Orbit Eccentricity Oscillates Climate

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 ...
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Telescope Finds New Gas Giant

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-affil...
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Cybersleuths Seek to Build New Defense

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...
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Study Seeks to Reel In Global Fish Problems

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...
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Scientists Synthesize Blood Cells

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.
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Fussy Flies Fail to Flourish

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 pr...
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Campaign for UCSB Passes Fiscal Target

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

Scientists at UC Berkeley have found a new breed of interstellar explosion -- just as UCSB astrophysicists had predicted.
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Pupils Await H1N1 Shots

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

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 bud...
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Teachers, Pupils Criticize UC Cuts

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 climat...
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U.N. Association CEO Talks Politics With SB Students

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.
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UC Buildings Go Green

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

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 wi...
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Troupe Places in Top 8

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.
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