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The Undergraduate Research Center – Sciences serves UCLA undergraduates and faculty in all areas of the life and physical sciences, engineering, and mathematics. Our primary mission is to promote, develop, and celebrate undergraduate student research with the overall goal of enhancing undergraduate education and preparing students, including those from disadvantaged backgrounds, for academic and research careers. We invite you to explore our website to find out more about our programs and services. We look forward to meeting you!

WHY DO RESEARCH?

Conducting research as an undergraduate is an excellent way to gain experiences and skills that will benefit you both academically and professionally, preparing you for graduate school and a wide variety of careers.

Participating in undergraduate research lets you:

• Work one-on-one with faculty,
• Participate in cutting-edge research projects with far-reaching impacts,
• Make significant contributions to a field you care about, and
• Enhance your competitiveness for high-level employment and admission to graduate and professional schools.

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Student Research Practice

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Our primary mission is to promote, develop, and celebrate undergraduate student research, with the overall goal of enhancing undergraduate education and preparing students for careers in all areas.

Through experiencing the processes of scholarly discovery and the dissemination of their results, students become fully engaged members of the research community.

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Undergraduate research center – sciences (urc-sciences): 2022-2024 integrated and interdisciplinary undergraduate research program (i2urp) applications.

The Undergraduate Research Center – Sciences (URC-Sciences) will be accepting applications for the  2022-2024 Integrated and Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Research Program (i2URP) , a two year program for students to develop science communication and presentation skills, become practiced in analyzing scientific literature, and develop a deeper understanding of the research process. Participants work with program faculty during weekly Journal Club and Research Presentation meetings, which explore a range of biomedical research topics and the cohort’s independent research projects. 

Program Requirements 

• Attend and participate in weekly Journal Club and Research Presentation meetings (Fridays, 4:00-6:30pm) from late fall to spring. Students will formally enroll in Research Practice 193 during Winter and Spring 2023 and 2024.
• Meet quarterly with the Administrative Director
• Submit an abstract by April 15 to present at Undergraduate Research Week in May 2023 & 2024
• Submit an abstract to at least one regional or national conference by Spring 2024
• Attend the senior sendoff in May 2022 and 2023, and present your research project in May 2024
• Complete the exit survey in Spring 2024
• Complete the RES PRC 193 course evaluation in Spring 2023 and 2024

To learn more about the program and how to apply application, visit the  URC-Sciences website .

Award Amount and Details

Deadlines and date information.

Applications for the 2022-2024 Integrated and Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Research Program (i2URP) are due Fall 2022 (Dates TBD). 

Eligibility Information

This program is particularly suited for students interested in graduate studies and careers in biomedical research. 

Students apply as juniors and participate in the program through the end of their senior year.

Eligibility requirements include:

• 3.5 GPA minimum
• Must have a current research project with a UCLA faculty and plan to work with them through Spring 2024
• Expected graduation date of Spring 2024 or later
• Interested in pursuing graduate studies and careers in biomedical research
• Integrated and Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Research Program (i2URP)

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Cornerstone Research Workshop Series Research Methods Workshops Scholarship Program Info Sessions Undergraduate Research Week Info Sessions

CORNERSTONE RESEARCH WORKSHOPS (SPRING 2024)

Cornerstone Research Workshops support you in all stages of the research process, from developing a research question to presenting your work!

Getting Started With Research Workshop

Learn all about the research process and research opportunities at UCLA.

• Thursday, April 4: 4-4:50 p.m., Powell Library CLICC C (room 320C) and Zoom (Click here to join us on Zoom:  https://bit.ly/urcworkshop )
• Wednesday, April 10: 3-3:50 p.m., Young Research Library CLICC RC (room 11630F) and Zoom (Click here to join us on Zoom:  https://bit.ly/urcworkshop )
• Or take this workshop online now

Developing a Research Question Workshop

Learn how to turn your interests into a research question.

• Thursday, April 11: 4-4:50 p.m., Powell Library CLICC C (room 320C) and Zoom (Click here to join us on Zoom:  https://bit.ly/urcworkshop )
• Or take this workshop online now

Finding Sources at the UCLA Library Workshop

Learn the most effective search strategies for finding what you need.

• Thursday, April 18: 4-4:50 p.m., Powell Library CLICC C (room 320C) and Zoom (Click here to join us on Zoom:  https://bit.ly/urcworkshop )

Collecting and Citing Sources Workshop

Learn how to create a customized library of resources for your project.

• Thursday, April 25: 4-4:50 p.m., Powell Library CLICC C (room 320C) and Zoom (Click here to join us on Zoom:  https://bit.ly/urcworkshop )

Writing a Literature Review Workshop

Learn how to organize your research into a coherent and compelling literature review.

• Thursday, May 2: 4-4:50 p.m., Zoom (Click here to join us on Zoom:  https://bit.ly/urcworkshop )

Developing Your Research Plan Workshop

Plan your project from start to finish.

• Thursday, May 9: 4-4:50 p.m., Zoom (Click here to join us on Zoom:  https://bit.ly/urcworkshop )

Co-sponsored by the UCLA Library, the Undergraduate Writing Center, and the Undergraduate Research Center–Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences.

RESEARCH METHODS WORKSHOPS (SPRING 2024)

Learn research methods, strategies, and skills for doing research and creative inquiry!

Research and Time Management Workshop

Learn strategies for managing your research and creative project timeline.

• Tuesday, April 9: 3-4 p.m., Powell Library CLICC B (room 320B) and Zoom (Click here to join us on Zoom:  https://bit.ly/urcworkshop )

Navigating Faculty Mentorships Workshop

Learn how to navigate faculty mentorships while working on your research or creative project.

• Friday, April 12: 2-3 p.m., Powell Library CLICC B (room 320B) and Zoom (Click here to join us on Zoom:  https://bit.ly/urcworkshop )

Quantitative Research Methods Workshop

Learn quantitative methods for conducting north campus research.

• Wednesday, April 17: 2-3 p.m., Zoom (Click here to join us on Zoom:  https://bit.ly/urcworkshop )

Interviewing Research Methods Workshop

Learn how to interview research subjects and design questions.

• Wednesday, April 17: 3-4 p.m., Zoom (Click here to join us on Zoom:  https://bit.ly/urcworkshop )

Research and Creative Proposal Workshop

Learn how to write proposals for research and creative projects.

• Monday, May 13: 3-4 p.m., Powell Library CLICC A (room 307) and Zoom (Click here to join us on Zoom:  https://bit.ly/urcworkshop )
• Friday, May 31: 3-4 p.m., Powell Library CLICC B (room 320B) and Zoom (Click here to join us on Zoom:  https://bit.ly/urcworkshop )
• Wednesday, June 5: 4-5 p.m., Young Research Library CLICC RC (room 11630F) and Zoom (Click here to join us on Zoom:  https://bit.ly/urcworkshop )

SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM INFO SESSIONS (SPRING 2024)

Find out everything you want to know about applying for research scholarship programs!

URC-HASS Scholarship Info Session

Learn all about the URC-HASS RAP Lab Fellowship , Undergraduate Research Fellows Program (URFP) , Undergraduate Research Scholarship Program (URSP) ,  UCLA/Keck Humanistic Inquiry Undergraduate Research Awards (Keck Fellows) ,   Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF) , Research Revealed , Summer Fellows Program , and the  Summer Research Incubator , as well as how to apply!

• Tuesday, April 16: 4-5 p.m., Young Research Library CLICC RC (room 11630F) and Zoom (Click here to join us on Zoom:  https://bit.ly/urcworkshop )

URSP & Keck Scholarship Info Session

Learn all about the Undergraduate Research Scholarship Program (URSP)  and  UCLA/Keck Humanistic Inquiry Undergraduate Research Awards (Keck Fellows) , as well as how to apply!

• Friday, May 3: 12-1 p.m., Zoom (Click here to join us on Zoom:  https://bit.ly/urcworkshop )
• Monday, May 13: 2-3 p.m., Powell Library CLICC A (room 307) and Zoom (Click here to join us on Zoom:  https://bit.ly/urcworkshop )
• Friday, May 31: 2-3 p.m., Powell Library CLICC B (room 320B) and Zoom (Click here to join us on Zoom:  https://bit.ly/urcworkshop )
• Wednesday, June 5: 3-4 p.m., Young Research Library CLICC RC (room 11630F) and Zoom (Click here to join us on Zoom:  https://bit.ly/urcworkshop )

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH WEEK WORKSHOPS AND INFO SESSIONS (SPRING 2024)

Find out everything you need to know about UCLA Undergraduate Research Week, UCLA’s largest undergraduate conference!

Undergraduate Research Week Info Session

Learn all about  Undergraduate Research Week 2024 , including how to apply to the Undergraduate Research & Creativity Showcase event and for  awards and prizes .

• Friday, April 5: 2-3 p.m., Powell Library CLICC B (room 320B) and Zoom (Click here to join us on Zoom:  https://bit.ly/urcworkshop )

Abstract & Artist Statement Workshop

Find out how to write an abstract or artist statement for your  Undergraduate Research & Creativity Showcase  application.

• Friday, April 5: 3-4 p.m., Powell Library CLICC B (room 320B) and Zoom (Click here to join us on Zoom:  https://bit.ly/urcworkshop )
• Monday, April 8: 3-4 p.m., Young Research Library CLICC RC (room 11630F) and Zoom (Click here to join us on Zoom:  https://bit.ly/urcworkshop )
• Wednesday, April 10: 4-5 p.m., Young Research Library CLICC RC (room 11630F) and Zoom (Click here to join us on Zoom:  https://bit.ly/urcworkshop )

Virtual Presentation Workshop

Learn how to design a slide deck and give a presentation on Zoom for the Undergraduate Research & Creativity Showcase .

• Tuesday, April 23: 3-4 p.m., Powell Library CLICC B (room 320B) and Zoom (Click here to join us on Zoom:  https://bit.ly/urcworkshop )
• Friday, May 3: 11 a.m.-12 p.m., Zoom (Click here to join us on Zoom:  https://bit.ly/urcworkshop )
• Thursday, May 9: 3-4 p.m., Zoom (Click here to join us on Zoom:  https://bit.ly/urcworkshop )
• Tuesday, May 14: 3-4 p.m., Powell Library CLICC B (room 320B) and Zoom (Click here to join us on Zoom:  https://bit.ly/urcworkshop )

The Undergraduate Research Center – Sciences serves current UCLA undergraduates and faculty in all areas of the life and physical sciences, engineering, and mathematics. Our primary mission is to promote, develop, and celebrate undergraduate student research with the overall goal of enhancing undergraduate education and preparing students, including those from disadvantaged backgrounds, for academic and research careers. 

UGRAD Internship Program

The Undergraduate Internship Program (UIP)  is a new initiative from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science to assist Samueli Engineering students by providing resources, information, and opportunities. UIP hosts multiple workshops throughout the year to better prepare students in securing an internship, offers a seminar class further breaking down the internship process, co-hosts the ESUC Industry Liaison Committee along with ESUC, and offers organizations the resource to track attendance of their events.

Get to know this year’s team of peer advisors here !

Undergraduate Research Center

The Undergraduate Research Center – Sciences serves current UCLA undergraduates and faculty in all areas of the life and physical sciences, engineering, and mathematics. Their primary mission is to promote, develop, and celebrate undergraduate student research with the overall goal of enhancing undergraduate education and preparing students, including those from disadvantaged backgrounds, for academic and research careers. 

http://sciences.ugresearch.ucla.edu/

What is Research?

Research is an independent study in a field of interest. STEM research is usually conducted in a laboratory led by a Principal Investigator (PI). This is the faculty or staff member that leads a research project. STEM research often addresses a hypothesis or scientific question, and entry-level undergraduate STEM research is done as a smaller part of a larger, ongoing project in the lab. Undergraduates new to STEM research are trained and supervised by postdoctoral scholars (postdocs), technicians, graduate students, and other senior undergraduate researchers. Students can conduct research outside of their major and can work on multiple projects at a time.

Undergraduate Research Portal

Through the Undergraduate Research Portal, you will find opportunities to do research in all disciplines. Search for research opportunities both on and off-campus and create a profile that faculty can find when looking for student researchers.

Finding a Project and a Mentor

Getting involved in a research project is more like finding a job than signing up for a class. All undergraduates find their own faculty mentor and research project. The Undergraduate Research Center provides resources to help students get research positions. A helpful resource are the “Entering STEM Research & SRP-99” workshops.

Finding a Project and Mentor

Secured a Research Position? Now What?

Many on-campus scholarships and funding opportunities require you to document your research through an independent research course (99, 196, 198, 199). Already having a few quarters of SRP-99 credit will make you a competitive applicant when applying for these scholarships.http://sciences.ugresearch.ucla.edu/after-securing-a-research-position/

After Securing a Research Position

Undergraduate Research Week

Undergraduate Research Week celebrates undergraduate student research and creative projects across all disciplines. Open to all UCLA undergraduates in all majors, the week provides opportunities for students to present their work to the UCLA campus community, alumni, and visitors.

http://urweek.ugresearch.ucla.edu/

Undergraduate Research Showcase / Poster Day

The Undergraduate Research Showcase is a joint collaboration between UCLA’s Undergraduate Research Centers and combines Research Poster Day, UCLA’s largest undergraduate research symposium, with the Oral Presentations, and Multimedia Salon into one all-day virtual event!

All current UCLA undergraduates who have conducted research or creative project during the current academic year are eligible to participate. The Undergraduate Research Showcase is open to students from all majors and grade levels. Projects that were conducted at another institution (not at UCLA) by a UCLA undergraduate are also eligible for presentation, but the presenter must be a current UCLA undergraduate.

http://sciences.ugresearch.ucla.edu/research-week/research-poster-day/

Entering STEM Research & SRP-99 Workshops  are offered each quarter to provide students with information about how to find a faculty mentor and research project, how to enroll in  SRP-99 to receive academic credit for time spent doing research, and other resources & opportunities once you secure a research project.

Accessibilty

Research is for all students and the URC-Sciences is committed to assisting you in finding the resources to meet your research goals. Visit the  Center for Accessible Education to apply for accommodations based on disability.

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Additional Resources

• RESEARCH WITH UCLA HEALTH SCIENCES
• SAFETY TRAINING FOR UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHERS
• SCIENTIFIC WRITING RESOURCES
• LIBRARY PRIZE FOR UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH

Research & Creative Activities

Undergraduate research center invites applications to participate in the undergraduate research & creativity showcase.

• Maddie Preiss
• March 04, 2022
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On March 4, 2022, directors at the Undergraduate Research Center, Tama Hasson and Whitney Arnold, announced that the application to participate in the  Undergraduate Research & Creativity Showcase  during  Undergraduate Research Week 2022  is now open! All current UCLA undergraduates with projects at every stage of the research process are invited to apply by April 15 in order to present at the showcase on May 24 . 

Students are also invited to apply for a  Library Prize  by March 30 and  Dean’s Prize  by April 19 , and nominate their mentor for a  Faculty Mentor Award  by April 22 . 

There are additional opportunities to present as well. For further information, please refer to the BruinPost . 

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Word to World: The Essence of UCLA Humanities

Website redesign showcases storytelling, imagination at the heart of Humanities Division

The new site, which was developed in house by UCLA HumTech, emphasizes simplified navigation — making it easier to find key resources for faculty and students — and incorporates a bright, engaging design.

‘The art of seeing things anew’: Highlights from David Schaberg’s 2024 commencement keynote

Memory studies scholars take on ‘Violence and Repair’ in summit hosted by UCLA

Facts about our division, graduate programs, cmrs center for early global studies, thinking with materiality in the early global world – memsa graduate student conference.

September 13 – Zoom Meeting

European Languages & Transcultural Studies

Demystifying the book publication process: A conversation with UC Press editors

September 18 @ 2:00 pm – 236 Royce Hall

UCLA Division of Humanities

2024 Humanities Welcome

September 25 @ 2:00 pm – Schoenberg Music Building

Center for 17th- and 18th-Century Studies

The Center provides a forum for discussion of issues in 17th- and 18th-century studies. It organizes academic programs, and offers a range of cultural programs, including chamber music, performances, and lectures. The Center administers the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, located on a historic property in the West Adams neighborhood, which serves as the research laboratory for fellows working in early modern studies or Oscar Wilde.

Art History

Building on a long tradition of intellectual innovation, the Department of Art History provides a rigorous program of undergraduate and graduate study that endorses an interdisciplinary and intercultural approach to art history of all periods and places.

Program in Digital Humanities

The Digital Humanities program is the curricular arm of digital humanities at UCLA, offering a certificate for graduate students and a minor for undergraduates. Students gain knowledge about the tools, methods and theoretical issues central to this emerging field, and investigate topics including text analysis, data mining, visualization, modeling and simulation, geospatial analysis and mapping, multimedia storytelling, information design, network analysis and interface design.

Linguistics

The linguistics department is one of the world’s leading centers for the scientific study of language.

Near Eastern Languages & Cultures

Near Eastern Languages and Cultures brings together a variety of cultural and linguistic studies, both ancient and modern, into a vibrant interdisciplinary whole. We make cultural studies of the Middle East relevant to undergraduate students and the Los Angeles community; in our graduate programs, we create the next generation of experts in the ancient Near Eastern and modern Middle Eastern region.

Center for the Study of Religion

Religion asks questions that touch every aspect of human life. The Center for the Study of Religion promotes the academic study of religion to explore those questions for the UCLA community and wider public. It houses an undergraduate major and minor, and sponsors events exploring the role of religious ideas, practices and institutions, both historical and contemporary and throughout the world.

Yarshater Center for the Study of Iranian Literary Traditions

The Yarshater was conceived as a leading research hub for the publication and dissemination of Iranian literary traditions worldwide. The center, which operates under the aegis of the Pourdavoud Institute for the Study of the Iranian World, will attract a new generation of scholars to the field, and it will initiate a robust publication program at UCLA.

The CMRS Center for Early Global Studies promotes transdisciplinary studies of the periods from the third to the middle of the 17th century across the globe. CMRS-CEGS is dedicated to promoting research, teaching. and new methodologies in underrepresented and nontraditional areas, and traditional fields. It is guided by the conviction that without the study of the past, the present and the future are inaccessible and opaque.

Slavic, East European & Eurasian Languages & Cultures

Founded in 1948, the Department of Slavic, East European and Eurasian Languages and Cultures is one of the oldest and most prominent programs in its field in the United States. The program, which offers undergraduate and graduate studies, provides students with a comprehensive education in the languages, literatures, cultures and history of Eastern and Central Europe and Eurasia.

Center for the Liberal Arts and Free Institutions

The Center for the Liberal Arts and Free Institutions is an interdisciplinary center created in 2009 as part of the Division of Humanities.

The principal goal of the Department of Philosophy is to produce philosophers of high quality, thinkers informed by the great historical traditions of Western philosophers who can apply the methods of philosophical analysis to a broad range of current philosophical problems.

Asian Languages & Cultures

The Department of Asian Languages and Cultures is dedicated to the study of the civilizations of the Asian region in all their diversity. The rich cultural heritages of the region are covered in courses ranging from language to literature, religion, thought, archaeology and other aspects of culture.

Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies

Since 1994, the Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies has been built and been enriched by faculty, staff, students and supporters who are dedicated to rigorous scholarship that unflinchingly answers pressing problems in the field of Jewish studies.

Spanish and Portuguese

The Department of Spanish and Portuguese offers a rich and diverse program dedicated to the study of the languages, literatures and cultures of the Spanish and Portuguese-speaking countries of Europe and North, Central and South America. Along with traditional strengths in Spanish, Spanish American and Luso-Brazilian literatures and cultures, offerings include courses in U.S. Latino/a Studies and language instruction in Basque, Catalan, Nahuatl and Quechua.

Comparative Literature

Standing at the forefront of innovative literary, theoretical, and cultural studies, comparative literature is one of the most exciting fields in the Humanities. The discipline demands exceptional linguistic ability, advanced critical tools, and high intellectual caliber.  

Global Antiquity

Global Antiquity brings together scholars and community members from UCLA, greater Los Angeles and around the globe for a new dialogue on the equivalency of past human experiences and the role that the ancient past still plays in shaping all our contemporary identities.

UCLA’s highly ranked Department of Classics hosts a diverse faculty of scholars and teachers dedicated to bringing the foundational cultures of ancient Greece and Rome to life for the contemporary student. Our courses range widely over areas such as Greek and Roman literature, Mediterranean archaeology, Indo-European linguistics, ancient philosophy and political thought, as well as ancient sexuality and gender studies.

European Languages and Transcultural Studies

European Languages and Transcultural Studies brings together the former departments of French and Francophone Studies, Germanic Languages, Italian and Scandinavian. The term “transcultural” emphasizes our shared European roots and our expanded focus on the perspectives of filmmakers, writers and theorists from Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Central and South America, and elsewhere, which allows for a comprehensive understanding of history and more accurate contextualization of the European experience.

Widely recognized as one of the leading departments in the nation, English at UCLA has long been known for its innovative research and excellence in teaching. Today, the English Department maintains its strong commitment to traditional areas of study, while also supporting groundbreaking research and teaching in new and interdisciplinary approaches to literary studies.

Indo-European Studies

UCLA’s interdepartmental graduate program in Indo-European Studies is the only such program in the U.S. and leads to the degree of Ph.D. The program’s focus is historical linguistics, in particular the reconstruction of Proto-Indo-European (the ancestor of Sanskrit, Greek, Latin, English and many other languages) as well as the culture of its speakers.

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture

The center promotes interdisciplinary studies of Hellenic culture, from the ancient world through the modern day. It also serves as a vibrant cultural hub for the Southern California Hellenic community, presenting innovative programs, often in collaboration with local Hellenic organizations, and generating interest in Greece’s historical and ongoing contributions to modern culture.

Writing Programs

The mission of Writing Programs is to enrich the writing experience — and ultimately, the writing performance — of students in our first-year, Writing II and Professional Writing Minor courses. We extend our impact on UCLA graduate and undergraduate students through the graduate certificate in writing pedagogy, through courses for international graduate students and TAs whose first language is not English, and through the work of the Writing Center.

Pourdavoud Institute for the Study of the Iranian World

The premier center for the study of ancient Iran, the Pourdavoud Institute engages in transformative research on Iranian antiquity, expanding on the traditional domains of Old Iranian studies. The Institute serves as a home to stimulating intellectual encounters and exchanges on ancient Iran and the ancient world, and contributes to the development of collaborative research projects in a diverse range of subjects.

CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF RELIGION

Ronald Vroon*

Specializations: Eastern Orthodoxy (history and dogmatics); Russian religious philosophy; Russian literature and religious dissent.

• B.A., Russian and English, University of Michigan (1969)
• M.A., Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Michigan (1971)
• Ph.D., Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Michigan (1978)
• The works of Velimir Khlebnikov
• The poetry of Aleksandr Sumarokov
• The history of the Russian lyric sequence
• Archaism in Russian culture

Undergraduate

• Introduction to Russian Civilization
• Introduction to the Russian Novel
• Survey of 20th Century Russian literature
• Senior Seminar on Pasternak and Sholokhov
• Russian Literature and World Cinema
• Introduction to Russian Drama
• Christianities East and West
• Eastern Christianity in Comparative Perspective: History, Culture, Dogma
• Survey of Early 20th Century Russian Literature
• Movements and Genres
• Russian Poetry (Poetic Sequences)
• The New Peasant Writers (Kljuev, Klyčkov, Esenin)
• Russian Futurism
• Early Russian Romanticism
• Russian Symbolism
• Velimir Khlebnikov
• Archaism in Russian Literary Culture

Publications

• Velimir Xlebnikov’s Krysa : A Commentary. Stanford: Stanford Slavic Studies, 1988.
• Velimir Xlebnikov’s Shorter Poems: A Key to the Coinages. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Michigan Slavic Materials, 1983.
• Sumarokov. Ody toržestvennyia. Elegii ljubovnyia. Reprintnoe vosproizvedenie izdanii 1774 goda. Prilozhenie: Redaktsii i varianty. Dopolneniia. Kommentarii. Stat’i . [A. Sumarokov. Solemn Odes. Love Elegies. Redactions and Variants. Supplementary Texts. Commentary. Essays ]. Moscow: Izd. OGI, 2009).
• Khlebnikov. “Großuch”. Faksimil’noe vosproizvedenie rabochei tetradi. Transkriptsiia. Svodka tekstov. Commentariia [ The “Großuch”: A Facsimile Reproduction of the Notebook, Transcription, Reconstruction, Commentary ]. Moscow: Azbukovnik Publishers. Forthcoming 2016).

Edited Books

• Jurij Lotman. The Structure of the Artistic Text. Ann Arbor: Michigan Slavic Materials, 1977. 300 pp. (with Gail Lenhoff; translated, with Preface: i-vii; annotations throughout).
• The Structure of the Literary Process. with P. Steiner and M. Červenka. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Co., 1982. 613 pp.
• Velimir Khlebnikov. Collected Works , Vol. II. Tr. Paul Schmidt. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1989. 400 pp.
• Readings in Russian Modernism: To Honor Vladimir Markov . UCLA Slavic Studies. New Series II. Ed. with John Malmstad. Moscow: Nauka, 1993. 406 pp.
• Velimir Khlebnikov. Collected Works , Vol. III. Tr. Paul Schmidt. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1997.
• Poetika, istoriia literatury, lingvistika: sbornik k 70-letiiu Viacheslava Vsevolodovicha Ivanova [ Essays on Poetics, Literary History and Linguistics. Presented to Viacheslav Vsevolodovich Ivanov on the Occasion of his Seventieth Birthday ]. Ed. A. A. Visagin, R. Vroon, M. L. Gasparov et al. Moscow: Izd. OGI, 1999.
• I vremia i mesto: Istoriko-filologicheskii sbornik k shestidesiatiletiiu Aleksandra L’vovicha Ospovata [ A Time and a Place: An Historico-Philological Collection in Honor of Alexander L’vovich Ospovat’s Sixtieth Beirthday ]. Moscow, 2008. 640 pp. Ed. R. Vroon, R. Leibov, A. Nemzer et. al.
• Velimir Khlebnikov v XXI stoletii. statei [ Velimir Khlebnikov in the 21st Century ]. Co-edited with V. Tereekhina, N. Pertsova, and S. Starkina. Moscow, 2013.

Recent Articles

• “Matematika ili mistika: k voprosu o nauchnosti istoriosofskikh vzgliadov Velimira Khlebnikova” [“Mathematics or Mysticism? On the Scientific Foundations of Velimir Khlebnikov’s Historiosophic Views”]. Nauchnye kontseptsii XX vekas i russkoe iskusstvo . Belgrade, 2011. 42-71.
• “Liricheskii tsikl” [“The Lyric Cycle”]. In Teoriia literatury. Proizvedenie . ed. Iu. B. Borev, N. K. Gei et al . Moscow: Instut mirovoi literatury im. Gor’kogo, 2011. 126–159.
• “K genezisu tsiklicheskikh obrazovanii v lirike Aleksandra Bloka” [“On the Genesis of Cyclic Structures in the Lyrics of Alesandr Blok”]. Shakhmatovskii vestnik 13: “Nachala i kontsy” : zhizn’ i sud’ba poeta. Materialy mezhdunarodnoi nauchnoi konferentsii, posviashchennoi 90-letiiu so dnia smerti A. Bloka . Ed. I. Prikhod’ko. Moscow, 2013. 276-95.
• “Poetry Speaks to Power: Panegyric Responses to Peter III, Catherine II and the Coup d’État of 1762.” Russian Literature 75, 1-4 (2014). 563-590.
• “A Russian Futurist in Asia: Velimir Khlebnikov’s Travalogue in Verse.” Central Asia in Global History: Writing Travel at a Cultural Crossroads . Ed. Nile Green. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2013. 170-192.
• “Akusticheskaia pamiat’ kak sverkhlichnostnyi tvorcheskii impul’s (na materiale Nabokova, Brodskogo i dr.)” [“Acoustic Memory as a Supra-personal Creative Impulse (Nabokov, Brodskii et al.)”]. In Pamiat’ literaturnogo tvorchestva. Lidiia Sazonova, Moscow, 2014. 449-57.
• “K kharakteristike nauchnogo naslediia V. F. Markova” [“V. F. Markov’s Scholarly Legacy“]. In Metodologiia I praktika russkogo formalizma: Brikovskii sbornik . Vypusk II: Materialy mezhdunarodnoi nauchnoi konferentsii “II Brikovskie chteniia.” . Moscow, 2014. 75–83.
• “Futurizm i Arkhaizm. Zametki k teme” [“Futurism and Archaisms: Some Notes”]. In 1913: Slovo kak takovoe. K iubileinomu godu russkogo futurizma,. Materialy mezhdunarodnoi nauchnoi konferentsii (Zheneva, 10–12 aprelia, 2013) . St. Petersburg, 2015. 113-130.
• “K istokam khlebnikovedeniia v russkom zarubezh’erii” (“On the Origins of Kholebnikov Studies in the Russian Diaspora”). In Velimir Khlebnikov i russkii avangard. Materialy nauchnoi konferentsii. Velikii Novgorod. 17-19 oktiabria 2014. T. V. Igosheva. Moscow: Azbukovnik, 2015.
• “‘Lichnaia’ mifologiia v poeme V. Khlebnikova ‘Khadzhi-Tarkhan’ (k rekonstruktsii zamysla poemy)” [“V. Khlebnikov’s ‘Personal’ Mythology in the Narrative Poem ‘Khadzhi-Tarkhan’ (Toward a Reconstruction of the Poem’s Underlying Plot”]. Velimir Khlebnikov i mirovaia khudozhestvennaia kul’tura. Materialy XII Mezhdunarodnykh Khlebnikovskikh chtenii, posviashchennykh 130-letiiu so dnia rozhdeniia Velimira Khlebnikova. Astrakhan: Izd. dom “Astrakhanskii universitet,” 2015. 6-19.
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UCLA-Led Research Doubles DOE Fuel Cell Lifetime Target with New Catalyst Material

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A new UCLA-developed ultrafine platinum nanocatalyst with embedded cobalt oxide clusters that is shown to reduce platinum dissolution and greatly increase fuel cell efficiency and durability

Aug 14, 2024

A research team led by UCLA materials scientists and chemists has designed a new catalyst that could make fuel cells more durable, nearly doubling the projected lifetime target set by the U.S. Department of Energy.

The advance involving embedding cobalt oxide clusters in an ultrafine platinum catalyst has resulted in much more durable fuel cells, which have been considered the most efficient means to generate electricity with limited carbon footprint.

A study outlining the findings was published recently in Nature Catalysis . Led by UCLA Samueli School of Engineering materials science and engineering professor Yu Huang , the researchers estimate that light-duty vehicles, such as passenger cars, equipped with the new durable fuel cells could last beyond 15,000 hours of use — 87.5% longer than the energy department’s ultimate goal of 8,000 hours, or roughly 150,000 miles. The improved longevity could also benefit heavy-duty vehicles, such as long-haul semi-trucks, by slightly increasing the use of the embedded-oxide platinum catalyst.

Proton-exchange membrane fuel cells that directly convert the chemical energy in hydrogen to electricity have been an attractive zero-emission power-generation technology. Inside the cells, the membrane is laced with a catalyst, such as a platinum alloy, which helps spark and speed up the otherwise sluggish chemical reaction that converts the energy stored in hydrogen atoms to electricity. The reaction breaks hydrogen atoms into their constituent protons and electrons, with water vapor being the reaction’s only emission byproduct. This is why adopting fuel-cell vehicles for widespread use offers an attractive option for meeting climate sustainability goals.

However, it has been difficult to find the sweet spot between achieving catalytic efficiency and fuel cell durability because the platinum dissolves over time, dropping the fuel cell’s performance.

“A major challenge in wider fuel cell adoption continues to be making their optimal performance last long enough to be commercially viable,” said Huang, who holds the Traugott and Dorothea Frederking Endowed Chair at UCLA Samueli. “Our research demonstrated an atomic interior scaffold that holds platinum atoms in place in the catalyst so they remain stable over an extended period of time.”

Rather than using a traditional platinum alloy, the researchers embedded clusters of cobalt-oxide molecules inside shells of platinum atoms. The design leverages the strong platinum-oxide interaction, which makes the catalyst more durable structurally and chemically without sacrificing fuel cell activity. The resulting hybrid structure helps the platinum ions stick and stay together despite extended use, reducing catalyst-replacement costs. In their experiments, the researchers saw this design outperformed traditional platinum-cobalt alloys in durability and longevity. The team also verified the nanoscale structure using a suite of microscopic, spectroscopic and simulation techniques.

Lead authors on the study are UCLA Ph.D. graduates Bosi Peng and Zeyan Liu of the Huang Research Group , which specializes in developing nanoscale building blocks for complex materials, including fuel cell catalysts.

Joining Huang as a senior co-corresponding author is Alessandro Fortunelli of the National Research Council in Italy. UCLA chemistry and biochemistry professor Xiangfeng Duan and UC Irvine materials science and engineering professor Xiaoqing Pan are also authors of the study, which was funded in part by the U.S. Office of Naval Research.

Duan and Huang are members of the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA. The UCLA Technology Development Group has filed for a provisional U.S. patent on the technology.

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ISG Faculty Nicholas Shapiro and Terence Keel awarded UCLA’s 2024 Public Impact Research Awards

ISG Faculty Nicholas Shapiro and Terence Keel are two of only six recipients of UCLA’s 2024 Public Impact Research Awards .

The annual awards, given by the UCLA Office of Research and Creative Activities, provide a platform to celebrate the efforts of faculty translating research into positive public action that benefits local, national and global communities. An awards ceremony will be scheduled for later in the year.

“One of UCLA’s highest priorities is to demonstrate to the community that our research and creative activities have a positive public impact,” said Roger Wakimoto, UCLA’s vice chancellor for research and creative activities. “Indeed, the Public Impact Awards are strongly aligned with both goals  one  and  three  in the  UCLA strategic plan. ”

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Olga E. Kagan

In Memoriam: Professor Olga E. Kagan (December 25, 1946 – April 6, 2018)

The Department of Slavic, East European and Eurasian Languages and Cultures and UCLA’s International Institute share with sorrow the news that Professor Olga E. Kagan passed away on Friday, April 6 at her home in Los Angeles after a valiant battle with leukemia. A member of the UCLA community since 1981 and still active at the time of her death, she was Coordinator of the Department’s language programs and Undergraduate Adviser, as well as Director of the UCLA Russian Flagship program. She served simultaneously as Director of the International Institute’s Center for World Languages and Director of the National Heritage Language Resource Center. In all these positions she executed her responsibilities with consummate professionalism, sterling integrity and a deep devotion to the pedagogical mission of the Department and University. Over her many years of selfless service to the profession she maintained an active research agenda and carried a teaching load that included both graduate and undergraduate courses. She was admired as a gifted teacher of students on all levels, both of language and pedagogy. In these many roles and activities, she earned the profound respect, admiration and love of her colleagues and students.

Originally from Moscow, Olga Kagan received an MA from the Moscow State Pedagogical Institute and began her career teaching English as a foreign language in the Soviet Union. After emigrating to the United States in 1976, she began teaching Russian as a lecturer, first at the University of California, Riverside and, beginning in 1981, at UCLA. After earning her doctorate in 1997 from Moscow’s Pushkin State Russian Language Institute, and in recognition of her growing research profile and national prestige, she was promoted to the University’s professorial ranks in 2008.

Over the course of an extraordinarily productive career Olga emerged as one of the country’s leading specialists on second language acquisition, in particular heritage language teaching—the instruction of students who have grown up speaking their native language in a foreign language environment, but possess little or no facility in reading or writing in their native tongue.  Olga co-authored eleven Russian-language textbooks, as well as numerous articles and book chapters on heritage language studies. Among her best known publications is  Russian for Russians,  a textbook co-authored with Tatiana Akishina, and Richard Robin (2000) and aimed specifically at heritage speakers. This textbook is currently used at about thirty universities around the country.

Olga also played an active professional role in the field of second language acquisition. She was a Member of the Board of Directors of the American Council of Teachers of Russian from 1991 to 2010, and also served on the Steering Committee of the University of California Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning.  A selfless institution builder, she was a key member of a UCLA delegation led by Chancellor Gene Block to Russia launching new partnerships with institutions in Moscow and St. Petersburg.  In 2014, Olga brought the Language Flagship Annual Meeting for the first time to UCLA. She served on the International Institute’s Faculty Advisory Committee and was always available to share her wisdom, advice and time with humor and inspiration. Her directorship of the Center for World Languages was a model of effective and successful leadership. She was particularly proud of her role in securing and sustaining the federally funded (Title VI) National Heritage Language Resource Center within the International Institute, which under her direction has to date been renewed through three successive cycles.  She had equal reason to take pride in her role as a founding co-editor (along with Kathleen Dillon and Maria Polinsky) of the  Heritage Language Journal.

Olga’s contributions to the field of second language acquisition did not go unnoticed. She received the “Best Contribution to Pedagogy” award from the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages (AATSEEL) in 2001 for her edited volume  The Teaching and Learning of Slavic Languages and Cultures.   In 2003 she was honored with AATSEEL’s “Excellence in Teaching at the Post-Secondary Level” award, and in 2004 with the association’s “Best Contribution to Pedagogy” award for the aforementioned textbook  Russian for Russians. Her most recent award came a little over three years ago in Vancouver: at a special session of the annual conference of the Modern Language Association in January, 2015, the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages (ADFL) presented her with the 2014 lifetime achievement award for Distinguished Service to the Profession. Closer to home, at the Third International Conference on Heritage/Community Languages held on the UCLA Campus in February of this year, Olga’s colleagues presented her with a volume of essays titled  Connecting across Languages and Cultures: A Heritage Language Festschrift in Honor of Olga Kagan,  compiled and edited by Susan Bauckus and Susan Kresin (Slavica Publishers, 2018).  The title artfully conveys Olga’s own lifelong mission and the core of a lasting legacy that her colleagues will mine and treasure for years to come.

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University of Arkansas - Fayetteville

Research coordinator – department of health, human performance & recreation.

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Summary of Job Duties:

This is a 12-month, full-time staff position. The HHPR Research Coordinator will assist faculty and staff with grant administration including finding funding opportunities, procurement/purchasing of grant-related equipment/supplies, processing travel, creating invoices, tracking and reporting grant spending, promote the scholarship within HHPR, maintain websites, coordinate and organize various events, and supervise research graduate assistants and hourly employees.

Regular, reliable, and non-disruptive attendance is an essential job function of this job, as is the ability to create and maintain collegial, harmonious working relationships with others.

Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution of higher education

Demonstration of excellent communication skills (written and oral)

Preferred Qualifications:

Master’s Degree

Experience with budgeting for large federal grants

Previous experience with grant writing

Certification in research administration, or other related certification

Additional Information:

This position is renewable annually based on continued need for the position, availability of funding, and satisfactory job performance.

Salary Information:

Commensurate with education and experience

Required Documents to Apply:

Cover Letter/Letter of Application, List of three Professional References (name, email, business title), Resume

Optional Documents:

Proof of Veteran Status

Recruitment Contact Information:

Michelle Gray

All application materials must be uploaded to the University of Arkansas System Career Site https://uasys.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/UASYS

Please do not send to listed recruitment contact.