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New Network Hosts Event Planning

February 6, 2012 by

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 w...
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Study Finds Positive Trend in Freshmen Class Success

February 6, 2012 by

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 ...
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IRS Tool Streamlines FAFSA

February 6, 2012 by

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...
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UCSB Grad Student Earns Fellowship

February 6, 2012 by

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...
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Cocoa Film Reveals Exploitation

February 3, 2012 by

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 paral...
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Study Explores Impact of Ocean Acidification

February 3, 2012 by

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 l...
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Authorities Find Small Boat Off of SB Coast

February 3, 2012 by

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Dept. discovered an abandoned panga boat off the county’s coastline, the second craft of its kind found in the region this year. Deputies, the U.S. Coast Guard a...
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Kissing Contest To Help Cancer Charity

February 3, 2012 by

This Valentine’s Day, smooching your special someone could help benefit a child with cancer. The “Kisses for Cancer” competition, hosted by local author Leon Scott Baxter and financial expert Ti...
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Fund Rewards Efforts To Educate and Inspire

February 3, 2012 by

Fourth-year students Nanor Balabanian and Allyson Miller won the 2012 Woodrow Wilson-Rockefeller Brothers Fund Fellowship for Aspiring Teachers of Color. The Rockefeller Brothers Fund established the ...
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Raucous Party Sparks Philisophical Debate

February 3, 2012 by

If a tree falls in the forest and nobody hears it, does it make a sound? The famous words of philosopher Charles Mann hold special relevance for Kyle Bartman following his belligerent 21st birthday pa...
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Petition Aims to Abolish Tuition in Public Universities

February 2, 2012 by

Last week, the state of California granted students at Oakland Unity High School and the Life Academy of Health and Bioscience permission to begin collecting signatures for their proposed ballot initi...
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Undercover Police Foil Murderous Plot

February 2, 2012 by

A Goleta resident who attempted to hire a hit man to kill a Bel Air couple and a former business partner in 2010 was sentenced to six years in federal prison on Monday. Eugene Darryl Temkin, 51, was a...
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Seminar To Honor Student Activism

February 2, 2012 by

Political experts and veteran activists will meet for a two-day conference today and tomorrow in Corwin Pavilion to discuss the legacy of the Students for a Democratic Society’s 1962 Port Huron Stat...
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Bird Deaths Prompt Investigation

February 2, 2012 by

The Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network is investigating a series of attacks against wild pelicans that have taken place over the past month. The organization’s rehabilitative specialists examined s...
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EAP Milestone Marred By Budget Cuts

February 2, 2012 by

The UC Education Abroad Program will host a series of international events throughout the 2012-2013 school year at UCSB to celebrate its 50th anniversary. The program originated at UCSB in 1962 after ...
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