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January 26, 2017

Solar Origami Takes First at Startup Competition

By Josh Ortiz

When Robert Salazar, an origami artist of 16 years, first pitched the idea of marketing an origami solar cooker named Orisun, not too many students could get behind it.

January 26, 2017

MSI, WEF Address Ocean Health at SB

By Maura Fox

The UCSB Marine Science Institute (MSI) and the World Economic Forum (WEF) plan to improve ocean research.

January 26, 2017

A.S. Votes on Syrian Refugee Students

By Jack Hu

The Associated Students (A.S.) Senate plans to pass a resolution next Wednesday to allocate university spots and academic scholarships to the Syrian refugees displaced from their home universities.

January 26, 2017

Capps Donates 20 Years of Documents to Library

By Tamari Dzotsenidze

Lois Capps, former congresswoman for the United States who retired in November, has donated 20 years’ worth of documents to the UC Santa Barbara Library’s Special Research Collections.

January 26, 2017

UCSB’s Kavli Residence Celebrates Opening

By Aly Giammanco

A visiting scholar’s residence for the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics celebrated its grand opening Friday, debuting on El Colegio Road across from Tropicana Del Norte.

January 19, 2017

CCS Vetting Committee In Search of Faculty Member as New Dean

By Maura Fox

The College of Creative Studies (CCS) Vetting Committee is in the midst of searching for a new dean of the college, increasing transparency in the process by inviting students and faculty to participate in the vetting pr...

January 19, 2017

Library Website Gets First Facelift in 5 Years

By Allison Garfield

The UCSB Library website got a major remodel at the beginning of Winter Quarter, updating its outdated homepage with an accessible new look.

January 12, 2017

Uncertainty for Undocumented as Inauguration Looms

By Supriya Yelimeli

With eight days until inauguration, undocumented students throughout the UC face an uncertain future.

January 12, 2017

Children’s Center Benefits From New Funds

By Jose Ochoa

Surrounded by foam letters, cubbies and a model igloo, kids at the Children’s Center in Goleta painted their names with colored ice cubes on Monday morning.

January 12, 2017

UC Employees Protest Low Wages

By Maura Fox

The UC Teamsters Union demanded higher wages in protests on Tuesday.

January 12, 2017

ESTEEM Program to Guide Engineering Students

By Tamari Dzotsenidze

UC Santa Barbara’s College of Engineering has introduced a new program to support engineering students, funded by a $4.8 million grant from the National Science Foundation.

November 18, 2016

Walkout To Defy Possible UC Tuition Hikes

By Deepika Chandrashekar

Student activists plan to simultaneously leave their classes Monday in protest of a proposed tuition increase for all University of California students.

November 17, 2016

Faculty Join Free Speech Dialogue

By Supriya Yelimeli

UCSB professors, advisors and faculty held a discussion Wednesday in response to the A.S Senate’s approval of $5,000 in funding for College Republicans’ event.

November 17, 2016

A Peek Through Professors’ Office Doors

By Rebekah Akiyoshi

Five UCSB professors discuss their work spaces and the meanings behind the items inside; from Darth Vader to a red, wooden phallus, the eclectic stylings reflect the unique professors that display them.