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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.

Portrait of Alexandra Minna Stern outdoors on UCLA campus
Awards and Honors, Faculty/Department, News

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.

Photos of Alfons Rosales, meatball recipe ingredients and the finished meatballs
News, Research, Students

Research with a chance of meatballs

Using resources from the Clark Library collection, fourth-year student Alfons Rosales prepared a tasty dish from a 300-year-old recipe.

Kate Manne portrait
Events, News

Kate Manne: ‘There’s something valuable in being a little bit oversensitive’

The Cornell philosophy professor, who will deliver the Dean's Lecture in Humanistic Inquiry April 30, suggests that those calling people “snowflakes” might in fact be the oversensitive ones.

Aerial view of Clark Library from CBS LA video
News

‘It’s a lot more than just a library’

The world-renowned William Andrews Clark Memorial Library is featured on CBS LA’s ‘Look at This!’

Alex Purves in still image from video interview
Faculty/Department, News

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.

Portrait of Susan Kresin
Awards and Honors, Faculty/Department, News

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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