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.
Awards and Honors
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
The acclaimed writer recently earned the prestigious Whiting Award, which recognizes emerging talents with a $50,000 grant.
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…
English major named fifth Arthur Ashe Jr. Scholar
Sydney Do credits an entire community with paving her path to UCLA. After high school, the Maryland native moved to California to live with her grandparents and attend community college. But when her grandmother died and her grandfather’s health failed, the teenage Do found herself living on her own with no family support. Searching for connection in the wider world, she volunteered at Mary’s Kitchen, an Orange County nonprofit supporting people experiencing homelessness. When the city temporarily shut down the facility, Do became an advocate for its guests, many of whom had mental illnesses or disabilities. She also volunteered at…
4 Humanities graduate students receive Fulbright-Hays fellowships
Four Humanities graduate students are among the 12 UCLA scholars overall who have received Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad fellowships for 2023. UCLA received more Fulbright-Hays awards than any other university. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, the Fulbright-Hays program allows awardees to study aspects of a society or societies, including their culture, economy, history and international relations. The fellowship is designed to contribute to developing and improving the study of modern foreign languages and area studies in the U.S. UCLA’s 2023 fellows come from diverse disciplines, and they will conduct their research in Brazil, Chile, England, Japan, Mexico,…