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Bike racks

Navigating the bike-friendly campus: challenges and solutions at UCSB

February 16, 2024 by , and

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 and

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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ChatGPTAi

Learning and Large Language Models: Charting ChatGPT’s changes to curriculum

February 8, 2024 by , and

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 , , and

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 and

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 , and

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 and

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

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 and

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

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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Isla Vista law enforcement response from June to August, summarized

August 31, 2023 by and

The Nexus found that 215 crimes were reported to the UCPD from June 9 to Aug. 9.
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UC and UCSB announce, reflect on fall 2023 undergraduate admission rates

August 31, 2023 by and

The fall 2023 freshmen undergraduate class is the largest number of underrepresented students in UC history, the press release claimed.
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Studying abroad at UCSB: Trends across countries, majors and a pandemic

August 11, 2023 by and

Since it was established in 1962, the UC Santa Barbara Education Abroad Program (EAP) has grown to over 170 programs that span across over 40 countries.
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Changing directions: Experiences of UCSB transfer student athletes

August 7, 2023 by

Five transfer athletes and UCSB's Deputy Athletics Director spoke about the lives and experiences of athletes who switch schools to play for UCSB.
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Daily Nexus Office

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the Daily Nexus

July 12, 2023 by and

Three years after the creation of the Diversity and Inclusion task force, here is how we have honored DEI.
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