Kristin Crosier

May 22, 2012

LGBT Safety Concerns Prompt Police Department to Conduct New Training

By Kristin Crosier

The Gevirtz School of Education recently announced that the Santa Barbara Police Department has completed its training on safety issues concerning Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transsexual community members. The five-hour t...

May 22, 2012

Professor’s Book Examines Undervalued Professions

By Kristin Crosier

UCSB feminist studies professor and Department Chair Eileen Boris recently released a book analyzing the historical background and ongoing debates over labor conditions for homecare workers in the United States. Caring f...

May 10, 2012

Festival To Illuminate Cultures Through Crafts and Performances

By Kristin Crosier

The Educational Opportunity Program’s Asian Resource Center will host the annual Lantern Festival, a celebration of Asian culture and traditions, on May 10 from 5 to 7 p.m. on the Student Resource Building lawn. The ev...

April 16, 2012

UCSB Faculty Lead, Contribute to Fishy Projects

By Kristin Crosier

Embracing UCSB’s close relationship with marine environments, faculty members are conducting a number of projects designed to analyze and preserve the Pacific Ocean’s ecosystems, with studies spanning from artificial...

April 12, 2012

New Bill Aims to Provide Free Electronic Textbooks

By Kristin Crosier

Legislation seeking to create an open source textbook library for the California’s colleges and universities passed the State Senate Education Committee in its first hearing yesterday. The two bills, introduced by Stat...

April 6, 2012

Arts & Lectures Earns Award for its Dedication to Equality

By Kristin Crosier

The Alpha Resource Center of Santa Barbara recently presented their “Imagine a World” award to UCSB Arts & Lectures for the program’s dedication to accessibility for its patrons. Several members of the Alpha Re...

March 8, 2012

Professor Helps Find Ancient Spherules

By Kristin Crosier

UCSB earth science professor emeritus James Kennett and 15 other researchers discovered 13,000-year-old black mat sedimentary deposits believed to be evidence of Earth’s encounters with extraterrestrial materials. The ...

February 7, 2012

Union, UC Agree on New Pension Plan

By Kristin Crosier

After a year of negotiations, the UC finalized a revised pension plan and health care agreement for employees within the University Professional & Technical Employees-Communication Workers of America union, which cov...

January 31, 2012

Contest Seeks Startup Ideas, Aspiring Entrepreneurs

By Kristin Crosier

Friday is the last day students can register for the UCSB Technology Management Program’s 13th annual New Venture Competition for students to showcase entrepreneurial ideas and inventions for a chance to win over $75,0...

October 27, 2011

Films Enrich Ocean Issue Knowledge

By Kristin Crosier

Twelve UCSB students had the opportunity to study in two of UCSB’s top-rated departments simultaneously through the fifth-annual Blue Horizons Summer Program for Environmental Media. The nine-week program — a collabo...

September 30, 2011

College-Based Coupon Business Launches Mobile Application

By Kristin Crosier

Nationwide college coupon company Campus Special recently unveiled its Campus Special phone application that combines the organization’s online food ordering service and coupon book into one constantly-accessible produ...

September 26, 2011

Revolutionary Method Earns Professor Award

By Kristin Crosier

UCSB assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry Song-I Han received a 2011 New Innovator Award from the National Institute of Health last Tuesday for her work in protein interaction and its link to neurodegenerati...

September 23, 2011

VP of Academic Affairs Announces Retirement

By Kristin Crosier

The University of California Office of the President has begun to implement changes to its administration this academic year as Provost and Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs Dr. Lawrence Pitts announced his pe...

June 2, 2011

UCSB Engineers To Hold Recital for Kenya Relief

By Kristin Crosier

The UCSB chapter of Engineers Without Borders will host a benefit recital at 4 p.m. on Sunday in the Music Building’s Karl Geiringer Hall to help provide clean water for the Kenyan village of Luanda.

May 25, 2011

SB Localized Produce Spurs University Research

By Kristin Crosier

A recent study by UCSB Environmental studies professor David Cleveland and a team of researchers from the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management found that food localization does not necessarily ensure susta...

May 13, 2011

University To Host Relay for Life Event

By Kristin Crosier

Over a thousand students, community members and cancer survivors will convene today at noon at Pauley Track for the launch of UCSB’s annual Relay for Life.