Madeline Thompson

July 18, 2020

School Is Out, But Jobs Are Sparse: UCSB Students Struggle with COVID-19 Labor Market

By Madeline Thompson

Internships and jobs — some of which require a physical presence for special equipment and in-person mentoring from professionals — could not easily be translated to an online format.

June 3, 2020

UCSB Grad Students Receive Extended Degree and Candidacy Timelines But Funding Remains Uncertain

By Madeline Thompson

Some graduate students are saying that it is unclear how many students — faced with the cost associated with an extra year of study — will utilize this offer.

March 16, 2020

UCSB Faculty Association Issues Letter Advising Against the Use of ProctorU Testing Services

By Madeline Thompson

The student information ProctorU collects and releases to third parties also includes fingerprints, faceprints, voiceprints and retina scans.

October 17, 2019

New Professional Certificate Gives Pre-Medical Students a Foundation in Humanities

By Madeline Thompson

The Medical Humanities Certificate will provide pre-medical students the opportunity to build a foundation in a different area of study: the humanities.

September 26, 2019

UC Academic Researchers Sign Petition Calling on Administration To End Contract Delays

By Madeline Thompson

ARU obtained signatures from over 2,200 members across the UC campuses for the petition.

August 20, 2019

Orientation for Spanish-Speaking Parents of Incoming Students Celebrates Inaugural Summer

By Madeline Thompson

The transition to college can be especially hard for first-generation students and their parents if they have no experience with universities, Medina emphasized.

July 26, 2019

UCSB Admission Rate Drops to 29.7%

By Madeline Thompson

Out of a pool of 176,695 applicants, 108,178 students were admitted as incoming freshmen across the nine UC campuses.

July 18, 2019

Lawmakers Introduce New Bill To Make College Free and Eliminate all Student Debt

By Madeline Thompson

To make tuition free, the act would provide $47 billion per year — 67% of which would be covered by the federal government and 33% by the states — to universities.