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Head-and-shoulders portrait of Ben Krut with hand-drawn symbols and words representing his four academic majors and one minor
News, Students

The Bruin who landed the quad

Meet Ben Krut, the only member of the UCLA Class of 2026 who can call himself a quadruple major.

Portrait of Ziyan Xie outdoors on UCLA campus
News, Students

Ziyan Xie looks at machine vision through a humanist’s lens

The graduating senior taught an undergraduate seminar combining philosophy and video games.

Collage of four photos from Lara Fabian's #Archaeology seminar.
Faculty/Department, News, Teaching

Archaeology meets social media literacy in an innovative Fiat Lux seminar

Lara Fabian developed the course in response to the spread of misinformation about the ancient world.

Portrait of David Blank with trees in the background
Events, Faculty/Department, News

Classics chair David Blank to keynote 2026 Humanities commencement

A scholar of ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Blank has been a UCLA faculty member for four decades.

Rosalind Shoopmann, Kim Hu, Sunny Xiaoyang Hua and Alex Mazzaferro posing in front of bookshelf
Graduate Students, News, Teaching

By combining diverse fields, this English seminar prompts students to explore new research paths

Alex Mazzaferro’s aim is to encourage students to “ask new questions, build new audiences and reach new conclusions.”

Kwame J. Granderson wearing blue jacket standing under the Royce Hall arches
Alumni, Gifts/Grants, News

$6 million from Kwame J. Granderson will endow Undergraduate Writing Center

The UCLA alumnus, a real estate attorney and developer, credits much of his success to his dedication to constantly improving his own writing.

Books, Faculty First Person, News

Think distraction is a uniquely 21st-century problem? Medieval readers would like a word

Hundreds of years before smartphones and social media arrived, writers were preoccupied with preoccupation.

Andrea Sasse, Consul General of Germany in Los Angeles, speaking in a UCLA class, with backs of students' heads visible in foreground
Community Engaged Scholarship, News, Teaching

German consul general’s visit gives ELTS class unique perspective on transatlantic partnerships

Andrea Sasse discussed issues ranging from diplomacy and intellectual curiosity to career development.

Book cover of "Upward Bound" next to portrait of Woody Brown
Alumni, Books, Events, News

Alumnus Woody Brown is now a New York Times bestselling author

The 2022 graduate returns to UCLA May 13 for a reading and Q&A moderated by English professors Mona Simpson and Justin Torres.

Ursula Heise holding a bird on her hand
Awards and Honors, Faculty/Department, News

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.

Kinda Al Rifae with English and Arabic words behind her
Faculty/Department, News

How Arabic helped shape everyday English

Kinda Al Rifae says the language has traveled alongside ideas, profoundly influencing the vocabulary of modern life.

Four images from Intergenerational Archaeology Day, including scholars speaking to the audience, participants analyzing a silver comb, and a photo booth for documenting artifacts.
Community Engaged Scholarship, Faculty/Department, News, Students

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.

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