In the National Student Data Corps at UCLA, students aim to create an inclusive community for students exploring data science.
NSDC was created in 2022 when one of its founders noticed a large number of students were unable to get into data science organizations, said Milla Nielsen, a fourth-year statistics and data science student and co-president of NSDC.

This post was updated Nov. 18 at 12:56 p.m.
Young people who experienced parental adversity are more likely to have potentially harmful bacteria in their mouth, according to UCLA.

This post was updated July 7 at 10:12 p.m.
Space Workforce 2030 is reaching out to students – from elementary schoolers to doctoral candidates – to build a more diverse community of aerospace engineers.

Following the attacks on and police sweep of the first Palestine solidarity encampment, 43 pro-Palestine protesters and other individuals – whom UCPD alleged were trying to occupy and vandalize Moore Hall – were arrested in Parking Structure 2 on May 6.

A common stereotype of scientists is that they are poor at writing.
A quick internet search brings up a Reddit post that proclaims, “90% of scientific writers absolutely suck at writing.”
However, while stereotypes about scientists have long existed, science communication – which focuses on the translation of scientific information to a variety of scientific and nonscientific audiences – has gained more attention in recent years, especially following the COVID-19 pandemic.

This post was updated April 4 at 9:07 p.m.
Obstetricians at the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center found that while second-year residents are more accurate than first-year residents in estimating fetal weight, first-year residents are also capable of estimating within 10% of the true weight.

This post was updated March 10 at 9:03 p.m.
UCLA’s chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers raised nearly $23,000 in February to help members attend the organization’s national convention.