September 12, 2017/in ALUMNI & FRIENDS FEATURED STORIES /by shawn diaz Andrea Murray discovered a passion for social justice through the Civic Engagement minor and participation in the Astin...
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The Division of Humanities is excited to announce that the project of Religious Landscapes of Los Angeles: Teaching and Exploring Religious Diversity Through Civic Engagement, led...
Read MoreFrom the Daily Bruin BY HEDY WANG Posted: July 31, 2017 Students can choose from two new undergraduate degree programs starting this fall. UCLA’s two newest majors are Nordic studies and Asian languages and linguistics. The Scandinavian section and the department of Asian languages and cultures created the new majors to broaden their...
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These five rising stars work in alternative-academic and traditional tenure-track positions at public research, liberal arts and Ivy League institutions. By Will Fenton August 2, 2017 The digital...
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LA Times Book Jacket Copy, July 27th, 2017, 3:00PM by Mark Athitakis “Our heroes tend to be orphans,” Zinzi Clemmons writes in her debut novel...
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As the program celebrates 20 years of scholarship and advocacy, it also eyes expansion Jessica Wolf | July 17, 2017 For two decades, the field of queer...
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Website and database they built sparked curator’s show about African-American women in silent race films Jessica Wolf | July 20, 2017 The meticulous work of UCLA digital...
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from UCLA Daily Bruin, by Megan Daley Students, staff and faculty have been discussing what words like “democracy,” “humanity” and “heroism” mean in meetings over...
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UCLA is one of the top universities in the country for producing the most Ph.D.s in the arts and humanities. According to an April 2017 report from the...
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Congratulations to Dr. Yasemin Yildiz of UCLA, the recipient of the 2016 DAAD Prize for Distinguished Scholarship in German and European Studies for her outstanding academic...
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Nouri Gana, associate professor of comparative literature and Near Eastern languages and cultures, has been named one of 13 recipients of the 2017 New Directions...
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Harvard University’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences awarded the Centennial Medal to Sarah Morris, Steinmetz Professor of Classical Archaeology and Material Culture at UCLA...
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UCLA Daily Bruin BY MEGAN DALEY Posted: May 7, 2017 10:38 pm Josh Feldman stood in front of students in the Charles E. Young Grand...
Read MoreUCLA faculty members Judith Carney and Stephanie Jamison have been selected as members of the 237th class of American Academy of Arts and Sciences fellows. Jamison, a professor of Asian languages and cultures, also teaches courses in UCLA’s Indo-European studies program. She was trained as a historical and Indo-European linguist,...
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A rarely seen portrait of Oscar Wilde that typically hangs in a small hallway inside UCLA’s William Andrews Clark Memorial Library is on public display for...
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New Summer Institute Explores Los Angeles Through the Lens of Technology and Social Justice How are cars, film and the Internet contributing to social, economic...
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UCLA alumna uses her experience as Italian literature scholar to land a private-sector job Nicole Freeling | April 19, 2017, UCLA NEWSROOM Non-academic jobs were...
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AS APPEARS IN UCLA MAGAZINE: By Wendy Soderburg '82 Published Apr 1, 2017 8:00 AM In these turbulent times, UCLA Center for the Study of Religion...
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From the Chronicle of Higher Education, UCLA is ranked #1, tied with New York University, in the Universities With the Most Doctorate Recipients in the...
Read MoreFROM THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION, Our Academic Technology Manager from UCLA’s Center for Digital Humanities contributes the following article: The Cost That Holds Back Ed-Tech Innovation By John Lynch APRIL 09, 2017 Recently, I had an unexpected revelation as I watched a colleague of mine work with a pair...
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