Data

The data journalism blog by the Daily Nexus.

January 18, 2023

UCSB women’s swim team excels in academics over the past decade

By Michelle Tekawy, Alice Zhang

The team has been selected as a Scholar All-America Team for years, and they have consistently earned a GPA over 3.5 for the past five years.

January 12, 2023

UCSB men’s basketball off to blazing hot start with high-powered offense, although attendance continues to drop

By Jake Jensema, Tahsin Azad, Malay Patel

The UC Santa Barbara men’s basketball team has secured 8 wins out of their first 10 games under sixth-year head coach Joe Pasternack despite relatively low attendance numbers.

November 20, 2022

El Congreso sends direct letter to Chancellor to address demands

By Asumi Shuda

El Congreso published its initial list of demands on Apr. 28 and presented the list to university administrators and Yang in a May 4 meeting.

November 17, 2022

Analysis of the response to Munger Hall using Twitter, Reddit data

By Julia Ong, Grace Nunnelley

Most of the discourse surrounding Munger Hall appears to be neutral with a slightly negative lean. The topic of Munger Hall was a popular discussion point beyond the UCSB community as well.

November 17, 2022

To fund or not to fund: UCSB’s competitive research environment

By Shannon Rumsey, Jessica Crum, John-Michael Kirchner

UCSB receives plenty of research funding, but there is a skewed distribution of research funds among UCSB academic departments.

October 27, 2022

Diwali Across the Globe

By Siddharth Chattoraj

A look into the different ways people around the world celebrate Diwali.

October 27, 2022

Halloween in Isla Vista

By Siddharth Chattoraj

A look into the history of crowds and crime during Halloween weekend in Isla Vista and the consequent deterrents and restrictions put in place.

October 8, 2022

Nexus explained: UC campus crime data from 2008-2016

By Siddharth Chattoraj, Christy Yu

Crimes rose across the UC campuses and the UCSB police arrested a higher rate of people than other campuses over the years.

August 28, 2022

Rating “Rate My Professor”: exploring trends in UCSB professor ratings

By Zach Gold, Gama Aristondo, Stella Jia

In 2020, the quality of teaching, which had increased the year prior, begins to decrease while the difficulty reaches a peak, likely due to remote learning.

July 24, 2022

Santa Barbara County Surges into High COVID-19 Transmission Level

By Asumi Shuda, Siddharth Chattoraj

There are currently 1,033 active cases in the county, with six deaths reported within the week of July 8 and July 14.

July 18, 2022

Political Engagement Patterns of UCSB Professors

By Julia Ong, Cameron Clark, Stella Jia

Political contributions from UCSB professors reaches a peak in 2020 at over $12,000 donations.

April 9, 2022

Review of Associated Students 2021-22 Budget

By Alex Rudolph, Holly Rusch

The budget funds the functions of all Senate and executive offices and a variety of boards, committees, commissions and other entities that support student life on campus.

February 17, 2022

UCSB S.T.E.M. Departments Focus on Diversity and Inclusion in its Programs and Courses

By Stella Jia, Alex Rudolph

The number of Black students has gone from 503 students in 1997-98 to 967 students in 2021-22. The 2017-18 school year had 1,090 Black students the highest number since.

February 10, 2022

Students Frustrated by Modified Unit Cap for Class Registration

By Nisha Malley, Alex Rudolph

The policy also prevented all students from achieving full-time status — which requires a minimum enrollment of 12 units — until their second registration period.

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.