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08/25/2010

U.S. News & World Report has ranked UC Santa Barbara number 9 in its annual listing of the “Top 50 Public National Universities” in the country, and number 39 on its list of the “Best National Universities.”

08/16/2010

The publication of the complete genomic sequence of a living marine sponge reveals genes dating back hundreds of millions of years –– a result far exceeding the expectations of the scientific world. Four scientists from UCSB contributed to the sequencing of the genome of a Great Barrier Reef marine sponge, from a 650 million-year-old group of organisms ––

07/30/2010

UCSB’s Center for Black Studies Research Selected as Headquarters for University of California Haiti Initiative

07/01/2010

A study conducted by a team of scientists at UC Santa Barbara has found that a mechanism exists within the human brain that enables both men and women to determine the strength and fighting ability of men around them simply by hearing their voices.

07/01/2010

Physicists Help Biologists to Understand Protein Folding This development may help elucidate biological processes associated with diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. The press release is available at: http://www.ia.ucsb.edu/pa/display.aspx?pkey=2267

Physicists Help Biologists to Understand Protein Folding; Results Help Further Basic Medical Research

07/01/2010

Former UCSB Grad Student’s Invention Helping to Clean Up Gulf Oil Spill. More information is available on our discussion section.

06/14/2010

UCSB's Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame inducted eight new members in April. The 2010 class included seven All Americans, an NCAA Woman of the Year finalist, and two gold medalist at the Beijing Olympics: volleyball playert Todd Rogers and swimmer Jason Lezak. Go Gauchos!

06/14/2010

The Middle East Ensemble has been invited by the Egyptian Ministry of Culture to perform a series of concerts in Cairo, Alexandria, and Luxor in July.

06/14/2010

A UCSB survey found that over half of all graduating seniors have collaborated with faculty members on original research or creativeprojects. The campus nurtures such activities with a program of student grants totalling more than 200,000 annually.

06/14/2010

U.S. News & World Report has rated several UCSB graduate programs among the best in the country in the 2011 edition of its "America's Best Graduate Schools" guide. Chemical Engineering ranked number 4!

06/14/2010

The League of American Bicyclists has named UC Santa Barbara a Bicycle Friendly Business Gold Award winner! 10,215 UCSB students commute to campus on a bicycle as well as 420 staff and faculty. UCSB offers seven miles of Class 1 bicycle paths and 10,000 secure bicycle parking spaces in bicycle racks.

05/25/2010

Want to get a head start on transitioning? Try the UCSB Transitions program for the summer!

As a newly-admitted transfer student, you can launch your UCSB studies in the summer. If you do—Good News! TRANSITIONS will help you get started and keep going.