Sruthi Nair

October 9, 2013

Government Shutdown Hits Santa Barbara

By Sruthi Nair, Marissa Wenzke

An overview of how the government shutdown is impacting local businesses and university services.

May 31, 2013

Foundation To Aid Local Students With Scholarships

By Sruthi Nair

The Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara will award $8.1 million in scholarships to help thousands of Santa Barbara County students attend college, vocational school, graduate school and medical school. The monetary g...

May 24, 2013

UCSB Students Talk Up Voice-Recording Social Messaging App

By Sruthi Nair

Several UCSB students have recently began promoting a new iPhone application called Sprokk, which allows users to add a voice message to images sent between friends. The app was created by UCLA graduate Justin Casale-Sav...

February 20, 2013

SB Ranks First for Most Expensive Gas in US

By Sruthi Nair

Santa Barbara currently holds the highest average gasoline price per gallon nationwide, with significant increases occurring as gas prices across the country have skyrocketed in recent months, according to GasBuddy.com. ...

February 4, 2013

UC Student Regent-Designate Cinthia Flores Discusses Current Issues

By Sruthi Nair

This past Friday, UCSB welcomed 2013-14 UC Student Regent Cinthia Flores, who answered students’ questions regarding UC systemwide issues and discussed ongoing topics such as UC online education classes and budgetary s...

October 18, 2012

UCSB Startup Company Participates in Bone Strength Study

By Sruthi Nair

This past weekend, Active Life Scientific — a Santa Barbara startup founded by UCSB alumni and faculty — took part in a study that presented findings regarding the measurement of bone strength and other factors in in...

October 1, 2012

Quidditch Lands in Muggle UCSB

By Sruthi Nair

Joining a growing number of Harry Potter fans-turned-athletes across the U.S., Evan Bell founded the Santa Barbara Blacktips last month, a team dedicated to the magical sport of Quidditch. Adapted from J.K. Rowling’s H...

September 26, 2012

Davidson Library Renovation Plan Approved for Upcoming Year

By Sruthi Nair

As the UC Board of Regents approved $71 million in funding for ongoing renovations to Davidson Library at their meeting last week, UCSB will launch its multi-year construction plan to add a multimedia lab, an honors stud...

June 8, 2012

UC Board of Regents Officially Elects UCLA Alum as Newest Student Rep

By Sruthi Nair

On Monday, UCLA alumni and second-year UC Irvine law student Cinthia Flores was nominated to the position of student regent for the 2013-14 school year. A special committee of the UC Board of Regents reviewed 50 initial ...

May 22, 2012

Decline in Biodiversity May Lead to Mass Extinction

By Sruthi Nair

An international research team working at UCSB’s National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis recently published a study detailing the impact of biodiversity loss as a result of climate change and pollution in...

May 7, 2012

Campus Coffee Carts Combat Waste, Begin Grounds-Composting Program

By Sruthi Nair

UCSB Physical Facilities and UCen Dining Services are collaborating to implement a new composting program Ground to Grounds, which will divert the waste created from the campus’s coffee cravings to landscaping. Barista...

April 20, 2012

Women’s Center To Hold Walk Supporting Rape Prevention

By Sruthi Nair

UCSB’s Rape Prevention Education Program will host the second annual 5K Fun Run and Walk this weekend in recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness Month to raise funds for the Santa Barbara Rape Crisis Center. The public...

March 9, 2012

Students To Give Spoken Word Show

By Sruthi Nair

UCSB’s Health and Wellness Program will appeal to a wide range of spectators with “Wizard of Balls,” a spoken word presentation in the Theater and Dance Building’s Room 1701 today at 7:30 p.m. The event will feat...

February 13, 2012

UCSB Alum Builds Environmental Monitoring System

By Sruthi Nair

UCSB alumnus Mark Kram, founder of Groundswell Technologies, Inc., is developing environmental monitoring software that seeks to improve current methods of resource management. Groundswell, created by Kram in 2004, is wo...

January 26, 2012

UC Scholars Receive Grants For EAP Study

By Sruthi Nair

The United States Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded 215 UC undergraduates its prestigious Gilman Scholarship this year, with 51 honorees at UCSB alone. Students received a total of $910,000 system wide a...

January 17, 2012

Author Dispels Misconceptions, Explains Methods

By Sruthi Nair

Yale Law School professor Amy Chua spoke about her controversial memoir Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother last Saturday at Campbell Hall, relating her shift from a strict and demanding mother espousing traditional Chinese ...