New Research Protocol Aims to Prevent Bias

In an effort to clear the smoke that arose from anti-tobacco funding presentations made earlier, the University of California Board of Regents instituted a new policy last week that requires campus re...
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Regents Approve Plan to Increase Faculty Wages

In a vote to make University of California salaries more competitive, the Board of Regents recently passed legislation to bring faculty pay scales up to market level over the next four years beginning...
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Research, Staff Places UCSB at Top

Although its reputation as a party school precedes UCSB, those of you tired of friends' and relatives' jokes will be happy to learn that the university is highly competitive academically.
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UCSB Prohibits Camping on Campus Grounds

In a brief, one-page policy statement issued Friday by the Office of Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, UCSB immediately banned camping on university property.
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Green Ideas Grow at UCSB Conference

Committing to its reputation as one of the most environmentally conscious campuses in the nation, UCSB hosted the sixth annual UC, CSU and CCC Sustainability Conference this week with over 850 people ...
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UCSB’s Foreign Student Policies Endure Criticism

Awaiting a hearing before a judge, UCSB student Yoon Choi remains in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody after she was arrested in an immigration raid last week.
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Students Contest UC’s Support of Nuclear Weapons

Threatening a hunger strike, a group of protesting UCSB students asked campus administrators last night to pressure the regents into severing ties with University of California-managed nuclear researc...
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Earth Day Program To End With Lecture on Global Warming

Author and climate change expert Elizabeth Kolbert will speak at Campbell Hall tonight, just days after the National Wildlife Federation commended the campus for doing its part to slow the effects of ...
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Stewie Doll Brings Students Chance at Television Fame

"If you're able to tear yourself away from your bloody Facebook page for one second, your omnipotent leader has something of grave importance to say!"
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UCSB Students Face Possible Litigation for File Downloading

The Recording Industry Association of America has revealed a new tactic in its war against illegal file sharing aimed at those using peer-to-peer software on college campuses - and two UCSB students h...
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UC Promotes Earth Friendly Practices, Energy Efficiency

In a history-making move, the chancellors of all 10 University of California campuses pledged Wednesday to make their campuses climate neutral as soon as possible.
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Disease Research To Receive Funds

The National Institutes of Health has given a UCSB chemistry professor nearly $2 million in funding to study a new approach to Alzheimer's disease.
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Students Take Action Against Fees

As part of a National Day of Action, two student lobby groups will combine their efforts to curtail proposed college fee increases and education budget cuts by holding a call-in and a postcard petitio...
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Construction Begins on Repairs, Addition to Baseball Stadium

To comply with a new Big West Conference rule as well as to improve facilities for baseball and softball teams, the UCSB Athletics Dept. has announced plans to replace two old batting cages and expand...
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