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The birth of (Re)Defining Health: How a formative course in health humanities inspired Sophia Zhao and her peers to form a new organization
By Sophia Zhao | September 2, 2025 Sophia Zhao graduated from UCLA in June with a degree in neuroscience and a minor in comparative literature. This piece was originally featured on the UCLA Humanities site and the UCLA Newsroom. I stumbled upon the class “Medical Humanities in Comparative Contexts: Health and Illness,” taught by Professor Whitney Arnold, in my sophomore year at UCLA….
‘What happens in the present influences how we remember the past.’ Newly minted Ph.D. Jennifer Noji on the importance and impact of memory studies
By Álvaro Castillo | September 2, 2025 This article appeared in the 2025 UCLA College Magazine, “State of Mind.” Read the full issue here. This story was also featured on the UCLA podcast ‘Tell Us What You Know.’ In a new episode of the UCLA College podcast “Tell Us What You Know,” Jennifer Noji is one of three Bruin scholars…
7 new faculty bring diverse range of interests, expertise to Humanities-including our very own Ana Ugarte
by Sean Brenner | September 10, 2025 This story was originally shared on the Humanities Division website. Seven scholars whose research interests span centuries, languages, cultures and continents have joined the Humanities Division faculty for the 2025–26 academic year. As we welcome our newest professors, here are profiles of their areas of inquiry and a preview of the…