Elliott Wright

May 19, 2014

Best Selling Author Lectures on Impact of World War II

By Elliott Wright

New York Times best-selling author, 2003 Pulitzer Prize winning author and military historian Rick Atkinson discussed the impact of World War II on the United States in the final addition to his trilogy The Guns at Last ...

May 8, 2014

Philip Glass Ensemble Offers Unique Performance

By Elliott Wright

On Wednesday, April 30, the Philip Glass Ensemble performed live alongside Jean Cocteau’s classic film “La Belle et La Bête” in a performance brought to Santa Barbara by UCSB Arts & Lectures. Quite different f...

April 24, 2014

Jennifer Koh Performs at UCSB Arts & Lectures

By Elliott Wright

Last night, acclaimed violinist Jennifer Koh performed “Bach and Beyond: Part III” at Hahn Hall in Santa Barbara as part of UCSB Arts & Lectures’ spring quarter series.

April 23, 2014

Well-Known Violinist Brings Bach Back to SB

By Elliott Wright

Famed violinist Jennifer Koh will perform a celebrated tribute to Johann Sebastian Bach titled “Bach and Beyond Part III” tonight at Hahn Hall in downtown Santa Barbara in an event hosted by UCSB Arts & Lectures.

April 16, 2014

Poet and Singer Collaborate In Campbell Hall

By Elliott Wright

Arts & Lectures will present an acoustic music and poetry event at Campbell Hall titled “Words and Music: An Evening with Billy Collins and Aimee Mann” tomorrow night, featuring former U.S. Poet Laureate and best-sel...

April 11, 2014

UCSB Research Group Analyzes Brazilian Coastline

By Elliott Wright

The National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS), a UCSB-based research institution formed in 1995 funded by the National Science Foundation, recently created the first regionally assessed Ocean Health I...

April 3, 2014

Survey Reveals Campus Comfort Level

By Elliott Wright

UCSB received the highest ratings for overall comfort levels in the 2012-2013 University of California Campus Climate Survey, which had its results released late last month, revealing how students, faculty and other memb...

March 31, 2014

Arts & Lectures Seeks Higher Lock-In

By Elliott Wright

This year, the UCSB Arts & Lectures program is proposing a few changes to their regular program, including a proposed increase to their quarterly lock-in fee to work on a new mobile application that will facilitate ticke...

March 6, 2014

UC Meets Workers Union Demands, Form New Deal

By Elliott Wright

The University of California reached a tentative agreement with the largest UC workers union — American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees 3299 — following a nearly two-year-long labor dispute over U...

March 3, 2014

Sedaris Returns to Santa Barbara For Night of Storytelling, Satire

By Elliott Wright

The Arlington Theatre downtown was filled with fans last Friday night who braved the wet weather to witness Grammy Award winning-nominee satirist and humorist David Sedaris recite old and new material in his sold-out per...

February 25, 2014

Famous Photojournalist Lectures on Career and Human Trafficking at UCSB

By Elliott Wright

National Geographic photographer Jodi Cobb, who was once named White House Photographer of the Year, detailed her experiences as a photojournalist and spoke about modern-day human trafficking to a packed Campbell Hall la...

February 20, 2014

SFG’s Projects Promise Plenty of Fish in the Sea

By Elliott Wright

Marine ecologist and dean of the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management Steve Gaines teamed up with professor of environmental and resource economics Christopher Costello in 2006 to form the Sustainable Fish...

January 27, 2014

UC Calendar To Accommodate Jewish Holidays

By Elliott Wright

January 23, 2014

UC Students Petition Against 2014-15 Academic Calendar

By Elliott Wright

Beginning in the 2014-15 school year, the starting instruction date for any University of California campus with a quarter system will be bumped down to Oct. 2 to avoid conflict with the Jewish High Holy Days of Rosh Has...

January 9, 2014

Obama To Present Prestigious Award to UCSB Faculty

By Elliott Wright

At the start of this year, UCSB Assistant Physics Professor David Weld and Assistant Professor Rouslan Krechetnikov of Mechanical Engineering received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, or ...

January 7, 2014

Gevirtz School of Education Evaluates Effectiveness of Gang Reduction Programs

By Elliott Wright

Researchers from the Gevirtz School of Education recently helped evaluate a $1.5 million grant of state funds awarded to three cities in Santa Barbara County, with these funds intended to reduce youth gang activity.