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MechE Professor to Receive Award

April 30, 2015 by

U.S. Department of State’s flagship Fulbright Program, which facilitates international exchange between scholars, selected UC Santa Barbara mechanical engineering Professor Megan Valentine to receiv...
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Guest Professor Lectured on Vaccination and Public Policy

April 30, 2015 by and

Northwestern University economics professor Charles Manski gave a lecture titled “Mandating Vaccination with Unknown Indirect Effects” to outline different methods of making public policy decision...
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Talk Aims to Challenge Borders of Public Education

April 30, 2015 by

Professor will speak tonight to discuss undocumented students’ engagement in activism in the public education system
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Nakamura Speaks on LEDs

April 29, 2015 by and

Nobel Laureate and UC Santa Barbara materials and electrical and computer engineering professor Shuji Nakamura gave a talk on his Nobel Prize-winning research on blue light-emitting diodes last night ...
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Meeting Discusses Term Lengths

April 29, 2015 by

Isla Vista residents, county representatives and UC Santa Barbara Associated Students met Tuesday night in the I.V. Clinic Building for the weekly self-governance meeting held by Assemblyman Das Willi...
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Weekend Wrap-up April 24-26

April 28, 2015 by

Isla Vista Foot Patrol (IVFP) and UCSB Police Department (UCPD) responded to a fight, a bicycle theft and an attempted robbery last weekend.
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Capps Introduces Bill Against Offshore Fracking

April 28, 2015 by and

Santa Barbara Congresswoman Lois Capps introduced the Offshore Fracking Transparency and Review Act of 2015 to the U.S. House of Representatives last Friday to temporarily halt offshore hydraulic frac...
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College Sexual Assault Discipline Bill Passes State Senate

April 28, 2015 by

Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson’s Senate Bill 186 (SB 186) cleared the senate floor Monday, extending California community colleges’ jurisdiction beyond their campuses, allowing them to discipline stu...
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A.S. Business Committee Runs Low on Funds

April 27, 2015 by

The Associated Students Finance and Business Committee met in the State Street Room of the University Center on Friday to address funding requests regarding reallocation and cultural events.
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Prof. To Talk on Malware, Cybersecurity

April 27, 2015 by

UCSB computer science professor Giovanni Vigna will give a lecture titled “The Evolution of Malware” in the Pacific View Room tonight at 4 p.m. as part of the Davidson Library’s Pacific Views: L...
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Top UC Headlines

April 26, 2015 by

Top headlines from across the UC system.
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I.V. Earth Day Highlights Environmental Issues

April 26, 2015 by

UCSB Environmental Affairs Board (EAB) hosted the annual Isla Vista Earth Day festival at Anisq’Oyo’ Park on April 25 to celebrate the environment and bring the community together following last y...
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Representatives Discuss Sexual Assault Policy, Culture

April 26, 2015 by

State Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson and California Assemblyman Das Williams, representatives of the Santa Barbara area, held a forum to discuss university handling of sexual assault last Thursday night ...
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State Bill Aims To Improve 911 Response

April 24, 2015 by

Santa Barbara Assemblyman Das Williams recently proposed AB 510, a statewide bill to better reroute mobile 911 phone calls for quicker responses to emergencies.
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Community Discusses Food Systems, Sustainability

April 24, 2015 by

The Isla Vista Food Co-op and UCSB Environmental Affairs Board (EAB) hosted a community talk to discuss food sustainability at the Food Co-op on Tuesday night.
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