Events Archive
2021
- May 5, 2021: "Don’t talk yourself into an early grave! Intergroup and personal challenges of ageing successfully" Presented by UCSB Professor Emeritus Howie Giles Department of Communication. Hosted by Bill Ashby
- May 12, 2021: "The Earth Will Never Look the Same to You Again" Presented by Professor Emeritus Art Sylvester. Hosted by Dan Little.
- November 7, 2021: "The UC Santa Barbara Natural Reserve System: Our Living Laboratories for Research, Education and Public Service" Presented by Marion Wittman (Executive Director, Earth Research Institute). Hosted by Loy Lytle.
2022
- February 16, 2022: "Soil Nutrient Diversity on Volcanic Pacific Ocean Islands: Implications for Polynesian Land Use and Global Terrestrial Productivity" Presented by Oliver Chadwick (Emeritus Professor, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies Program). Hosted by Dan Little.
- April 13, 2022: "Prospero Serafin Baca: The Irrepressible Folk Poet of New Mexico" Presented by Francisco A. Lomeli (Distinguished Professor in both Chicana/o Studies and the Spanish & Portuguese Department, and Edward A. Dickson Emeritus Professor). Hosted by Simon Williams.
- May 18, 2022: "Diminished Adolescent Well-Being During the COVID-19 Pandemic" Presented by Mike Furlong (Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Counseling, Clinical and School Psychology and Edward A. Dickson Emeritus Professor). Hosted by Dorothy Chun.
- November 17, 2022: "Ukraine and Russia - Implications for the World Economy" Presented by Benjamin Jerry Cohen (Emeritus Professor, Political Science, and Louis G Lancaster Professor of Intl Political Economy). Hosted by Neil Narang.
- December 15, 2022: "60 Years of UCEAP" Presented by Vivian-Lee Nyitray, UCEAP - UC Education Abroad Program - Associate Vice Provost and Executive Director. Hosted by Hsiu-zu Ho.
2023
- February 9, 2023: "How a Comet Impact 12,800 Years Ago Changed Natural and Human History Forever" Presented by James Kennett, Professor Emeritus, Department of Earth Science and Marine Science Institute. Hosted by Professor Emeritus, Oliver Chadwick.
- May 4, 2023: "Cockroaches and Superheros: An English Professor in Copyright Court" Presented by Mark Rose, Professor Emeritus, Department of English. Hosted by Professor Emeritus, Simon Williams.
- May 17, 2023: "Higher Education in 2050: A Tale of Four Futures?" Presented by Christopher Newfield, Professor Emeritus, Department of English, Hosted by Dean Charles Hale.
- May 22, 2023: "Policing in Santa Barbara, Including the New Oversight Model" Presented by Kelly Ann Gordon, SB Chief of Police. Hosted by Shawn Hill.
- November 14, 2023: "Village Movement CA Incubator Project" Presented by Carolyn Ross, Director of Strategic Initiatives. Hosted by Professor Emerita, Muriel Zimmerman.
2024
- January 18, 2024: "The California Grizzly, Yesterday & Today" Presented by Professor Peter Alagona. Hosted by Professor Emeritus, Scott Cooper.
- February 27, 2024: "Outcast at the Gate" Presented by Dickson Emeritus Professor, Joel Feigin, and Brandon Rolle, Ph.D. Hosted by Professor Emeritus Bill Ashby.
- March 12, 2024: "Why Unions Matter" Presented by Dickson Emeritus Professor, Nelson Lichtenstein. Hosted by Professor Emerita Pat Cohen.