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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.

May 31, 2021

Creating a Space To Be Heard: Students Form New UCSB Asian Coalition

By Melea Maglalang

As the number of organizations wanting to participate increased, the UCSB Asian Coalition was established with the intention of advocating for healing and unity within these communities.

May 31, 2021

The 14th Dalai Lama Speaks About Hope at UCSB Arts & Lectures

By Asumi Shuda

The event marked the 20th anniversary of the Dalai Lama endowed chair in religious studies at the university.

May 28, 2021

Nine Greek Life Institutions Violated COVID-19 Public Health Orders in the Past Year

By Atmika Iyer

Alpha Tau Omega, Delta Tau Delta and Pi Beta Phi were repeat offenders. Alpha Tau Omega was the only offender to be sanctioned.

May 27, 2021

A.S. Senate Fails To Pass Divestment for Seventh Time in Nine Years

By Atmika Iyer, Holly Rusch, Sindhu Ananthavel

Student speakers from anti-divestment groups like Students Supporting Israel, along with pro-divestment groups like SJP, urged their supporters and members to speak at the meeting.

May 26, 2021

A.S. Senate To Discuss Divestment Resolution Tonight

By Holly Rusch

May 25, 2021

Few UCSB Campus Facilities Reopen in a Slow Return to Normalcy

By Sindhu Ananthavel

For some, the re-openings are a reminder of what campus used to be, while for freshman and transfer students, the buildings are a new experience altogether.