Mackenzie Gorman

January 28, 2016

Translating Research into Industry

By Mackenzie Gorman

UCSB’s Technology Management Program (TMP) is a rare and unique program that allows students of any major to complement their studies with a certificate in technology management. Essentially, it provides business train...

January 28, 2016

What Is the Cause of Climate Change?

By Mackenzie Gorman

Global warming is often addressed as “climate change” these days, because scientists are attempting to encompass all the phenomena that accompany our planet’s steady increase in temperature. In addition to the warm...

December 23, 2015

Unraveling Secrets of the Mussel Foot Protein

By Mackenzie Gorman

A multidisciplinary team of researchers and faculty at UCSB has made strides in their efforts to develop an underwater adhesive, or glue. By building upon past studies on mussel adhesion, the group has progressed in grea...

November 19, 2015

First Summit Addressing UC Carbon Neutrality

By Mackenzie Gorman

Janet Napolitano announced the goal that all University of California campuses must be carbon neutral by 2025. Carbon neutrality implies that the campuses would have a net zero carbon footprint — the amount of carbon p...

November 12, 2015

UC Aims for Carbon Neutrality by 2025

By Priyanka Shindgikar, Mackenzie Gorman

University of California president Janet Napolitano announced the goal of carbon neutrality at all nine universities by 2025. The Carbon Neutrality Initiative aims to reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emitted from buil...

November 12, 2015

Giant Insect Species are Santa Barbara Newbies

By Mackenzie Gorman

Two species of giant insects have broadened their migration patterns and found their way to Santa Barbara this past week. The giant swallowtail butterfly, Papilio cresphontes, and the giant sphinx moth, Cocytius antaeus,...

November 5, 2015

Promoting Gender Equity in S.T.E.M. Academia

By Mackenzie Gorman

UCSB is one of four California universities recently chosen to split a $750,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). This grant is part of the NSF’s ADVANCE program, which was implemented to increase the r...

October 27, 2015

The Genetic ID Card — A Simple Medical Solution

By Mackenzie Gorman

Imagine that you have developed Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS), and your entire body is under attack. It starts with just a fever, a cough and red eyes, so you don’t really think anything of it. But then, a rash appear...

October 8, 2015

Newly Discovered Parasite Named After UCSB Professor

By Mackenzie Gorman

You may see Armand Kuris, parasitologist and professor in the Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology department, wearing a new T-shirt, which has a picture of the new discovered fish parasite, Chloromyxum kurisi. Team me...