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UCSB Surf Team To Travel to State Finals

The UCSB surf team will head into the State Championships riding a first place team victory in the team’s latest event at the Huntington Beach Pier. Though now on top, the Gauchos have seen their sh...
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Firm Probes Pepper Spray Incident

UC officials spent nearly $100,000 to hire a consulting firm to handle the large volume of press inquiries following the UC Davis Police Dept.’s use of pepper spray to diffuse a student protest last...
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Author Pens Book About Life, Love in I.V.

UCSB alumnus Kyle Rutkin is a 27 year-old author from San Francisco who has written four books as well as a rap parody, “Pussywhipped,” which asserts that “of course Bride Wars is a motherfuckin...
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Target Earns Approval for Planning Process

The Goleta City Council met with Target representatives last month to discuss the design proposal for a two-story, 163,800 square foot storefront on the corner of Hollister Avenue and Los Carneros Way...
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Faculty Member Honored as Fellow

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation named assistant professor of Chemical Engineering Michael Shell as one of its Sloan Research Fellows last week, awarding him two annual grants of $50,000 each. Shell was...
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I.V. Stabbing Raises Plenty of Questions for Residents

“They were looking for a fight — you could tell,” Chris Elder, a fourth-year psychology and sociology major said. Shortly after midnight on Sunday morning, Elder and a group of friends left a pa...
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Author To Speak About Creativity’s Role in Education

Educational adviser and New York Times best-selling author Sir Ken Robinson will discuss his newest book Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative at 8 p.m. tonight in Campbell Hall, arguing that West...
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UC Clarifies Patent Rights Contract

Prompted by the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision that Stanford University’s patent language was too vague to protect its claims, the University of California has reconfigured its patent policy. All e...
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Local High Schools To Use Drug Detection Dogs

The Santa Barbara Unified School District Board of Education approved the use of drug-sniffing canines in local high schools, beginning this fall. In response to an increase in student drug use, the B...
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Researchers: Give Worms Drank, Give Them Life

While conducting research on a protein-repair enzyme, a team of UCLA scientists discovered that small amounts of ethanol can increase the life expectancy of certain worms. During an exploration of the...
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UC Web Series Sheds Light on School News

The University of California is collaborating with YouTube to launch UCTV Prime, a weekly 15-minute show that highlights research and developments throughout UC campuses. The new YouTube channel will ...
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Local Eco-Friendly Program Certifies Campus Cafeterias

The Green Business Program of Santa Barbara awarded all four UCSB Dining Commons certifications last week for meeting the organization’s eco-friendly standards. The recognition highlights the dining...
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UCSB Physicist Receives $360,000 Air Force Grant to Study Ultracold Atoms

UCSB assistant professor of physics David Weld has received a $360,000 grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) to continue his work with ultracold atoms. Weld is one of only 48 ...
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Professor Urges Reevaluation of Science Education

Editor-in-Chief of Science magazine Bruce Alberts, former president of the National Academy of Sciences, will give a free talk titled “Why the University of California Needs to Lead a Redefinition ...
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New Prop 209 Lawsuit May Impact UC’s Diversity

On Monday, a group of minority student activists with the backing of Governor Jerry Brown prompted a U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco to question the constitutionality of Propositi...
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