Data

Unveiling the climate crisis in Santa Barbara

April 11, 2024 by Kacie Chong

Santa Barbara has warmed by 2.3 degrees Celsius since 1895.. Efforts to reduce emissions saw an increase by 14% despite the City Council's goal of carbon neutrality by 2035.
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Deltopia in full-throttle with record-level citations, massive crowds

April 10, 2024 by Lizzy Rager

The 13th annual unsanctioned street festival saw over 20,000 attendees, record-level citations and overwhelmed medical emergency services by early Saturday morning.
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Food insecurity amongst UCSB students

February 23, 2024 by Karen Yuan, Olivia Davis and Jinglin Yang

The Associated Students (A.S.) Food Bank and the Food Security and Basic Needs Advising Center at UCSB are working to reduce food insecurity.
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Navigating the bike-friendly campus: challenges and solutions at UCSB

February 16, 2024 by Ju Kim, Justin Zhou and Valeria Lopez

The proportion of students biking to campus has decreased over the past decade. while the proportion of those walking increased.
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Play like a Gaucho: UCSB women athletes celebrate National Girls and Women in Sports Day

February 9, 2024 by Michelle Tekawy and Katy Tseng

Feb. 7, 2024 marked the 38th annual National Girls & Women in Sports Day. As of the 2023-2024 school year, 184 women athletes represent UCSB in the Big West and Mountain Pacific Sports Federation.
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Learning and Large Language Models: Charting ChatGPT’s changes to curriculum

February 8, 2024 by Calais Waring, Megan Dhillon and Keya Panchal

ChatGPT has been utilized at UC Santa Barbara for over a year, influencing teaching methods and academic curricula with its advanced text processing and generation abilities.
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UCSB’s lodging labyrinth: The hunt for housing in Isla Vista

February 2, 2024 by Alexandra Chan, Kyle Wu, Winston Zuo and Benjamin Monastyrsky

As UC Santa Barbara’s winter quarter reaches the halfway mark, students enter a housing market characterized by rising rent prices, limited unit availability and intense competition.
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From checkups to coverage: Understanding UCSB’s healthcare landscape

January 18, 2024 by Kyle Wu and Kacie Chong

UCSB’s Student Health Service logged a total of 49,197 student visits between Fall 2022 and Spring 2023, and a majority of the students who visited were covered under UC SHIP.
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Data sheds light on what COVID-19 is like for inmates at CDCR institutions

January 18, 2024 by Nicole Xu, Collin Tran and Sophia Zhu

Due to the recent continuous drop in COVID-19 cases in CDCR institutions and the high vaccination rates among the population throughout the state’s prisons, their reopening guidelines have loosened.
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The best time to hit the books: Exploring occupancy trends in the UCSB Library

November 3, 2023 by Grace Nunnelley and Julia Ong

Visitors primarily frequent UC Santa Barbara's Davidson Library during weekday afternoons. There are relatively few visitors between the hours of 12 a.m. and 8 a.m. and on Friday and Saturday nights.
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Isla Vista law enforcement response in October 2023, summarized

November 2, 2023 by Asumi Shuda

The data was obtained from the October 2023 Arrest Log folder that is provided by Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office Crime Analyst Elisabeth Nybo.
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UCSB baseball players reflect on their summer league experiences

October 5, 2023 by Siddharth Chattoraj and Michelle Tekawy

Four UCSB baseball players provided insight into their daily lives while playing summer league baseball.
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UCSB releases 2022-23 course grades

September 1, 2023 by Siddharth Chattoraj

58.34% of course letter grades awarded were A’s, according to data obtained by the Nexus from the UC Santa Barbara Office of the Registrar via a Public Records Act Request.
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