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5/13/2008
New Book by UCSB Art Professor Examines Tattoos and Their Stories
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) – Once an art form restricted to sailors, soldiers, and people on the fringe of society, tattooing has become a cultural phenomenon. More than 45 million people
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5/13/2008
UCSB BIOLOGIST RECEIVES NATIONAL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) –– Alice Alldredge, a professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, has received the
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5/12/2008
UCSB UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHERS SHOWCASE THEIR WORK
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) – Undergraduate researchers at UC Santa Barbara will present their discoveries and creative accomplishments at the annual Undergraduate Research Colloquium
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5/12/2008
"Sounds Latino!" Exhibition at UCSB Accessible Via Telephone
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) – An innovative exhibition that traces the genesis and evolution of Chicano and Latino music over the past 70 years is currently on view at the University of
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5/7/2008
UCSB RECEIVES $3.2 STEM CELL GRANT FROM STATE
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) –– The University of California, Santa Barbara will receive $3.2 million from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) in support of the development
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5/1/2008
Award Lecture by Distinguished Chemist Examines Nanostructures and Energy
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) – Thuc-Quyen Nguyen, an assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry at UC Santa Barbara and a specialist in the area of organic optoelectronic materials,
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4/30/2008
UCSB Conference Explores Chinese Literary Modernism in Taiwan
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) – Scholars from Taiwan, China, Japan, and the United States will gather at the University of California, Santa Barbara for a three-day conference that examines
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4/30/2008
German Filmmaker and Video Artist Clemens von Wedemeyer to Visit UCSB
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) – Clemens von Wedemeyer, an internationally renowned German filmmaker and video artist, will spend a week in residence at the University of California, Santa
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4/29/2008
UCSB Professors Elected to National Academy of Sciences
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) – Two prominent UC Santa Barbara professors have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, as has a leading stem cell researcher who is an adjunct
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4/29/2008
UCSB Affiliates Town Forum Examines Race, Gender, and the 2008 Elections
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) – The historic presidential nomination campaigns of Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama raise questions about gender and racial prejudices in the United
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4/28/2008
Richard Helgerson, Renowned Scholar of Renaissance Literature, Dies in Santa Barbara
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) – Richard Helgerson, 67, a leading scholar of Renaissance literature and a UC Santa Barbara professor of English for most of four decades, died April 26 after
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4/24/2008
UCSB Conference Explores Mexican Narrative Ballads
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) – A three-day conference honoring the late Guillermo Hernández, a professor of Spanish and Portuguese at UCLA and a leading scholar of Mexican narrative ballads,
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4/24/2008
UCSB Extends Public Comment Period for Long-Range Plan,
Reschedules Public Hearing
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) – To better accommodate public interest in its draft Long Range Development Plan (LRDP), UC Santa Barbara has extended the public comment period by 45 days,
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4/24/2008
UCSB Conference Explores Contributions of Walter Capps to the Study of Religion
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) – As a professor of religious studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara for more than three decades, Walter Capps influenced thousands of students.
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4/22/2008
New Book by UCSB Historian Examines Citizen-Scientists and the Dawn of the Space Age
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) – When the Soviets launched the satellite Sputnik in 1957, thousands of people around the world seized the opportunity to become citizen-scientists and take
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4/21/2008
UC Santa Barbara Adopts Comprehensive Sustainability Plan
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) – On the eve of Earth Day, the University of California, Santa Barbara is announcing its adoption of a comprehensive Campus Sustainability Plan designed to
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4/18/2008
University of Chicago Scholar to Give 50th Annual Carl Snyder Memorial Lecture
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) – Robert Townsend, the Charles E. Merriam Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Chicago, will give the 50th Annual
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4/17/2008
UCSB Conference Examines Issues of Television, Culture, and Identity
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) – More than 200 scholars and entertainment industry leaders will meet at the University of California, Santa Barbara from April 24-26 for a conference exploring
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4/16/2008
UCSB Scholar to Discuss Personal and Social Balance in Chinese Taoism
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) – Traditional Chinese religious and medical texts, spanning a period of some 2,500 years, reveal a common set of understandings about what the body was, and
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4/15/2008
Upcoming National Conference Bridges Neuroscience and Education
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) –– The brain is "plastic," according to recent findings in neuroscience, and that concept can help teachers and educators improve learning. Brain plasticity
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4/14/2008
UC Santa Barbara Offers Admission to 23,140 for Fall 2008
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) – The University of California, Santa Barbara has offered a place in its fall 2008 entering class to a total of 23,140 high school seniors. The prospective
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4/10/2008
UCSB Historian Discusses Wild Yams and 20th-Century Pharmaceuticals
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) – In the 1940's, rheumatoid arthritis afflicted more Americans than cancer, polio, and tuberculosis combined. No apparent cure existed, and while research
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4/9/2008
UCSB Economics Forum Examines Sources of Growth in India's Economy
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) –– The economy in India has experienced accelerated growth in recent years with several elements –– the manufacturing sector, service- producing industries,
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4/9/2008
UCSB Conference Examines Sectarianism in the Middle East and South Asia
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) – Dahr Jamail, one of only a few independent United States journalists in Iraq, is among a group of scholars from across the country that will gather at the
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4/8/2008
2008 ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR SANTA BARBARA COUNTY TOPIC OF APRIL 17 UCSB PRESENTATION AT LOBERO THEATRE
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) – The prospects for Santa Barbara County's economy in the coming year will be the topic of a special seminar to be presented next week by the Economic Forecast
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4/8/2008
U.S. News Ranks UCSB Graduate Programs Among Best
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) – In its annual ranking of leading graduate and professional programs at American universities, U.S. News & World Report magazine has rated UC Santa Barbara's
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4/3/2008
UC Santa Barbara to Host 'Spring Insight' Open House on April 12
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) – UC Santa Barbara will host its annual "Spring Insight" open house for prospective students and their families on Saturday, April 12, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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4/2/2008
New Books by UCSB Faculty Members Examine Aspects of Art and Life in Asia
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) – Four faculty members at the University of California, Santa Barbara have recently published new books that examine various aspects of art and life in Asia.
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4/1/2008
SCIENTISTS DISCOVER 10 NEW PLANETS OUTSIDE SOLAR SYSTEM –– REVOLUTIONIZES UNDERSTANDING OF EXTRA SOLAR PLANETS
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) –– An international team of astronomers has found 10 new "extra solar" planets, planets that orbit stars other than our sun.
The team used a system of robotic
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3/31/2008
Issues of Media Ownership is the Subject of New Book by UCSB Faculty Member
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) – When the framers of the Constitution were listing the rights and freedoms that would define the fledgling United States, they included freedom of speech
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3/27/2008
RECESSION IN CALIFORNIA ‘ALMOST INEVITABLE'
STATE'S ECONOMY TO FARE WORSE THAN NATION'S
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) – The California economy is headed toward a recession and the state's economy "will be worse than that of the United States," according to the Economic Forecast
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3/27/2008
SCIENTISTS FIND THAT SQUID BEAK IS BOTH HARD AND SOFT, MAKING IT A MATERIAL THAT ENGINEERS WANT TO COPY
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) –– How did nature make the squid's beak super hard and sharp –– allowing it, without harm to its soft body –– to capture its prey?
The question has captivated
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3/27/2008
UCSB Conference Addresses Issues of Fair Housing and Public Policy
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) –A group of attorneys, activists, and scholars will gather at the University of California, Santa Barbara next week for a two-day conference focusing on new
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3/24/2008
UCSB Professor of Psychology and Director of the Sage Center for the Study of Mind Receives Two Top Awards
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) –– Michael Gazzaniga, professor of psychology at UC Santa Barbara and director of UCSB's Sage Center for the Study of Mind, is the recipient of a 2008 Distinguished
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3/24/2008
UC Santa Barbara Releases Draft Long Range Development Plan
Public Hearing on "Vision2025" Proposal Slated for April 29th
(Santa Barbara, CA) – The draft Long Range Development Plan (LRDP) that will help UC Santa Barbara plan its future to the year 2025 has been released and is available for public review.
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3/19/2008
New Book by UCSB Scholar Examines Presidential Illness and Decision Making
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) – When the President becomes physically or mentally ill or incapacitated, his condition impacts not just his immediate family and circle of advisors, but
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3/18/2008
New Memoir by UCSB Faculty Member Describes Life in Japan
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) – In 1961, newly graduated from Harvard University with a bachelor's degree in Far Eastern languages, John Nathan hopped a Japan Airlines flight to Tokyo where
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