Mackensie Minniear

October 5, 2012

UCSB Engineering Assistant Professor Wins Award For Research on Coffee Spillage

By Mackensie Minniear

UCSB mechanical engineering assistant professor Rouslan Krechetnikov was selected for the 2012 Ig Nobel Prize for studying the physics behind “coffee sloshing” during the 22nd annual award ceremony at Harvard Univers...

June 2, 2011

Campus Staff Discuss Construction Plans

By Mackensie Minniear

The UCSB Management Service Officers and Business Officers discussed a range of topics including the implementation of a new UCSB financial system and ongoing campus construction at their quarterly meeting yesterday in C...

May 27, 2011

Students Showcase Visual Creations

By Mackensie Minniear

The 20th annual UCSB Reel Loud film festival will feature a series of student-made movies at 8 p.m. tonight in Campbell Hall. The event will open at 6 p.m. with local art displays and live musical performances from UCSB ...

May 16, 2011

Extravaganza Brings Rusko, Cee Lo to SB

By Mackensie Minniear

Thousands of UCSB students, faculty and staff piled into Harder Stadium yesterday for Associated Students Program Board’s annual Extravaganza music festival. This year’s lineup incorporated a range of genres and feat...

April 20, 2011

UCSB Makes Playboy List

By Mackensie Minniear

UCSB is ranked No. 10 on Playboy’s annual “Top Ten Party Schools” list, dropping two spots from last year. The campus was first noted in the magazine in 2002, coming in at No. 22, before claiming second place in th...

March 4, 2011

University To Host County Grade School Science Fair

By Mackensie Minniear

Ingenuity will be erupting at the 56th annual Santa Barbara County Science Fair today at UCSB’s Corwin Pavilion.

February 22, 2011

Floatopia, Extravaganza Talks Begin

By Mackensie Minniear

The Office of Student Life met last Friday to discuss the university’s involvement in upcoming campus and community-wide events.

February 18, 2011

Student Films Break Tension

By Mackensie Minniear

UCSB’s Recreational Sports Dept. recently released the first installment of the “Study Break” video series on gauchosplay.com, hoping to offer some comedic relief to a studious student body.

February 17, 2011

Audit Reveals Flaws in Accessibility of UC Records

By Mackensie Minniear

The University of California system has received a failing report card in a statewide public records transparency audit.

February 15, 2011

UCSB Collection Commemorates Past Presidents

By Mackensie Minniear

In honor of Presidents’ Day and Ronald Reagan’s 100th birthday, the Davidson Library will host a special exhibition on American presidents.

February 3, 2011

Distinguished Duo To Host Debate on State of Academic Freedom

By Mackensie Minniear

Academic scholars Cary Nelson and Stanley Fish will host the eighth annual Arthur N. Rupe Debate in Campbell Hall today at 8 p.m. to discuss the role of academic freedom in higher learning.

January 7, 2011

Santa Barbara EAP Scholars Soar in Numbers

By Mackensie Minniear

More students from UCSB studied abroad last year with the Education Abroad Program than from any other UC campus.

January 4, 2011

Science Awards ‘Breakthrough of the Year’ to UCSB Researchers

By Mackensie Minniear

A quantum device designed by a group of UCSB physicists has recently been named the 2010 Breakthrough of the Year by the journal Science.

November 24, 2010

Study Explores Sex-Related Drug Preferences in Rodents

By Mackensie Minniear

UCSB psychology graduate student Kerri Kerstetter recently found that female rats prefer a cocaine high to a food coma.

November 18, 2010

Professor To Gain Award

By Mackensie Minniear

UCSB sociology professor Nikki Jones will receive the New Scholar Award from the American Society of Criminology for her research on aggression in adolescent females.

November 15, 2010