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Are you a student parent? Check out the Fall 2020 CCAMPIS/CALM Parent Talk Series. The series will cover a range of topics, such as how to help your child manage stress related to COVID-19 and strategies for managing difficult behaviors. Read on to learn more!

Join Arts and Lectures (A&L) for two FREE virtual concerts available to UCSB students to watch over the Thanksgiving holiday. Read on to learn more!

Join the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs for a presentation by Dr. Anna Ohanyan on Wednesday, December 2 at noon. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A and discussion. Only registered participants will be allowed entry.

UCSB's Department of Health & Wellness has just introduced a new program called Home Cooking Peers to teach students about cooking simple, healthy, affordable recipes, budgeting, meal planning, and kitchen safety. Students can book a 15 minute or a 25-minute one-on-one Zoom cooking coaching appointment with a Home Cooking Peer to help them improve their cooking skills and confidence. Read on to learn more!

Arts & Lectures is spearheading Race to Justice: an in-depth look at systemic racism from every angle, including abolition, underlying conditions, reparations, criminal justice and more. Interdisciplinary and cross-departmental, this season-long series engages leading activists, creatives, and thinkers to expand our understanding of racism and how race impacts society, and to inspire an expansive approach to advancing racial equality. All UCSB students can access the Race to Justice events for free. Read on to learn more!

Come celebrate the work of Black queer and trans graduate students! We will be showcasing research by Black LGBTQIA+ grad students--come learn and support graduate students from all across UCSB. Sign up to present by November 27th.

The Office of Summer Sessions is looking to hire Teaching Associates from STEM areas to develop courses to be delivered from June 28 – July 23, 2021. These courses will be part of a collection of dynamic research tracks offered in a competitive pre-college outreach program called Summer Research Academies. There are two Teaching Associate positions available for Summer 2021. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, but must be submitted by December 1. Read on to learn more!

The UCSB Women's Center is pleased to announce a new program series: Fridays with Feminists. Each episode will feature feminists leaders and scholars on our campus and in our local community. The inaugural episode will be on Friday, November 20th at 2:30 pm and will feature UCSB's new Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Belinda Robnett. Read on to learn more!

Check out this helpful guide by Anita Stahl, Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Feminist Studies. Anita outlines numerous ways that TAs can leverage tech in order to balance the labor of teaching with course and programmatic goals. Read on to learn more!

Join the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for a special event: "The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. in the Age of Black Lives Matter." The event will take place on Friday, November 20 at 12:00pm. Please RSVP to receive the Zoom link.

Beginning today, UC Santa Barbara is joining other UC campuses in a pilot of California COVID Notify, California’s new, voluntary, smartphone exposure notification system (ENS). California COVID Notify is a joint effort of the University of California and the State of California, with the goal of helping mitigate the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

For first-generation and undocumented students (aka DREAMers and TPS holders), finding funding for graduate school can seem like a daunting or practically impossible proposition--but it doesn’t have to be. Read on to see what kinds of resources are available especially for you here at UCSB and nationally!

The UCSB Individualized Professional Skills (IPS) Program has reopened in a limited capacity for the 2020-21 academic year. To find out more about the program, and the resources we offer for exploring professional development opportunities, join our info session on Tuesday, December 1.

Check out this great opportunity for students to apply for a fellowship from Graduate Fellowships for STEM Diversity (GFSD). GFSD is a partnership between government agencies and laboratories, industry, and higher education. GFSD's goal is to increase the number of American citizens with graduate degrees in the physical sciences and related engineering fields, emphasizing recruitment of a diverse applicant pool. Applications are open through December 15, 2020

Today marks the launch of International Education Week (IEW)! UCSB's Office of International Students & Scholars (OISS) invites you to join them in this week's full offering of events and programs. Check out all of the events being offered!