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Remains of Missing Teen Killed in 2018 Montecito Debris Flow Located With Help of UCSB Anthropologist

Kim Cantin shared with KEYT on July 22 that Jack’s remains were discovered on Memorial Day this year by UC Santa Barbara anthropologist Danielle Kurin and her graduate students. 
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Board of Supervisors Approves New Emergency Shelter For Houseless Residents in I.V.

This project will be run by Good Samaritan Shelter — an agency that works to provide temporary, emergency and/or transitional housing and support services for houseless residents.
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UCs Release Admission Statistics for Incoming Class

Between 2020 and 2021, most UC schools had similar admission numbers compared to 2020, with two notable exceptions being UC Los Angeles and UCSB.
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SBCPHD Recommends All County Residents Wear Masks Indoors Regardless of Vaccination Status

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.”
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UC Releases COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate

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.
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UC Regents To Vote on Proposed Tuition Increases at Upcoming Meeting

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.
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County-Appointed IVCSD Director Bob Geis Retires

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

The mural was commissioned by the Isla Vista Recreation and Parks District and UC Santa Barbara’s Associated Students, and unveiled on Juneteenth.
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UCSB Undergrad Releases All Student Undergraduate and Graduate Grades From Past Six Years

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

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.
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LGBTQ+ Employees at UC Santa Barbara Share Their Experiences In Higher Education

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

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-1...
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UCSB MultiCultural Center Hosts Screening of Short Films “#PardonMaria” and “Fighting For Family”

Following the screening, then-senior global studies and Asian American studies double major Rose Hoang led a panel discussion with the filmmakers and participants.
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“Power to the People” Launches as Blum Center’s First Podcast

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. 
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Newly Founded Black Women’s Health Collaborative Centers on Black Women and Non-men’s Joy and Health

The collaborative has funded 14 campus organizations throughout the Winter and Spring 2021 Quarters.  
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