News

August 4, 2010

Donations for Research Skyrocket

By Ali Limonadi

Outside sources donated a record-shattering $222 million of funding for research to UCSB during the 2009-10 fiscal year, marking a nearly 30 percent boost in contributions over the previous year.

August 4, 2010

SB Professor Amps Project

By Katherine Friedman

Peter Rupert, newly appointed director of the UCSB Economic Forecast Project, aims to refine the project's scope to more localized parameters.

August 4, 2010

Group Continues Relief for Haiti

By Julie Epstein

After making significant contributions to Haitian scholarship for years, UCSB’s Center for Black Studies Research was named the new headquarters of the UC Haiti Initiative.

August 4, 2010

Former Faculty Member Dies

By Erika Martin

Professor emeritus Robert Potter died of prostate cancer on July 11 at his home in Santa Barbara. He was 76 years old.

July 14, 2010

SB County Proposes Sales Tax Hike to Fund New Jail

By Madison Medeiros

The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors voted yesterday to place a measure on county ballots this November which would raise county sales taxes by a half-cent.

July 14, 2010

Local Ballot Lacks Third Candidate

By Garik Hauer

In the race to fill three open seats on the Goleta City Council, only two candidates have announced their intention to run, leaving an unprecedented potential for a vacancy.

July 14, 2010

SB Buses Brace for Student Influx

By Jeremy Zeller

Bus transit authorities are concerned that the number of UC Santa Barbara students riding their routes may soon reach critical mass, should the university enroll any more students.

July 14, 2010

Surf Team Claims National Victory

By Rebecca Lehrmann

UCSB’s Gold Surf Team nabbed its 12th national title during last month’s annual National Scholastic Surfing Association collegiate championship.

July 14, 2010

Construction Crew Revamps I.V. Road

By Garik Hauer

Construction crews have ripped up El Colegio Road on the northern edge of Isla Vista in an effort to reconstruct the roadway between Stadium Road and Camino Corto by next year.

July 14, 2010

Summer Movie Spectacular!

By Rowan Byers

Summer, time for cookouts, pool parties and wasting hours away in air conditioned movie houses.

June 23, 2010

Correction

By Daily Nexus Staff

On Page 1 of the June 23 edition of the Daily Nexus, it was reported the next summer edition would be published July 7. It should have read July 14.

June 23, 2010

Gaucho To Improve UC Inclusion Effort

By Erika Martin

UCSB’s Jesse Bernal, the 2009-10 student regent, was recently elected as the University of California system-wide University Diversity Coordinator.

June 23, 2010

Trust To Buy Area Property

By Charlotte Milinovich

UCSB and the Land Trust for Santa Barbara County plan to purchase a 68-acre tract of coastal university property called the South Parcel as a part of their extensive conservation efforts.

June 23, 2010

Scholars Analyze Vocal Cues

By Rebecca Lehrmann

UCSB researchers have discovered that the human mind is capable of estimating another person’s physical prowess solely by hearing the sound of that person’s voice.

June 23, 2010

SB Plans Beach Redesign

By Evan Sherwood

County planners are considering a complete overhaul of Goleta Beach, hoping to counter natural beach erosion and increase recreational facilities at the park by expanding the beachfront over an acre.

June 22, 2010

Police To Enforce New Law

By Evan Sherwood

County law enforcement will begin enforcing the recently approved Social Host Ordinance — which punishes county residents who knowingly provide underage party-goers with alcohol — starting in the fall.