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Assistant Professor Recieves Presidential Science Award

Assistant Professor Receives Presidential Award Assistant Professor of physics Ania Bleszynski Jayich was honored with the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers by President Bar...
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Regents Support Tax Proposition For State Funding

The UC Board of Regents voted to endorse Governor Jerry Brown’s proposed tax initiative, which would save the 10-campus system from a 20.3 percent tuition hike in the 2012-2013 year, during their Ju...
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Annual Old Spanish Days Fiesta Kicks Off This Week

Santa Barbara’s annual Old Spanish Days Fiesta will kick off its 88th year today with La Fiesta Pequeña, a celebration of traditional Spanish food, dances and songs. The fiesta made its Santa Barb...
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Regents Meet to Deliberate Tax Initiative

The UC Board of Regents will meet next week at UC San Francisco Mission Bay to discuss the possibility of either a 20.3 percent mid-year tuition hike or a tuition freeze, depending on whether Gov. Jer...
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Multiple Burglaries Occur During Independence Day

UC police officers responded to five incidents of burglary reported on July 5, 2012. While all incidents are currently still under investigation, they are believed to have occurred during the evening ...
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Lagoon Island To Undergo Annual Protective Burn

The Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration will host a controlled burn of UCSB’s Lagoon Island from July 21-27 as part of the ecological restoration of the natural landmark. The ...
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Students Earn Scholarship From New Foundation

UC Santa Barbara recently awarded two students with $4,000 in tuition assistance as part of a new scholarship commemorating the death of Lucas Ransom, a UCSB student killed in an October 2010 shark at...
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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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