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February 7, 2012

County Passes Program to Increase Plastic Recycling

By Sam Goldman

The Santa Barbara County Public Works Dept. approved a plastic bag recycling initiative on Monday that allows residents to dispose of the containers in blue curbside recycling bins. Waste Management and MarBorg Industrie...

February 7, 2012

Fund Asks Seniors to Give Back

By Mac Kennedy

The Alumni Association Scholarship and Recreational Sports Legacy funds are asking graduating students to each make a $20.12 donation to help the organizations reach their $100,000 goal for this year’s senior class gif...

February 7, 2012

Kavli Receives Grant to Host Physicists

By Chris Nebergall

The Simons Foundation awarded the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics $2.5 million to fund the institute’s on-campus visits and conferences with renowned theoretical physicists. The five-year renewable grant will a...

February 7, 2012

Union, UC Agree on New Pension Plan

By Kristin Crosier

After a year of negotiations, the UC finalized a revised pension plan and health care agreement for employees within the University Professional & Technical Employees-Communication Workers of America union, which cov...

February 7, 2012

Decoding Breakthrough Debunks Mayan Myth

By Patrick Kulp

UCSB Chican@ studies professor Gerardo Aldana discovered a new translation to a single Mayan verb, redefining modern understandings of Mayan astronomical texts and the manner in which Mayan hieroglyphs are interpreted. A...

February 6, 2012

Solar Car’s Tour Stops at UCSB

By Phoebe Reith

The SolarWorld Gran Turismo held a demonstration on Friday at the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management to showcase the solar-powered vehicle attempting to break a world record by circumnavigating the glo...

February 6, 2012

I.V. Development Projects To Result in Premium Apartments

By Travis Vail

Isla Vista is slated to offer a variety of high-end housing options such as The Loop, Icon UCSB and The Plaza Lofts by Fall Quarter 2012. The Loop, located on 6533-39 Trigo Rd., will offer 48 separate units including sin...

February 6, 2012

Campaign Promotes a Smoke-Free UC

By Christine Cha

UC President Mark G. Yudof announced that the UC system will launch an official campaign to make all 10 UC campuses smoke-free by 2014. Yudof formally announced the decision to prohibit smoking in a letter addressing all...

February 6, 2012

Wahoo’s Fish Taco To Open in UCen

By Staff Report

Wahoo’s Tacos is awaiting approval from a final inspection before its scheduled grand opening in the UCen this week. According to UCen Dining Services Director Sue Hawkins, Wahoo’s new storefront — the last additio...

February 6, 2012

New Plan Endeavors to Save Endangered Trout

By Han Bae

The National Marine Fisheries Service released the final version of a comprehensive report about the issues and possible solutions for endangered steelhead trout populations throughout Southern California’s creeks and ...

February 6, 2012

New Network Hosts Event Planning

By Yishian Yao

UCSB alumnus Omri Cohen has created a web startup called Capsule, designed to enhance the event-planning and photo-sharing experience by connecting attendees in a private manner. After a year filled with events like wedd...

February 6, 2012

Study Finds Positive Trend in Freshmen Class Success

By Derek Rueschenberg

A UCLA survey conducted during Fall 2011 indicates that incoming freshman are spending less time in the bottle and more time in the books. The Higher Education Research Institute of UCLA’s Graduate School of Education ...

February 6, 2012

IRS Tool Streamlines FAFSA

By Kayla Koterbay

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid recently implemented an online tool that allows students to upload their parents’ and their own income tax information directly from IRS records. The IRS Data Retrieval Tool...

February 6, 2012

UCSB Grad Student Earns Fellowship

By Liana Bevacqua

UCSB graduate student Alejandra Jaramillo is one of 15 recipients worldwide of the prestigious United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization-L’Oréal Fellowship for Young Women in Life Sciences, reco...

February 3, 2012

Cocoa Film Reveals Exploitation

By Rilla Peng

Sociology professor Kum-Kum Bhavnani’s “Nothing Like Chocolate” documentary will screen during the Santa Barbara International Film Festival at 2 p.m. today in the Lobero Theatre. Bhavnani parallels the stories of ...

February 3, 2012

Study Explores Impact of Ocean Acidification

By Alex Colletta

Researchers in the Marine Science Dept. released the results of the largest study on ocean acidification ever conducted, revealing that global warming leads to destructive increases in ocean acidity levels. Ecology, evol...