On the Town

February 28, 2002

Feb. 28, 2002 – March 6, 2002

By Staff

Thursday: What’d I do with my other Shew? The UCSB Jazz Ensemble, directed by Jon Nathan (not the Japanese/CCS professor) plays a concert tonight with guest trumpet Bobby Shew. The show is at 8 at Lotte Lehman on c...

February 26, 2002

Art of the Possible

By Staff

It's 7:15 and it's beginning. A flash of light. The floor starts to shake. The roof rattles. An artist sits quietly on the floor manipulating his creation, entitled "Static Room" - a strange cross between an earthquake, ...

February 21, 2002

Feb. 21, 2002 – Feb. 27, 2002

By Staff

Thursday: You may not be able to teach an old dog new tricks, but you can certainly teach a new dog old tricks. Tonight, Arts & Lectures presents the Borromeo String Quartet. The concert is at 8 at the Montecito Cou...

February 14, 2002

Feb. 14, 2002 – Feb. 20, 2002

By Staff

Calendar: 2/14-2/20 Thursday: St. Valentine was a priest beheaded for performing unauthorized marriages on the church steps. Celebrate his holiday with “The Road Home,” the story of a tenderhearted romance be...

February 13, 2002

Vision

By Josh Braun

One out of every 10 people over the age of 60 will lose all or part of their vision to the eye disease known as age-related macular degeneration. Six years ago, researchers at UCSB set out to discover why.

February 7, 2002

Feb. 7, 2002 – Feb 14, 2002

By Staff

Thursday I said, are you ready to rock? Pressure 4-5 is playing a benefit concert tonight in The Hub. Associated Students’ Program Board has organized the show; proceeds will go to the surviving family members of l...

January 31, 2002

Jan. 31, 2002 – Feb. 6, 2002

By Staff

Thursday Are you “Running On Empty?” Tonight would be a great night to “Take It Easy” with legendary folk performer Jackson Browne. He’ll be performing a special, all-acoustic benefit concer...

January 30, 2002

Could Be Genetic

By Josh Braun

From his window office in Biological Sciences II,geneticist Robert Sinsheimer reflects on his life, on his science, and on the science of life.

January 24, 2002

Jan. 24, 2002 – Jan. 30, 2002

By Staff

Thursday: All sobriety and no malt liquor makes UCSB a dull boy. It’s time to chase down that Natty Light with some intoxicating rhymes from Tha Liks, the collection of West Coast hip hoppers formerly known as Tha ...

January 17, 2002

Jan. 17 – Jan. 24

By Staff

Thursday Admit it, there’s something strangely exciting about mixing rock ‘n’ roll with cross-dressing. “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” blends the two perfectly. The film version of John Cameron...

January 15, 2002

Year In Review

By Josh Braun

To ring in the new year, I have compiled a list of notable achievements in science and technology at UCSB in 2001.

January 10, 2002

Jan. 10 – Jan. 16

By Staff

Thursday, Jan. 10 Who would have thought that David Lynch could appeal to the masses? Perhaps best known for his enigmatic “Twin Peaks” television series, Lynch has always skirted the line between originality...

November 30, 2001

The Deepest Darkest Secrets: An Interview with Robert Ballard

By Josh Braun

Robert Ballard, world-famous oceanographer and discoverer of the Titanic, graduated here in 1965 and is widely considered to be UCSB's golden child - and he has certainly gone a long way.

November 30, 2001

Science & Technology Briefs

By Staff

The December issue of Discover magazine was recently published, containing the company's picks for the top 100 science stories of the year. Four of the stories focused on research done by UCSB scientists.

November 20, 2001

Digital Mouse

By Jason La

A new field of research known as bioinformatics is the use of technology to aid biological research. Ming Li, a UCSB computer science professor, along with his graduate students, stand to give the field a dynamic leap fo...

November 7, 2001

11/8 – 11/14

By Staff

11/8 If movies about self-made men inspire you, take Arts and Lectures’ film presentation of Testamento into consideration. This Cape Verde import tells the tale about a rich businessman and the will he leaves behi...