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UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events [UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events] [UC Santa Barbara]( March 16, 2021 Top News [An Ancient Mystery]( With support from the Moore and Simons foundations, scientists advance their study of the origins of eukaryotic cells. [Read more about eukaryotes ▶]( [State Street, Santa Barbara]( [A Stroll up State Street]( The Economic Forecast Project takes a block-by-block walk. [Read more about the EFP ▶]( [Concept illustration of a water purification membrane]( [Computing Clean Water]( Researchers’ computational methods pave the way for next-generation membrane technology that will aid water purification. [Read more about fouling-resistant membranes ▶]( [More News]( Featured Events [Beethoven]( [Beethoven CellObration!]( March 16, 2021 Professor Jennifer Kloetzel and the Cello Squad celebrate Beethoven’s 250th birthday with movements from his works, featuring visuals by Tyler Scrivner. [Victor Bell]( [The Virtual Gospel]( March 17, 2021 The Gospel Choir presents an evening of music and history directed by pastor Victor Bell. [Still from ]( [Ensemble for Contemporary Music]( March 18, 2021 Composer and pianist Sarah Gibson directs a presentation of six new student pieces to accompany Georges Méliès’ silent film, "Le Voyage à travers l'impossible.” [More Events]( Campus Announcements [UC secures landmark open access deal with world’s largest scientific publisher]( UC has announced a pioneering open access agreement with Elsevier, the world's largest scientific publisher, making significantly more of the University's research available to people worldwide — immediately and at no cost— at a time when international collaboration to fight COVID-19 has illuminated the value of open access to scientific findings. [Read More ▶]( UC Santa Barbara In The News [CNN]( [Biden's toughest test on economic inequality will be reinvigorating the labor movement]( For the Democratic left, President Joe Biden's mammoth victory on Covid relief has inspired new hope of rebalancing America's increasingly unequal economy. [Read More ▶]( [Arts]( | [Science + Technology]( | [Society + Culture]( | [Campus + Community]( | [Athletics]( | [Calendar]( [UC Santa Barbara]( Connect with Us: [FB icon]( [Twitter icon]( [Vimeo icon]( [LinkedIn icon]( [YouTube icon]( [RSS icon]( Copyright © 2021 The Regents of the University of California. All Rights Reserved. Share this email: [Email]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [LinkedIn]( 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]( using TrueRemove® 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.]({EMAIL})