Emma Holm-Olsen

May 30, 2024

A word from our 2024 seniors

By Mari Villalpando-Ortega, Angelica Monroy, Emma Holm-Olsen

Our graduating seniors reflect on their experience at the Nexus and what it means to them.

March 7, 2024

Simply Stated: How scientifically accurate are this year’s Academy Award nominees?

By Emma Holm-Olsen

Warning: This article contains spoilers about several 2024 Academy Award nominated films. With the Academy Awards fast approaching, many are probably watching and re-watching the nominees, attempting to predict which wil...

February 22, 2024

UCSB study finds perceived discrimination against bisexual people linked to relative social status

By Emma Holm-Olsen

Researchers at UC Santa Barbara have found that, while often experiencing more discrimination than other sexual orientation minority groups, people who identify as bisexual are rarely considered to have been victims of s...

November 2, 2023

“The Future of the Amazon”: UCSB’s Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies hosts international conference

By Emma Holm-Olsen, Olivia Lohrer

Dozens of scholars, researchers, activists and policymakers from institutions across the globe arrived at UC Santa Barbara for a three-day international conference from Oct. 25-27, aimed at discussing the crucial questio...

August 25, 2023

Campus Point: New and exciting research from UCSB

By Emma Holm-Olsen

A look at the cognitive and physiological effects of alcohol, determinants of glacier periods, and how our bodies remember stress.

August 25, 2023

Q&A with SB Channelkeeper: August is National Water Quality Month!

By Emma Holm-Olsen

National Water Quality Month was first started in 2005 by the United States Environmental Protection Agency to bring awareness to the issue of water pollution, encourage appreciation of the water we do have and inspire p...

July 31, 2023

Campus Point: New and exciting research from UCSB

By Emma Holm-Olsen

A look at carbon capture innovation, marine heatwaves, and deep-sea mining.

July 7, 2023

UCSB professor receives NIH Director’s New Innovator Award

By Emma Holm-Olsen

May 11, 2023

En fotos: El día de la tierra

By Shiuan Cheng, Emma Holm-Olsen, Mari Villalpando-Ortega

Cada año, la Junta de Asuntos Ambientales de Estudiantes Asociados de UC Santa Barbara se prepara para albergar su conocido y querido I.V. Fiesta del Día de la Tierra. El evento, realizado en el parque Anisq’Oyo&...

May 4, 2023

UCSB students join latest efforts in search for life on Mars

By Emma Holm-Olsen

For decades, scientists have been searching for an answer to the age-old question: Are we alone in the universe? Many of them have turned their attention to the planet Mars, including a team involving students from UC Sa...

April 26, 2023

In Photos: Earth Day

By Shiuan Cheng, Emma Holm-Olsen

Every year, UC Santa Barbara’s own Associated Students Environmental Affairs Board gears up to host their well-known and well-loved I.V. Earth Day Festival. The event, held in Ansiq’Oyo’ Park, boasts live m...

April 17, 2023

Local community members express concern over 10 new proposed aquaculture sites off of Southern California coast

By Emma Holm-Olsen

Santa Barbara community members delivered 2,500 petition signatures on April 5 to the local National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration office against the 10 newly proposed aquaculture sites in the waters off of Sou...

February 10, 2023

UCSB students unveil original video games at campus showcase

By Emma Holm-Olsen

On Jan. 25, UC Santa Barbara undergraduate students from the ECE 194M Intro to Video Game Development class had the chance to show off their original video game designs to the public. The students’ projects ranged from...

January 19, 2023

Psychological & brain sciences department assesses predictors of blame for gay men in homicide cases

By Emma Holm-Olsen

Elizabeth Quinn-Jensen, a graduate student and researcher in UC Santa Barbara’s Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, and colleagues recently published a paper exploring how strong feelings of disgust toward g...

October 13, 2022

Campus Point: New and Exciting Research at UCSB

By Emma Holm-Olsen, Anaya Khan

A look at data collection, deforestation and Drosophila.

August 29, 2022

Simply Stated: What can really be expected from the Ocean Road Housing Project?

By Emma Holm-Olsen, Anaya Khan

With the removal of the Eucalyptus Curtain, there will be noticeably less green space, more traffic and noise pollution along Ocean Road. Despite the expected environmental impacts, these impacts might be minimized by pl...