Amber Leitheiser

March 8, 2012

Groups’ Events To Foster Pride in Disabled Community

By Amber Leitheiser

Various campus organizations are collaborating to promote respect and value toward the mentally and developmentally disabled as part of national Learning Disability Awareness Month in March. The university chapters of Be...

February 10, 2012

New Bill Could Provide Students With Financial Aid Options

By Amber Leitheiser

State Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez proposed a plan on Wednesday to provide more scholarship money for middle-class UC and CSU students. If passed, the bill would provide $1 billion to students already receiving need-b...

January 30, 2012

Professor Receives Grant to Study At-Risk Youth

By Amber Leitheiser

Associate professor of sociology Victor M. Rios recently received a $305,019 contribution from the William T. Grant Foundation to study how youths involved in gangs relate to various authority figures in their community....

January 19, 2012

Students Return From Model United Nations

By Amber Leitheiser

Seven UCSB Model United Nations club members recently returned from Argentina after competing against 300 other students worldwide in the Harvard National Model UN-Latin America Conference. The convention took place in B...