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UC Santa Barbara’s Top News & Featured Events [UC Santa Barbara’s Top News & Featured Events] [The Current]( May 21, 2024 ▤ Top News [Brenda Major]( [Brenda Major elected to National Academy of Sciences]( A distinguished professor emerita in the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Major was cited for her pioneering and decades-long body of work on the psychological impacts of prejudice and discrimination. [Read more about the honor]( [Actors in full costume onstage for ''Indecent'']( [A dreamlike history play that resonates today]( Theater and Dance will stage Paula Vogel’s “Indecent,” which explores issues of free expression, social attitudes and the persecution of minorities through the lens of a censored 1906 drama. [Read more about the work]( [State Street, Santa Barbara]( [The state of State]( The South County Economic Summit — an annual presentation on local, regional and national economic trends — considered what it might take to rescue Santa Barbara’s flagging State Street. [Read more about the discussion]( [More News]( ▤ Featured Events [The cover of ''Small Spaces: Recasting the Architecture of Empire'']( [Swati Chattopadhyay]( May 21, 2024 The history of art and architecture professor discusses her new book, “Small Spaces: Recasting the Architecture of Empire,” with Prof. Cristina Venegas of film and media studies. [The Jazz Ensemble performs onstage]( [UCSB Jazz Ensemble]( May 22, 2024 The student group presents the concert “Strike Up the Band,” featuring famous works by famous bands, including Thad Jones/Mel Lewis, Maria Schneider, Pat Metheny, Count Basie, Buddy Rich, and Duke Ellington. [José Andrés]( [José Andrés]( May 23, 2024 The renowned chef, restaurateur and humanitarian, founder of World Central Kitchen, appears in conversation for this Arts & Lectures event rescheduled from April. [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.