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If you're staying in town for the holidays, you can still access many of the services at Student Health, and all students have access to the 24-hour Nurse Line for any medical questions or concerns.

Dr. Ruby Mendenhall, Associate Professor at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, will host a colloquium, “Racial Microaggressions in Higher Education: Doing the Difficult Work of Building a Diverse and Inclusive Community” on December 2.

Be sure to stop by the Express Flu Shot Clinics that occur every Friday at Student Health from 1:30-3:30 p.m. Students covered under Gaucho Health Insurance (GHI) receive the flu shot for FREE! Non-GHI students are able to get the shot for $30.

Neko Case, singer-songwriter and member of the New Pornographers, played to a fan-friendly audience at Campbell Hall on Friday, November 18, showcasing her unique voice and low-key charm to an adoring and generous audience.

In celebration of 50 years since the formation of the Black Panther Party, the MultiCultural Center will host artists Emory Douglas and Akinsanya Kambon on Monday, November 14, from 6-8 p.m. in the MultiCultural Center Theater.

Joan Baez merged her folk songs with her strong political views at the UCSB Arts & Lectures concert at the Arlington Theatre to entertain and politically engage her audience in a way that only she can do – and has been doing since the 60s.

Queer graduate students on a boat together watching the sunset – what could be better? Nothing! So be a smart cookie and reserve your free ticket now. Spots are limited.

The new photo essay exhibit, The Other Malecon, features the work of John Paul Gallagher, a photojournalist that documents the lived experiences of people living around El Malecon, a boardwalk area in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Join the LGBTQ+ Grad Mixer on October 17 from 5-6:30 p.m. at the San Clemente Center.

UCSB Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) and the Multicultural Center (MCC) invites all Asian/Asian American (South, South East, East) and Pacific Islander identified undergraduate and graduate students to Supporting Healthy Asian/Asian American Pacific Islanders (HAPPI).

The Granada Theatre was filled with the sound of Western Swing last Thursday night as UCSB Arts and Lectures hosted The Time Jumpers to charm the citizens of Santa Barbara with their smooth sound and low-key style.

Grad school can be rough. But you don't have to figure it out all on your own. CAPS's "Riding the Wave" workshop series will provide practical information and engaging discussions as well as individualized exercises to personalize your experience.

If you want to ​stay informed of what's going on this week and every week, check out these links for fun and useful events going on at UCSB.

Health & Wellness will be offering free 10​-minute chair massages in the GSA Lounge on Wednesday, October 5, from 12:30-3:30 p.m.

Do you ever feel stressed or have anxiety from your graduate program? Do you find yourself needing to talk someone about what you are ​going through? Then the Hosford Counseling and Psychological Services clinic may be a great option for you!

If you're free this weekend, take a trip ​down town to the Old Mission to check out the 2016 ​I ​Madonnari street painting festival.

Getting a good microbrew in Goleta ​is getting easier and easier. So if you don’t fancy ​th​at super "long" drive to downtown Santa Barbara for a brew, then try one of the four microbreweries close to campus.

The cookoff competition is open to graduate students, faculty, and staff of any department. There are four categories of competition (Meat, Vegetarian, Cornbread, and Best Presentation*), and 1st and 2nd place prizes will be awarded by the votes of all those who eat.

Artwork from 2016 MFA graduates Emily Baker, Vanesa Gingold, Morgan McAllister, Tom Pazderka, George Sanders, and Shannon Willis will be on display at an exhibition and reception at the UCSB Art, Design, & Architecture Museum.

Dr. Emin Gün Sirer will be discussing the future of Bitcoin and electronic money on May 18 through the SAGE Center.

CAPS will be closed from December 14 through January 2, but phone consultations and counseling is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year at 805-893-4411.

This past weekend was the much-anticipated Fall Dance Concert, featuring the work of three student-choreographers, a guest choreographer, and two UCSB faculty members. ​The theme of the show was Double Exposure: revealing, relating, responding.

Take a much-needed break before finals week and support UCSB's incredible dancers in their Fall Dance Concert titled "Exposure: Revealing, Relating, Responding," happening on December 2 and 3.

Interested in being a Graduate Resident Assistant (RA) for the 2017-2018 school year? Come to this info session on Monday, November 28, at 7 p.m. in the San Clemente Center! Attending the session does not obligate you to apply and non-attendance does not disqualify you from applying.

Join ​the MultiCultural Center as Gamelan Sekar Jaya offers a scintillating performance of Balinese music and dance, complete with gongs, flutes, metallophones of bronze and bamboo, fluttering fingers, and the powerfully-determined expressions of golden-clad dancers.

Join the UCSB MultiCultural Center for a free discussion ​this afternoon called "The 2016 Election – The Day After: What's Next? Where Do We Go From Here?" The event will be held from 3:30-5 p.m. in the MCC Theater.

The conference is organized by UC-Mexicanistas, an intercampus research association of faculty and former students developing scholarship in the areas of Mexican literature, culture, and history. The first session begins Thursday, November 10, at 5 p.m. in the Multicultural Center Theater.

Join Health & Wellness for a workshop on how to stress less in graduate school! The workshop will be held next Thursday, November 3, immediately following the Graduate Writers' Room and will feature free snacks and giveaways.

Come to a lecture that explores how ethno-racial communities and women's groups can use elections to build power!

Join Health & Wellness for free ice skating on Tuesday, October 18!

Join the Latinx Graduate Student Mixer on October 10 from 5-6:30 p.m. at the San Clemente Center.

After maximizing your productivity in the Graduate Writers' Room next Thursday, be sure to check out Health & Wellness's first graduate student workshop of the quarter, "You Can Sleep Better: The Science of Sleeping Better in Grad School." Featuring free snacks and giveaways!

Please join the UCSB Graduate Chapter of the Society for the Advancement of Chicano and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) for their "Welcome Back BBQ."

Join us at the San Clemente Center for refreshments and mingling with new and returning black grads and staff.

CAPS currently has 1-2 spots for graduate students interested in joining their process groups, which are designed for students who want to explore ways to build intimacy, work on the interpersonal aspects of anxiety and depression, and become more aware of their actions and communication styles.

The UCSB Student Health Center will be offering flu shots at their upcoming Flu Shot Clinics, starting September 30. It's free with your Gaucho Health Insurance (GHI) or it costs $30 without GHI.

In the mood for some seafood? Three seafood-loving graduating master's students who are researching how and why people purchase seafood are looking for you and your appetite.

Come to the end-of-the-year show "White Noise" by the Media Arts and Technology program. ​See the showcase of new graduate student and faculty work connecting emergent media, computer science, engineering, architecture, electronic music, haptics, and digital art research.

Classics Ph.D. student Derek Haddad reviews the Theater and Dance play within a play, "Too Much Water."

The first-year MFA students at UCSB ​will present their work to the public at an exhibition in the Red Barn. Six artists will be featured in this show: Rose Briccetti, Marcos Christodoulou, Yumiko Glover, Sunny Samuel, Peter Sowinski, and Scotty Slade Wagner.