Samantha Morgan

March 2, 2004

Professor To Share in LED Profits

By Samantha Morgan

The same device responsible for the new wave of color cell phone screens has earned UCSB materials Professor Shuji Nakamura a court award of 20 billion yen, equivalent to $189 million.

January 15, 2004

UCSB Alums Invent Portable Oxygen Tank

By Samantha Morgan

What started out as three UCSB undergraduates' long-shot attempt at winning $10,000 has, in just a few short years, evolved into a promising young business that could soon have many people breathing easier.

September 25, 2003

UCSB Acquires Frank Chin Collection

By Samantha Morgan

UCSB's California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives (CEMA) has recently acquired an extensive collection of the work of Frank Chin, one of America's best known Asian-American authors.

May 15, 2003

Series Ends With Talk on Trust in U.S.

By Samantha Morgan

So the pope and a physicist walk into a bar. Well, it's less a bar, really, than it is a lecture hall. And the pope isn't actually there, but the physicist met him once. So a physicist walks into a lecture hall to talk a...

May 8, 2003

Ecologists Use Grant to Create Data Network

By Samantha Morgan

Since the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) was established in 1995, it has hosted researchers from 49 states and 40 nations.

April 18, 2003

UCSB Educator Receives Award for Mentoring

By Samantha Morgan

When Dr. Fiona Goodchild came to Santa Barbara in 1988, she had not been involved with science since her high school years. Now, she has been honored with a presidential award for her efforts in science education mentor...