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May 22, 2014

UCSB Hosts Finals For New Venture Competition

By Aditya Tadanki

Six finalists will present their business plans and investor pitches at the Technology Management Program’s 2014 New Venture Competition today at 3 p.m. in Corwin Pavilion.

May 21, 2014

CHG and USGS Develop Digital Rainfall Monitor

By Kevin Soto-Ciriaco

The UCSB Climate Hazards Group collaborated with the U.S. Geological Survey to create a single, comprehensive database of precipitation patterns to monitor droughts worldwide.

May 21, 2014

Lecture Discusses Ethnic Issues in Penal System

By Emani Oakley

Associate professor of history at UCLA Kelly Lytle Hernandez gave a presentation tracing the history and reasons behind the mass incarceration of people of Mexican descent in the United States last night at the MultiCult...

May 21, 2014

Two Professors Win Bellagio Residency

By Staff Report

The Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Center recently awarded professors Richard Appelbaum and Nelson Lichtenstein a space in the prestigious Bellagio Residency Fellows program in Italy, where they will write a book to...

May 21, 2014

California’s Drought Problem Discussed in Talk

By Julia Govan

UCSB Bren School professor and water policy expert Robert Wilkinson addressed California’s water resources and drought actions Tuesday night in a lecture titled “California’s Water Resources and Our Drought.”

May 21, 2014

Sex Talk Covers Consent, Ethics, Law

By Heeba Kaleem

Former World Health Organization advisor and UCLA professor Paul R. Abramson spoke about the individual sexual rights of children and adults Monday night at Harold Frank Hall.

May 21, 2014

Supreme Leader of Nexus Arises

By Peter Mounteer, Aditya Tadanki

The Daily Nexus editorial staff elected former news editor Carissa Quiambao as editor in chief for the 2014-2015 academic year in an office-wide election last Thursday.

May 20, 2014

Bren School Gives Lecture Series on Current Drought Situation

By Max Fernbacher

Faculty members from the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management along with Goleta Water District officials will present the first lecture of a three-part series about California’s current drought condition...

May 20, 2014

BSU Implores Chancellor Yang to Meet Demands Faster

By Kelly Lin

The Black Students Union issued a statement this past Thursday calling for Chancellor Henry T. Yang to rename North Hall to Malcolm X Hall, mirroring a similar request made by a group of black students in 1968.

May 19, 2014

OPP Calls for Contreras’ Resignation from EVPLA

By Carissa Quiambao, Daniel Slovinsky

The Open People’s Party rescinded Associated Students External Vice President of Local Affairs-elect Beatrice Contreras’ party membership and requested her resignation last Friday in light of sexual assault allegatio...

May 19, 2014

UCSB Students Swarm to Extravaganza 2014

By Brittany Tholan

Thousands of students got on their knees for Diplo yesterday at the 36th annual Extravaganza music festival at Harder Stadium.

May 19, 2014

Best Selling Author Lectures on Impact of World War II

By Elliott Wright

New York Times best-selling author, 2003 Pulitzer Prize winning author and military historian Rick Atkinson discussed the impact of World War II on the United States in the final addition to his trilogy The Guns at Last ...

May 19, 2014

Film Screening Portrays Former Miss World’s Recovery from Rape

By Brittany Tholan

The Carsey-Wolf Center aimed to spark a conversation on sexual assault with last Thursday’s screening and discussion of Brave Miss World, a documentary on the rape of Linor Abargil, Miss World 1998, and her subsequent ...

May 16, 2014

Regents Discuss Student Affairs at Last Meeting of Academic Year

By Leon Freyermuth, Peter Mounteer

The meeting of the University of California Regents resumed for its final session yesterday morning and discussed the financial status of UC Medical Centers and the UC Office of the President Budget following a public co...

May 16, 2014

Renowned Poet Discusses Self-Growth in Guest Lecture

By Max Fernbacher

Poet, author and inspirational speaker David Whyte spoke about the benefits of self-awareness and personal growth in “Solace: The Art of Asking the Beautiful Question” Wednesday night at Campbell Hall.

May 16, 2014

A.S. Senate Debates Election Code Update and University Investments

By David Jackson

Wednesday night’s Associated Students Senate meeting focused on a bill to encourage “socially responsible” investments using university funding as well as a bill to change the electoral process of the A.S. election...