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UCSB is looking for singers to perform the Alma Mater and National Anthem during the Commencement 2023 ceremonies. Sign up for an audition time by April 21.

Are you interested in learning more about DEIA teaching practices, and finding a community of other like-minded instructors? Come to the Inclusive Teaching Symposium on March 20. The event will feature presentations on current inclusive pedagogy projects at UCSB, lightning talks from DEI Discussions reading group participants, and a Q&A session with Drs. Viji Sathy & Kelly Hogan.

Join University and Community Housing Services on April 5 at 12p via Zoom to learn what housing is available near UCSB for 2023-2024. If you have questions, bring them!

This Thursday at the the MCC Theatre: "Lethal Democracies: Racial Terror and Abolition." This event will feature a screening of the documentary The Mother followed by a panel discussion, "Maternal Black Insurgency."

Join UCSB Library on March 22 at 5pm for "Straight from the Source: The Source Family Archive with Isis Aquarian." This event features a conversation with Isis Aquarian about her life with the Source Family, a commune in Los Angeles in the early 1970s.

What if you had the opportunity to talk about your research any way you wanted to? What is it about your research that motivates you? At Lunch & Learn, we want to know! Presenters are needed for our Summer events, as well as those for the 2023-24 academic year. Sign up to present your research in a fun, informal 15-minute presentation.

Join UCSB's Center for Black Studies Research as they welcome Assistant Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University, Dr. Brandon Ogbunu, for his talk "Mending a Broken Biology: Human Diversity, Disinformation, and a New Way Forward"!

Learn how you can propel your research into a startup and receive a $50,000 grant! The National Science Foundation's Innovation Corps (I-Corps) program is an entrepreneurial training program for university-based STEM researchers and early-stage startup founders with the primary purpose to support the transition of laboratory discoveries into breakthrough innovations.

The Division of Social Sciences and the Department of Black Studies will be hosting UCSB alumna Sarah Eisner '93 and Randy Quarterman, co-founders of The Reparations Project, on March 7 from 4-6p. The talk, which is followed by a reception, will be held at the MultiCultural Center.

The Public Domain Players present to you Finding Jud(a)ea, a brand new play written and directed by Grace Kimball, PhD Student in Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies at UCSB. Finding Jud(a)ea will premiere on March 3 at the Isla Vista Community Center, with additional stagings on March 4 & 5.

UCSB Health & Wellness invites all students -- including graduate students -- to participate in the National College Health Assessment (NCHA) survey. This comprehensive health survey helps H&W learn about the health and wellbeing issues students are experiencing The survey is open until March 3rd.

Join the Center for Black Studies Research (CBSR) on Monday, Feb 27 from 4-5:30pm in South Hall 4603 as they welcome UCSB Psychological and Brain Sciences Professor, Dr. Dan Conroy-Beam, for his talk where he will present a sufficiency test of the "alliance hypothesis" of race! Appetizers and refreshments will be served. The event will also be livestreamed

Join the Center for Innovative Teaching, Research, and Learning (CITRAL) for Coffee with a Prof! The winter visiting scholar is Dr. Jeffrey Bernstein, Professor of Political Science from Eastern Michigan University and Director of the Bruce K. Nelson Faculty Development Center.

CSEP Mentor Leadership Fellow Allison Chau and others will host a scholar-driven series of community building luncheons to provide information and exchange ideas around mentoring. The series kicks off On Mar 1 with a session highlighting mentoring and outreach opportunities available to graduate students and postdocs.

Come join the International TA Appreciation Social on Wednesday, March 1 from 3-4:30p. The focus of the social is "Finding Your Teaching Identity". There will be food and fun activities to help international TAs boost their confidence as teaching assistants.