Juliet Bachtel

May 19, 2015

Psychologist To Discuss Healing

By Supriya Yelimeli, Juliet Bachtel

UC Santa Barbara Academic & Staff Assistance Program (ASAP) Senior Consultant and Psychologist Beth Cohen will hold a discussion on psychological healing titled “The Impact of the Isla Vista Tragedy: One Year Later” ...

May 13, 2015

Art Installation To Light Campus

By Supriya Yelimeli, Cheryl Sun, Juliet Bachtel

Media Arts Technology (MAT) Program professor Marcos Novak, Academic Senate Chair and sociology professor Kum-Kum Bhavnani and Academic Senate Vice-Chair and physics professor Omer Blaes will host “Community Remembranc...

May 7, 2015

Guerry Awards Honor Efforts of Community Police

By Cheryl Sun, Juliet Bachtel

For their responses to the events of May 23 last year, Santa Barbara Co. Sheriff’s Department (SBCSO) deputies and UCSB Police Department (UCPD) officers were commended at the 46th annual H. Thomas Guerry Awards Ceremo...

May 5, 2015

Locals Gather to Raise Awareness for the Houseless

By Juliet Bachtel

“The kids don’t care and will run over you with bikes and you’re constantly living in a state of fear from being attacked or mugged or raped by anyone. The people here don’t give a damn about us.”

April 30, 2015

Festival To Celebrate Music, Art and Love

By Juliet Bachtel

Isla Vista Community Relations Committee (IVCRC), Associated Students Program Board and I.V. Recreation and Park District (IVRPD) will host the annual Chilla Vista music and arts festival from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. on May 9 i...

April 27, 2015

Prof. To Talk on Malware, Cybersecurity

By Juliet Bachtel

UCSB computer science professor Giovanni Vigna will give a lecture titled “The Evolution of Malware” in the Pacific View Room tonight at 4 p.m. as part of the Davidson Library’s Pacific Views: Library Speaker Serie...

April 19, 2015

Fraternity Brothers Walk a Mile in Heels

By Juliet Bachtel

The Sigma Pi and Kappa Sigma fraternities hosted Walk a Mile in Her Shoes Friday night, leading a march from Storke Tower to Embarcadero Hall as part of a movement to end rape, sexual assault and gender violence.

April 16, 2015

Kerman Speaks at Campbell

By Juliet Bachtel

Author of Orange is the New Black encouraged students to push for jail reform last night

April 9, 2015

New Arbor Mural Assembled

By Juliet Bachtel

Students for Justice in Palestine erect mobile mural, sparking West Bank, Gaza Strip debate

April 8, 2015

Author Lectures on Social Pressure of Technology

By Juliet Bachtel

Writer and fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia Matthew B. Crawford gave a lecture on modern technology and the mind Tuesday night in Campbell Hall.

April 6, 2015

Lecture Talks About Reintroducing Extinct Animals

By Juliet Bachtel

The UCSB Interdisciplinary Humanities Center (IHC) hosted a talk on the possibilities of resurrecting extinct life by Oliver A. Ryder titled “Conservation, De-Extinction, and the Future of Life” in the HSSB McCune Co...

April 2, 2015

SB Leader in Saving Water, AP Study Finds

By Juliet Bachtel

In a study done by the Associated Press of data published by the State Water Resources Control Board this month, Santa Barbara was found to be a leader in water conservation among cities in Southern California.

March 5, 2015

UCSB Muslim Students Discuss Discrimination

By David Jackson, Juliet Bachtel

Gauchos of Islamic faith and/or Middle Eastern descent open up about the effects of the Department of Homeland Security's recent Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) program and other international events that have shaped ...

February 26, 2015

Former US Ambassador Gives Lecture on Foreign Policy

By Juliet Bachtel

Former U.S. ambassador to Morocco Marc Ginsberg and previous executive director at the American Task Force on Palestine Ghaith al-Omari presented a lecture in Campbell Hall about U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East on...

February 18, 2015

Study Measures Plastic Thrown in Ocean

By Juliet Bachtel

As much as 12.7 million tons of plastic waste have been dumped into the ocean every year according to research by UCSB’s National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) published Thursday in the academic ...

February 12, 2015

Waive Goodbye to Your Financial Aid

By Juliet Bachtel

The Financial Aid Office has recently proposed a plan to reduce financial aid benefits to students who waive the Gaucho Health Insurance (GHI) for the 2015-2016 academic year.