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“A Community Effort”: Diana Collins Puente Selected as First I.V. Community Center Director

August 22, 2019 by

The center will have a soft opening in October with a grand opening in either January or February 2020.
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Orientation for Spanish-Speaking Parents of Incoming Students Celebrates Inaugural Summer

August 20, 2019 by

The transition to college can be especially hard for first-generation students and their parents if they have no experience with universities, Medina emphasized.
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IVTU To Allocate $600 to Those Displaced by 67 Del Playa Incident

August 14, 2019 by

While there are 12 residents in the house, the two receiving money were the only residents living in the house at the time of the incident. 
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Second Aggravated Assault Occurs in Nearby Area, Suspect at Large

August 13, 2019 by

As of Tuesday evening, the suspect in the two assaults has not been apprehended. 
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“Power Is Found In The Community”: Santa Barbara Gathers at Vigil for Mass Shootings

August 13, 2019 by

Over fifty members of the Santa Barbara community convened downtown last Monday evening to mourn those who were killed in the mass shootings in Dayton, El Paso and Gilroy.
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UCPD Cases To Be Stalled in Court For Six Months As UCSB Completes Internal Investigations

August 12, 2019 by

The lawsuits allege wide misconduct within the police department, retaliation for reporting said misconduct and violations of the California Whistleblower Protection Act.
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Timely Warning Issued for Assault on Campus-Adjacent Property

August 10, 2019 by

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office is currently searching for the suspect.
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In Photos | Santa Barbara Mourns Victims of Gilroy, El Paso and Dayton Mass Shootings

August 8, 2019 by

On Monday, Santa Barbara County residents gathered in eastside Santa Barbara to mourn the lives lost in the three mass shootings that happened last week.
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Former UC Graduate Student Files Class Action Lawsuit Against Regents, Claiming Lack of Due Process in Title IX Proceedings

August 5, 2019 by

The student is suing on his own behalf as well as on behalf of all other UC students who were disciplined under several different sexual harassment and sexual violence policies.
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UCSB Files Suits Against Amazon, Target and Others Over Alleged Exploitation of Intellectual Property

August 3, 2019 by

The documents credit three full-time UCSB professors with inventing the patents: James “Jim” Speck, Steven DenBaars and Shuji Nakamura.
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UC Announces Tentative Agreement With UPTE for Two New 5-Year Contracts

August 3, 2019 by

If ratified, the two contracts would be valid until fall 2024. 
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IVRPD Board Fills Last Seat With Appointment of New Director

July 31, 2019 by

UCSB fourth-year Matthew Griffin was the only applicant for the vacant seat. His term will end in November 2020.
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UC Regents Discuss Implementing Fixed Tuition Plan

July 30, 2019 by

According to Regent Lark Park, the issue came down to, “How do we fund the university we want?”
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Freshman Summer Start Program Expands to San Miguel Residence Hall

July 29, 2019 by

Students in FSSP have historically lived in San Nicolas Hall, and in recent years, have stayed in that hall for their entire first year. 
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Anthropology Professor Celebrates 32nd Consecutive Summer Traveling Across the World to Teach at UCSB

July 27, 2019 by

Kundu’s first official quarter teaching at UCSB was the winter of 1988. He hasn’t stopped since.
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