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August 3, 2019

UCSB Files Suits Against Amazon, Target and Others Over Alleged Exploitation of Intellectual Property

By Max Abrams

The documents credit three full-time UCSB professors with inventing the patents: James “Jim” Speck, Steven DenBaars and Shuji Nakamura.

August 3, 2019

UC Announces Tentative Agreement With UPTE for Two New 5-Year Contracts

By Max Abrams

If ratified, the two contracts would be valid until fall 2024. 

July 30, 2019

UC Regents Discuss Implementing Fixed Tuition Plan

By William Daniel

According to Regent Lark Park, the issue came down to, “How do we fund the university we want?”

July 29, 2019

Freshman Summer Start Program Expands to San Miguel Residence Hall

By Katherine Swartz

Students in FSSP have historically lived in San Nicolas Hall, and in recent years, have stayed in that hall for their entire first year. 

July 27, 2019

Anthropology Professor Celebrates 32nd Consecutive Summer Traveling Across the World to Teach at UCSB

By Alex Bumpers

Kundu’s first official quarter teaching at UCSB was the winter of 1988. He hasn’t stopped since.

July 26, 2019

UCSB Admission Rate Drops to 29.7%

By Madeline Thompson

Out of a pool of 176,695 applicants, 108,178 students were admitted as incoming freshmen across the nine UC campuses.

July 22, 2019

Students Condemn UC and Chancellor Yang’s Involvement in Thirty Meter Telescope, Express Support for Native Hawaiians

By Max Abrams

Yang is the chair of the telescope's board of governors, a position he has held since 2007.

July 18, 2019

Two Women Report Incidents of Fondling at Portola

By Evelyn Spence

The suspect is approximately 6 feet tall, has a “thinner build,” brown hair and was wearing a blue jacket at the time of the second incident. 

July 9, 2019

Water Rescue Called In For Drunk Rafters, Aborted Shortly After Group Tows Themselves In

By Sanya Kamidi

The individuals had been out in the ocean for approximately fifteen minutes before the water rescue was called in.

July 5, 2019

New Initiative Aims To Address Basic Needs and College Affordability through Marijuana Cultivation Tax

By Max Abrams

UCSB students have rallied behind a new initiative calling for the redirection of a year-old cultivation tax, asking that the money collected from the tax be used to address college affordability.

July 2, 2019

UCSB Teaching Assistant Under Fire From Colleagues, Students for Transphobic Tweets

By Evelyn Spence

The Twitter account, which features the T.A.'s photograph and name, contains hundreds of tweets and retweets espousing transphobic views.

June 28, 2019

UC Gains $4 Million in Funding for Summer Financial Aid

By Sanya Kamidi

Students who qualify can use the additional aid beginning this Summer Session A. 

June 27, 2019

Two MCC Bathrooms To be Converted To All-Gender

By Sanya Kamidi

Gary Lawrence, director of the University Center, said he hopes to have the signs installed by July 15. 

June 25, 2019

2019-2020 A.S. Executives: A Look Ahead

By Evelyn Spence, Sanya Kamidi, Max Abrams, Arturo Martinez Rivera, Katherine Swartz

The Nexus sat down with the five executives and asked them to speak about their plans for the upcoming year.

June 22, 2019

UC Announces New Measures to Fortify Admissions Process

By Max Abrams

UC’s decision to reform its admission process arrives roughly three months after several universities across the U.S. were accused of using unfair backdoor methods to admit students.

June 20, 2019

Promise Scholars Program Sees First Graduating Class

By Sanya Kamidi

The program, the first of its kind in the nation, strives to give low-income students resources and guidance to help them graduate in four years with minimal debt.