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September 26, 2011

UCSB Alumna Nominated for Screenwriting Award

By Daily Nexus Staff

The Samuel Goldwyn Foundation named UCSB alumna Cameron Lund one of five finalists in its 56th annual Samuel Goldwyn Writing Awards contest for rising screenplay writers last week. The Foundation selected Lund’s screen...

September 26, 2011

Book Sale Raises Funding for Planned Parenthood

By Megan Meyer, Jack Crosbie

Planned Parenthood kicked off their 37th annual used book sale on Thursday at the Earl Warren Showgrounds in an effort to help fund the organization’s locations within the tri-county area. The volunteer-run effort will...

September 26, 2011

Revolutionary Method Earns Professor Award

By Kristin Crosier

UCSB assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry Song-I Han received a 2011 New Innovator Award from the National Institute of Health last Tuesday for her work in protein interaction and its link to neurodegenerati...

September 23, 2011

University Recognition

By John Leach

NSCS Students Earn National Award The National Society of Collegiate Scholars UCSB chapter received a Silver Star Status award at the NSCS 2011 Convention in June for the program’s commitment to the campus and communit...

September 23, 2011

Retail Company Considers Potential Goleta Location

By Jack Crosbie

The City of Goleta is in deliberations with the Target Corporation regarding plans to open a prospective new store in the region. The American retail company approached the city’s staff in mid-March with a proposal inv...

September 23, 2011

VP of Academic Affairs Announces Retirement

By Kristin Crosier

The University of California Office of the President has begun to implement changes to its administration this academic year as Provost and Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs Dr. Lawrence Pitts announced his pe...

September 23, 2011

SBCC President Friedlander Attends White House Conference

By Megan Meyer

Santa Barbara City College Superintendent/President Dr. Jack Friedlander attended the Winning the Future initiative conference Wednesday night at the White House to discuss policies for improving the quality of community...

September 23, 2011

UC Faculty Scrutinizes Salaries

By Marissa Wenzke

Across the UC system, Nobel laureates have seen their pay take a back seat to the funding of athletic prestige. According to the UC payroll database, the highest paid UC employee in 2010 was UC Berkeley’s head football...

September 23, 2011

Campaign Linked to Decline in I.V. Theft

By Madison Medeiros

The Isla Vista Foot Patrol and UCSB Associated Students recently announced a significant decrease in the number of burglaries in the area since the “Stop Burglaries in I.V.” campaign began six months ago. The IVFPD d...

September 22, 2011

Gaucho Brings Education to Youth in Ghana

By Vanessa Angiuli

UCSB graduate student Gary Haddow is extending his passion for education to Ghana’s Buduburam Liberian Refugee Camp, where he and two colleagues founded a free primary school that hopes to enroll 100 of the camp’s ch...

September 22, 2011

UCSB Alumni Start Website

By Kathleen Tan

UCSB Alumni David Friermor and Jordan Townsend launched the interactive website ClassWave for students to instantly share lecture notes, study guides and hold discussions about assigned readings.

September 22, 2011

Volunteers Clean SB County Coast

By Daily Nexus Staff

Volunteers from Santa Barbara County removed over 6,180 pounds of garbage last Saturday throughout the region’s beaches as part of the International and California Coastal Cleanup Day. The California Coastal Commission...

September 22, 2011

Campus Transport Advisors Discuss Parking Proposal

By Patrick Kulp

The Parking Ratepayers Board, part of UCSB Transportation and Parking Services, met yesterday in the Chancellor’s Conference Room to discuss impending rate increases for on-campus parking lots. The board considered a p...

September 22, 2011

Refurbished Burger Joint Launching in October

By Vanessa Angiuli

Fat Mo’s Burgers and Car Wash has replaced Pardall Road’s burnt out Flaming Grill as Isla Vista’s latest arrival and will celebrate its grand opening during the first weekend in October — but don’t expect to se...

September 22, 2011

Updated Website Links I.V. Locals

By Madison Medeiros

Several UCSB alumni recently launched a revised version of their Isla Vista-specific social networking website, Stampur.com. Stampur.com Chief Executive Officer Scott Antipa, Chief Technological Officer Kyle Ibrahim and ...

September 22, 2011

UCSB Professor Develops Efficient Light Displays

By Vanessa Angiuli

The National Academy of Television and Sciences will honor UCSB materials, electrical and computer engineering professor Shuji Nakamura at the 63rd Annual Technology and Engineering Emmy Awards this January for his devel...