Ursula Heise elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
The English professor explores how storytelling can influence what we know about the environment and how we act on it.
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How Arabic helped shape everyday English
Kinda Al Rifae says the language has traveled alongside ideas, profoundly influencing the vocabulary of modern life.
High schoolers, community elders come together to explore artifacts from Vietnamese refugees
The event, organized by Kelly Nguyen, brought together Westminster High students, members of Orange County’s Little Saigon community and UCLA scholars.
Alexandra Minna Stern elected to Society of American Historians
Among her award-winning books is “Eugenic Nation,” which examines the broad reach of eugenics in the U.S. throughout the 20th century.
On Artemis II launch day, Alex Purves waxes poetic about the moon
The classics professor connects today’s lunar mission to questions that inspired ancient Greek scientists.
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.
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.