Kadakia is the 2025-2026 Data editor. She was previously the 2024-2025 assistant Data editor and Data graphics staff. Kadakia is a third-year economics and statistics and data science student from Irvine, California.

Data

May 19, 2026 9:49 p.m.

2025-26 Daily Bruin Diversity Report

This post was updated May 23 at 11:26 a.m.
This is the seventh edition of the Daily Bruin Diversity Report, created to publicize the demographics of the Daily Bruin staff and be transparent about the steps The Bruin is taking to improve its diversity, equity and inclusion.
Introduction
For the seventh consecutive year, the Daily Bruin has reflected on its progress toward becoming a more diverse and representative source of journalism for the UCLA community.

By Alexandra Crosnoe, Dylan Winward, and Ayushi Kadakia

Campus

March 10, 2026 4:04 p.m.

Crimewatch: February 2026

Sources: UCPD. Graphic reporting by Maggie Konecky, Assistant News Editor. Interactive by Ayushi Kadakia, Data Editor.
UCPD recorded 594 unique entries in its Feb. 1 to Feb.

By Maggie Konecky and Ayushi Kadakia

Campus

Jan. 13, 2026 7:04 p.m.

Crimewatch: December 2025

This post was updated Jan. 13 at 7:46 p.m.

Sources: UCPD. Graphic reporting by Maggie Konecky, Assistant News Editor. Interactive by Ayushi Kadakia, Data Editor.
UCPD recorded 573 unique entries in its Dec.

By Maggie Konecky and Ayushi Kadakia

Campus

Nov. 4, 2025 7:09 p.m.

Crimewatch: October 2025

Sources: UCPD. Graphic reporting by Maggie Konecky, Assistant News Editor. Interactive by Ayushi Kadakia, Data Editor.
UCPD recorded 847 unique entries in its Oct. 1 to Oct.

By Maggie Konecky and Ayushi Kadakia

Crime

Oct. 5, 2025 5:38 p.m.

Crimewatch: September 2025

Sources: UCPD. Graphic reporting by Maggie Konecky, Assistant News Editor. Interactive by Ayushi Kadakia, Data Editor.
UCPD recorded 642 unique entries in its Sept. 1 to Sept.

By Maggie Konecky and Ayushi Kadakia

Crime

Sept. 4, 2025 12:29 a.m.

Crimewatch: August 2025

This post was updated Sept. 4 at 12:37 a.m.

Sources: UCPD. Graphic reporting by Maggie Konecky, Assistant News Editor. Interactive by Ayushi Kadakia, Data Editor.
UCPD recorded 534 unique entries in its daily crime log from Aug.

By Maggie Konecky and Ayushi Kadakia

The Stack

Aug. 26, 2025 10:42 p.m.

Outlining Admissions: Contextualizing the geography and county income of fall 2024 Bruins

UCLA by the numbers
For the cohort of fall 2024, UCLA received 173,651 applications, comprising 146,276 first-year applications and 27,177 transfer applications – the most of any university in the nation.