News

September 19, 2020

$1.5 Million Donation Opens New Quantum Innovation Center at UCSB

By Suryan Bhatia

Named the Roy T. Eddleman Center for Quantum Innovation, the center is expanding upon the work of UCSB’s quantum science program.

September 17, 2020

Goleta Union School District, Isla Vista Elementary School Move Forward With Fall Plans

By Asumi Shuda

Goleta Union School District schools will stay fully remote until Santa Barbara County moves down to Tier 3 in Governor Newsom’s reopening plan.

September 16, 2020

UC Berkeley Police Captain Alex Yao Named as New UCSB Police Chief

By Katherine Swartz

Yao will replace UCSB’s Interim Police Chief James Brock in early fall quarter. 

September 16, 2020

UCSB Ranked No. 6 in Public Schools, No. 30 in Colleges Nationwide in 2021 U.S. News Best Colleges Ranking

By Max Abrams

The university jumped one spot in the public university category and four spots in the national university category compared to last year’s rankings.

September 15, 2020

Amidst Rising COVID-19 Concerns in I.V., SB County Supervisors Delay Public Health Urgency Ordinance

By Leila Khan, Melody Chen

While supervisors can bring a non-urgency ordinance back at any time, the six-week delay may be a missed opportunity.

September 15, 2020

Platform Holly Decommission Stalled Due to Covid-19 Pandemic

By Asumi Shuda

Despite setbacks, the California State Lands Commission continues to plug Platform Holly’s well bores with coil tubing and cement during the pandemic.

September 14, 2020

Wildfire Smoke Triggers Santa Barbara County Air Quality Alert

By Max Abrams

Particulate matter smaller than 2.5 microns — known as PM2.5 on the rating scale — is most affected by the smoke.

September 10, 2020

UCSB Student Sues UCPD Chief of Police for Sexual Battery

By Katherine Swartz

As of September 2020, there are now seven active lawsuits filed against members of the UCSB UC Police Department (UCPD). 

September 3, 2020

Back on the Same Wavelength: KCSB Alumni Return To Host Radio Shows From Around the World

By Mariam Bagdady

When the coronavirus pandemic forced KCSB-FM to move its operations online in late March, the show didn’t stop. In fact, it got more creative.

September 2, 2020

SBSO Successfully Deploys Naloxone on Overdose Victim in Isla Vista

By Max Abrams

After determining that the man was suffering from an overdose, one of the deputies deployed naloxone shortly before paramedics arrived on scene.

September 2, 2020

UC Pledges To Eliminate Single-use Plastic By 2030 in New Systemwide Policy

By Alexandra Goldberg

The policy came as a collaborative achievement between the UC system and CALPIRG.

September 1, 2020

From the Computer’s Glow, FSSP Offers a Remote Freshmen Experience

By Yuriko Chavez

Health concerns have barred the program’s students from experiencing FSSP's usual format — in exchange for one behind a computer. 

August 31, 2020

Students and Parents Adjust Expectations for the First Day of Online College

By Asumi Shuda

With online classes and residence hall limitations, the university will not be welcoming students to campus with the normal celebrations.

August 29, 2020

UCSB Students Describe Their Path to Higher Education, Often Paved by Family’s Sacrifice

By Arturo Martinez Rivera, Sofía Mejías-Pascoe

Many students’ journeys to UCSB began not with themselves, but with their parents.  

August 29, 2020

Fall Undergraduate Housing Limited To Those With “Special Circumstances”

By Holly Rusch

The university will offer full refunds for fall quarter housing contracts.

August 28, 2020

Student Health Ramps Up Flu Shot Efforts For New UC-Wide Vaccine Requirement

By Max Abrams

The new mandate anticipates additional spikes in COVID-19 cases in the community, come fall, and an increased strain on UCSB’s — and the rest of the UC campuses’ — medical systems.