Professor Sarah Morris has been awarded the Centennial Medal from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University. The medal “honors alumni who have made contributions to society…
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Alex Purves Wins Distinguished Teaching Award
Published: March 8, 2017Professor Alex Purves has been selected by the UCLA Academic Senate Committee on Teaching to receive the Distinguished Teaching Award for Senate Faculty. The selection committee has particularly honored her…
Read MoreCongratulations to Professor Amy Richlin!
Published: January 12, 2017Professor Amy Richlin was doubly honored at the recent meetings of the Society for Classical Studies in Toronto. She was presented with a Leadership Award from the Women’s Classical Caucus….
Read MoreAncient Methone in Focus
Published: November 1, 2016The Daily Bruin recently featured the Ancient Methone Excavation Project, led by Classics professors Sarah Morris and John Papadopoulos, in an article titled “UC Students and Professor Participate in Summer Excavation…
Read MoreCongratulations to Department Chair, Kathryn Morgan!
Published: October 1, 2016Congratulations to Department Chair Kathryn Morgan who has just been elected as a member of the Nominating Committee for the Society for Classical Studies (she previously served on the Program…
Read MorePlautus’s Haunted House Party at the Getty Villa
Published: September 15, 2016Each Fall, the Getty Villa produces a classical tragedy or comedy. This year, productions of “Haunted House Party,” adapted from Plautus’s Haunted House, will take place from September 8 to…
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