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UCSB’s Most Useful Majors

May 10, 2012 by , and

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 ...
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Judges Award Budding Entrepreneurs

May 10, 2012 by

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

May 10, 2012 by

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 to...
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Festival To Illuminate Cultures Through Crafts and Performances

May 10, 2012 by

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 B...
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UCSB’s Least Useful Majors

May 9, 2012 by , and

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 employm...
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Climate Data Combats Drought Crisis

May 9, 2012 by

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

May 9, 2012 by

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 short...
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SB Court Convicts Goleta Resident For Isla Vista Stabbing

May 9, 2012 by

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

May 8, 2012 by

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 fr...
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Weekend Update

May 8, 2012 by

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 blo...
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UCSB Adds New Eco-Friendly Accessway to Campus Bluffs

May 8, 2012 by

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 stai...
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UC To Establish System-wide Firm

May 8, 2012 by

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...
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Ventura Extension To Offer Students Summer Courses

May 8, 2012 by

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 designe...
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UCSB Researchers Explore Versatile Properties of Multiblock Polymers

May 8, 2012 by

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 o...
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UCSB Scientists Further Understanding of Protein Folding Process

May 8, 2012 by

Scientists at UCSB, as part of a larger international research collaborative, have recently developed a better understanding of the process of protein folding of chains of amino acids. Protein folding...
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