Marisa Pasquini Named Development Director of Casa Serena
Casa Serena has recently appointed Marisa Pasquini as the new Development Director of the nonprofit organization.
Year: 2011
Winner of $1 Million X-CHALLENGE Has Roots at UCSB’s Bren School
An innovative piece of oil-spill recovery equipment – evolved from a design created at UC Santa Barbara’s Bren School of Environmental Science & Management in 2006 by Victoria Broje, who was a graduate student working in the research group of Bren professor Arturo Keller – has won the $1 million top prize in the 2011 Wendy Schmidt Oil Cleanup X CHALLENGE.
Coast Guard Port Study Recommends Shipping Lane Changes to Reduce Ship Strikes of Large Whales
In response to the U.S. Coast Guard’s notice in today’s Federal Register that it has released its Port Access Route Study (PARS) for the Los Angeles and Long Beach Ports (LA/LB), the Environmental Defense Center (EDC) praised the agency for recommending shifts in shipping lane locations within the Santa Barbara Channel that may help reduce the threat of ship strikes for blue, fin, humpback, and other large whales.
Direct Relief Honored by Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors with Resolution for Receiving Innovation Award
On Tuesday, November 1, at 11:30 a.m., at its regularly scheduled meeting, the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors will adopt a resolution called, “Resolution Honoring Direct Relief International for Receiving the Prestigious Peter F. Drucker Award for Nonprofit Innovation.”
UCSB Scholar Translates a Dozen Medieval – and Bawdy – French Farces
They were the sitcoms of their time – lowbrow comedies that lampooned every serious topic, from sex and relationships to politics and religion.
The Kitchen Heats Up the Screen
Actor Samuel Roukin discusses the National Theatre’s live production before it comes to UCSB on November 17.
M83
For better or for worse, the double album has proved a cumbersome torch to carry.
News to Yous
The University of California is currently accepting submissions for its fifth STAGE International Script Competition.
Give a Little
Center of the Heart needs donations for a fundraiser rummage sale to pay property taxes; S.B.-area salon hosts Day of Beauty and Dog Adoptions fundraiser.
Coal Oil Point’s Plover Program 10 Years Later
Docents and birds help people reconnect to nature at Sands Beach.
