
Fielding Graduate, Excelsior University outline merger plans
By Jorge Mercado / Thursday, April 9th, 2026 / Higher Education, Latest news, middle, Santa Barbara County, Subscriber content / Comments Off on Fielding Graduate, Excelsior University outline merger plans
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4 UCSB professors earn science fellow status
By Jorge Mercado / Thursday, April 9th, 2026 / Higher Education, Latest news, Santa Barbara County, Subscriber content / Comments Off on 4 UCSB professors earn science fellow status
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Sovato’s new CEO embraces future of telesurgery
By Jorge Mercado / Thursday, April 9th, 2026 / Latest news, Santa Barbara County, Subscriber content, Top Stories, Top Story / Comments Off on Sovato’s new CEO embraces future of telesurgery
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Beacon Photonics becomes newest member of UCSB’s Oasis R&D facility
By Mike Harris / Friday, April 3rd, 2026 / Higher Education, Latest news, Santa Barbara County, Subscriber content, Technology / Comments Off on Beacon Photonics becomes newest member of UCSB’s Oasis R&D facility
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Founders share secrets to launching successful companies
By Jorge Mercado / Friday, April 3rd, 2026 / Latest news, left, Santa Barbara County, Technology / Comments Off on Founders share secrets to launching successful companies
Santa Barbara is known for several things, but it’s not seen as a startup hub like its neighbors to the south, Los Angeles, or the north, San Francisco. But Dan Engel, the founder of FastSpring, a software e-service platform, sees Santa Barbara’s quietness as a positive, not a negative. When he founded FastSpring in 2005, Read More →

UCSB patents power region’s tech sector
By Jorge Mercado / Friday, April 3rd, 2026 / Higher Education, Latest news, Santa Barbara County, Subscriber content, Technology, Top Stories, Top Story / Comments Off on UCSB patents power region’s tech sector
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Top women 2026: Michelle O’Malley
By Staff Report / Sunday, March 29th, 2026 / Higher Education, Latest news, Santa Barbara County, Technology / Comments Off on Top women 2026: Michelle O’Malley
She’s engineering nexgen biology By L. Wayne Hicks Special to the Business Times When Michelle O’Malley’s older brother went off to college to study chemical engineering, she was at a loss. She wasn’t quite certain what that was, but she became a quick study. Her initial understanding was that it involved “making oil and chemicals Read More →









