Yang announces $2B fundraising campaign, gives update on university happenings at UC Regents meeting

UCSB anticipates it will move into the pre-approval “silent phase” of the campaign in the next year ahead of the campaign's public launch in 2025 following approval from UCOP and Regents.
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UCSB cancels classes; Santa Barbara County issues flash flood warning, immediate evacuation orders amid heavy rain

Academic Senate Divisional Chair Susannah Scott confirmed in a statement to the Nexus that UC Santa Barbara classes are canceled today and tomorrow. 
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Strike ends as academic employees, student researchers ratify new contracts

Members of United Auto Workers 2865 and Student Researchers United voted to ratify new contracts for academic student employees and graduate student researchers.
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In 202-page report, Academic Senate panel excoriates Munger Hall design, recommends major changes

The panel listed a slew of concerns related to health and safety, psychological distress, unnecessary energy consumption, an unworkable lack of parking and a “prison-like design.”
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Contracts ratified; tentative agreements made with unions representing striking UC workers

The approved contracts included multi-year pay increases, transit benefits, improved job security and increased paid family leave.
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UC, unions to enter private mediation to settle differences

The move followed months of negotiations and concessions between the university and bargaining teams for Student Researchers United and United Auto Workers 2865.
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Strike to continue as tentative agreements reached with academic researchers, postdoctoral scholars

Under the tentative agreements, the majority of postdoctoral students will receive salary increases between 20% and 23% by October 2023.
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University scrapped decades-old housing plans for Munger Hall, documents reveal

Ultimately, UCSB didn’t execute the bulk of the campus development plan that it spent nearly a decade crafting with community members and local governments.
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Organizers ‘liberate’ DLG dining commons, offering free meals to students

Organizers welcomed students past De La Guerra Dining Commons’ entry swipe station, allowing them to enter and eat at the dining hall without swiping.
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UC union strike continues into second week

Coordinated protests took place at noon today across all UC campuses.
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Record number of students attend UCSB

Of the total students enrolled, 23,460 are undergraduates, reflecting the highest levels of undergraduate enrollment at UCSB to date.
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First week of UC union strikes begins

Academic employees across all ten University of California campuses are withholding labor, picketing and marching through campus.
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Hundreds march at UCSB as largest higher education strike begins

Over 500 graduate students, employees, faculty members and UC Santa Barbara community members congregated at Davidson Library.
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Academic workers prepare for Nov. 14 strike

The strike is based on allegations that the UC has engaged in unfair labor practices throughout the process to negotiate a new contract for employees.
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Incumbents succeed in reelection bids down the ballot; local races decided by a handful of votes

Santa Barbara County voters cast 75,799 ballots of 237,759 voters, amounting to a turnout rate of 31.88%.
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