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August 31, 2021

UCSB External Vice President of Statewide Affairs Named President of UC Student Association

By Holly Rusch

Quintero-Cubillan ran on a platform of making UCSA a more equitable space and strengthening federal lobbying power by connecting UCSA to other student unions.

August 30, 2021

Robin Unander Wins Richard Abbe Humanitarian Award

By Kellan Gilroy

Unander was given the Richard Abbe Humanitarian Award by the Santa Barbara County Bar Association as a recognition of her contributions to her community.

August 27, 2021

UC President Plans Overhaul to Campus Policing

By Atmika Iyer

In a letter to the UC community, Drake called the plan “transformational,” and said that the new approach will be “data-driven, service-oriented [and] community centric.”

August 25, 2021

Isla Vista Facing Historic Housing Shortage Ahead of Fall Quarter 2021

By Asumi Shuda, Sindhu Ananthavel

As the university prepares for Fall Quarter 2021, students are grappling with a housing crisis on an unprecedented scale.

August 21, 2021

UCSB Student Charged With Felony Sexual Assault

By Atmika Iyer, Holly Rusch

The investigation into the student is being jointly conducted by the District Attorney’s office and the UCSB Police Department.

August 3, 2021

UCSB Mandates Masks in All Public Indoor Spaces Effective Immediately

By Sindhu Ananthavel

The new mask mandate is a precautionary measure against a rise in cases across Santa Barbara County due to the Delta variant.

July 27, 2021

Three Unconnected COVID-19 Cases Reported in the UCSB Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

By Atmika Iyer

The infected individuals were fully vaccinated and had each separately been in contact with someone who had tested positive outside of the department

July 22, 2021

Remains of Missing Teen Killed in 2018 Montecito Debris Flow Located With Help of UCSB Anthropologist

By Atmika Iyer

Kim Cantin shared with KEYT on July 22 that Jack’s remains were discovered on Memorial Day this year by UC Santa Barbara anthropologist Danielle Kurin and her graduate students. 

July 17, 2021

UC Releases COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate

By Sindhu Ananthavel

According to the policy, UC students, staff and faculty will only be given an exemption for the following reasons: medical conditions, disabilities or religious beliefs.

July 9, 2021

UCSB Undergrad Releases All Student Undergraduate and Graduate Grades From Past Six Years

By Atmika Iyer, Alex Rudolph

Using California’s Freedom of Information Act, a 2021 UCSB alum filed a request with UCSB’s PRA Office, asking for the quarter grades every professor has given over the past six years. 

July 1, 2021

LGBTQ+ Employees at UC Santa Barbara Share Their Experiences In Higher Education

By Holly Rusch, Atmika Iyer

The Nexus spoke with employees on UCSB’s Out List about their experience within the field of higher education as members of the LGBTQ+ community.

June 23, 2021

UCSB MultiCultural Center Hosts Screening of Short Films “#PardonMaria” and “Fighting For Family”

By Ellah Foster

Following the screening, then-senior global studies and Asian American studies double major Rose Hoang led a panel discussion with the filmmakers and participants.

June 21, 2021

“Power to the People” Launches as Blum Center’s First Podcast

By Ellah Foster

The team wanted each recording to be a resource for the community and spent months finding the balance between personal storytelling and relaying historical or political facts. 

June 19, 2021

Newly Founded Black Women’s Health Collaborative Centers on Black Women and Non-men’s Joy and Health

By Asumi Shuda, Sindhu Ananthavel

The collaborative has funded 14 campus organizations throughout the Winter and Spring 2021 Quarters.  

June 18, 2021

Aspiring Attorney Movie Club Discusses Legal Field Through Movies

By Regan Wheatley

At weekly meetings, members of the Aspiring Attorneys Movie Club watch a preselected movie about a certain legal case and then discuss the semantics of that legal maneuver.

June 13, 2021

UCSB Academic Advisor Sara Sterphone Remembered as ‘The Light of CCS’

By Asumi Shuda

The former College of Creative Studies (CCS) academic advisor, sibling, wife, daughter and friend passed away on April 25 after being diagnosed with NUT carcinoma in early 2020.