News

July 20, 2021

UCs Release Admission Statistics for Incoming Class

By Atmika Iyer, Alex Rudolph

Between 2020 and 2021, most UC schools had similar admission numbers compared to 2020, with two notable exceptions being UC Los Angeles and UCSB.

July 19, 2021

SBCPHD Recommends All County Residents Wear Masks Indoors Regardless of Vaccination Status

By Atmika Iyer

The purpose of the recommendation is to provide “an extra precautionary measure for those who are fully vaccinated, and to ensure easy verification that all unvaccinated people are masked.”

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 16, 2021

UC Regents To Vote on Proposed Tuition Increases at Upcoming Meeting

By Holly Rusch

The proposal, introduced at the Regents’ May 13 meeting, would increase tuition for the future class of 2022-23 by 2% from the previous class’s tuition plus inflation.

July 15, 2021

County-Appointed IVCSD Director Bob Geis Retires

By Atmika Iyer

During the IVCSD July 13 meeting, the board unanimously approved a resolution honoring Bob Geis and his work as he leaves the CSD to join his wife in retirement.

July 10, 2021

Local Black Artist Paints “This Is More Than A Moment, This Is A Movement” at Little Acorn Park

By Atmika Iyer

The mural was commissioned by the Isla Vista Recreation and Parks District and UC Santa Barbara’s Associated Students, and unveiled on Juneteenth.

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

Marsha P. Johnson Volunteer Program Focuses on Education and Community Building Through the Past Remote Year

By Asumi Shuda

Twelve years since its founding, the Volunteer Program is continuing its mission to promote student engagement, community building and the Resource Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity.

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 28, 2021

UCSB Health and Wellness Hosts COVID-19 Information Stations in Isla Vista

By Jacob Davis

The program is built off of the department’s initial goal to distribute masks and hand sanitizer to I.V. residents. Since then, the founders realized that many people were unaware of current COVID-19 developments and c...

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.