Facebook to give UCSB $1.5M to study data centers
Facebook will give $1.5 million to UC Santa Barbara’s Institute for Energy Efficiency to fund research into energy-efficient data centers and artificial intelligence, UCSB announced Feb. 4. The institute will use the three-year grant to “investigate advanced energy-efficient data center infrastructure, including low-power optical interconnects for computer networks and machine learning with reduced carbon footprint,” Read More →
UCSB’s Nakamura adds Queen Elizabeth Prize to his Nobel
Shuji Nakamura, a professor of materials and electrical and computer engineering at UC Santa Barbara, is one of the recipients of the 2021 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, or QEPrize. The five recipients are all pioneers in the field of light-emitting diodes, or LED lighting. Nakamura began developing LED technology while a researcher in Japan Read More →
Ventura College launches advanced manufacturing program
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CSUCI’s interim president begins 18-month term
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Our View: CLU adapts its biggest gift to changing times
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CLU shifts biggest-ever gift to entrepreneurship center, scholarships
In the latest demonstration of how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected philanthropy in the region, California Lutheran University announced Jan. 20 that a major gift to its School of Management will be repurposed to support entrepreneurship programs and scholarships. CLU President Lori Varlotta said Steve Dorfman, a retired technology and aerospace executive who had given Read More →
Pierpont Cottages property near Ojai donated to Thacher School
Eric Goode, a filmmaker, conservationist and nightlife entrepreneur, bought the Pierpont Cottages property just outside of Ojai earlier this year, but he didn’t keep it for long. In March, Goode bought the property from Philip Pierpont, III, Robert Pierpont and Lawrence Sorenson, who was acting as a special trustee of the Philip and Mary Pierpont Read More →
