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University of California, Santa Barbara
Motto:	Fiat lux (Latin)
Motto in English:	Let there be light
Established:	1905, independently from the UC system. Joined UC in 1944
Type:	Public
Endowment:	US $190 million[1]
Chancellor:	Henry T. Yang
Faculty:	1,054
Undergraduates:	17,726
Postgraduates:	2,833
Location:	Santa Barbara, California, USA
Campus:	Suburban, 989 acres (4.0 km²)
Former names:	Santa Barbara State College (1909-44) Santa Barbara College (1944-58)
Colors:	Blue and Gold
Nickname:	Gauchos
Affiliations:	University of California Big West Conference
Website:	www.ucsb.edu

The University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) is a research-oriented^[2] public university located on the Pacific Ocean in Santa Barbara County, California, USA. It is one of ten campuses of the University of California. Its current student body is around 20,000. UCSB ranks as the 35^th university worldwide and the 27^th in the United States in the 2007 Academic Ranking of World Universities, which measures scientific research leading toward a Nobel Prize.^[3] U.S. News & World Report ranks the university as the 44th best in the United States in terms of quality of undergraduate education.^[4] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... For other uses, see Motto (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Latins and Latin (disambiguation). ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Let there be light is an English translation of the Hebrew ×™Ö°×”Ö´×™ אוֹר (or yehiy or). ... The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... For other uses, see 1905 (disambiguation). ... Berkeley Davis Irvine Los Angeles Merced Riverside San Diego Santa Barbara Santa Cruz UC Office of the President in Oakland The University of California (UC) is a public university system in the state of California. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... A financial endowment is a transfer of money or property donated to an institution, with the stipulation that it be invested, and the principal remain intact. ... USD redirects here. ... A Chancellor is the head of a university. ... Henry T. Yang is the Chancellor of the University of California, Santa Barbara. ... A faculty is a division within a university. ... In some educational systems, undergraduate education is post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelors degree. ... Degree ceremony at Cambridge. ... Nickname: Location in Santa Barbara County and the state of California Coordinates: , Country State County Santa Barbara Government  - Mayor Marty Blum Area  - Total 41. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... Illustration of the backyards of a surburban neighbourhood Suburbs are inhabited districts located either on the outer rim of a city or outside the official limits of a city (the term varies from country to country), or the outer elements of a conurbation. ... School colors are the colors chosen by a school to represent it on uniforms and other items of identification. ... Tinctures are the colours used to blazon coats of arms in heraldry. ... Tinctures are the colours used to blazon coats of arms in heraldry. ... The athletic nickname, or equivalently athletic moniker, of a university or college within the United States of America is the name officially adopted by that institution for at least the members of its athletic teams. ... For other uses, see Gaucho (disambiguation). ... Berkeley Davis Irvine Los Angeles Merced Riverside San Diego Santa Barbara Santa Cruz UC Office of the President in Oakland The University of California (UC) is a public university system in the state of California. ... The Big West Conference (BWC) is an NCAA-affiliated Division I major college athletic conference that formerly sponsored Division I-A American football. ... A website (alternatively, web site or Web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or more web servers, usually accessible via the Internet. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Santa Barbara County is a county located on the Pacific coast of the southern portion of the U.S. state of California, just west of Ventura County. ... Berkeley Davis Irvine Los Angeles Merced Riverside San Diego Santa Barbara Santa Cruz UC Office of the President in Oakland The University of California (UC) is a public university system in the state of California. ... // One of the well known rankings, THES - QS publishes an annual report about world rankings. ... U.S. News & World Report is a weekly newsmagazine. ...

History

The predecessor to UCSB, Santa Barbara State College, focused on teacher training, industrial arts, home economics, and foreign languages. Intense lobbying by an interest group in the City of Santa Barbara led by Thomas Storke and Pearl Chase persuaded the State Legislature, Governor Earl Warren, and the Regents of the University of California to move the State College over to the more research-oriented University of California system in 1944. The State College system sued to stop the takeover, but the Governor did not support the suit. A state initiative was passed, however, to stop subsequent conversions of State Colleges to University of California campuses.^[5] The California State University (CSU) is one of three public higher education systems in the state of California, the other two being the University of California system and the California Community College System. ... For the swing saxophonist and occasional singer, see Earle Warren Earl Warren (March 19, 1891 – July 9, 1974) was a California district attorney of Alameda County, the 20th Attorney General of California, the 30th Governor of California, and the 14th Chief Justice of the United States (from 1953 to 1969). ...

Originally, the Regents envisioned a small, several thousand-student liberal arts college, a so-called `Williams College of the West,' at Santa Barbara. Chronologically, UCSB is only the 3rd general-education campus of the University of California, after Berkeley and UCLA (the only other State campus to have been taken over by the UC system.) The original campus the Regents acquired in Santa Barbara was located on only one hundred acres of largely unusable land on a seaside mesa, however. The availability of a 400 acre ex-Marine Base on another seaside mesa in Goleta, which the Regents could acquire for free from the federal government, led to that site becoming the Santa Barbara campus in 1949. Originally, only 3000-3500 students were anticipated, but the post WWII baby boom led to the designation of general campus in 1958, along with a name change from "Santa Barbara College" to "University of California, Santa Barbara," and the discontinuation of the industrial arts program for which the State college was famous. A Chancellor, Samuel B. Gould, was appointed in 1959. All of this change was done in accordance with the California Master Plan for Higher Education.^[6] Williams College is a highly selective [1] private liberal arts college located in Williamstown, Massachusetts. ... Also in Spanish, Goleta means schooner. ... A baby boom is any period of greatly increased birth rate during a certain period, and usually within certain geographical bounds. ... A Chancellor is the head of a university. ... The California Master Plan for Higher Education of 1960 was developed by Clark Kerr, during the administration of Gov. ...

Vietnam War era

UCSB became nationally known as a hotbed of anti Vietnam War activity in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Other than UC Berkeley, no other California college received as much attention from the national media for its anti war activities. Events during the era included a bombing at the school's faculty club, burning of the Bank of America branch building in the student community of Isla Vista, and then Governor Ronald Reagan imposing a curfew and ordering the National Guard to enforce it during the 1971-72 school year. Weapon-carrying guardsmen were a common sight on campus and in Isla Vista during this time. A number of noteworthy anti war speakers made UCSB a key stop on national speaking tours. Among them were Jesse Jackson, Ralph Abernathy, Tom Hayden, Abbie Hoffman, Eldridge Cleaver, Eugene McCarthy, William Kunstler and George McGovern. In a later era, John Anderson and Hillary Clinton were the Presidential candidates to speak at the school.^{[citation needed]} The University of California, Berkeley (also known as Cal, UC Berkeley, UCB, or simply Berkeley) is a prestigious, public, coeducational university situated in the foothills of Berkeley, California to the east of San Francisco Bay, overlooking the Golden Gate and its bridge. ... Bank of America (NYSE: BAC TYO: 8648) is the largest commercial bank in the United States in terms of deposits, and the largest company of its kind in the world. ... Isla Vista is an unincorporated community in Santa Barbara County, California, United States. ... Reagan redirects here. ... This article is about the restrictions and constraints of particular movements. ... It has been suggested that National Guard Bureau be merged into this article or section. ... Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr. ... Ralph David Abernathy (March 11, 1926 – April 17, 1990) was an American civil rights activist and leader. ... Tom Hayden outside the 2004 Democratic National Convention Thomas Emmett Tom Hayden (born December 11, 1939) is an American social and political activist and politician, most famous for his involvement in the anti-war and civil rights movements of the 1960s. ... Abbott Howard Abbie Hoffman (November 30, 1936 – April 12, 1989) was a social and political activist in the United States who co-founded the Youth International Party (Yippies). Later he became a fugitive from the law, who lived under an alias following a conviction for dealing cocaine. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Not to be confused with the anti-Communist senator Joseph Raymond McCarthy. ... William Moses Kunstler (July 7, 1919 - September 4, 1995) was a American jurist, self-described radical lawyer and civil rights activist. ... George McGovern on May 8, 1972 cover of Time Magazine George Stanley McGovern, (born July 19, 1922) is a former United States Representative, Senator, and Democratic presidential nominee. ... John Bayard Anderson (born February 15, 1922) is a politician who was previously a member of the Republican Party. ... REDIRECT Hillary Rodham Clinton   This is a redirect from a title with another method of capitalisation. ...

Campus

UCSB is located on cliffs directly above the Pacific Ocean. UCSB's campus has not been annexed by the city of Santa Barbara and thus, is not technically part of the city.^[7][8] While it appears closer to the recently formed city of Goleta, a parcel of the City of Santa Barbara that forms a strip of "city" through the ocean to the Santa Barbara airport, runs through the west entrance to the university campus. Although UCSB has a Santa Barbara mailing address, as do other unincorporated areas around the city, only this entry parcel is in the Santa Barbara city limits. Like all other UC and CSU campuses, it is self-governing and cannot be incorporated into either city. The campus is divided into four parts: Main campus (708 acres that houses all academic units plus the majority of Undergraduate housing), Storke campus, West campus and North Campus. The campuses surround the community of Isla Vista. Nickname: Location in Santa Barbara County and the state of California Coordinates: , Country State County Santa Barbara Government  - Mayor Marty Blum Area  - Total 41. ... Also in Spanish, Goleta means schooner. ... A welcome sign at Isla Vista. ...

The Storke Tower and the University Center in front of the UCSB Lagoon.

One of the most attractive features about UCSB is the campus environment. UCSB is one of a few universities in the United States with its own beach. The campus, bordered on three sides by the Pacific Ocean, has miles of coastline as well as its own lagoon. The campus has numerous walking and bicycle paths across campus, around the lagoon and along the beach. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (976x570, 395 KB) Summary The University Center and Storke Tower at the University of California, Santa Barbara. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (976x570, 395 KB) Summary The University Center and Storke Tower at the University of California, Santa Barbara. ... Storke tower and the UCSB lagoon. ...

The Lagoon is a large man-made body of water adjacent to the coastline, between San Rafael and San Miguel Residence Halls. It was created from a former tidal salt marsh flat and is fed by a combination of run-off and ocean water used by the Marine Science Building's aquatic life tanks; thus, it is a unique combination of fresh and salt water. Many of the older campus buildings are being replaced with newer, more modern facilities. The UCSB Libraries, consisting of the Davidson Library and the Arts Library, hold 2.8 million bound volumes and millions of microforms, government documents, manuscripts, maps, satellite and aerial images, sound recordings, and other materials. The 24 Hour Study Room, formerly known as the RBR (Reserved Book Room), is adjacent to the Davidson Library, which is located in the middle of the UCSB campus. This mid bay barrier in Narrabeen, a suburb of Sydney (Australia), has blocked what used to be a bay to form a lagoon. ... Davidson Library at UCSB. The UCSB Libraries consist of the Donald C. Davidson Library and the Arts Library. ...

Campbell Hall is the university's largest lecture hall with 860 seats. It is also the main venue for the UCSB Arts and Lectures series, which presents special performances, films, and lectures for the UCSB campus and Santa Barbara community.

Storke Tower, completed in 1969, is the tallest building in Santa Barbara County. It can be seen from most places on campus, it over looks a wide plaza aptly named Storke Plaza. It is home to a five-octave, 61-bell carillon. All UCSB students used to be free to access the top of Storke Tower once they checked out a key from the Visitor's Center, but this program has been put on hold by the fire marshal. KCSB 91.9 broadcasts from beneath Storke Tower. Storke tower and the UCSB lagoon. ... Santa Barbara County is a county located on the Pacific coast of Southern California, in the state of California, just west of Ventura County. ... For the University of Regina student newspaper, see The Carillon. ... KCSB 91. ...

Academics

UC Santa Barbara is one of only 62 research-intensive institutions elected to membership in the Association of American Universities. UCSB celebrates the five Nobel Prizes won by faculty members since 1998 for landmark research in chemistry, physics, and economics. U.S. News and World Report's guide, "America's Best Colleges," the most widely read college guide in the country, ranks UCSB the 16th best public university in the nation. UCSB was selected as one of the first California Institutes for Science and Innovation. Among all applicants (47,893 for Fall 2006), 12,033 had a high school Grade Point Average of 4.0 or higher.

UCSB has three undergraduate colleges: the College of Letters & Science, the College of Engineering, and the College of Creative Studies. The College of Creative Studies offers students an alternative approach to education by allowing them to pursue advanced, independent work in the arts, mathematics, and sciences. The campus also has two professional schools, the Donald Bren School of Environmental Science, located in Bren Hall, and the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education. UCSB also hosts eight National Research Centers, including the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (at which many of the world's prominent theoretical physicists, including Stephen Hawking, are regular visitors) and the Materials Research Laboratory. Five of these Centers are supported by the National Science Foundation. Its faculty includes 5 Nobel laureates, 25 members of the National Academy of Sciences,^[9] 24 members of the National Academy of Engineering,^[10] and 21 members of the Academy of Arts and Sciences.^[11] A CCS student standing at the entrance of the building. ... Bren Hall has been called the greenest laboratory facility in the United States. ... KITP at night The Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP) is an institute of the University of California, Santa Barbara. ... Stephen William Hawking, CH, CBE, FRS, FRSA, (born 8 January 1942) is a British theoretical physicist. ... The Nobel Prize (Swedish: ) was established in Alfred Nobels will in 1895, and it was first awarded in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace in 1901. ... President Harding and the National Academy of Sciences at the White House, Washington, DC, April 1921 The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a corporation in the United States whose members serve pro bono as advisers to the nation on science, engineering, and medicine. ... Founded in 1964, the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) in the United States provides engineering leadership in service to the nation. ... The House of the Academy, Cambridge, Massachusetts. ...

Reputation

Storke Tower

Among U.S. universities, UCSB is frequently listed as one of the "public Ivies". Newsweek named UCSB one of "America’s 25 Hottest Colleges of 2005".^[23] UCSB was also ranked #59 of the "Top 100 Global Universities" by Newsweek Magazine in 2006.^[24] It is the only campus in the state of California to offer an undergraduate B.S. degree in Pharmacology. U.S. News & World Report is a weekly newsmagazine. ... // One of the well known rankings, THES - QS publishes an annual report about world rankings. ... The Newsweek logo Newsweek is a weekly news magazine published in New York City and distributed throughout the United States and internationally. ... The Times Higher Education Supplement, known as The Times Higher for short, is a newspaper based in London, United Kingdom, that reports specifically on issues related to education. ... The Washington Monthly is a monthly magazine of United States politics and government that is based in Washington, DC. Its founder is Charles Peters, who started the magazine in 1969 and continues to write columns occasionally. ... Wren Building (College of William and Mary) Alumni Hall (Miami U) Sather Gate (UC Berkeley) Central Campus Diag (U of Michigan) Old Well (UNC-Chapel Hill) UT Tower (U of Texas) Williams Hall (U of Vermont) The Rotunda (U of Virginia) Public Ivy is a colloquialism for a state-funded... Pharmacology (in Greek: pharmakon (φάρμακον) meaning drug, and lego (λέγω) to tell (about)) is the study of how drugs interact with living organisms to produce a change in function. ...

The faculty of UCSB have received five Nobel Prizes since 1998, for landmark research in chemistry, physics, and economics.^{[25][26][27][28][29]} The Nobel Prize (Swedish: ) was established in Alfred Nobels will in 1895, and it was first awarded in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace in 1901. ... For other uses, see Chemistry (disambiguation). ... A magnet levitating above a high-temperature superconductor demonstrates the Meissner effect. ... Face-to-face trading interactions on the New York Stock Exchange trading floor. ...

UCSB has had two Nobel Prize winners in the same year on two separate occasions: In 2000, with Heeger for Chemistry,^[27] and Kroemer for Physics,^[28] and again in 2004, Kydland for Economics, and Gross for Physics.^[25][26]

(2006) U.S. News and World Report ranks the following UCSB graduate programs as follows:^[30]

View of the UCSB Lagoon and the Marine Biotechnology Laboratory

• Biology (40th),
• Chemical Engineering (9th),
• Chemistry (31st),
• Computer Science (34th),
• Earth Sciences (21st),
• Economics (36th),
• Electrical Engineering (19th),
• English (28th),
• History (32nd),
• Materials Science and Engineering (3rd),
• Mathematics (42nd),
• Physics (10th),
• Political Science (48th),
• Psychology (47th),
• Sociology (29th).

The Geography graduate program is ranked 4th in the nation by the National Research Council Report on Quality in Ph.D. Education in the U.S. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 514 pixel Image in higher resolution (934 × 600 pixel, file size: 252 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 514 pixel Image in higher resolution (934 × 600 pixel, file size: 252 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... The National Research Council (NRC) of the USA is the working arm of the United States National Academy of Sciences and the United States National Academy of Engineering, carrying out most of the studies done in their names. ...

The UCSB School Psychology program is ranked 2nd in the nation in a study published in The School Psychologist Winter 2007.^[31]

In 2004, ISI Essential Science Indicators found that publications by the UCSB Electrical Engineering program were cited more in "Thomson ISI-indexed journals of electrical & electronic engineering between 1998 and 2002." than any other institution's publications.^[32]

The UCSB School of Engineering's graduate program was ranked 1st in the nation by the Princeton Review's first ranking of graduate engineering programs.^[33] The engineering educational programs were ranked using a combination of quantitative criteria, including GRE scores, undergraduate GPA, percentage of applicants accepted and percentage of top undergraduates applying.

UCSB is active in the interdisciplinary field of nanotechnology and nanoscience. In addition to the California NanoSystems Institute, UCSB also hosts the Center for Nanotechnology in Society, a national center for research in the humanities and social sciences. Nanotechnology refers to a field of applied science and technology whose theme is the control of matter on the atomic and molecular scale, generally 100 nanometers or smaller, and the fabrication of devices that lie within that size range. ... A mite next to a gear chain produced using nanotechnology Nanotechnology as a collective term refers to technological developments on the nanometer scale, usually 0. ...

Admissions

The Princeton Review rates the University of California, Santa Barbara with an Admission Selectivity of 94 out of 99 points.^{[citation needed]} Admissions is classified as "Most Selective" by U. S. News and World Report, with an SAT score of 1866, and an SAT score of 1775 in the entering class of Fall 2007.^[34] 61 percent of the Fall 2007 entering class had a GPA of 3.7 or higher.^[35] 96 percent of freshman UCSB applicants are in the top ten percent of their High School class, and 53.4 percent of freshman students who applied for admission in Fall 2006 were admitted.^[35] The application fee is $60. Applications can be completed on the Internet. 25% of admitted students receive federal Pell grants.^[36] UCSB is third in applications received in the UC system, behind UCLA and UCSD, and was the fourth most selective in admissions in 2005. The Princeton Review (TPR) is a for-profit American educational preparation company. ... U.S.News & World Report is a weekly newsmagazine. ... For other uses, see SAT (disambiguation). ... The Pell Grant program is a type of post-secondary, educational federal grant program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education. ...

Student life

See also: List of fraternities and sororities at University of California, Santa Barbara

De La Guerra dining commons

The University of California Santa Barbara has a reputation for its "party life". In April 2006, Playboy Magazine named UCSB the "#2 party school" in its College Girl Edition.^[37] In 2005, the Princeton Review ranked it as the "#4 party school in the nation", up from #22. However in 2006, UCSB dropped to the position of #10 in the nation.^[38] While the Halloween parties in Isla Vista are quite popular among students, the annual tradition has come under fire from school administration in recent years.^[39] Playboy is an adult entertainment magazine, or pornography magazine, founded in 1953 by Hugh Hefner, which has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc. ... A welcome sign at Isla Vista. ...

UCSB is also a politically active campus. The UCSB Campus Democrats and the UCSB College Republicans are among the most active organizations on campus. Over the years, other political parties and organizations have also been known to be active on campus, such as the Environmental Affairs Board, Green Party, Libertarians, NORML, and the Queer Student Union.^{[citation needed]} Several presidential and vice presidential candidates have visted the campus in recent years, including Hillary Clinton, John B. Anderson and Peter Camejo. The campus has also seen a resurgence of anti-war sentiment among students. In 2006, for example, a massive student anti-war protest shut down Highway 217, adjacent to the campus. This article is about the American political party, Green Party. ... The Libertarian Party is a United States political party founded on December 11, 1971. ... The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws or NORML (pronounced normal) is a US-based non-profit corporation founded in 1970 to, according to their most recent mission statement, move public opinion sufficiently to achieve the repeal of marijuana prohibition so that the responsible use of cannabis by... REDIRECT Hillary Rodham Clinton   This is a redirect from a title with another method of capitalisation. ... John Anderson is a common name shared by a number of individuals: John HD Anderson (1726-1796), a Scottish scientist. ... Peter Miguel Camejo (born December 31, 1939) is an American financier, businessman, politican, and author. ... State Route 217 is a short 2 mile freeway that connects Santa Barbara Municipal Airport with U.S. Route 101 which is the major highway that connects Santa Barbara with other major cities along Californias Pacific Coast. ...

There are a variety of on campus centers offering social, recreational and preprofessional activities for students. The UCSB Multicultural Center puts on numerous activities every year to support students of color and promote awareness of diversity issues on campus. Other organizations and centers include the Daily Nexus, the campus newspaper, the La Cumbre Yearbook, the school radio station, KCSB 91.9 and the Gaucho Free Press, the campus's conservative magazine. The UCSB Recreation Center also hosts a variety of activities, from Adventure Programs to ballroom dancing classes. The term white American (often used interchangeably and incorrectly with Caucasian American[2] and within the United States simply white[3]) is an umbrella term that refers to people of European descent residing in the United States. ... An Asian American is a person of Asian ancestry or origin who was born in or is an immigrant to the United States. ... Hispanic (Spanish: ; Portuguese: ; Latin: , adjective from Hispānia, the Roman name for the Iberian Peninsula) is a term that historically denoted relation to the ancient Hispania and its peoples. ... For other uses, see Chicano (disambiguation). ... An African American (also Afro-American, Black American, or simply black) is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ... This article is about the people indigenous to the United States. ... As stated in the Multicultural Centers Mission Statement, in 1987, UCSB students of color, who were then severely underrepresented at the University demanded the creation of a hospitable and safe space for their use. ... The current masthead for the Daily Nexus. ... KCSB 91. ... The UCSB Recreation Center was opened in 1995, and, according to their web page [1] has been one of the most popular places on campus since. ...

Students grab food and hang out at the Arbor, the UCen, the Coral Tree Cafe the Courtyard Cafe and for a special lunch, the Faculty Club. The Arbor at UCSB is centrally located on campus. ... Ucen at UCSB. The University Center (commonly known as the UCen) at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) features books, supplies, food, and jobs for students. ... The Coral Tree Cafe is a campus dining area named after the two types of Coral trees on campus, the New World Coral Tree and the African Coral Tree. ...

UCSB is the only UC campus with its own Paramedic Rescue Unit. It is staffed by full-time professional paramedics and part-time undergraduate EMTs.

SexInfo, which was started in 1976 by Professors John and Janice Baldwin, is run by students doing advanced course work and research on sexuality through UCSB's Sociology Department. The site is dedicated to providing accurate information about sexuality in a way that is both informative and personal. SexInfo answers questions sent in by readers from all over the world, as well as regularly updates and posts articles on various topics related to human sexuality. This program helps students getting their degree in psychology.^[41]

UCSB is also known for its annual free music festival, Extravaganza. It is held at Harder Stadium in the spring and generally attracts around 8,000 people. Past performers have included Nas, T.I., E-40, Sublime, and Jack Johnson.
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Housing

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San Nicolas residence hall. Five of the on-campus residence halls are named after the islands in the nearby Channel Islands chain.

There are 8 residence halls at UCSB, seven of which are located at the Main campus, and one of which, Santa Catalina (previously known as Francisco Torres), is located near the entrance to West campus north of Isla Vista. Santa Catalina has its own dining commons, Portola Dining Commons. The Channel Islands of California, also called the Santa Barbara Islands, are a chain of eight islands located in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California along the Santa Barbara Channel in the United States of America. ... A halls of residence, British English (almost always halls and not hall) or a residence hall (North American English) is a type of residential accommodation for large numbers of students. ... Categories: Philippines geography stubs | Municipalities in the Philippines ... Isla Vista is an unincorporated community in Santa Barbara County, California, United States. ... Categories: Philippines geography stubs | Municipalities in the Philippines ...

The Main Campus residence halls are found in two different locations. On the east end of campus are the residence halls named after five of the Channel Islands: Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, Anacapa, San Miguel and San Nicolas. There are two dining commons located near the Channel Islands residence halls. The Ortega Dining Commons is located between San Miguel and the University Center (UCen), and the De La Guerra Dining Commons (better known as DLG) is located between Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, and San Nicolas. The Channel Islands of California, also called the Santa Barbara Islands, are a chain of eight islands located in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California along the Santa Barbara Channel in the United States of America. ... Santa Rosa Island Santa Rosa Island is the second largest of the Channel Islands of California at 52,794 acres (21,365 hectares). ... NASA satellite image of Santa Cruz Island. ... NASA satellite image of Anacapa Island Anacapa Island is a small volcanic island located about 14 miles (23 km) off the coast of Ventura, California, in Ventura County. ... Aerial view of San Miguel San Miguel Island is the westernmost of Californias Channel Islands and the sixth-largest of the eight at 9,325 acres (37. ... San Nicolas Island (sometimes shortened as San Nic or SNI) is the most remote of Californias Channel Islands. ... Ucen at UCSB. The University Center (commonly known as the UCen) at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) features books, supplies, food, and jobs for students. ...

The two other residence halls, San Rafael and Manzanita Village, are located on the west side of campus and primarily house continuing and transfer students. The Carrillo Dining Commons is located in Manzanita Village, right next to San Rafael Hall. Manzanita Village was completed in 2002, and is the newest dorm on campus. Manzanita Village, completed in 2002, is a residency hall at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). ... Manzanita Village, completed in 2002, is a residency hall at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). ...

UCSB does not require freshmen to live on campus, but the vast majority chooses to either live in university-owned housing or in university-affiliated housing.

Students may also choose to rent housing in the bordering community of Isla Vista. An estimated average for rent costs is $500–$800 US/month to share a bedroom, and includes trash pickup and water utilities. Low-cost housing is limited, with the cheapest source being the Santa Barbara Student Housing Cooperative. Manley Coop Biko Coop The Santa Barbara Student Housing Coop (SBSHC) is a student-run organisation designed to provide affordable housing for students, faculty, and staff of the University of California, Santa Barbara. ...

Other sources of housing include the Greek System, and outlying communities (i.e. Goleta, Santa Barbara, Isla Vista, Montecito). Many students live in Isla Vista, which is immediately adjacent to campus. Isla Vista since the early 1960s has a reputation of being a party environment; however, the fraternal and free-living culture has been severely damaged due to stringent police enforcement by the Isla Vista Foot Patrol. (IVFP). UCSB is also affiliated with the Santa Barbara Student Housing Cooperative in Isla Vista, which seeks to provide low rent co-op housing regardless of gender, race, social, political, or religious affiliation, and thereby influencing the community to eliminate prejudice and discrimination in the community. Manley Coop Biko Coop The Santa Barbara Student Housing Coop (SBSHC) is a student-run organisation designed to provide affordable housing for students, faculty, and staff of the University of California, Santa Barbara. ...

Athletics

Main article: UC Santa Barbara Gauchos

The UCSB Gauchos

The mascot of UCSB is the Gaucho and the school colors are blue and gold. UCSB's sports teams compete in the Big West Conference, with the exception of the men's and women's water polo teams and the men's volleyball team, which are in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. Santa Barbara is best known for its women's basketball and men's soccer teams. In 2006, UCSB won their first NCAA Men's Soccer title and its second overall NCAA championship (1979 water polo) in school history.^[42][43] The mascot of UCSB is the Gaucho and the school colors are blue and gold. ... For other uses, see Gaucho (disambiguation). ... The Big West Conference (BWC) is an NCAA-affiliated Division I major college athletic conference that formerly sponsored Division I-A American football. ... The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation is a College Athletic Conference whose member teams are located in the western United States. ... This article is about the sport. ... The University of California, Santa Barbara Gauchos soccer team competes at the NCAA Division I level. ...

Athletics at UCSB is not limited to the Intercollegiate Athletic Department. While there are some 400 students in ICA, there are over 700 in Recreational Sports Teams including: Alpine Racing, Cycling, Fencing, Field Hockey, Lacrosse, Roller Hockey, Rugby, Sailing, Soccer, Triathlon, Ultimate, Water Ski and Rowing. Many of these teams are highly regarded and compete against Intercollegiate teams from across the US. For example Rowing has produced several national team members including Nine-time National Rowing Team member Amy Fuller, winner of several Olympic and World Championship medals and currently head of the UCLA Rowing Program. A coxless pair which is a sweep-oar boat. ... A coxless pair which is a sweep-oar boat. ... The five Olympic rings were designed in 1913, adopted in 1914 and debuted at the Games at Antwerp, 1920. ... Binomial name Ucla xenogrammus Holleman, 1993 The largemouth triplefin, Ucla xenogrammus, is a fish of the family Tripterygiidae and only member of the genus Ucla, found in the Pacific Ocean from Viet Nam, the Philippines, Palau and the Caroline Islands to Papua New Guinea, Australia (including Christmas Island), and the...

Many other hundreds of students participate in a large Intramural program consisting of Badminton, Basketball, Bowling, Flag Football, Golf, Floor Hockey, Indoor and Outdoor Soccer, Racquetball, Squash, Running, Softball, Tennis, Table Tennis, Ultimate Frisbee, Volleyball, Inner tube water polo, and Kickball.

Notable faculty

Main article: List of University of California, Santa Barbara people

• Walter Holden Capps (1934-1997) — also known as Walter H. Capps — Democrat. Political Science professor. U.S. Representative from California 22nd District, 1997; (defeated, 1994) died in office 1997. Wife Lois G. Capps took over his office after his death.
• Kip Fulbeck, internationally recognized Professor of Art, author, and artist exploring Hapa identity
• Michael Frank Goodchild, Professor of Geography, winner of the 2007 Lauréat Prix International de Géographie Vautrin Lud, the Nobel Prize of Geography
• David J. Gross, Director of the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics and 2004 Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics.^[44]
• Alan J. Heeger, Professor of Physics and of Materials and 2000 Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry.^[45]
• Immanuel C.Y. Hsu, sinologist and Emeritus Professor of History
• Jacob Israelachvili, Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Departments, Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of London, 1988.
• Walter Kohn, Founding director, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, Research Professor of Physics and 1998 Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry.^[46]
• Herbert Kroemer, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and of Materials and 2000 Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics.^[47]
• Finn E. Kydland, Professor of Economics and 2004 Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics.^[48]
• J. Gordon Melton, Founding director of the Institute for the Study of American Religion; expert in American Religions and New Religious Movements
• Shuji Nakamura, Japanese inventor of the bright green, white and blue GaN LEDs and a blue laser. In 2006, Nakamura received the Millennium Technology Prize from the Finnish Government.^[49]
• John Nathan, Takashima Professor of Japanese Cultural Studies and Emmy-award winning director of several documentaries
• William I. Robinson, [[1]], main theorist of global capitalism school in critical global studies, former journalist in Nicaragua, and world-renowned expert on transnational capitalism and U.S. 'democratization'
• Galen D. Stucky, E. Khashoggi Industries, LLC Professor in Letters and Science, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Materials Departments and is one of the most highly-cited materials scientists in the world.^[50]

This is a list of notable alumni and faculty at the University of California, Santa Barbara. ... Walter Holden Capps (May 5, 1934-October 28, 1997) was a Democratic member of the House of Representatives in 1997. ... Lois Capps Lois G. Capps (born January 10, 1938), American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1998, representing the 23rd District of California (map), which consists of a long thin strip of coastline in Southern California and includes the cities of San... Kip Fulbeck is an artist, filmmaker, writer, slam poet, and spoken word performer. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Michael Frank Goodchild (born February 24, 1944) is a British-American geographer. ... The Nobel Prize (Swedish: ) was established in Alfred Nobels will in 1895, and it was first awarded in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace in 1901. ... David Gross and his wife in Santa Barbara David Jonathan Gross (born February 19, 1941 in Washington, D.C.) is an American physicist and string theorist. ... KITP at night The Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP) is an institute of the University of California, Santa Barbara. ... A magnet levitating above a high-temperature superconductor demonstrates the Meissner effect. ... Alan Jay Heeger (born 22 January 1936 in Sioux City, Iowa) is a United States chemistry and physics academic and Nobel Prize winner. ... A magnet levitating above a high-temperature superconductor demonstrates the Meissner effect. ... material is the substance or matter from which something is or can be made, or also items needed for doing or creating something. ... For other uses, see Chemistry (disambiguation). ... Immanuel Chung-Yueh Hsu (1923- October 24, 2005)(徐中約) was a sinologist, a scholar of modern Chinese intellectual and diplomatic history, and an Emeritus Professor of History at the University of California at Santa Barbara. ... Sinology is the study of China, which usually requires a foreign scholar to have command of the Chinese language. ... HIStory – Past, Present and Future, Book I is a double album by American singer Michael Jackson released in June 1995 and remains Jacksons most conflicting and controversial release. ... Dr. Jacob Israelachvili is a professor of chemical engineering and materials at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), and currently the associate director of the Materials Research Laboratory (MRL) at UCSB. Dr. Israelachvilis received his Ph. ... Chemical engineers design, construct and operate plants Chemical engineering is the branch of engineering that deals with the application of physical science (e. ... material is the substance or matter from which something is or can be made, or also items needed for doing or creating something. ... ... A banner on a light pole in the University of California, Santa Barbara, commemorating that Walter Kohn won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1998. ... Herbert Kroemer (born August 25, 1928) is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of California, Santa Barbara, received a Ph. ... Electrical and Computer Engineering is a major at many institutes of higher education. ... Finn E. Kydland (born 1943) is a Norwegian economist. ... Face-to-face trading interactions on the New York Stock Exchange trading floor. ... The Nobel Prize (Swedish: ) was established in Alfred Nobels will in 1895, and it was first awarded in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace in 1901. ... The word laureate or laureated has came in English to signify eminent, or associated with glory, literary or military. ... Dr. John Gordon Melton is the founding director of the Institute for the Study of American Religion and is a research specialist with the Department of Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. ... Shuji Nakamura (中村 修二 Nakamura Shūji, born in May 22, 1954, Ikata, Ehime, Japan) is a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). ... Gallium nitride (GaN) is a wide bandgap semiconductor material used in optoelectronic, high-power and high-frequency devices. ... LED redirects here. ... John Nathan is the translator of Japanese works for such famous authors such as Yukio Mishima and Kenzaburo Oe, Emmy-award winning director of several documentaries, and author of numerous works on Japan. ... Galen D. Stucky is a world renowned American inorganic materials chemist most famous for his work with porous ordered mesoporous materials such as SBA-15. ... For other uses, see Chemistry (disambiguation). ... Wöhler observes the synthesis of urea. ... material is the substance or matter from which something is or can be made, or also items needed for doing or creating something. ...

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