Yiu-On Li

November 10, 2021

CU Boulder Historian Gives Virtual Lecture on Community Engagement and Accountability

By Yiu-On Li

Patricia Limerick discussed how collaboration between humanities and S.T.E.M. majors inside and outside of the classroom can move the world forward.

November 4, 2021

Wingstop Swoops Into Isla Vista

By Yiu-On Li, Kyra Schimpf

Wingstop held its soft opening in Isla Vista on Friday marking the introduction of the only dedicated chicken wing restaurant in I.V.

October 28, 2021

UCSB Student Via Bleidner Hosts On-Campus Event for Essay Collection

By Kyra Schimpf, Yiu-On Li

Bleidner wrote and published her novel while being a full-time student at UCSB.

November 10, 2020

Learning From Spring and Summer, Professors Pilot Revisions to Remote Instruction for Fall Quarter

By Yiu-On Li

As for their outlook on fall quarter and beyond, professors are cautiously optimistic.

May 28, 2020

The Show Must Go On: How Zoom Became A.S. Program Board’s Newest Venue

By Yiu-On Li

For the Associated Students Program Board, shifting in-person performances to digital spaces to comply with the state’s stay-at-home orders did not come easily.

May 3, 2020

UCSB Information Technology Will Pilot Student Internship Program in Summer 2020

By Yiu-On Li

The internships will focus students on UCSB-wide development and implementation of Salesforce, JupyterHub, data, cloud, library and web services.

April 7, 2020

Campus Lagoon: Yesterday’s Memory and Today’s Home

By Yiu-On Li

Besides attracting a great deal of sunset photos and nostalgia for UCSB students in quarantine, the Campus Lagoon plays host to a wide variety of flora and fauna.

March 20, 2020

In the Limbo of Coronavirus, International Students Struggle With Housing and Travel

By Yiu-On Li

As of Fall Quarter 2019, there are 3,261 international undergraduate students attending UCSB — composing 14% of the campus population — as well as 914 international graduate students. 

February 27, 2020

Isla Vista Based Island View Outfitters Celebrates 10th Anniversary, Owner Reflects on Company’s Growth and Future

By Yiu-On Li

Gerstenberger created Island View Outfitters, now located on Trigo Road, in his second year at UCSB.

January 30, 2020

2020-21 School Year Will Have Two-Week Winter Break

By Yiu-On Li

Since all UC campuses except for UC Berkeley and UC Merced follow the quarter system, the later start to fall quarter means a later start to winter break on Dec. 18.

January 16, 2020

“The UC should strive for better”: Students, Faculty and Stakeholders Share Suggestions for the Next UC President at UCLA Public Forum

By Yiu-On Li

Students, faculty and UC system stakeholders sharing their advice, ideas and hopes for the type of president they would like to see next.

November 19, 2019

“There’s no relying on mommy and daddy”: Foster and Formerly Incarcerated Students Share Their Stories With UC Regents

By Yiu-On Li

The Regents organized the discussion in order to hear from students within the UC system who were or still are in the foster care system or were formerly incarcerated.

October 24, 2019

Bells, Towers and Bell Towers: Carillon Recital Celebrates Storke Tower’s 50th Anniversary

By Yiu-On Li

The structure and the instrument resting within the tower were both gifts from the late Thomas M. Storke, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and owner of the Santa Barbara News-Press for 32 years.

October 18, 2019

Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor Recount Breaking Harvey Weinstein Story at Campbell Hall

By Yiu-On Li

New York Times reporters Twohey and Jodi Kantor spoke to a packed Campbell Hall, breaking down, from its conception to its publication, their 2017 exposé of Weinstein’s decades of sexual misconduct.