By Andrea Estrada / UCSB The Chicano movement of the late 1960s and 1970s was the largest and most widespread civil rights and empowerment movement by Mexican-Americans in U.S. history. But without strong and dedicated leadership, it might not have…
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Javier Read de Alaniz named UCSB’s 2015-16 Plous Award Winner
Read de Alaniz will showcase his research in chemistry when he delivers the annual Plous Lecture next spring By Andrea Estrada / UCSB Javier Read de Alaniz, an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at UC Santa…
UCSB announces winners of top awards
By Andrea Estrada / UCSB Three remarkable graduating seniors at UC Santa Barbara have been named winners of the university’s top awards for their scholastic achievement, their extraordinary service to the university and the community, and their personal courage and…
UCSB undergraduate María Prado is named a Woodrow Wilson-Rockefeller Brothers Fund Foundation Fellow
By Jessica Fenton / UCSB UC Santa Barbara undergraduate María Prado has been named one of nine new Woodrow Wilson-Rockefeller Brothers Fund Foundation (WW-RBF) Fellows for Aspiring Teachers of Color, university officials reported in a media release. Selected through a…
Early Academic Outreach Program brings colleges and universities to high schools in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties
By Andrea Estrada / UCSB The Early Academic Outreach Program (EAOP) at UC Santa Barbara will hold its annual spring Higher Education Week, a four-day event beginning on Tuesday, March 10. Representatives from universities, colleges and other institutions of higher…
UCSB Multicultural Center to present the Cup of Culture film screening of ‘La Mission’ on March 4
SANTA BARBARA — The UCSB Multicultural Center will present the Cup of Culture film screening of “La Mission” at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 4 at the MCC Theater. Growing up in the Mission District of San Francisco, Che Rivera has always had…
UCSB is officially recognized as a Hispanic-Serving Institution by the Hispanic Association of Colleges & Universities
University joins Riverside, Santa Cruz and Merced campuses as Hispanic-Serving Institutions By Andrea Estrada / UCSB For as long as she can remember, Jocelyn Ramirez enjoyed tinkering with electronics and, in general, figuring out how things work. So as a Paloma…
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SANTA BARBARA — Foodbank of Santa Barbara County is seeking produce donors and volunteers for the Foodbank Backyard Bounty Day on Saturday, Oct. 25. Foodbank is calling out to community members with harvest sites (orchards or gardens) in south Santa…
Shattering Stereotypes: Book by UCSB professor Mario García offers young Latinos a new narrative
By Sonia Fernandez / UCSB Alma Cortez-Lara immigrated to the United States from Mexico when she was very young, and lived the life of the child of migrant workers. She lived in poor neighborhoods and learned English, serving as the…
Meghan Corella Morales wins a 2014 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award at UCSB
SANTA BARBARA — Meghan Corella Morales of the Department of Education of UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School has won a 2014 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, presented by the UCSB Academic Senate as part of its slate of awards for research, teaching, and…
UCSB announces winners of the Thomas More Storke Award, other top university prizes
By Andrea Estrada / UCSB Three remarkable graduating seniors at UC Santa Barbara have been named winners of the university’s top awards for their scholastic achievement, their extraordinary service to the university and the community, and their personal courage and…
Hospice of Santa Barbara offers support, free bereavement services, tips for those affected by Isla Vista shooting
SANTA BARBARA — Hospice of Santa Barbara is shocked and saddened by the shooting in Isla Vista. Our support goes out to the victims, their families and the university and community members impacted by this tragedy, hospice officials reported Tuesday in a media…
UC Santa Barbara Memorial Service to be held at 4 p.m. May 27
SANTA BARBARA — A memorial service to honor the six students who died as a result of the tragedy in Isla Vista will take place at 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 27, in Harder Stadium. The ceremony is expected to last approximately…
UCSB Early Academic Outreach Program (EAOP) to present Spring Higher Education Week starting March 11
Representatives from the public and private universities and colleges visit high school campuses to meet with students and discuss post-secondary education opportunities By Andrea Estrada / UCSB The Early Academic Outreach Program (EAOP) at UC Santa Barbara will hold its…
UCSB Conference on Feb. 21-22 to examine the historiography of the Chicano Movement
Special guest panel will discuss ‘The Blowout Generation and Sal Castro’ By Andrea Estrada / UCSB In March 1968, thousands of Chicano students walked out of their East Los Angeles high schools to protest decades of inferior or discriminatory education…
UCSB to honor ‘City of Night’ author John Rechy with Luis Leal Award for Distinction in Chicano/Latino Literature
SANTA BARBARA — Novelist John Rechy is this year’s recipient of the UC Santa Barbara’s Luis Leal Award for Distinction in Chicano/Latino Literature, university 0fficials reported in a media release. The award will be presented during a ceremony at 4 p.m.…
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> UC Santa Barbara engineering professors Samir Mitragotri and Steven DenBaars have been named to the rank of Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors, the university reported in a media release. Recognized for their “highly prolific spirit of innovation,”…
UCSB Multicultural Center to present panel on immigrant rights on Oct. 17
SANTA BARBARA — A panel discussion on “Which way forward for the immigrant rights struggle?” will be presented at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 17 at the UCSB Multicultural Center. A spate of repressive anti-immigrant laws passed in the last few…
Panel discussion examines plight of ‘Out of Status’ students throughout history on Oct. 15 at UCSB
SANTA BARBARA — They are among California’s highest achievers. High school graduates — in many cases their class valedictorians — community volunteers and now university students. They are hardworking seekers of their own version of the American Dream. They are also…
UCSB Early Academic Outreach to hold ‘Higher Education Week’ starting Oct. 8
SANTA BARBARA — The Early Academic Outreach Program (EAOP) at UC Santa Barbara will hold its fall Higher Education Week, a four-day series of events beginning Oct. 8, the university reported in a media release. Representatives from universities, colleges and…
UCSB Early Academic Outreach Program holds College Readiness Academies in region July 3-5
SANTA BARBARA — For the third year in a row, UC Santa Barbara’s Early Academic Outreach Program (EAOP) will sponsor a series of College Readiness Academies for incoming high school seniors, the university reported in a media release. The intensive college…
Huckleberry Finn figures prominently in new book by UCSB expert in immigration law, policy
SANTA BARBARA — This is the overarching question that frames John S.W. Park’s new book, “Illegal Migrations and the Huckleberry Finn Problem” (Temple University Press, 2013), and it’s a question that has confronted many American citizens time and again throughout…
Deadline is June 20 to register for ‘Young Writers Camp” in Ventura, Santa Barbara counties
The deadline to register is June. 20 for South Coast Writing Project presents “The 2013 Young Writers Camp” July 15-26 at UC Santa Barbara and California Lutheran University, July 15 through Aug. 1 at Oxnard and Ventura colleges. The students, third…
Black-Brown politics subject of March 4 talk at UCSB
“Spaces of Conflict, Sounds of Solidarity: Black-Brown Politics and Resistance in Los Angeles,” featuring speaker Gaye Theresa Johnson, will be presented at 6 p.m. Monday, March 4 at the UCSB Multicultural Center, Lecture/MCC Lounge. The program details interracial anti-racist alliances, divisions…
Film screening, discussion of ‘Homeboy’ to be presented March 6 at UCSB
The “Cup of Culture – Meet the Filmmaker” program will feature the film screening of “Homeboy,” followed by a discussion with the director, at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 6 at the UCSB Multicultural Center. The documentary film centers on portraits…
UCSB demographer champions health care for unaccompanied migrant children
SANTA BARBARA — With President Barack Obama pushing for a path to citizenship for 11 million undocumented residents in the U.S., and a vocal opposition promising to challenge his plan, comprehensive immigration reform is taking center stage in American politics.…
Students participate in STEM Conference at UCSB
SANTA BARBARA — Women leaders in science, engineering and education shared their expertise and time with more than 200 girls in grades 6-12, parents, teachers and counselors at the recent 2012 Upper Hand to College STEM Conference, held at UCSB, organizers…
UCSB discussion on Mexican literature on Nov. 1 will highlight works by Elena Poniatowska, Carlos Fuentes
SANTA BARBARA — Elena Poniatowska, the Mexican feminist writer, journalist, and author, will deliver the keynote address when scholars from across the United States and Mexico gather at UC Santa Barbara for the 15th annual colloquium on Mexican literature, the…
UCSB literary scholar receives PEN Center USA Award for translation
SANTA BARBARA — When Chilean novelist and short story writer José Donoso died in 1996, he left behind a vast collection of papers. Among them was a manuscript begun some 23 years earlier. Discovered by his daughter, Pilar, the manuscript…
Bilingual report: Sponsors needed by June 15 for Young Writers Camp
Writer and educator Amada Irma Perez reports that the South Coast Writing Project is seeking individuals and organizations willing to help sponsor young people to take part in the 2012 Young Writers Camp from Monday through Friday, July 9-20. The…
UCSB to host Chicano Movement conference on Feb. 17-18
Event will examine impact of movement and how it relates to today SANTA BARBARA — “Chicano Power!,” a two-day conference at UC Santa Barbara to examine the Chicano movement of the 1960’s and ’70s, a major formative period in Chicano history, will begin…