Illustration by Julie Phan, Class of 2025
Today
Health & Wellbeing Drop-ins
Mon 5/4 • 1PM - 3PM PDT
RISE Center at Lu Valle Commons Basement Level
Feel free to drop by and chat with RISE Health and Wellbeing Coordinator! Whether you want to discuss campus mental health resources, get connected to CAPS, manage academic stress, or just need someone to talk to, we're here for you.
Bay Area Bruins: Planning Meeting
Mon 5/4 • 7PM PDT
Zoom
Join us for our bi-monthly Bay Area Bruins Board planning meeting. Meet new Bruins over Zoom. Learn about our past, present and future events in Northern California. We aim to coordinate activities to bring Bruins together across geographies, from Los Gatos to Oakland to Marin to San Mateo. Get connected with UCLA and your local alums. RSVP to get the Zoom link. We look forward to meeting you!
Tomorrow
Health & Wellbeing Drop-ins
Tue 5/5 • 11AM - 1PM PDT
RISE Center at Lu Valle Commons Basement Level
Feel free to drop by and chat with RISE Health and Wellbeing Coordinator! Whether you want to discuss campus mental health resources, get connected to CAPS, manage academic stress, or just need someone to talk to, we're here for you.
Movement and Meditation
Tue 5/5 • 1:15PM - 2PM PDT
RISE Center at Lu Valle Commons Basement Level
Beginner-friendly stretching and meditation with UCLA Rec Instructor Binny. All equipment provided (yoga mats, blocks).
Colors and Connection :Art
Tue 5/5 • 4PM - 5PM PDT
RISE Center at Lu Valle Commons Basement Level
Come join RISE for a free, one-hour workshop from Project UnLonely that bridges creative expression with meaningful connection-building!
Senior Talk
Tue 5/5 • 5PM - 6PM PDT
RISE Center at Lu Valle Commons Basement Level
Join a welcoming, judgment-free space for graduating seniors to unwind, share their anxieties, and navigate the excitement and uncertainty of transitioning beyond college together.
Expression Session x RISE
Tue 5/5 • 6PM - 7PM PDT
128 Kerckhoff Hall
Transfers! Come paint & destress from midterms with the Transfer Student Center team & RISE.
Wednesday May 6
Bay Area Bruins: May Guided Meditation
Wed 5/6 • 12PM PDT
Zoom
Take 20 minutes in your day to enjoy much-needed relaxation and calm. When registering, please enter "UCLA" under "organization." Monthly meditation is led by Michal Rinkevich (MBA '14) who has been practicing healing arts and meditation since 1995 and teaching since 2006.
A New Map: The Archive of Luis de Carvajal, Retold
Wed 5/6 • 12PM - 1PM PDT RSVP
Luis de Carvajal el Mozo (the Younger) was a crypto-Jew from Benavente who traveled to New Spain in the late 1500s and was arrested and ultimately killed, alongside his mother and sisters, by the Mexican Inquisition tribunal. During his time in Mexico and in the Inquisition’s prisons, he wrote theological and mystical treatises as well as a memoir. His story has been canonized in Jewish Studies literature and in recent public memory from Mexico to the U.S. borderlands, and the figure of Luis has served as a canonical center—a nostalgic origin point for the history of Jews’ arrival in the Americas. And yet there remains a crucial story clearly visible in Luis’s writings and in the colonial archive but untold by scholars of crypto-Jewish, Jewish, or Latin American history. If reexamined, the canonized story of the Carvajal family reveals histories of mining, gendered and racialized violence, social hierarchy, and environmental change in colonial Mexico. What historical narratives does a rhetoric of nostalgia, purity, and victimhood preclude? Rachel Kaufman reenters Luis de Carvajal’s famous memoir to complicate the story of Jews in the Americas. Kaufman is a poet, teacher, and Ph.D. candidate in Latin American and Jewish history at UCLA and a recipient of the 2025-26 Kenneth Karmiole Graduate Research Fellowship at the UCLA William Andrews Clark Memorial Library. Her work explores diasporic memory, transmission, and violence and argues for the power of poetry as historical method.
Health & Wellbeing Drop-ins
Wed 5/6 • 1PM - 3PM PDT
RISE Center at Lu Valle Commons Basement Level
Feel free to drop by and chat with RISE Health and Wellbeing Coordinator! Whether you want to discuss campus mental health resources, get connected to CAPS, manage academic stress, or just need someone to talk to, we're here for you.
CRP x TSC Community Program Meeting
Wed 5/6 • 4PM - 5PM PDT RSVP
Kerckhoff Hall 128
We’re excited to collaborate with the Transfer Student Center for our last Community Program Meeting of the academic year! Come spend time unwinding, checking in, and connecting with CRP on Wednesday, May 6th from 4-5 PM at the Transfer Student Center in Kerckhoff Hall 128. Enjoy a free meal, a fun activity, and a meaningful time in community, don't forget to invite your friends!
Ace and Aro Space
Wed 5/6 • 4PM - 6PM PDT RSVP
LGBTQ Campus Resource Center
The Ace and Aro Space is a weekly dialogue and affinity space wanting to build community or learn more about the asexual and/or aromantic spectrums.
New York Tri-State: Book Club: "One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This," Omar El Akkad
Wed 5/6 • 4:30PM PDT
Zoom
Join with fellow Bruin book lovers (and a few Cal Bears too) as we discuss "One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This"— a compelling work by Omar El Akkad that won the National Book Award for Nonfiction in 2025. This is sure to challenge our assumptions and push us out of our comfort zone as we assess America's role in the world through the eyes of this award-winning novelist and journalist. Newcomers are always welcome!
Sacramento Network: UoBruin Trivia Night!
Wed 5/6 • 6:30PM PDT
University of Beer - East Sacramento • Sacramento CA
Put your knowledge to the test (with other Bruins) at Trivia Night, hosted every Wednesday at UOB (there are multiple locations). Prizes are given to winning teams!
Thursday May 7
THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE FILM FESTIVAL AT UCLA
Thu 5/7 - Fri 5/8
Glorya Kaufman Hall, Room 200
THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE FILM FESTIVAL AT UCLA FEATURING groundbreaking ethnographic, anthropological, and archaeological filmmaking from around the globe
2nd Act: Insight Into Estate Planning
Thu 5/7 • 12PM PDT
Zoom
Join us for an informative and empowering session designed specifically for alumni 50+, featuring Elizabeth Bawden J.D. ’00, partner at Withers Bergman LLP and faculty member at UCLA Law. She will guide you through the essentials of wills and trusts, estate and gift taxation, and thoughtful estate planning. Whether you're just beginning to consider your legacy or looking to update existing plans, this event will provide practical insights to help you make informed decisions for yourself and your loved ones. Don’t miss this opportunity to ask questions, gain clarity, and take proactive steps toward securing your future.
UCLA Affordability Workshop
Thu 5/7 • 12PM - 1PM PDT RSVP
Join UCLA Financial Aid & Scholarships for a one-hour interactive workshop designed to help newly admitted students and their families better understand their financial aid offer and estimated net cost of attendance. During this hands-on session, a UCLA financial aid expert will walk you through the key parts of your Bruin Financial Aid Letter, explain the different types of aid offered, and demonstrate how to calculate what attending UCLA may actually cost after grants, scholarships, and other support. Please complete the RSVP form below to join us!
Department of American Indian Studies Speaker Series: Courtney Lewis
Thu 5/7 • 12:15PM - 1:45PM PDT
Haines Hall, Room 324
Courtney Lewis is the Crandall Family Associate Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Duke University.
Tea & Company
Thu 5/7 • 4:30PM - 6PM PDT RSVP
LGBTQ Campus Resource Center
Share a cup of tea with company at the LGBTQ CRC over a discussion of queerness, diaspora, immigration, and first-gen experiences. All are welcome!
May Birthday Bash
Thu 5/7 • 7PM - 9PM PDT
De Neve Plaza B
Let’s celebrate you! Each month, we’ll throw a fun and festive birthday bash to recognize all residents with birthdays that month. Whether it’s your actual birthday or you just want to join the celebration, everyone is welcome to stop by for cake, music, and good vibes. Come build connections and create community, and help us make each birthday feel a little more special.
Friday May 8
THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE FILM FESTIVAL AT UCLA
Thu 5/7 - Fri 5/8
Glorya Kaufman Hall, Room 200
THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE FILM FESTIVAL AT UCLA FEATURING groundbreaking ethnographic, anthropological, and archaeological filmmaking from around the globe
Saturday May 9
Orange County Bruins: OC Bruins Hiking at Caspers Wilderness Park
Sat 5/9 • 8AM PDT
Ronald W. Caspers Wilderness Park • San Juan Capistrano
Join your fellow Bruins for a morning hike at Caspers Wilderness Park in San Juan Capistrano. We will be hiking the East Ridge/Cougar Pass/Bell Canyon loop. Total mileage is 5.4 miles with 721ft elevation gain. This trail is rated as Moderate. Total time is estimated 2-3 hours.