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August 2025

Dear UCSB Affiliates,

Summer may be wrapping up, but that doesn’t mean the fun has to!

To kick off our fall programming, the Affiliates are partnering with UCSB’s Naked Shakes for Shakespeare & Snacks on Campus! Get swept away by a stormy tale of magic, revenge, love, and redemption as the award-winning UC Santa Barbara’s Naked Shakes bring Shakespeare’s mystical masterpiece, The Tempest, to life. We invite you to join for an opening act of light fare, good company, and chance to hear from Naked Shakes director, Irwin Appel. Parking will be available in Lot 23.

Stay tuned as we continue to highlight more opportunities to connect, learn, and explore all that UCSB and the greater Santa Barbara community has to offer. In the meantime, if you have any questions or ideas about future Affiliates events, email affiliates@ia.ucsb.edu.

We hope you enjoy the latest issue of the Affiliates Newsletter!

Until next time,

The UC Santa Barbara Affiliates Board

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Shakespeare & Snacks with the UCSB Affiliates & Naked Shakes

Saturday, September 6, 2025
Commencement Green

3:30 PM - UCSB Affiliates Picnic
5:00 PM - Naked Shakes Performance

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UCSB Alumni Day of Service

Saturday, September 20, 2025

Don’t miss the chance to do a good deed, the UCSB Affiliates are planning a beach clean-up! Stay tuned for more details. Whether you join the group, plan a solo service activity, or volunteer virtually—we're looking forward to a meaningful Day of Service!

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Highlights from Campus & Community

UCSB Reads 2026

Join the UCSB Library in celebrating 20 years of UCSB Reads, the award-winning campus and community-wide common book program.

Check out the shortlist of titles under consideration for UCSB Reads 2026, the selected book will be annouced in the Fall!

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UCSB Summer Film Series: Isle of Dogs

Friday, August 15, 2025, 8:30 PM
Santa Barbara County Courthouse

UCSB Arts & Lectures FREE film series has something for everyone. This Friday they will be showing Wes Anderson's Isle of Dogs.

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She.Is.Beautful Santa Barabra 5K/10K

Saturday, September 6, 2025

The She.Is.Beautiful Santa Barbara 5K/10K race benefits local nonprofit Girls Inc. of Greater Santa Barbara. Want to organize or join a UCSB Affiliates team? Let us know by filling out this interest form.

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Sedgwick Reserve Barn Dance

Saturday, September 27, 2025
Sedgwick Reserve

4:00 - 5:00 PM - BBQ
5:30 - 7:00 PM - Square Dancing

Celebrate over 25 years of world-class research, education, and environmental stewardship.

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News from UC Santa Barbara

Join the movement to defend UC

Last week, the Trump Administration demanded a $1 billion settlement from UCLA after previously freezing $584 million in research grants. It was an unprecedented attack on public higher education.

The impact of this demand goes far beyond UCLA. It's designed to devastate the entire University and to hinder our ability to carry out our transformative work in education, health care, and research across California and the nation.

Stand Up for UC - join the campaign

Kat Beheshti earns early career distinction for contributions to coastal science and resource management

The ecologist, who studies how plants and animals respond to newly created or restored habitat, has earned the Cronin Early Achievement Award from the Coastal & Estuarine Research Federation.

Read more about the honor

On the road to success: Gaucho Racing competes at the Michigan International Speedway

A UCSB undergraduate club that gives engineering students a real-world taste of the automotive industry, and the repertoire to explore its many facets for future careers.

Read more about Gaucho Racing

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