Susan Kresin honored for excellence in teaching
Although she has taught Russian and Czech at UCLA for 30 years, the senior lecturer says she has never run out of new things to discover.
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To be, or not to be, misunderstood
In the Los Angeles Review of Books, Distinguished Professor Robert Watson writes that the famous line doesn’t mean what ‘Hamnet’ thinks it means.
New health humanities minor highlights the importance of human stories in health care
“If we want to help and heal others, we have to start with their stories,” says second-year student Cooper Steffensen.
Danny Snelson designs custom (and eco-friendly!) AI for new installation at MASS MoCA
The UCLA professor of English and design media arts created a private large language model that replicates the ancient practice of reading coffee grounds.
Stephanie Bosch Santana receives book award from American Comparative Literature Association
“Forms of Mobility” highlights evolving centers of literary influence since the mid-20th century in Malawi, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Team led by Todd Presner receives $308,000 grant to study how AI is shaping Holocaust history
The research, conducted by UCLA’s AI and Cultural Heritage Lab, will explore the promise and pitfalls of large language models and social media.
Project co-led by Thiago Puglieri receives $330,000 Getty grant
UCLA art history professor, collaborators to train graduate students in community-engaged research.
Thousands of early modern Japanese books from UCLA, UC Berkeley, UC San Francisco to be digitized in Yanai Initiative project
The archive will provide access to rare Japanese materials from the early 1600s through 1868 – including books, illustrated scrolls, lavishly drawn maps and medical texts.
Amber West tapped for national program on community-engaged teaching
The Writing Programs lecturer is the first UCLA representative to take part in an initiative organized by Campus Compact.
When walking becomes a message
Asian Languages and Cultures professor Stephanie Balkwill on how the Walk for Peace embodies Buddhist teachings.