Max Abrams

June 20, 2020

Elings Hall Shut Down on Friday After Researcher Tests Positive for Coronavirus

By Max Abrams

Any staff members who may have been in close contact with the researcher have already been contacted.

June 19, 2020

In Times of Despair, the I.V. Food Co-op Stands Tall

By Max Abrams

For a small business with a generational stake in I.V., Melissa Cohen is confident that the “new normal” will make the I.V. Food Co-op stronger than ever. 

June 17, 2020

UCSB Confirms Two Additional Cases of Coronavirus Among Students

By Max Abrams

One of the two students worked for the Dining Services but had not been at work for more than a week and was not involved in food preparation.

June 16, 2020

UC Reaches Open-Access Publishing Deal With Springer Nature

By Max Abrams

The new deal comes just over a year after the UC walked away from its 20-year partnership with Elsevier over disagreements surrounding the UC’s push for open-access research articles.

June 10, 2020

UC Academics Explore the Black Lives Matter Movement and Greater Themes During “The Fire This Time: Race at Boiling Point”

By Max Abrams

The webinar featured prominent speakers who discussed the greater themes surrounding the Black Lives Matter movement, police brutality and institutionalized racism.

June 8, 2020

Two UCSB Dining Services Staff Members Test Positive for Coronavirus

By Max Abrams

Dining services employees have been following sanitizing and cleaning protocols and wearing face coverings and gloves to reduce the chance of transmission.

June 5, 2020

Thirty Meter Telescope Has Received $68M From UC in Past Six Years

By Max Abrams

The financial report was obtained through a California Public Records Act from Mauna Kea Protectors at UC Berkeley and details the UC’s contributions to TMT from October 2014 to February 2020. 

June 3, 2020

A.S. Senate Passes Resolution Addressing On-Campus Housing Under a Fall Quarter Hybrid Scenario

By Max Abrams

The resolution, which is positional and only takes a stance on the issue, urges the university to “bear the increased financial consequences of a situation that is essentially out of their control."

May 30, 2020

UCSB Student Organizes March Through I.V. To Call for Justice for George Floyd

By Max Abrams, Sanya Kamidi

Students plan to march from Storke Tower to Sands Beach via Del Playa Drive beginning at noon.

May 26, 2020

Breaking: UCEAP Suspends All Fall 2020 Study Abroad Programs

By Max Abrams

Students will not be charged withdrawal or cancellation fees and will have the option to either transfer their applications to the spring or apply for the Fall 2021 term. 

May 22, 2020

Juan Sánchez Muñoz, UCSB Alumnus, Named UC Merced’s Fourth Chancellor

By Max Abrams

Early in his career, Muñoz worked as a secondary school teacher, a community college advisor and served as a Marine.

May 21, 2020

Term in Review: EVPSA Daevionne Beasley

By Max Abrams

Reflecting on his year as a whole, Beasley said the one thing he would change about his office is its accessibility to students.

May 15, 2020

Gov. Newsom Proposes 10% Reduction in UC Funding To Direct Toward Coronavirus Relief

By Max Abrams

January’s budget proposal had originally included $18.1 billion in total for higher education. But on Thursday, that number shrank to $16.3 billion.

May 5, 2020

All Summer Sessions To Be Conducted Remotely, University Announces

By Max Abrams

The university has yet to announce a decision about the status of fall quarter instruction. 

May 2, 2020

UC Davis Student Sues the UC Over Spring-Term Student Fees in Class-Action Lawsuit

By Max Abrams

Students who have paid “any fees” to the UC for this spring term are included in the lawsuit and will have their student fees reimbursed if the court sides with the plaintiff.

April 25, 2020

As Students Disappear From Campus and I.V., So Do Their Jobs

By Max Abrams

For many student employees who send money home or juggle multiple jobs to pay their way through college, paid administrative leave or remote work study isn’t enough.