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.
Awards and Honors
3 Humanities students win UCLA Library awards for undergraduate research
Kaitlyn Coons, Emma Horio and Isabella Durgin are among the honorees for 2024.
Professor David Kim receives 2024 Gold Shield Faculty Prize
He was honored in part for his ability to merge cultures, languages and religions. The award recognizes mid-career faculty for exceptional contributions to teaching.
Raphaëlle Burns and Javier Patiño Loira earn fellowships to conduct research at I Tatti
The professors will pursue projects at the Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies in Florence, Italy.
Brian Copenhaver, professor of philosophy and history, receives UC award for emeriti faculty
The prize recognizes outstanding scholarly work or educational service by emeriti faculty in the humanities and social sciences.
Philosophy professor Paul Taylor elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
In his acceptance letter, Taylor quoted Ralph Waldo Emerson: “But do your work and I shall know you.”
English professor Justin Torres receives 2024 Guggenheim Fellowship
The author of the National Book Award-winning “Blackouts” is working on his third novel, which considers the role of triadic relations in structuring life.
Uri McMillan receives Warhol Foundation grant for book on influential 1970s artists
“The Seventies in Color” will focus on three New York City trendsetters: fashion designer Stephen Burrows, musician-actor-model Grace Jones and fashion illustrator Antonio Lopez.
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…
Arushi Avachat selected as 2024 Marshall Scholar
Arushi Avachat, who plans to graduate in June with degrees in English and political science and a South Asian studies minor, is the latest UCLA student to win the prestigious Marshall Scholarship. This is the third consecutive year in which a UCLA student or alumnus has received the highly competitive scholarship, which funds up to three years of graduate study in the United Kingdom for U.S. undergraduates or recent graduates. Avachat is one of 51 winners chosen from among more than 1,000 applicants for 2024. She plans to pursue master’s degrees in English and American studies, and in global and imperial…