UC News

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.”

December 5, 2021

Texas Court Ruling Puts Future of DACA Program in Jeopardy

By Nisha Malley

An estimated 4,000 undocumented students are enrolled across UC campuses, according to 2020 data.

December 2, 2021

UC Eliminates Testing Requirement in Admissions

By Sindhu Ananthavel

All other admissions criteria will remain, following the dropping of the test requirement.

November 24, 2021

Former UC Associate Vice Chancellors, Campus Architects Send Letter Against Munger Hall to UC Regents and President Drake

By Atmika Iyer

The undersigned also said that Munger Hall would be the most expensive residential project in UC history.

November 24, 2021

Student Researcher Union Authorizes Strike Due to Lack of Recognition From the UC

By Holly Rusch

The strike vote “does not necessarily mean we will go on strike, just that a strike can be called if circumstances justify,” the Student Researches United-UAW website read.

November 21, 2021

Strike Averted as UC Lecturers Reach Historic Deal, Securing Job Security and Better Pay

By Mark Alfred

The new contract, announced early on Wednesday, includes significant improvements to job security, salaries, paid family leave policy and better workload standards, according to the union.

October 18, 2021

UC Issues Flu Vaccination Requirement for the 2021-22 year

By Sindhu Ananthavel

Those who opt out of the requirement must continue wearing masks or face coverings on campus “to the end of the flu season."

September 5, 2021

UC Refuses To Disclose Information Regarding Accellion Data Hack

By Sindhu Ananthavel

The Nexus submitted a PRA to the UC Office of the President and UCSB on May 10, asking for internal communication discussing the Accellion data breach. Both refused to comply with the request.

August 31, 2021

UCSB External Vice President of Statewide Affairs Named President of UC Student Association

By Holly Rusch

Quintero-Cubillan ran on a platform of making UCSA a more equitable space and strengthening federal lobbying power by connecting UCSA to other student unions.

August 27, 2021

UC President Plans Overhaul to Campus Policing

By Atmika Iyer

In a letter to the UC community, Drake called the plan “transformational,” and said that the new approach will be “data-driven, service-oriented [and] community centric.”

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.

May 19, 2021

UC Regents Discuss Proposed Tuition Increase Beginning in 2022

By Sindhu Ananthavel

The plan proposes assigning a tuition and fee level to each incoming cohort of students and keeping that number flat for six years following enrollment.