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UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events [UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events] [UC Santa Barbara]( April 13, 2023 Top News [Small Insect, Big Impact]( The productivity of brine flies is tied to overall health of salt lake ecosystems; both are in decline. [Read more about the challenges facing salt lakes ▶]( [Maria Ressa in the reflection of a rear-view mirror speaks on a cell phone]( [To Question Authority]( The Carsey-Wolf Center screens a documentary featuring Nobel Prize-winning journalist Maria Ressa, who will visit campus next month. [Read more about “A Thousand Cuts” ▶]( [An aerial view of a fire approaching a forest]( [Wildfires and Animal Biodiversity]( Naturally fire-prone ecosystems tend to have more species of birds and mammals, a new study reveals. [Read more about the role of fire ▶]( [More News]( Featured Events [Elisabeth Ayuk-Etang]( [Cameroon's Past, Present & Post-Civil War]( April 20, 2023 Elisabeth Ayuk-Etang, a Scholar Rescue Fund fellow and a professor of African and feminist literature, discusses the Cameroon Anglophone crisis from an academic perspective. [The Ukulele Orchestra holding ukuleles in front of their faces]( [George Hinchliffe’s Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain]( April 22, 2023 With punk rock sensibilities and restrained British humor, this eight-piece band of expert strummers and singers performs at Campbell Hall. [The six members of Artemis]( [ARTEMIS]( April 23, 2023 The international ensemble of modern jazz masters draws from new compositions written expressly for them, and from classics by Lee Morgan, Thelonious Monk and Wayne Shorter. [More Events]( [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 © 2023 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})