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UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events [UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events] [Alternate text]( January 25, 2024 ▤ Top News [Jody Enders wears a red suit and sits with her published books]( [Jody Enders’s ‘naughty’ French comedies nab prize for translation]( For her translation of raunchy Middle French stage comedies, Enders, a theater historian and professor of French, has won the Lois Roth Award from the Modern Language Association. [Read more about her work]( [Coastal aquifers in southeastern Spain]( [Global groundwater depletion is accelerating, but is not inevitable]( The largest assessment of groundwater levels around the globe found that aquifers are declining worldwide. But a few success stories highlight that proactive management can reverse these trends. [Read more about groundwater interventions]( [A brain, left side monochromatic with gears and pie charts, right side with many colors featuring books and music]( [NSF-supported collaborative project connects culture, creativity and technological innovation]( Funded by a $1.3 million award from the National Science Foundation, the yearlong program at UCSB and UCLA aims to enhance regional strengths in culture and technology, foster U.S. competitiveness in the creative sector and strengthen workforce development. [Read more about the new opportunity]( [More News]( ▤ Featured Events [Susan Straight leans against a rock]( [Susan Straight | Writing Our Californias]( February 1, 2024 The award-winning author and distinguished professor of creative writing at UC Riverside discusses her work and its geographical significance. [Denise Isom sits at a table]( [Sometimes Rugged, Sometimes Nice, and Sometimes Just Plain Mean]( February 1, 2024 Denise Isom, a professor of ethnic studies and chief diversity officer at Cal Poly, discusses the development of racialized gender identity in Black children. [Women's tennis player readies a serve]( [Women’s Tennis vs UC Davis]( February 2, 2024 The Gauchos take on the Aggies at Arnhold Tennis Center. [More Events]( ▤ UC Santa Barbara in the News [Smithsonian]( • Jan. 23, 2024 [Could Sinking Tons of Seaweed to the Ocean Floor Help Combat Climate Change?]( “We desperately need a science-first approach,” said marine scientist David Siegel from the University of California, Santa Barbara. With climate change posing imminent threats, however, some people think delaying action to wait for more research is dangerous. Some companies are forging on. 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.