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A $50 Million Gift Jeff Henley, a UC Santa Barbara alumnus, and his wife, Judy, an honorary alum since 2009, have committed $50 million to UCSB for the Institute of Energy Efficiency and the College of Engineering. Their gift, the largest in the history of UCSB, helps propel the campus toward the $1 billion goal of The Campaign for UC Santa Barbara.

San Clemente Villages Awarded
LEED Double Gold Certification

Verizon Foundation Grant Enables Expansion of Linguistics Project

Director of Materials Laboratory
Wins Centenary Prize for Chemistry

Scientists Take #SciFund Challenge
to Help Fund Research Projects

Degree-Credit Courses Revived
at Extension’s Ventura Center

Fuel for Black Holes By combining the light of three powerful infrared telescopes, an international research team has observed the active accretion phase of a supermassive black hole in the center of a galaxy tens of millions of light years away.

The Campaign for UC Santa Barbara

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Commencement 2012: June 10-17

Piezoelectric Love is described as a "multidisciplinary, multimedia theater experience" exploring the life of Marie Curie, May 11–19.

Weishan Liu, Guzheng virtuoso, plays traditional Chinese music, May 18.

Linda Gordon, author and history professor at NYU, on the politics of women’s health, May 23.

UCSB Percussion Ensemble plays chamber music, May 23.

Ghanaian playwright Ama Ata Aidoo gives the Michael Douglas Lecture,
May 24.

Anowa, a drama by Ghanaian playwrite Ama Ata Aidoo, May 25–June 2.

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