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Drop in for students or faculty to request support for an academic accommodation concern. These sessions are held by a CAE Disability Specialist who may or may not be a student's assigned Disability Specialist and therefore who may need to follow up with a student's assigned Disability Specialist for the specific question or concern in mind.

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Prof. Claire Adida is a Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and faculty co-director at the Immigration Policy Lab at Stanford University. Her research on the topic of immigration and kindness investigates how countries manage new and existing forms of diversity, what exacerbates or alleviates outgroup prejudice and discrimination, and how vulnerable groups navigate discriminatory environments. Prof. Adida will be joined conversation by Prof. Hiroshi Motomura, faculty co-director of the UCLA Center for Immigration Law and Policy, and Prof. Abel Valenzuela, the dean of UCLA’s Division of Social Sciences.

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Join CRP to hear from the Center for Accessible Education (CAE) at UCLA on Thursday, January 29th from 1:30-3 PM in SAC Conference Rooms 2-3. Collaborating for the first time ever: hear about the CAE application process, what accommodations look like for students, and a Q&A panel with disability specialists! Light refreshments provided! RSVP by 1/27/26.

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Whether you identify as religious, spiritual, both, or are interested in learning more about the intersections of queerness, religiosity, and spirituality, all are welcome to come to the Queerness and Spirituality Space at the LGBTQ Campus Resource Center on Thursday, January 29th from 4-6pm to discuss how to live out a faith practice with pride!

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Beginning Winter 2026, Student Experiences of Teaching (SET) will offer virtual drop-in hours with Cassidy Alvarado, Ed.D., (she/her), Program Manager of Student Experience Initiatives. Instructors, Teaching Assistants, and Evaluation Coordinators can get support navigating Blue (UCLA’s course feedback platform), accessing reports, and more. Instructors and Teaching Assistants Mondays: 3:00-4:00 pm Fridays: 12:00-1:00 pm Evaluation Coordinators and Department Staff Tuesdays: 2:00-3:00 pm Fridays: 9:00-10:00 am

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Beginning Winter 2026, Student Experiences of Teaching (SET) will offer virtual drop-in hours with Cassidy Alvarado, Ed.D., (she/her), Program Manager of Student Experience Initiatives. Instructors, Teaching Assistants, and Evaluation Coordinators can get support navigating Blue (UCLA’s course feedback platform), accessing reports, and more. Instructors and Teaching Assistants Mondays: 3:00-4:00 pm Fridays: 12:00-1:00 pm Evaluation Coordinators and Department Staff Tuesdays: 2:00-3:00 pm Fridays: 9:00-10:00 am

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Beginning Winter 2026, Student Experiences of Teaching (SET) will offer virtual drop-in hours with Cassidy Alvarado, Program Manager of Student Experience Initiatives. Instructors, Teaching Assistants, and Evaluation Coordinators can get support navigating Blue (UCLA’s course feedback platform), accessing reports, and more. Instructors and Teaching Assistants Mondays: 3–4 p.m. Fridays: Noon–1 p.m. Evaluation Coordinators and Department Staff Tuesdays: 2–3 p.m. Fridays: 9–10 a.m.

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Large introductory chemistry courses generate extensive assessment, clickstream, and participation data, yet students rarely receive timely, actionable feedback that can meaningfully guide their learning. This project introduces a Python-based learning analytics pipeline designed to transform raw course data into individualized, interpretable reports that help students understand their progress, identify conceptual disparities, and make informed decisions about their study strategies. Preliminary analyses indicate that students who regularly engage with the reports demonstrate more accurate self-assessment, improved metacognitive strategy use, and more targeted help-seeking behaviors. This work demonstrates how instructor-created Python tools can scale personalized feedback in large-enrollment STEM courses, shifting analytics from a grading mechanism to a pedagogically meaningful resource that empowers student learning. Presenter Bio: Jocelyn E. (“Josie”) Nardo (she/her) is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry at The Ohio State University whose research examines how disciplinary norms in chemistry are experienced by students who are discouraged from pursuing or remaining in the field. She studies how course design, assessment practices, and departmental structures shape students’ day-to-day interactions with chemistry, with particular attention to students from communities historically pushed out of the discipline, including disabled students, LGBTQ+ students, first-generation college students, students with limited financial resources, and students of color. Her work on disability in chemistry learning environments, students’ help-seeking and learning ecosystems, and graduate program milestones has been published in Chemistry Education Research and Practice and the Journal of Chemical Education. She is PI and co-PI on grants from the Spencer Foundation, the National Science Foundation, UL Research Institutes, and The Ohio State’s Kirwan Institute and Student Academic Success Research Award program.

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Join us for a new graduate student series on collecting/using data in creative ways across all disciplines. Whether you're just dipping your toes into the AI wave, actively seeking AI solutions for your work, or an experienced researcher in the field, come join for the launch of this new talk series and an engaging lunchtime conversation. The first event will feature a presentation by Chongwen Liu, PhD Candidate in Conservation of Material Culture, UCLA/Getty Interdepartmental Program (IDP) and co-organizer of the series. Title: Application of Knowledge Graph-Driven AI in Cultural Heritage Conservation Cultural heritage conservation involves fragmented, multi-disciplinary knowledge and high-stakes decisions that must translate into real-world preservation actions. My research explores how knowledge graph (KG)–driven AI can address these challenges by connecting discrete knowledge bases, improving accessibility and supporting structured decision-making. In this talk, Liu will share Field Notes tracing two interconnected technological storylines of KG: 1) the evolution of Semantic Web and Linked Data infrastructures, and 2) the recent efforts to reduce LLM hallucination using frameworks from baseline Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) to graph-based RAG, discussing their development, accessibility and current use cases. Focusing on the Stack Exchange, he will draw from his implementation experience to talk about selection criteria for different graph-based RAG methods, outline key technical steps in building a KG-driven AI framework, and share practical development notes using tools/frameworks, such as Neo4j or GraphRAG. Schedule: 12:00 p.m.–12:30 p.m.: Lunch 12:30 p.m.– 1:30 p.m.: Presentation by Chongwen Liu, PhD Candidate in Conservation of Material Culture, UCLA/Getty Interdepartmental Program (IDP) and co-organizer of the series Audience Q&A to follow

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Learn about the concept of differentiated instruction and explore how to effectively support students with varying academic backgrounds in large lectures, labs, and discussion sections. Through real-world scenarios and reflective activities, participants will identify common challenges, analyze inclusive teaching strategies, and consider how to adapt their practices to better support all learners. Presenter: Elyse Gueidon, Associate Director for Graduate Student Professional Development with Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Scholar Engagement #differentiatedinstruction #realworldscenarios #commonchallenges 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 instructorsupport@teaching.ucla.edu.

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This foundational pedagogical workshop prepares participants to create student-centered and effective lesson plans using the framework of backward design. Participants will explore the three steps of backward design–developing student learning objectives, determining assessment evidence, and choosing activities and instruction – and practice applying that structure to design of sample lesson plans. This session is open to all instructors, including faculty, TAs, and postdocs. This workshop will be hosted in-person and facilitated by the Teaching and Learning Center (TLC). Please contact instructorsupport@teaching.ucla.edu if you have any questions.

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Beginning Winter 2026, Student Experiences of Teaching (SET) will offer virtual drop-in hours with Cassidy Alvarado, Program Manager of Student Experience Initiatives. Instructors, Teaching Assistants, and Evaluation Coordinators can get support navigating Blue (UCLA’s course feedback platform), accessing reports, and more. Instructors and Teaching Assistants Mondays: 3–4 p.m. Fridays: Noon–1 p.m. Evaluation Coordinators and Department Staff Tuesdays: 2–3 p.m. Fridays: 9–10 a.m.

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Drop in for students or faculty to request support for an academic accommodation concern. These sessions are held by a CAE Disability Specialist who may or may not be a student's assigned Disability Specialist and therefore who may need to follow up with a student's assigned Disability Specialist for the specific question or concern in mind.

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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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Join the LGBTQ CRC at our QT Winter Welcome for a cozy time with undergraduate and graduate students, staff, and faculty with a community gathering at the Center! Meet the LGBTQ CRC team, learn more about our services, programs and events, and decompress with us as we head into a new quarter and new year. Light refreshments while supplies last!

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Join us at DataX as Daniel Scott Snelson presents a book talk on his recently published The Little Database: A Poetics of Media Formats (University of Minnesota Press, 2025). Snelson explores how digital archives dramatically transform the artifacts they host and how these transformations might help us better understand our own private collections in turn. He develops creative tools and contingent methods for reading cultural data, whether found in public-facing repositories on the internet or in our own collections of TXT, JPG, MP3, and MOV artifacts. Within and beyond the project, experimental poetic interludes give readers practical entry points into the creative practice of producing new meanings in any given little database. Inventive and interdisciplinary, The Little Database grapples with the digitized afterlives of cultural objects, playing with the way in which the past is continually reconfigured to shape the present. Light refreshments will be served. This event is sponsored by: DataX, The Livescu Initiative on Neuro, Narrative and AI (NNAI), Program in Digital Humanities, and Text/Tech Lab. Schedule Check in and Pre-Reception: 3:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m. Book Talk and Q&A: 3:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m. Reception (continued): 4:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m.

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Beginning Winter 2026, Student Experiences of Teaching (SET) will offer virtual drop-in hours with Cassidy Alvarado, Program Manager of Student Experience Initiatives. Instructors, Teaching Assistants, and Evaluation Coordinators can get support navigating Blue (UCLA’s course feedback platform), accessing reports, and more. Instructors and Teaching Assistants Mondays: 3–4 p.m. Fridays: Noon–1 p.m. Evaluation Coordinators and Department Staff Tuesdays: 2–3 p.m. Fridays: 9–10 a.m.

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Cassidy Alvarado, Program Manager of Student Experience Initiatives. Instructors, Teaching Assistants, and Evaluation Coordinators can get support navigating Blue (UCLA’s course feedback platform), accessing reports, and more. Instructors and Teaching Assistants Mondays: 3–4 p.m. Fridays: Noon–1 p.m. Evaluation Coordinators and Department Staff Tuesdays: 2–3 p.m. Fridays: 9–10 a.m.

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This foundational pedagogical online workshop prepares participants to create student-centered and effective lesson plans using the framework of backward design. Participants will explore the three steps of backward design–developing student learning objectives, determining assessment evidence, and choosing activities and instruction – and practice applying that structure to design of sample lesson plans. This session is open to all instructors, including faculty, TAs, and postdocs. This online workshop will be facilitated by the Teaching and Learning Center (TLC). Register to receive the Zoom link. Please contact instructorsupport@teaching.ucla.edu if you have any questions.

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Beginning Winter 2026, Student Experiences of Teaching (SET) will offer virtual drop-in hours with Cassidy Alvarado, Program Manager of Student Experience Initiatives. Instructors, Teaching Assistants, and Evaluation Coordinators can get support navigating Blue (UCLA’s course feedback platform), accessing reports, and more. Instructors and Teaching Assistants Mondays: 3–4 p.m. Fridays: Noon–1 p.m. Evaluation Coordinators and Department Staff Tuesdays: 2–3 p.m. Fridays: 9–10 a.m.

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This session will introduce you to the new question personalization feature available in Explorance Blue, UCLA’s course feedback platform. Please join us to learn how you can add up to five additional questions to your Student Experiences of Teaching (SET) surveys. Presenter: Cassidy Alvarado, Program Manager, Student Experience Initiatives, TLC #SET #questionpersonalization #exploranceblue #studentfeedback #newfeatures 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 instructorsupport@teaching.ucla.edu.

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Beginning Winter 2026, Student Experiences of Teaching (SET) will offer virtual drop-in hours with Cassidy Alvarado, Program Manager of Student Experience Initiatives. Instructors, Teaching Assistants, and Evaluation Coordinators can get support navigating Blue (UCLA’s course feedback platform), accessing reports, and more. Instructors and Teaching Assistants Mondays: 3–4 p.m. Fridays: Noon–1 p.m. Evaluation Coordinators and Department Staff Tuesdays: 2–3 p.m.

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Celebrating 20 Years of Moving Together! In person lunch hour campus walks on Tuesday 2/10 - Thursday 2/12. Participate to earn a FREE t-shirt and chance to win raffle prizes!

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What is trauma, and how does it impact student learning? This online workshop answers these questions with psychology and neuroscience-based research on the cognitive impacts of trauma, after which participants will explore principles of trauma-informed and care-centered pedagogy. Participants will practice applying a trauma-informed approach in case studies, in addition to identifying care-centered and compassionate teaching practices to support the learning of all students. This session is open to all instructors, including faculty, TAs, and postdocs. Register to receive the Zoom link. This workshop will be hosted and facilitated by the Teaching and Learning Center (TLC). Please contact instructorsupport@teaching.ucla.edu if you have any questions.

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Drop in for students or faculty to request support for an academic accommodation concern. These sessions are held by a CAE Disability Specialist who may or may not be a student's assigned Disability Specialist and therefore who may need to follow up with a student's assigned Disability Specialist for the specific question or concern in mind.

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Intersectional Identities: Join curators from Library Special Collections for an opportunity to explore unique archival and rare book collections. Expert Library and Information Science staff will guide community members through materials that document and illuminate how identities such as race, gender, class, ability and sexual orientation overlap and interact to create unique experiences. Examine how Intersectionality reveals the complex realities of individuals navigating multiple marginalized group experiences. Themes on display will include: Multiracial civil rights coalitions Black LGBT community organizations RSVP is requested, with walk-ins also welcome.

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Join us for a Book Celebration and Reception for: BIBLIOTACTICS: Libraries and the Colonial Public in Vietnam Libraries in French colonial Vietnam functioned as symbols of Western modernity and infrastructures of colonial knowledge. Yet Vietnamese readers pursued alternative uses of the library that exceeded imperial intentions. Bibliotactics examines the Hanoi and Saigon state libraries from colonial to post colonial Vietnam, uncovering the emergence of a colonial public who reimagined the political meaning and social space of the library through public critique and day-to-day-practice. This event is hosted by the UCLA School of Education & Information Studies, UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies and UCLA DataX.

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Beginning Winter 2026, Student Experiences of Teaching (SET) will offer virtual drop-in hours with Cassidy Alvarado, Program Manager of Student Experience Initiatives. Instructors, Teaching Assistants, and Evaluation Coordinators can get support navigating Blue (UCLA’s course feedback platform), accessing reports, and more. Instructors and Teaching Assistants Mondays: 3–4 p.m. Fridays: Noon–1 p.m. Evaluation Coordinators and Department Staff Tuesdays: 2–3 p.m. Fridays: 9–10 a.m.

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Beginning Winter 2026, Student Experiences of Teaching (SET) will offer virtual drop-in hours with Cassidy Alvarado, Program Manager of Student Experience Initiatives. Instructors, Teaching Assistants, and Evaluation Coordinators can get support navigating Blue (UCLA’s course feedback platform), accessing reports, and more. Instructors and Teaching Assistants Mondays: 3–4 p.m. Fridays: Noon–1 p.m. Evaluation Coordinators and Department Staff Tuesdays: 2–3 p.m. Fridays: 9–10 a.m.

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Beginning Winter 2026, Student Experiences of Teaching (SET) will offer virtual drop-in hours with Cassidy Alvarado, Program Manager of Student Experience Initiatives. Instructors, Teaching Assistants, and Evaluation Coordinators can get support navigating Blue (UCLA’s course feedback platform), accessing reports, and more. Instructors and Teaching Assistants Mondays: 3–4 p.m. Fridays: Noon–1 p.m. Evaluation Coordinators and Department Staff Tuesdays: 2–3 p.m. Fridays: 9–10 a.m.

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In the age of generative AI, ensuring that students accomplish the first-year writing seminar learning objectives of defining their perspective and understanding writing as a process presents a unique concern. Taking the example of the first writing seminar "Los Angeles: City of Contradictions," this interactive talk presents a method of engaging students in a discovery process of the limits of AI and invites participants to experience it first hand. Presenter: Avery Weinman, Ph.D Candidate in History #taandpostdocteachingconferenceflashtalk #gamifyingGenAI #writingasaprocess 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 instructorsupport@teaching.ucla.edu.

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Beginning Winter 2026, Student Experiences of Teaching (SET) will offer virtual drop-in hours with Cassidy Alvarado, Program Manager of Student Experience Initiatives. Instructors, Teaching Assistants, and Evaluation Coordinators can get support navigating Blue (UCLA’s course feedback platform), accessing reports, and more. Instructors and Teaching Assistants Mondays: 3–4 p.m. Fridays: Noon–1 p.m. Evaluation Coordinators and Department Staff Tuesdays: 2–3 p.m. Fridays: 9–10 a.m.

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Drop in for students or faculty to request support for an academic accommodation concern. These sessions are held by a CAE Disability Specialist who may or may not be a student's assigned Disability Specialist and therefore who may need to follow up with a student's assigned Disability Specialist for the specific question or concern in mind.

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The UCLA Teaching and Learning Center’s (TLC) Instructional Design and Media Production team will host the GenAI Tools Workshop Series to support instructors interested in thoughtfully exploring how to use Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) to further enhance their teaching. Participants will build AI literacy, explore classroom integration strategies, and design meaningful learning activities that promote critical thinking and student engagement in the AI era. The first workshop in the series will explore how Google NotebookLM, an AI-powered notebook designed to help users organize, synthesize, and generate insights, can be used to support their class learning goals. During the workshop, we will explore and discuss -What is Google NotebookLM? -How to use it as a learning tool? -Writing tips for GenAI prompts -Sample uses of Google NotebookLM in an educational setting -Academic integrity considerations when introducing GenAI into a classroom By this end of this workshop, participants will be able to -Describe the core features and functions of Google NotebookLM and explain how it differs from other generative AI tools. -Demonstrate how to use NotebookLM to organize, summarize, and synthesize learning materials or course readings. -Apply effective prompt-writing strategies to guide AI toward producing relevant, accurate, and pedagogically useful responses. -Analyze sample educational scenarios that illustrate how NotebookLM can support student learning and critical thinking. -Evaluate issues of academic integrity, bias, and ethical use when integrating generative AI tools like NotebookLM into teaching and learning contexts.

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Description: 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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Cassidy Alvarado, Program Manager of Student Experience Initiatives. Instructors, Teaching Assistants, and Evaluation Coordinators can get support navigating Blue (UCLA’s course feedback platform), accessing reports, and more. Instructors and Teaching Assistants Mondays: 3–4 p.m. Fridays: Noon–1 p.m. Evaluation Coordinators and Department Staff Tuesdays: 2–3 p.m. Fridays: 9–10 a.m.

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Beginning Winter 2026, Student Experiences of Teaching (SET) will offer virtual drop-in hours with Cassidy Alvarado, Program Manager of Student Experience Initiatives. Instructors, Teaching Assistants, and Evaluation Coordinators can get support navigating Blue (UCLA’s course feedback platform), accessing reports, and more. Instructors and Teaching Assistants Mondays: 3–4 p.m. Fridays: Noon–1 p.m. Evaluation Coordinators and Department Staff Tuesdays: 2–3 p.m. Fridays: 9–10 a.m.

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Beginning Winter 2026, Student Experiences of Teaching (SET) will offer virtual drop-in hours with Cassidy Alvarado, Program Manager of Student Experience Initiatives. Instructors, Teaching Assistants, and Evaluation Coordinators can get support navigating Blue (UCLA’s course feedback platform), accessing reports, and more. Instructors and Teaching Assistants Mondays: 3–4 p.m. Fridays: Noon–1 p.m. Evaluation Coordinators and Department Staff Tuesdays: 2–3 p.m. Fridays: 9–10 a.m.

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Choosing the right AI tool can be a real challenge. This short presentation provides a practical framework, using the Diffusion of Innovation model, to help you choose the best tools. We will explore the five key attributes, which are relative advantage, complexity, compatibility, trialability, and observability. The discussion will support you to confidently select GenAI solutions that enhance teaching and learning. Presenter: Sirui Wang, Senior Instructional Designer with Instructional Design and Media Production #GenAI #pick-your-innovation #diffusion-of-innovation #enhancing-teaching-and-learning 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 instructorsupport@teaching.ucla.edu.

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Beginning Winter 2026, Student Experiences of Teaching (SET) will offer virtual drop-in hours with Cassidy Alvarado, Program Manager of Student Experience Initiatives. Instructors, Teaching Assistants, and Evaluation Coordinators can get support navigating Blue (UCLA’s course feedback platform), accessing reports, and more. Instructors and Teaching Assistants Mondays: 3–4 p.m. Fridays: Noon–1 p.m. Evaluation Coordinators and Department Staff Tuesdays: 2–3 p.m. Fridays: 9–10 a.m.

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Drop in for students or faculty to request support for an academic accommodation concern. These sessions are held by a CAE Disability Specialist who may or may not be a student's assigned Disability Specialist and therefore who may need to follow up with a student's assigned Disability Specialist for the specific question or concern in mind.

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As generative AI usage expands across academic settings, educators must decide when AI outputs can be trusted - and when they require verification. This 30-minute Zoom workshop introduces a “Trust, but Verify” framework that centers human judgment in working with AI-generated content. Through guided examples and discussion, participants will build shared language and critical awareness around evaluating AI outputs and exercising informed human oversight. Please contact idmp@teaching.ucla.edu if you have any questions.

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Beginning Winter 2026, Student Experiences of Teaching (SET) will offer virtual drop-in hours with Cassidy Alvarado, Program Manager of Student Experience Initiatives. Instructors, Teaching Assistants, and Evaluation Coordinators can get support navigating Blue (UCLA’s course feedback platform), accessing reports, and more. Instructors and Teaching Assistants Mondays: 3–4 p.m. Fridays: Noon–1 p.m. Evaluation Coordinators and Department Staff Tuesdays: 2–3 p.m. Fridays: 9–10 a.m.

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Drop in for students or faculty to request support for an academic accommodation concern. These sessions are held by a CAE Disability Specialist who may or may not be a student's assigned Disability Specialist and therefore who may need to follow up with a student's assigned Disability Specialist for the specific question or concern in mind.

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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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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 and peer review session during which you will look at example syllabi; consider backward design principles for syllabus design; explore strategies to foster belonging in your syllabus; and, finally, create a digitally accessible syllabus. This session is open to all instructors, including TAs and postdocs.

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Drop in for students or faculty to request support for an academic accommodation concern. These sessions are held by a CAE Disability Specialist who may or may not be a student's assigned Disability Specialist and therefore who may need to follow up with a student's assigned Disability Specialist for the specific question or concern in mind.

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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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The Dialogue across Difference Initiative at UCLA is proud to offer an interactive opportunity for staff, administrators, and faculty to delve deeper into a core skill for having more constructive conversations across charged political differences. Based on the methodology of Resetting the Table, a nationally renowned organization dedicated to building honest and open communication, this workshop will allow participants to practice speaking about divisive political topics using effective skills. The session will be highly interactive, and we ask that participants be present for its entirety.

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The Dialogue across Difference Initiative at UCLA is proud to offer an interactive opportunity for staff, administrators, and faculty to delve deeper into a core skill for having more constructive conversations across charged political differences. Based on the methodology of Resetting the Table, a nationally renowned organization dedicated to building honest and open communication, this workshop will allow participants to practice speaking about divisive political topics using effective skills. The session will be highly interactive, and we ask that participants be present for its entirety.

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Drop in for students or faculty to request support for an academic accommodation concern. These sessions are held by a CAE Disability Specialist who may or may not be a student's assigned Disability Specialist and therefore who may need to follow up with a student's assigned Disability Specialist for the specific question or concern in mind.

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The Alumni Mentor Program will host a Networking Night on Wednesday, January 28. This event welcomes both alumni and undergraduate/graduate students to connect, share experiences, and build meaningful professional relationships. Attendees will have the opportunity to network across top industries such as technology, entertainment, healthcare, finance, and consulting. Whether you are an existing mentor–mentee pair looking to strengthen your connection or an alum or student hoping to make new introductions, this event offers a comfortable and engaging environment to practice networking, exchange insights, and expand your community. The evening will also include a fireside chat featuring a mentor–mentee pair who will discuss their approach to mentorship, how they prepare for meetings, and their recommendations for fostering a strong partnership. Light food and beverage provided.

Are you looking for a safe and supportive space to practice your English conversation skills? Check out Dashew Center's English Language Circle (ELC)! Here you will have an opportunity to practice your English with other language learners. The circle is led by a native English speaker, who will help you become more confident in your speaking skills and who can answer your language and grammar questions. All of our ELC sessions will take place on Zoom this Winter 2026. Space is limited to 20 participants per session. Participants are welcome to enjoy their lunch during these sessions. The Zoom link will be shared via email upon registering. Please email us at intlprograms@saonet.ucla.edu with any questions.

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Join the UCLA Alumni Orange County Network for our monthly book club! This book club is for Bruins and friends of all generations to enjoy an enlightening discussion of this most inspiring, fast-paced, exciting, and informative novel, "Resurrection Walk" by Mike Connelly, A Lincoln Lawyer Novel. Newcomers are always welcome!

Optimizing Wi-Fi at Home and Office This talk focuses on the most common Wi-Fi problems people experience including slow speeds, dead zones, dropped connections, and unreliable video calls. It explains why these issues happen—often even with “fast” internet—and outlines simple, practical changes that can improve coverage, support today’s growing number of devices, keep guest access separate, and make Wi-Fi more reliable and secure.

Admission is free. No advance reservations. Your seat will be assigned to you when you pick up your ticket at the box office. Seats are assigned on a first come, first served basis. The box office opens one hour before the event. Blight U.K., 1996 Filmmaker John Smith and composer Jocelyn Pook lived in the East London community whose destruction is documented in Blight. Though widely protested by residents, construction of the M11 Link Road began in 1994, leading to the demolition of hundreds of homes. Smith filmed the destruction and the rise of the new motorway over two years. Fragmented images of torn-down houses intertwine with field recordings and snippets of conversations with residents. The result is a symphony of real and constructed sounds and images that evoke the crumbling sensation of losing one’s ground. DCP, color, 14 min. Director: John Smith. Aquarius Brazil/France, 2016 Clara (Sônia Braga), a widow and grandmother in her early 60s, spends her days swimming blissfully at the beaches of Recife, listening to her beloved records in her ocean-view apartment, and gathering with friends and family. Everything appears idyllic until it becomes clear that she is the last remaining resident in her building. When a persistent grandfather-and-grandson development team approaches her with an offer to buy her apartment, Clara refuses, preventing the planned demolition of the complex. As her once-joyful life becomes increasingly marked by harassment and stress, those closest to her urge her to sell and move on. But Clara is not that kind of person. Poised and fearless, she takes on the fight to protect her home. DCP, color, in Portuguese with English subtitles, 147 min. Director/Screenwriter: Kleber Mendonça Filho. With: Sonia Braga, Maeve Jinkings, Irandhir Santos. —Associate Programmer Nicole Ucedo Part of: (Dis)placement: Fluctuations of Home, Part II

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The Bruin Love Station (BLS) is mobile cart that offers free safer-sex supplies, Narcan, fentanyl test strips and opportunities for students to converse with trained peers and professional staff.

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Prof. Claire Adida is a Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and faculty co-director at the Immigration Policy Lab at Stanford University. Her research on the topic of immigration and kindness investigates how countries manage new and existing forms of diversity, what exacerbates or alleviates outgroup prejudice and discrimination, and how vulnerable groups navigate discriminatory environments. Prof. Adida will be joined conversation by Prof. Hiroshi Motomura, faculty co-director of the UCLA Center for Immigration Law and Policy, and Prof. Abel Valenzuela, the dean of UCLA’s Division of Social Sciences.

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Prof. Claire Adida is a Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and faculty co-director at the Immigration Policy Lab at Stanford University. Her research on the topic of immigration and kindness investigates how countries manage new and existing forms of diversity, what exacerbates or alleviates outgroup prejudice and discrimination, and how vulnerable groups navigate discriminatory environments. Prof. Adida will be joined conversation by Prof. Hiroshi Motomura, faculty co-director of the UCLA Center for Immigration Law and Policy, and Prof. Abel Valenzuela, the dean of UCLA’s Division of Social Sciences.

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UCLA Financial Aid & Scholarships will be hosting a series of workshops for assistance with the 26-27 FAFSA/CADAA. Join us for a FREE in-person workshop in partnership with UCLA Basic Needs at Strathmore to receive tips and tricks on how to complete your Financial Aid application by the Priority Filing Deadline of March 2, 2026 (9pm PST)! The UCLA Basic Needs at Strathmore is located between the Luskin Center and UCPD on Westwood Blvd and in the same building as the Career Center. No RSVP required.

Many people are entering 2026 already feeling behind. Between rapid advances in AI, a fluctuating job market and economic uncertainty, it is easy to feel reactive. Days get filled responding to what is urgent, leaving little time to step back, reflect and intentionally decide what matters most. This interactive session is designed for those who have not yet had the time or mental bandwidth to properly reflect, set goals or create a clear plan for the year ahead and do not want another year running on autopilot. Rather than a traditional webinar, this session is an immersive working experience using career coach Sami Toussi's trademarked RPP framework (Reflect, Plan, Prioritize). Participants will actively work through guided exercises using fillable workbooks provided during the session. This session is especially valuable for those who feel capable but stretched, unfocused and ready to take back ownership of their time and direction.

Join CRP to hear from the Center for Accessible Education (CAE) at UCLA on Thursday, January 29th from 1:30-3 PM in SAC Conference Rooms 2-3. Collaborating for the first time ever: hear about the CAE application process, what accommodations look like for students, and a Q&A panel with disability specialists! Light refreshments provided! RSVP by 1/27/26.

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Introducing U.C. President James B. Milliken After five scientists affiliated with the University of California recently won Nobel prizes, U.C. President James B. Milliken said it was a testament not just to U.C. but “the long-standing partnership between our federal government and our universities, and our country’s ability to attract the best and brightest from around the world.” But today, he says, funding cuts are threatening this tradition and the future of innovation, which has produced breakthroughs like disease cures, cell phones, and the internet; meanwhile, irrational immigration policies will affect university efforts to attract top talent. These pressures sharpen the need for broad consensus and collaboration reaffirming the public value of higher education. Milliken took office as the 22nd president of U.C. in August and oversees a system comprised of 10 campuses, six medical schools, three national laboratories, and more than 300,000 students. One of his central priorities is protecting U.C.’s “singular legacy” while advancing the university during a transformative moment for higher education. Milliken, who has three decades of experience serving in leadership roles at large institutions, came to U.C. from the University of Texas System, where he served as chancellor from 2018–2025. Despite the challenges facing higher education, he remains hopeful. “Our nation’s colleges and universities are the greatest engines of social and economic mobility the world has ever seen,” he says. He joins Commonwealth Club World Affairs to talk about his vision for the university and his top priorities.

Join the UCLA Alumni Arizona Network at our quarterly networking event! Mix and mingle with local Bruins, create new professional connections, and reconnect with old friends.  _We encourage you to bring your business cards if you have one._

Whether you identify as religious, spiritual, both, or are interested in learning more about the intersections of queerness, religiosity, and spirituality, all are welcome to come to the Queerness and Spirituality Space at the LGBTQ Campus Resource Center on Thursday, January 29th from 4-6pm to discuss how to live out a faith practice with pride!

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Are you considering studying abroad this 25/26 Academic Year? The International Education Office and UCLA Financial Aid & Scholarships will be hosting a Q&A session to ensure all of your questions are answered! Please complete the RSVP form below to receive the Zoom details, thank you!

UCLA Athletics and the UCLA Alumni Association are proud to invite all alumni to this Alumni Association Appreciation Day. Click the "RSVP" link to purchase a discounted ticket and watch the Bruins take on Ohio State, Jan. 29 at 7 p.m.! Use Promo Code **MVBalumni2026** at checkout to purchase a 50% off ticket! Go Bruins! * * * Join us for alumni appreciation days at select UCLA sporting events! All UCLA alumni are invited to attend the selected events below at a discounted rate by using the corresponding promo codes on our ticket website or visiting the venue's ticket window on event days. Alumni Appreciation tickets are 50% off and you can receive up to 8 discounted tickets! Any UCLA alumni is eligible for this offer by mentioning it to our venue Box Office staff! Alumni are also encouraged to bring their UCLA Alumni Association Member ID. If you do not have your member ID, **[follow these instructions](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zp-wpNOjyLdvvOhrO8XUCsJFOrRrtOa9/view)** to print one. Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis, while supplies last on game day. For more information, [click here](https://uclabruins.com/sports/2020/7/1/ucla-Alumni-Association-tickets).

Beginning Winter 2026, Student Experiences of Teaching (SET) will offer virtual drop-in hours with Cassidy Alvarado, Ed.D., (she/her), Program Manager of Student Experience Initiatives. Instructors, Teaching Assistants, and Evaluation Coordinators can get support navigating Blue (UCLA’s course feedback platform), accessing reports, and more. Instructors and Teaching Assistants Mondays: 3:00-4:00 pm Fridays: 12:00-1:00 pm Evaluation Coordinators and Department Staff Tuesdays: 2:00-3:00 pm Fridays: 9:00-10:00 am

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Beginning Winter 2026, Student Experiences of Teaching (SET) will offer virtual drop-in hours with Cassidy Alvarado, Ed.D., (she/her), Program Manager of Student Experience Initiatives. Instructors, Teaching Assistants, and Evaluation Coordinators can get support navigating Blue (UCLA’s course feedback platform), accessing reports, and more. Instructors and Teaching Assistants Mondays: 3:00-4:00 pm Fridays: 12:00-1:00 pm Evaluation Coordinators and Department Staff Tuesdays: 2:00-3:00 pm Fridays: 9:00-10:00 am

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Shigeru Ban stands as one of contemporary architecture’s most radical humanists, fusing structural innovation with profound social commitment. A 2014 Pritzker Prize laureate, Ban pioneered the structural use of recycled cardboard tubes, beginning in the mid-1980s with exhibition designs and evolving into disaster relief architecture deployed across five continents. His Paper Log Houses, first realized for Vietnamese refugees after the 1995 Kobe earthquake, exemplify architecture's capacity for urgent social response. The 2013 Cardboard Cathedral in Christchurch—at 79 feet tall—demonstrates how “temporary” materials can achieve civic monumentality and community permanence. Ban's philosophy, “I don't like waste,” encapsulates his practice—transforming material economy into architectural poetry while maintaining unwavering commitment to humanitarian crises from Rwanda to Ukraine. Learn more here: https://hmmr.buzz/shigeru-ban

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UCLA's School of Theater, Film and Television invites you to an afternoon of conversations at the forefront of AI and storytelling, exploring how AI can unlock new stories and new economic opportunities for creatives. The event is co-curated with AI entrepreneur Ben Relles, hosting panels of artists, academics, and leading tech-innovators, including Luma AI, CAA, TEC Leimert, and special platform highlights from Imogen Heap (Auracles, by Zoom), filmmaker David France (by Zoom), and Don Allen Stevenson III (MasterClass/Asteria, in person). Together, we will shape the future of storytelling. Student Artist Lightning Talks (optional pre-session): 1:00-1:45 pm The Summit: 2:00-4:30 pm Reception: 4:30-5:30 pm Special thanks to UCLA Digital & Technology Solutions

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Educational topics include savings, investing, risk management and taking inventory of where you are and where you want to go in terms of your financial health. Conversation focused on goals and time horizon and risk tolerance to guide you towards financial stability.

Presented in partnership with the UCLA School of Education and Information Studies and the UCLA Documentary Film Legal Clinic In-person: Q&A with filmmaker Bao Nguyen, producer Terri Lichstein, line producer Jenni Trang Le, moderated by UCLA Assistant Professor Thuy Vo Dang, Information Studies and Asian American Studies. Introduction by Archive Director May Hong HaDuong. Admission is free. No advance reservations. Your seat will be assigned to you when you pick up your ticket at the box office. Seats are assigned on a first come, first served basis. The box office opens one hour before the event. The Stringer U.S., 2025 Through unprecedented on-the-ground access, journalists brought the Vietnam War to the living rooms of a global audience. Public outcry and resistance grew as brutal and bloody images reached the homes of millions. One of the most recognizable images taken during the conflict, “The Terror of War,” featured a young, unclothed girl running following a napalm attack. The photograph would become a turning point for the hearts and minds of the world, earning photographer Nick Út a Pulitzer Prize. Decades later, Bao Nguyen’s gripping film documents a possible revelation of the photograph’s long-held secret and the chain reaction that follows. A story of record unravels through forensic tools, first-hand accounts, and an emotional, climactic reunion. Premiering at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, The Stringer sparked controversy in the photojournalism world, raising questions about the editorial power structures that propelled the stature of some photographers over the obscurity of others. Following the screening, filmmaker Bao Nguyen, producer Terri Lichstein, and line producer Jenni Trang Le will discuss the two-year journey of the making of The Stringer. DCP, color, 100 min. Director: Bao Nguyen, Producers: Terri Lichstein and Fiona Turner. With: Gary Knight and Nguy?n Thành Ngh?. Programmed and note written by Archive Director May Hong HaDuong. Part of: The Stringer

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**01/26/26 Update: This event is sold out. Contact [events@alumni.ucla.edu](mailto:events@alumni.ucla.edu?subject=) for questions.** * * * Join UCLA alumni, fans, and friends as the **[Bruins](https://uclabruins.com/sports/mens-basketball)** host the Indiana Hoosiers, and kick off game day at the **[James West Alumni Center](https://alumni.ucla.edu/alumni-center/)**, just steps from **[Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom Financial](https://uclabruins.com/facilities/pauley-pavilion-presented-by-wescom/11)**. Enjoy a delicious pregame meal from Bruin-owned **[Newport Ribs](https://www.ribcompany.com)**, featuring sliced beef brisket, BBQ chicken, Louisiana hot sausages, mac and cheese, Southwest chopped salad, and cornbread. It’s also a new era in Westwood for UCLA Football! On December 6, 2025, **[Coach Bob Chesney](https://uclabruins.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/bob-chesney/4346)** was announced as the 20th head coach in program history. Bruin Bash attendees will enjoy an exclusive appearance by Coach Chesney ahead of tip-off, plus a lively conversation with legendary Bruin play-by-play voice **[Josh Lewin](https://uclabruins.com/staff-directory/josh-lewin/2671)**. Finally, UCLA Alumni and Bruin Report Online’s **[David Woods](https://247sports.com/college/ucla/user/davidwoods1/)** will also make an appearance. Bring the whole family and enjoy Bruin Bingo, kids’ activities, and fun giveaways—all part of this ultimate pregame celebration. Take advantage of this exclusive opportunity to welcome Coach Chesney before UCLA Men’s Basketball takes on Indiana! **Go Bruins!** * * * _Tickets to Bruin Bash do not include tickets to UCLA Men's Basketball games or parking passes. Men's Basketball game tickets and parking passes must be purchased separately. Purchase Men's Basketball tickets **[here](https://uclabruins.com/sports/2025/9/17/ucla-mens-basketball-tickets)**._

All Family Flicks screenings are free admission. Seating is first come, first served. The Billy Wilder Theater opens 15 minutes before each Family Flicks program. The Secret Life of Pets U.S., 2016 When a devoted terrier and a shaggy mutt battle for supremacy of their owner’s big city apartment, they both end up lost in Manhattan and on the run from a feral band of abandoned pets led by a psychotic bunny. Charming animation and madcap adventure make this an hilarious romp through the secret lives and loyal friendships of our furry companions. DCP, color, 86 min. Director: Chris Renaud. Screenwriters: Cinco Paul, Ken Daurio, Brian Lynch. With: Louis C.K., Eric Stonestreet, Kevin Hart. Recommended for ages 7+ Part of: Family Flicks

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Join the UCLA Latino Alumni Association for a fun afternoon reception in Whittier! Connect with the Latino Bruin community over tacos, charcuterie, and an open bar. Enjoy live music by Trio Los Dados and participate in our silent auction fundraiser. * $125 per ticket * UCLA & high school students may attend the event for free — no ticket purchase necessary. Date: Sunday, February 1, 2026 Time: 1:30 - 5:30 p.m. Private Residence in Whittier, CA. Address will be provided with ticket purchase confirmation. _For more information, contact Alex Moisa at amoisa830@gmail.com or latino@alumni.ucla.edu. Call or text: (562) 322-3517._

Join the UCLA Black Alumni Association at the UCLA Women’s Basketball Black Excellence Game on February 1st.

Please join us for our beginning of the year social! We’ll be picnicking on chill hill (Tongva steps/Janss Steps) on the UCLA campus! We’ll be providing some food, and you all are welcome to sign up to bring some snacks to share at tinyurl.com/maupicnicsocial! Join us for a chill time as we welcome in the new year.

Beginning Winter 2026, Student Experiences of Teaching (SET) will offer virtual drop-in hours with Cassidy Alvarado, Program Manager of Student Experience Initiatives. Instructors, Teaching Assistants, and Evaluation Coordinators can get support navigating Blue (UCLA’s course feedback platform), accessing reports, and more. Instructors and Teaching Assistants Mondays: 3–4 p.m. Fridays: Noon–1 p.m. Evaluation Coordinators and Department Staff Tuesdays: 2–3 p.m. Fridays: 9–10 a.m.

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Large introductory chemistry courses generate extensive assessment, clickstream, and participation data, yet students rarely receive timely, actionable feedback that can meaningfully guide their learning. This project introduces a Python-based learning analytics pipeline designed to transform raw course data into individualized, interpretable reports that help students understand their progress, identify conceptual disparities, and make informed decisions about their study strategies. Preliminary analyses indicate that students who regularly engage with the reports demonstrate more accurate self-assessment, improved metacognitive strategy use, and more targeted help-seeking behaviors. This work demonstrates how instructor-created Python tools can scale personalized feedback in large-enrollment STEM courses, shifting analytics from a grading mechanism to a pedagogically meaningful resource that empowers student learning. Presenter Bio: Jocelyn E. (“Josie”) Nardo (she/her) is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry at The Ohio State University whose research examines how disciplinary norms in chemistry are experienced by students who are discouraged from pursuing or remaining in the field. She studies how course design, assessment practices, and departmental structures shape students’ day-to-day interactions with chemistry, with particular attention to students from communities historically pushed out of the discipline, including disabled students, LGBTQ+ students, first-generation college students, students with limited financial resources, and students of color. Her work on disability in chemistry learning environments, students’ help-seeking and learning ecosystems, and graduate program milestones has been published in Chemistry Education Research and Practice and the Journal of Chemical Education. She is PI and co-PI on grants from the Spencer Foundation, the National Science Foundation, UL Research Institutes, and The Ohio State’s Kirwan Institute and Student Academic Success Research Award program.

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Join us for a new graduate student series on collecting/using data in creative ways across all disciplines. Whether you're just dipping your toes into the AI wave, actively seeking AI solutions for your work, or an experienced researcher in the field, come join for the launch of this new talk series and an engaging lunchtime conversation. The first event will feature a presentation by Chongwen Liu, PhD Candidate in Conservation of Material Culture, UCLA/Getty Interdepartmental Program (IDP) and co-organizer of the series. Title: Application of Knowledge Graph-Driven AI in Cultural Heritage Conservation Cultural heritage conservation involves fragmented, multi-disciplinary knowledge and high-stakes decisions that must translate into real-world preservation actions. My research explores how knowledge graph (KG)–driven AI can address these challenges by connecting discrete knowledge bases, improving accessibility and supporting structured decision-making. In this talk, Liu will share Field Notes tracing two interconnected technological storylines of KG: 1) the evolution of Semantic Web and Linked Data infrastructures, and 2) the recent efforts to reduce LLM hallucination using frameworks from baseline Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) to graph-based RAG, discussing their development, accessibility and current use cases. Focusing on the Stack Exchange, he will draw from his implementation experience to talk about selection criteria for different graph-based RAG methods, outline key technical steps in building a KG-driven AI framework, and share practical development notes using tools/frameworks, such as Neo4j or GraphRAG. Schedule: 12:00 p.m.–12:30 p.m.: Lunch 12:30 p.m.– 1:30 p.m.: Presentation by Chongwen Liu, PhD Candidate in Conservation of Material Culture, UCLA/Getty Interdepartmental Program (IDP) and co-organizer of the series Audience Q&A to follow

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Learn about the concept of differentiated instruction and explore how to effectively support students with varying academic backgrounds in large lectures, labs, and discussion sections. Through real-world scenarios and reflective activities, participants will identify common challenges, analyze inclusive teaching strategies, and consider how to adapt their practices to better support all learners. Presenter: Elyse Gueidon, Associate Director for Graduate Student Professional Development with Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Scholar Engagement #differentiatedinstruction #realworldscenarios #commonchallenges 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 instructorsupport@teaching.ucla.edu.

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This foundational pedagogical workshop prepares participants to create student-centered and effective lesson plans using the framework of backward design. Participants will explore the three steps of backward design–developing student learning objectives, determining assessment evidence, and choosing activities and instruction – and practice applying that structure to design of sample lesson plans. This session is open to all instructors, including faculty, TAs, and postdocs. This workshop will be hosted in-person and facilitated by the Teaching and Learning Center (TLC). Please contact instructorsupport@teaching.ucla.edu if you have any questions.

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Beginning Winter 2026, Student Experiences of Teaching (SET) will offer virtual drop-in hours with Cassidy Alvarado, Program Manager of Student Experience Initiatives. Instructors, Teaching Assistants, and Evaluation Coordinators can get support navigating Blue (UCLA’s course feedback platform), accessing reports, and more. Instructors and Teaching Assistants Mondays: 3–4 p.m. Fridays: Noon–1 p.m. Evaluation Coordinators and Department Staff Tuesdays: 2–3 p.m. Fridays: 9–10 a.m.

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UCLA Financial Aid & Scholarships will be hosting a series of workshops for assistance with the 26-27 FAFSA/CADAA. Join us for a FREE in-person workshop in partnership with UCLA Basic Needs at Strathmore to receive tips and tricks on how to complete your Financial Aid application by the Priority Filing Deadline of March 2, 2026 (9pm PST)! The UCLA Basic Needs at Strathmore is located between the Luskin Center and UCPD on Westwood Blvd and in the same building as the Career Center. No RSVP required.

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.

Our Book Club begins a three-month unit on science fiction beginning with "Project Hail Mary," by Andy Weir. Ryland Grace, who cannot even remember his own name, is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission to save humanity. (A major motion picture based on this book starring Ryan Gosling will be released in 2026.) Join our peer-led book club on Zoom for a fascinating and wide-ranging discussion. Newcomers (and people who never read science fiction) are welcome.

Drop in for students or faculty to request support for an academic accommodation concern. These sessions are held by a CAE Disability Specialist who may or may not be a student's assigned Disability Specialist and therefore who may need to follow up with a student's assigned Disability Specialist for the specific question or concern in mind.

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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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We invite you to join us for our signature World Café event this winter quarter! Mark your calendars and come taste complimentary coffee, teas, & snacks from around the world! The entire UCLA community is welcome to attend this free event. This event is a great opportunity to meet and mingle with other globally-minded folks at UCLA! Dashew swag for the first 150 attendees, and other prizes from Dashew and Wescom Financial will be given throughout the event! This event is presented by Dashew Center, Wescom Financial, and ASUCLA.

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Join the LGBTQ CRC at our QT Winter Welcome for a cozy time with undergraduate and graduate students, staff, and faculty with a community gathering at the Center! Meet the LGBTQ CRC team, learn more about our services, programs and events, and decompress with us as we head into a new quarter and new year. Light refreshments while supplies last!

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The UC Irvine and UCLA Alumni Associations in the UK are proud to present a US Black History Month screening of Citizen Ashe, followed by a panel discussion. Join us for an evening celebrating the life and global legacy of Arthur Ashe — athlete, civil rights activist, humanitarian, and UCLA alumnus (Class of 1966). Citizen Ashe tells the story of the first and only Black man to win Wimbledon, the US Open, and the Australian Open singles titles, and his lifelong commitment to justice, equality, and education. Thu, 5 Feb 2026 Arrive by: 6:15 PM | Film: 6:30 PM UCL – Darwin Lecture Theatre Ends: 10:00 PM Panel discussion & networking to follow Tickets: £30 (includes refreshments) Proceeds and donations support the Global Youth Leadership Academy at UCLA, empowering young people (16–25) to become global civic leaders. All are welcome. Come reflect, learn, and connect as we mark US Black History Month through film and conversation. Register here to secure your place: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/universityofcaliforniatrustuk/1985847 \*Please note that refunds will not be processed for this event. If you are unable to attend, please let us know at your earliest convenience so we can allocate your space. \*Photography: Please note photography may take place at this event. Entry constitutes consent to such, and to any use, in any and all media. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us via the email below or speak to a member of staff on arrival to the event.

UCLA Financial Aid & Scholarships will be hosting a series of workshops for assistance with the 26-27 FAFSA/CADAA. Join us for a FREE virtual workshop to receive tips and tricks on how to complete your Financial Aid application by the Priority Filing Deadline of March 2, 2026 (9pm PST)! Meeting ID: 927 1312 6507 Passcode: 469741 No RSVP required.

Join us at DataX as Daniel Scott Snelson presents a book talk on his recently published The Little Database: A Poetics of Media Formats (University of Minnesota Press, 2025). Snelson explores how digital archives dramatically transform the artifacts they host and how these transformations might help us better understand our own private collections in turn. He develops creative tools and contingent methods for reading cultural data, whether found in public-facing repositories on the internet or in our own collections of TXT, JPG, MP3, and MOV artifacts. Within and beyond the project, experimental poetic interludes give readers practical entry points into the creative practice of producing new meanings in any given little database. Inventive and interdisciplinary, The Little Database grapples with the digitized afterlives of cultural objects, playing with the way in which the past is continually reconfigured to shape the present. Light refreshments will be served. This event is sponsored by: DataX, The Livescu Initiative on Neuro, Narrative and AI (NNAI), Program in Digital Humanities, and Text/Tech Lab. Schedule Check in and Pre-Reception: 3:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m. Book Talk and Q&A: 3:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m. Reception (continued): 4:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m.

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What is sky? Both a border for land and sea, and a blank canvas for portents and celestial events, sky reflects fears and hopes for stasis in a changing and unpredictable environment. This conference will bring together an interdisciplinary group of scholars to explore early modern concepts of sky from a variety of environmentally consequential perspectives, from the history of science and art, to poetics and literature.

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Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Hammer Museum Q&A with chef and restaurateur Alice Waters, moderated by former Variety film critic Scott Foundas. Admission is free. No advance reservations. Your seat will be assigned to you when you pick up your ticket at the box office. Seats are assigned on a first come, first served basis. The box office opens one hour before the event. Always for Pleasure U.S., 1978 On the streets and porches, in the living rooms and the kitchens of New Orleans, documentarian Les Blank observes an American city like no other. As one of his subjects puts it, “It’s the last place in America that you feel just sort of free to live.” A graduate of Tulane University, Blank acknowledges the complexity of the city’s history in that regard which deepens its scenes of jubilant celebrations brimming with life, from St. Patrick’s Day to Mardi Gras where red beans and rice and Cajun seasoned crawdads are consumed with copious amounts of beer. 16mm, color, 58 min. Director: Les Blank. Restored by the Academy Film Archive with funding provided by The Film Foundation. Yum, Yum, Yum!: A Taste of the Cajun and Creole Cooking of Louisiana U.S., 1990 As Margaret Chenier, wife of zydeco master Clifton Chenier, slices fresh garlic in her Louisiana backyard, documentarian Les Blank asks her off-screen, “You don’t use garlic powder?” Without missing a slice she recalls her mother’s cooking and rejects the idea full stop: “There’s a lot of new stuff coming out but … we use that real good stuff.” Blank’s intimate deep dive into the techniques of Cajun and Creole chefs is all about the real good stuff they put into the preparation of catfish, crawfish, okara, chicken sauce piquante, candied yams, beef tongue and more. A mouth-watering melding of music, food and tradition, Yum Yum Yum delivers exactly what its title evokes. DCP, color, 31 min. Director: Les Blank. —Senior Public Programmer Paul Malcolm Part of: Food and Film

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Beginning Winter 2026, Student Experiences of Teaching (SET) will offer virtual drop-in hours with Cassidy Alvarado, Program Manager of Student Experience Initiatives. Instructors, Teaching Assistants, and Evaluation Coordinators can get support navigating Blue (UCLA’s course feedback platform), accessing reports, and more. Instructors and Teaching Assistants Mondays: 3–4 p.m. Fridays: Noon–1 p.m. Evaluation Coordinators and Department Staff Tuesdays: 2–3 p.m. Fridays: 9–10 a.m.

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Cassidy Alvarado, Program Manager of Student Experience Initiatives. Instructors, Teaching Assistants, and Evaluation Coordinators can get support navigating Blue (UCLA’s course feedback platform), accessing reports, and more. Instructors and Teaching Assistants Mondays: 3–4 p.m. Fridays: Noon–1 p.m. Evaluation Coordinators and Department Staff Tuesdays: 2–3 p.m. Fridays: 9–10 a.m.

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Co-presented by Giant Robot In-person: filmmaker Jon Moritsugu. Admission is free. No advance reservations. Your seat will be assigned to you when you pick up your ticket at the box office. Seats are assigned on a first come, first served basis. The box office opens one hour before the event. Numbskull Revolution U.S., 2025 World theatrical premiere! With raucous, three-chord cinematic bangers such as My Degeneration (1989), Terminal USA (1993) and Mod Fuck Explosion (1994), the Godfather of Punk Cinema, filmmaker Jon Moritsugu, defined the trashy, rough-hewn DIY aesthetic of 1990s underground filmmaking. The Archive is thrilled to welcome Moritsugu back to the Billy Wilder Theater for the world theatrical premiere of Numbskull Revolution, his first feature in over a decade, created with longtime collaborator and ex-wife, Amy Davis. She and James Duval play a pair of rival conceptual artists battling for fame and funding in the near-future dystopia of Shitville, Earth. As one ascends the heights of neoliberal capitalist success, the other seeks inspiration and solace in the euphoric waves of a new cyber drug called Skullfuck. Ingenious production design and savvy location shooting evoke the urban sprawl and rural industrial collapse against which Mortisugu frames this scathing satire of art world pretension. DCP, color, 93 min. Director: Jon Moritsugu. Screenwriters: Amy Davis, Jon Moritsugu. With: Amy Davis, James Duval. Programmed and note written by Senior Public Programmer Paul Malcolm. Part of: Numbskull Revolution

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Celebrate PilipinX heritage and culture with food, festivities, and a men’s basketball game with the UCLA Pilipino Alumni Association! ALL Bruins and community members are welcome to join. The first hour (4:00pm - 5:00 pm) of the pre-game reception will be a structured networking opportunity for UCLA alumni to network and connect according to career sector with each other and with interested current UCLA students (and children of UCLA alumni). This will be a great opportunity to mentor the next generation and give students and young alumni an opportunity to practice their networking skills. Schedule: * Pre-game Reception: 4 - 6:30 pm (networking from 4 - 5 pm) * Basketball Game start time: 7 pm Click the RSVP button to register for the pre-game reception at the James West Alumni Center. _**Note:** While Reception RSVP is free, PAA welcomes a suggested donation of $5–$10, which you may make [here](https://giving.ucla.edu/campaign/Donate.aspx?SiteNum=1&AutoFN=Y&Fund=60487C&Amount=100)._  **To RSVP as a student, please** **use this link: https://forms.gle/4uxGoyZo3VJ31cVV9** **RSVP here for PAA-specific basketball tickets: https://www.gofevo.com/event/Pilipinoalumni27**

Join Bruin basketball fans at Underdog’s Cantina for game watch parties on selected weekends during the season. Come out and wear your UCLA gear — no RSVP necessary!

Join a Garden Guide for a free tour on February 7, 2026 at 10 am. Explore our living museum featuring collections of plants from around the globe! You’ll hear the stories of selected plants in the Garden and their relevance to human society. All ages are welcome. Tours meet at the La Kretz Garden Pavilion at the northern end of the Garden and are given a grace period of 5 minutes. This event is free and open to the public, no RSVP required.

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In person: filmmaker Jon Moritsugu. Co-presented by the UCLA Library Special Collections Punk Archive Jon Moritsugu, The Godfather of Punk Cinema, defined the trashy, rough-hewn DIY aesthetic of 1990s underground filmmaking in scorched earth sendups of the nuclear family, teen angst, hero worship and even the pretension of underground filmmakers. Now, Moritsugu, three-time Best Feature award winner at the New York Underground Film Festival (Scumrock, Fame Whore, Mod Fuck Explosion) and recipient of the Jack Smith Lifetime Achievement Award from the Chicago Underground Film Festival, wants to share his low-budget production secrets with you! In this free, afternoon seminar in advance of the world theatrical premiere of his most recent release Numbskull Revolution, Moritsugu will walk you through everything you need to know to lob cinematic bombs into the cultural gears from conception to exhibition in this special interactive talk. For even more inspiration, members of the UCLA Library Punk Collective will be on hand to share information about its holdings. Free admission. Reservation required.

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Learn about crop choices and gardening methods that support gut microbiome health with Master Gardener Lynn Young, followed by a hands-on activity creating leaf prints with leaves collected from the jane b semel Healthy Campus Initiative Community Garden in the Sunset Canyon Recreation Center.

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In-person: director Grace Lee (UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television M.F.A. ’02) and Grace Kim, Nodutol community organizer. Prerecorded introduction by filmmakers Christine Choy and J.T. Takagi. Admission is free. No advance reservations. Your seat will be assigned to you when you pick up your ticket at the box office. Seats are assigned on a first come, first served basis. The box office opens one hour before the event. Make a Wish Itmanna, Palestine, 2006 20th anniversary screening Shot on mini-DV in the occupied West Bank, Cherien Dabis’ debut follows eleven-year-old Mariam’s determined quest to buy a birthday cake — a simple act complicated by life under occupation. As critic Marya E. Gates writes, the short “packs an emotional wallop that pushes you to reconsider everything.” Poignant then and even more urgent now, Make a Wish launched Dabis’ career after premiering at the Sundance Film Festival and being screened at festivals worldwide. Digital, color, 12 min. Director/Screenwriter: Cherien Dabis. With: Mayar Rantisse, Lone Khilleh, Iman Aoun. Homes Apart: Korea U.S./Korea, 1991 Filmed in both North and South Korea, Homes Apart follows one man’s emotional journey to reunite with his sister decades after the Korean War divided their family. Through intimate encounters and candid interviews, directors Christine Choy and J.T. Takagi trace the human cost of political separation. Combining personal testimony with geopolitical insight, the film reveals the deep longing, shared culture and unresolved tensions that continue to define the Korean peninsula today. Digital, color, 56 min. Directors: Christine Choy, J.T. Takagi. Screenwriter: David Henry Hwang. American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs U.S., 2013 From the intimacy of her kitchen table to walks through Detroit’s post-industrial urban gardens, Grace Lee’s documentary portrait of her mentor offers a compelling look at the extraordinary life of philosopher, activist and Chinese American immigrant first generation daughter of Chinese immigrants Grace Lee Boggs. A radical thinker and cornerstone of Black liberation movements, Boggs — who died in 2015 at age 100 — transformed abstract philosophy into community action. At once personal and profound, American Revolutionary captures Boggs at 98, still questioning, teaching and evolving her vision of what it means to change the world. DCP, color, 82 min. Director: Grace Lee. With: Grace Lee Boggs, Bill Moyers, Angela Davis. —Public Programmer Beandrea July Part of: (Dis)placement: Fluctuations of Home, Part II

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This foundational pedagogical online workshop prepares participants to create student-centered and effective lesson plans using the framework of backward design. Participants will explore the three steps of backward design–developing student learning objectives, determining assessment evidence, and choosing activities and instruction – and practice applying that structure to design of sample lesson plans. This session is open to all instructors, including faculty, TAs, and postdocs. This online workshop will be facilitated by the Teaching and Learning Center (TLC). Register to receive the Zoom link. Please contact instructorsupport@teaching.ucla.edu if you have any questions.

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Beginning Winter 2026, Student Experiences of Teaching (SET) will offer virtual drop-in hours with Cassidy Alvarado, Program Manager of Student Experience Initiatives. Instructors, Teaching Assistants, and Evaluation Coordinators can get support navigating Blue (UCLA’s course feedback platform), accessing reports, and more. Instructors and Teaching Assistants Mondays: 3–4 p.m. Fridays: Noon–1 p.m. Evaluation Coordinators and Department Staff Tuesdays: 2–3 p.m. Fridays: 9–10 a.m.

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UCLA Financial Aid & Scholarships will be hosting a series of workshops for assistance with the 26-27 FAFSA/CADAA. Join us for a FREE virtual workshop to receive tips and tricks on how to complete your Financial Aid application by the Priority Filing Deadline of March 2, 2026 (9pm PST)! Meeting ID: 927 1312 6507 Passcode: 469741 No RSVP required.

This session will introduce you to the new question personalization feature available in Explorance Blue, UCLA’s course feedback platform. Please join us to learn how you can add up to five additional questions to your Student Experiences of Teaching (SET) surveys. Presenter: Cassidy Alvarado, Program Manager, Student Experience Initiatives, TLC #SET #questionpersonalization #exploranceblue #studentfeedback #newfeatures 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 instructorsupport@teaching.ucla.edu.

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Beginning Winter 2026, Student Experiences of Teaching (SET) will offer virtual drop-in hours with Cassidy Alvarado, Program Manager of Student Experience Initiatives. Instructors, Teaching Assistants, and Evaluation Coordinators can get support navigating Blue (UCLA’s course feedback platform), accessing reports, and more. Instructors and Teaching Assistants Mondays: 3–4 p.m. Fridays: Noon–1 p.m. Evaluation Coordinators and Department Staff Tuesdays: 2–3 p.m.

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Celebrating 20 Years of Moving Together! In person lunch hour campus walks on Tuesday 2/10 - Thursday 2/12. Participate to earn a FREE t-shirt and chance to win raffle prizes!

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Join us on Tuesday, February 10, from 12 PM - 2 PM in the Dashew Center (Bradley Hall) to watch the Winter Olympics! We’ll be streaming Women’s Hockey as Finland competes against Switzerland! This event is presented by UCLA Dashew Center and Wescom Financial. We will be offering light refreshments and free swag for the first 30 attendees. Registration is recommended but not required.

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What is trauma, and how does it impact student learning? This online workshop answers these questions with psychology and neuroscience-based research on the cognitive impacts of trauma, after which participants will explore principles of trauma-informed and care-centered pedagogy. Participants will practice applying a trauma-informed approach in case studies, in addition to identifying care-centered and compassionate teaching practices to support the learning of all students. This session is open to all instructors, including faculty, TAs, and postdocs. Register to receive the Zoom link. This workshop will be hosted and facilitated by the Teaching and Learning Center (TLC). Please contact instructorsupport@teaching.ucla.edu if you have any questions.

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Join us for a conversation with four UC and IE alumni entrepreneurs who have successfully grown businesses in Spain. This hybrid event will offer insights into starting a business — from the first idea to overcoming obstacles, navigating EU regulations, and sustaining a successful business. The panel will be moderated by Dr. Ikhlaq Sidhu, who is the Dean of the School of Science and Technology at IE University and founding director of UC Berkeley's Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology since 2005. Whether you're just beginning to explore entrepreneurship, developing a business idea or preparing to launch a start-up, this discussion will provide valuable insights on the evolving landscape of entrepreneurship, business development and honest advice from those who’ve done it. You can attend this event in person at the IE Tower in Madrid or virtually. Both in-person and virtual options offer guests the opportunity to participate in the Q&A portion of the panel.

Drop in for students or faculty to request support for an academic accommodation concern. These sessions are held by a CAE Disability Specialist who may or may not be a student's assigned Disability Specialist and therefore who may need to follow up with a student's assigned Disability Specialist for the specific question or concern in mind.

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UCLA Financial Aid & Scholarships will be hosting a series of workshops for assistance with the 26-27 FAFSA/CADAA. Join us for a FREE in-person workshop in partnership with UCLA Basic Needs at Strathmore to receive tips and tricks on how to complete your Financial Aid application by the Priority Filing Deadline of March 2, 2026 (9pm PST)! The UCLA Basic Needs at Strathmore is located between the Luskin Center and UCPD on Westwood Blvd and in the same building as the Career Center. No RSVP required.

Join us for a special author event on Febraury 11th with UCLA Bruin author Whitney Cubbison. Just ahead of both Valentines & Galentines Days, whether you're coupled up, single, or in a situationship, you're invited to a celebration of love, lust, dating, friendship and wine with author and fellow Bruin alum, Whitney Cubbison! Some of you attended Whitney's last event at Cave Vino Sapiens in the 7th, where she had us laughing with readings & discussion about her first novel, Will There Be Wine? - a romcom about the dating misadventures of an American expat in Paris. For this month of love, we're headed back to the same venue where she will talk to us about her second novel, a standalone sequel called Will There Be Love?. It's a drama about romantic and platonic love, commitment and betrayal when a group of Paris & Rome-based friends & lovers meet for a 40th birthday weekend at an Ibizan villa. Whitney will tell us about her own experiences looking for love in Paris, which inspired the first book, do a few short readings, talk about her wild journey from Microsoft communications exec to novelist here in Paris, and have copies of both books to sell and sign!

Intersectional Identities: Join curators from Library Special Collections for an opportunity to explore unique archival and rare book collections. Expert Library and Information Science staff will guide community members through materials that document and illuminate how identities such as race, gender, class, ability and sexual orientation overlap and interact to create unique experiences. Examine how Intersectionality reveals the complex realities of individuals navigating multiple marginalized group experiences. Themes on display will include: Multiracial civil rights coalitions Black LGBT community organizations RSVP is requested, with walk-ins also welcome.

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This session will highlight the wide range of study abroad opportunities available to UCLA students and feature firsthand perspectives from alumni who have participated in programs around the world. The program aims to inspire and equip students to pursue global learning experiences that deepen cultural understanding and support both academic and personal growth.

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The Bruin Love Station (BLS) is mobile cart that offers free safer-sex supplies, Narcan, fentanyl test strips and opportunities for students to converse with trained peers and professional staff. Students are free to stop by to pick up any of our supplies.

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University of California alumni, students and friends are invited to come together for a networking night over tapas and wine. Join us at Brunaqui Caffè Cucina in Gràcia to connect with your UC community! We have a room reserved just for us to mingle, connect and enjoy delicious food & drink. The night will feature a short talk by Jordi Honey-Rosés (UC Berkeley), a senior research professor at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. His research examines urban transformations, active travel, school streets, sustainable mobility, bike bus and bicycle parking.

Join the Career Center virtually for a 15 minute drop-in session; Sessions can cover resume/cover letter development and review, help with job/internship search, or interview preparation.

Your next chapter deserves a different kind of networking—one that’s authentic, energizing, and aligned with who you are now. In this interactive session, executive and career coach Liz Mohler, M.S. PCC, reframes networking as a powerful, human skill that supports connection, opportunity, and fulfillment in life’s second act. Through stories and examples, practical tools, and networking scripts, alumni and lifelong learners will gain clarity, confidence, and strategies to build meaningful relationships that support what’s next—professionally, personally, and purposefully. Whether you’re exploring a career pivot, expanding your impact, or simply wanting richer connections, this session will give you a framework to help you network with intention and ease.

Join us for a Book Celebration and Reception for: BIBLIOTACTICS: Libraries and the Colonial Public in Vietnam Libraries in French colonial Vietnam functioned as symbols of Western modernity and infrastructures of colonial knowledge. Yet Vietnamese readers pursued alternative uses of the library that exceeded imperial intentions. Bibliotactics examines the Hanoi and Saigon state libraries from colonial to post colonial Vietnam, uncovering the emergence of a colonial public who reimagined the political meaning and social space of the library through public critique and day-to-day-practice. This event is hosted by the UCLA School of Education & Information Studies, UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies and UCLA DataX.

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Admission is free. No advance reservations. Your seat will be assigned to you when you pick up your ticket at the box office. Seats are assigned on a first come, first served basis. The box office opens one hour before the event. Under Construction (or the place where I was born no longer exists) Chile, 2000 A man watches as his neighborhood in Santiago, Chile, changes around him. Houses are sold and torn down, neighbors move away. Refusing to change with it, he invites documentarian Ignacio Agüero into his home, sharing his hobbies and personal history with the camera. Meanwhile, life continues, bringing changes within his own family — the passage of time never ceasing. Ignacio Agüero, one of Chile’s most acclaimed documentarians, made his early films during the Pinochet dictatorship. Under Construction captures a post-Pinochet Chile at the turn of the century, as the people of Santiago reflect on their country’s history through architecture, anecdotes and visions of the future. Digital, color, in Spanish with English subtitles, 77 min. Director: Ignacio Agüero. Give Me a Home Taiwan, 1991 Before his feature film debut Rebels of the Neon God (1992), Tsai Ming-liang had a brief career directing made-for-television films. Give Me a Home is one of these early works, offering glimpses of Tsai’s distinctive, lingering cinematic style soon to emerge in full definition. His television work often centered on the struggles of Taipei’s working class, as seen here. Set in 1990s Taipei, the film follows a young unhoused family whose breadwinner builds houses for others. Filming in both public and private spaces, Tsai reveals the lives of those living in the shadows, without a shelter of their own. Digital, color, in Mandarin with English subtitles, 52 min. Director: Tsai Ming-liang. Screenwriters: Tsai Ming-liang, Li Zongyu. With: Lung Chang, Ling-Ling Hsia. —Associate Programmer Nicole Ucedo Part of: (Dis)placement: Fluctuations of Home, Part II

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Beginning Winter 2026, Student Experiences of Teaching (SET) will offer virtual drop-in hours with Cassidy Alvarado, Program Manager of Student Experience Initiatives. Instructors, Teaching Assistants, and Evaluation Coordinators can get support navigating Blue (UCLA’s course feedback platform), accessing reports, and more. Instructors and Teaching Assistants Mondays: 3–4 p.m. Fridays: Noon–1 p.m. Evaluation Coordinators and Department Staff Tuesdays: 2–3 p.m. Fridays: 9–10 a.m.

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Beginning Winter 2026, Student Experiences of Teaching (SET) will offer virtual drop-in hours with Cassidy Alvarado, Program Manager of Student Experience Initiatives. Instructors, Teaching Assistants, and Evaluation Coordinators can get support navigating Blue (UCLA’s course feedback platform), accessing reports, and more. Instructors and Teaching Assistants Mondays: 3–4 p.m. Fridays: Noon–1 p.m. Evaluation Coordinators and Department Staff Tuesdays: 2–3 p.m. Fridays: 9–10 a.m.

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Join us for the opening reception of this exhibition, curated by Edward Hyunsoo Yang (Loren and Frances Rothschild Endowed Graduate Research Fellow). The Gothic has long carried a reputation of being little more than cheap entertainment: a genre thought to possess limited literary or cultural value. This exhibition, on view by appointment through April 13, 2026, challenges that view by tracing the Gothic’s connection to a collective cultural effort to establish, and promote, an identifiably English art.

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UCLA Alumni and UCLA Athletics are hosting a Pre-Meet Party prior to the UCLA Gymnastics meet vs. Michigan in Pauley Pavilion on Saturday, February 14, 2026 from 1-3 p.m. Join UCLA alumni, fans, and friends for a Pre-Meet Party and Meet & Greet with past Bruin collegiate women sports award winners. Heavy Appetizers will be served. Get in the spirit before the Bruins face the Wolverines!

Start your Valentine’s Day by hiking with OC Bruins! We’ll follow a moderate hike along the West Ridge Trail toward the Laguna Water Tower. This is an easy-to-moderate out-and-back walk/hike on mostly wide, well-maintained dirt re-road with large inclines. The best ocean views are right at the beginning of the trail from the ridge near the park.

Join us for a UCLA Basketball watch party on February 14th at noon as our Bruins take on the Michigan Wolverines.

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Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Hugh M. Hefner Classic American Film Program In-person: Q&A with Steven C. Smith, author of “Hitchcock and Herrmann: The Friendship and Film Scores That Changed Cinema.” Book signing before the screening, beginning at 6 p.m. Admission is free. No advance reservations. Your seat will be assigned to you when you pick up your ticket at the box office. Seats are assigned on a first come, first served basis. The box office opens one hour before the event. Archive Talks pairs leading historians and scholars with screenings of the moving image media that is the focus of their writing and research. Each program will begin with a special talk by the invited scholar that will introduce audiences to new insights, interpretations and contexts for the films and media being screened. Between 1955 and 1964, filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock and composer Bernard Herrmann collaborated on eight films, including Vertigo (1958), North by Northwest (1959), Psycho (1960) and The Birds (1963), that reshaped American cinema. As the Cold War set in, censorship regimes loosened and television took its toll on the box office, Hitchcock responded to the times with stories and images that pushed Hollywood’s boundaries to attract new, younger audiences to the big screen. In Herrmann, Hitchcock found an erudite composer willing to take chances with him. Indeed, Hitchcock so trusted Herrmann's insights into the medium and music's role in it that he would adjust editing and even dialogue in key sequences to accommodate Herrmann’s scoring. In background and temperament they were unlikely partners but their work together produced some of the most enduring, visionary and influential cinema of the last century. Award-winning filmmaker and film historian Steven C. Smith dives deep into their creative relationship and the forces that shaped it in his latest book, Hitchcock and Herrmann: The Friendship and Film Scores That Changed Cinema. As part of this program, Smith will deliver an illustrated talk about these visionary collaborators before a screening of their iconic work on Psycho (1960) and a post-screening Q&A. Psycho U.S., 1960 Paramount was so unnerved by the concept for Psycho — loosely based on a magazine article about serial killer Ed Gein — that Alfred Hitchcock agreed to front the cost of production himself to get it made. By the time Hitchcock brought a rough cut to Bernard Herrmann, however, even the director had lost faith in the project. “He was crazy,” Herrmann later recalled. “He didn’t know what he had.” But the composer had “some ideas.” Herrmann’s groundbreaking minimalist score of stabbing, sweeping strings elevates the stripped down dread of Hitchcock’s images in a visionary fusion like no other. Herrmann’s score made Psycho work and then Psycho changed cinema history. DCP, b&w, 109 min. Director: Alfred Hitchcock. Screenwriter: Joseph Stefano. With: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles. Programmed and notes written by Paul Malcolm. Part of: Archive Talks

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Beginning Winter 2026, Student Experiences of Teaching (SET) will offer virtual drop-in hours with Cassidy Alvarado, Program Manager of Student Experience Initiatives. Instructors, Teaching Assistants, and Evaluation Coordinators can get support navigating Blue (UCLA’s course feedback platform), accessing reports, and more. Instructors and Teaching Assistants Mondays: 3–4 p.m. Fridays: Noon–1 p.m. Evaluation Coordinators and Department Staff Tuesdays: 2–3 p.m. Fridays: 9–10 a.m.

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In the age of generative AI, ensuring that students accomplish the first-year writing seminar learning objectives of defining their perspective and understanding writing as a process presents a unique concern. Taking the example of the first writing seminar "Los Angeles: City of Contradictions," this interactive talk presents a method of engaging students in a discovery process of the limits of AI and invites participants to experience it first hand. Presenter: Avery Weinman, Ph.D Candidate in History #taandpostdocteachingconferenceflashtalk #gamifyingGenAI #writingasaprocess 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 instructorsupport@teaching.ucla.edu.

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The Bruin Love Station (BLS) is mobile cart that offers free safer-sex supplies, Narcan, fentanyl test strips and opportunities for students to converse with trained peers and professional staff. Students are free to stop by to pick up any of our supplies.

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UCLA Financial Aid & Scholarships will be hosting a series of workshops for assistance with the 26-27 FAFSA/CADAA. Join us for a FREE in-person workshop in partnership with UCLA Basic Needs at Strathmore to receive tips and tricks on how to complete your Financial Aid application by the Priority Filing Deadline of March 2, 2026 (9pm PST)! The UCLA Basic Needs at Strathmore is located between the Luskin Center and UCPD on Westwood Blvd and in the same building as the Career Center. No RSVP required.

Beginning Winter 2026, Student Experiences of Teaching (SET) will offer virtual drop-in hours with Cassidy Alvarado, Program Manager of Student Experience Initiatives. Instructors, Teaching Assistants, and Evaluation Coordinators can get support navigating Blue (UCLA’s course feedback platform), accessing reports, and more. Instructors and Teaching Assistants Mondays: 3–4 p.m. Fridays: Noon–1 p.m. Evaluation Coordinators and Department Staff Tuesdays: 2–3 p.m. Fridays: 9–10 a.m.

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Join us on Tuesday, February 17, from 10:30 AM - 2 PM in the Dashew Center (Bradley Hall) to watch the Winter Olympics! We’ll be streaming the Men's Freeski Final & the Men's Hockey Playoff. This event is presented by UCLA Dashew Center and Wescom Financial. We will be offering light refreshments and free swag for the first 30 attendees.

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Drop in for students or faculty to request support for an academic accommodation concern. These sessions are held by a CAE Disability Specialist who may or may not be a student's assigned Disability Specialist and therefore who may need to follow up with a student's assigned Disability Specialist for the specific question or concern in mind.

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UCLA Financial Aid & Scholarships will be hosting a series of workshops for assistance with the 26-27 FAFSA/CADAA. Join us for a FREE virtual workshop to receive tips and tricks on how to complete your Financial Aid application by the Priority Filing Deadline of March 2, 2026 (9pm PST)! Meeting ID: 927 1312 6507 Passcode: 469741 No RSVP required.

The UCLA Teaching and Learning Center’s (TLC) Instructional Design and Media Production team will host the GenAI Tools Workshop Series to support instructors interested in thoughtfully exploring how to use Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) to further enhance their teaching. Participants will build AI literacy, explore classroom integration strategies, and design meaningful learning activities that promote critical thinking and student engagement in the AI era. The first workshop in the series will explore how Google NotebookLM, an AI-powered notebook designed to help users organize, synthesize, and generate insights, can be used to support their class learning goals. During the workshop, we will explore and discuss -What is Google NotebookLM? -How to use it as a learning tool? -Writing tips for GenAI prompts -Sample uses of Google NotebookLM in an educational setting -Academic integrity considerations when introducing GenAI into a classroom By this end of this workshop, participants will be able to -Describe the core features and functions of Google NotebookLM and explain how it differs from other generative AI tools. -Demonstrate how to use NotebookLM to organize, summarize, and synthesize learning materials or course readings. -Apply effective prompt-writing strategies to guide AI toward producing relevant, accurate, and pedagogically useful responses. -Analyze sample educational scenarios that illustrate how NotebookLM can support student learning and critical thinking. -Evaluate issues of academic integrity, bias, and ethical use when integrating generative AI tools like NotebookLM into teaching and learning contexts.

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Join Bruin Affiliates for our February Luncheon! This month's guest speaker is UCLA Neuroscientist Alex Korb, Ph.D.

Description: 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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The UCLA Mixed Alumni Association will be hosting the 2026 Critical Mixed Race Studies Welcome Reception to welcome in alumni and early arrivals for the conference. This event will give attendees a chance to meet with other UCLA alums and conference-goers before the full weekend of events. The Thursday Welcome Reception is free and does not require an RSVP. Registration for the full conference can be found here: https://whova.com/portal/registration/bklREEqrRL9Xo5Vjm0H-/

In-person: director Juan Pablo González vice chair and head of production, UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. Q&A to take place after The Solitude of Memory. Admission is free. No advance reservations. Your seat will be assigned to you when you pick up your ticket at the box office. Seats are assigned on a first come, first served basis. The box office opens one hour before the event. The Solitude of Memory ¿Por Qué El Recuerdo?, Mexico/U.S., 2014 Recounting the circumstances of his son Nando’s suicide, José seems both comforted by and unaware of filmmaker Juan Pablo González’s camera as he retells the events of that final day. The short unfolds in three chapters: each repetition feels like an excavation, grief both fresh and buried. Set against the vast farmlands he once worked on with his son, the film’s haunting soundscape and a capella cantos transform mourning into landscape, revealing how memory reshapes what remains and how loss echoes through time and place. Digital, color, 20 min. Director/Screenwriter: Juan Pablo González. Songs My Brothers Taught Me U.S., 2015 Chloé Zhao’s quietly devastating debut unfolds on South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Reservation, where high school senior Johnny prepares to leave home until a sudden family death makes him reluctant to abandon his 13-year-old sister. Blending fiction and documentary, Zhao casts local community members without professional acting experience, grounding the film in authenticity. The result is a work of lyrical realism and emotional restraint that captures the beauty, hardship and resilience of reservation life. DCP, color, 98 min. Director/Screenwriter: Chloé Zhao. With: John Reddy, Jashaun St. John, Irene Bedard, Eléonore Hendricks. —Public Programmer Beandrea July Part of: (Dis)placement: Fluctuations of Home, Part II

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UCLA Financial Aid & Scholarships will be hosting a series of workshops for assistance with the 26-27 FAFSA/CADAA. Join us for a FREE in-person workshop in partnership with UCLA Basic Needs at Strathmore to receive tips and tricks on how to complete your Financial Aid application by the Priority Filing Deadline of March 2, 2026 (9pm PST)! The UCLA Basic Needs at Strathmore is located between the Luskin Center and UCPD on Westwood Blvd and in the same building as the Career Center. No RSVP required.

Cassidy Alvarado, Program Manager of Student Experience Initiatives. Instructors, Teaching Assistants, and Evaluation Coordinators can get support navigating Blue (UCLA’s course feedback platform), accessing reports, and more. Instructors and Teaching Assistants Mondays: 3–4 p.m. Fridays: Noon–1 p.m. Evaluation Coordinators and Department Staff Tuesdays: 2–3 p.m. Fridays: 9–10 a.m.

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Beginning Winter 2026, Student Experiences of Teaching (SET) will offer virtual drop-in hours with Cassidy Alvarado, Program Manager of Student Experience Initiatives. Instructors, Teaching Assistants, and Evaluation Coordinators can get support navigating Blue (UCLA’s course feedback platform), accessing reports, and more. Instructors and Teaching Assistants Mondays: 3–4 p.m. Fridays: Noon–1 p.m. Evaluation Coordinators and Department Staff Tuesdays: 2–3 p.m. Fridays: 9–10 a.m.

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This talk by Margaret D. Stetz (University of Delaware) suggests that Oscar Wilde's fairy tales have been just as influential as his work in world of the theatre and his effect on Gothic fiction. This influence was clear almost immediately after the publication of both The Happy Prince and Other Tales (1888) and A House of Pomegranates (1891), especially in works by rebellious “New Women” of the 1890s such as “George Egerton” (Mary Chavelita Dunne), Mabel Nembhard, and Ella Erskine.

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Student Dinners will take place locally within 10 miles of UCLA, Alumni Dinners will be regional.

Join fellow Bruins for a morning of giving back and volunteering at Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County in Irvine! This opportunity will be indoors at Second Harvest's Distribution Center where volunteers will help process nutritious food that will then be distributed to the Orange County community. * * * Thank you for signing up to volunteer with your fellow Bruins at Second Harvest Food Bank! Registration must also be completed on Second Harvest's website in order to electronically sign their volunteer waiver. Please register all attendees using the following link: https://feedoc.volunteerhub.com/vv2/lp/ocbruins * * * Once registered, all volunteer instructions (parking, directions, etc.) will come directly from Second Harvest Food Bank. Questions? Contact Malia Cary - malia@feedoc.org

Join Bruin basketball fans at Underdog’s Cantina for game watch parties on selected weekends during the season. Come out and wear your UCLA gear — no RSVP necessary!

Join a Garden Guide for a free tour on February 21, 2026 at 10 am. Explore our living museum featuring collections of plants from around the globe! You’ll hear the stories of selected plants in the Garden and their relevance to human society. All ages are welcome. Tours meet at the La Kretz Garden Pavilion at the northern end of the Garden and are given a grace period of 5 minutes.

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Co-presented by the UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture In-person: filmmaker Eleni Alexandrakis; Laurie Hart, chair, UCLA Department of Anthropology, and co-director, UCLA Center for European and Russian Studies. Admission is free. No advance reservations. Your seat will be assigned to you when you pick up your ticket at the box office. Seats are assigned on a first come, first served basis. The box office opens one hour before the event. Giannis in the Cities Greece, 2024 During the Greek Civil War fought between 1946-1949, childhood itself became a frontline in the clash between government and rebel forces. Under the guise of offering protection and education, the Greek government enticed parents to surrender their children to a system of Childcare Cities that served as indoctrination mills that oftentimes alienated their wards from their own families. In her riveting, visually striking adaptation of the memoir of Greek writer Giannis Atzakas, writer-director Eleni Alexandrakis tells the searing story of Atzakas and his experience growing up in these harsh institutions all the while unable to shake the memory of his rebel father and his longing for — and aversion to — a reunion. DCP, b&w, in Greek with English subtitles, 90 min. Director: Eleni Alexandrakis. Screenwriters: Eleni Alexandrakis, Panagiotis Evangelidis. With: Philippos Milikas , Marios-Konstantinos Gatetzas, Konstantinos Athanassakis, Aineias Tsamatis, Agni Stroubouli, Evi Saoulidou. Programmed and note written by Senior Public Programmer Paul Malcolm. Part of: Giannis in the Cities

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Dinners for 12 Strangers is a 50+ year UCLA tradition that has become a global phenomenon. Every year, on one of three nights alumni, faculty and students come together to enjoy good food and great conversation

This workshop providesThis workshop provides an overview on the various forms of academic dishonesty regarding plagiarism. Participants will learn when, where, and why it is important to cite properly. Students will also learn how to avoid plagiarism and the information presented will stress the need to attribute work to the original author and the potential outcomes for plagiarizing. Additionally, paraphrasing, and direct quoting will be discussed. ZOOM. Register through MyEvents on MyUCLA.

Beginning Winter 2026, Student Experiences of Teaching (SET) will offer virtual drop-in hours with Cassidy Alvarado, Program Manager of Student Experience Initiatives. Instructors, Teaching Assistants, and Evaluation Coordinators can get support navigating Blue (UCLA’s course feedback platform), accessing reports, and more. Instructors and Teaching Assistants Mondays: 3–4 p.m. Fridays: Noon–1 p.m. Evaluation Coordinators and Department Staff Tuesdays: 2–3 p.m. Fridays: 9–10 a.m.

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Choosing the right AI tool can be a real challenge. This short presentation provides a practical framework, using the Diffusion of Innovation model, to help you choose the best tools. We will explore the five key attributes, which are relative advantage, complexity, compatibility, trialability, and observability. The discussion will support you to confidently select GenAI solutions that enhance teaching and learning. Presenter: Sirui Wang, Senior Instructional Designer with Instructional Design and Media Production #GenAI #pick-your-innovation #diffusion-of-innovation #enhancing-teaching-and-learning 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 instructorsupport@teaching.ucla.edu.

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Bruin Family Socials are events that bring UCLA to neighborhoods around the world. Providing an opportunity for attendees to engage with one another on a regional level, Bruin Family Socials foster connections and relationships within the greater Bruin community. Historically, Bruin Family Socials have taken place over the course of one weekend each year. During spring 2023, these events transitioned to a year-round model that accommodates a variety of activities and locations, ultimately allowing for added flexibility and more opportunities to build community than ever before. We hope you will join us at an event near you!

In our deeply fractured world, religion serves both to connect and offer wisdom and to foster conflict and division. Over the course of centuries, it has been frequently invoked to justify brutal violence, but can it be an effective tool to advance justice? To explore different perspectives on the topic of faith, forgiveness, and justice, we will be joined by a distinguished panel of religious leaders: Father Greg Boyle, Rabbi Sharon Brous, Valarie Kaur, and Imam Dr. Jihad Turk. Father Greg Boyle is a Jesuit priest and director of Homeboy Industries, the world’s largest gang intervention and rehabilitation program. Rabbi Sharon Brous is the senior and founding Rabbi of IKAR, a Jewish spiritual community in Los Angeles. Valarie Kaur is a civil rights leader and activist, filmmaker, educator, best-selling author, and founder of the Revolutionary Love Project, a movement to reclaim love as a force for justice. Imam Dr. Jihad Turk is the founding President of Bayan Islamic Graduate School, a preeminent Muslim institution of higher education. Event time TBD. Registration link coming soon.

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In our deeply fractured world, religion serves both to connect and offer wisdom and to foster conflict and division. Over the course of centuries, it has been frequently invoked to justify brutal violence, but can it be an effective tool to advance justice? To explore different perspectives on the topic of faith, forgiveness, and justice, we will be joined by a distinguished panel of religious leaders: Father Greg Boyle, Rabbi Sharon Brous, Valarie Kaur, and Imam Dr. Jihad Turk. Father Greg Boyle is a Jesuit priest and director of Homeboy Industries, the world’s largest gang intervention and rehabilitation program. Rabbi Sharon Brous is the senior and founding Rabbi of IKAR, a Jewish spiritual community in Los Angeles. Valarie Kaur is a civil rights leader and activist, filmmaker, educator, best-selling author, and founder of the Revolutionary Love Project, a movement to reclaim love as a force for justice. Imam Dr. Jihad Turk is the founding President of Bayan Islamic Graduate School, a preeminent Muslim institution of higher education.

Beginning Winter 2026, Student Experiences of Teaching (SET) will offer virtual drop-in hours with Cassidy Alvarado, Program Manager of Student Experience Initiatives. Instructors, Teaching Assistants, and Evaluation Coordinators can get support navigating Blue (UCLA’s course feedback platform), accessing reports, and more. Instructors and Teaching Assistants Mondays: 3–4 p.m. Fridays: Noon–1 p.m. Evaluation Coordinators and Department Staff Tuesdays: 2–3 p.m. Fridays: 9–10 a.m.

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Ahead of Women's History Month (March), we will host a plática and panel conversation, focusing on women-identifying students and allies, while still honoring our shared commitment to first-generation and Latinx student success. The panel will include a UCLA student leader, a UCLA alumna, and a mental health professional connected to the Center, moderated by Rosa E. Benavides of Speak Up Mujer.

Drop in for students or faculty to request support for an academic accommodation concern. These sessions are held by a CAE Disability Specialist who may or may not be a student's assigned Disability Specialist and therefore who may need to follow up with a student's assigned Disability Specialist for the specific question or concern in mind.

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UCLA Financial Aid & Scholarships will be hosting a series of workshops for assistance with the 26-27 FAFSA/CADAA. Join us for a FREE in-person workshop in partnership with UCLA Basic Needs at Strathmore to receive tips and tricks on how to complete your Financial Aid application by the Priority Filing Deadline of March 2, 2026 (9pm PST)! The UCLA Basic Needs at Strathmore is located between the Luskin Center and UCPD on Westwood Blvd and in the same building as the Career Center. No RSVP required.

As generative AI usage expands across academic settings, educators must decide when AI outputs can be trusted - and when they require verification. This 30-minute Zoom workshop introduces a “Trust, but Verify” framework that centers human judgment in working with AI-generated content. Through guided examples and discussion, participants will build shared language and critical awareness around evaluating AI outputs and exercising informed human oversight. Please contact idmp@teaching.ucla.edu if you have any questions.

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The Bruin Love Station (BLS) is mobile cart that offers free safer-sex supplies, Narcan, fentanyl test strips and opportunities for students to converse with trained peers and professional staff. Students are free to stop by to pick up any of our supplies.

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UCLA Financial Aid & Scholarships will be hosting a series of workshops for assistance with the 26-27 FAFSA/CADAA. Join us for a FREE virtual workshop to receive tips and tricks on how to complete your Financial Aid application by the Priority Filing Deadline of March 2, 2026 (9pm PST)! Meeting ID: 927 1312 6507 Passcode: 469741 No RSVP required.

Join us on Thursday, February 26 from 12-1 pm at La Kretz Garden Pavilion for another installment of Botany Brown Bag. Dr. Andy Kleinhesselink will give a talk titled “A Scrap of Nature: Rediscovering UCLA’s Native Plants on Sage Hill.” Stop in on your lunch break and learn about how UCLA's past biodiversity is informing the future of Sage Hill. Make sure to bring your lunch! This event is free and open to the public, no RSVP required.

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In-person: Q&A with Mary Corey, senior continuing lecturer in the UCLA Department of History. Admission is free. No advance reservations. Your seat will be assigned to you when you pick up your ticket at the box office. Seats are assigned on a first come, first served basis. The box office opens one hour before the event. Red Hollywood U.S. 1996 Abraham Polonsky, the writer of Body and Soul, said, “All films that are about crime are about capitalism.” In the 1940s, the House Un-American Activities Committee and studio executives conspired to create a blacklist barring hundreds of film artists suspected of communist sympathies, like Polonsky, from employment, upending countless lives. In Red Hollywood, Thom Andersen and Noël Burch reassess the blacklist’s legacy by reassembling footage from over 50 films made by blacklisted artists. These films, once dismissed as minor, are reconsidered as thoughtful attempts to tackle social and political issues in ways that Hollywood wouldn’t attempt again for decades.—Public Programs Assistant Noah Brockman DCP, color, 114 min. Directors/Screenwriters: Thom Andersen, Noël Burch. With: Billy Woodberry (narration). The Master Race U.S., 1944 George Coulouris stars as a Nazi commander who, seeing the writing on the wall for the Third Reich, disperses his officers incognito around liberated Europe to begin sowing seeds of discontent anew. As he assures them: “In our hands, hate can be turned into the most potent of weapons.” Settling himself in a Belgian town under Allied control, he works to undermine fledgling reconstruction efforts by playing on local antagonisms and resentment. A study of fascist rhetorical and propaganda tactics in the guise of a thriller, The Master Race was directed by Herbert J. Biberman who co-wrote the script with Anne Froelich and Rowland Leigh, with Biberman and Froelich both blacklisted just a few years later.—Senior Public Programmer Paul Malcolm 35mm, b&w, 95 min. Director: Herbert J. Biberman. Screenwriters: Herbert J. Biberman, Anne Froelich, Rowland Leigh. With: George Coulouris, Stanley Ridges, Osa Massen. Part of: From John Doe to Lonesome Rhodes: Antifacism from the Archive

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UCLA Financial Aid & Scholarships will be hosting a series of workshops for assistance with the 26-27 FAFSA/CADAA. Join us for a FREE in-person workshop in partnership with UCLA Basic Needs at Strathmore to receive tips and tricks on how to complete your Financial Aid application by the Priority Filing Deadline of March 2, 2026 (9pm PST)! The UCLA Basic Needs at Strathmore is located between the Luskin Center and UCPD on Westwood Blvd and in the same building as the Career Center. No RSVP required.

Beginning Winter 2026, Student Experiences of Teaching (SET) will offer virtual drop-in hours with Cassidy Alvarado, Program Manager of Student Experience Initiatives. Instructors, Teaching Assistants, and Evaluation Coordinators can get support navigating Blue (UCLA’s course feedback platform), accessing reports, and more. Instructors and Teaching Assistants Mondays: 3–4 p.m. Fridays: Noon–1 p.m. Evaluation Coordinators and Department Staff Tuesdays: 2–3 p.m. Fridays: 9–10 a.m.

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The San Fernando Valley Network in collaboration with Bruin Entrepreneurs present the Alumni Entrepreneurship Networking Night an opportunity to connect UCLA students and alumni who care about entrepreneurship, innovation, and early stage problem solving. Networking facilitation will revolve around students exploring ways to solve real world problems this is not a pitch competition or demo day. Instead, it is a low pressure space where students share ideas they are curious about, alumni share lived experience, and both begin building long term relationships across the UCLA ecosystem.

The UCLA Alumni Network of San Diego invites you to the Annual Beachside Reception at the exclusive La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club! Come network with Bruins, meet the UCLA Men's Tennis team, celebrate the legacy of Arthur Ashe and enjoy appetizers, as well as hosted beer and wine. This is a rare and special opportunity to get to know UCLA student-athletes and hear directly from Coach Billy Martin. _Thank you to our hosts, Stephanie and Steve Williams, for making this event possible._

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Made possible by the John H. Mitchell Television Programming Endowment. Co-presented by the UCLA Asian American Studies Center. n-person: UCLA Professor Karen Umemoto, Helen and Morgan Chu Director of the Asian American Studies Center, and with Brian Niiya, Content Director of Densho, Lily Tung Crystal, Artistic Director, East West Players, and actor Denice Kumagai-Hoy. Admission is free. No advance reservations. Your seat will be assigned to you when you pick up your ticket at the box office. Seats are assigned on a first come, first served basis. The box office opens one hour before the event. Originally staged by the East West Players, pioneering author Wakako Yamauchi’s adaptation of her award-winning play, “And the Soul Shall Dance,” for KCET’s Hollywood Television Theatre is a poetic, haunting drama that reveals the hardships Japanese Americans faced during the Great Depression. Set in California’s Imperial Valley, Yamauchi's moving work explores the lives of two farming families as they struggle to make ends meet and assimilate in a so-called land of opportunity defined by systemic racism. Yamauchi’s teleplay unfolds through the eyes of a sensitive girl, Masako (Denice Kumagai), who bears witness to the challenges facing her loving parents (Pat Li, Sab Shimono) and the unraveling lives of a neighboring couple, Emiko (Haunani Minn) and Oka (Yuki Shimoda). Abused by her husband from an arranged marriage, Emiko dreams of a return to Japan to reclaim her past life, far from an inhospitable America. Her profound journey represents an indelible requiem for generations of Issei and Nisei beyond the play’s setting of the 1930s, with Yamauchi herself unjustly incarcerated as a teen at the concentration camp for Japanese Americans in Poston, Arizona, during World War II. Post-screening panel discussion moderated by UCLA Professor Karen Umemoto, Helen and Morgan Chu Director of the Asian American Studies Center,with Brian Niiya, Content Director of Densho, Lily Tung Crystal, Artistic Director, East West Players, and actor Denice Kumagai-Hoy. Before the screening in the lobby, beginning at 6:30 p.m., UCLA Library Audiovisual Project Conservator Maile Chung will display archival materials related to the East West Players from UCLA Library Special Collections. Programmed and notes written by John H. Mitchell Television Curator Mark Quigley. Hollywood Television Theatre: “And the Soul Shall Dance” U.S., 2/7/1978 DCP, color, 90 min. PBS. Production: KCET, Community Television of Southern California. Produced for the stage by East West Players. Executive Producer: Norman Lloyd. Director: Paul Stanley. Writer: Wakako Yamauchi. With: Denice Kumagai, Pat Li, Haunani Minn, Sab Shimono, Yuki Shimoda, DianeTakei. Special Thanks to PBS SoCal, Gerry Bryant, Patrick Yew. Part of: Archive Television Treasures

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Join fellow UC alumni in Sacramento for a dynamic, in-person conference exploring topics at the intersection of career and identity. Enjoy interactive breakout sessions, meaningful networking opportunities and important conversations designed specifically for UC alumni. Open to graduates from all UC campuses, this event welcomes anyone interested in the topics presented. Registration and experience include: ● Full conference program and materials ● Professional headshots ● Light breakfast and catered lunch ● Exhibitor fair ● Prize giveaways and more Register by January 31 to take advantage of early-bird pricing. Standard registration closes February 21.

Dinners for 12 Strangers is a 50+ year UCLA tradition that has become a global phenomenon. Every year, on one of three nights, alumni, faculty, and students come together to enjoy good food and great conversation. Visit d[12.alumni.ucla.edu](https://d12.alumni.ucla.edu/) for more information on how to host and attend.

Join Bruin basketball fans at Underdog’s Cantina for game watch parties on selected weekends during the season. Come out and wear your UCLA gear — no RSVP necessary!

Admission is free. No advance reservations. Your seat will be assigned to you when you pick up your ticket at the box office. Seats are assigned on a first come, first served basis. The box office opens one hour before the event. Cloak and Dagger U.S., 1946 Director Fritz Lang’s post-war espionage thriller follows Gary Cooper’s nuclear physicist from his lab working on the Manhattan Project to an Italian resistance unit on an OSS mission to rescue a dissident scientist forced to help the Nazis on their own atomic bomb. Lang delivers some outstanding action sequences (no one socks a Nazi quite like Gary Cooper) while later-blacklisted screenwriters, Ring Lardner Jr. and Albert Maltz, put a progressive spin on the film’s nuclear politics — “When are we going to be given a billion dollars to wipe out cancer?” decries Cooper’s physicist — alongside its message that resistance to fascism isn’t only necessary but a moral obligation. 35mm, b&w, 106 min. Director: Fritz Lang. Screenwriters: Ring Lardner Jr., Albert Maltz. With: Gary Cooper, Robert Alda, Lilli Palmer. 35mm restored print courtesy of the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Preservation funding provided by The Film Foundation. Keeper of the Flame U.S., 1942 In this mystery melodrama, the legacy of a “great man” of America is called into question after his sudden death in a suspicious car accident. Spencer Tracy is the grizzled veteran reporter who starts asking all the wrong questions of Katharine Hepburn’s grieving but suspicious widow. Donald Ogden Stewart’s script comes with a few paeans to American exceptionalism — ”You and I are free men today because centuries ago some unknown guy got an idea in his head that he was just as good as the guy who was bossing him” — in a story that decidedly suggests “it can happen here” as homegrown fascists wrap themselves in patriotic imagery and rhetoric. 35mm, b&w, 100 min. Director: George Cukor. Screenwriter: Donald Ogden Stewart. With: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Richard Whorf. —Senior Public Programmer Paul Malcolm Part of: From John Doe to Lonesome Rhodes: Antifacism from the Archive

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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

The inaugural Ahmanson Lecture at the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library explores how history, design, and stewardship can shape the future of Los Angeles' most meaningful landscapes. Landscape designer Tracy Wolk shares her vision for the Clark’s historic gardens, reimagining their early 20th-century character for a future grounded in sustainability, resilience, and respect for heritage. She will be joined by Landscape Architect Stephanie Landregan, Director of Altadena Green, a community initiative established after the Altadena fires to protect and restore the city’s historic trees. Together, they consider how preservation and innovation can coexist to sustain California’s cultural landscapes in a changing climate.

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Drop in for students or faculty to request support for an academic accommodation concern. These sessions are held by a CAE Disability Specialist who may or may not be a student's assigned Disability Specialist and therefore who may need to follow up with a student's assigned Disability Specialist for the specific question or concern in mind.

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Join Bruin alumni (and a few Cal Bear alumni too) as we have the second discussion in our three-month unit on science fiction. This month's topic is "Brave New World," by Aldous Huxley. Largely set in a futuristic World State, whose citizens are environmentally engineered into an intelligence-based social hierarchy, the novel anticipates huge scientific advancements in reproductive technology, sleep-learning, psychological manipulation and classical conditioning that are combined to make a dystopian society which is challenged by only a single individual: the story's protagonist. (From GoodReads). This month's discussion will be led by Eric Skoglund. Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88146818457

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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This workshop providesThis workshop provides an overview on the various forms of academic dishonesty regarding plagiarism. Participants will learn when, where, and why it is important to cite properly. Students will also learn how to avoid plagiarism and the information presented will stress the need to attribute work to the original author and the potential outcomes for plagiarizing. Additionally, paraphrasing, and direct quoting will be discussed. ZOOM. Register through MyEvents on MyUCLA.

In the 2025-26 Core Program conference, historians of the Ottoman, Qing, and Mughal empires revisit the problem of comparison by considering synchronicities and structural parallels across Asia. The second conference, "Empires in Practice," looks at Imperial Operations. How did empires work? What did the mundane, everyday operations of imperial rule look like? Early modern empires confronted the same “great enemy” of distance which severely constrained all actions, from government communications to tax collection. The solutions that the Ottomans, Mughals, and the Qing developed to address these common problems shared some essential features despite their local variations. Organized by Professors Choon Hwee Koh & Meng Zhang (History, UCLA) and Abhishek Kaicker (History, UC Berkeley).

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Admission is free. No advance reservations. Your seat will be assigned to you when you pick up your ticket at the box office. Seats are assigned on a first come, first served basis. The box office opens one hour before the event. Arch of Triumph U.S., 1948 Adapted from Erich Maria Remarque’s novel and directed by Lewis Milestone who also co-wrote, Arch of Triumph finds the City of Lights shrouded in noirish fog and shadow. It’s 1938 and Paris has become the tenuous home for refugees on the run from the Nazis and French immigration to avoid deportation. Among them is Charles Boyer’s doctor who haunts the city’s cafes and recognizes a shared trauma in Ingrid Bergman’s desperate émigré. A tragic romance, Arch of Triumph does double duty dramatizing the cruelty of both facism and an immigration system that would render people stateless by denying them safe haven. 35mm, b&w, 120 min. Director: Lewis Milestone. Screenwriters: Lewis Milestone, Harry Brown. With: Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, Charles Laughton. 35mm restored print courtesy of the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive in cooperation with National Telefilm Associates, Inc., and Richard Rosenfeld; funding by AFI/NEA; special thanks to Richard Dayton for his significant contributions in restoring this film. Voice in the Wind U.S., 1944 In this ultra low-budget B-film produced by Czech émigré Rudolph Monter, Friedrich Torberg plays a Czech concert pianist jailed and tortured by the Nazis for playing “The Moldau,” a symbol of the Czech resistance to their occupation. Escaping his captors and surviving a harrowing journey, he ends up alone on a Caribbean island where his trauma overwhelms him as he longs for his missing wife — dying unbeknownst to him on another part of the island. Imbued with expressionist shadows and told through a series of interwoven flashbacks, Voice in the Wind powerfully expresses the disorientation and despair of European refugees in the wake of fascist violence. DCP, b&w, 85 min. Director: Arthur Ripley. Screenwriter: Friedrich Torberg. With: Francis Lederer, Sigrid Gurie, J. Edward Bromberg. Restoration funded by the George Lucas Family Foundation. Restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and The Film Foundation. —Senior Public Programmer Paul Malcolm Part of: From John Doe to Lonesome Rhodes: Antifacism from the Archive

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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 and peer review session during which you will look at example syllabi; consider backward design principles for syllabus design; explore strategies to foster belonging in your syllabus; and, finally, create a digitally accessible syllabus. This session is open to all instructors, including TAs and postdocs.

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Join the UCLA Black Alumni Association (UBAA) for an unforgettable evening of elegance and purpose as we celebrate the enduring legacy of Black Bruins. Together, we’ll raise vital scholarship funds and honor alumni whose impact resonates across communities and industries. To date, UBAA has awarded over $10 million in scholarships, empowering more than 800 students to pursue higher education and achieve their dreams. With your support, we can continue building on the legacy of Dr. Winston C. Doby and uplift the next generation of Bruins. Enjoy a night of fine dining, live artistic performances, an inspiring awards ceremony, and the joy of reconnecting with fellow alumni. Let’s celebrate with purpose—and shape the future, together.

Admission is free. No advance reservations. Your seat will be assigned to you when you pick up your ticket at the box office. Seats are assigned on a first come, first served basis. The box office opens one hour before the event. The Burning Cross U.S., 1947 World restoration premiere! One of the boldest films of the postwar period to tackle homegrown facism, the independent production, The Burning Cross, was the first anti-Klan film to explicitly depict Black Americans as victims of KKK terror on screen. A newly discharged veteran disgruntled by the changes he finds in his small town gravitates to the brutes of a Klan front group, the American Only Association. The brutal realism of the film’s depiction of the rhetoric and tactics culminates in the murder of a Black family burned in their home. The film, however, is not without compromise as an opening prologue restored in this version suggests that the Klan was originally founded by “men of good intentions” who would be betrayed by a corrupt, greedy few. 35mm, b&w, 77 min. Director: Walter Colmes. Screenwriter: Aubrey Wisberg. With: Henry H. Daniels Jr., Virginia Patton, Dick Rich. 35mm restored print courtesy of the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and The Film Foundation. Restoration funding provided by The Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation. Open Secret U.S., 1948 Released the year after both Gentleman's Agreement (1947) and Crossfire (1947) made anti-semitism their explicit subject, this independently produced film noir takes a grittier approach to the social problem despite never mentioning the word, although the implications are clear. Directed by Austrian-born émigre John Reinhardt, Open Secret unfolds as a small town mystery with a newlywed couple investigating the disappearance of the friend they’ve come to visit. What they discover is a community so corrupted by hate even children join in victimizing anyone who isn’t “the right kind of people.” Ironically, a sweaty cabal stands behind it all with ambitions to take their violent campaign to the national political stage. 35mm, b&w, 68 min. Director: John Reinhardt. Screenwriters: Henry Blankfort, Max Wilk. With: John Ireland, Jane Randolph, Sheldon Leonard. 35mm restored print courtesy of the UCLA Film & Television Archive.Preserved by the UCLA Film & Television Archive with funding provided by The Packard Humanities Institute. —Senior Public Programmer Paul Malcolm Part of: From John Doe to Lonesome Rhodes: Antifacism from the Archive

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Join Bruin basketball fans at Underdog’s Cantina for game watch parties on selected weekends during the season. Come out and wear your UCLA gear — no RSVP necessary!

Calling all foodies and cultural adventurers! Join us for a fun outing at The Source OC. We'll kick things off with a scavenger hunt, then gather for lunch and conversation. This is the perfect opportunity to connect with your local Bruin community!

UCLA vs Stanford Women's Gymnastics Match at Stanford! Join Bay Area Bruins and UCLA fans to watch the Cardinal and Bruins go head-to-head. $5 from each ticket will be donated to the Bay Area Bruins scholarship fund specifically benefiting students from the Bay Area.

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Made possible by the John H. Mitchell Television Programming Endowment Admission is free. No advance reservations. Your seat will be assigned to you when you pick up your ticket at the box office. Seats are assigned on a first come, first served basis. The box office opens one hour before the event. Preserved by UCLA from original 2 in. video master! In a celebrated career spanning over four decades, Academy Award winner Gene Hackman (1930–2025) became recognized as one of the finest American actors of the New Hollywood era. A native Californian who relocated to New York to pursue acting in the late 1950s (with roommates Dustin Hoffman and Robert Duvall), Hackman toiled for over a decade off and on Broadway, and in dozens of small parts on film and television. By 1968, in between his star-making turns in the iconic features Bonnie and Clyde (1967) and The French Connection (1971), Hackman landed the lead role in the prestigious television anthology CBS Playhouse, in the installment, “My Father and My Mother.” Virtually unseen since its original broadcast, “My Father and My Mother” concerns a writer (Hackman) as he struggles to come to terms with decisions made in the care of his son with an intellectual disability. In seeking answers to his deep emotional crisis, the writer revisits his past, attempting to reconcile painful memories of his late parents (Ralph Bellamy, Jane Wyatt). An obscure footnote in Hackman’s oeuvre, the expressionistically staged drama (videotaped at CBS Television City) represents a creative high point in the actor’s television resume, revealing a performance of psychological depth uncommon to the small screen. In its review, the Los Angeles Times hailed Hackman as “outstanding,” noting the production was “... 90 minutes of thoughtful, well-played drama, of which there is much too little on TV these days.” Programmed and notes written by John H. Mitchell Television Curator Mark Quigley. CBS Playhouse: “My Father and My Mother” U.S., 2/13/1968 With original commercials DCP, color, 90 min. CBS. Production CBS. Executive Producer: Barbara Schultz. Producer: George Schaefer. Director: George Schaefer. Writer: Robert Crean. With: Gene Hackman, Ralph Bellamy, Jane Wyatt. Preserved by the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Engineering services by CBS Media Exchange. Part of: Archive Television Treasures

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The Bruin Love Station (BLS) is mobile cart that offers free safer-sex supplies, Narcan, fentanyl test strips and opportunities for students to converse with trained peers and professional staff. Students are free to stop by to pick up any of our supplies.

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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.

Drop in for students or faculty to request support for an academic accommodation concern. These sessions are held by a CAE Disability Specialist who may or may not be a student's assigned Disability Specialist and therefore who may need to follow up with a student's assigned Disability Specialist for the specific question or concern in mind.

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Made possible by the John H. Mitchell Television Programming Endowment In-person: In person: Q&A (after episode 1) with director Debra Granik and Coss Marte, owner of CONBODY, moderated by Distinguished Professor Robin D. G. Kelley, UCLA Department of History. Admission is free. No advance reservations. Your seat will be assigned to you when you pick up your ticket at the box office. Seats are assigned on a first come, first served basis. The box office opens one hour before the event. North American premiere of new director’s cut Each year, 650,000 people are released from prison in the U.S., only to confront stigma and systemic exclusion. Directed by Debra Granik (Winter’s Bone), Conbody vs Everybody follows Coss Marte, a former drug dealer turned fitness entrepreneur, and his community of formerly incarcerated New Yorkers as they build a gym — and a life — on their own terms. Spanning eight years, the five-part docuseries captures their humor, grit and moral clarity amid gentrification and the pandemic, asking one of the most urgent moral questions of our time: after someone serves their sentence, why do we keep them imprisoned? Episode 1 As Conbody’s profile rises with increased media attention, Coss works to find investors and secure a permanent space. DCP, color, 62 min. Episode 2 Conbody trainer Shane hits a setback and Coss and the team pitch in to help. DCP, color, 62 min. Episode 3 Syretta starts as a trainer at Conbody after her recent return home from prison. Coss supports his younger brother’s first run for City Council. DCP, color, 67 min. Director: Debra Granik With: Coss Marte, Syretta Wright, Derek Drescher. —Public Programmer Beandrea July Part of: Debra Granik Presents: Conbody vs Everybody

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Made possible by the John H. Mitchell Television Programming Endowment In-person: post-screening Q&A with director Debra Granik and Coss Marte, owner of CONBODY. Admission is free. No advance reservations. Your seat will be assigned to you when you pick up your ticket at the box office. Seats are assigned on a first come, first served basis. The box office opens one hour before the event. New director’s cut Each year, 650,000 people are released from prison in the U.S., only to confront stigma and systemic exclusion. Directed by Debra Granik (Winter’s Bone), Conbody vs Everybody follows Coss Marte, a former drug dealer turned fitness entrepreneur, and his community of formerly incarcerated New Yorkers as they build a gym — and a life — on their own terms. Spanning eight years, the five-part docuseries captures their humor, grit and moral clarity amid gentrification and the pandemic, asking one of the most urgent moral questions of our time: after someone serves their sentence, why do we keep them imprisoned? Episode 1 As Conbody’s profile rises with increased media attention, Coss works to find investors and secure a permanent space. DCP, color, 62 min. Episode 2 Conbody trainer Shane hits a setback and Coss and the team pitch in to help. DCP, color, 62 min. Episode 3 Syretta starts as a trainer at Conbody after her recent return home from prison. Coss supports his younger brother’s first run for City Council. DCP, color, 67 min. Director: Debra Granik With: Coss Marte, Syretta Wright, Derek Drescher. —Public Programmer Beandrea July Part of: Debra Granik Presents: Conbody vs Everybody

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Made possible by the John H. Mitchell Television Programming Endowment Admission is free. No advance reservations. Your seat will be assigned to you when you pick up your ticket at the box office. Seats are assigned on a first come, first served basis. The box office opens one hour before the event. North American premiere of new director’s cut Each year, 650,000 people are released from prison in the U.S., only to confront stigma and systemic exclusion. Directed by Debra Granik (Winter’s Bone), Conbody vs Everybody follows Coss Marte, a former drug dealer turned fitness entrepreneur, and his community of formerly incarcerated New Yorkers as they build a gym — and a life — on their own terms. Spanning eight years, the five-part docuseries captures their humor, grit and moral clarity amid gentrification and the pandemic, asking one of the most urgent moral questions of our time: after someone serves their sentence, why do we keep them imprisoned? Episode 4 Coss celebrates five years home from prison. The team changes locations and new trainers join the team. Coss grows increasingly frustrated with reluctant investors. Includes an appearance by late actor Michael K. Williams. DCP, color, 68 min. Episode 5 Coss and the CONBODY team navigate the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent Black Lives Matter protests as they take hold in New York City. Coss’ brother takes another run at City Council. Coss and his girlfriend Roxie take a step forward together. DCP, color, 66 min. Director: Debra Granik. With: Coss Marte, Syretta Wright, Derek Drescher. —Public Programmer Beandrea July Part of: Debra Granik Presents: Conbody vs Everybody

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UCLA Alumni is hosting a Pre-Meet Party prior to the UCLA Gymnastics meet vs. Utah at Pauley Pavilion on Saturday, March 14, 5–6:30 p.m. Join UCLA alumni, fans, and friends for a Pre-Meet Party featuring a great meal and get in the spirit before the Bruins face former Pac-12 rival Utah!

Baritone Benjamin Appl is celebrated for a voice that "belongs to the last of the old great masters of song" with "an almost infinite range of colours" (Suddeutsche Zeitung), and for performances "delivered with wit, intelligence and sophistication" (Gramophone). James Baillieu is one of the leading song and chamber music pianists of his generation. They will perform Franz Schubert's Winterreise. Tickets are limited and go on sale at 12 noon on Tuesday, February 17, 2026. Please visit the event website for full details.

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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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Admission is free. No advance reservations. Your seat will be assigned to you when you pick up your ticket at the box office. Seats are assigned on a first come, first served basis. The box office opens one hour before the event. A Face in the Crowd U.S., 1957 “What do I get out of this?” asks Andy Griffith’s “Lonesome” Rhodes of Patricia Neil’s radio producer touring an Arkansas jail for local musical talent. In his rise to fame and influence, Rhodes’ narcissistic motivation remains the same throughout A Face in the Crowd, no matter what Everyman platitudes people project on him. Radio gets him started but television is the new medium that vaults him to the pinnacle of political power. With McCarthyism still in the air, director Elia Kazan and screenwriter Budd Schulberg pitch a darker take on populism than Frank Capra’s in Meet Doe Joe, but they still share a faith in the American public’s natural resistance to authoritarian appeals that, for all the film’s prophetic bone fides, feels naive in retrospect.—Senior Public Programmer Paul Malcolm 35mm, b&w, 126 min. Director: Elia Kazan. Screenwriter: Budd Schulberg. With: Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Anthony Franciosa. 35mm preservation print courtesy of the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Preserved by the UCLA Film & Television Archive with funding provided by The Film Foundation and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Part of: From John Doe to Lonesome Rhodes: Antifacism from the Archive

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In-person: Q&A with filmmaker Elena Dorfman; Ariel West, artist-in-residence, UCLA Film & Television Archive. Admission is free. No advance reservations. Your seat will be assigned to you when you pick up your ticket at the box office. Seats are assigned on a first come, first served basis. The box office opens one hour before the event. THE DREAM & THE LIE U.S., 2024 For over four decades, from 1944–1991, Albania was ruled by one of the most repressive dictatorships anywhere in the world. For most of that time, the Marxist-Leninist regime was led by Enver Hoxha, who ruthlessly suppressed any opposition and kept his fearful population isolated from the outside world. Throughout that period, Albanians could see images of themselves and their country only as represented in the fiction features and documentaries produced by the state-run New Albania Kinostudio. In 1993, two years after the end of the regime, Albanian American visual artist and photographer Elena Dorfman began regularly visiting her mother’s home country and in 2018 she was granted unprecedented access to the collection of the Albanian National Film Archive. The result of her archival research, Dorfman’s experimental feature documentary, THE DREAM & THE LIE brings scenes from the archive’s film holdings together in a widescreen triptych image that can feel both epic and intimate in scale all at once. A captivating exploration of how movies were used by the regime to construct a powerful national mythology that penetrated deep into daily life, THE DREAM & THE LIE is also a visually arresting example of how artists can creatively and productively engage with archival material. The UCLA Film & Television Archive is pleased to host Elena Dorfman at the Billy Wilder Theater for a screening of THE DREAM & THE LIE followed by an in person conversation with the Archive’s 2025 Artist-in-Residence Ariel West about the film and relationship between the artist and the archive. DCP, color and b&w, 70 min. Director: Elena Dorfman. Programmed and note written by Senior Public Programmer Paul Malcolm. Part of: THE DREAM & THE LIE

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Notos Quartett returns to our Chamber Music at the Clark series with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Quartet in G Minor, K.478, Sir William Walton's Piano Quartet in D Minor, and Johannes Brahms' Piano Quartet in C Minor, op. 60. Tickets are limited and go on sale at 12 noon on Tuesday, February 24. Please visit the event website for full details.

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Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Hammer Museum All Family Flicks screenings are free admission. Seating is first come, first served. The Billy Wilder Theater opens 15 minutes before each Family Flicks program. Inside Out If adolescence can sometimes look a little messy on the outside that’s because it’s complete emotional chaos on the inside. Pixar’s instant classic about growing up takes us inside the mind of Riley, a rural teenager whose struggle with alienation after a big city move is compounded by her personified feelings, Joy, Sadness, Fear, Anger and Disgust, who must learn to appreciate each other so Riley can thrive again in her new environment. DCP, color, 95 min. Director: Pete Docter, Ronnie Del Carmen. Screenwriter: Josh Cooley. With: Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, Richard Kind. Recommended for ages 6+ Part of: Family Flicks

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Is it possible to build a life that feels successful and sane—both professionally and personally? Do you ever feel like there’s always too much to do, at work and at home, leaving you stressed and out of balance? Or maybe you’re not there yet, but you want to ensure you never reach that point. Be part of a workshop that challenges the notion of a “perfect” work-life balance and creates space for you to consider your personal and professional priorities. You’ll walk away with clear ideas and practical action steps to create a life that feels grounded, enjoyable, and fulfilling—at work and beyond. Presenter Holly Hoeksema is a Career Engagement Specialist at UC Santa Cruz with more than 25 years of experience in leadership development, team building, and executive coaching. She is certified in life coaching, course management, and servant leadership, and brings strong expertise in personality assessments and vocational tools.

The University of California Trust and the UC Alumni UK Network warmly request your presence at the 9th Annual University of California Alumni Gala at the iconic One Whitehall Place in Central London. Our evening will include a sparkling reception, an exquisite dinner, and opportunities to take home fabulous prizes - all in support of student scholarships at UC.

UCLA Athletics, the UCLA Alumni Association, and the UCLA Latino Alumni Association are proud to invite all alumni to this Alumni Association Appreciation Day and the "Los Bruins Game." Click the "RSVP" link to purchase a discounted ticket and watch the Bruins take on Indiana, April 4! Use Promo Code **TBD** at checkout to purchase a 50% off ticket! Go Bruins! * * * Join us for alumni appreciation days at select UCLA sporting events! All UCLA alumni are invited to attend the selected events below at a discounted rate by using the corresponding promo codes on our ticket website or visiting the venue's ticket window on event days. Alumni Appreciation tickets are 50% off and you can receive up to 8 discounted tickets! Any UCLA alumni is eligible for this offer by mentioning it to our venue Box Office staff! Alumni are also encouraged to bring their UCLA Alumni Association Member ID. If you do not have your member ID, **[follow these instructions](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zp-wpNOjyLdvvOhrO8XUCsJFOrRrtOa9/view)** to print one. Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis, while supplies last on game day. For more information, [click here](https://uclabruins.com/sports/2020/7/1/ucla-Alumni-Association-tickets).

Bay Area Bruins are teaming up with GLIDE’s Daily Free Meals Program to give back as a community and connect with fellow alumni, family, and friends through service. Volunteers will help serve lunch to elderly, disabled, and community members through various roles including serving food, handing out condiments, bussing tables, refilling water, preparing food for future meals, and creating bagged lunches to-go. If you’re able to stay after the shift, we plan to grab a snack or late lunch nearby. Schedule: 11:00 AM: Check-in and brief task orientation 11:15 AM – 1:00 PM: Lunch service 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM: Clean-up All volunteers must wear close-toed shoes and shirts with sleeves (short or long sleeves are great, just no tank tops). 8+ years old (fully completed and signed minor waiver required for volunteers younger than 18)

Join Bay Area Bruins and fans for Bruins Night with the Golden State Warriors. This year's event will feature the game against the Sacramento Kings at the Chase Center - Tuesday evening at 7:00 PM, April 7, 2026. The Kings will feature former UCLA players Russell Westbrook and Zach LaVine. (Russell won the NBA MVP award for the 2016-2017 season and Zach is a two time NBA All-Star Slam Dunk Champion.) Contact information - email and mobile number - will be collected during the purchase transaction to facilitate ticket distribution. Mobile ticket links will be provided closer to the game date. All sales are final and no refunds will be given.

This workshop providesThis workshop provides an overview on the various forms of academic dishonesty regarding plagiarism. Participants will learn when, where, and why it is important to cite properly. Students will also learn how to avoid plagiarism and the information presented will stress the need to attribute work to the original author and the potential outcomes for plagiarizing. Additionally, paraphrasing, and direct quoting will be discussed. ZOOM. Register through MyEvents on MyUCLA.

This conference will gather a group of leading scholars to see where scholarship about the Revolution is on its 250th anniversary. Through their own research, they’ll address the many and exciting ways we’ve come to rethink this important event, including its broader continental and even global reach, and its racial and ideological underpinnings. Unlike a traditional academic conference, however, these talks will be addressed to a mostly non-academic audience of students and members of the public. In doing so, we hope to show non-scholars new ways historians are currently thinking about the meaning of this seminal event in U.S. and world history.

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This half-day symposium at UCLA will examine the intersection of sound and hate, highlighting how auditory experiences can propagate, resist, and reflect social animosities. Bringing together diverse perspectives from sound studies and related fields, the event will deepen understanding of how sound influences, challenges, and shapes the dynamics of hate in society. The keynote address, “Sectarian Reckonings: The Politics of Voice and Song in Post-Authoritarian Syria,” will be delivered by Shayna M. Silverstein, Associate Professor in the Department of Performance Studies and faculty member of the Middle Eastern and North African Studies program at Northwestern University. Her talk explores public reckonings with sectarian violence in Syria from the 2010s conflict to the precarious present, offering guided listening to sonic practices—from chant and song to rock and livestream audio culture—that respond to sectarianized hate, violence, and animosity. Additional speakers include UCLA School of Music Associate Professor Jenny Johnson, UCLA Initiative to Study Hate (ISH) Research Manager Dr. Amalia Mora, and the symposium’s curator Dr. Kathryn Huether (ISH and Leve Center for Jewish Studies Postdoctoral Fellow-Antisemitism Studies).

This half-day symposium at UCLA will examine the intersection of sound and hate, highlighting how auditory experiences can propagate, resist, and reflect social animosities. Bringing together diverse perspectives from sound studies and related fields, the event will deepen understanding of how sound influences, challenges, and shapes the dynamics of hate in society. The keynote address, “Sectarian Reckonings: The Politics of Voice and Song in Post-Authoritarian Syria,” will be delivered by Shayna M. Silverstein, Associate Professor in the Department of Performance Studies and faculty member of the Middle Eastern and North African Studies program at Northwestern University. Her talk explores public reckonings with sectarian violence in Syria from the 2010s conflict to the precarious present, offering guided listening to sonic practices—from chant and song to rock and livestream audio culture—that respond to sectarianized hate, violence, and animosity. Additional speakers include UCLA School of Music Associate Professor Jenny Johnson, UCLA Initiative to Study Hate (ISH) Research Manager Dr. Amalia Mora, and the symposium’s curator Dr. Kathryn Huether (ISH and Leve Center for Jewish Studies Postdoctoral Fellow-Antisemitism Studies).

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All Family Flicks screenings are free admission. Seating is first come, first served. The Billy Wilder Theater opens 15 minutes before each Family Flicks program. Singin’ in the Rain U.S., 1952 Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds shine in perhaps the greatest Hollywood musical of all time. Propelled by a crackling script and exuberant song-and-dance routines, Kelly plays a silent movie star trying to make the leap to talkies, while Reynolds’ struggling chorus girl finds her entry into Hollywood no less complicated. With Donald O’Connor delivering the delirious gags, this timeless classic will leave you with a glorious feeling. 35mm, color, 103 min. Director: Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen. Screenwriter: Betty Comden, Adolph Green. With: Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor, Debbie Reynolds. Recommended for ages 6+ Part of: Family Flicks

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Professor john powell is a renowned scholar and advocate in the areas of civil rights, structural racism, housing, constitutional law, equality, democracy, and belonging. He is the director of the Othering & Belonging Institute at UC Berkeley, where he holds the Robert D. Haas Chancellor’s Chair in Equity and Inclusion and is a Professor of Law, Ethnic Studies, and African American Studies. Prof. powell has served as the National Legal Director of the ACLU and is well-known for the development of an “opportunity-based” model for thinking about affordable housing, racialized space, and the many ways that housing influences other opportunity domains including education, health, health care, and employment.

Professor john powell is a renowned scholar and advocate in the areas of civil rights, structural racism, housing, constitutional law, equality, democracy, and belonging. He is the director of the Othering & Belonging Institute at UC Berkeley, where he holds the Robert D. Haas Chancellor’s Chair in Equity and Inclusion and is a Professor of Law, Ethnic Studies, and African American Studies. Prof. powell has served as the National Legal Director of the ACLU and is well-known for the development of an “opportunity-based” model for thinking about affordable housing, racialized space, and the many ways that housing influences other opportunity domains including education, health, health care, and employment. Event time TBD. Registration link coming soon.

The Dialogue across Difference Initiative at UCLA is proud to offer an interactive opportunity for staff, administrators, and faculty to delve deeper into a core skill for having more constructive conversations across charged political differences. Based on the methodology of Resetting the Table, a nationally renowned organization dedicated to building honest and open communication, this workshop will allow participants to practice speaking about divisive political topics using effective skills. The session will be highly interactive, and we ask that participants be present for its entirety.

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The Dialogue across Difference Initiative at UCLA is proud to offer an interactive opportunity for staff, administrators, and faculty to delve deeper into a core skill for having more constructive conversations across charged political differences. Based on the methodology of Resetting the Table, a nationally renowned organization dedicated to building honest and open communication, this workshop will allow participants to practice speaking about divisive political topics using effective skills. The session will be highly interactive, and we ask that participants be present for its entirety.

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This concert featuring Ambroise Aubrun (violin) and Steven Vanhauwaert (piano) pays tribute to the refined tradition of musical salons, tracing their influence from nineteenth-century Vienna to early twentieth-century Los Angeles. At its heart is Guillaume Lekeu’s Violin Sonata, performed in homage to Alfred Megerlin, the Belgian violin virtuoso and concertmaster of the Los Angeles Philharmonic in the 1920s. Through works by Schubert, Fauré, Debussy and others, the program evokes the elegance, intimacy, and cultural dialogue that defined salon music across generations and continents.

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