SB Zoo Welcomes Giraffe

January 23, 2012 by

Michael, a 16-foot-tall Masai giraffe, made a new home at the Santa Barbara Zoo last Tuesday as part of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums cooperative breeding program. Born in Toronto in August 20...
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Rehabilitative Program Strengthens Family Bonds

January 20, 2012 by

Several Santa Barbara County juvenile detention facilities have joined the “Baby Elmo” program, which helps young incarcerated parents develop and maintain relationships with their children while ...
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UCSB Engineer to Receive Honors

January 19, 2012 by

The Santa Barbara Chamber of Commerce named Chemical Engineering Professor Frank Doyle Innovator of the Year this week for his work on artificial pancreas technology. Doyle collaborated with medical p...
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UCR Students Unveil Unique Payment Plan

January 17, 2012 by

A group of UC Riverside students will present a financial plan to alleviate student debt and curb tuition hikes throughout the university system at this week’s Board of Regents meeting at the Rivers...
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Nature Groups Combine to Conserve Local Trails

November 22, 2011 by

Four of Santa Barbara’s trail organizations have collaborated to form the Santa Barbara Outdoor Volunteers program for local residents to collectively organize trail maintenance projects throughout ...
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Students Construct New Online Marketplace

November 10, 2011 by

Three UCSB students created the free website Swaapr.com as a medium for university students to barter various goods, lessons and ideas. Fourth-year anthropology major Christian DeHoyos, third-year com...
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Professor Compiles Satirical Play Book

November 9, 2011 by

UCSB French Professor and Theater Historian Jody Enders translated a dozen 15th and 16th century satirical plays from their original French transcriptions into English for a book depicting medieval Eu...
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City Officials Move to Enforce Tsunami Protocol

November 9, 2011 by

Santa Barbara City officials recently submitted a “TsunamiReady City” application to the National Weather Service for approval by early 2012. The city achieved a “StormReady” classification in...
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SB Shelter Copes with Budget Cuts

October 31, 2011 by

Santa Barbara’s Transition House is scrambling to raise $40,000 by Nov. 15 to compensate for an unexpected budget cut in their Infant Care Center department. The support center provides shelter, hou...
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Local Business To Hold Contest

October 25, 2011 by

Isla Vista’s Coffee Collaborative will host a pumpkin-carving contest tomorrow from 1 to 5 p.m. to judge sculpted squashes in several categories and award various prizes to those which have been chi...
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Officials Prepare for Halloween Weekend

October 24, 2011 by

The Goleta City Council met with local authorities during last Tuesday’s meeting to discuss preparatory measures for the upcoming Halloween weekend celebration in Isla Vista. Redevelopment Agency, N...
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UC System To Settle Union Negotiations, Increase Pay

October 7, 2011 by

The American Federation of Teachers and UC Office of the President reached a tentative three-year agreement on Tuesday to secure benefits and merit-based wages for more than 350 librarians throughout ...
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CEO Kickstarts Global Efforts

October 3, 2011 by

TOMS Shoes founder and CEO Blake Mycoskie spoke at the Arlington Theater on Saturday to discuss his company’s brand of socially responsible entrepreneurship and encourage similar humanitarian effort...
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Entrepeneur Endorses Social Efforts

September 30, 2011 by

TOMS shoes founder Blake Mycoskie will speak this Saturday at the Arlington Theater about social entrepreneurship and business-minded humanitarian efforts as part of the university’s ongoing Arts &a...
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Researchers Find New Way to Detect Cancer Cells

September 26, 2011 by

A UCSB research team published their findings outlining technology they developed that discriminates between cancerous and non-cancerous cells in bodily fluids in the latest issue of renowned research...
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