Statistically Yours returns for its second episode. This time, your host Priyanka Nanayakkara brings you data on memes. More specifically, UCLA’s Facebook group “UCLA Memes for Sick AF Tweens.” We interviewed Eric Qu, one of the group’s co-creators, and gathered data from every meme on the group page to see if we could create “the […]
Author Archives: Priyanka Nanayakkara
Statistically Yours: Cold emailing in a quest for internships
Introducing “Statistically Yours,” Daily Bruin Radio’s first data-themed podcast. For our first episode, we bring you data from one UCLA student’s experience with cold emailing people in investment banking. This summer, Andrei Secu looked up over 800 people in the industry, and emailed nearly 300 of them. We explore his records to find patterns that […]
Professional women’s clubs on campus
It can feel at times isolating for women studying and working in male-dominated environments. However, a host of clubs at UCLA are dedicated to talking about such issues, and creating communities for women in these fields. Grace Ballor and Kelly McCormick are doctoral candidates in history and members of Women in History. Third-year astrophysics student […]
Urban Color Lines event challenges racial segregation
Editor’s note: Priyanka Nanayakkara is a student in Ananya Roy’s class Inequality and Democracy: The Analysis and Praxis of Public Problems. Scholars, artists and activists gathered Feb. 4 and 5 for the launch of the new Luskin Institute on Inequality and Democracy. The launch event, “Urban Color-Lines,” took place on the UCLA campus as well […]
Pie lovers congregate at Good Food Pie Contest
Hundreds of foodies scraped sugar-soaked pie crumbs from paper plates Wilson Plaza Sunday for the seventh annual Good Food Pie Contest. Angelenos congregated on the lawn, where a labyrinth of tables displayed freshly baked pies, ranging from sweetie pie vegan apple to lemon custard pie with ginger snap crust. The line of people extended from the Student […]
Alumni share Bruin experiences with incoming students at UCLA send-off
With the start of the new school year just weeks away, UCLA is preparing to welcome the class of 2019. However, not all the work is being done in Westwood. All over the world, UCLA alumni associations are throwing send-offs for new Bruins, including an event in San Diego September 13th. TRANSCRIPT: NANAYAKKARA: Every year, […]
Guides walk through aspects of giving tours at UCLA
UCLA tour guides each give tours at least twice a week, showing prospective students and their families UCLA’s campus and giving them a feel for what it means to be a Bruin. Most importantly, tours help prospective students decide whether UCLA is the school for them. Daily Bruin Radio explores what it means to be […]