Mario Peng Lee seeks to improve lives through technology
As a student in UCLA’s Undergraduate Research Scholars Program, he studied how to apply AI and machine learning to natural language processing and understanding.
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With B.A. and M.A. – and having led a UCLA course – Harry Li launches his teaching career
Through the Undergraduate Student Initiated Education program, he designed and taught a course on Mandopop for fellow UCLA students.
For classics and history major Kaitlyn Coons, graduation isn’t the end of the UCLA journey
After graduating with two majors and two minors, she will begin a postbaccalaureate in the classics department this fall.
UCLA storytellers use Grand Theft Auto as basis for series of original films imagining L.A. in 2050
“Grand Theft Eco,” a series of three short films, was created by a team led by professors Ursula Heise and Danny Snelson.
In a world shaped by data, what happens to social justice?
A UCLA cluster course draws from the humanities and social sciences to encourage students to examine the impact of statistics and AI in a world that is increasingly being defined by datasets.
Department of Spanish and Portuguese scholars collaborate on project to translate neuroscience research
A partnership with the UCLA Brain Research Institute and an education nonprofit aims to make scientific studies more accessible to Spanish speakers.
Arushi Avachat selected as 2024 Marshall Scholar
Arushi Avachat, who plans to graduate in June with degrees in English and political science and a South Asian studies minor, is the latest UCLA student to win the prestigious Marshall Scholarship. This is the third consecutive year in which a UCLA student or alumnus has received the highly competitive scholarship, which funds up to three years of graduate study in the United Kingdom for U.S. undergraduates or recent graduates. Avachat is one of 51 winners chosen from among more than 1,000 applicants for 2024. She plans to pursue master’s degrees in English and American studies, and in global and imperial…
English major named fifth Arthur Ashe Jr. Scholar
Sydney Do credits an entire community with paving her path to UCLA. After high school, the Maryland native moved to California to live with her grandparents and attend community college. But when her grandmother died and her grandfather’s health failed, the teenage Do found herself living on her own with no family support. Searching for connection in the wider world, she volunteered at Mary’s Kitchen, an Orange County nonprofit supporting people experiencing homelessness. When the city temporarily shut down the facility, Do became an advocate for its guests, many of whom had mental illnesses or disabilities. She also volunteered at…
Newest issue of UCLA College Magazine celebrates a spectacular century
When UCLA was founded in 1919, it only offered a two-year undergraduate program, with no option for a bachelor’s degree. In 1923, the UC Board of Regents approved expansions that transformed what was then known as the Junior College into the UCLA College of Letters and Science. The latest issue of UCLA College Magazine celebrates 100 years of the UCLA College with a range of stories highlighting the people, events and achievements that defined the past century, as well as a fascinating look ahead to what the next 100 years might bring. Join in the celebration by diving into the…
New creative writing minor is open to all UCLA undergraduates
A newly established minor will expand the opportunity for UCLA students to receive official credit for their creative writing pursuits. In replacing UCLA’s concentration in creative writing — which had been accessible only to English majors — the new creative writing minor will be open to all undergraduates, making it one of only a few UCLA minors in a creative practice. The minor also is more expansive in subject matter than the concentration was. While the minor requires students to complete two workshops in a core genre —fiction or poetry — students in the minor can pursue such diverse practices…