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.
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.
Linguistics alumna Ananda Lima on her fiction debut, ‘Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil’
Lima, who earned a master’s degree in 2008, still sometimes laughs when she says the title of her new book aloud.
Professor David Kim receives 2024 Gold Shield Faculty Prize
He was honored in part for his ability to merge cultures, languages and religions. The award recognizes mid-career faculty for exceptional contributions to teaching.
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.
Raphaëlle Burns and Javier Patiño Loira earn fellowships to conduct research at I Tatti
The professors will pursue projects at the Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies in Florence, Italy.
UCLA Humanities hosts UC-wide meeting on global languages
Deans, associate deans and faculty members from eight campuses came together for a working session convened by Dean Alexandra Minna Stern.
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.
5 questions for Diana Khoi Nguyen: Poetry at the intersection of the personal and the political
As the English Department’s author in residence, the UCLA alumna is teaching an undergraduate poetry workshop.
Film commissioned by Michael Emmerich earns spot at Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes
An animated short conceived by the UCLA professor will be screened at the prestigious festival.