A new chapter of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists has been started at UCSB. President and vice president, Fabiola Esqueda and Noey Padilla, sat down to discuss what this organization means to them and the Latinx community on campus.
With a new year comes new leadership for the Walter Capps Center for the Study of Ethics, Religion and Public Life. Greg Johnson, formerly a professor of Religious Studies at the University of Colorado and board member of the American Academy of Religion, assumed the role of Director earlier this month, hoping to increase the Center’s engagement with UCSB’s undergraduate population and focus the Center around contemporary topics such as climate change and the collapse of democracy.
UC Santa Barbara's Philosophy Department boasts the fastest growing Humanities major among undergraduates. Along with three recent faculty hires, new courses such as the Philosophy of Economics have been added to the curriculum and there are plans to keep expanding. In this video by HFA intern Calvin Bruhns, faculty and students describe how Philosophy has become a go-to major to prepare for post-graduate work and professional schools.
Small, individual acts of environmental consciousness ─ while worthwhile for the planet ─ are nothing compared to the massive policy change needed to solve the climate crisis, Northwestern University religion and culture professor Sarah McFarland Taylor told a UCSB audience earlier this month. The Walter H. Capps Center for the Study of Ethics, Religion, and Public Life hosted Taylor, who discussed her book Ecopiety: Green Media and the Dilemma of Environmental Virtue.
UCSB Theatre and Dance professor Delila Moseley gives us a first look into the UCSB Dance Company’s 30th anniversary international tour, in spring 2020.