Kelly Lin

April 30, 2015

Talk Aims to Challenge Borders of Public Education

By Kelly Lin

Professor will speak tonight to discuss undocumented students’ engagement in activism in the public education system

April 16, 2015

A.S. Food Bank Aims to Educate Students

By Kelly Lin

The Associated Students Food Bank and UCSB Sustainability held a Food Justice Forum on Wednesday for students, staff and faculty to discuss food issues on campus.

April 16, 2015

UCSA To Host Student Lobby In Sacramento

By Kelly Lin

University of California Student Association (UCSA) will hold their annual Student Lobby Conference this weekend from Saturday, April 18 to Monday, April 20 at the Holiday Inn in Sacramento for students to directly engag...

April 2, 2015

Drought Prompts Mandatory Water Restrictions

By Kelly Lin

California Governor Jerry Brown issued mandatory water restrictions across the state for the first time in California history to combat the ongoing drought.

May 29, 2014

UC Campuses Light the Way to Healing With Candlelight Vigils

By Kelly Lin

Multiple UC campuses held candlelight vigils this past week to commemorate the six UCSB students who lost their lives in the Isla Vista massacre last Friday night.

May 20, 2014

BSU Implores Chancellor Yang to Meet Demands Faster

By Kelly Lin

The Black Students Union issued a statement this past Thursday calling for Chancellor Henry T. Yang to rename North Hall to Malcolm X Hall, mirroring a similar request made by a group of black students in 1968.

May 7, 2014

Wealthy Environmentalist Tom Steyer Speaks on Climate Change

By Kelly Lin

Billionaire investor and philanthropist Tom Steyer delivered a free lecture titled “Confronting Climate Change: A Political Reality Check” last night at Pollock Theater to discuss the urgency of reducing climate chan...

April 15, 2014

Pardall Center Welcomes Students to Open House

By Kelly Lin

Associated Students will be hosting an open house of the A.S. Pardall Center this Thursday to showcase its newly renovated details and services, which are open to all students.

April 2, 2014

SCA 5 Fails To Move Forward In California Senate

By Kelly Lin

A California State Senate initiative that would allow considering factors such as race, sex, color, ethnicity and national origin in California state universities’ admissions processes has failed to move forward, makin...

February 20, 2014

County Officials To Meet Students at Selective Event

By Kelly Lin

Students will have the chance to meet with all five County Supervisors and the County Executive Officer at an event called “Day at the County,” which is hosted by Associated Students and will run tomorrow from 9 a.m....

February 4, 2014

White House Task Force Aims to Fight Sexual Assault

By Kelly Lin

President Barack Obama announced late last month that he is establishing a White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault, taking a more proactive approach to address dangers and incidences of sexual assa...

January 23, 2014

Biology Professor Gains $1M Grant

By Kelly Lin

The W.M. Keck Foundation, a philanthropic organization which supports scientific research, has awarded UCSB Biology professor Denise Montell with a $1 million grant to further her research on anastasis, a process of cell...

January 15, 2014

2014 UCSB Reads Beginning Today

By Kelly Lin

Thousands of free copies of Timothy Egan’s The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America, a historical account of the nation’s largest wildfire and its impact on Theodore Roosevelt’s presidency, wil...

November 15, 2013

Open Mic Night Marks End of Human Rights Week

By Kelly Lin

The Human Rights Board wrapped up their annual Human Rights Week event with a showcase of live performances entitled, “[under]Underrepresented,” last night at the MultiCultural Center Theater.

November 4, 2013

UCSB B.A., Ph.D. Sociology Students To Participate in United Nations’ Conference of the Parties

By Kelly Lin

Students from the B.A. and Ph.D. Sociology programs are traveling to Poland, alongside sociology professor John Foran and other UCSB alumni and affiliates, for the 19th annual United Nations’ Conference of the Parties ...

October 30, 2013

Professor Talks Porn Stars, Models, Idols

By Hannah Nelson, Kelly Lin

University of Vermont history professor Paul Deslandes spoke to UCSB students and faculty members yesterday in a talk entitled “Models, Idols and Porn Stars: Selling and Consuming the Beautiful Man in Britain, 1950s-19...