Richard Lau

April 19, 2010

Orbit Eccentricity Oscillates Climate

By Richard Lau

In a paper published in this month's issue of the journal Nature Geoscience, UCSB geologist Lorraine Lisiecki linked slow but regular warping of Earth's orbit to climate changes over the past million years.

March 30, 2010

Telescope Finds New Gas Giant

By Richard Lau

An international team of astronomers spearheaded by the French space agency, CNES, have confirmed the existence of a planet named CoRoT-9b. Members of this team included scientists from the UCSB-affiliated Las Cumbres Ob...

March 2, 2010

Cybersleuths Seek to Build New Defense

By Richard Lau

Earlier this month, UCSB's Computer Security Group received a grant of $6.2 million from the U.S. Army Research Office to lead an intercampus collaboration to design a security system that can protect the government from...

February 23, 2010

Study Seeks to Reel In Global Fish Problems

By Richard Lau

A group of scientists led by UCSB's National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis and the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University published a policy paper this month, calling for more regulation on ...

January 26, 2010

Scientists Synthesize Blood Cells

By Richard Lau

A team of scientists at UCSB, in collaboration with scientists from the University of Michigan, developed a material that can mimic the biological properties of red blood cells.

January 19, 2010

Fussy Flies Fail to Flourish

By Richard Lau

Biologists at UCSB have found that it is not only possible for females to be too attractive, but that the evolutionary prospects of fruit flies, or Drosophila melanogaster, are being harmed by this problem.

January 19, 2010

Campaign for UCSB Passes Fiscal Target

By Richard Lau

The number of charitable contributions to UC Santa Barbara reached an all-time high last year, resulting in over $40 million in donations.

November 24, 2009

Speculated Supernova Shows Up in Star Data

By Richard Lau

Scientists at UC Berkeley have found a new breed of interstellar explosion -- just as UCSB astrophysicists had predicted.

November 20, 2009

Pupils Await H1N1 Shots

By Richard Lau

Despite a campuswide e-mail announcing the contrary, UCSB currently remains without any swine flu vaccines.

October 20, 2009

Senate Rebukes UC Directors

By Richard Lau

UCSB's Academic Senate passed a resolution last week formally censuring University of California President Mark G. Yudof and the UC Board of Regents for their poor management of the UC system-wide budget deficit.

October 15, 2009

Teachers, Pupils Criticize UC Cuts

By Richard Lau

From discussions about the University of California's budget woes to protests against the executive handling of the crisis, yesterday's teach-in offered a variety of takes on the current fiscal climate.

October 1, 2009

U.N. Association CEO Talks Politics With SB Students

By Richard Lau

Former Ambassador Tom Miller met with students and community members outside Robertson Gym yesterday to discuss the United Nation's evolving relationship with the United States.

September 25, 2009

UC Buildings Go Green

By Richard Lau

Construction on the newest addition to UC Santa Barbara's campus is now complete, just in time for Fall Quarter.

June 4, 2009

Campus Prepares for Week of Graduation

By Richard Lau

Graduation caps are prepped and ready to fly as approximately 4,500 UCSB students await their commencement ceremonies. Starting June 7 and concluding June 14, eight official commencement ceremonies will take place on the...

May 14, 2009

Troupe Places in Top 8

By Richard Lau

Rising fees, a worsening job market and destructive wildfires notwithstanding, UCSB students now have something to laugh at - their very own top-ranked comedy troupe.

April 29, 2009