on display in the Jackie Laskoff Exhibition Alcove, located in the Sara Miller McCune Arts Library (1st Floor, Mountain Side), and is co-sponsored by UCSB Library and the Department of English.

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Spring Dates: Tuesdays from March 24th-May 26th

Time: 12:15-12:35 pm

Location: Online-Zoom link will be provided upon registration

RSVP: https://forms.gle/jytu6XaKVe7AdiGL8

Join us this final series of the academic quarter for Tranquil Tuesdays, a 20-minute drop-in meditation group to support your wellness. Meditating helps promote deep relaxation, creativity, and heightened awareness. Research shows that meditation can reduce stress, enhance focus, and strengthen our overall sense of balance. These sessions will provide a space to explore tools for feeling grounded, nurturing yourself, and being more present in daily life.

Whether you're new to meditation or have an established practice, come and take a moment for yourself in a supportive community setting.

Offered by: The ASAP Psychologist Team

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In partnership with the Restorative Justice Program, the Staff Engagement Workgroup invites you to pause, connect, and recharge by joining a Staff Community Building Circle this Winter. These circles offer a supportive space for campus staff to share experiences, listen to diverse perspectives, and strengthen our sense of community. Through guided dialogue, participants will have the opportunity to connect, reflect, and collaborate - fostering a more inclusive and understanding environment for everyone.

Spring Quarter Topic: Appreciation & Recognition
Join us as we explore meaningful ways to show appreciation—not just to those around us, but to ourselves as well. We’ll take a deeper dive into how we can better recognize the incredible work we do, both inside and outside the office. Let’s make time to celebrate each other and our collective impact!

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Curated by EAP staff, this exhibition showcases standout submissions from EAP’s annual photo contests. Through these eye-catching photographs, students share their experiences living abroad with the campus community and highlight how EAP has enriched their undergraduate education at UCSB.

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Following the screening, director Hazel Gurland-Pooler will join moderator Chelsea Kai Roesch (Film and Media Studies, UCSB) for a discussion of Storming Caesars Palace and its enduring relevance today.

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–Elizabeth Robinson, 2024

This exhibition documents the life’s work of Cedric J. Robinson and Elizabeth Peters Robinson, placing it in the global context of the Black radical tradition. The Robinsons were renowned for their seminal scholarship and activism that had wide-ranging influence at UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), in academia, and across many public arenas. The exhibition is drawn from the Cedric J. and Elizabeth P. Robinson Archive (“Robinson Archive”) and supplemented by a variety of materials from other collections in UCSB Library’s Special Research Collections, as well as personal contributions from Elizabeth Robinson.

"[The Black radical tradition is] the continuing development of a collective consciousness informed by the historical struggles for liberation and motivated by the shared sense of obligation to preserve the collective being, the ontological totality."

–Cedric Robinson, Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition, 1983

A deeply influential educator, Cedric Robinson (1940-2016) was a well-known scholar of racial capitalism and the Black radical tradition, and an active participant in political movements, both at home and internationally. For more than 30 years, Elizabeth Robinson has been an educator, social worker, former associate director for media at KCSB-FM radio, activist, and community media producer.

With the 2024 acquisition of the Robinson Archive from Elizabeth Robinson and the Robinsons’ daughter Najda Ife Robinson-Mayer, the Library launched the Post-Custodial, Community-based and Participatory Archives Project. This initiative aims to establish a living archive at UCSB centered on the Black Radical Tradition and the broader field of Black Studies. The Robinson Archive serves as an important anchor for the larger project, and will enable global research, teaching, scholarship, and sociopolitical and cultural activism for future generations.

This exhibition was curated by Yolanda Blue, the Library’s Curator of American and International History, Politics, and Cultures Collections, in collaboration with New York University and UCSB Library staff.

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AI Innovations and Impact at UC Santa Barbara

This week-long, online event brings together UCSB community members to share their insights, concerns and data-driven approaches for using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to advance the mission of our University.

Each day will feature:

- An opening keynote or panel discussion

- Spotlight sessions with 2-3 presenters

- Interactive lunchtime demos, panels and workshops

Sponsored by: the Office of Teaching and Learning, the Office of the CIO, with generous support from the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, the Library and the Division of Student Affairs.

Questions? Contact: Dr. Lisa Berry (lisa_berry@ucsb.edu) or Deputy CIO Joe Sabado (joesabado@ucsb.edu)

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We recognize that many employees are navigating profound layers of stress, grief, or anxiety right now. The Academic & Staff Assistance Program (ASAP) is here for you.

We provide compassionate, inclusive, and confidential spaces to process these experiences, and have opened additional priority sessions to ensure all staff and faculty seeking support can be seen.

Please reach out to us at (805) 893-3318 or email asap@hr.ucsb.edu

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No Tiene Que Cargar Con Esto a Solas

Reconocemos que muchos de nuestros empleados están atravesando niveles profundos de estrés, duelo o ansiedad en este momento. El Programa de Asistencia para Académicos y Personal (ASAP) está aquí para apoyarlos.

Ofrecemos espacios compasivos, inclusivos y confidenciales para procesar estas experiencias, y hemos abierto sesiones prioritarias adicionales para asegurar que todo el personal y los profesores que busquen apoyo puedan ser atendidos.

Por favor, comuníquese con nosotros al (805) 893-3318 o por correo electrónico a asap@hr.ucsb.edu

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Space is limited, and these sessions cannot be recorded. Please register for individual sessions.

If you cannot attend a live session, please visit https://myucretirement.com/webinars/calendar for webinars on these and other financial planning topics. You can also bookmark UCSB's WorkLife Well-Being webpage to stay up to date on all upcoming events and programs.

April 9th @ 11:00 AM

Five Money Musts

Description: Learn five money concepts to help you start your financial journey on the right foot.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_y6cG-h0XTxCItwe7xgGssQ

April 16th @ 11:00 AM

Guide to Investing in the UC Retirement Savings Program

Description: Basics of investing, including key investing concepts and common types of investments plus an overview of funds available through the UC Retirement Savings Program. It also includes investment approaches based on risk tolerance, investing horizon and involvement level.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Dfx9OU0ORkyxXXJ8fZ1waQ

April 23rd @ 9:00am (Spanish) and 10:00am (English)

Fidelity's Guide to the UC Retirement System

Description: UC's primary retirement benefits that provide a foundation for retirement income: and voluntary retirement benefits that offer additional saving opportunities in UC's 403(b), 457(b) and DC plans. Learn about the benefits offered through the primary and voluntary retirement programs and how they work together to help prepare for a financially secure retirement.

Location: Student Affairs and Administrative Services Building (SAASB) Third Floor

Registration Link for the Spanish Presentation: https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/fidelitys-guide-to-the-uc-retirement-system-en-espanol

Registration Link for the English Presentation: https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/fidelitys-guide-to-the-uc-retirement-system

April 23rd @ 11:00 AM

529 College Savings

Description: We will discuss manageable strategies, tools, and tips that can help you plan more effectively for the cost of college.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7tZxEkz2Q7esO25gvRTUuQ

April 30th @ 11:00 AM

Preserving Savings for Future Generations

Description: Understand what assets are potentially taxable and how they might be distributed, learn the importance of a living will and health care proxy, and review the basics of trusts, gifting, and possible insurance replacement strategies. Note: Fidelity does not provide legal or tax advice. The information herein is general in nature and should not be considered legal or tax advice. Consult an attorney or tax professional regarding your specific situation.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8JA8tLnjQsWVCFpcVZjo7w

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The program kicks off in winter with a book giveaway for UCSB students led by the Chancellor, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, and University Librarian, and culminates with a free public talk by the book’s author(s) at Campbell Hall in the spring. Throughout the winter and spring quarters, the Library sponsors a variety of free learning, experiential, and social events to explore the book’s themes. The selected book is also incorporated into the university curriculum for winter and spring, allowing students to explore its themes in an academic context. UCSB Reads is generously supported by many individuals, university departments, and organizations.

This exhibition highlights the history of UCSB Reads since its inception, featuring promotional posters, selected books, custom bookmarks along with testimonials and images of participants engaging with programming throughout the years. UCSB Reads has become a beloved campus tradition that brings together thousands of people every year and demonstrates the power of literature to bridge divides, promote intellectual engagement, and build community.

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This exhibition was curated and cosponsored by the Oak Group and the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration, in collaboration with UCSB Library staff.

The Oak Group is one of the first artist groups in the U.S. to combine creativity with conservation. Since 1986, Oak Group artists have exhibited artworks painted on location to raise awareness and funds for open spaces, generating over $3 million in sales to support the preservation of lands for wildlife, recreation, ranching, and farming. The group includes 25 active members and has presented more than 100 exhibitions benefiting over 20 conservation organizations.

The Cheadle Center manages over 340 acres of open space between Ellwood Mesa and Goleta Slough, supporting habitat conservation, upland and wetland restoration, and sustainable stormwater management. These lands form a mosaic of oak woodland, coastal sage scrub, grassland, and wetland ecosystems that sustain high regional biodiversity. The Center also provides critical academic opportunities for UCSB students, including internships, field courses, and independent projects supported by the Research and Monitoring Mentorship Program.

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Printers and publishers have reproduced Shakespeare’s words in every possible textual format and in numerous languages. Literary and visual artists have continuously adapted and reinterpreted them in various artforms. Musicians and choreographers have refashioned his stories into opera, ballet, pop songs, and modern dance. Meanwhile, filmmakers, television writers, and videogame creators have transformed them for modern screens. This exhibition explores the many forms and many afterlives of Shakespeare’s art – from a single scrap of his crabbed handwritten text to the digital media of the twenty-first century.

Infinite Variety was co-curated by David Gartrell, the Library’s Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts, and Professor Jim Kearney, Department of English. The exhibition is on display in the Jackie Laskoff Exhibition Alcove, located in the Sara Miller McCune Arts Library (1st Floor, Mountain Side), and is co-sponsored by UCSB Library and the Department of English.

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Part of the Alternative Grading Series, this workshop will focus on the ways we assess students’ learning trajectories as they move toward mastery. We will be discussing quizzes and other small progressive assessments and how to build transparency and progress-tracking into your assessments.

RSVP for Alternative Grading Buffet: Quizzes on 4/29

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In partnership with UC's new Open Source Program Office (OSPO) Network, the UCSB Open Source Program presents the Open Source Lounge, a monthly co-working space for open source activities. Bring your laptop and some work to do, such as programming exercises, a bug to fix, some documentation to work on, or even an open source tool you want to start using. There are no rules or requirements, just a nonjudgmental environment with few distractions. Stay the whole time, or just swing by for 30 minutes.

Visit our website for more information. https://ucospo.net/santa-barbara/ucsb-projects/meetup/

We will provide light refreshments, but feel free to bring your own lunch.

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Norteño Music with Los Catanes Del Norte
Wednesday, Apr 15th
Los Catanes del Norte will perform music from different regions in Mexico including corridos, rancheras, and boleros norteños.

Ethiopian Jazz with the Addis Collective
Wednesday, Apr 22nd
The Addis Collective is a Santa Barbara-based band focusing on the 60s — 70's era Ethiopian Jazz. The style is a mix of solid groove, Reggae-esque hypnotic sound textures and improvised Jazz Soloing.

UCSB GAMELAN ENSEMBLE
Wednesday, Apr 29
Directed by Richard North, the UCSB Gamelan Ensemble will showcase an ancient style of gamelan from Cirebon, West Java, featuring dynamic drumming, delicate melodies, and lively interlocking rhythms.

The Jasmine Echo Chinese Ensemble
Wednesday, May 6
The UCSB-based student ensemble, The Jasmine Echo Chinese Ensemble, will perform both classic and popular works on traditional Chinese musical instruments.

UCSB Music of India Ensemble
Wednesday, May 13
Scott Marcus leads a performance of North Indian classical music performed on sitar-s with tabla accompaniment by Ziyad Marcus.

UCSB GOSPEL CHOIR
Wednesday, May 20th
Directed by Victor Bell, the choir will perform traditional and contemporary songs drawn from African American religious traditions.

UCSB Son Jarocho Ensemble
Wednesday, May 27th
Directed by Jorge Mijangos, the UCSB Son Jarocho Ensemble presents music and dance from Veracruz, Mexico that blends Mexican, Spanish and African elements.

Co-sponsored by the UCSB MultiCultural Center and the Department of Music.

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Please join us for an opportunity to find encouragement, support, and coping strategies while being in community with others.

Wednesday, 04/29/2026 from 12:05-12:55 (zoom)

Wednesday, 05/27/2026 from 12:05-12:55 (zoom)

Location: Zoom link will be sent upon registration.

RSVP: https://forms.gle/TQhpzeetK7g44rVs9

Facilitated By:

ASAP Psychologist Team

Academic and Staff Assistance Program (ASAP)

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Are you a student singer, musician, poet or other talented performer that would like to showcase your talent, or just want to belt out some tunes? Join us at the Hub on Wednesday afternoons from 4-7!

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Curated by EAP staff, this exhibition showcases standout submissions from EAP’s annual photo contests. Through these eye-catching photographs, students share their experiences living abroad with the campus community and highlight how EAP has enriched their undergraduate education at UCSB.

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This gathering is an exciting opportunity to welcome Chancellor Assanis, hear his vision for UCSB, and connect with fellow alumni, parents, and friends who are passionate about supporting our university. You’ll also learn meaningful ways to advocate for UCSB, strengthen our community, and help ensure the next generation of Gauchos can thrive.

We look forward to seeing you there and celebrating the continued impact of UCSB in the Sacramento area!

UC Day Chancellor's Reception
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
The Sutter Club
1220 9th St.
Sacramento, CA 95814

Food and beverages will be provided.
Dress: Business attire

For questions, contact Samantha Putnam, Executive Director, Alumni Affairs, samantha.putnam@ucsb.edu.

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“Martín Espada is a captivating storyteller and memoirist. His great subject is the drama of the Puerto Rican diaspora; his method is meticulously crafted portraiture of lives that intertwine with history, among them his own, radiantly defiant and fearless. One of our most important contemporary poets.”– Joyce Carol Oates

Winner of the 2021 National Book Award for Poetry for Floaters, and the only Puerto Rican winner since William Carlos Williams, Martín Espada is one of America’s most impassioned and urgent advocates. He writes with clarity about inequality, labor and migration, honoring the dignity of working people, especially in his own Puerto Rican community. His most recent collection, Jailbreak of Sparrows, confronts injustice with unflinching power and reaffirms poetry’s ability to bear witness. A former tenant lawyer with Su Clínica Legal in Greater Boston, Espada continues to bring the struggles and resilience of working people to the page. Join us for an evening of readings and commentary by one of America’s most vital literary voices, whose words transform resistance and compassion into unforgettable art.

Books will be available for purchase, courtesy of Chaucer's, and a signing follows the event.

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–Elizabeth Robinson, 2024

This exhibition documents the life’s work of Cedric J. Robinson and Elizabeth Peters Robinson, placing it in the global context of the Black radical tradition. The Robinsons were renowned for their seminal scholarship and activism that had wide-ranging influence at UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), in academia, and across many public arenas. The exhibition is drawn from the Cedric J. and Elizabeth P. Robinson Archive (“Robinson Archive”) and supplemented by a variety of materials from other collections in UCSB Library’s Special Research Collections, as well as personal contributions from Elizabeth Robinson.

"[The Black radical tradition is] the continuing development of a collective consciousness informed by the historical struggles for liberation and motivated by the shared sense of obligation to preserve the collective being, the ontological totality."

–Cedric Robinson, Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition, 1983

A deeply influential educator, Cedric Robinson (1940-2016) was a well-known scholar of racial capitalism and the Black radical tradition, and an active participant in political movements, both at home and internationally. For more than 30 years, Elizabeth Robinson has been an educator, social worker, former associate director for media at KCSB-FM radio, activist, and community media producer.

With the 2024 acquisition of the Robinson Archive from Elizabeth Robinson and the Robinsons’ daughter Najda Ife Robinson-Mayer, the Library launched the Post-Custodial, Community-based and Participatory Archives Project. This initiative aims to establish a living archive at UCSB centered on the Black Radical Tradition and the broader field of Black Studies. The Robinson Archive serves as an important anchor for the larger project, and will enable global research, teaching, scholarship, and sociopolitical and cultural activism for future generations.

This exhibition was curated by Yolanda Blue, the Library’s Curator of American and International History, Politics, and Cultures Collections, in collaboration with New York University and UCSB Library staff.

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AI Innovations and Impact at UC Santa Barbara

This week-long, online event brings together UCSB community members to share their insights, concerns and data-driven approaches for using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to advance the mission of our University.

Each day will feature:

- An opening keynote or panel discussion

- Spotlight sessions with 2-3 presenters

- Interactive lunchtime demos, panels and workshops

Sponsored by: the Office of Teaching and Learning, the Office of the CIO, with generous support from the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, the Library and the Division of Student Affairs.

Questions? Contact: Dr. Lisa Berry (lisa_berry@ucsb.edu) or Deputy CIO Joe Sabado (joesabado@ucsb.edu)

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We recognize that many employees are navigating profound layers of stress, grief, or anxiety right now. The Academic & Staff Assistance Program (ASAP) is here for you.

We provide compassionate, inclusive, and confidential spaces to process these experiences, and have opened additional priority sessions to ensure all staff and faculty seeking support can be seen.

Please reach out to us at (805) 893-3318 or email asap@hr.ucsb.edu

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No Tiene Que Cargar Con Esto a Solas

Reconocemos que muchos de nuestros empleados están atravesando niveles profundos de estrés, duelo o ansiedad en este momento. El Programa de Asistencia para Académicos y Personal (ASAP) está aquí para apoyarlos.

Ofrecemos espacios compasivos, inclusivos y confidenciales para procesar estas experiencias, y hemos abierto sesiones prioritarias adicionales para asegurar que todo el personal y los profesores que busquen apoyo puedan ser atendidos.

Por favor, comuníquese con nosotros al (805) 893-3318 o por correo electrónico a asap@hr.ucsb.edu

View on site | Email this event

Space is limited, and these sessions cannot be recorded. Please register for individual sessions.

If you cannot attend a live session, please visit https://myucretirement.com/webinars/calendar for webinars on these and other financial planning topics. You can also bookmark UCSB's WorkLife Well-Being webpage to stay up to date on all upcoming events and programs.

April 9th @ 11:00 AM

Five Money Musts

Description: Learn five money concepts to help you start your financial journey on the right foot.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_y6cG-h0XTxCItwe7xgGssQ

April 16th @ 11:00 AM

Guide to Investing in the UC Retirement Savings Program

Description: Basics of investing, including key investing concepts and common types of investments plus an overview of funds available through the UC Retirement Savings Program. It also includes investment approaches based on risk tolerance, investing horizon and involvement level.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Dfx9OU0ORkyxXXJ8fZ1waQ

April 23rd @ 9:00am (Spanish) and 10:00am (English)

Fidelity's Guide to the UC Retirement System

Description: UC's primary retirement benefits that provide a foundation for retirement income: and voluntary retirement benefits that offer additional saving opportunities in UC's 403(b), 457(b) and DC plans. Learn about the benefits offered through the primary and voluntary retirement programs and how they work together to help prepare for a financially secure retirement.

Location: Student Affairs and Administrative Services Building (SAASB) Third Floor

Registration Link for the Spanish Presentation: https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/fidelitys-guide-to-the-uc-retirement-system-en-espanol

Registration Link for the English Presentation: https://www.campuscalendar.ucsb.edu/event/fidelitys-guide-to-the-uc-retirement-system

April 23rd @ 11:00 AM

529 College Savings

Description: We will discuss manageable strategies, tools, and tips that can help you plan more effectively for the cost of college.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7tZxEkz2Q7esO25gvRTUuQ

April 30th @ 11:00 AM

Preserving Savings for Future Generations

Description: Understand what assets are potentially taxable and how they might be distributed, learn the importance of a living will and health care proxy, and review the basics of trusts, gifting, and possible insurance replacement strategies. Note: Fidelity does not provide legal or tax advice. The information herein is general in nature and should not be considered legal or tax advice. Consult an attorney or tax professional regarding your specific situation.

Registration Link: https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8JA8tLnjQsWVCFpcVZjo7w

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The program kicks off in winter with a book giveaway for UCSB students led by the Chancellor, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, and University Librarian, and culminates with a free public talk by the book’s author(s) at Campbell Hall in the spring. Throughout the winter and spring quarters, the Library sponsors a variety of free learning, experiential, and social events to explore the book’s themes. The selected book is also incorporated into the university curriculum for winter and spring, allowing students to explore its themes in an academic context. UCSB Reads is generously supported by many individuals, university departments, and organizations.

This exhibition highlights the history of UCSB Reads since its inception, featuring promotional posters, selected books, custom bookmarks along with testimonials and images of participants engaging with programming throughout the years. UCSB Reads has become a beloved campus tradition that brings together thousands of people every year and demonstrates the power of literature to bridge divides, promote intellectual engagement, and build community.

View on site | Email this event

This exhibition was curated and cosponsored by the Oak Group and the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration, in collaboration with UCSB Library staff.

The Oak Group is one of the first artist groups in the U.S. to combine creativity with conservation. Since 1986, Oak Group artists have exhibited artworks painted on location to raise awareness and funds for open spaces, generating over $3 million in sales to support the preservation of lands for wildlife, recreation, ranching, and farming. The group includes 25 active members and has presented more than 100 exhibitions benefiting over 20 conservation organizations.

The Cheadle Center manages over 340 acres of open space between Ellwood Mesa and Goleta Slough, supporting habitat conservation, upland and wetland restoration, and sustainable stormwater management. These lands form a mosaic of oak woodland, coastal sage scrub, grassland, and wetland ecosystems that sustain high regional biodiversity. The Center also provides critical academic opportunities for UCSB students, including internships, field courses, and independent projects supported by the Research and Monitoring Mentorship Program.

View on site | Email this event

Printers and publishers have reproduced Shakespeare’s words in every possible textual format and in numerous languages. Literary and visual artists have continuously adapted and reinterpreted them in various artforms. Musicians and choreographers have refashioned his stories into opera, ballet, pop songs, and modern dance. Meanwhile, filmmakers, television writers, and videogame creators have transformed them for modern screens. This exhibition explores the many forms and many afterlives of Shakespeare’s art – from a single scrap of his crabbed handwritten text to the digital media of the twenty-first century.

Infinite Variety was co-curated by David Gartrell, the Library’s Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts, and Professor Jim Kearney, Department of English. The exhibition is on display in the Jackie Laskoff Exhibition Alcove, located in the Sara Miller McCune Arts Library (1st Floor, Mountain Side), and is co-sponsored by UCSB Library and the Department of English.

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“Talking” with hundreds of students and a teaching team in large courses can be challenging. In this three-workshop series, you’ll practice using asset-based framing and a structured feedback model to create effective, transparent, encouraging, and even personalized communication strategies for large courses. Each 75-minute, interactive, in-person workshop provides a dedicated space to enhance your communication strategies. Participants will have the opportunity to reflect on their overarching course goals and critically assess their current approaches to communicating with students. Participants will leave the series with new strategies and practices for designing effective communication for teaching and feedback in large courses

RSVP for "What? How? & With Whom?: Communicating in Large Enrollment Courses." on Thursday, 4/23, 4/30, and 5/14

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Laura McTighe is an ethnographer, organizer, educator, and mama, who has dedicated her life to weaving liberatory futures and building the connections that make them possible. She has been a part of the US and global movements to end AIDS and abolish prisons for more than twenty-five years, and currently serves as associate professor of religion at Florida State University and the co-founder of Front Porch Research Strategy in New Orleans. She is the author with Women With A Vision of Fire Dreams: Making Black Feminist Liberation in the South, winner of the 2025 Edie Turner Prize in Ethnographic Writing. Her next book, Abolition is Sacred Work, explores the spiritual labor of imagining and building the world that must be.

Deon Haywood is an activist, human rights advocate, mother and grandmother, and community leader from New Orleans. For more than 30 years, she has advocated for the rights of Black women and girls, poor and working class folks, sex workers, substance users, and LGBTQ+ communities in the Deep South. She has led Women With A Vision since 2005, continually growing WWAV’s work to meet the needs of the community. Her work has been honored by the Center for Constitutional Rights, SisterSong, Ms. Foundation, ACLU Louisiana, the Red Door Foundation, Planned Parenthood, Forum for Equality, BET.com, and more. She loves reading, spending time with her family, and investing in the next generation of radical Black women.

Cosponsored by the IHC’s On Fire series and the Hester and Cedric Crowell Endowment

Image: © Carla Jay Harris. Courtesy of Luis De Jesus Los Angeles.

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Curated by EAP staff, this exhibition showcases standout submissions from EAP’s annual photo contests. Through these eye-catching photographs, students share their experiences living abroad with the campus community and highlight how EAP has enriched their undergraduate education at UCSB.

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Free for students & $6 for community members.

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–Elizabeth Robinson, 2024

This exhibition documents the life’s work of Cedric J. Robinson and Elizabeth Peters Robinson, placing it in the global context of the Black radical tradition. The Robinsons were renowned for their seminal scholarship and activism that had wide-ranging influence at UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), in academia, and across many public arenas. The exhibition is drawn from the Cedric J. and Elizabeth P. Robinson Archive (“Robinson Archive”) and supplemented by a variety of materials from other collections in UCSB Library’s Special Research Collections, as well as personal contributions from Elizabeth Robinson.

"[The Black radical tradition is] the continuing development of a collective consciousness informed by the historical struggles for liberation and motivated by the shared sense of obligation to preserve the collective being, the ontological totality."

–Cedric Robinson, Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition, 1983

A deeply influential educator, Cedric Robinson (1940-2016) was a well-known scholar of racial capitalism and the Black radical tradition, and an active participant in political movements, both at home and internationally. For more than 30 years, Elizabeth Robinson has been an educator, social worker, former associate director for media at KCSB-FM radio, activist, and community media producer.

With the 2024 acquisition of the Robinson Archive from Elizabeth Robinson and the Robinsons’ daughter Najda Ife Robinson-Mayer, the Library launched the Post-Custodial, Community-based and Participatory Archives Project. This initiative aims to establish a living archive at UCSB centered on the Black Radical Tradition and the broader field of Black Studies. The Robinson Archive serves as an important anchor for the larger project, and will enable global research, teaching, scholarship, and sociopolitical and cultural activism for future generations.

This exhibition was curated by Yolanda Blue, the Library’s Curator of American and International History, Politics, and Cultures Collections, in collaboration with New York University and UCSB Library staff.

View on site | Email this event

AI Innovations and Impact at UC Santa Barbara

This week-long, online event brings together UCSB community members to share their insights, concerns and data-driven approaches for using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to advance the mission of our University.

Each day will feature:

- An opening keynote or panel discussion

- Spotlight sessions with 2-3 presenters

- Interactive lunchtime demos, panels and workshops

Sponsored by: the Office of Teaching and Learning, the Office of the CIO, with generous support from the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, the Library and the Division of Student Affairs.

Questions? Contact: Dr. Lisa Berry (lisa_berry@ucsb.edu) or Deputy CIO Joe Sabado (joesabado@ucsb.edu)

View on site | Email this event

We recognize that many employees are navigating profound layers of stress, grief, or anxiety right now. The Academic & Staff Assistance Program (ASAP) is here for you.

We provide compassionate, inclusive, and confidential spaces to process these experiences, and have opened additional priority sessions to ensure all staff and faculty seeking support can be seen.

Please reach out to us at (805) 893-3318 or email asap@hr.ucsb.edu

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No Tiene Que Cargar Con Esto a Solas

Reconocemos que muchos de nuestros empleados están atravesando niveles profundos de estrés, duelo o ansiedad en este momento. El Programa de Asistencia para Académicos y Personal (ASAP) está aquí para apoyarlos.

Ofrecemos espacios compasivos, inclusivos y confidenciales para procesar estas experiencias, y hemos abierto sesiones prioritarias adicionales para asegurar que todo el personal y los profesores que busquen apoyo puedan ser atendidos.

Por favor, comuníquese con nosotros al (805) 893-3318 o por correo electrónico a asap@hr.ucsb.edu

View on site | Email this event

View on site | Email this event

The program kicks off in winter with a book giveaway for UCSB students led by the Chancellor, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, and University Librarian, and culminates with a free public talk by the book’s author(s) at Campbell Hall in the spring. Throughout the winter and spring quarters, the Library sponsors a variety of free learning, experiential, and social events to explore the book’s themes. The selected book is also incorporated into the university curriculum for winter and spring, allowing students to explore its themes in an academic context. UCSB Reads is generously supported by many individuals, university departments, and organizations.

This exhibition highlights the history of UCSB Reads since its inception, featuring promotional posters, selected books, custom bookmarks along with testimonials and images of participants engaging with programming throughout the years. UCSB Reads has become a beloved campus tradition that brings together thousands of people every year and demonstrates the power of literature to bridge divides, promote intellectual engagement, and build community.

View on site | Email this event

This exhibition was curated and cosponsored by the Oak Group and the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration, in collaboration with UCSB Library staff.

The Oak Group is one of the first artist groups in the U.S. to combine creativity with conservation. Since 1986, Oak Group artists have exhibited artworks painted on location to raise awareness and funds for open spaces, generating over $3 million in sales to support the preservation of lands for wildlife, recreation, ranching, and farming. The group includes 25 active members and has presented more than 100 exhibitions benefiting over 20 conservation organizations.

The Cheadle Center manages over 340 acres of open space between Ellwood Mesa and Goleta Slough, supporting habitat conservation, upland and wetland restoration, and sustainable stormwater management. These lands form a mosaic of oak woodland, coastal sage scrub, grassland, and wetland ecosystems that sustain high regional biodiversity. The Center also provides critical academic opportunities for UCSB students, including internships, field courses, and independent projects supported by the Research and Monitoring Mentorship Program.

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Printers and publishers have reproduced Shakespeare’s words in every possible textual format and in numerous languages. Literary and visual artists have continuously adapted and reinterpreted them in various artforms. Musicians and choreographers have refashioned his stories into opera, ballet, pop songs, and modern dance. Meanwhile, filmmakers, television writers, and videogame creators have transformed them for modern screens. This exhibition explores the many forms and many afterlives of Shakespeare’s art – from a single scrap of his crabbed handwritten text to the digital media of the twenty-first century.

Infinite Variety was co-curated by David Gartrell, the Library’s Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts, and Professor Jim Kearney, Department of English. The exhibition is on display in the Jackie Laskoff Exhibition Alcove, located in the Sara Miller McCune Arts Library (1st Floor, Mountain Side), and is co-sponsored by UCSB Library and the Department of English.

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On May 1, 1517, riots broke out in London because some citizens, convinced that “foreigners” were taking their jobs and livelihoods, demanded the removal of all “strangers.” Thomas More, then a city official, attempted to intervene and restore the peace.

Many years later, William Shakespeare contributed to a collaboratively-written play titled Sir Thomas More (c. 1591–93). Scholars believe that he penned a powerful speech for More, delivered as he resists the mob and defends the so-called “strangers.” Known as “The Strangers’ Case,” this stirring defense of immigrants and refugees is the greatest Shakespearean speech that no one knows and, according to some scholars, these lines represent the only example of a creative work written in Shakespeare’s own hand.

To mark the anniversary of the 1517 riots and More’s speech, join UCSB Library and the Department of English on May 1 as a few intrepid souls perform “The Strangers’ Case" at a pop-up event in the Library’s Mountain Courtyard (1st Floor, Mountain Side).

This event is held in connection with the exhibition Infinite Variety: The Many Lives of Shakespeare’s Texts, on display through June 12 in the Sara Miller McCune Arts Library (1st Floor, Mountain Side).

This event may be photographed or recorded.

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Curated by EAP staff, this exhibition showcases standout submissions from EAP’s annual photo contests. Through these eye-catching photographs, students share their experiences living abroad with the campus community and highlight how EAP has enriched their undergraduate education at UCSB.

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Widely regarded as Brian Friel’s masterpiece, this haunting and evocative memory play is the playwright’s tribute to the spirit and valor of the past. In a small Irish village in 1936, five unmarried sisters live together in a spirit of familial unity. These women raise the narrator, Michael, the illegitimate son of one of the sisters, who reminisces on one fateful year amidst the celebrations of the festival of Lughnasa.

Reserve your seats!

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–Elizabeth Robinson, 2024

This exhibition documents the life’s work of Cedric J. Robinson and Elizabeth Peters Robinson, placing it in the global context of the Black radical tradition. The Robinsons were renowned for their seminal scholarship and activism that had wide-ranging influence at UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), in academia, and across many public arenas. The exhibition is drawn from the Cedric J. and Elizabeth P. Robinson Archive (“Robinson Archive”) and supplemented by a variety of materials from other collections in UCSB Library’s Special Research Collections, as well as personal contributions from Elizabeth Robinson.

"[The Black radical tradition is] the continuing development of a collective consciousness informed by the historical struggles for liberation and motivated by the shared sense of obligation to preserve the collective being, the ontological totality."

–Cedric Robinson, Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition, 1983

A deeply influential educator, Cedric Robinson (1940-2016) was a well-known scholar of racial capitalism and the Black radical tradition, and an active participant in political movements, both at home and internationally. For more than 30 years, Elizabeth Robinson has been an educator, social worker, former associate director for media at KCSB-FM radio, activist, and community media producer.

With the 2024 acquisition of the Robinson Archive from Elizabeth Robinson and the Robinsons’ daughter Najda Ife Robinson-Mayer, the Library launched the Post-Custodial, Community-based and Participatory Archives Project. This initiative aims to establish a living archive at UCSB centered on the Black Radical Tradition and the broader field of Black Studies. The Robinson Archive serves as an important anchor for the larger project, and will enable global research, teaching, scholarship, and sociopolitical and cultural activism for future generations.

This exhibition was curated by Yolanda Blue, the Library’s Curator of American and International History, Politics, and Cultures Collections, in collaboration with New York University and UCSB Library staff.

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We recognize that many employees are navigating profound layers of stress, grief, or anxiety right now. The Academic & Staff Assistance Program (ASAP) is here for you.

We provide compassionate, inclusive, and confidential spaces to process these experiences, and have opened additional priority sessions to ensure all staff and faculty seeking support can be seen.

Please reach out to us at (805) 893-3318 or email asap@hr.ucsb.edu

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No Tiene Que Cargar Con Esto a Solas

Reconocemos que muchos de nuestros empleados están atravesando niveles profundos de estrés, duelo o ansiedad en este momento. El Programa de Asistencia para Académicos y Personal (ASAP) está aquí para apoyarlos.

Ofrecemos espacios compasivos, inclusivos y confidenciales para procesar estas experiencias, y hemos abierto sesiones prioritarias adicionales para asegurar que todo el personal y los profesores que busquen apoyo puedan ser atendidos.

Por favor, comuníquese con nosotros al (805) 893-3318 o por correo electrónico a asap@hr.ucsb.edu

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The program kicks off in winter with a book giveaway for UCSB students led by the Chancellor, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, and University Librarian, and culminates with a free public talk by the book’s author(s) at Campbell Hall in the spring. Throughout the winter and spring quarters, the Library sponsors a variety of free learning, experiential, and social events to explore the book’s themes. The selected book is also incorporated into the university curriculum for winter and spring, allowing students to explore its themes in an academic context. UCSB Reads is generously supported by many individuals, university departments, and organizations.

This exhibition highlights the history of UCSB Reads since its inception, featuring promotional posters, selected books, custom bookmarks along with testimonials and images of participants engaging with programming throughout the years. UCSB Reads has become a beloved campus tradition that brings together thousands of people every year and demonstrates the power of literature to bridge divides, promote intellectual engagement, and build community.

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This exhibition was curated and cosponsored by the Oak Group and the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration, in collaboration with UCSB Library staff.

The Oak Group is one of the first artist groups in the U.S. to combine creativity with conservation. Since 1986, Oak Group artists have exhibited artworks painted on location to raise awareness and funds for open spaces, generating over $3 million in sales to support the preservation of lands for wildlife, recreation, ranching, and farming. The group includes 25 active members and has presented more than 100 exhibitions benefiting over 20 conservation organizations.

The Cheadle Center manages over 340 acres of open space between Ellwood Mesa and Goleta Slough, supporting habitat conservation, upland and wetland restoration, and sustainable stormwater management. These lands form a mosaic of oak woodland, coastal sage scrub, grassland, and wetland ecosystems that sustain high regional biodiversity. The Center also provides critical academic opportunities for UCSB students, including internships, field courses, and independent projects supported by the Research and Monitoring Mentorship Program.

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Printers and publishers have reproduced Shakespeare’s words in every possible textual format and in numerous languages. Literary and visual artists have continuously adapted and reinterpreted them in various artforms. Musicians and choreographers have refashioned his stories into opera, ballet, pop songs, and modern dance. Meanwhile, filmmakers, television writers, and videogame creators have transformed them for modern screens. This exhibition explores the many forms and many afterlives of Shakespeare’s art – from a single scrap of his crabbed handwritten text to the digital media of the twenty-first century.

Infinite Variety was co-curated by David Gartrell, the Library’s Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts, and Professor Jim Kearney, Department of English. The exhibition is on display in the Jackie Laskoff Exhibition Alcove, located in the Sara Miller McCune Arts Library (1st Floor, Mountain Side), and is co-sponsored by UCSB Library and the Department of English.

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Curated by EAP staff, this exhibition showcases standout submissions from EAP’s annual photo contests. Through these eye-catching photographs, students share their experiences living abroad with the campus community and highlight how EAP has enriched their undergraduate education at UCSB.

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Quentin E. Baxter, percussion
Laura Ortman, Apache violin, amplified violin
Wu Man, pipa

The game-changing Kronos Quartet presents a semi-staged, multisensory exploration of the histories of Indigenous, Gullah-Geechee and Chinese American communities in the United States. The first panel of this musical triptych features the visceral, gripping and poignant artistry of Apache violinist and composer Laura Ortman. The second panel highlights connections between Western African and American cultures nearly lost to history, centering on Lorenzo Dow Turner’s Amelia’s Song, Charlton Singleton and more, featuring Grammy-winning percussionist Quentin E. Baxter. Pipa virtuoso Wu Man and other guests join in the triptych’s final panel, featuring new music by Dai Wei, personal histories of Chinese Americans who expanded civil and immigrant rights in San Francisco and more.

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Widely regarded as Brian Friel’s masterpiece, this haunting and evocative memory play is the playwright’s tribute to the spirit and valor of the past. In a small Irish village in 1936, five unmarried sisters live together in a spirit of familial unity. These women raise the narrator, Michael, the illegitimate son of one of the sisters, who reminisces on one fateful year amidst the celebrations of the festival of Lughnasa.

Reserve your seats!

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–Elizabeth Robinson, 2024

This exhibition documents the life’s work of Cedric J. Robinson and Elizabeth Peters Robinson, placing it in the global context of the Black radical tradition. The Robinsons were renowned for their seminal scholarship and activism that had wide-ranging influence at UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), in academia, and across many public arenas. The exhibition is drawn from the Cedric J. and Elizabeth P. Robinson Archive (“Robinson Archive”) and supplemented by a variety of materials from other collections in UCSB Library’s Special Research Collections, as well as personal contributions from Elizabeth Robinson.

"[The Black radical tradition is] the continuing development of a collective consciousness informed by the historical struggles for liberation and motivated by the shared sense of obligation to preserve the collective being, the ontological totality."

–Cedric Robinson, Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition, 1983

A deeply influential educator, Cedric Robinson (1940-2016) was a well-known scholar of racial capitalism and the Black radical tradition, and an active participant in political movements, both at home and internationally. For more than 30 years, Elizabeth Robinson has been an educator, social worker, former associate director for media at KCSB-FM radio, activist, and community media producer.

With the 2024 acquisition of the Robinson Archive from Elizabeth Robinson and the Robinsons’ daughter Najda Ife Robinson-Mayer, the Library launched the Post-Custodial, Community-based and Participatory Archives Project. This initiative aims to establish a living archive at UCSB centered on the Black Radical Tradition and the broader field of Black Studies. The Robinson Archive serves as an important anchor for the larger project, and will enable global research, teaching, scholarship, and sociopolitical and cultural activism for future generations.

This exhibition was curated by Yolanda Blue, the Library’s Curator of American and International History, Politics, and Cultures Collections, in collaboration with New York University and UCSB Library staff.

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We recognize that many employees are navigating profound layers of stress, grief, or anxiety right now. The Academic & Staff Assistance Program (ASAP) is here for you.

We provide compassionate, inclusive, and confidential spaces to process these experiences, and have opened additional priority sessions to ensure all staff and faculty seeking support can be seen.

Please reach out to us at (805) 893-3318 or email asap@hr.ucsb.edu

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No Tiene Que Cargar Con Esto a Solas

Reconocemos que muchos de nuestros empleados están atravesando niveles profundos de estrés, duelo o ansiedad en este momento. El Programa de Asistencia para Académicos y Personal (ASAP) está aquí para apoyarlos.

Ofrecemos espacios compasivos, inclusivos y confidenciales para procesar estas experiencias, y hemos abierto sesiones prioritarias adicionales para asegurar que todo el personal y los profesores que busquen apoyo puedan ser atendidos.

Por favor, comuníquese con nosotros al (805) 893-3318 o por correo electrónico a asap@hr.ucsb.edu

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The program kicks off in winter with a book giveaway for UCSB students led by the Chancellor, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, and University Librarian, and culminates with a free public talk by the book’s author(s) at Campbell Hall in the spring. Throughout the winter and spring quarters, the Library sponsors a variety of free learning, experiential, and social events to explore the book’s themes. The selected book is also incorporated into the university curriculum for winter and spring, allowing students to explore its themes in an academic context. UCSB Reads is generously supported by many individuals, university departments, and organizations.

This exhibition highlights the history of UCSB Reads since its inception, featuring promotional posters, selected books, custom bookmarks along with testimonials and images of participants engaging with programming throughout the years. UCSB Reads has become a beloved campus tradition that brings together thousands of people every year and demonstrates the power of literature to bridge divides, promote intellectual engagement, and build community.

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This exhibition was curated and cosponsored by the Oak Group and the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration, in collaboration with UCSB Library staff.

The Oak Group is one of the first artist groups in the U.S. to combine creativity with conservation. Since 1986, Oak Group artists have exhibited artworks painted on location to raise awareness and funds for open spaces, generating over $3 million in sales to support the preservation of lands for wildlife, recreation, ranching, and farming. The group includes 25 active members and has presented more than 100 exhibitions benefiting over 20 conservation organizations.

The Cheadle Center manages over 340 acres of open space between Ellwood Mesa and Goleta Slough, supporting habitat conservation, upland and wetland restoration, and sustainable stormwater management. These lands form a mosaic of oak woodland, coastal sage scrub, grassland, and wetland ecosystems that sustain high regional biodiversity. The Center also provides critical academic opportunities for UCSB students, including internships, field courses, and independent projects supported by the Research and Monitoring Mentorship Program.

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Printers and publishers have reproduced Shakespeare’s words in every possible textual format and in numerous languages. Literary and visual artists have continuously adapted and reinterpreted them in various artforms. Musicians and choreographers have refashioned his stories into opera, ballet, pop songs, and modern dance. Meanwhile, filmmakers, television writers, and videogame creators have transformed them for modern screens. This exhibition explores the many forms and many afterlives of Shakespeare’s art – from a single scrap of his crabbed handwritten text to the digital media of the twenty-first century.

Infinite Variety was co-curated by David Gartrell, the Library’s Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts, and Professor Jim Kearney, Department of English. The exhibition is on display in the Jackie Laskoff Exhibition Alcove, located in the Sara Miller McCune Arts Library (1st Floor, Mountain Side), and is co-sponsored by UCSB Library and the Department of English.

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This event may be photographed or recorded.

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Curated by EAP staff, this exhibition showcases standout submissions from EAP’s annual photo contests. Through these eye-catching photographs, students share their experiences living abroad with the campus community and highlight how EAP has enriched their undergraduate education at UCSB.

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Widely regarded as Brian Friel’s masterpiece, this haunting and evocative memory play is the playwright’s tribute to the spirit and valor of the past. In a small Irish village in 1936, five unmarried sisters live together in a spirit of familial unity. These women raise the narrator, Michael, the illegitimate son of one of the sisters, who reminisces on one fateful year amidst the celebrations of the festival of Lughnasa.

Reserve your seats!

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–Elizabeth Robinson, 2024

This exhibition documents the life’s work of Cedric J. Robinson and Elizabeth Peters Robinson, placing it in the global context of the Black radical tradition. The Robinsons were renowned for their seminal scholarship and activism that had wide-ranging influence at UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), in academia, and across many public arenas. The exhibition is drawn from the Cedric J. and Elizabeth P. Robinson Archive (“Robinson Archive”) and supplemented by a variety of materials from other collections in UCSB Library’s Special Research Collections, as well as personal contributions from Elizabeth Robinson.

"[The Black radical tradition is] the continuing development of a collective consciousness informed by the historical struggles for liberation and motivated by the shared sense of obligation to preserve the collective being, the ontological totality."

–Cedric Robinson, Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition, 1983

A deeply influential educator, Cedric Robinson (1940-2016) was a well-known scholar of racial capitalism and the Black radical tradition, and an active participant in political movements, both at home and internationally. For more than 30 years, Elizabeth Robinson has been an educator, social worker, former associate director for media at KCSB-FM radio, activist, and community media producer.

With the 2024 acquisition of the Robinson Archive from Elizabeth Robinson and the Robinsons’ daughter Najda Ife Robinson-Mayer, the Library launched the Post-Custodial, Community-based and Participatory Archives Project. This initiative aims to establish a living archive at UCSB centered on the Black Radical Tradition and the broader field of Black Studies. The Robinson Archive serves as an important anchor for the larger project, and will enable global research, teaching, scholarship, and sociopolitical and cultural activism for future generations.

This exhibition was curated by Yolanda Blue, the Library’s Curator of American and International History, Politics, and Cultures Collections, in collaboration with New York University and UCSB Library staff.

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We recognize that many employees are navigating profound layers of stress, grief, or anxiety right now. The Academic & Staff Assistance Program (ASAP) is here for you.

We provide compassionate, inclusive, and confidential spaces to process these experiences, and have opened additional priority sessions to ensure all staff and faculty seeking support can be seen.

Please reach out to us at (805) 893-3318 or email asap@hr.ucsb.edu

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No Tiene Que Cargar Con Esto a Solas

Reconocemos que muchos de nuestros empleados están atravesando niveles profundos de estrés, duelo o ansiedad en este momento. El Programa de Asistencia para Académicos y Personal (ASAP) está aquí para apoyarlos.

Ofrecemos espacios compasivos, inclusivos y confidenciales para procesar estas experiencias, y hemos abierto sesiones prioritarias adicionales para asegurar que todo el personal y los profesores que busquen apoyo puedan ser atendidos.

Por favor, comuníquese con nosotros al (805) 893-3318 o por correo electrónico a asap@hr.ucsb.edu

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The program kicks off in winter with a book giveaway for UCSB students led by the Chancellor, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, and University Librarian, and culminates with a free public talk by the book’s author(s) at Campbell Hall in the spring. Throughout the winter and spring quarters, the Library sponsors a variety of free learning, experiential, and social events to explore the book’s themes. The selected book is also incorporated into the university curriculum for winter and spring, allowing students to explore its themes in an academic context. UCSB Reads is generously supported by many individuals, university departments, and organizations.

This exhibition highlights the history of UCSB Reads since its inception, featuring promotional posters, selected books, custom bookmarks along with testimonials and images of participants engaging with programming throughout the years. UCSB Reads has become a beloved campus tradition that brings together thousands of people every year and demonstrates the power of literature to bridge divides, promote intellectual engagement, and build community.

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This exhibition was curated and cosponsored by the Oak Group and the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration, in collaboration with UCSB Library staff.

The Oak Group is one of the first artist groups in the U.S. to combine creativity with conservation. Since 1986, Oak Group artists have exhibited artworks painted on location to raise awareness and funds for open spaces, generating over $3 million in sales to support the preservation of lands for wildlife, recreation, ranching, and farming. The group includes 25 active members and has presented more than 100 exhibitions benefiting over 20 conservation organizations.

The Cheadle Center manages over 340 acres of open space between Ellwood Mesa and Goleta Slough, supporting habitat conservation, upland and wetland restoration, and sustainable stormwater management. These lands form a mosaic of oak woodland, coastal sage scrub, grassland, and wetland ecosystems that sustain high regional biodiversity. The Center also provides critical academic opportunities for UCSB students, including internships, field courses, and independent projects supported by the Research and Monitoring Mentorship Program.

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Printers and publishers have reproduced Shakespeare’s words in every possible textual format and in numerous languages. Literary and visual artists have continuously adapted and reinterpreted them in various artforms. Musicians and choreographers have refashioned his stories into opera, ballet, pop songs, and modern dance. Meanwhile, filmmakers, television writers, and videogame creators have transformed them for modern screens. This exhibition explores the many forms and many afterlives of Shakespeare’s art – from a single scrap of his crabbed handwritten text to the digital media of the twenty-first century.

Infinite Variety was co-curated by David Gartrell, the Library’s Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts, and Professor Jim Kearney, Department of English. The exhibition is on display in the Jackie Laskoff Exhibition Alcove, located in the Sara Miller McCune Arts Library (1st Floor, Mountain Side), and is co-sponsored by UCSB Library and the Department of English.

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Curated by EAP staff, this exhibition showcases standout submissions from EAP’s annual photo contests. Through these eye-catching photographs, students share their experiences living abroad with the campus community and highlight how EAP has enriched their undergraduate education at UCSB.

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Since its original theatrical release in 1977, Star Wars has served as a cultural touchstone around the world, connecting cinemagoers of all ages through its blockbuster films and numerous hit television series, to its expanded universe in novels, comic books, videogames, and other storytelling formats. Star Wars Day, celebrated each year on May the Fourth, has become a global fan holiday offering the chance for audiences to revisit the beloved saga and celebrate its enduring impact on popular culture. To this end, the Carsey-Wolf Center is proud to present a special May the Fourth screening of Star Wars: A New Hope, accompanied by a critical and historical introduction by Ross Melnick (interim director of the Carsey-Wolf Center), who will discuss the film’s relationship to our yearlong programming series Connectivity.

Costumes are encouraged! However, light sabers and other props must be put away for the duration of the screening.

© & TM Lucasfilm Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Used Under Authorization.

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Free for students & $6 for community members.

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–Elizabeth Robinson, 2024

This exhibition documents the life’s work of Cedric J. Robinson and Elizabeth Peters Robinson, placing it in the global context of the Black radical tradition. The Robinsons were renowned for their seminal scholarship and activism that had wide-ranging influence at UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), in academia, and across many public arenas. The exhibition is drawn from the Cedric J. and Elizabeth P. Robinson Archive (“Robinson Archive”) and supplemented by a variety of materials from other collections in UCSB Library’s Special Research Collections, as well as personal contributions from Elizabeth Robinson.

"[The Black radical tradition is] the continuing development of a collective consciousness informed by the historical struggles for liberation and motivated by the shared sense of obligation to preserve the collective being, the ontological totality."

–Cedric Robinson, Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition, 1983

A deeply influential educator, Cedric Robinson (1940-2016) was a well-known scholar of racial capitalism and the Black radical tradition, and an active participant in political movements, both at home and internationally. For more than 30 years, Elizabeth Robinson has been an educator, social worker, former associate director for media at KCSB-FM radio, activist, and community media producer.

With the 2024 acquisition of the Robinson Archive from Elizabeth Robinson and the Robinsons’ daughter Najda Ife Robinson-Mayer, the Library launched the Post-Custodial, Community-based and Participatory Archives Project. This initiative aims to establish a living archive at UCSB centered on the Black Radical Tradition and the broader field of Black Studies. The Robinson Archive serves as an important anchor for the larger project, and will enable global research, teaching, scholarship, and sociopolitical and cultural activism for future generations.

This exhibition was curated by Yolanda Blue, the Library’s Curator of American and International History, Politics, and Cultures Collections, in collaboration with New York University and UCSB Library staff.

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We recognize that many employees are navigating profound layers of stress, grief, or anxiety right now. The Academic & Staff Assistance Program (ASAP) is here for you.

We provide compassionate, inclusive, and confidential spaces to process these experiences, and have opened additional priority sessions to ensure all staff and faculty seeking support can be seen.

Please reach out to us at (805) 893-3318 or email asap@hr.ucsb.edu

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No Tiene Que Cargar Con Esto a Solas

Reconocemos que muchos de nuestros empleados están atravesando niveles profundos de estrés, duelo o ansiedad en este momento. El Programa de Asistencia para Académicos y Personal (ASAP) está aquí para apoyarlos.

Ofrecemos espacios compasivos, inclusivos y confidenciales para procesar estas experiencias, y hemos abierto sesiones prioritarias adicionales para asegurar que todo el personal y los profesores que busquen apoyo puedan ser atendidos.

Por favor, comuníquese con nosotros al (805) 893-3318 o por correo electrónico a asap@hr.ucsb.edu

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The program kicks off in winter with a book giveaway for UCSB students led by the Chancellor, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, and University Librarian, and culminates with a free public talk by the book’s author(s) at Campbell Hall in the spring. Throughout the winter and spring quarters, the Library sponsors a variety of free learning, experiential, and social events to explore the book’s themes. The selected book is also incorporated into the university curriculum for winter and spring, allowing students to explore its themes in an academic context. UCSB Reads is generously supported by many individuals, university departments, and organizations.

This exhibition highlights the history of UCSB Reads since its inception, featuring promotional posters, selected books, custom bookmarks along with testimonials and images of participants engaging with programming throughout the years. UCSB Reads has become a beloved campus tradition that brings together thousands of people every year and demonstrates the power of literature to bridge divides, promote intellectual engagement, and build community.

View on site | Email this event

This exhibition was curated and cosponsored by the Oak Group and the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration, in collaboration with UCSB Library staff.

The Oak Group is one of the first artist groups in the U.S. to combine creativity with conservation. Since 1986, Oak Group artists have exhibited artworks painted on location to raise awareness and funds for open spaces, generating over $3 million in sales to support the preservation of lands for wildlife, recreation, ranching, and farming. The group includes 25 active members and has presented more than 100 exhibitions benefiting over 20 conservation organizations.

The Cheadle Center manages over 340 acres of open space between Ellwood Mesa and Goleta Slough, supporting habitat conservation, upland and wetland restoration, and sustainable stormwater management. These lands form a mosaic of oak woodland, coastal sage scrub, grassland, and wetland ecosystems that sustain high regional biodiversity. The Center also provides critical academic opportunities for UCSB students, including internships, field courses, and independent projects supported by the Research and Monitoring Mentorship Program.

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Printers and publishers have reproduced Shakespeare’s words in every possible textual format and in numerous languages. Literary and visual artists have continuously adapted and reinterpreted them in various artforms. Musicians and choreographers have refashioned his stories into opera, ballet, pop songs, and modern dance. Meanwhile, filmmakers, television writers, and videogame creators have transformed them for modern screens. This exhibition explores the many forms and many afterlives of Shakespeare’s art – from a single scrap of his crabbed handwritten text to the digital media of the twenty-first century.

Infinite Variety was co-curated by David Gartrell, the Library’s Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts, and Professor Jim Kearney, Department of English. The exhibition is on display in the Jackie Laskoff Exhibition Alcove, located in the Sara Miller McCune Arts Library (1st Floor, Mountain Side), and is co-sponsored by UCSB Library and the Department of English.

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Spring Dates: Tuesdays from March 24th-May 26th

Time: 12:15-12:35 pm

Location: Online-Zoom link will be provided upon registration

RSVP: https://forms.gle/jytu6XaKVe7AdiGL8

Join us this final series of the academic quarter for Tranquil Tuesdays, a 20-minute drop-in meditation group to support your wellness. Meditating helps promote deep relaxation, creativity, and heightened awareness. Research shows that meditation can reduce stress, enhance focus, and strengthen our overall sense of balance. These sessions will provide a space to explore tools for feeling grounded, nurturing yourself, and being more present in daily life.

Whether you're new to meditation or have an established practice, come and take a moment for yourself in a supportive community setting.

Offered by: The ASAP Psychologist Team

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Curated by EAP staff, this exhibition showcases standout submissions from EAP’s annual photo contests. Through these eye-catching photographs, students share their experiences living abroad with the campus community and highlight how EAP has enriched their undergraduate education at UCSB.

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Colloquium Talk: ‘Our Graceful Gallic Allies’: Dancing Liberty in the Age of Revolutions

Olivia Sabee is Associate Professor of Dance at Swarthmore College, where she also serves on the standing faculty committees on Comparative Literature and Interpretation Theory. A Mellon New Directions Fellow (2023-2026), she spent the 2024-2025 academic year as a chercheuse associée at the EHESS (CRH). She is the author of Theories of Ballet in the Encyclopédie (Oxford Studies in the Enlightenment, 2022) and the co-editor of Cultural Transmission and the French Enlightenment: Repurposing the Past (Oxford Studies in the Enlightenment, forthcoming July 2025) as well as of numerous articles on 18th- and 19th-century French and Italian ballet in journals including French Studies, MLN, Eighteenth-Century Studies, Dance Chronicle, and others. She is currently working on a monograph examining the movement of dancers, ballet masters, and repertory between France, its Caribbean colonies, and the United States in the years around the French and Haitian Revolutions. https://www.swarthmore.edu/profile/olivia-sabee

In the 1790s, the French and Haitian Revolutions brought waves of French immigrants to the east coast of the United States, among them several groups of dancers. Focusing on the practices and performances of three prominent dancers — Alexandre Placide, Suzanne Theodore Taillandet Douvillier, and Jean-Baptiste Francisqui — this talk will introduce the concept of pantomime ballet, a widely popular European performance form, and analyze 4 how it was transformed via first, the Caribbean colonial performance circuit, and second, its new U.S. context, where Francisqui created numerous politically-themed works, such as The Americans and the French at the Siege of York-Town; or America Preserved (1795).

In both Charleston and Philadelphia, as had also been the case in France, contemporary discourses around civilization and nature, liberty and despotism, shaped the reception of these works. Yet the dancers’ distinctive embodied histories, notably their expertise in acrobatics and the impersonation of Afro-diasporic peoples, created a divergent reading of these dances in which the minuet, a symbol of the aristocracy, came to represent freedom rather than carefully cultivated constraint.

The Colloquia in Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies is an annual distinguished lecture and performance series that invites artists and scholars from around the world into critical conversation about dance and dancing bodies. Archived, free, and available on Live Stream, the Colloquium was inaugurated in 2014 as a Distinguished Lecture and Performance Series. An interdisciplinary Dance Institute for Scholarly and Performance Studies discourse, the UCSB Colloquium offers an intellectual and creative space for critical Inquiry in the field of Dance and Performance Studies.

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This meetup is for LGBTQIA+ staff and faculty and their allies. Friends & partners welcome too!

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–Elizabeth Robinson, 2024

This exhibition documents the life’s work of Cedric J. Robinson and Elizabeth Peters Robinson, placing it in the global context of the Black radical tradition. The Robinsons were renowned for their seminal scholarship and activism that had wide-ranging influence at UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), in academia, and across many public arenas. The exhibition is drawn from the Cedric J. and Elizabeth P. Robinson Archive (“Robinson Archive”) and supplemented by a variety of materials from other collections in UCSB Library’s Special Research Collections, as well as personal contributions from Elizabeth Robinson.

"[The Black radical tradition is] the continuing development of a collective consciousness informed by the historical struggles for liberation and motivated by the shared sense of obligation to preserve the collective being, the ontological totality."

–Cedric Robinson, Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition, 1983

A deeply influential educator, Cedric Robinson (1940-2016) was a well-known scholar of racial capitalism and the Black radical tradition, and an active participant in political movements, both at home and internationally. For more than 30 years, Elizabeth Robinson has been an educator, social worker, former associate director for media at KCSB-FM radio, activist, and community media producer.

With the 2024 acquisition of the Robinson Archive from Elizabeth Robinson and the Robinsons’ daughter Najda Ife Robinson-Mayer, the Library launched the Post-Custodial, Community-based and Participatory Archives Project. This initiative aims to establish a living archive at UCSB centered on the Black Radical Tradition and the broader field of Black Studies. The Robinson Archive serves as an important anchor for the larger project, and will enable global research, teaching, scholarship, and sociopolitical and cultural activism for future generations.

This exhibition was curated by Yolanda Blue, the Library’s Curator of American and International History, Politics, and Cultures Collections, in collaboration with New York University and UCSB Library staff.

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We recognize that many employees are navigating profound layers of stress, grief, or anxiety right now. The Academic & Staff Assistance Program (ASAP) is here for you.

We provide compassionate, inclusive, and confidential spaces to process these experiences, and have opened additional priority sessions to ensure all staff and faculty seeking support can be seen.

Please reach out to us at (805) 893-3318 or email asap@hr.ucsb.edu

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No Tiene Que Cargar Con Esto a Solas

Reconocemos que muchos de nuestros empleados están atravesando niveles profundos de estrés, duelo o ansiedad en este momento. El Programa de Asistencia para Académicos y Personal (ASAP) está aquí para apoyarlos.

Ofrecemos espacios compasivos, inclusivos y confidenciales para procesar estas experiencias, y hemos abierto sesiones prioritarias adicionales para asegurar que todo el personal y los profesores que busquen apoyo puedan ser atendidos.

Por favor, comuníquese con nosotros al (805) 893-3318 o por correo electrónico a asap@hr.ucsb.edu

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The program kicks off in winter with a book giveaway for UCSB students led by the Chancellor, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, and University Librarian, and culminates with a free public talk by the book’s author(s) at Campbell Hall in the spring. Throughout the winter and spring quarters, the Library sponsors a variety of free learning, experiential, and social events to explore the book’s themes. The selected book is also incorporated into the university curriculum for winter and spring, allowing students to explore its themes in an academic context. UCSB Reads is generously supported by many individuals, university departments, and organizations.

This exhibition highlights the history of UCSB Reads since its inception, featuring promotional posters, selected books, custom bookmarks along with testimonials and images of participants engaging with programming throughout the years. UCSB Reads has become a beloved campus tradition that brings together thousands of people every year and demonstrates the power of literature to bridge divides, promote intellectual engagement, and build community.

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SUPERVISORS and NON-SUPERVISORS are welcome.

Click here to register in the UC Learning Center.

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This exhibition was curated and cosponsored by the Oak Group and the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration, in collaboration with UCSB Library staff.

The Oak Group is one of the first artist groups in the U.S. to combine creativity with conservation. Since 1986, Oak Group artists have exhibited artworks painted on location to raise awareness and funds for open spaces, generating over $3 million in sales to support the preservation of lands for wildlife, recreation, ranching, and farming. The group includes 25 active members and has presented more than 100 exhibitions benefiting over 20 conservation organizations.

The Cheadle Center manages over 340 acres of open space between Ellwood Mesa and Goleta Slough, supporting habitat conservation, upland and wetland restoration, and sustainable stormwater management. These lands form a mosaic of oak woodland, coastal sage scrub, grassland, and wetland ecosystems that sustain high regional biodiversity. The Center also provides critical academic opportunities for UCSB students, including internships, field courses, and independent projects supported by the Research and Monitoring Mentorship Program.

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Printers and publishers have reproduced Shakespeare’s words in every possible textual format and in numerous languages. Literary and visual artists have continuously adapted and reinterpreted them in various artforms. Musicians and choreographers have refashioned his stories into opera, ballet, pop songs, and modern dance. Meanwhile, filmmakers, television writers, and videogame creators have transformed them for modern screens. This exhibition explores the many forms and many afterlives of Shakespeare’s art – from a single scrap of his crabbed handwritten text to the digital media of the twenty-first century.

Infinite Variety was co-curated by David Gartrell, the Library’s Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts, and Professor Jim Kearney, Department of English. The exhibition is on display in the Jackie Laskoff Exhibition Alcove, located in the Sara Miller McCune Arts Library (1st Floor, Mountain Side), and is co-sponsored by UCSB Library and the Department of English.

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Courses will be held every other Wednesday, from 9:10am-9:50am via Zoom. Please check the Human Resources Employee Services website for a full list of topics and schedules.

Working with Faculty- The Relationship and You w/ Alex Radde: Learn how to create an open communication channel, build buy-in around your work, and to become the owner of the staff/faculty relationship.

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Norteño Music with Los Catanes Del Norte
Wednesday, Apr 15th
Los Catanes del Norte will perform music from different regions in Mexico including corridos, rancheras, and boleros norteños.

Ethiopian Jazz with the Addis Collective
Wednesday, Apr 22nd
The Addis Collective is a Santa Barbara-based band focusing on the 60s — 70's era Ethiopian Jazz. The style is a mix of solid groove, Reggae-esque hypnotic sound textures and improvised Jazz Soloing.

UCSB GAMELAN ENSEMBLE
Wednesday, Apr 29
Directed by Richard North, the UCSB Gamelan Ensemble will showcase an ancient style of gamelan from Cirebon, West Java, featuring dynamic drumming, delicate melodies, and lively interlocking rhythms.

The Jasmine Echo Chinese Ensemble
Wednesday, May 6
The UCSB-based student ensemble, The Jasmine Echo Chinese Ensemble, will perform both classic and popular works on traditional Chinese musical instruments.

UCSB Music of India Ensemble
Wednesday, May 13
Scott Marcus leads a performance of North Indian classical music performed on sitar-s with tabla accompaniment by Ziyad Marcus.

UCSB GOSPEL CHOIR
Wednesday, May 20th
Directed by Victor Bell, the choir will perform traditional and contemporary songs drawn from African American religious traditions.

UCSB Son Jarocho Ensemble
Wednesday, May 27th
Directed by Jorge Mijangos, the UCSB Son Jarocho Ensemble presents music and dance from Veracruz, Mexico that blends Mexican, Spanish and African elements.

Co-sponsored by the UCSB MultiCultural Center and the Department of Music.

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Are you a student singer, musician, poet or other talented performer that would like to showcase your talent, or just want to belt out some tunes? Join us at the Hub on Wednesday afternoons from 4-7!

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Curated by EAP staff, this exhibition showcases standout submissions from EAP’s annual photo contests. Through these eye-catching photographs, students share their experiences living abroad with the campus community and highlight how EAP has enriched their undergraduate education at UCSB.

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Omri Elisha is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Queens College and The Graduate Center, CUNY. He is the author of Moral Ambition: Mobilization and Social Outreach in Evangelical Megachurches (2011) as well as essays and articles on North American evangelical revivalism, religious activism, ritual performance, and astrology.

This event is co-presented with a grant from the John Templeton Foundation as part of a nine-lecture series on contemporary metaphysical spirituality.

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May 06, 2026, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM PDT

You will receive the webinar link when you sign up and again a few days before the event. If you do not receive the link, please check your junk mailbox or email kenneth.fleck@apmortgage.com.

Topics Include:

Current market conditions and forecasts

Understanding affordability & the advantages of purchasing a home

First-time homebuyer programs with down payment assistance and other benefits

How to get preapproved

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Profs at the Pub on Wednesday, May 6, 20226

6:30 PM at Figueroa Mountain Brewing

From satellites taking images from space to your phone recording bird calls, a growing suite of technologies is changing how we study life on Earth. These tools promise faster, more comprehensive ways to understand where species occur and track changes in their populations over time. But how well do these digital tools actually work, and what's standing in the way of their full potential? In this talk, Dr. Rachel King, postdoctoral scientist at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS), explores the current landscape of the digital monitoring of nature, reveals surprising gaps in what these technologies can tell us, and shares how scientists—and the public—are working to build a more complete picture of the natural world.

Dr. Rachel King is a postdoctoral scientist at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS), where she works to improve our understanding of a rapidly changing natural world. Her research focuses on mapping species data collected worldwide using a variety of monitoring technologies—such as camera traps, underwater sound recorders, and community science platforms like iNaturalist, where anyone can submit observations. She develops automated tools to deliver this wealth of information to decision-makers more quickly, at a time when species conservation is increasingly critical. Before joining NCEAS, King was a postdoctoral fellow at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, studying how tree diversity affects carbon storage in soil during reforestation. She earned her Ph.D. in Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, studying the impacts of climate change on forest ecosystems.

The UCSB Affiliates is led by a volunteer board of community members and campus representatives passionate about creating innovative and community- centered programming. The goal of the UCSB Affiliates is to build and celebrate connections between UC Santa Barbara and the greater Santa Barbara community. We provide a pathway for community members to learn more about UC Santa Barbara and participate in campus activities. Through our events and newsletters, we highlight exciting campus-community partnerships and initiatives.

Learn more at communityrelations.ucsb.edu/ucsb-affiliates

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–Elizabeth Robinson, 2024

This exhibition documents the life’s work of Cedric J. Robinson and Elizabeth Peters Robinson, placing it in the global context of the Black radical tradition. The Robinsons were renowned for their seminal scholarship and activism that had wide-ranging influence at UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), in academia, and across many public arenas. The exhibition is drawn from the Cedric J. and Elizabeth P. Robinson Archive (“Robinson Archive”) and supplemented by a variety of materials from other collections in UCSB Library’s Special Research Collections, as well as personal contributions from Elizabeth Robinson.

"[The Black radical tradition is] the continuing development of a collective consciousness informed by the historical struggles for liberation and motivated by the shared sense of obligation to preserve the collective being, the ontological totality."

–Cedric Robinson, Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition, 1983

A deeply influential educator, Cedric Robinson (1940-2016) was a well-known scholar of racial capitalism and the Black radical tradition, and an active participant in political movements, both at home and internationally. For more than 30 years, Elizabeth Robinson has been an educator, social worker, former associate director for media at KCSB-FM radio, activist, and community media producer.

With the 2024 acquisition of the Robinson Archive from Elizabeth Robinson and the Robinsons’ daughter Najda Ife Robinson-Mayer, the Library launched the Post-Custodial, Community-based and Participatory Archives Project. This initiative aims to establish a living archive at UCSB centered on the Black Radical Tradition and the broader field of Black Studies. The Robinson Archive serves as an important anchor for the larger project, and will enable global research, teaching, scholarship, and sociopolitical and cultural activism for future generations.

This exhibition was curated by Yolanda Blue, the Library’s Curator of American and International History, Politics, and Cultures Collections, in collaboration with New York University and UCSB Library staff.

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We recognize that many employees are navigating profound layers of stress, grief, or anxiety right now. The Academic & Staff Assistance Program (ASAP) is here for you.

We provide compassionate, inclusive, and confidential spaces to process these experiences, and have opened additional priority sessions to ensure all staff and faculty seeking support can be seen.

Please reach out to us at (805) 893-3318 or email asap@hr.ucsb.edu

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No Tiene Que Cargar Con Esto a Solas

Reconocemos que muchos de nuestros empleados están atravesando niveles profundos de estrés, duelo o ansiedad en este momento. El Programa de Asistencia para Académicos y Personal (ASAP) está aquí para apoyarlos.

Ofrecemos espacios compasivos, inclusivos y confidenciales para procesar estas experiencias, y hemos abierto sesiones prioritarias adicionales para asegurar que todo el personal y los profesores que busquen apoyo puedan ser atendidos.

Por favor, comuníquese con nosotros al (805) 893-3318 o por correo electrónico a asap@hr.ucsb.edu

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The program kicks off in winter with a book giveaway for UCSB students led by the Chancellor, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, and University Librarian, and culminates with a free public talk by the book’s author(s) at Campbell Hall in the spring. Throughout the winter and spring quarters, the Library sponsors a variety of free learning, experiential, and social events to explore the book’s themes. The selected book is also incorporated into the university curriculum for winter and spring, allowing students to explore its themes in an academic context. UCSB Reads is generously supported by many individuals, university departments, and organizations.

This exhibition highlights the history of UCSB Reads since its inception, featuring promotional posters, selected books, custom bookmarks along with testimonials and images of participants engaging with programming throughout the years. UCSB Reads has become a beloved campus tradition that brings together thousands of people every year and demonstrates the power of literature to bridge divides, promote intellectual engagement, and build community.

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This exhibition was curated and cosponsored by the Oak Group and the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration, in collaboration with UCSB Library staff.

The Oak Group is one of the first artist groups in the U.S. to combine creativity with conservation. Since 1986, Oak Group artists have exhibited artworks painted on location to raise awareness and funds for open spaces, generating over $3 million in sales to support the preservation of lands for wildlife, recreation, ranching, and farming. The group includes 25 active members and has presented more than 100 exhibitions benefiting over 20 conservation organizations.

The Cheadle Center manages over 340 acres of open space between Ellwood Mesa and Goleta Slough, supporting habitat conservation, upland and wetland restoration, and sustainable stormwater management. These lands form a mosaic of oak woodland, coastal sage scrub, grassland, and wetland ecosystems that sustain high regional biodiversity. The Center also provides critical academic opportunities for UCSB students, including internships, field courses, and independent projects supported by the Research and Monitoring Mentorship Program.

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Printers and publishers have reproduced Shakespeare’s words in every possible textual format and in numerous languages. Literary and visual artists have continuously adapted and reinterpreted them in various artforms. Musicians and choreographers have refashioned his stories into opera, ballet, pop songs, and modern dance. Meanwhile, filmmakers, television writers, and videogame creators have transformed them for modern screens. This exhibition explores the many forms and many afterlives of Shakespeare’s art – from a single scrap of his crabbed handwritten text to the digital media of the twenty-first century.

Infinite Variety was co-curated by David Gartrell, the Library’s Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts, and Professor Jim Kearney, Department of English. The exhibition is on display in the Jackie Laskoff Exhibition Alcove, located in the Sara Miller McCune Arts Library (1st Floor, Mountain Side), and is co-sponsored by UCSB Library and the Department of English.

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The Zoom room will open at 12:00 p.m. and participants are welcome to enjoy their lunch.

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Through interactive sessions, you’ll develop a practical blueprint for self-advocacy, effective communication, and collective care.

Date: Thursdays, April 23, May 7, and May 14

Time: 12:05 p.m. -12:50 p.m. PDT

Location: Zoom

Part 1: Using Emotional Awareness to Identify and Meet Your Needs

Date and Time: Thursday, April 23rd, from 12:05pm to 12:50pm

Presented by: Kate Hawley, PhD

Part 2: Effectively Communicating Your Needs to Others

Date and Time: Thursday, May 7th, 12:05pm to 12:50pm

Presented by: Melissa Cordero, PsyD; Kate Hawley, PhD; Valeria Moreno, LPCC

Part 3: Leading Through the Storm: Equanimity and Courage in Chaos

Date and Time: Thursday, May 14th, 12:05pm to 12:50pm

Presented by: Melissa Cordero, PsyD; Kate Hawley, PhD; Valeria Moreno, LPCC

Click here https://forms.gle/oFvWhHaUAcHcKZ4TA to register. *Only one registration is required to attend all three workshops.

Note: As each workshop builds on the last, we highly recommend attending the full series.

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J. Shawn Landres (PhD, UCSB; MSt, Oxford) is a Senior Fellow at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs. His research examines coordination, trust, and institutional accountability, particularly beyond formal structures. He has co-edited three books, led the Connected to Give national research series on religion and household charitable giving, and currently is working on a multi-manuscript project about practice-embedded scholarship.

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Ahilan T. Arulanantham is Professor from Practice and Co-Director of the Center for Immigration Law and Policy (CILP) at the UCLA School of Law. Ahilan teaches in the law school and also maintains an active litigation practice. Prior to joining UCLA, Ahilan was Senior Counsel at the ACLU in Los Angeles, where he worked for nearly twenty years.

Cosponsored by the IHC’s On Fire series and the Sara Miller McCune and George D. McCune Endowment

Image credit: Lorie Shaull

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Curated by EAP staff, this exhibition showcases standout submissions from EAP’s annual photo contests. Through these eye-catching photographs, students share their experiences living abroad with the campus community and highlight how EAP has enriched their undergraduate education at UCSB.

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Join Olé in the Bay at Barebottle Brewing Co in Menlo Park to network with fellow Gauchos and welcome the new Dean of the Division of Mathematical, Life, and Physical Sciences, Dr. Shelly Gable. Enjoy light refreshments followed by an engaging conversation where Dean Gable will share her vision for the next chapter of UCSB. Discover the exciting research happening right now—from breakthroughs in Quantum Science and AI to innovations in climate and marine science—and learn how the division is building a collaborative future.

REGISTER NOW!

Thursday May 7, 2026
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Barebottle Brewing Co, Menlo Park Taproom & Kitchen
550 B Oak Grove Ave
Menlo Park, CA, 94025

Shelly Gable is the Susan and Bruce Worster Dean of Science and a nationally recognized scholar in social and personality psychology. Since joining the UCSB faculty in 2007, her research has focused on motivation, close relationships, emotion regulation, and positive emotions. As Dean, she is guided by the principle of responsiveness, building trust and collaboration to ensure UCSB remains at the forefront of scientific discovery and a place where opportunity and excellence intersect.

Hosted by UCSB Alumni Affairs. For questions, email programs@alumni.ucsb.edu

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Bestselling author and Grammy-nominated musician Michelle Zauner (Japanese Breakfast) shares the moving story behind her memoir Crying in H Mart, a powerful meditation on family, food, identity and loss. Through lyrical prose and emotional honesty, Zauner explores her Korean-American heritage and her mother’s enduring influence, evoking the tastes and textures that shape memory.

Now entering its milestone 20th year, UCSB Reads is UC Santa Barbara's award-winning common book program that fosters a shared sense of belonging by bringing the campus and Santa Barbara communities together each year to read a common book that explores compelling issues of our time. Each year, an advisory committee composed of UCSB faculty, staff, students, and community partners helps the Library select an intellectually stimulating, interdisciplinary book by a living author that appeals to a wide range of readers and can be incorporated into the UCSB curriculum.

The UCSB Reads 2026 book selection is Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner. Zauner's debut book spent 60 weeks on The New York Times hardcover non-fiction bestseller list and received a 2022 American Book Award and the 2021 Goodreads Choice Award for Memoir & Autobiography. It was also named a top book of the year by numerous publications, including TIME, The Atlantic, and Entertainment Weekly.

Michelle Zauner is a young Korean-American musician, singer, songwriter, director, and author. She is the lead vocalist of acclaimed indie pop band Japanese Breakfast. The band’s third album, Jubilee (2021), charted on the Billboard 200, peaking at No. 56, and was nominated for two Grammy Awards – for Best New Artist and Best Alternative Music Album. TIME magazine named Zauner one of the 100 most influential people of 2022.

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Free for students & $6 for community members.

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–Elizabeth Robinson, 2024

This exhibition documents the life’s work of Cedric J. Robinson and Elizabeth Peters Robinson, placing it in the global context of the Black radical tradition. The Robinsons were renowned for their seminal scholarship and activism that had wide-ranging influence at UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), in academia, and across many public arenas. The exhibition is drawn from the Cedric J. and Elizabeth P. Robinson Archive (“Robinson Archive”) and supplemented by a variety of materials from other collections in UCSB Library’s Special Research Collections, as well as personal contributions from Elizabeth Robinson.

"[The Black radical tradition is] the continuing development of a collective consciousness informed by the historical struggles for liberation and motivated by the shared sense of obligation to preserve the collective being, the ontological totality."

–Cedric Robinson, Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition, 1983

A deeply influential educator, Cedric Robinson (1940-2016) was a well-known scholar of racial capitalism and the Black radical tradition, and an active participant in political movements, both at home and internationally. For more than 30 years, Elizabeth Robinson has been an educator, social worker, former associate director for media at KCSB-FM radio, activist, and community media producer.

With the 2024 acquisition of the Robinson Archive from Elizabeth Robinson and the Robinsons’ daughter Najda Ife Robinson-Mayer, the Library launched the Post-Custodial, Community-based and Participatory Archives Project. This initiative aims to establish a living archive at UCSB centered on the Black Radical Tradition and the broader field of Black Studies. The Robinson Archive serves as an important anchor for the larger project, and will enable global research, teaching, scholarship, and sociopolitical and cultural activism for future generations.

This exhibition was curated by Yolanda Blue, the Library’s Curator of American and International History, Politics, and Cultures Collections, in collaboration with New York University and UCSB Library staff.

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We recognize that many employees are navigating profound layers of stress, grief, or anxiety right now. The Academic & Staff Assistance Program (ASAP) is here for you.

We provide compassionate, inclusive, and confidential spaces to process these experiences, and have opened additional priority sessions to ensure all staff and faculty seeking support can be seen.

Please reach out to us at (805) 893-3318 or email asap@hr.ucsb.edu

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No Tiene Que Cargar Con Esto a Solas

Reconocemos que muchos de nuestros empleados están atravesando niveles profundos de estrés, duelo o ansiedad en este momento. El Programa de Asistencia para Académicos y Personal (ASAP) está aquí para apoyarlos.

Ofrecemos espacios compasivos, inclusivos y confidenciales para procesar estas experiencias, y hemos abierto sesiones prioritarias adicionales para asegurar que todo el personal y los profesores que busquen apoyo puedan ser atendidos.

Por favor, comuníquese con nosotros al (805) 893-3318 o por correo electrónico a asap@hr.ucsb.edu

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The program kicks off in winter with a book giveaway for UCSB students led by the Chancellor, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, and University Librarian, and culminates with a free public talk by the book’s author(s) at Campbell Hall in the spring. Throughout the winter and spring quarters, the Library sponsors a variety of free learning, experiential, and social events to explore the book’s themes. The selected book is also incorporated into the university curriculum for winter and spring, allowing students to explore its themes in an academic context. UCSB Reads is generously supported by many individuals, university departments, and organizations.

This exhibition highlights the history of UCSB Reads since its inception, featuring promotional posters, selected books, custom bookmarks along with testimonials and images of participants engaging with programming throughout the years. UCSB Reads has become a beloved campus tradition that brings together thousands of people every year and demonstrates the power of literature to bridge divides, promote intellectual engagement, and build community.

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How can UCSB meaningfully support and partner in your work?

The Coalition for Publicly-Engaged Social Science (CoPES) at UC Santa Barbara's mission is to learn from our communities and organize our resources for the community's benefit. Toward that end, we invite community members, organizations, and scholars to the first of what we hope to be several conversations that will focus on the question: how we can build and deepen our work together? Our goal is to align the university's academic and service capabilities directly with the needs and strengths of our local communities through respectful and mutually-beneficial partnerships.

Join us as we take a step toward lasting campus-community partnerships rooted in advancing social, economic, environmental, and racial justice across the Central Coast through community-based advocacy and public engagement.

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This exhibition was curated and cosponsored by the Oak Group and the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration, in collaboration with UCSB Library staff.

The Oak Group is one of the first artist groups in the U.S. to combine creativity with conservation. Since 1986, Oak Group artists have exhibited artworks painted on location to raise awareness and funds for open spaces, generating over $3 million in sales to support the preservation of lands for wildlife, recreation, ranching, and farming. The group includes 25 active members and has presented more than 100 exhibitions benefiting over 20 conservation organizations.

The Cheadle Center manages over 340 acres of open space between Ellwood Mesa and Goleta Slough, supporting habitat conservation, upland and wetland restoration, and sustainable stormwater management. These lands form a mosaic of oak woodland, coastal sage scrub, grassland, and wetland ecosystems that sustain high regional biodiversity. The Center also provides critical academic opportunities for UCSB students, including internships, field courses, and independent projects supported by the Research and Monitoring Mentorship Program.

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Printers and publishers have reproduced Shakespeare’s words in every possible textual format and in numerous languages. Literary and visual artists have continuously adapted and reinterpreted them in various artforms. Musicians and choreographers have refashioned his stories into opera, ballet, pop songs, and modern dance. Meanwhile, filmmakers, television writers, and videogame creators have transformed them for modern screens. This exhibition explores the many forms and many afterlives of Shakespeare’s art – from a single scrap of his crabbed handwritten text to the digital media of the twenty-first century.

Infinite Variety was co-curated by David Gartrell, the Library’s Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts, and Professor Jim Kearney, Department of English. The exhibition is on display in the Jackie Laskoff Exhibition Alcove, located in the Sara Miller McCune Arts Library (1st Floor, Mountain Side), and is co-sponsored by UCSB Library and the Department of English.

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Curated by EAP staff, this exhibition showcases standout submissions from EAP’s annual photo contests. Through these eye-catching photographs, students share their experiences living abroad with the campus community and highlight how EAP has enriched their undergraduate education at UCSB.

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–Elizabeth Robinson, 2024

This exhibition documents the life’s work of Cedric J. Robinson and Elizabeth Peters Robinson, placing it in the global context of the Black radical tradition. The Robinsons were renowned for their seminal scholarship and activism that had wide-ranging influence at UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), in academia, and across many public arenas. The exhibition is drawn from the Cedric J. and Elizabeth P. Robinson Archive (“Robinson Archive”) and supplemented by a variety of materials from other collections in UCSB Library’s Special Research Collections, as well as personal contributions from Elizabeth Robinson.

"[The Black radical tradition is] the continuing development of a collective consciousness informed by the historical struggles for liberation and motivated by the shared sense of obligation to preserve the collective being, the ontological totality."

–Cedric Robinson, Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition, 1983

A deeply influential educator, Cedric Robinson (1940-2016) was a well-known scholar of racial capitalism and the Black radical tradition, and an active participant in political movements, both at home and internationally. For more than 30 years, Elizabeth Robinson has been an educator, social worker, former associate director for media at KCSB-FM radio, activist, and community media producer.

With the 2024 acquisition of the Robinson Archive from Elizabeth Robinson and the Robinsons’ daughter Najda Ife Robinson-Mayer, the Library launched the Post-Custodial, Community-based and Participatory Archives Project. This initiative aims to establish a living archive at UCSB centered on the Black Radical Tradition and the broader field of Black Studies. The Robinson Archive serves as an important anchor for the larger project, and will enable global research, teaching, scholarship, and sociopolitical and cultural activism for future generations.

This exhibition was curated by Yolanda Blue, the Library’s Curator of American and International History, Politics, and Cultures Collections, in collaboration with New York University and UCSB Library staff.

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We recognize that many employees are navigating profound layers of stress, grief, or anxiety right now. The Academic & Staff Assistance Program (ASAP) is here for you.

We provide compassionate, inclusive, and confidential spaces to process these experiences, and have opened additional priority sessions to ensure all staff and faculty seeking support can be seen.

Please reach out to us at (805) 893-3318 or email asap@hr.ucsb.edu

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No Tiene Que Cargar Con Esto a Solas

Reconocemos que muchos de nuestros empleados están atravesando niveles profundos de estrés, duelo o ansiedad en este momento. El Programa de Asistencia para Académicos y Personal (ASAP) está aquí para apoyarlos.

Ofrecemos espacios compasivos, inclusivos y confidenciales para procesar estas experiencias, y hemos abierto sesiones prioritarias adicionales para asegurar que todo el personal y los profesores que busquen apoyo puedan ser atendidos.

Por favor, comuníquese con nosotros al (805) 893-3318 o por correo electrónico a asap@hr.ucsb.edu

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The program kicks off in winter with a book giveaway for UCSB students led by the Chancellor, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, and University Librarian, and culminates with a free public talk by the book’s author(s) at Campbell Hall in the spring. Throughout the winter and spring quarters, the Library sponsors a variety of free learning, experiential, and social events to explore the book’s themes. The selected book is also incorporated into the university curriculum for winter and spring, allowing students to explore its themes in an academic context. UCSB Reads is generously supported by many individuals, university departments, and organizations.

This exhibition highlights the history of UCSB Reads since its inception, featuring promotional posters, selected books, custom bookmarks along with testimonials and images of participants engaging with programming throughout the years. UCSB Reads has become a beloved campus tradition that brings together thousands of people every year and demonstrates the power of literature to bridge divides, promote intellectual engagement, and build community.

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This exhibition was curated and cosponsored by the Oak Group and the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration, in collaboration with UCSB Library staff.

The Oak Group is one of the first artist groups in the U.S. to combine creativity with conservation. Since 1986, Oak Group artists have exhibited artworks painted on location to raise awareness and funds for open spaces, generating over $3 million in sales to support the preservation of lands for wildlife, recreation, ranching, and farming. The group includes 25 active members and has presented more than 100 exhibitions benefiting over 20 conservation organizations.

The Cheadle Center manages over 340 acres of open space between Ellwood Mesa and Goleta Slough, supporting habitat conservation, upland and wetland restoration, and sustainable stormwater management. These lands form a mosaic of oak woodland, coastal sage scrub, grassland, and wetland ecosystems that sustain high regional biodiversity. The Center also provides critical academic opportunities for UCSB students, including internships, field courses, and independent projects supported by the Research and Monitoring Mentorship Program.

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Printers and publishers have reproduced Shakespeare’s words in every possible textual format and in numerous languages. Literary and visual artists have continuously adapted and reinterpreted them in various artforms. Musicians and choreographers have refashioned his stories into opera, ballet, pop songs, and modern dance. Meanwhile, filmmakers, television writers, and videogame creators have transformed them for modern screens. This exhibition explores the many forms and many afterlives of Shakespeare’s art – from a single scrap of his crabbed handwritten text to the digital media of the twenty-first century.

Infinite Variety was co-curated by David Gartrell, the Library’s Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts, and Professor Jim Kearney, Department of English. The exhibition is on display in the Jackie Laskoff Exhibition Alcove, located in the Sara Miller McCune Arts Library (1st Floor, Mountain Side), and is co-sponsored by UCSB Library and the Department of English.

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Curated by EAP staff, this exhibition showcases standout submissions from EAP’s annual photo contests. Through these eye-catching photographs, students share their experiences living abroad with the campus community and highlight how EAP has enriched their undergraduate education at UCSB.

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–Elizabeth Robinson, 2024

This exhibition documents the life’s work of Cedric J. Robinson and Elizabeth Peters Robinson, placing it in the global context of the Black radical tradition. The Robinsons were renowned for their seminal scholarship and activism that had wide-ranging influence at UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), in academia, and across many public arenas. The exhibition is drawn from the Cedric J. and Elizabeth P. Robinson Archive (“Robinson Archive”) and supplemented by a variety of materials from other collections in UCSB Library’s Special Research Collections, as well as personal contributions from Elizabeth Robinson.

"[The Black radical tradition is] the continuing development of a collective consciousness informed by the historical struggles for liberation and motivated by the shared sense of obligation to preserve the collective being, the ontological totality."

–Cedric Robinson, Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition, 1983

A deeply influential educator, Cedric Robinson (1940-2016) was a well-known scholar of racial capitalism and the Black radical tradition, and an active participant in political movements, both at home and internationally. For more than 30 years, Elizabeth Robinson has been an educator, social worker, former associate director for media at KCSB-FM radio, activist, and community media producer.

With the 2024 acquisition of the Robinson Archive from Elizabeth Robinson and the Robinsons’ daughter Najda Ife Robinson-Mayer, the Library launched the Post-Custodial, Community-based and Participatory Archives Project. This initiative aims to establish a living archive at UCSB centered on the Black Radical Tradition and the broader field of Black Studies. The Robinson Archive serves as an important anchor for the larger project, and will enable global research, teaching, scholarship, and sociopolitical and cultural activism for future generations.

This exhibition was curated by Yolanda Blue, the Library’s Curator of American and International History, Politics, and Cultures Collections, in collaboration with New York University and UCSB Library staff.

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We recognize that many employees are navigating profound layers of stress, grief, or anxiety right now. The Academic & Staff Assistance Program (ASAP) is here for you.

We provide compassionate, inclusive, and confidential spaces to process these experiences, and have opened additional priority sessions to ensure all staff and faculty seeking support can be seen.

Please reach out to us at (805) 893-3318 or email asap@hr.ucsb.edu

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No Tiene Que Cargar Con Esto a Solas

Reconocemos que muchos de nuestros empleados están atravesando niveles profundos de estrés, duelo o ansiedad en este momento. El Programa de Asistencia para Académicos y Personal (ASAP) está aquí para apoyarlos.

Ofrecemos espacios compasivos, inclusivos y confidenciales para procesar estas experiencias, y hemos abierto sesiones prioritarias adicionales para asegurar que todo el personal y los profesores que busquen apoyo puedan ser atendidos.

Por favor, comuníquese con nosotros al (805) 893-3318 o por correo electrónico a asap@hr.ucsb.edu

View on site | Email this event

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The program kicks off in winter with a book giveaway for UCSB students led by the Chancellor, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, and University Librarian, and culminates with a free public talk by the book’s author(s) at Campbell Hall in the spring. Throughout the winter and spring quarters, the Library sponsors a variety of free learning, experiential, and social events to explore the book’s themes. The selected book is also incorporated into the university curriculum for winter and spring, allowing students to explore its themes in an academic context. UCSB Reads is generously supported by many individuals, university departments, and organizations.

This exhibition highlights the history of UCSB Reads since its inception, featuring promotional posters, selected books, custom bookmarks along with testimonials and images of participants engaging with programming throughout the years. UCSB Reads has become a beloved campus tradition that brings together thousands of people every year and demonstrates the power of literature to bridge divides, promote intellectual engagement, and build community.

View on site | Email this event

This exhibition was curated and cosponsored by the Oak Group and the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration, in collaboration with UCSB Library staff.

The Oak Group is one of the first artist groups in the U.S. to combine creativity with conservation. Since 1986, Oak Group artists have exhibited artworks painted on location to raise awareness and funds for open spaces, generating over $3 million in sales to support the preservation of lands for wildlife, recreation, ranching, and farming. The group includes 25 active members and has presented more than 100 exhibitions benefiting over 20 conservation organizations.

The Cheadle Center manages over 340 acres of open space between Ellwood Mesa and Goleta Slough, supporting habitat conservation, upland and wetland restoration, and sustainable stormwater management. These lands form a mosaic of oak woodland, coastal sage scrub, grassland, and wetland ecosystems that sustain high regional biodiversity. The Center also provides critical academic opportunities for UCSB students, including internships, field courses, and independent projects supported by the Research and Monitoring Mentorship Program.

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Printers and publishers have reproduced Shakespeare’s words in every possible textual format and in numerous languages. Literary and visual artists have continuously adapted and reinterpreted them in various artforms. Musicians and choreographers have refashioned his stories into opera, ballet, pop songs, and modern dance. Meanwhile, filmmakers, television writers, and videogame creators have transformed them for modern screens. This exhibition explores the many forms and many afterlives of Shakespeare’s art – from a single scrap of his crabbed handwritten text to the digital media of the twenty-first century.

Infinite Variety was co-curated by David Gartrell, the Library’s Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts, and Professor Jim Kearney, Department of English. The exhibition is on display in the Jackie Laskoff Exhibition Alcove, located in the Sara Miller McCune Arts Library (1st Floor, Mountain Side), and is co-sponsored by UCSB Library and the Department of English.

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Curated by EAP staff, this exhibition showcases standout submissions from EAP’s annual photo contests. Through these eye-catching photographs, students share their experiences living abroad with the campus community and highlight how EAP has enriched their undergraduate education at UCSB.

View on site | Email this event

–Elizabeth Robinson, 2024

This exhibition documents the life’s work of Cedric J. Robinson and Elizabeth Peters Robinson, placing it in the global context of the Black radical tradition. The Robinsons were renowned for their seminal scholarship and activism that had wide-ranging influence at UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), in academia, and across many public arenas. The exhibition is drawn from the Cedric J. and Elizabeth P. Robinson Archive (“Robinson Archive”) and supplemented by a variety of materials from other collections in UCSB Library’s Special Research Collections, as well as personal contributions from Elizabeth Robinson.

"[The Black radical tradition is] the continuing development of a collective consciousness informed by the historical struggles for liberation and motivated by the shared sense of obligation to preserve the collective being, the ontological totality."

–Cedric Robinson, Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition, 1983

A deeply influential educator, Cedric Robinson (1940-2016) was a well-known scholar of racial capitalism and the Black radical tradition, and an active participant in political movements, both at home and internationally. For more than 30 years, Elizabeth Robinson has been an educator, social worker, former associate director for media at KCSB-FM radio, activist, and community media producer.

With the 2024 acquisition of the Robinson Archive from Elizabeth Robinson and the Robinsons’ daughter Najda Ife Robinson-Mayer, the Library launched the Post-Custodial, Community-based and Participatory Archives Project. This initiative aims to establish a living archive at UCSB centered on the Black Radical Tradition and the broader field of Black Studies. The Robinson Archive serves as an important anchor for the larger project, and will enable global research, teaching, scholarship, and sociopolitical and cultural activism for future generations.

This exhibition was curated by Yolanda Blue, the Library’s Curator of American and International History, Politics, and Cultures Collections, in collaboration with New York University and UCSB Library staff.

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We recognize that many employees are navigating profound layers of stress, grief, or anxiety right now. The Academic & Staff Assistance Program (ASAP) is here for you.

We provide compassionate, inclusive, and confidential spaces to process these experiences, and have opened additional priority sessions to ensure all staff and faculty seeking support can be seen.

Please reach out to us at (805) 893-3318 or email asap@hr.ucsb.edu

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No Tiene Que Cargar Con Esto a Solas

Reconocemos que muchos de nuestros empleados están atravesando niveles profundos de estrés, duelo o ansiedad en este momento. El Programa de Asistencia para Académicos y Personal (ASAP) está aquí para apoyarlos.

Ofrecemos espacios compasivos, inclusivos y confidenciales para procesar estas experiencias, y hemos abierto sesiones prioritarias adicionales para asegurar que todo el personal y los profesores que busquen apoyo puedan ser atendidos.

Por favor, comuníquese con nosotros al (805) 893-3318 o por correo electrónico a asap@hr.ucsb.edu

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The program kicks off in winter with a book giveaway for UCSB students led by the Chancellor, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, and University Librarian, and culminates with a free public talk by the book’s author(s) at Campbell Hall in the spring. Throughout the winter and spring quarters, the Library sponsors a variety of free learning, experiential, and social events to explore the book’s themes. The selected book is also incorporated into the university curriculum for winter and spring, allowing students to explore its themes in an academic context. UCSB Reads is generously supported by many individuals, university departments, and organizations.

This exhibition highlights the history of UCSB Reads since its inception, featuring promotional posters, selected books, custom bookmarks along with testimonials and images of participants engaging with programming throughout the years. UCSB Reads has become a beloved campus tradition that brings together thousands of people every year and demonstrates the power of literature to bridge divides, promote intellectual engagement, and build community.

View on site | Email this event

This exhibition was curated and cosponsored by the Oak Group and the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration, in collaboration with UCSB Library staff.

The Oak Group is one of the first artist groups in the U.S. to combine creativity with conservation. Since 1986, Oak Group artists have exhibited artworks painted on location to raise awareness and funds for open spaces, generating over $3 million in sales to support the preservation of lands for wildlife, recreation, ranching, and farming. The group includes 25 active members and has presented more than 100 exhibitions benefiting over 20 conservation organizations.

The Cheadle Center manages over 340 acres of open space between Ellwood Mesa and Goleta Slough, supporting habitat conservation, upland and wetland restoration, and sustainable stormwater management. These lands form a mosaic of oak woodland, coastal sage scrub, grassland, and wetland ecosystems that sustain high regional biodiversity. The Center also provides critical academic opportunities for UCSB students, including internships, field courses, and independent projects supported by the Research and Monitoring Mentorship Program.

View on site | Email this event

Printers and publishers have reproduced Shakespeare’s words in every possible textual format and in numerous languages. Literary and visual artists have continuously adapted and reinterpreted them in various artforms. Musicians and choreographers have refashioned his stories into opera, ballet, pop songs, and modern dance. Meanwhile, filmmakers, television writers, and videogame creators have transformed them for modern screens. This exhibition explores the many forms and many afterlives of Shakespeare’s art – from a single scrap of his crabbed handwritten text to the digital media of the twenty-first century.

Infinite Variety was co-curated by David Gartrell, the Library’s Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts, and Professor Jim Kearney, Department of English. The exhibition is on display in the Jackie Laskoff Exhibition Alcove, located in the Sara Miller McCune Arts Library (1st Floor, Mountain Side), and is co-sponsored by UCSB Library and the Department of English.

View on site | Email this event

View on site | Email this event

Curated by EAP staff, this exhibition showcases standout submissions from EAP’s annual photo contests. Through these eye-catching photographs, students share their experiences living abroad with the campus community and highlight how EAP has enriched their undergraduate education at UCSB.

View on site | Email this event

View on site | Email this event

–Elizabeth Robinson, 2024

This exhibition documents the life’s work of Cedric J. Robinson and Elizabeth Peters Robinson, placing it in the global context of the Black radical tradition. The Robinsons were renowned for their seminal scholarship and activism that had wide-ranging influence at UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), in academia, and across many public arenas. The exhibition is drawn from the Cedric J. and Elizabeth P. Robinson Archive (“Robinson Archive”) and supplemented by a variety of materials from other collections in UCSB Library’s Special Research Collections, as well as personal contributions from Elizabeth Robinson.

"[The Black radical tradition is] the continuing development of a collective consciousness informed by the historical struggles for liberation and motivated by the shared sense of obligation to preserve the collective being, the ontological totality."

–Cedric Robinson, Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition, 1983

A deeply influential educator, Cedric Robinson (1940-2016) was a well-known scholar of racial capitalism and the Black radical tradition, and an active participant in political movements, both at home and internationally. For more than 30 years, Elizabeth Robinson has been an educator, social worker, former associate director for media at KCSB-FM radio, activist, and community media producer.

With the 2024 acquisition of the Robinson Archive from Elizabeth Robinson and the Robinsons’ daughter Najda Ife Robinson-Mayer, the Library launched the Post-Custodial, Community-based and Participatory Archives Project. This initiative aims to establish a living archive at UCSB centered on the Black Radical Tradition and the broader field of Black Studies. The Robinson Archive serves as an important anchor for the larger project, and will enable global research, teaching, scholarship, and sociopolitical and cultural activism for future generations.

This exhibition was curated by Yolanda Blue, the Library’s Curator of American and International History, Politics, and Cultures Collections, in collaboration with New York University and UCSB Library staff.

View on site | Email this event

We recognize that many employees are navigating profound layers of stress, grief, or anxiety right now. The Academic & Staff Assistance Program (ASAP) is here for you.

We provide compassionate, inclusive, and confidential spaces to process these experiences, and have opened additional priority sessions to ensure all staff and faculty seeking support can be seen.

Please reach out to us at (805) 893-3318 or email asap@hr.ucsb.edu

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No Tiene Que Cargar Con Esto a Solas

Reconocemos que muchos de nuestros empleados están atravesando niveles profundos de estrés, duelo o ansiedad en este momento. El Programa de Asistencia para Académicos y Personal (ASAP) está aquí para apoyarlos.

Ofrecemos espacios compasivos, inclusivos y confidenciales para procesar estas experiencias, y hemos abierto sesiones prioritarias adicionales para asegurar que todo el personal y los profesores que busquen apoyo puedan ser atendidos.

Por favor, comuníquese con nosotros al (805) 893-3318 o por correo electrónico a asap@hr.ucsb.edu

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The program kicks off in winter with a book giveaway for UCSB students led by the Chancellor, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, and University Librarian, and culminates with a free public talk by the book’s author(s) at Campbell Hall in the spring. Throughout the winter and spring quarters, the Library sponsors a variety of free learning, experiential, and social events to explore the book’s themes. The selected book is also incorporated into the university curriculum for winter and spring, allowing students to explore its themes in an academic context. UCSB Reads is generously supported by many individuals, university departments, and organizations.

This exhibition highlights the history of UCSB Reads since its inception, featuring promotional posters, selected books, custom bookmarks along with testimonials and images of participants engaging with programming throughout the years. UCSB Reads has become a beloved campus tradition that brings together thousands of people every year and demonstrates the power of literature to bridge divides, promote intellectual engagement, and build community.

View on site | Email this event

This exhibition was curated and cosponsored by the Oak Group and the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration, in collaboration with UCSB Library staff.

The Oak Group is one of the first artist groups in the U.S. to combine creativity with conservation. Since 1986, Oak Group artists have exhibited artworks painted on location to raise awareness and funds for open spaces, generating over $3 million in sales to support the preservation of lands for wildlife, recreation, ranching, and farming. The group includes 25 active members and has presented more than 100 exhibitions benefiting over 20 conservation organizations.

The Cheadle Center manages over 340 acres of open space between Ellwood Mesa and Goleta Slough, supporting habitat conservation, upland and wetland restoration, and sustainable stormwater management. These lands form a mosaic of oak woodland, coastal sage scrub, grassland, and wetland ecosystems that sustain high regional biodiversity. The Center also provides critical academic opportunities for UCSB students, including internships, field courses, and independent projects supported by the Research and Monitoring Mentorship Program.

View on site | Email this event

Printers and publishers have reproduced Shakespeare’s words in every possible textual format and in numerous languages. Literary and visual artists have continuously adapted and reinterpreted them in various artforms. Musicians and choreographers have refashioned his stories into opera, ballet, pop songs, and modern dance. Meanwhile, filmmakers, television writers, and videogame creators have transformed them for modern screens. This exhibition explores the many forms and many afterlives of Shakespeare’s art – from a single scrap of his crabbed handwritten text to the digital media of the twenty-first century.

Infinite Variety was co-curated by David Gartrell, the Library’s Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts, and Professor Jim Kearney, Department of English. The exhibition is on display in the Jackie Laskoff Exhibition Alcove, located in the Sara Miller McCune Arts Library (1st Floor, Mountain Side), and is co-sponsored by UCSB Library and the Department of English.

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Spring Dates: Tuesdays from March 24th-May 26th

Time: 12:15-12:35 pm

Location: Online-Zoom link will be provided upon registration

RSVP: https://forms.gle/jytu6XaKVe7AdiGL8

Join us this final series of the academic quarter for Tranquil Tuesdays, a 20-minute drop-in meditation group to support your wellness. Meditating helps promote deep relaxation, creativity, and heightened awareness. Research shows that meditation can reduce stress, enhance focus, and strengthen our overall sense of balance. These sessions will provide a space to explore tools for feeling grounded, nurturing yourself, and being more present in daily life.

Whether you're new to meditation or have an established practice, come and take a moment for yourself in a supportive community setting.

Offered by: The ASAP Psychologist Team

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Curated by EAP staff, this exhibition showcases standout submissions from EAP’s annual photo contests. Through these eye-catching photographs, students share their experiences living abroad with the campus community and highlight how EAP has enriched their undergraduate education at UCSB.

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Released over thirty years later, Wisdom Gone Wild (2022) follows Tajiri’s mother Rose, and her gradual descent into the dream logic of dementia. Tajiri bears witness as Rose collapses past and present and transforms into a time traveler, connecting mother and daughter to both their ancestral lineage and each other in revelatory ways. Made over sixteen years, Wisdom Gone Wild is a radically intimate cine-poem that poignantly reflects on the transformative possibilities of aging, care, and collaborative remembrance.

Following our screening of History and Memory and Wisdom Gone Wild, filmmaker Rea Tajiri will join moderator Kelsey Moore (Film and Media Studies, UCSB) for a discussion of her films.

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Program
The Gettin’ (music: Robert Glasper’s interpretation of We Insist! Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite)
If We Were a Love Song (music: Nina Simone)
2x4 (music: Shelley Washington)

MacArthur Fellow Kyle Abraham is one of the most dynamic and in-demand choreographers working today. A bold, innovative creator, Abraham has crafted works for New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and many more. In this, his 20th anniversary season, Abraham returns with three powerful dances set to the live music that inspired them. Genre-blurring pianist Robert Glasper contributes “The Gettin’,” inspired by Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite. Vocalist Crystal Monee Hall channels the soul of Nina Simone, while saxophonist Shelley Washington scores 2x4, a bold study in contrast. Known for his emotionally charged, socially engaged work, Abraham delivers a powerful portrait of love, loss and transformation – personal, political and deeply human.

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–Elizabeth Robinson, 2024

This exhibition documents the life’s work of Cedric J. Robinson and Elizabeth Peters Robinson, placing it in the global context of the Black radical tradition. The Robinsons were renowned for their seminal scholarship and activism that had wide-ranging influence at UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), in academia, and across many public arenas. The exhibition is drawn from the Cedric J. and Elizabeth P. Robinson Archive (“Robinson Archive”) and supplemented by a variety of materials from other collections in UCSB Library’s Special Research Collections, as well as personal contributions from Elizabeth Robinson.

"[The Black radical tradition is] the continuing development of a collective consciousness informed by the historical struggles for liberation and motivated by the shared sense of obligation to preserve the collective being, the ontological totality."

–Cedric Robinson, Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition, 1983

A deeply influential educator, Cedric Robinson (1940-2016) was a well-known scholar of racial capitalism and the Black radical tradition, and an active participant in political movements, both at home and internationally. For more than 30 years, Elizabeth Robinson has been an educator, social worker, former associate director for media at KCSB-FM radio, activist, and community media producer.

With the 2024 acquisition of the Robinson Archive from Elizabeth Robinson and the Robinsons’ daughter Najda Ife Robinson-Mayer, the Library launched the Post-Custodial, Community-based and Participatory Archives Project. This initiative aims to establish a living archive at UCSB centered on the Black Radical Tradition and the broader field of Black Studies. The Robinson Archive serves as an important anchor for the larger project, and will enable global research, teaching, scholarship, and sociopolitical and cultural activism for future generations.

This exhibition was curated by Yolanda Blue, the Library’s Curator of American and International History, Politics, and Cultures Collections, in collaboration with New York University and UCSB Library staff.

View on site | Email this event

We recognize that many employees are navigating profound layers of stress, grief, or anxiety right now. The Academic & Staff Assistance Program (ASAP) is here for you.

We provide compassionate, inclusive, and confidential spaces to process these experiences, and have opened additional priority sessions to ensure all staff and faculty seeking support can be seen.

Please reach out to us at (805) 893-3318 or email asap@hr.ucsb.edu

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No Tiene Que Cargar Con Esto a Solas

Reconocemos que muchos de nuestros empleados están atravesando niveles profundos de estrés, duelo o ansiedad en este momento. El Programa de Asistencia para Académicos y Personal (ASAP) está aquí para apoyarlos.

Ofrecemos espacios compasivos, inclusivos y confidenciales para procesar estas experiencias, y hemos abierto sesiones prioritarias adicionales para asegurar que todo el personal y los profesores que busquen apoyo puedan ser atendidos.

Por favor, comuníquese con nosotros al (805) 893-3318 o por correo electrónico a asap@hr.ucsb.edu

View on site | Email this event

View on site | Email this event

The program kicks off in winter with a book giveaway for UCSB students led by the Chancellor, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, and University Librarian, and culminates with a free public talk by the book’s author(s) at Campbell Hall in the spring. Throughout the winter and spring quarters, the Library sponsors a variety of free learning, experiential, and social events to explore the book’s themes. The selected book is also incorporated into the university curriculum for winter and spring, allowing students to explore its themes in an academic context. UCSB Reads is generously supported by many individuals, university departments, and organizations.

This exhibition highlights the history of UCSB Reads since its inception, featuring promotional posters, selected books, custom bookmarks along with testimonials and images of participants engaging with programming throughout the years. UCSB Reads has become a beloved campus tradition that brings together thousands of people every year and demonstrates the power of literature to bridge divides, promote intellectual engagement, and build community.

View on site | Email this event

This exhibition was curated and cosponsored by the Oak Group and the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration, in collaboration with UCSB Library staff.

The Oak Group is one of the first artist groups in the U.S. to combine creativity with conservation. Since 1986, Oak Group artists have exhibited artworks painted on location to raise awareness and funds for open spaces, generating over $3 million in sales to support the preservation of lands for wildlife, recreation, ranching, and farming. The group includes 25 active members and has presented more than 100 exhibitions benefiting over 20 conservation organizations.

The Cheadle Center manages over 340 acres of open space between Ellwood Mesa and Goleta Slough, supporting habitat conservation, upland and wetland restoration, and sustainable stormwater management. These lands form a mosaic of oak woodland, coastal sage scrub, grassland, and wetland ecosystems that sustain high regional biodiversity. The Center also provides critical academic opportunities for UCSB students, including internships, field courses, and independent projects supported by the Research and Monitoring Mentorship Program.

View on site | Email this event

Printers and publishers have reproduced Shakespeare’s words in every possible textual format and in numerous languages. Literary and visual artists have continuously adapted and reinterpreted them in various artforms. Musicians and choreographers have refashioned his stories into opera, ballet, pop songs, and modern dance. Meanwhile, filmmakers, television writers, and videogame creators have transformed them for modern screens. This exhibition explores the many forms and many afterlives of Shakespeare’s art – from a single scrap of his crabbed handwritten text to the digital media of the twenty-first century.

Infinite Variety was co-curated by David Gartrell, the Library’s Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts, and Professor Jim Kearney, Department of English. The exhibition is on display in the Jackie Laskoff Exhibition Alcove, located in the Sara Miller McCune Arts Library (1st Floor, Mountain Side), and is co-sponsored by UCSB Library and the Department of English.

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In partnership with the Restorative Justice Program, the Staff Engagement Workgroup invites you to pause, connect, and recharge by joining a Staff Community Building Circle this Winter. These circles offer a supportive space for campus staff to share experiences, listen to diverse perspectives, and strengthen our sense of community. Through guided dialogue, participants will have the opportunity to connect, reflect, and collaborate - fostering a more inclusive and understanding environment for everyone.

Spring Quarter Topic: Appreciation & Recognition
Join us as we explore meaningful ways to show appreciation—not just to those around us, but to ourselves as well. We’ll take a deeper dive into how we can better recognize the incredible work we do, both inside and outside the office. Let’s make time to celebrate each other and our collective impact!

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