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Group Seeks Student Volunteers for Humanitarian Efforts

The Growth International Volunteer Excursions program is visiting UCSB today, aiming to draw college students interested in global volunteerism and adventure. G.I.V.E. helps develop rural communitiesâ...
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Finance Board Meeting – January 9th, 2012

The Associated Students Finance Board allocated $13,063 to eight of the nine student organizations that requested funding at last night’s two-and-a-half hour meeting. The board fully funded Substanc...
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State Senate Fails to Confirm Anti-Bargaining UC Regent

Former UC Regent David Crane, who served on the Board of Regents since his controversial nomination by former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in December 2010, lost his seat on the board after being de...
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Pappas To Run for Supervisor Again

Steve Pappas, a defeated 2008 Third District Supervisor candidate, announced on Dec. 28 that he would once again be challenging incumbent Doreen Farr for her seat in the upcoming 2012 election. After ...
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Hearing Inspects Systemwide UC Police Protocol

Several members of the UC administration held a joint legislative hearing last month in response to last quarter’s incidents of police violence at UC Berkeley and UC Davis, which prompted several sy...
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Yearly Free Book Program Tackles Plastic Pollution

The UCSB Reads 7th annual program is distributing free copies of Donovan Hohn’s Moby-Duck this Thursday in the Davidson Library’s main lobby for participants in the communal reading initiative. Th...
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UCSB Professors Lead the Way in Computer Science

UCSB professors Divyakant Agrawal and Linda Petzold were named fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery, the world’s largest educating and computing society, for their research in pioneeri...
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Nonprofit Recognizes Faculty

The National Communication Association honored five faculty members from UCSB’s Department of Communication for their contributions to the field at the NCA’s 97th annual convention in New Orleans....
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FBI Investigates Repeat Arson Attempts on IVFP

An unknown suspect threw a combustible device comparable to a Molotov cocktail at the Isla Vista Foot Patrol Station shortly before midnight on New Year’s Day, the second attack on the building in l...
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Institute Places UCSB Seventh in Rankings

The Center for Science and Technologies Studies at Leiden University in the Netherlands ranked UC Santa Barbara 7th of 500 major universities worldwide last month, using a scale centered on global sci...
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UCSB TV Jumps on Cox

Tomorrow will mark the launch of UCSB TV, a campus-specific branch of the systemwide UCTV channel that will be broadcast to viewers in Santa Barbara, Goleta and Carpinteria on Cox Cable channel 72. Th...
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Regents Close Meeting After Students Protest

Although most University proceedings were suspended over the course of Winter Break, the UC Board of Regents continued their deliberation concerning the future of the University system in the current ...
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UCSB Physics Project Ranks Ninth on Prestigious List

Online scientific news source Physics World ranked UCSB physicists’ research in quantum integrated circuits ninth on its top 10 most influential physics breakthroughs of 2011, which were announced l...
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UC Berkeley Unveils New Program to Alleviate Rising Cost of Tuition

UC Berkeley officials announced plans for a new financial aid program targeting students from middle-income families that introduces a tuition cap relative to household income. The “Middle Class Acc...
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Law Enforcement Agencies Collaborate To Make Arrests

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department made a series of felony arrests for narcotics and gang-related crimes throughout December. The SBCSD Narcotics and Gang Units collaborated with the Stat...
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