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Regents Appoint Aimée Dorr To Provost Position

After a nationwide search, Dean of UCLA’s Graduate School of Education & Information Studies Aimée Dorr was named the new University of California provost and Executive Vice President for Acad...
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Outstanding Senior Graduates Receive Prestigious Honors

This past Friday graduating seniors Harrison Weber, Seth Gorelik and Antoinette Moreland- Carter received three of UCSB’s most prestigious awards for scholastic achievement and other contributions t...
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Researchers Seek More Information About Sponges’ Lack of Neurons

UCSB neuroscience and biology researchers recently published their discoveries regarding the link between the evolution of the human nervous system and the anatomy of nerve-less sponges in the science...
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Tradition Honors UCSB Graduates

UCSB will be graduating a total of 5,958 students at this year’s commencement ceremonies, which will span from the end of this week until Sunday, June 17. The ceremonies will be divided by college, ...
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Elections Result in Victory for Farr, Williams, Gray, Carbajal

The results of the California’s June 5 primary elections revealed victories for many local Democratic candidates as well as a number of “close contests” which will consequentially be decided in ...
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UC Board of Regents Officially Elects UCLA Alum as Newest Student Rep

On Monday, UCLA alumni and second-year UC Irvine law student Cinthia Flores was nominated to the position of student regent for the 2013-14 school year. A special committee of the UC Board of Regents ...
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Local Organization Creates Beach Help Application

Santa Barbara Channelkeeper recently launched a new Smartphone application called “Swim Guide” that allows users to get directions, view photos and pinpoint the cleanest beaches in the area. Santa...
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Bill To Raise Funds For Colleges Through Property Leases and Sales

State Assemblymember Das Williams, who represents California’s 35th District, has proposed a new bill that could provide additional funding for public higher education through revenue generated by s...
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Rec Sports Says Goodbye to One Influential Leader and His Legacy

UCSB Recreational Sports Director Paul Lee will officially retire on June 29 after 35 years of serving the campus and promoting what he called “the power of play.” Throughout his career, Lee creat...
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Criminal Seeks Release From Mental Hospital

The Santa Barbara County Superior Court heard additional testimonies on Monday regarding the legal fate of David Attias, who struck and killed four people in a 2001 vehicle/pedestrian collision now kn...
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Event To Highlight Engineering Projects

The College of Engineering will showcase student projects today and tomorrow during its free, annual Senior Capstone exposition. Senior engineering students in the Capstone Design class spend Septembe...
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UC Receives Joint Research Grant

The National Science Foundation recently awarded a grant of $3.3 million to UCSB and University of Texas at El Paso to establish a long-lasting partnership in materials research and engineering and in...
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Study Tests Cure for Alzheimer’s

Neuroscience researchers will launch a project analyzing the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease in a five-year-long study beginning next year, with research focusing primarily on prevention of the ill...
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Senatorial Debate Will Center on Urgent Financial Issues for Local Politicians

Santa Barbara business owners will host a debate featuring candidates for 19th District Senator — Republican Mike Stoker and Democrats Hannah-Beth Jackson and Jason Hodge — at 5 p.m. at Fess Parke...
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Bioengineers Construct Flexible, Polymer-Based Blood Platelets

UCSB researchers have discovered a new and more effective method of constructing synthetic platelets — the building blocks of blood that assist with clotting — with the help of collaborators at Sa...
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