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.
Research
Thousands of early modern Japanese books from UCLA, UC Berkeley, UC San Francisco to be digitized in Yanai Initiative project
The archive will provide access to rare Japanese materials from the early 1600s through 1868 – including books, illustrated scrolls, lavishly drawn maps and medical texts.
His research on the legal system explores how small decisions shape the truth
Philosophy major Nicholas Fong Neuweg is learning how routine practices in the legal system can quietly manufacture certainty.
Law and Philosophy fellow considers the potential implications of AI in courtrooms
Amin Ebrahimi Afrouzi writes about the risks of artificial intelligence coming to the fore in legal and governmental settings.
Shirley Cruz uncovers deeper meaning in vampire literature
The English major says she hopes her project “inspires others to continue exploring queer stories and gender with depth and care.”
Indigenous people are partners in this cultural conservation research
A paper by Thiago Puglieri and colleagues calls on conservation scholars to rethink the materials they study and to credit Indigenous creators as collaborators, not subjects.
O povo indígena é parceiro nesta pesquisa de conservação cultural
O estudo liderado por Thiago Puglieri, da UCLA, incorpora contribuições significativas da comunidade Tikuna da região amazônica.
‘We don’t have to leave our communities behind when we enter academic spaces’
Nat Escobedo, a UCLA senior, is researching how artists in the Inland Empire play an important role as community-builders.
Refocusing the narrative around a larger-than-life literary figure
Senior Brinn Wallin says her research on Sylvia Plath is “the most prized part of my years as an undergraduate.”
Sound check: Stella Nair studies an Inca building designed for acoustics
The art history professor spent part of her summer in Huaytará, Peru, studying a structure built to amplify sound and music.