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February 18, 2015

Alumnus, U.S. Special Envoy Gives Talk at UCSB

By Beth Lebens

Alumnus and former U.S. Special Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan Marc Grossman visited campus this past Friday to speak to students at the global studies department about his 30-year career with the U.S. Foreign Service...

February 17, 2015

Concert Almost Canceled Over Insurance

By Josh Ortiz

Hip hop group The Coup nearly had to cancel their upcoming show this Friday at the MultiCultural Center (MCC) Theater after the university originally did not grant the band an insurance waiver last week.

February 15, 2015

Muslim Student Association Remembers Recent Victims with Candlelight Vigil

By Beth Lebens

The Muslim Students Association (MSA) held a candlelight vigil at Storke Tower to honor the three victims of a recent shooting near University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, that some have been calling a hate crime.

February 13, 2015

Econ Dept. To Create Endowed Chair with Alumnus Donations

By Peeka Zimmerman

The Department of Economics received a total of $5 million dollars in grants during fiscal year 2014, most of which was given by Richard Aster, an alumnus who passed away in 2012.

February 12, 2015

Waive Goodbye to Your Financial Aid

By Juliet Bachtel

The Financial Aid Office has recently proposed a plan to reduce financial aid benefits to students who waive the Gaucho Health Insurance (GHI) for the 2015-2016 academic year.

February 12, 2015

A.S. Discusses Young’s Retirement, GHI

By Peeka Zimmerman, Noah Brennan-Greenbaum

The Associated Students Senate met Wednesday night in the UCen’s Flying A room to discuss resolutions on former Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Michael Young’s retirement celebration, Gaucho Health Insurance and t...

February 12, 2015

Dept. of Sociology To Celebrate 50 Years of Grad Program

By Danny Kolosta

The Department of Sociology will host a research conference this Friday and Saturday to celebrate the graduate program’s 50th anniversary.

February 10, 2015

Finance and Business Committee Hears From Student Groups

By Peeka Zimmerman

The Associated Students Finance and Business Committee met Monday evening to address funding requests from 25 campus organizations and allocated full funding for 15 organizations, partial funding for nine, and refused fu...

February 8, 2015

National Academy of Engineering Awards UCSB Prof Membership

By Josh Ortiz

Chemical engineering professor Samir Mitragotri was elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) last week, a professional distinction that honors individuals who have made outstanding contributions to engineerin...

February 6, 2015

Campaign Presents Panel of LGBTQ Students

By William Leiva

Gauchos Against Hate, a new campus-wide campaign that focuses on accepting the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) community, held an event at the Loma Pelona Center Thursday night that included a stude...

February 5, 2015

Senate Considers iClicker Rental

By Noah Brennan-Greenbaum, Alyssa Schmidt

Associated Students gathered in the UCen to discuss topics such as reduced financial aid and an iClicker borrowing program

February 4, 2015

Art Professor Shares Images of Jailed Youth as First Event of UCSB Reads 2015

By Megan Mineiro

Art professor and photographer Richard Ross spoke about his newly published book Girls in Justice as well as his work documenting incarcerated youth in detention facilities across the country Tuesday night at Davidson Li...

February 4, 2015

Confucius Institute Presents First Lectures

By Shelly Lu

Two professors from McGill University and the Middlebury Institute of International Studies gave keynote lectures at the Mosher Alumni House to celebrate the opening of the Confucius Institute on campus yesterday.

February 3, 2015

UCSB Hosts Distinguished Guests For Opening of Confucius Institute

By Beth Lebens

UCSB’s Confucius Institute, an international establishment to promote the study of Chinese language, culture, history, science, politics and economics, held its opening ceremony Monday in McCune Hall.

February 3, 2015

A.S. Finance and Business Committee Entertains Funding Requests

By Peeka Zimmerman

The Associated Students Finance and Business Committee met Monday evening in the Flying A Room of the UCen and heard from 12 campus organizations looking to receive funding for events being held primarily in Spring Quart...

February 2, 2015

In Photos: Hundreds of Students Compete in 36-Hour Hackathon

By Daily Nexus Photography

On Friday, Jan. 30, over 500 participants from schools all over California competed in a 36-hour hackathon, the first annual one held in Corwin Pavilion and surrounding areas. Students designed and programmed unique proj...