Linguistics professor Jessica Rett gets curious with Jonathan Van Ness
In a podcast interview, Rett explains how she uses logic to model what people know when they know the meaning of language.
Frankenstein: The enduring appeal of Mary Shelley’s 200-year-old creation
English professor Anne Mellor reflects on the lasting influence of and impetus behind the author’s iconic monster.
2018 World Languages Day highlights cultural activities, programs and clubs
More than 300 students stopped by Bruin Plaza to meet with scholars from 14 departments representing 29 languages spoken at UCLA.
Alain Mabanckou’s novel ‘Black Moses’ wins 2018 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award
Judges called the book “a funny, efficiently-rendered picaresque tale” that “superbly traces the hero’s psychic collapse.”
2018 Humanities Welcome inspires student and faculty success
Speakers included art history professor Meredith Cohen, second-year Italian and global studies major Max Harrell and alumnus Teo Martinez, CEO of Growing Generations.
How a UCLA philosophy professor helped construct ‘The Good Place’
How did the philosophically grounded NBC fantasy-comedy get things so right? One reason is that Pamela Hieronymi was a consultant on the show.