Students Feel Stressed as UCSB Returns to In-Person Instruction During Midterm Season

Students on campus voiced that the combined stressors of returning in person and handling midterms have been difficult.

Deceased UCSB Professor’s Nobel Laureate Award Auctioned Off

Walter Kohn, a deceased UC Santa Barbara physics professor, won the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1998 while working at UCSB.

I.V. Community Center Reopens After 21 Months

I.V. has now lost its community center twice, once during for 50 years since 1970, and again for 21 months during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Term in Review: 3rd District Supervisor Joan Hartmann

During her tenure, Hartmann continuously and consistently employed thoughtful responses and meaningful solutions to several issues that the Isla Vista community is passionate about and affected by.

Students Required to Get Boosted, Tested Prior to Returning to In-person Instruction

Completion of boosting and testing requirements will update students’ Clearance Badge.

Abboud Ends Run for State Assembly, Announces Intention to Potentially Run for Second District Supervisor

Abboud said he is strongly considering running for second district supervisor once Hart’s current term ends.

Chancellors Get Pay Raise: Recap of UC Regents January 2022 Meeting

Here are the most important takeaways from the University of California Board of Regents’ first meeting of 2022.

UCSB Library Creates Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration for the Month of January

The commemoration includes a wide variety of materials, some of which are available for students to check out.

National Weather Service Calls Off Tsunami Advisory for Santa Barbara County

A dispatcher at SBSO said that residents of Del Playa Drive — which is positioned directly above Isla Vista beach — had no reason for concern and would be unaffected by the potential surge.

Instructors Respond to Chancellor’s Remote Learning Decision

Instructors were notified at the same time as students that they would be deciding whether or not classes would be conducted in person or remotely.