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Need help selecting courses for winter quarter? Have questions about the two pass enrollment process? This 60-minute workshop will answer these questions and more about the enrollment process. We will also review where to find options for your winter quarter GE and major courses. After a short presentation, our College Academic Mentors will be available to assist you individually in planning your study list for next quarter. To preview the presentation and review enrollment resources please visit this website: https://tinyurl.com/caacenroll You must register using the Zoom link provided. Registration is limited!

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Interested in getting involved in research at UCLA? Join the UCLA Transfer Student Center, the UCLA Undergraduate Research Centers (URCs) for a workshop designed for transfer students. Dr. Monica Gonzalez Ramirez, Assistant Director of the URC-Sciences, will share how to get started in research, how to find opportunities in both STEM and HASS fields, and how to make the most of UCLA’s research resources as a transfer student.

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Undergraduate students are rarely taught how science and medicine perpetuate disparities or how these fields can be leveraged for change. During this seminar, Dr. Tripp will address how undergraduate science education can play a role in addressing persistent health disparities rooted in systemic oppression and implicit bias through justice-centered science curricula from her study. Undergraduate researchers with lived experiences of oppression, alongside community partners, co-created Social Justice in Science case studies that were implemented in an upper-division human physiology course. These materials guided pre-health students to connect physiology content with broader issues of health disparities and advocacy. Findings from student interviews revealed growth in critical consciousness, encompassing the ability to critically reflect on structural oppression that produces inequities, to develop critical self-efficacy to challenge these injustices, and to act in solidarity with those most affected. These findings underscore how justice-centered, community-informed curricula can empower educators to cultivate socially responsive healthcare professionals and scientists prepared to confront inequities. Bio: Brie Tripp is an Associate Professor of Teaching at the University of California, Davis. She leads a lab of undergraduate researchers who study how to promote social and racial justice in undergraduate science classrooms, as well as the impacts of alternative grading practices. The lab performs mixed methods education and psychology research by centering students’ voices from underserved communities and developing justice-centered curricula in physiology and neurobiology education.

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UCLA F-1 visa students, do you want to know more about off-campus employment authorization? Join us on one of our weekly CPT webinars hosted by the Dashew Center staff to learn more!

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This event is from our partner Disabilities and Computing Program This training introduces participants to Siteimprove, UCLA’s automated accessibility evaluation platform. Attendees will learn how to navigate the main accessibility dashboard, review accessibility issues across their websites, and use the platform’s menus and tools effectively. The session will also cover strategies for prioritizing accessibility issues identified by Siteimprove, helping participants understand which fixes have the greatest impact. By the end of the hour, participants will be confident in using Siteimprove to monitor, evaluate, and improve the accessibility of their digital content.

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These meetups are for people who make websites. Join us every other week, on Wednesday at 11am, to ask any questions you may have about making websites at UCLA.

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Ever been curious about what technical standards and patents are? Or how to find them? In this workshop you'll gain an introductory overview to technical standards and patents, as well as guidance on how to locate them at UCLA. This workshop will be offered via Zoom. If you're registered, you'll receive the Zoom invitation information the day of the workshop. Instructor: Shelby Hallman, Physical Science and Engineering Librarian

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Presented by the UCLA Library and the Jacob Marschak Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Mathematics in the Behavioral Sciences Speaker: Robin Choudhury, professor of cardiovascular medicine, University of Oxford When Aristotle searched for the first signs of life, he lifted a flap in the shell of a fertilized chick egg and there he saw a beating heart – the self-evident originator of life. The beating heart has fascinated thinkers from Aristotle to Aquinas, Dante, Leonardo da Vinci, Descartes and Pascal. Across time and place, the story of our understanding of the heart has been richly decorated with images that illuminate the dance between art, religion, philosophy and ‘scientific’ thinking. It is a truly interdisciplinary organ. The secret of our fascination lies in its apparent sentience and automatic and responsive beat. The mystery of the self-beating heart was solved by Professor Denis Noble (as a graduate student in London in 1960). A demonstration of early biological computation, he solved the puzzle that had hung over the ages. And yet, even as the heart function is understood, it retains all its fascination as a cultural icon. This is the story of The Beating Heart. This talk is offered both in person and online. Light refreshments will be served.

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A conversation with data consortium ICPSR director Dr. Margaret Levenstein Federal agencies are going through major transitions, and researchers are dealing with changes in data access and documentation. Join Dr. Margaret Levenstein, Director of Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), the world's largest social science data archive, for a conversation about how the research community is responding. Since January 2025, ICPSR's DataLumos archive has expanded from 103 to over 1,200 datasets to preserve access. UCLA Library has been updating research guides to point researchers to archived versions and alternative sources. Lunch will be provided by ICPSR. What you'll learn: Where to find archived and alternative data sources How to document data for reproducibility Strategies for adapting ongoing projects Ways to participate in preservation networks Who should attend: Faculty and grad students using federal data (Census, CDC, BLS, etc.), librarians, data specialists and anyone interested in research data infrastructure. ICPSR received a National Medal for Museum and Library Service in 2019. UCLA has been an ICPSR member since 1962 and hosts the California Research Data Center.

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Whether you’re looking to enhance your paper, learn your community’s history or trace your family tree, primary sources are a vital resource for any researcher looking to engage with the past and present. If you’ve ever been intimidated by archival spaces or had difficulty finding specific sources, UCLA Library is here to help. Join Kelsey Brown and Kate Ridgewell as they guide you through enriching your research by understanding, finding, accessing and incorporating primary sources. This lecture-based workshop is designed for students and researchers with little to no experience with primary sources and will not be recorded. This workshop will be offered via Zoom. If you're registered, you'll receive the Zoom invitation information the day before the workshop.

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Please join us on Thursday, November 13, 3-4pm in Powell Library room 190 for a TLC-facilitated book club for Dear Elia: letters from the Asian American abyss by Mimi Khúc, including discussion questions and reflective exercises. Participants will discuss what “wellness,” “wellbeing,” and “unwellness,” mean to them; reflect on their own sense of wellbeing or unwellness, as well as how that relates to their positionality within the university; and explore strategies for care-centered pedagogy to foster wellbeing for students and instructors. This event is open to all instructors, including graduate students and postdocs. Please contact edp@teaching.ucla.edu if you have any questions.

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This convening marks the publication of Beyond Sanctuary: The Humanism of a World in Motion (Duke University Press, 2025), an anthology of scholarship that thinks across the United States and Europe to critically interrogate policies and philosophies of sanctuary and asylum.

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This session will introduce you to Leganto (the "Course Reading List" tool) in Bruin Learn to request course reserves from UCLA Library. Please join us to learn how the Library can support your class by providing free access to required and recommended course texts to your students. Presenter: Emilie Eshbaugh, Access Services Reserves Lead, UCLA Library. #bruinlearn, #leganto, #coursereadinglist, #freeaccess, #accessibletext Each academic quarter, the UCLA Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) hosts a weekly series of 10+10 Pop-Up sessions on Zoom. These brief, 10-minute presentations focus on specific topics related to course design, teaching, learning, and assessment, and are led by instructional designers and developers from TLC and campus partners. The “+10” refers to an optional 10-minute discussion following each presentation, where participants can ask questions and share insights. These sessions are open to all UCLA instructors—including faculty, lecturers, instructors of record, graduate student instructors, and postdoctoral scholars. Please direct any inquiries to edp@teaching.ucla.edu.

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Have specific questions about your research journey? Join the Undergraduate Research Center for the Sciences for office hours with one of program representatives.

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Please join us for the "Self-Care as a Journey: Mission-Driven Approaches to Navigating Mental Health" workshop on Tuesday, November 18, 3pm-4pm in Charles E. Young Research Library (YRL), Room 21570. This workshop delivers evidence-based strategies from the field of psychology for deepening resilience, cultivating belongingness, and affirming purpose in one’s teaching and research. Rooted in frameworks of authentic storytelling, this training is designed for instructors seeking strategies to prevent burnout and restore their capacity for engaged, compassionate teaching. From improving interpersonal effectiveness to mitigating stressors, these skills will help instructors reflect on their unique journeys and lived experiences, with the aim of aligning their professional practices with their personal values and mission. Facilitated by Drea Letamendi, Ph.D., Director of UCLA CAPS Compassionate Response Program (CORE). This workshop is open to any faculty, including professors, lecturers, and adjunct instructors. Please contact edp@teaching.ucla.edu if you have any questions.

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Using a citation manager adds ease and efficiency to conducting research and writing papers, but what citation manager is the best for you? We’ll describe the pros and cons of EndNote and Zotero to help you decide between them! This workshop will be offered via Zoom. If you're registered, you'll receive the Zoom invitation information the day of the workshop. Instructors: Molly Hemphill, Medical Education Librarian Robert Johnson, Clinical and Research Support Librarian

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UCLA F-1 visa students, do you want to know more about off-campus employment authorization? Join us on one of our weekly OPT webinars hosted by the Dashew Center staff to learn more!

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Have specific questions about your research journey? Join the Undergraduate Research Center for the Sciences for office hours with one of our directors.

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This event is designed for international graduate students and postdocs as part of International Education Week. This interactive workshop will equip instructors with strategies to communicate complex ideas clearly and effectively in their courses. Participants will address the unique challenges international instructors face, as well as learn practical techniques for breaking down difficult material. Leave with a concrete action plan and renewed confidence in your teaching. No prior teaching experience is required. Light refreshments will be served.

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This workshop focuses on strategies for designing effective figures and visual materials for conference presentations, publications, and other contexts. The workshop will also introduce different software packages that can be used to create high-quality figures, and offer further resources for learning these programs.

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Twentieth Kenneth Karmiole Lecture on the History of the Book Trade, Lecture by William Zachs, Director of the Blackie House Library and Museum. In this lecture, William Zachs outlines the origins of stereotype printing (print production from metal plates rather than moveable type), then turns his focus to the “non-moveable type” productions of Edinburgh goldsmith William Ged (c. 1683–1749). Taking a forensic look at Ged’s few known works, Zachs hypothesizes the existence of a group of previously unknown stereotyped books, thus offering a revised history of alternative methods of book production in Britain in the first half of the 18th century.

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UCLA students, faculty and staff are invited to register for this hands-on workshop exploring the ethical and practical uses of generative A.I. tools. Led by UCLA Library staff, this 90 minute workshop will focus on writing effective prompts, evaluating A.I.’s ability to understand and summarize academic writing and explore ways to use A.I. tools to improve research strategies, while keeping issues of plagiarism, intellectual property protection and other impacts of A.I. in mind. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own or borrow a CLICC laptop or Chromebook(opens in a new tab) to follow along with workshop activities. This workshop will be led by Michelle Brasseur and Helen Song.

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Worried about your grading load this quarter? Join us for a workshop centered on time-saving strategies for grading many students. Along with a walkthrough of how to leverage tools such as comment libraries, rubrics, and automated grading, we will discuss the differences between assessment and grading, as well as how you can establish feedback loops with your class without having to give detailed comments on every piece of student work. Participants will leave this session prepared to integrate a new strategy or tool into their course and having had the opportunity to troubleshoot and brainstorm with colleagues. This online workshop will be facilitated by the Teaching and Learning Center (TLC). All instructors, including TAs and postdocs, are welcome. The event will be held on Thursday, November 20, 2025, 3pm-4pm. Please register to receive the Zoom link. Please contact edp@teaching.ucla.edu if you have any questions.

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UCLA F-1 visa students, do you want to know more about off-campus employment authorization? Join us on one of our weekly CPT webinars hosted by the Dashew Center staff to learn more!

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Come by our office at A239 Murphy Hall or on Zoom to ask legal questions! We provide legal counseling on: *Landlord-Tenant issues *Immigration issues *Employment issues *Family law *Criminal/Traffic matters *University-related concerns (Disciplinary; Title IX) *Personal Injury *And more!!! 9:00 am - 11:00 am and 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Meeting ID: 926 8881 6950 Passcode: 675685

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Are you looking to refresh, rewrite, or rethink your syllabus? Are you designing a new course, and want to learn about best practices for syllabus design? Join the Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) for a co-working session during which you will look at example syllabi, consider best practices for student-centered and inclusive syllabus design, and peer review each other’s materials. This session is open to all instructors, including TAs and postdocs. The event will be held on Wednesday, December 3, 2025, 2pm-4pm in Powell 190. Please contact edp@teaching.ucla.edu if you have any questions.

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UCLA F-1 visa students, do you want to know more about off-campus employment authorization? Join us on one of our weekly CPT webinars hosted by the Dashew Center staff to learn more!

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Join us in Powell Library 190 for TA and postdoc drop-in hours, social grading edition! Work through your end of quarter grading while enjoying refreshments and building community with your fellow TAs. TLC staff members from the Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Scholar Engagement (GSPSE) team will also be available to support you.

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UCLA F-1 visa students, do you want to know more about off-campus employment authorization? Join us on one of our weekly OPT webinars hosted by the Dashew Center staff to learn more!

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