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UC President Extends Employees’ Paid Leave With Executive Order

Paid leave hours be used only in specific circumstances, such as if employees are subject to shelter-in-place orders, or if family members or themselves are exhibiting coronavirus symptoms.
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UC Freshmen Applications Decrease for a Second Consecutive Year, Transfer Applications Rise

University-wide, freshmen applicants decreased from 176,530 in 2019 to 172,099 in 2020, according to the data.
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Should I Stay or Should I Go? UCSB Students Grapple With I.V. Leases After University Recommends Moving Home

Isla Vista Tenants Union lawyer Robin Unander is working with the university to send a memo to UCSB students about their housing options.
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LIVE: Updates on Coronavirus in Santa Barbara County, on UC Santa Barbara Operations

This post will be updated daily.
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In Photos | A Campus Deserted

Yesterday, UCSB's winter quarter finals week began – but instead of the typical packed Arbor and swamped library, the campus appeared absent of students.
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UCSB Faculty Association Issues Letter Advising Against the Use of ProctorU Testing Services

The student information ProctorU collects and releases to third parties also includes fingerprints, faceprints, voiceprints and retina scans.
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UCDC Cancels Spring Quarter Program, Withdraws Winter Quarter Attendees Due to Coronavirus

The UCDC cancellation is the latest in a slew of study abroad and transfer student program cancellations.
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All Five UCSB Students Test Negative For Coronavirus, Remain Under Quarantine

The Santa Barbara County Public Health Department said the remaining test results would come back by Wednesday at the latest. 
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Facing a Digital Spring Quarter, UCSB Preps Faculty for Remote Instruction

To help facilitate the transition from in-person instruction to remote instruction, Instructional Development is providing instructors with an assortment of tools, resources and workshops.
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Breaking: UCSB To Extend Remote Instruction Through Spring Quarter

Although all in-person classes are canceled through spring quarter, Yang maintained in the email that the campus will remain “open and operational” through spring quarter.
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UCEAP Suspends Over 45 Study Abroad Programs Due to Coronavirus Concerns

UCEAP has been working with both the host universities abroad and the students’ home UC campuses to coordinate course credit, financial aid and all the other lingering questions.
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Students Traveling Over Spring Break Advised Not To Come Back to Campus, University Says

The university is also discouraging all international travel and is urging “extreme caution” for traveling domestically.
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Alternative Deltopia Festival Postponed Indefinitely Due To UCSB Coronavirus Precautions

But with UCSB's decision to move classes online at least through the end of April, the I.V. CSD’s Deltopia-alternative festival will not be held. 
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A.S. To Alter Some Operations; A.S. Administrative, Ticket Offices To Remain Open

The letter added that A.S. can no longer fund any "nonessential" travel at least through the month of April.
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European Travel Suspension Will Not Prevent UCEAP U.S. Citizens, Permanent Residents From Returning to U.S.

All University of California students who are currently studying abroad in Europe through the UC Education Abroad Program and are United States citizens or permanent residents will not be significantl...
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