Thomas Bruice, UCSB professor of chemistry and biochemistry, has been awarded the 2008 Linus Pauling Medal by the Portland and Puget Sound chapters of the American Chemical Society in honor of his work, which bridged the scientific fields of chemistry and biology and explained the biochemical bases for countless natural processes.
Direct Relief International (DRI), the Santa Barbara-based humanitarian aid nonprofit, announced on 10/30 that it was extending financial and medical assistance to partner organizations in Pakistan, where a 6.4-magnitude earthquake slammed Baluchistan province that same day.
Did you know that an elephant seal can hold its breath for 80 minutes?
This Saturday, November 8, at 4 p.m., State Street Ballet will celebrate the grand opening of its new home, the recently finished Gail Towbes Center for Dance (2285 Las Positas Rd.).
Glenn Miller might have been squirming in his oceanic crypt hearing the uncharted, free improvisational wares unfolding in Stockholm’s famed Glenn Miller Cafe last Monday night.
“We set an example of how politics should be.”
Jimmy Cantillon knows a thing or two about the record biz.
13-Miler results, plus what to watch for this weekend.
On November 9, 1938, as part of Hitler’s anti-Semitic policy, Nazis ransacked Jewish neighborhoods, synagogues, and towns scattered across Germany and Austria in a pogrom called Kristallnacht (“Night of Broken Glass”).
“Himself” was a term of endearment that Iya Falcone often used to refer to her love, her husband Vince.
