Humanities Division launches Global Languages Ambassadors program, applications open through Nov. 30
Five undergraduates will be chosen to help promote global languages, take an upper-division seminar and gain hands-on experience.
Students
A humble Excel spreadsheet gives rise to a massive online database of Hittite
Anthony Yates and his team are cataloging 1.2 million words in the ancient language.
Investigating the rise of social companion AI
Grace Wang, a third-year undergraduate, combined her varied academic interests for a summer research project.
UCLA launches nation’s first digital humanities department
The department’s teaching and research span the many ways technology and the humanities increasingly intersect.
Ahmanson Scholarship Seminar students become curators for Clark Library exhibition
“No Place Like Home: 18th-Century London in an Age of Change” showcased letters and household objects drawn from the Clark’s collection.
The Bruin who landed the quad
Meet Ben Krut, the only member of the UCLA Class of 2026 who can call himself a quadruple major.
Ziyan Xie looks at machine vision through a humanist’s lens
The graduating senior taught an undergraduate seminar combining philosophy and video games.
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.
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.
New health humanities minor highlights the importance of human stories in health care
“If we want to help and heal others, we have to start with their stories,” says second-year student Cooper Steffensen.