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August 2, 2012

Assistant Professor Recieves Presidential Science Award

By Han Bae

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 Barack Obama in recogni...

August 1, 2012

Regents Support Tax Proposition For State Funding

By Marissa Wenzke

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 July meeting at UC San...

August 1, 2012

Annual Old Spanish Days Fiesta Kicks Off This Week

By Arda Jooharian

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 Barbara debut in 1924 as...

July 12, 2012

Regents Meet to Deliberate Tax Initiative

By Marissa Wenzke

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. Jerry Brown’s tax ini...

July 12, 2012

Multiple Burglaries Occur During Independence Day

By Staff Report

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 on July 4. Four of t...

July 12, 2012

Lagoon Island To Undergo Annual Protective Burn

By Arda Jooharian

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 island will be set a...

June 21, 2012

Students Earn Scholarship From New Foundation

By Daily Nexus Staff

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 attack. The Lucas Rans...

June 21, 2012

Regents Appoint Aimée Dorr To Provost Position

By Arda Jooharian

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 Academic Affairs at Tues...

June 21, 2012

Outstanding Senior Graduates Receive Prestigious Honors

By Daily Nexus Staff

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 to the campus communi...

June 20, 2012

Researchers Seek More Information About Sponges’ Lack of Neurons

By Daily Nexus Staff

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 journal Proceedings...

June 8, 2012

Tradition Honors UCSB Graduates

By Sam Chung

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, level of study and f...

June 8, 2012

Elections Result in Victory for Farr, Williams, Gray, Carbajal

By The Daily Nexus Staff

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 a November runoff el...

June 8, 2012

UC Board of Regents Officially Elects UCLA Alum as Newest Student Rep

By Sruthi Nair

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 reviewed 50 initial ...

June 8, 2012

Local Organization Creates Beach Help Application

By Carissa Quiambao

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 Barbara Channelkeep...

June 8, 2012

Bill To Raise Funds For Colleges Through Property Leases and Sales

By Rilla Peng

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 state-owned propertie...

June 8, 2012

Rec Sports Says Goodbye to One Influential Leader and His Legacy

By Han Bae

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 created the Student Medic...