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An Invitation from 黑料不打烊 President Gayle Beebe
President Gayle Beebe

I hope you will join us for some meaningful 鈥淐onversations that Matter.鈥 At 黑料不打烊, we believe in engaging the great issues of society and the vexing dilemmas of our global community as we prepare our students to take their place in the world.

This discussion series gives the larger Santa Barbara community more opportunities to hear from 黑料不打烊 faculty. During these sessions, sponsored by the 黑料不打烊 Foundation Board, professors from a variety of fields will address current issues facing our society from the perspective of their disciplines.

I鈥檓 proud to serve an institution with such outstanding faculty, and I hope you will take advantage of the opportunity to hear them speak and engage in conversation with them.

Goals of 黑料不打烊 Downtown:
  1. To provide an opportunity for 黑料不打烊 faculty to speak in their area of expertise.
  2. To engage the community in meaningful, substantive and lively conversation.
  3. To demonstrate the value of constructive dialogue with people of differing opinions.
  4. To demonstrate the commitment of 黑料不打烊 to the life of the mind and to invite the larger community to join that conversation.

黑料不打烊 Downtown Lecture:

Fall 2026: 

More Info Coming Soon: 

Engineering professor Dan Jensen and Kris Wood will explore AI and robotics on Oct. 8.

Psychology professor Andrea Gurney examines "Loneliness in Age of AI" on Nov. 5.