New census categories raise philosophical questions about race and ethnicity
In a Faculty First Person column, Professor Kareem Khalifa considers a recent government decision that prompts questions about the nature of social reality.
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Humanities alumnus Boris Dralyuk on finding creative inspiration in his own immigrant story
Dralyuk, now a professor of English and creative writing at the University of Tulsa, earned degrees in comparative literature, Russian language and literature, and Slavic language and literature from UCLA.
Marissa López receives Chancellor’s Arts Initiative grant, curates exhibition on L.A.’s past
The professor of English and of Chicana/o and Central American studies is co-leading an effort to create a new “living archive” of Latinx sounds for Los Angeles.
Teo Ruiz among 4 winners of Dickson Emeritus Professorship Award for 2023–24
Ruiz, one of the foremost medieval historians, was honored for his exceptional scholarly activity since his retirement in 2019.
For these first-year students, writings from the past shed light on issues around today’s AI revolution
A cluster course seminar led by doctoral candidate Jason Araújo provoked discussions on the nature of rapidly changing technology.
Not just word-for-word: Igor Pilshchikov on the nuances and challenges of translation
The chair of Slavic, East European & Eurasian Languages & Cultures explains why translation is as much art as it is science.
3 Humanities students win UCLA Library awards for undergraduate research
Kaitlyn Coons, Emma Horio and Isabella Durgin are among the honorees for 2024.
Mario Peng Lee seeks to improve lives through technology
As a student in UCLA’s Undergraduate Research Scholars Program, he studied how to apply AI and machine learning to natural language processing and understanding.
With B.A. and M.A. – and having led a UCLA course – Harry Li launches his teaching career
Through the Undergraduate Student Initiated Education program, he designed and taught a course on Mandopop for fellow UCLA students.
Linguistics alumna Ananda Lima on her fiction debut, ‘Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil’
Lima, who earned a master’s degree in 2008, still sometimes laughs when she says the title of her new book aloud.