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On the Town

Venture Competition is Nothing Personal, Just Business

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

While a game of Monopoly is the closest many students have ever been to experiencing a businesslike environment, a group of UCSB students took the commerce game to a whole new level, competing in teams with novel ideas in a contest that could have been dreamed up by The Donald himself.


Aggressive Squids Have Scientists Running for the Labs

Tuesday, May 20, 2008


On-Campus Machine Shop Can Do More Than Whittle and Weld

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Testing military-grade steel for battleships, analyzing composite materials for sealants used in nuclear power plants and constructing 500-mile-per-gallon vehicles are just a few of the many exciting projects carried out in the College of Engineering Machine Shop.


Scientists Find That Viruses Can Cross Species Barrier

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

When it comes to infectious diseases, no line exists between wild animals and humans.


Diabetes Epidemic Causes World-Leading Pharmaceutical Company to Act

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

As part of a $14.4 million campaign, UCSB's Institute for Collaborative Biotechnologies is working with five institutions to discover unprecedented ways in treating and preventing diabetes.


UCSB Outreach Programs Trapeze Through Local Schools

Tuesday, April 29, 2008


Local Astronomers Discover 10 'Hot Jupiters'

Tuesday, April 22, 2008


UCSB Researchers Study Nanotechnology Development in China

Tuesday, April 15, 2008


Nexus Quickies

Tuesday, April 15, 2008


Visiting Professor Explores Light Perception in the Infrared

Tuesday, April 8, 2008


UCSB Student Creates a Pill To Relieve Asthma

Monday, March 10, 2008


UCSB Scientists Help U.S. Regain the Lead in Dark Matter Race

Monday, March 10, 2008


Researchers Map Out Global Human Impact

Tuesday, March 4, 2008


UCSB Professor Earns Alfred Sloan Fellowship

Tuesday, March 4, 2008


New Student Energy Forum Holds Inauguration

Tuesday, March 4, 2008


Spiny Lobster Population Scrutinized

Wednesday, February 20, 2008


Researchers Investigate the Tau of Alzheimer's

Wednesday, February 13, 2008


Scientists Study Protein Functions

Wednesday, February 13, 2008


Researchers Find Tough Life of Fish to be Good

Wednesday, February 6, 2008


UCSB Hosts Third Annual Energy Conference

Tuesday, January 29, 2008