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UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events [UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events] [Alternate text]( May 2, 2024 ▤ Top News [Matt Beane with the cover of ''The Skill Code'']( [How to build and protect skills in our modern workplace, a world filled with AI and robots]( Assistant professor Matt Beane‘s new book uncovers ways for workers to remain competent and competitive in an increasingly automated workplace. [Read more about “The Skill Code”]( [An illustration of proteins]( [Researchers reveal a new approach for treating degenerative diseases]( A new paper identifies a protein crucial for breaking down misfolded proteins, a target for treating degenerative conditions like the blinding disease retinitis pigmentosa. [Read more about the findings]( [Cameron Hannah-Bick leads a campus tour]( [Very Important Trees Tour imparts knowledge, inspires appreciation of campus plants]( Greenhouse manager Cameron Hannah-Bick leads the popular walkabout centered on UCSB's trees. A follow-up tour of campus specimen plants, led by emeritus professor Bruce Tiffney, is set for Monday, May 6. [Read more about the VITT]( [More News]( ▤ Featured Events [!Women Art Revolution]( May 2, 2024 A virtual post-screening discussion of the documentary features filmmaker Lynn Hershman Leeson and Letícia Cobra Lima, a Ph.D. candidate in the history of art and architecture, and curator of the exhibition “A Box of One’s Own.” [Ayana Elizabeth Johnson]( May 7, 2024 The marine biologist, policy advisor and writer offers answers to the crucial question: What would the future look like if we forged ahead with all the solutions to actually address the climate crisis? [Thalia Wheatley]( May 9, 2024 As part of the SAGE Center Lectures, the Dartmouth professor explores the neural basis of social networks; how to win friends and influence people; measuring mental coupling in real time; why music moves us; how our brains detect and understand other minds; and how shapes, sounds, human speech and movement all convey emotional arousal. [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.