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Come feed your mind (and your stomach) at this month's Lunch & Learn event, featuring talks by graduate students in Anthropology and Materials.
Come feed your mind (and your stomach) at this month's Lunch & Learn event, featuring talks by graduate students in Anthropology and Materials. Lunch & Learn events are co-sponsored by the Graduate Division, the Graduate Student Association, and the Library, and you'll enjoy free lunch and a chance to socialize with and learn from graduate students across the campus.
Lunch & Learn
This Edition: Curation and Converting Sunlight
Friday, ​February 10
Noon-1:30 p.m.
Library, Room 1312
Lunch will be provided
*To help us estimate food, ​please RSVP*
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"The UCSB Repository for Archaeological and Ethnographic Collections: Preservation, Outreach, and Research"
Sarah L. Dost Kerchusky
Graduate Student in Anthropology
The UCSB Department of Anthropology has, since the 1950s, housed and curated archaeological and ethnographic artifacts and associated documentation resulting from research conducted in Santa Barbara County, adjacent areas, and further afield. Our primary purpose is to curate in perpetuity cultural objects and related research. In addition, ​they regularly participate in the following five tasks: 1) provide scholars access to collections for new research; 2) lend artifacts to faculty and graduate students for use in classrooms as teaching aids; 3) lend artifacts to faculty, graduate students, or researchers for displays and exhibitions; 4) provide hands-on training and experience opportunities to undergraduate students through an internship program; and 5) host/organize public outreach for school groups K-12 or community events. During this presentation, Sarah will briefly discuss the various contributions the UCSB Repository makes within the campus community, Santa Barbara County, and beyond.
"Toward Ubiquitous Solar Energy: Materials for Low-Cost Conversion of Sunlight to Electricity"
Doug Fabini
Graduate Student in Materials
In this talk, Doug ​will motivate the search for new low-cost materials for the conversion of sunlight to electricity, introduce the halide perovskites as curious and promising candidates, and highlight the approaches and techniques ​they use in Materials to understand the structure and collective behavior of atoms, electrons, and molecules in functional solids.
This event will be moderated by​ ​Rebecca 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.