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Campus News
Temperatures Rising
Achieving the global temperature goals laid out in the Paris Climate Agreement is unlikely, according to research by economist Dick Startzl. Read more about Temperatures Rising
IN: Arts
Screen Gems
UCSB's Blue Horizons programs turns students into documentary filmmakers in just nine weeks. Read more about Screen Gems
Exceptionally Fine-Tuned
The 2017 ShanghaiRanking places UCSB at No. 3 in the world in the field of automation and control. Read more about Exceptionally Fine-Tuned
Total Eclipse of the Sun
Astrophysicist Andy Howell explains a rare occurrence taking place this month across the United States. Read more about Total Eclipse of the Sun
Events
The Spy Who Loved Me
August 9 & 11, 2017
Campbell Hall & County Courthouse
British and Russian nuclear submarines go missing, leading superspy James Bond to battle a shipping magnate intent on creating an undersea kingdom.
Hacking the Craft
August 10, 2017
Art, Design & Architecture Museum
Alanna Bartolini gives a workshop on “binary code, critical making and the social media of knitting.” Materials provided.
Summer Music Festival
August 17-19, 2017
Multiple campus venues
This second annual Music Department event will feature contemporary, world, classical and folk music, with myriad performances and a concert for kids.