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UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events [UC Santa Barbara's Top News & Featured Events] [The Current]( February 22, 2024 ▤ Top News [Testing the resistance of bacteria to antimicrobials]( [Researchers develop molecules for a new class of antibiotics that can overcome drug resistant bacteria]( The team in chemistry Professor Guillermo Bazan's lab was trying to develop compounds to harness energy from bacteria. They wound up developing the basis for a new class of antibiotics. [Read more about their work]( [UCSB San Benito Student Housing - Rendered Site Plan]( [University progresses on development plans to expand student housing]( The first phase of the two-part project includes 2,250 new student beds and is expected to be ready for occupancy by the fall of 2027; an additional 1,250 beds are projected to be completed by 2029. [Read more about San Benito]( [Michael Mann]( [Renowned paleoclimatologist Michael Mann on how to survive the climate crisis]( Courtesy of UCSB Arts & Lectures, Mann will appear on campus in a pair of free events that help to launch the UCSB Campus Decarbonization Study Project. [Read more about his visit]( [More News]( ▤ Featured Events [Sona Jobarteh and Taj Mahal]( [Taj Mahal Quartet and Sona Jobarteh]( February 22, 2024 The celebrated blues legend brings his voice and virtuosic multi-instrumentalism to this evening of new world music featuring, in Jobarteh, Gambia’s griot kora sensation. [UCSB Men's Tennis]( [Men's Tennis vs. St. Mary's]( February 23, 2024 The Gauchos take on the Gaels at the Arnhold Tennis Center. [Sullivan's Travels]( [Revisiting the Classics: Sullivan's Travels]( February 24, 2024 Director James Hayman joins moderator Patrice Petro of the Carsey-Wolf Center for a pre-screening discussion of the enduring legacy of Preston Sturges’ 1941 satirical comic masterpiece. [More Events]( ▤ Campus Announcements [President Drake announces new Systemwide Office of Civil Rights]( "This new umbrella office will provide systemwide leadership, guidance and support on issues related to protecting civil rights at our 10 campuses, medical centers, national labs, and the UC Office of the President." ▤ UC Santa Barbara in the News [Los Angeles Times]( • February 21, 2024 [It’s not just toxic chemicals. Radioactive waste was also dumped off Los Angeles coast]( “This is a classic situation of bad versus worse. It’s bad we have potential low-level radioactive waste just sitting there on the seafloor. It’s worse that we have DDT compounds spread across a wide area of the seafloor at concerning concentrations," said David Valentine, whose research team at UC Santa Barbara had first discovered the barrels and sparked concerns of what could be inside.” 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.