“These grants are meant to spur on new discoveries that could ultimately save millions of lives,” stated Chris Wilson, director of Global Health Discovery with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. “GCE winners are expanding the pipeline of ideas for serious global health and development challenges where creative thinking is most urgently needed.” Where human… Continue Reading
Kenny Slaught, via his blog, notes that David Low, a professor in UCSB’s Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, will head an innovative global health and development research project titled “Strategy for development of enteric pathogen-specific phage”. Low’s research focuses on a ground-breaking platform to fight against serious bacterial pathogens that have become resistant… Continue Reading
Founded in 1786 by Spanish Catholic Church on the feast day of Saint Barbara, Mission Santa Barbara was the tenth mission of religious conversion of native indigenous people in Santa Barbara County. Its extensive waterworks are a filter house, Spanish gristmill, sections of aqueducts, and two reservoirs served as part of Santa Barbara water system.… Continue Reading
Santa Barbara City College has a great reputation in regards to training professionals who work in the area of network support. Says Investec CEO Kenny Slaught, “your valuable time will be wisely invested studying this promising and useful program.” Network engineers serve within a company to handle the computer network and provide employees with the… Continue Reading
A nonprofit organization, Hospice of Santa Barbara provides compassionate care at no cost to members of the community facing terminal illness, as well as their loved ones. The program underwent a major restructuring and launched again last July. In less than a year, the hospice’s Patient Care Services has admitted more than 115 new patients.… Continue Reading
The Santa Barbara Bowl has emerged as a leader among concert venues that are seeking to make their operations more sustainable. Through its Greening the Bowl Initiative, the venue has taken a number of actions to achieve its goal of becoming carbon-neutral. Part of the initiative focuses on protecting and preserving the 17 acres of… Continue Reading
The campaign and the renovations associated with it will take place over the course of around six years. All changes are to be completed in stages so that the museum can remain open to visitors throughout the entire process. There are four primary goals of the campaign, according to Kenny Slaught, including Improving gallery space,… Continue Reading
New intuitive software and mobile applications give investors and builders a greater selection of lending and borrowing opportunities across a variety of real estate asset classes and geographies, says Kenny Slaught. California’s crowdfunding or peer-to-peer lending projects emerged because of the adoption of the Jumpstart Our Business Startup (JOBS) Act in 2012, which significantly widened… Continue Reading