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UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events [UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events] [Alternate text]( April 18, 2024 ▤ Top News [Alternate text]( [Computer scientist William Wang receives prestigious early career technical achievement award]( Wang’s considerable work to develop scalable algorithms that are both swift and accurate couldn’t be more necessary. His efforts are being recognized by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Signal Processing Society. [Read more about the achievement]( [Alternate text]( [Pioneering author of Asian American literature to speak at Multicultural Center]( Nationally acclaimed California author Maxine Hong Kingston, who inspired feminist thought as she shaped decades of Asian American literature, will visit campus to talk about writing, family and activism. [Read more about the talk]( [Matthew Unger, Riya Nilkrant, Xuanwei Liang, Isaac Hair, Anika Jena]( [Five UC Santa Barbara undergraduates named Goldwater Scholars]( Established by Congress in 1986 to honor Senator Barry Goldwater, the scholarships are designed to foster and encourage outstanding students to pursue careers in the natural sciences, engineering and mathematics. [Read more about the honors]( [More News]( ▤ Featured Events [UC Santa Barbara Women's Tennis Players]( [Women’s Tennis vs UC Riverside]( April 20, 2024 The Gauchos take on the Highlanders at Arnhold Tennis Center. [José Andrés]( [José Andrés]( April 21, 2024 The chef and philanthropist discusses innovative solutions that use the power of food to inspire change and empower communities. [Rae Wynn-Grant]( [Rae Wynn-Grant]( April 23, 2024 The wildlife ecologist explores the ever-shifting relationship between humans, animals and the earth in the presentation “Wild Life: How Personal Journeys Can Transform Our Roles in Environmental Science.” [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.