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Faculty/Department, Gifts/Grants, News

Jessica Rett appointed inaugural Thomas Bye and David Bohne Professor of Linguistics

The endowed chair was established following a $1.5 million gift from UCLA alumnus Thomas J. Bye and his husband, David R. Bohne.

Portraits of (clockwise from top left) Anahita Hoose, Valentina Lunardi, Paolo Sabattini and Alex Roy
Alumni, Graduate Students, News

Indo-European Studies celebrates fellowships, teaching position for doctoral candidates, alumni

The scholars will continue their studies in the U.S., Belgium, India and Japan this fall.

Professor Rahim Shayegan, alumnus Jeffrey Cunard and Dean Alexandra Minna Stern standing in front of large bookshelf.
Alumni, Gifts/Grants, News

‘A new, higher form of humanism’: Major expansion of ancient studies with new center in Humanities Division

A generous gift from alumnus Jeffrey Cunard will create the UCLA Jeffrey P. Cunard Center for Global Antiquity.

Professor Zirwat Chowdhury (from left) with students Paige Runyan, Bridget Cline, Natalia Castillo and Juno Lumetta inside the Clark Library with a poster about their exhibition
News, Research, Students, Teaching

Ahmanson Scholarship Seminar students become curators for Clark Library exhibition

“No Place Like Home: 18th-Century London in an Age of Change” showcased letters and household objects drawn from the Clark’s collection.

Daria Bahtina, Seonkyung Jeon and Lauri Mattenson (top row, left to right) and Javier Patiño Loira and Katarina Yuan (bottom, left to right)
Awards and Honors, Faculty/Department, Graduate Students, News, Teaching

Humanities Division boasts 5 Distinguished Teaching Award winners

Daria Bahtina, Seonkyung Jeon, Lauri Mattenson, Javier Patiño Loira and Katarina Yuan were recognized for their excellence in the classroom.

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.

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