$1.5 million gift from Tom Bye and David Bohne establishes endowed chair in linguistics
The chair will be held by a scholar whose work bridges theoretical linguistics and practical problems of language use in everyday life.
Alumni
Film series pays homage to ‘Giant Robot,’ influential magazine founded by UCLA alumni
The screenings take place Nov. 1 through Nov. 17 at the Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum.
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.
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.
5 questions for Diana Khoi Nguyen: Poetry at the intersection of the personal and the political
As the English Department’s author in residence, the UCLA alumna is teaching an undergraduate poetry workshop.
In memoriam: Diego Loukota, 38, specialist in Indian and Central Asian Buddhism, ‘once-in-a-generation’ intellect
His colleague Seiji Lippit remembered Loukota for his “pioneering work, drawing connections … that had not been seen before.”
Comp Lit alumna Carribean Fragoza earns prestigious creative writing award
Tucked away in the San Gabriel Valley, South El Monte is not a place often featured in literary fiction. But it’s where Carribean Fragoza’s work takes root. The author of the evocative 2021 short story collection “Eat the Mouth That Feeds You,” Fragoza, a 2003 UCLA graduate who majored in comparative literature and Chicana and Chicano studies, has dedicated herself to unearthing the subtleties and concealed narratives of her hometown, channeling them into her distinct brand of surrealistic storytelling. It’s earned her vast critical acclaim — and, last spring, the prestigious Whiting Award, which recognizes emerging talents with a $50,000…