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UCSB Library To Restrict Computer Use Via Logins

October 16, 2014 by

Starting this weekend, computers in Davidson Library and the Arts Library will require users to enter their UCSB NetID and password to gain computer access.
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Biology Professor Denise Montell Wins Award

October 16, 2014 by

Biology professor Denise Montell was awarded the Pioneer Award by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for her groundbreaking research in medical biology last week.
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SB Plans To Restart Desalination Facility

October 16, 2014 by

In light of the current drought crisis in California, government officials in Santa Barbara are taking steps toward reopening the Charles E. Meyer Desalination Plant which has been in standby mode sin...
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DREAM Bill To Become Reality

October 16, 2014 by

California Governor Jerry Brown approved the California DREAM Loan Program on Sept 28, providing student loans for undocumented students from the University of California and California State Universi...
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Faculty Weighs In on I.V. Tragedy

October 16, 2014 by

The MultiCultural Center hosted a panel discussion Tuesday evening in the MCC Theater, highlighting cultural, social and racial issues as part of an analysis of the Isla Vista killings that occurred l...
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‘Meet Your Neighbors’ Day Aims to Bring I.V. Together

October 16, 2014 by

Meet Your Neighbors Day, an event dividing the Isla Vista community into nine different neighborhoods with activities designated to nine specific I.V. parks, will be hosted by Isla Vista Recreation an...
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Dinner Program To Aid Dialogue

October 16, 2014 by

Faculty members and lecturers have been invited to dine with students in Isla Vista as a part of new Faculty Dinner Program that began this October and will continue throughout the year.
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DVA Week Aims To Educate UCSB Community

October 16, 2014 by

“Love Shouldn’t Hurt,” a series of events organized for this week’s ongoing Domestic Violence Awareness Week, began on Monday and continues onto Friday with presentations and activities inviti...
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Gaviota Train Incident Victim Identified

October 15, 2014 by

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office has identified Mingyue Yuan as the 26-year-old UCSB visiting scholar who was struck and killed by an Amtrak train on Saturday evening at Vista Point.
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Measure P Divides County to Backing or Sacking Practicing Fracking

October 15, 2014 by

As Election Day approaches on Nov. 4, Measure P seeks to initiate a moratorium on the practice of “high-intensity petroleum operations” that include acid-well treatments and steam injection, more ...
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Project Fights to Slow Goleta Beach Erosion

October 14, 2014 by

The Goleta Beach Managed Retreat Project proposal, which aims to retain rock revetments installed in 2005, was resubmitted to the California Coastal Commission (CCC) on Sept. 29 for further review aft...
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Interview with Nobel Prize winner Shuji Nakamura

October 14, 2014 by

Materials professor Shuji Nakamura was awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize for the invention of the blue light-emitting diode. See full story here.
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Local Business Throws Entrepreneur’s Conference

October 14, 2014 by

Santa Barbara’s third annual Ontrapalooza business conference brought best-selling author of Chicken Soup For the Soul Jack Canfield, New York Times bestselling author Dave Logan, Ontraport founder ...
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AS Releases Special Election Information

October 13, 2014 by

The Associated Students Elections Committee announced the dates for a special election following the resignation of two A.S. executive officers earlier this year.
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Big Ideas@Berkeley Adds Global Food Systems Category

October 13, 2014 by

UC Berkeley launched the 8th annual Big Ideas@Berkeley contest last week, a student innovation competition open to all UC undergraduates that offers a $10,000 prize to the winning project proposal.
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