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.
Gifts/Grants
Project co-led by Thiago Puglieri receives $330,000 Getty grant
UCLA art history professor, collaborators to train graduate students in community-engaged research.
$2 million commitment will help establish endowed chair in Jainism, South Asian religions
The gift will create opportunities for UCLA scholars to explore the Jain faith and its evolving, enduring legacy.
$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.
Tadashi Yanai gives $31 million to support hub for Japanese humanities research at UCLA
The majority of the funds will support Japan Past & Present, an initiative meant to transform Japanese humanities by promoting equitable access to research and teaching resources across the world.
柳井正氏、カリフォルニア大学ロサンゼルス校（UCLA）における日本人文科学の研究拠点を支援するため、3,100万米ドルを寄付
柳井氏は、「UCLAをはじめ世界各地における日本人文科学研究を支援できることを誇りに思います。世界を形成する慣習や芸術形態を共有し、尊重することは、とても重要なことです。
Gift from Marjorie and Richard Fond supports new graduate award in Yiddish studies
“There’s been a lot of talk about Yiddish being a dying language,” Richard Fond said, “and I want to play my part in ensuring its continuance.”
UCLA-led project receives $1.3 million NSF grant to connect creativity and innovation
UCLA researchers from the humanities, arts and engineering aim to foster stronger ties between America’s vibrant creative sector and those involved in pioneering scientific research, technology innovation and workforce evolution. Funded by a $1.3 million award from the National Science Foundation, the yearlong project will include a series of activities exploring how to connect regional strengths in culture and technology, foster U.S. competitiveness in industries involved in the creative sector and strengthen workforce development at the nexus of creativity and technology in critical and emerging areas of innovation, such as artificial intelligence. UCLA has launched a project office supported by the NSF’s new…
$2 million gift to create endowed chair in the study of religion
With a gift of $2 million from an anonymous donor, UCLA plans to establish the Robert E. Archer Chair in the Study of Religion, the first endowed chair of its kind for the campus. Pending the approval of the UCLA Academic Senate, the permanent appointment chair will support a distinguished faculty member in UCLA’s interdepartmental degree program in the study of religion, founded a half-century ago within the Division of Humanities. “We are profoundly grateful to our anonymous donor for this generous and forward-thinking gift, which will advance the growth and continued impact of a vital UCLA program,” said Alexandra…
$11 million gift establishes Yarshater Center for the Study of Iranian Literary Traditions
UCLA has received a commitment of $11 million from the Persian Heritage Foundation to establish the UCLA Yarshater Center for the Study of Iranian Literary Traditions, a research hub that aims to advance knowledge of ancient Iranian literature and culture worldwide. The center was named for the late Ehsan Yarshater, the inaugural Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies at Columbia University, whose lifework has had a profound impact on the study of the Iranian world globally. Among the many original projects Yarshater initiated are the “Bibliotheca Persica,” a collection of pioneering publications foregrounding Iranian literary traditions; “A History of Persian…