Sabrina Ricci

November 28, 2007

UCSB Dean Wins Award for Water Quality Findings

By Sabrina Ricci

With projects spanning the globe, Bren School of Environmental Science and Management Associate Dean John Melack's work on water quality has recently earned him a national fellowship.

November 7, 2007

Physics Professor Receives Fellow Award for Research

By Sabrina Ricci

As a kid, Jeffrey Richman spent a lot of time around both particle accelerators and dockyards.

October 9, 2007

Physicists Snap Images of Tiny Galaxy

By Sabrina Ricci

Using Albert Einstein's cosmic magnifying glass, UCSB researchers have spied one of the smallest known galaxies in the universe.

October 2, 2007

Research Dive Reveals Forgotten Kelp Forests

By Sabrina Ricci

Although $100,000 worth of equipment was damaged during their expedition in the Pacific Ocean west of Ecuador, a crew of UCSB graduate students made a surprising discovery this past year when they found several forests o...

May 7, 2007

Business Fair Focuses on Entrepreneurship

By Sabrina Ricci

A few students and a gaggle of innovators spent Cinco de Mayo in Corwin Pavilion at the Small Business Success Forum, which featured local politicians and business owners.

April 12, 2007

Individual Illegally Throws Out Copies of UCSB Newspaper

By Sabrina Ricci

An unidentified male took over 100 copies of the Daily Nexus yesterday from the stand in front of the Buchanan Hall coffee cart, throwing some away and bagging the rest.

March 7, 2007

Group Seeks to Diversify UC System

By Sabrina Ricci

In 2006, only 6.2 percent of California-resident African American students and 6.5 percent of Latino students were eligible for the University of California.

October 18, 2006

Groups Gather to Warm Up for MTV Contest

By Sabrina Ricci

It's getting hot in here, so a few campus groups are coming together to fight global warming by competing in an MTV-hosted competition for environmental sustainability.

August 30, 2006

Holy Fines, Batman! Learn to Park Your Batmobile

By Sabrina Ricci

If you decide to bring a car to school this year, you'll find that parking on campus - not to mention outrageous Santa Barbara gas prices - will certainly have a slimming effect on your wallet.

June 1, 2006

Festival To Celebrate Environment, Community

By Sabrina Ricci

After months of planning, a venue change and bounds of advertising, Chilla Vista is set to rock, educate and even recreate the Isla Vista community.

May 24, 2006

Campus Christians Explore Local Impressions of Jesus

By Sabrina Ricci

After several weeks of collecting material on campus and in Isla Vista, the Intervarsity Christian Fellowship held a video presentation last night about students' varying views on Jesus.

May 1, 2006

Fight Night Attracts, Raises Thousands

By Sabrina Ricci

By 6:30 p.m., the line had worked its way from the Thunderdome entrance to the Pardall tunnel. Ring girls dressed in gold bikini tops, mini gold-striped boxing shorts and high heels patiently waited beside the red, white...

April 26, 2006

Q’s Hosts Fight Night Weigh-In

By Sabrina Ricci

Boxers participating in Pi Kappa Alpha's (PIKE) 15th annual Fight Night had a chance to scope out their competition at the pre-fight weigh-in last night, held at Q's Sushi-a-Go-Go on State Street.

April 21, 2006

SB Students Remember Armenian Genocide

By Sabrina Ricci

Roughly 120 people went to I.V. Theater last night for an Armenian Students Association-sponsored commemoration of the Armenian Genocide - a massacre, many attendees said, that the responsible parties hope to forget.

April 14, 2006

Spring Ballot Includes MCC Fee

By Sabrina Ricci

With Associated Students spring elections approaching, the MultiCultural Center is hoping to gain student support for a proposed $3 increase to its lock-in fee.

April 7, 2006

East Campus Toasts Two New Cafes

By Sabrina Ricci

Students and staff have a greater selection of food this month as two new eateries open on campus.The Courtyard Cafe, located under Parking Structure 10, opens this Monday and will share a space with the Rice Garden, whi...