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UC Santa Barbara’s Top News & Featured Events [UC Santa Barbara’s Top News & Featured Events] [Alternate text]( April 2, 2024 ▤ Top News [Farmland]( [Small changes can yield big savings in agricultural water use]( California's $59B agricultural industry faces challenges from climate change and water scarcity. However, simple changes could save water, potentially avoiding more extreme measures. [Read more about the strategies]( [Mayra Puente]( [Mayra Puente recognized for ‘Platicando y Mapeando’ educational research methodology]( The assistant professor at the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education received the American Educational Research Association's Division J Outstanding Publication Award. [Read more about the honor]( [Matthew Schoen carries a pair of shoes over his shoulder]( [Environmental Leadership Incubator project launches campus shoe drive]( With an eye toward a more sustainable future, second-year environmental sciences major Matthew Schoen hopes to give new life to old shoes. [Read more about the initiative]( [More News]( ▤ Featured Events [Monks from Drepung Monastery]( [Tibetan Buddhist Sand Mandala Painting]( April 2-6, 2024 Six monks from the Drepung Monastery in India construct a sand mandala on campus. [Mhoze Chikowero and Neo Lekgotla Ramoupi]( [Echoes Across the Limpopo]( April 3, 2024 History professor Mhoze Chikowero and scholar Neo Lekgotla Ramoupi of the University of Free State, South Africa, discuss Azania & Zimbabwe musics of self-liberation. [Martie Haselton]( [Martie Haselton]( April 4, 2024 The professor of communication and psychology, of the Institute for Society and Genetics at UCLA, speaks as part of the ongoing SAGE Center Lecture Series. [More Events]( Explore [Arts]( [Science & Technology]( [Society & Culture]( [Campus & Community]( [Events]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Vimeo]( [LinkedIn]( [RSS Feeds]( Choose the emails you would like to receive by [managing your preferences](. If you do not wish to receive any emails from UC Santa Barbara Institutional Advancement (this includes event invitations, newsletters, networking opportunities and stories of philanthropy), you can [opt out of them ALL](. Got this as a forward [Sign up]( to receive our future emails. View this email [online](. UC Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara, CA 93106 US This email was sent to {EMAIL}. To continue receiving our emails, add us to your address book.