UC News

April 28, 2022

Deficits, Delays and Division: Chancellor Yang’s Involvement in Thirty Meter Telescope Revealed Through Emails

By Sindhu Ananthavel

The UC and Yang kept most details and annual contributions to the Thirty Meter Telescope project under wraps, but emails indicate a strong investment and involvement.

April 22, 2022

UCSA Holds Press Conference for Double the Pell Week of Action

By Sindhu Ananthavel

The press conference was hosted by UCSA and featured student leaders representing colleges across the country.

April 21, 2022

A Week in UC Student News

By Sindhu Ananthavel

A weekly recap of up-to-date UC News.

April 19, 2022

April Fools “Yangtopia”: Student Workers Mockingly Celebrate Chancellor Yang’s Pay Raise

By Mark Alfred

The event, which drew dozens of passersby throughout the afternoon, was dubbed Yangtopia — a play on Deltopia, Isla Vista’s annual unsanctioned street party that was held the same weekend.

April 17, 2022

A Week in UC Student News

By Sindhu Ananthavel

A weekly recap of up-to-date UC News.

April 9, 2022

A Week in UC News

By Sindhu Ananthavel

The Nexus is reintroducing a column recapping up-to-date UC news.

February 24, 2022

Student Workers Union Prepares to Renegotiate Contract with the UC, Holds Town Halls

By Nisha Malley

Bargaining between the union and UCOP will begin in March, with up to six bargaining sessions currently slated to occur during winter and spring quarters.

February 4, 2022

UCSA Holds Annual Students of Color Conference

By Asumi Shuda

This year’s conference reflected UCSA’s aims to constantly learn and evolve, as well as offering an avenue for the organization to remedy its past actions with SoCC.

January 13, 2022

Isla Vista, UCSB’s COVID-19 Cases Spike With Winter Surge

By Atmika Iyer, Alex Rudolph, Stella Jia

As of Jan. 12, UCSB is reporting 262 active cases, and the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department’s COVID-19 Data Dashboard is reporting 635 active cases in Isla Vista.

January 12, 2022

UC Leadership Affirms Support for DACA Program

By Nisha Malley

The chancellors’ letter described both the sizable presence that DACA participants have across UC campuses and the value they bring as students, employees and community members.

January 8, 2022

UCSB Gives Instructors Discretion Over Holding Classes In-Person or Remotely For Last Two Weeks of January

By Atmika Iyer

UCSB is the only UC school to not fully extend remote learning through Jan. 28.

January 7, 2022

Some UC Campuses Extend Remote Learning Period; UCSB Still To Return on Jan. 18 While COVID-19 Cases Peak for University

By Atmika Iyer

UC Santa Barbara is yet to make any such announcement about extending its remote learning period.

December 21, 2021

UCSB Announces Remote Learning for First Two Weeks of Winter Quarter

By Holly Rusch, Atmika Iyer

Current plans indicate that UC schools will remain online till Jan. 17, 2022, though that plan may change depending on the spread of COVID-19.

December 14, 2021

University of California Recognizes Student Researcher Union

By Holly Rusch

The acknowledgement comes after a bevy of legislative backing for the union, including 49 members of the California State Assembly and 30 members of California’s congressional delegation.

December 8, 2021

Student Researchers Union Votes to Authorize Strike, Union Members Optimistic for Negotiations

By Holly Rusch, Sindhu Ananthavel

Rebecca Martin, an organizer with SRU-UAW and a first-year electrical and computer engineering doctoral student, said that the union is currently in a state of determining “strike-readiness.”