Author To Speak About Creativity’s Role in Education

Educational adviser and New York Times best-selling author Sir Ken Robinson will discuss his newest book Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative at 8 p.m. tonight in Campbell Hall, arguing that West...
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Unresolved Burglary Case Prompts New Discussions on Dorm Safety

The UC Police Department is still searching for the suspect involved in the Feb. 5 burglary at the Santa Catalina Residence Hall’s South Tower. The unknown perpetrator visited and stole over $5,000 ...
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Global Conflict Forum To Inspire Thought

The Herman P. and Sophia Taubman Foundation Endowed Symposia in Jewish Studies will host a visit by leading Middle East relations experts David Makovsky and Ghaith al-Omari today through Wednesday to ...
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Petition Aims to Abolish Tuition in Public Universities

Last week, the state of California granted students at Oakland Unity High School and the Life Academy of Health and Bioscience permission to begin collecting signatures for their proposed ballot initi...
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Ira Glass To Visit Campus

Nationally renowned journalist Ira Glass will speak about journalistic approaches to storytelling and radio production techniques at 8 p.m. tomorrow in Campbell Hall. Glass’ award-winning public rad...
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Lucrative Bid Keeps Coach Through 2015

The UC Regents granted UCSB Men’s Basketball Head Coach Bob Williams a five-year contract with a $39,730 annual pay increase and $235,000 base salary. The new agreement is effective until Aug. 31, 2...
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State Senate Fails to Confirm Anti-Bargaining UC Regent

Former UC Regent David Crane, who served on the Board of Regents since his controversial nomination by former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in December 2010, lost his seat on the board after being de...
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Institute Places UCSB Seventh in Rankings

The Center for Science and Technologies Studies at Leiden University in the Netherlands ranked UC Santa Barbara 7th of 500 major universities worldwide last month, using a scale centered on global sci...
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UCSB Ranked in Top 10 Universities Worldwide

The Center for Science and Technologies Studies at the Netherlands’ Leiden University ranked UC Santa Barbara 7th of 500 major universities worldwide last month, using a scale centered on global...
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Institute Educates Despite Persecution

Prior to receiving his Ph.D. at Princeton University, UCSB postdoctoral physics researcher Pedram Roushan graduated from the Baha’i Institute for Higher Education. The BIHE is an underground univers...
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Hip Hop Star Shares Success Story

Renowned hip hop artist, author, actor and activist Common will speak about his troubled childhood on the South Side of Chicago and the experiences of his diverse career at 8 p.m. tonight in Campbell ...
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Campus Joins Occupy Movement

The Occupy Wall Street movement reached Isla Vista yesterday with a campus teach-in regarding corporate control of the economy and media on the lawn across from the Student Resource Building. The firs...
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Former Gaucho Unveils New Film

Screenwriter, director, film producer and former UCSB student Jeff Nathanson hosted an exclusive prescreening of his upcoming movie “Tower Heist,” starring Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy, last Thurs...
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Renowned Director To Visit Campus

Professional screenwriter, director and film producer Jeff Nathanson will host an advanced exclusive screening of the upcoming film “Tower Heist” at 7 p.m. in UCSB’s Pollock Theater. The film, s...
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Activist Addresses Inequality

Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi spoke at Campbell Hall on Sunday about women’s role in instituting peace and democracy in the Middle East as well as her criticisms of gender inequity...
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