Classics chair David Blank to keynote 2026 Humanities commencement
A scholar of ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Blank has been a UCLA faculty member for four decades

Meet Ben Krut, the only member of the UCLA Class of 2026 who can call himself a quadruple major.
A scholar of ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Blank has been a UCLA faculty member for four decades
Alex Mazzaferro’s aim is to encourage students to “ask new questions, build new audiences and reach new conclusions”
The UCLA alumnus, a real estate attorney and developer, credits much of his success to his dedication to constantly improving his own writing.
Hundreds of years before smartphones and social media arrived, writers were preoccupied with preoccupation.
Andrea Sasse discussed issues ranging from diplomacy and intellectual curiosity to career development.
The 2022 graduate returns to UCLA May 13 for a reading and Q&A moderated by English professors Mona Simpson and Justin Torres.
The English professor explores how storytelling can influence what we know about the environment and how we act on it.
Kinda Al Rifae says the language has traveled alongside ideas, profoundly influencing the vocabulary of modern life.
The event, organized by Kelly Nguyen, brought together Westminster High students, members of Orange County’s Little Saigon community and UCLA scholars.
Among her award-winning books is “Eugenic Nation,” which examines the broad reach of eugenics in the U.S. throughout the 20th century.
Using resources from the Clark Library collection, fourth-year student Alfons Rosales prepared a tasty dish from a 300-year-old recipe.
The Cornell philosophy professor, who will deliver the Dean's Lecture in Humanistic Inquiry April 30, suggests that those calling people “snowflakes” might in fact be the oversensitive ones.
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