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Seven UCLA faculty elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences announced the election…

Three UCLA professors named 2016 Guggenheim Fellows

A trio of UCLA faculty members are among a distinguished group…

UCLA faculty voice: The art of copying has been lost in the digital age

Copying and syncing digital files is easy now — perhaps too…

UCLA receives $5 million from Mellon Foundation

Universities today face a daunting challenge: how to serve new…

Crowning 60 Years of Support and Advocacy

Marcia Howard ’54 considers UCLA her second home – no great…

New app helps students learn to read ancient Japanese writing form

Can a new app that takes a scholarly yet playful approach to…

Creative writing at UCLA: not just for English majors anymore

Starting in Fall 2016, non-English majors will for the first…

Q&A with UCLA history professor Joan Waugh on baseball in America’s Gilded Age

UCLA history professor Joan Waugh is one of the country’s pre-eminent…

$5 million gift will ensure UCLA Center for Jewish Studies remains among the best in U.S.

A$5 million gift from Alan Leve, a UCLA alumnus and the founder…

Literary translator brings Japanese novelist posthumous acclaim

Michael Emmerich, an associate professor of Japanese at UCLA,…