From Brick to Marble: Did Augustus Really Transform Rome?
“I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.” This boastful proclamation is attributed to Caesar Augustus, the founder of the Roman Empire. But how…
Stefanie Pietkiewicz
Kent Wada and Christine Borgman Lead Data Governance Task Force
UCLA continually produces significant amounts of data about the members of its community, as do third party providers such as publishers and educational partners. These data can be used for…
UCLA Plasma Simulation Group Nabs Cover of Nature Magazine
The UCLA Plasma Simulation Group’s simulation of a high-efficiency plasma wakefield accelerator is on the cover of Nature magazine’s November 6, 2014 edition. The group, led by Professor Warren Mori,…
Researchers Hit Milestone in Accelerating Particles with Plasma
Researchers from UCLA and the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have shown that a promising technique for accelerating electrons on waves of plasma is efficient enough to power…
Lisa Snyder Wins Grant for 3D Modeling Software
Lisa M. Snyder, a modeling and visualization expert at UCLA’s Institute for Digital Research & Education (IDRE), was recently awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Digital Humanities Implementation…
The Sky’s the Limit for UCLA’s Mobility Expert
Rose Rocchio, the Director of the Educational and Collaborative Technology Group at UCLA’s Office of Information Technology (OIT), is driving technological innovation in the mobile space. Rocchio discusses why she’s…
Three UCLA Research Teams Awarded Over 200 Million Hours of Supercomputer Time through INCITE Program
Time, for some, can be the greatest gift of all. Three UCLA research teams have been awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy a combined 283 million core hours of…
Todd Presner, Dave Shepard, and Yoh Kawano Publish ‘HyperCities: Thick Mapping in the Digital Humanities’
Todd Presner, David Shepard, and Yoh Kawano recently published the book, HyperCities: Thick Mapping in the Digital Humanities with Harvard University Press. Presner, Chair of UCLA’s Digital Humanities Program and Professor of…
Professor Proposes Integrated Research Infrastructure & Support Network at UCLA
Johanna Drucker, a Professor in UCLA’s Department of Information Studies and the Bernard and Martin Breslauer Professor of Bibliographic Studies, is known for her work in alphabet historiography, history of…
IDRE Helps Egyptologist Make Research Dreams Come True
As featured in UCLA Newsroom. Willeke Wendrich first developed an interest in ancient Egyptian archaeology as a 20-year-old undergraduate student. Now an esteemed faculty member in UCLA’s Department of Near…