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Take a break from your teaching, writing, or researching and join us for the summer's first Lunch & Learn on Wednesday, July 13! This summer, we are featuring even more opportunities for you to feed your brain and your stomach, with L&L events happening twice a month on the second and fourth Wednesdays.
Take a break from your teaching, writing, or researching and join us for the summer's first Lunch & Learn! This summer, we are featuring even more opportunities for you to feed your brain and your stomach, with L&L events happening twice a month on the second and fourth Wednesdays. These events are co-sponsored by the Graduate Division, the Library, and the Graduate Student Association, and you'll enjoy free lunch and a chance to socialize with and learn from graduate students across the campus.
Lunch & Learn
This Edition: Turmoil and Turbidity
Wednesday, July 13
Noon-1:30 p.m.
Library, Sunrise Room
Pizza and salad lunch will be provided
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"Travertine and Turmoil: The Repertory Theater of Lincoln Center"
Daniel Boulos, Graduate Student in Theater & Dance
A few blocks north of Times Square - ground zero of the commercial theater industry - stands the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. In 1964, after years of planning, a theater was born and proffered the hope of finally establishing a permanent National Theater in the United States. However, the Repertory Theater of Lincoln Center, plagued by internal strife and hostile critics, collapsed under the weight of its symbolic importance. Dan will talk about the intersection of urban renewal and cultural production in New York City during the Cold War and how this intersection reflected a "perfect storm" of artistic, civic, and national identity crises.
"Rivers Under the Ocean: How Turbidity Currents Transport Sediment from Our Shorelines to Deep-Water"
Elisabeth Steel, Graduate Student in Earth Science
Turbidity currents are responsible for carrying sand and mud from shallow continental margins to deep-water and they build large submarine fans at the base of the continental slope. These flows are very similar to rivers, although they are underwater, and they can carve canyons in our sea-floor that rival the size of the Grand Canyon. Elisabeth will talk about turbidity currents around the world, but focus specifically on those occurring in the Santa Barbara Channel that are initiated by extreme flooding events on land. She will also show a series of videos from experiments that re-created some of these processes in a swimming pool-sized tank.
This event will be moderated byâ âRebecca Metzger, UCSB Library's Assistant University Librarian for Outreach & Academic Collaboration.
Interested in being a presenter at an upcoming Lunch & Learn? Click here to find out more! If you have any questions about this event or Lunch & Learn in general, please email Shawn Warner-Garcia.