News

May 11, 2012

American Cancer Society Raises Funds For Research

By Ali Van Houten

Community members and students will participate in the 10th-annual UCSB Relay for Life today to raise funds for cancer research and support people diagnosed with the illness. The event, hosted by the UCSB Relay for Life ...

May 10, 2012

Renowned Surf Film Celebrates Cultural Connection to Nature

By John Leach

Director Adam Pesce’s documentary “Splinters,” which follows the journey of four surfers as they compete for the title of best surfer in Papua New Guinea’s first ever national surfing contest, will be screened to...

May 10, 2012

UCSB’s Most Useful Majors

By Christine Cha, Arda Jooharian, Patrick Kulp

In continuation of yesterday’s installment of UCSB’s Most and Least Useful Majors, as compiled by Newsweek using U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data, today the Nexus provides the Six Most Useful Majors offered on ca...

May 10, 2012

Judges Award Budding Entrepreneurs

By Marissa Wenzke

The Technology Management Program’s 13th annual New Venture Competition awarded over $25,000 in prizes to six finalist teams last night at Corwin Pavilion, with aPEEL Technology — a venture for advanced fruit preserv...

May 10, 2012

Survivor Recounts Path to Well-Being After ‘Failed’ Jump

By Rilla Peng

International mental health and suicide prevention advocate Kevin Hines, who survived a 250-foot plunge from the Golden Gate Bridge in 2000, will speak about his personal journey to attain wellness tonight at 6:15 p.m. i...

May 10, 2012

Festival To Illuminate Cultures Through Crafts and Performances

By Kristin Crosier

The Educational Opportunity Program’s Asian Resource Center will host the annual Lantern Festival, a celebration of Asian culture and traditions, on May 10 from 5 to 7 p.m. on the Student Resource Building lawn. The ev...

May 9, 2012

UCSB’s Least Useful Majors

By Arda Jooharian, Rilla Peng, Christine Cha

Citing data compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Newsweek recently released a list of what it considers the 13 Most Useful and Useless college majors after weighing factors such as employment rates and salary...

May 9, 2012

Climate Data Combats Drought Crisis

By Derek Rueschenberg

UCSB geography researchers Chris Funk, Greg Husak and Joel Michaelsen are developing methods to predict droughts in Eastern, Western and Southern Africa by analyzing weather and vegetation conditions in the subject areas...

May 9, 2012

Police Respond to Bomb Scare, Sexual Assault Attempt in I.V.

By Vanessa Angiuli

Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department deputies responded to reports of an attempted sexual assault of a female early Tuesday morning and an unrelated bomb scare in the neighboring area shortly after. SBCSD pers...

May 9, 2012

SB Court Convicts Goleta Resident For Isla Vista Stabbing

By Han Bae

The Santa Barbara County Superior Court found 20-year- old Benjamin Vargas guilty of voluntary manslaughter last Tuesday for the fatal stabbing of Vincent Velasquez. Vargas stabbed Velasquez 16 times on May 15, 2011, dur...

May 8, 2012

Snoop, Wolfgang, Iration Set to Take the Stage at Extravaganza

By Jack Crosbie

Associated Students Program Board announced the official lineup for Extravaganza 2012 — featuring hip-hop legend Snoop Dogg — at midnight last night. The annual concert will rock Harder Stadium from 1 to 6 p.m. on Su...

May 8, 2012

Weekend Update

By Garik Hauer

The Isla Vista Foot Patrol responded to residential burglaries, a theft and several alcohol-related crimes over the weekend. The first home robbery occurred Friday between 3 and 7 a.m. on the 6500 block of Sabado Tarde R...

May 8, 2012

UCSB Adds New Eco-Friendly Accessway to Campus Bluffs

By Staff Report

The Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration and A.S. Coastal Fund will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony on May 17 to mark the new Campus Point stairway’s recent completion. The staircase, designed by V...

May 8, 2012

UC To Establish System-wide Firm

By Staff Report

The UC Office of the President announced last week that the University will combine payroll services, human resources and other administrative transactions into a single shared service at UC Riverside beginning July 2013...

May 8, 2012

Ventura Extension To Offer Students Summer Courses

By Staff Report

The UCSB Ventura Center will offer nine degree-credit courses this summer, marking the first time the campus extension has offered the classes since 2009. The UCSB Special Sessions courses are designed for students livin...

May 8, 2012

UCSB Researchers Explore Versatile Properties of Multiblock Polymers

By David Wallace

UCSB researchers addressed the numerous possibilities of multiblock polymers in their latest publication in Science. Materials professor Glenn Fredrickson and project scientist Kris Delaney reported on the need of a theo...