Month: September 2011

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UCSB Library Receives Thoreau Collection

September 15, 2011 by Emily Hunt

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded the Davidson Library’s Thoreau Edition a grant of $245,000 last month, giving UCSB a 28-volume trove of writings from the famed author and philosopher Henry David Thoreau. The Thoreau Edit...

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I.V. Community Mourns UCSB Student’s Death

September 15, 2011 by Jenna Ryan

Friends gathered at Campus Point Tuesday Sept. 6 to mourn the death and commemorate the life of UCSB student Mark Andrew Romasanta, II. The 22 year-old Santa Barbara native was last seen on the 6600 block of Del Playa Drive at 2:30 a.m. on ...

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Revamped UCen To Welcome Local Shop, Healthy Eateries

September 15, 2011 by Vanessa Angiuli

This Fall, four business spaces within the University Center will close their doors to make way for new on-campus vendors including the Alternative Copy Shop, Subway, Wahoo’s Fish Tacos and Root 217. The Alternative Copy Shop is relocatin...

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UC Deals With Slashed Funding

September 15, 2011 by Patrick Kulp

The UC Office of the President recently released its annual report on UC system-wide employee compensation, highlighting the decline in state funding but also showing an increase in revenue generated by medical centers and research sources....

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UCSB to Welcome New Students at Convocation

September 15, 2011 by Christina Lavingia

New Student Convocation will take place on September 19 from 3 to 4 pm on the Faculty Club Green to welcome freshmen and transfer students to the greater UCSB community of scholars and students. The ceremony will feature speeches from UCSB ...