Stephanie Pernett

Stephanie has been a part of the Nexus since her freshman year and became the science editor her sophomore year. She is pretty much a kid at heart since she’s always playing games of any kind and still collects Yu-Gi-Oh cards.

April 6, 2017

Whale Conservation To Receive Multimillion Dollar Solution

By Stephanie Pernett

Researchers from UCSB and other institutions will use money received from the Benioff Ocean Initiative to find a solution for ship strikes.

February 23, 2017

UCSB Alumna Drinks to UTI Prevention

By Stephanie Pernett

Her solution is Uqora, a preventative UTI drink mix that you can mix with water when you need it.

February 9, 2017

Turbulence Mixes Up Particles and Physicists

By Stephanie Pernett

Hearing the word “turbulence” evokes images of bumpy airplane rides and stormy nights. While it does make passengers and potential air travelers nervous, the physics behind it is yet to be completely understood. Nige...

February 2, 2017

Sheephead Fish Balances Sea Urchin Population

By Stephanie Pernett

In conjunction with marine preservation, UCSB researchers find that size does matter when it comes to predators and who they prey on.

January 24, 2017

Application to Find Open Housing Wins UCSB Hackathon

By Stephanie Pernett

Students from all over California congregate to Corwin Pavilion to come up with a completely new program within 36 hours.

January 19, 2017

Astrophysicist Reaches For and Lands in the Stars

By Stephanie Pernett

American Institute of Physics and American Astronomical Society recognize UCSB physics professor and director of Kavli Institute of Theoretical Physics, Lars Bildsten, for his outstanding mid-career work in the field of ...

January 12, 2017

Technology Management Program Unveils Ph.D. Program

By Stephanie Pernett

In an effort to further assist the growing need of knowledge in both technological and organizational fields, the Technology Management Program at UCSB will have a Ph.D. program, debuting in Fall 2017.

October 18, 2016

TFW UCSB Offers a Meme Class

By Stephanie Pernett

Winter Quarter classes were announced this week, unveiling a new linguistics class taught by Professor John W. Du Bois — Linguistics 135: Memes: When Language and Culture Go Viral.

October 13, 2016

UCSB Alumnus Adapts Pipe Flow Software to Engineering Student Needs

By Stephanie Pernett

A computer software program that is used in engineering industries is now available to students attending U.S. universities for the price of $10 a year.

September 22, 2016

Competition Begets Life-Saving Innovation

By Stephanie Pernett

UCSB alumnus participates in a competition with the goal of inventing a device that relays danger.

September 14, 2016

Cosmic Watch Brings Space Exploration to Smartphones

By Stephanie Pernett

The stars and planets above us may now be easier to spot with the development of a new app, Cosmic Watch, that turns your smartphone into an interactive 3D astronomical time device. Serving as a modern astronomical instr...

August 25, 2016

50 Years of Education, Innovation and Technology

By Stephanie Pernett

An interdisciplinary culture of innovation committed to developing new technology in ways that benefit the world, the UCSB College of Engineering has proven itself as one of the most successful public research institutio...

August 5, 2016

Socratic Application Allows Students To Post Homework Questions, Get Answers

By Stephanie Pernett

Socratic, a website dedicated to being an "open resource" to help students learn, launched and application this year which turns one's smartphone into a digital tutor, prompting users to take a photo of the problem that ...

July 21, 2016

UCSB Researchers Find Similarities in Chaos and Entanglement

By Stephanie Pernett

Hearing the word "physics" evokes images of Isaac Newton sitting below a tree and coming up with his three laws of motion. Other images include heat transfer in thermodynamics and magnets; all things we can see happening...

June 23, 2016

Desalination Plant To Reopen Next Fall

By Stephanie Pernett, Karan Maitra

After 23 years of inactivity, Santa Barbara City Council decided to reopen the Charles E. Meyer Desalination plant in order to relieve a stage-three drought.

May 5, 2016

UCSB-Smithsonian Scholars Program Connects Underrepresented Students to S.T.E.M.

By Stephanie Pernett

UC Santa Barbara has expanded its pilot program for underrepresented students in science fields, funding yearly trips for local students to conduct research in Virginia under the mentorship of scientists.