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UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events [UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events] [The Current]( November 30, 2023 ▤ Top News [Scuba Diver and Kelp]( [Illuminating the benefits of marine protected areas for ecotourism, and vice versa]( Research in California’s Northern Channel Islands provides strong evidence of the benefit of marine protected areas for the recreational scuba diving industry in Southern California and highlights that the diving community should be considered a key stakeholder in decision-making about the future of MPAs. [Read more about the study]( [A hand holds a lightbulb illuminating silhouettes of human heads and gears]( [Nine early-career faculty members receive 2023-24 Hellman Fellowships]( The awards will allow the assistant professors — who show capacity for great distinction in their research — to take risks and gather data to complete research that will take their academic careers to the next level. [Read more about those selected]( [Cynthia De La Rosa]( [In pursuit of racial justice, by way of teaching, research and mentoring]( “Launched in the wake of the killing of George Floyd, this program brings to campus students who continue their passionate commitments to racial justice in the form of teaching, research and mentoring,” said Leila J. Rupp, Interim Anne and Michael Towbes Graduate Dean. [Read more about the Racial Justice Fellows]( [More News]( ▤ Featured Events [UCSB Middle East Ensemble performs onstage]( [UCSB Middle East Ensemble Fall Concert]( December 2, 2023 Scott Marcus directs the ensemble, presenting songs by renowned divas Googosh (Persian) and Roza Eskenazi (Greek) as well as a set of Armenian songs, with special guest dancers Devilla and Aubre Hill. [Poster for ''Bringing Back Our Wetland'']( [Bringing Back Our Wetland]( December 5, 2023 A free screening of Michael Love's film about the restoration of a former Goleta golf course back into a wetland, presented by the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration and the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum. [A headless statue of Christopher Columbus]( [CWC Docs: Stonebreakers]( December 5, 2023 Filmmaker Valerio Ciriaci and producer/cinematographer Isaak Liptzin join moderator Stephanie Malia Hom for a post-screening discussion of their 2022 documentary. [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.