The Elephant in the Zoom: How Student Orgs Are Adapting to Virtual Member Engagement

According to the Office of Student Life, there are currently 366 registered campus organizations at UCSB, many of whom are attempting to transfer their membership services online. 

UC Santa Cruz COLA Strikers To Submit Withheld Fall and Winter Grades

Around 80 UCSC graduate students who were dismissed from their spring TA positions are still without work.

Goleta City Council Votes To Provide Library Services in Isla Vista

The chosen option for a hybrid-style library includes multiple pop-up services, such as book vending machines, book drops, pop-up libraries and a cargo van.

In Photos | Isla Vistans Packed the Beach Despite Shelter-in-Place Orders

This past weekend likely saw some of the largest beach crowds in Isla Vista in recent weeks and vastly exceeded the number of people who turned out for this year’s Deltopia.

Sixth UCPD Lawsuit Filed Against Department, Alleging Sexual Harassment

In the sixth lawsuit, filed in February, former officer Amanda Siegel levies accusations against current UC Police Department Officer Michael Little and Sergeant Gregory Smorodinsky.

As Students Disappear From Campus and I.V., So Do Their Jobs

For many student employees who send money home or juggle multiple jobs to pay their way through college, paid administrative leave or remote work study isn’t enough. 

CU Maintains Senate Majority, Executive Branch Splits Even

For the first time, both the Associated Students election campaigning and results night took place remotely as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and the shift to remote instruction.

LIVE: A.S. Spring Quarter Election Results 2020

The Nexus will be updating this page with live results from the A.S. Elections, which will begin at 8 p.m.

Q&A on COVID-19 With Dzwokai Zach Ma

Dzwokai Zach Ma, UCSB associate professor of molecular, cellular and developmental biology, answers questions about the COVID-19 pandemic and SARS-CoV-2 virus.

“I think we’re all trying to help out as much as we can”: UCSB Researchers Utilize Resources To Help Fight Coronavirus

The production of face shields on campus is just one example of how skilled students, researchers and scientists are uniting to help the community through the coronavirus pandemic.