Rilla Peng

April 27, 2012

Alumni Speakers To Give Students Career Advice

By Rilla Peng

The communication department will host its fourth annual Communication Career Day event tomorrow from 12:30 to 4 p.m. at HSSB. The event will feature 40 communication alumni speakers from organizations including Facebook...

April 24, 2012

Earth Day Sparks Week of Festivities

By Rilla Peng

April 20, 2012

Earth Day Fair To Discourage Fuel Use

By Rilla Peng

Santa Barbara’s annual Earth Day Festival, a celebration of eco-friendly living, will be held in Alameda Park this weekend from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday. This year’s theme, “Mob...

April 18, 2012

Citizens Volunteer Time, Energy for Local Rescues

By Rilla Peng

They save hikers from hypothermia, find children lost in the wilderness, pick stranded explorers off dangerous cliffs — and they do it all for free. The Santa Barbara County Search and Rescue Team, an all- volunteer br...

April 12, 2012

Authorities Take Precautions Against Diseased Tree Outbreak

By Rilla Peng

Agricultural officials warned local citrus-tree owners after discovering evidence of a tiny pest known to carry the disease Huanglongbing on several citrus trees in Los Angeles County. HLB is an insect-borne bacterial di...

April 10, 2012

Budget Cuts Constrain CSU System, Delay Admissions

By Rilla Peng

The California State University system announced that 15 campuses will freeze applications for Spring 2013 and wait-list all applicants until next fall in response to a $750 million budget cut. Admissions for the 2013-20...

March 1, 2012

Impactful Diatom Study Earns Grant

By Rilla Peng

The National Science Foundation awarded Marine Science Institute Assistant Research Biologist Jeffrey Krause a $453,487 grant for his research on the photosynthetic prowess of phytoplankton, which may exceed that of trop...

February 29, 2012

Art Collection Spotlights California’s Casual Living, Iconic Architecture

By Rilla Peng

The UCSB Art, Design & Architecture Museum opened its “Carefree California: Cliff May and the Romance of the Ranch House” and “Catherine Opie Photographs Cliff May” exhibitions this week. “Carefree Californ...

February 24, 2012

UCSB A Capella Group, To Share Expertise with Childrens Chorus

By Rilla Peng

UCSB’s female a cappella group VocalMotion will host a “Rock Capella” workshop with the Santa Barbara Children’s Chorus at 10 a.m. this Saturday at the Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara. During the workshop, Voc...

February 14, 2012

Professor Recognized for Efficiency Research

By Rilla Peng

The National Academy of Engineering awarded UCSB materials, electrical and computer engineering professor Steven DenBaars membership into the prestigious group last week for his improvements to energy efficiency in solid...

February 3, 2012

Cocoa Film Reveals Exploitation

By Rilla Peng

Sociology professor Kum-Kum Bhavnani’s “Nothing Like Chocolate” documentary will screen during the Santa Barbara International Film Festival at 2 p.m. today in the Lobero Theatre. Bhavnani parallels the stories of ...

January 26, 2012

Student-Run Startup To Expand Business

By Rilla Peng

SBprinter.com, a student and alumni-owned storefront, is scheduled to open at the Isla Vista Bookstore early next month. The store provides course readers, pamphlets, business cards and other printing services and will o...

January 20, 2012

Event Brings Cycling Films, Swap Meet to Isla Vista

By Rilla Peng

The international Bicycle Film Festival kicked off yesterday in downtown Santa Barbara with a party and an art show at DNA Studio. The second-annual Santa Barbara installment runs through this Saturday and aims to celebr...

November 21, 2011

Blue Man Group To Take Center Stage in S.B.

By Rilla Peng

The azure entertainers of Blue Man Group will make their Santa Barbara debut at 8 o’clock tonight at the Granada Theatre downtown. The internationally renowned squadron of bald, blue-skinned men combines rock music, tr...

November 10, 2011

Professor To Study Antarctica

By Rilla Peng

UCSB earth science professor John Cottle is part of a research team that will embark on a two-month trip to Antarctica next week to study molten igneous rocks in the TransAntarctic Mountains. The group will maintain a bl...

November 8, 2011

Center Aims To Unify BioEngineering Studies

By Rilla Peng

The UCSB Academic Senate approved plans for the university’s Center for BioEngineering, scheduled to open in 2014 as a juncture for the campus’s fledging exploration into the field. Construction for the project — a...