UCSB Receives Fulbright, Gilman Honors for Diversity and Inclusion Efforts in Study Abroad

November 22, 2021 by

UCSB ranked four out of 20 in the nation, with 401 total grant recipients throughout the lifetime of the Gilman Program. 
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CU Boulder Historian Gives Virtual Lecture on Community Engagement and Accountability

November 10, 2021 by

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

November 4, 2021 by and

Wingstop held its soft opening in Isla Vista on Friday marking the introduction of the only dedicated chicken wing restaurant in I.V.
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UCSB Student Via Bleidner Hosts On-Campus Event for Essay Collection

October 28, 2021 by and

Bleidner wrote and published her novel while being a full-time student at UCSB.
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Learning From Spring and Summer, Professors Pilot Revisions to Remote Instruction for Fall Quarter

November 10, 2020 by

As for their outlook on fall quarter and beyond, professors are cautiously optimistic.
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The Show Must Go On: How Zoom Became A.S. Program Board’s Newest Venue

May 28, 2020 by

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.
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UCSB Information Technology Will Pilot Student Internship Program in Summer 2020

May 3, 2020 by

The internships will focus students on UCSB-wide development and implementation of Salesforce, JupyterHub, data, cloud, library and web services.
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Campus Lagoon: Yesterday’s Memory and Today’s Home

April 7, 2020 by

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

March 20, 2020 by

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

February 27, 2020 by

Gerstenberger created Island View Outfitters, now located on Trigo Road, in his second year at UCSB.
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2020-21 School Year Will Have Two-Week Winter Break

January 30, 2020 by

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

January 16, 2020 by

Students, faculty and UC system stakeholders sharing their advice, ideas and hopes for the type of president they would like to see next.
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“There’s no relying on mommy and daddy”: Foster and Formerly Incarcerated Students Share Their Stories With UC Regents

November 19, 2019 by

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

October 24, 2019 by

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

October 18, 2019 by

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...
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