Eating for Two: MSI Researchers Study How Urchins Make Kelp More Palatable for Benthic Feeders

August 1, 2019 by

Sea urchins, much maligned throughout the California coast for destroying kelp forests, might not be quite the pests that they appear to be.
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UCSB Researchers Uncover Conditions Leading to Unusual 2015 Algal Bloom

July 11, 2019 by

It was especially fortuitous that the bloom occurred in the Santa Barbara Channel, a strip of coast which has been subject to close monitoring. 
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Bren Professor Researches Logistics of Carbon Capture and Utilization

June 6, 2019 by

“The question is whether we can turn this large volume of carbonaceous material that we are producing into an opportunity to store the carbon that is emitted into the atmosphere that creates the gre...
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UCSB Graduate Student Nominated for 2020-2021 UC Student Regent

June 2, 2019 by

A record 113 UC students applied for the position of the 2020-21 student regent, compared to 40 who applied in the cycle before.
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African Social Spiders Demonstrate How Group Dynamics Influence Success of Individual Colonies

May 30, 2019 by

The presence of two dispositions (aggressive and docile) begs the question, which one leads to greater success?
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‘Bolbo’ the Builder: UCSB Researchers Investigate the Impact of Bumphead Parrotfish Feeding on Tropical Reefs

May 23, 2019 by

Their diet, unusual compared to that of other primarily herbivorous parrotfish, consists of structural reef carbonates and the lifeforms that corals harbor.
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RHA Elections: A Look at the 2019-2020 Executives

May 21, 2019 by and

The five RHA executive board members – Laila Voss, Ashley Davis, Bee Schaefar, Angela Friedman and Megan Foster – will take office in fall 2019.
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Sunrise Movement Holds Green New Deal Town Hall at Santa Barbara Earth Day Festival

May 13, 2019 by

The Sunrise Movement SB held a town hall on April 23 to advocate for the Green New Deal and answer questions from the public.
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UCSB Signs Onto OA2020 Initiative in Push for Open Access Publishing

May 3, 2019 by

The OA2020 Expression of Interest was signed about a week after the UC terminated its subscription with the Dutch information and analytics company Elsevier.
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UCSB Professor Wins Pulitzer Prize

April 25, 2019 by

UC Santa Barbara Black studies professor and author Jeffrey Stewart won a Pulitzer Prize for his work The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke.
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Pizza My Heart is Not Leaving I.V.

April 19, 2019 by

Jake Hopkins, a UCSB student, claimed Pizza My Heart was closing in the Free and For Sale (UCSB) Facebook group on April 10.
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Summer Cal Grant Bill Reintroduced to the State Legislature

March 14, 2019 by

SB 461 will provide up to nine units of aid per session to students eligible for Cal Grant.
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Majority of UCSB Pre-Bio Students Decide To Switch Majors

March 7, 2019 by

Many students found that the administrators and advisors were at best overburdened and at worst outright unhelpful.
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Overheard At UCSB Commemorates First Anniversary

February 14, 2019 by

The "Overheard at UCSB" Facebook page turned one year old this week.
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EVPLA Publishes Proposal for Lighting Expansion in Isla Vista

February 14, 2019 by and

On Jan. 12, the Office of the EVPLA presented a report to I.V. detailing a comprehensive plan to improve street lighting in I.V.
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