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Drop-in Mondays 11 AM - 3 PM: Hey Bruins! Join us for The Price is Right on Monday, October 19th, for a chance to win a prize ???? Chat with our team, including a money expert with 20+ years of wealth management experience, play games, complete practical worksheets, win prizes, and more!

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Bruin Learn has two quiz engines available to instructors - Classic Quizzes (the original quiz tool) and New Quizzes. This session is aimed at faculty who would like to learn more about New Quizzes and its benefits, limitations, and upcoming features and enhancements. Audience: Faculty, TAs, Staff

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This session will explore strategies for sustaining a sense of belonging throughout the quarter. Participants will learn practical techniques for co-creating learning experiences with students as a way to foster students' sense of belonging in the classroom. Presenter: Lisa Felipe, Director of Teaching and Learning in Humanities at the UCLA Teaching and Learning Center, TLC Keywords: inclusive, belonging, student-centered, motivation, connectedness, community Each academic quarter, the educational designers and developers of the UCLA Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) offer via Zoom a weekly series of seven pop-up sessions - each just 10 minutes in length - on focused, specific topics related to course design, teaching, learning, and learning assessment. The additional “+10” in the series title refers to an optional 10 minutes that follow each presentation for Q&A and discussion. These 10 + 10 sessions will take place at 10am (PT) every Tuesday in the quarter, from Week 2 through Week 8. 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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Join the LGBTQ Campus Resource Center in celebrating LGBTQ History Month over a special exhibit of LGBTQ archives in collaboration with the UCLA Library! Engage with community through history and make some zines with us! RSVP through the link in our bio and on our website.

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This workshop is only open to instructors. This workshop will explore techniques for creating accessible instructional documents in Google Docs and Microsoft Word. Participants will learn how to build meaningful document structure with headings and lists, create descriptive links, design accessible tables, and provide effective alternative text for images and charts. The workshop will also examine accessibility challenges within PDFs and explore why an accessible Word document often gives students a more flexible and accessible experience.

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This session is open to all instructors, TAs, and postdocs. The Practice and Play with EdTech series offers instructors a hands-on opportunity to explore teaching tools and strategies with TLC staff. This session will explore how modernized classroom spaces can engage students and support meaningful active learning. Attendees will examine how flexible classroom layouts and integrated technologies support pedagogical goals through hands-on activities designed to foster collaboration, deepen content processing, increase student engagement, and promote inclusive participation.

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Join curators from Library Special Collections as they offer the UCLA community an opportunity to see and engage with materials that document food and culinary history. This will include materials that represent food and culinary history locally, internationally and across time periods. Beyond providing nourishment, food serves as a connection across cultures and societies, with agriculture, foodways and cuisines offering insights into community history, traditions and social structures. Examine how materials that include cookbooks, recipes, photographs and menus offer insight into the ways food connect us to each other. RSVP encouraged.

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Interested in connecting with colleagues, sharing ideas, and growing your teaching practice? Join the TLC for an information session to learn about two Learning Community (LC) opportunities: 1. GenAI Faculty Learning Community 2. New Instructor Learning Community Learn more about each community, what participation involves, and how you can get involved. We look forward to sharing more about these opportunities and answering your questions! Please register to receive the Zoom meeting information, and contact instructorsupport@teaching.ucla.edu if you have any questions. If you are unable to attend this session, please register for the second information session on Monday, October 26, 2-2:45pm with the same content.

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The program includes compositions by Sergei Prokofiev, Mieczyslaw Weinberg, and Dmitri Shostakovich. Please visit the event website for full details and ticket information.

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This interactive workshop provides the opportunity for Instructors and TAs to share their current Bruin Learn accessibility remediation tasks and learn how to use the UCLA-provided tools at their disposal to help remediate course content. We will review key features that support accessibility compliance and improve the usability of course content. By the end of the session, participants will have learned how to use the current accessibility tools in the Bruin Learn ecosystem to remediate issues relevant to their courses. Audience: Faculty, TAs, Staff

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Interested in connecting with colleagues, sharing ideas, and growing your teaching practice? Join the TLC for an information session to learn about two Learning Community (LC) opportunities: 1. GenAI Faculty Learning Community 2. New Instructor Learning Community Learn more about each community, what participation involves, and how you can get involved. We look forward to sharing more about these opportunities and answering your questions! Please register to receive the Zoom meeting information, and contact instructorsupport@teaching.ucla.edu if you have any questions.

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Over the past 60 years, sociolinguists have documented variation in African Americans’ speech. This work has resulted in a large body of literature detailing the complex relations among language, gender, sexuality, race, power, and class. The development language technologies, such as automated speech recognition (ASR) and large language models, has raised new questions about dialect fairness and accessibility, which sociolinguistics is apt to address. In this talk, Zion Mengesha presents three case studies for the application of sociolinguistics to artificial intelligence. Using the dialect density measure, the first study shows that all five major speech recognizers misunderstood African American speakers up to two times more than white speakers, revealing how speech technologies reproduce standard language ideologies. The second study examines the psychological and behavioral consequences of dialect discrimination using video data collected over a 2- week diary study of African Americans’ interactions with voice technology. The final study shows linguistic consequences of ASR misrecognition, examining how African Americans modify their prosody and morphosyntax in order to be better understood. She concludes with a discussion on how to apply sociolinguistic insights about African American English (AAE) to artificial intelligence to advance technological justice for speakers of African American English and other minoritized language varieties. Brought to you by the Data Justice Pillar.

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While the benefits of active learning are clear, sustainably implementing it may still seem elusive. In this session, participants will reflect on current active learning practices, analyze five factors that accelerate active learning, and consider ways to integrate (or amplify) these factors in their classrooms. Presenter: Kem Saichaie, Executive Director at the Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) Keywords: student-centered, engagement, practice made visible, active learning Each academic quarter, the educational designers and developers of the UCLA Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) offer via Zoom a weekly series of seven pop-up sessions - each just 10 minutes in length - on focused, specific topics related to course design, teaching, learning, and learning assessment. The additional “+10” in the series title refers to an optional 10 minutes that follow each presentation for Q&A and discussion. These 10 + 10 sessions will take place at 10am (PT) every Tuesday in the quarter, from Week 2 through Week 8. 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 training session will show you how to efficiently use Leganto (the "Course Reading List" tool) in Bruin Learn to request course reserves from UCLA Library. Please join us to learn how the Library can support your class by providing free access to required and recommended course texts to your students. Audience: Faculty, TAs

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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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This workshop is only open to instructors. This workshop will highlight the requirements and best practices for creating accessible slide presentations in Google Slides and Microsoft PowerPoint. Participants will learn techniques for building accessibility into slides from the start, as well as how to use accessibility checkers.

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Dear UCLA International Scholars, you are invited to join the a workshop hosted by WR Immigration. This workshop will cover employment-based visa (e.g. H1-B, O-1, E-2) and permanent residency options in the U.S. REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED via Zoom When: October 29th, 2026 from 2pm – 3pm (PT) Pre-Submit Questions: https://sa.ucla.edu/forms/p/workvisas (Deadline to submit questions is 10/26/2026)

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Calling all UCLA staff, faculty, and students to join the annual UCLA Recreation Halloween Walk on Thursday, October 29! All hands on deck! Register now to be part of this spooktacular campus adventure! Stroll solo or with your crew to at least 3 haunted stations across campus between 11:00 AM and 2:00 PM. Costumes encouraged! Get a stamp at each Walk location, collect fun prizes, earn a FREE Halloween-themed t-shirt (while supplies last) when you finish at the John Wooden Center with 3 stamps! Attend the walk and enter to win a FREE Apple, courtesy of the UCLA Computer Store! Arrrrrr You Ready to Walk?

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Climate change poses serious threats to pregnant people, mothers, and those hoping to have children — from toxic exposures and miscarriage to guilt, anxiety, and grief. Join us for a talk with Jade S. Sasser, PhD, Professor of Environmental Studies at UC Riverside, as she examines these challenges and how birth workers, organizers, and elected officials are mobilizing for policy change. Free lunch provided. Dr. Sasser is the author of On Infertile Ground (NYU Press, 2018) and Climate Anxiety and the Kid Question (UC Press, 2024), and hosts a podcast by the same name. Her forthcoming book explores climate change's health impacts on pregnant people and mothers.

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During this session, learn quick, practical ways to make your data visualizations (vizzes) more accessible and easier for everyone to understand. We’ll highlight simple improvements to color and contrast, labels, keyboard accessibility, and text alternatives that you can incorporate into your dashboards. You’ll leave with a handy checklist to guide your next visualization. Presenters: Karen Sobelman, Associate Instructional Designer, Instructional Design and Media Production and Petunia Sunnywell, Digital Accessibility Specialist at UCLA Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) Keywords: accessible visualization, clarity, inclusive, technical strategies Each academic quarter, the educational designers and developers of the UCLA Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) offer via Zoom a weekly series of seven pop-up sessions - each just 10 minutes in length - on focused, specific topics related to course design, teaching, learning, and learning assessment. The additional “+10” in the series title refers to an optional 10 minutes that follow each presentation for Q&A and discussion. These 10 + 10 sessions will take place at 10am (PT) every Tuesday in the quarter, from Week 2 through Week 8. 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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Part of the Jacob Marschak Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Mathematics in the Behavioral Sciences Speaker: Takao Sasaki, associate professor in the Brain and Cognitive Sciences, University of Rochester Social animals—from insect colonies to human groups—often make decisions without centralized control, relying on local interactions to produce coordinated collective outcomes. However, we still know little about the circumstances under which groups make better (or worse) decisions than individuals. To address this question, Takao Sasaki's research applies concepts and methods from psychology to both individuals and groups, allowing him to directly compare their cognitive abilities. Using ants and homing pigeons as model systems, Sasaki will discuss (1) how rock ant colonies avoid making irrational decisions, (2) how fire ants collectively build self-assembled pontoon bridges, and (3) how homing pigeons improve their homing routes through the accumulation of knowledge. He will also briefly introduce a new research direction that his lab has recently started investigating: collective animal learning.

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This workshop is only open to instructors. This workshop offers an overview on the art of writing effective alt text. Participants will also learn how to tackle writing long descriptions for objects that require more detailed information, as well as seeing how writing descriptive alt text brings your visual content to life for everyone. Session details, including Zoom link can be found in the 10+10 Pop-up Series Bruin Learn site.

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The Dashew Center invites you to join our quarterly International Scholar Lunch Hour this Fall! Meet other members of the UCLA International Scholar community to socialize, connect, and expand your network. The event will be held on Wednesday, November 4th from 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM PT @ Bradley 300. Registration is recommended to assist us with estimating attendance.

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An opportunity to interact and speak with UCPD officers and to grab a cup of coffee and a pastry on the way to class.

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Group work can enhance problem-solving and peer learning, but unstructured tasks often result in uneven participation, team friction, and complex grading. Transforming simple group activities into effective collaborative learning requires intentional task design, functional role assignment, and clear accountability structures. Join us for this session to learn practical frameworks for organizing, monitoring, and evaluating group work across disciplines. This session is only open to instructors. Please register to receive the Zoom link. Please contact instructorsupport@teaching.ucla.edu if you have any questions.

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Grading doesn’t have to be overwhelming. In this workshop, explore practical strategies you can use to provide student feedback while streamlining the grading process. Learn how rubrics can speed up grading, and preview various BruinLearn tools and features that can provide efficient yet effective student feedback. By the end of the session, you’ll plan a sample activity or use case you can adapt for your own course.

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Explore findings from the 2026 UCLA Senior Survey on how students are using AI in their coursework, how they perceive its benefits and challenges for learning, and the guidance they receive on AI use. We’ll highlight key patterns in students’ experiences and consider what they may mean for teaching practices, assessment, and supporting students’ effective use of AI. Presenter: Wonki Lee, Associate Director of Educational Assessment Services & Initiatives at UCLA Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) Keywords: ucla senior survey, AI use, students experiences on AI, student feedback Each academic quarter, the educational designers and developers of the UCLA Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) offer via Zoom a weekly series of seven pop-up sessions - each just 10 minutes in length - on focused, specific topics related to course design, teaching, learning, and learning assessment. The additional “+10” in the series title refers to an optional 10 minutes that follow each presentation for Q&A and discussion. These 10 + 10 sessions will take place at 10am (PT) every Tuesday in the quarter, from Week 2 through Week 8. 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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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 is only open to instructors. This workshop will explain which accessibility modalities are required for which type of media. Participants will explore how to identify common accessibility barriers in media, and utilize strategies for addressing them.

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Grading doesn’t have to be overwhelming. In this workshop, explore practical strategies you can use to provide student feedback while streamlining the grading process. Learn how rubrics can speed up grading, and preview various BruinLearn tools and features that can provide efficient yet effective student feedback. By the end of the session, you’ll select personalized strategies to make grading more manageable and sustainable.

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This workshop explores the cultural, religious, and intellectual legacy of Daisetz Teitaro (D. T.) Suzuki (1870-1966), the preeminent figure who introduced Zen and Mahayana Buddhism to the modern Western world. The invited scholars, curators, and practitioners reflect on Suzuki’s wide-ranging contributions and evaluate their enduring cross-cultural impact from various perspectives. The program features a keynote address by Dr. Richard M. Jaffe, professor of religious studies at Duke University; an exhibition of rare Buddhist archives related to D. T. Suzuki from UCLA Library Special Collections; and a roundtable bringing together academic research, lived practice and community engagement. Co-sponsored by UCLA Library, UCLA Center for Buddhist Studies and UCLA Center for the Study of Religion

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This session demonstrates best practices for adding media to your course as well as utilizing media in student work, such as assignments and introductions. We will cover the following: - Upload and post videos to your course - Create video submission assignments - Create an introductory discussion with video You will be provided with documentation and resources that you can use to add these activities to your course. Audience: Faculty, TAs, Staff

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The syllabus is an essential part of instruction that communicates the objectives, expectations, and structure of a course. Is it clear? Is it welcoming? Is it accessible? Leave with practical ideas you can apply to your next syllabus. Presenter: Sammy Solis, Assistant Director for Teaching Development at the Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) Keywords: syllabus, student belonging, expectations, course objective, clear learning goals Each academic quarter, the educational designers and developers of the UCLA Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) offer via Zoom a weekly series of seven pop-up sessions - each just 10 minutes in length - on focused, specific topics related to course design, teaching, learning, and learning assessment. The additional “+10” in the series title refers to an optional 10 minutes that follow each presentation for Q&A and discussion. These 10 + 10 sessions will take place at 10am (PT) every Tuesday in the quarter, from Week 2 through Week 8. 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 MindFit is a mindful movement and meditation offering that teaches several effective stress management tools and is offered to UCLA faculty, staff, and students at no cost. In person outdoor grounding and revitalizing workshops to reconnect to the earth and walk mindfully on the grass. An opportunity to take a break and reset in the company of other Bruins. Tuesday 11/17/26, 12:15-1:00p, Dickson Court South

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Gradescope helps streamline the grading of handwritten exams, assignments, and Bubble Sheets while providing meaningful feedback to students. This workflow is especially suited for multiple choice, short-form, or mathematical responses. This session will cover how to create assignments, how students and instructors can upload work, and the basics of grading. Audience: Faculty, TAs

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This interactive workshop invites you to reflect on your professional and instructional values, using the Live Your Values card deck to consider ethical AI use in your discipline. You will then revise an existing assignment that can support students in developing their own values, revising your learning objectives to foster students’ caring, curiosity, and community.

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This co-working peer review session will cover syllabus design best practices. Participants will look at example syllabi, consider best practices for student-centered, inclusive, and digitally accessible design, and peer review each other’s materials. Light refreshments will be served. This session is open to all instructors, including faculty, TAs, and postdocs. Please contact gspse@teaching.ucla.edu if you have any questions.

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Writing-intensive courses across the curriculum—which are highly exposed to AI misuse—present special challenges and opportunities for transformation in the age of AI. To succeed in today’s AI-integrated workplaces, students need advanced writing, reading and editing skills. This seminar will introduce a human-centered, award-winning curricular model, PAIRR (Peer and AI Review + Reflection), which is designed to build critical AI literacy while simultaneously improving equity in writing support for students. Findings from the PAIRR project— tested with thousands of community college, CSU and UC Davis students in 2025-2027—will also be shared during this seminar. Presenter Bio: Marit J. MacArthur teaches writing and serves as AI & Emerging Technology coordinator for UC Davis’s Writing Center. She is a PI for the PAIRR (Peer and AI Review + Reflection) project and co-investigator with the Center for AI and Experimental Futures (CAIEF). Marit’s work on AI and writing—which builds on her NEH-funded interdisciplinary research in voice studies—has appeared in AI & Society, Computers and Composition, Inside Higher Ed, Bad Ideas about AI and Writing, and Frontiers in Communication. She is a GenAI and Writing in Higher Ed series editor for Critical AI and pedagogy lead for the UC Humanities Research Institute AI Lab.

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This training session will demonstrate how to finalize your Bruin Learn gradebook and transfer Bruin Learn grades to MyUCLA. Audience: Faculty, TAs, Staff

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This session is open to all instructors, TAs, and postdocs. The Practice and Play with EdTech series offers instructors a hands-on opportunity to explore teaching tools and strategies with TLC staff. This session will explore how to leverage AI to support aspects of their teaching workflow — from brainstorming lesson plans to drafting assessments or developing grading strategies. Participants will experiment with Google Gemini and practice crafting prompts to support their courses. The session will also include time to critically assess AI-generated responses for accuracy, relevance, and bias.

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Feminist Approaches to Research, Knowledge & Academic Culture With Dr. Sarah McCullough, UC Davis Feminist Research Institute (FRI) Free • Lunch Provided How do histories of eugenics, colonialism, and patriarchy continue to shape research? Join the UC Davis Feminist Research Institute for a workshop exploring how feminist science studies can help us recognize and redress systemic biases in research and academic culture. Feminist Approaches to Improve Lab Culture, Research Accuracy, & Public Impact How do histories of eugenics, colonialism, and patriarchy continue to shape research today? This workshop offers faculty and researchers in all fields practical tools for recognizing how exclusionary histories influence research questions, methodologies, interpretation, and academic environments. Participants will explore how addressing systemic bias can: Improve the accuracy and impact of scientific research Generate more innovative approaches to pressing contemporary issues Create more equitable and welcoming research environments Support junior scholars and strengthen lab culture Turn feminist insights into actionable research practices Facilitated discussion • Practical tools • Resources for action About the Facilitator Sarah Rebolloso McCullough, PhD, runs the Feminist Research Institute at UC Davis, whose mission is to transform research culture to be more accurate, impactful, and humanizing. She created the Asking Different Questions research training program, which teaches feminist science & technology studies to justice-driven STEM researchers. She also conducts research in knowledge justice, environmental justice, mobility, justice, and university-community relations. She earned her PhD in Cultural Studies with a designated emphasis in Feminist Theory & Research at UC Davis.

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This training session will demonstrate how to finalize your Bruin Learn gradebook and transfer Bruin Learn grades to MyUCLA. Audience: Faculty, TAs, Staff

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This training session will demonstrate how to finalize your Bruin Learn gradebook and transfer Bruin Learn grades to MyUCLA. Audience: Faculty, TAs, Staff

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This training session will demonstrate how to finalize your Bruin Learn gradebook and transfer Bruin Learn grades to MyUCLA. Audience: Faculty, TAs, Staff

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@ Travel back more than 250 years to explore the pioneers and innovators who originated from the Presidio—and helped shape San Francisco, the United States, and the world. The journey begins by recognizing and honoring the Ramaytush Ohlone people, the first stewards of this land. From there, explore the dramatic transitions of power over the Presidio between three powerful countries and discover how the Presidio evolved from a strategic military outpost into one of the most popular national parks in the country. The tour will last approximately 2 hours, and we will walk 1.3 miles. The trail is mostly flat with some inclines. We advise that you please wear layers, as the weather changes drastically. Bathrooms are available and we kindly ask that you please refrain from bringing any pets. **_All sales are final and refunds cannot be provided._** ### [San Francisco Bay Area Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/san-francisco-bay-area-network/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/san-francisco-bay-area-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

@ Join the Bay Area Bruins and fellow alumni Sunday afternoon for the Bay FC vs Portland Thorns NWSL women’s soccer match. Six former UCLA players are represented between the two rosters. Bay FC – Abby Dahlkemper, Caprice Dydasco Portland Thorns – Jessie Flemming, Jayden Perry, Reilyn Turner, Jennie Immethun Seats will be in Section 132 located midway between the north goal and the centerline of the pitch. Excellent location and sightlines for watching the match. Reserving tickets early will secure seats closer to the field. **_All sales are final and refunds cannot be provided._** A portion of the proceeds will also go to support the Bay Area Bruins and its mission in supporting Bay Area UCLA scholars. ### [San Francisco Bay Area Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/san-francisco-bay-area-network/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/san-francisco-bay-area-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

Part of: Ryusuke Hamaguchi: Early Works Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Yanai Initiative When Drive My Car won the Oscar for Best International Feature Film in 2022, on top of being the first Japanese film ever nominated for Best Picture, it may have appeared to many as if its director, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, had come out of nowhere to accomplish such a feat. Still others may have known him as the director of the four-hour tour-de-force relationship drama, Happy Hour, when it generated cinephile buzz on the festival circuit in 2016 or perhaps the spellbinding romance-by-way-of identity-crisis, Asako I & II, when it became his first film to premiere at Cannes in 2018. But well before these milestones, Hamaguchi was busy making shorts and features that have rarely screened outside of Japan. After graduating from Tokyo University in 2003 under the influence of John Cassavetes, Hamaguchi began directing in earnest before entering Tokyo University of the Arts where Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Cure, Pulse) became a mentor. As a student and beyond, Hamaguchi took advantage of a network of non-profit, institutional support to workshop projects that allowed him to experiment with like-minded actors, screenwriters and cinematographers. Indeed, a number of his films from this period (Intimacies, Touching the Skin of Eeriness) foreground the creative process as elements of his sublimely structured mid-career style come into view. With his latest film, All of a Sudden, in theaters this November, the Archive is pleased to present this selection of early works by Hamaguchi that confirm what was to come even as they defy expectations. Series programmed and notes written by Senior Public Programmer Paul Malcolm.

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@ Please join us at Game n’ Grounds Board Game Cafe to connect with San Fernando Valley Alum Bruins while playing board games and eating delicious food! Feel free to stop by as long as you wish. Space is limited, so RSVP as soon as possible. If you are unable to attend this event anymore or have any questions, please contact Tanisha at tgunby@g.ucla.edu. ### [San Fernando Valley Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/san-fernando-valley-network/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/san-fernando-valley-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

@ Arts Gowanus is hosting their 30th annual Open Studios event. It’s a fun and free annual event where dozens of art studios in Gowanus open to the public. We’re hosting a group to walk together and hang out in a fun neighborhood. There’s also delicious bakeries and cafes we can check out together. Come ready to learn about local art and make new friends. ### [New York Tri-State Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/new-york-tri-state-network/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/new-york-tri-state-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

This eight-part webinar series highlights content from Foundations and Futures, a multimedia textbook from UCLA's Asian American Studies Center. You can register for this virtual webinar at this link: bit.ly/TeachingAAPI

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Many old songs brim with ecological awareness. Old songs from the territory of modern Ukraine tell stories about plants like the birch tree–bereza in Ukrainian, beryoze in Yiddish–that bend, break, and heal, becoming metaphors for human fragility and tenacity. Birds mark the turning of seasons and shifts in our internal weather as well. Since 2011, Zozulka–a trio named after the Ukrainian word for cuckoo bird–has interpreted songs from a wide range of Ukrainian village traditions. With BEREZA / BERYOZE, the trio branches into a new cycle of songs that speak directly to ecological themes. In this project, Zozulka reaches into Yiddish song repertoires from Ukraine, matching and contrasting the Jewish and Ukrainian song traditions that coexisted and drew upon grounded ecological knowledge. This song cycle reimagines old songs by rooting them in new sonic and cultural landscapes. Through expansive and bold arrangements, the works in BEREZA / BERYOZE illuminate how folk wisdom can deepen our awareness of the interdependence between human and more-than-human worlds. In an era marked by global climate change and devastating acts of ecocide in wartorn Ukraine and beyond, BEREZA / BERYOZE celebrates variegated and interlinked song traditions and the cathartic, regenerative power of singing old songs in the present. A portion of our proceeds will go to the Ukrainian Nature Conservation Group https://uncg.org.ua/en/. BIO: Zozulka Trio is Eva Salina, Willa Roberts, and Maria Sonevytsky. We have been singing together since 2011, when we formed as an offshoot of The Chornobyl Songs Project, led by one of our mentors, the Kyiv-based ethnomusicologist Yevhen Yefremov. zozulka.bandcamp.com.

Drop-in Mondays 11 AM - 3 PM: Hey Bruins! Join us for The Price is Right on Monday, October 19th, for a chance to win a prize ???? Chat with our team, including a money expert with 20+ years of wealth management experience, play games, complete practical worksheets, win prizes, and more!

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Bruin Learn has two quiz engines available to instructors - Classic Quizzes (the original quiz tool) and New Quizzes. This session is aimed at faculty who would like to learn more about New Quizzes and its benefits, limitations, and upcoming features and enhancements. Audience: Faculty, TAs, Staff

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This session will explore strategies for sustaining a sense of belonging throughout the quarter. Participants will learn practical techniques for co-creating learning experiences with students as a way to foster students' sense of belonging in the classroom. Presenter: Lisa Felipe, Director of Teaching and Learning in Humanities at the UCLA Teaching and Learning Center, TLC Keywords: inclusive, belonging, student-centered, motivation, connectedness, community Each academic quarter, the educational designers and developers of the UCLA Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) offer via Zoom a weekly series of seven pop-up sessions - each just 10 minutes in length - on focused, specific topics related to course design, teaching, learning, and learning assessment. The additional “+10” in the series title refers to an optional 10 minutes that follow each presentation for Q&A and discussion. These 10 + 10 sessions will take place at 10am (PT) every Tuesday in the quarter, from Week 2 through Week 8. 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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Join the LGBTQ Campus Resource Center in celebrating LGBTQ History Month over a special exhibit of LGBTQ archives in collaboration with the UCLA Library! Engage with community through history and make some zines with us! RSVP through the link in our bio and on our website.

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@ Join us for our monthly meeting for Bruin Affiliates members and guests with luncheon and a speaker! The luncheon will include a sandwich platter with salads. A vegetarian option is available. Please RSVP by Wednesday, October 14th. Reservations are required and we are unable to seat anyone without a reservation and paid for in advance. $45.00 for Bruin Affiliates Members, and $50.00 for Non Bruin Affiliates Members ### [Town & Gown Affiliates of UCLA](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/town-gown-affiliates-of-ucla/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/the-town-gown-affiliates-of-ucla/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

@ Change is the only constant in life, and every day we are called to reckon with this. Today it may be most apparent to you in national or global tumult, a career pivot you’re contemplating or relationship dynamics you’re struggling to tweak or adapt to. However it shows up, you can count on the rug continuing to shift beneath your feet. And your brain really doesn’t like that, at least by default. In its frenzy to find stability today, it will leap to ways of thinking and behaving that will leave you feeling even more stuck, stifled, and afraid tomorrow. Yet, if you are inclined toward personal growth, you can use the tidal forces of change to propel you to ever-greater wisdom, inner stability and even growth. In this session with Jim Hjort, an executive and career coach, personal development trainer and licensed psychotherapist, you’ll learn: • Why your inner critic and pessimist is actually a key part of your team • Why you may do all the “right” things, while feeling less and less satisfied with your life • How to look beneath the surface of your life story to identify what makes you feel truly alive—so you can have more of that • Communication skills to help you show up for yourself first, so you can show up whole and healthy for anyone else you want in your life • How to not just survive chaos and uncertainty, but embrace it as the essential journey of your life Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

This workshop is only open to instructors. This workshop will explore techniques for creating accessible instructional documents in Google Docs and Microsoft Word. Participants will learn how to build meaningful document structure with headings and lists, create descriptive links, design accessible tables, and provide effective alternative text for images and charts. The workshop will also examine accessibility challenges within PDFs and explore why an accessible Word document often gives students a more flexible and accessible experience.

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@ Join entertainment alumni from USC, CalArts, NYU, Stanford and of course, UCLA with the biggest cross-campus entertainment networking event of the year. Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

Part of: Ryusuke Hamaguchi: Early Works Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Yanai Initiative When Drive My Car won the Oscar for Best International Feature Film in 2022, on top of being the first Japanese film ever nominated for Best Picture, it may have appeared to many as if its director, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, had come out of nowhere to accomplish such a feat. Still others may have known him as the director of the four-hour tour-de-force relationship drama, Happy Hour, when it generated cinephile buzz on the festival circuit in 2016 or perhaps the spellbinding romance-by-way-of identity-crisis, Asako I & II, when it became his first film to premiere at Cannes in 2018. But well before these milestones, Hamaguchi was busy making shorts and features that have rarely screened outside of Japan. After graduating from Tokyo University in 2003 under the influence of John Cassavetes, Hamaguchi began directing in earnest before entering Tokyo University of the Arts where Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Cure, Pulse) became a mentor. As a student and beyond, Hamaguchi took advantage of a network of non-profit, institutional support to workshop projects that allowed him to experiment with like-minded actors, screenwriters and cinematographers. Indeed, a number of his films from this period (Intimacies, Touching the Skin of Eeriness) foreground the creative process as elements of his sublimely structured mid-career style come into view. With his latest film, All of a Sudden, in theaters this November, the Archive is pleased to present this selection of early works by Hamaguchi that confirm what was to come even as they defy expectations. Series programmed and notes written by Senior Public Programmer Paul Malcolm.

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This session is open to all instructors, TAs, and postdocs. The Practice and Play with EdTech series offers instructors a hands-on opportunity to explore teaching tools and strategies with TLC staff. This session will explore how modernized classroom spaces can engage students and support meaningful active learning. Attendees will examine how flexible classroom layouts and integrated technologies support pedagogical goals through hands-on activities designed to foster collaboration, deepen content processing, increase student engagement, and promote inclusive participation.

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@ **\*CANCELED\*** Join us for a performance of _The Heart_, followed by a conversation with members of the cast and a networking event. ### [New York Tri-State Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/new-york-tri-state-network/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/new-york-tri-state-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

@ Please join us for UCLA monthly Happy Hour at Hoxton Bar Rivie. Guests are responsible for their own drinks ### [France Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/france-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

Are you looking to enjoy an international food experience? Join the UCLA Dashew Center, Wescom Financial, and ASUCLA for an evening celebrating international food and community! Enjoy international food, live student performances, games, giveaways, and more. Wescom Financial will also offer on-site account openings during the event. Register today!

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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. While this week's ELC session will take place in person, please note that our program for Fall 2026 will operate on an alternating hybrid schedule. ELC meet virtually during odd weeks (weeks 3, 5, 7, and 9) and in-person during even weeks (weeks 2, 4, 6, and 10.) Please be sure to check the full description before registering. Space is limited to 20 participants per session, and participants are welcome to bring and enjoy their lunch during these meetings.

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This session will introduce instructors and TAs to accessibility tools that are available in Bruin Learn. We will demonstrate the following: - How to use auto-generated captions - How to edit captions - How to select optimal tools and formats for posting your videos - Overview of the WCAG 2.1 AA compliance deadline for April, 2026 By the end of this session, participants will be able to select and utilize tools to make their media more accessible in Bruin Learn. Audience: Faculty, TAs, Staff

@ One thing many of us miss about UCLA is how easy it was to run into friends and feel part of a community because even in L.A., people can scatter surprisingly quickly after graduation. We want to help recreate a bit of that Bruin camaraderie here because we know there are plenty of Bruins nearby — we just don’t recognize one another now that BearWear isn’t our daily attire. We can change that. Join us for an evening of relaxed fun with the classes of 2020-26. This is as low-key as it gets: no program, no icebreakers and no expectation that you work the room. If you’d rather not walk in alone, bring a friend — they don’t need to be a Bruin. Drop in for a bit or stay all evening. If you want a preview, 1212 Santa Monica — our spot for the evening — is pictured below. Order whatever you’d like from the bar or kitchen on your own tab, then settle into the open, two-story space and enjoy the lively Santa Monica atmosphere. With creative cocktails, a SoCal-inspired menu and plenty of room to catch up or get to know someone new, 1212 feels like the perfect place to meet other recent grads who already know at least one chapter of our story. Maybe you’ll meet other sports fans to watch a UCLA game with this fall, find people who want to explore a new local spot in the next few months, or exchange career tips down the line. Who knows — you might even end up sitting across from one another at a Dinner for 12 Strangers that one of you hosts next February. This could be the start of a circle of Bruins you keep bumping into — and choosing to spend time with. Our greatest hope is that you make friends you like enough to say, “We should do this again,” and then actually do it.. ### [Westside Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/los-angeles-westside-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

Join curators from Library Special Collections as they offer the UCLA community an opportunity to see and engage with materials that document food and culinary history. This will include materials that represent food and culinary history locally, internationally and across time periods. Beyond providing nourishment, food serves as a connection across cultures and societies, with agriculture, foodways and cuisines offering insights into community history, traditions and social structures. Examine how materials that include cookbooks, recipes, photographs and menus offer insight into the ways food connect us to each other. RSVP encouraged.

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@ The 2026 U.S. midterm elections will shape far more than the balance of power in Washington. Their consequences will ripple through global markets, transatlantic relations, European security, and the future of the liberal international order. This distinguished panel discussion, presented by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Alumni UK Network and the University of Chicago Booth School of Business UK alumni community, brings together leading voices in politics, economics, and international affairs to examine how America’s domestic political landscape is inseparable from global stability and economic confidence. For business leaders, investors, policymakers, and internationally minded professionals, understanding what’s at stake in these midterms is essential to navigating an increasingly interconnected geopolitical and economic landscape. Key Themes Moving beyond campaign horse-race coverage, our panel will examine the outcome’s real-world implications for governments, markets, institutions, and businesses across Europe and beyond: * The political landscape: electoral behaviour, polarisation, and the resilience of American democratic institutions * European security: what the outcome means for NATO, Ukraine, and the continent’s defence posture * Transatlantic cooperation: the outlook for U.S.–Europe partnership in an era of geopolitical fragmentation * Markets and fiscal policy: investor confidence, monetary policy, and the global economic outlook * The liberal international order: the future of multilateral institutions under growing strain This is a conversation for anyone who needs to understand not just who wins, but what it means for transatlantic cooperation, for institutional trust, and for the decisions business and policy leaders will need to make next. Early-Bird; £80 from September 2, 2026. ### [UK Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/uk-network/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/uk-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

Interested in connecting with colleagues, sharing ideas, and growing your teaching practice? Join the TLC for an information session to learn about two Learning Community (LC) opportunities: 1. GenAI Faculty Learning Community 2. New Instructor Learning Community Learn more about each community, what participation involves, and how you can get involved. We look forward to sharing more about these opportunities and answering your questions! Please register to receive the Zoom meeting information, and contact instructorsupport@teaching.ucla.edu if you have any questions. If you are unable to attend this session, please register for the second information session on Monday, October 26, 2-2:45pm with the same content.

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Join us for this quarter’s EatWell Pod Food Collective Meeting, an in-person gathering of students, faculty, staff, and community partners working to make nutritious food more accessible at UCLA and across Los Angeles. We’ll hear updates on the campus programs and research shaping food access today, from student-led initiatives to new findings on CalFresh enrollment among college students. The meeting will close with an open discussion, followed by time to connect with others working in this space over refreshments. Everyone is welcome, and we hope to see you there!

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In person: David Stenn, author of Clara Bow: Runnin’ Wild. Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive, the Hugh M. Hefner Classic American Film Program and the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles “I’ve had enough trouble with men without marrying any!” declares Clara Bow (whose own hectic love life was this film's inspiration) as she flees wannabe Paris grooms for the French Riviera where comic mayhem ensues amidst Art Deco sets. Unseen for decades due to rights issues and still unavailable on any platform, this super-rare Pre-Code romp is “a rush of great fun, high spirits, and good humor from a bright ensemble cast, and particularly vivacious Bow” (Derek Winnert). Special thanks to David Stenn; and Margot Gerber, Art Deco Society of Los Angeles.

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A Musical Odyssey from Armenia to Appalachia. A 90-minute concert experience featuring original compositions from Raffi Joe Wartanian’s forthcoming album MAKAM DELTA, performed by the Sér Ensemble (oud, violin, guitar, bass, and percussion). The program merges Armenian folk traditions, modal jazz, flamenco, rebetiko, Appalachian bluegrass, and improvisation, tracing innovative connections between music of the Mediterranean and the Americas. The concert also incorporates brief reflections on the oud, cultural influences, thematic considerations (composition, diaspora, intercultural dialogue), and occasional poetic interventions, cultivating an engaging and inclusive experience. Raffi Joe Wartanian & the Sér Ensemble unite oud, violin, guitar, bass, and percussion to paint a sonic soundscape where the Appalachian Mountains slope into the Mediterranean Sea. Led by composer, writer, and educator Raffi Joe Wartanian, the ensemble—featuring percussionist TJ Troy, guitarist Alexy Yeghikian, violinist Shant Tanielian, and bassist Felix Kochendorfer—draws from Armenian folk, modal jazz, flamenco, rebetiko, and poetry. Backed by producer Gaby Moreno, Levantine Music, and the UCLA Armenian Music Program among others, the artists showcase virtuosic improvisations, innovative compositions, and video projections of nature to evoke the sense of reflection, wonder, and discovery that inspired this project. Listen here for a sneak peak of the album! “Through his fresh approach to the ancient oud, Raffi Joe Wartanian exudes dexterity, nuance, and compositional finesse. His music organically traverses genres with a subtle ease and fluency, often intertwining multiple traditions and influences in a way that feels cohesive, authentic, and innovative. In doing so, he not only honors the oud’s rich history, but also expands its possibilities. With MAKAM DELTA, his new album of oud compositions, he has moved the music and instrument forward to new frontiers.” -Ara Dinkjian, oud master

@ Bruins, it’s time to come home. Kick off Homecoming Weekend with the UCLA Black Alumni Association at our annual Black to Westwood Mixer, a night to reconnect, celebrate, and turn up the Blue & Gold. Whether you graduated last spring or decades ago, this is your night to catch up with old classmates, meet the next generation of Black Bruins, and build connections that reach well beyond campus. Expect good music, good vibes, and the kind of community that only Black Bruins can bring. Pull up, show out, and rep your class year. The family reunion starts here. ### [UCLA Black Alumni Association](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/ucla-black-alumni-association/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/ucla-black-alumni-association/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

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@ Join the Chicago Network as we cheer on UCLA football! _Dog Haus is close to the Fullerton L Stop, and can be accessed by multiple bus routes. There is also street parking available. We often have drink and food specials. Go Bruins!_ Open Event ### [Chicago Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/chicago-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

In person: Q&A with UCLA Cinema and Media Studies Professor Kriss Ravetto-Biagioli and UCLA Comparative Literature Professor Nouri Gana. Guest speaker 60 years after its first screening in Algiers, The Battle of Algiers has lost none of its political punch. Premiering internationally at the 1966 Venice Film Festival, where it won the Golden Lion, the film was celebrated for the audacity with which it confronted the still-raw history of French colonialism and the Algerian struggle for independence. In France, however, it remained effectively banned for years. Its extraordinary political afterlife has been equally paradoxical: a film embraced by anticolonial and revolutionary movements around the world has also been studied by military and counterinsurgency strategists, including at the Pentagon during the Iraq War. Starring almost exclusively nonprofessional actors and shot entirely on location in Algiers in a strikingly realist, quasi-documentary style, Gillo Pontecorvo’s film reconstructs the pivotal 1957 Battle of Algiers during the Algerian War of Independence (1954–62). Beginning with French paratroopers closing in on FLN militant Ali La Pointe, the film moves backward to trace his politicization and the escalating confrontation between the National Liberation Front and the French colonial state. Yet The Battle of Algiers is less the story of an individual revolutionary than of a people becoming a political subject. Made shortly before the manifestos that would theorize “Third Cinema,” the film became one of its enduring touchstones: cinema conceived not simply as representation but as intervention. Its unsettling treatment of colonialism, revolutionary violence, torture and collective resistance continues to raise urgent questions about political violence, national liberation and the unfinished work of decolonization. Note written by UCLA Cinema and Media Studies Professor Kriss Ravetto-Biagioli and UCLA Comparative Literature Professor Nouri Gana.

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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! Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

LA’s 33 Strings (三十三絃の会), a distinguished Japanese music ensemble based in Southern California and dedicated to the preservation and evolution of Japan’s musical heritage, hosts a workshop on Japanese music. Featuring instruments such as the koto, bass koto, and shamisen, the group performs a wide variety of music, ranging from classical pieces and folk songs to contemporary works, including anime and film scores, bringing together members and audiences through a shared appreciation of Japanese music. LA’s 33 Strings has appeared at a range of notable events, including a collaboration with the globally renowned video game Silent Hill f, the Newport Beach Film Festival, Anime Expo, and the Dream Asia Food Festival in Las Vegas, as well as numerous community events throughout Southern California. The ensemble has also performed at venues such as Bowers Museum, Descanso Gardens, and other Japanese gardens, libraries, art galleries, and cultural festivals. In addition, LA’s 33 Strings has produced hands-on workshops throughout the LA community with the endorsement of the Consulate General of Japan. These educational programs help deepen appreciation and understanding of Japanese musical traditions while creating opportunities for participants to experience the instruments and music firsthand. As its presence continues to grow, the ensemble looks ahead to future engagements, including its annual fall concert on November 21st. This special evening will reflect not only the cultural richness and musical refinement of Japanese music, but also the spirit of community at the heart of LA’s 33 Strings. LA’s 33 Strings is generously supported by grants from the California Arts Council, LA County Arts and Culture, Japan Foundation, and the Eastside Arts Initiative. https://www.33strings.org/ This workshop is presented in conjunction with the symposium “Music Alive in the Archive: Legacy and Promise–65 Years of the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive,” a two-day event in celebration of the 65th anniversary of the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive. Sponsored by the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive, the UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology, and the Dean’s Office, UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music.

Kinnara was formed in 1969 by Rev. Masao Kodani and several members of Senshin Buddhist Temple and includes a Gagaku group of 15-20 musicians and dancers and a Taiko group. It sponsors study groups and conducts seminars on Buddhist culture and performing arts. Gagaku is the oldest existing tradition of orchestral music and dance in the world, representing the court music and dance of ancient Asia (central Asia, southeast Asia, India, China, Manchuria, Korea, and Japan). It is the collective music of these areas up to the 10th century and as early as the beginning of the common era. This music is preserved and performed to this day in Japan and, to a lesser degree, in Korea. In Japan, it became part of the liturgical music and dance of our Jodoshinshu sect in the 17th century and has been performed in our temples in America since the early 1900s. Kinnara had the rare opportunity to study gagaku under the guidance of Professor Suenobu Togi, emeritus professor of the Department of Ethnomusicology at UCLA and musician in the Imperial Household Department of Court Music in Japan. He taught the group from 1969-2010. Kinnara Gagaku continues to perform at various temples for special services, as well as at cultural centers and universities. In October 2023, Kinnara Gagaku performed at Walt Disney Hall in downtown Los Angeles for the celebration of their 20th anniversary. https://senshintemple.org/groups/kinnara/ This concert is presented in conjunction with the symposium “Music Alive in the Archive: Legacy and Promise–65 Years of the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive,” a two-day event in celebration of the 65th anniversary of the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive. Co-sponsored by the Hiroshi Wagatsuma Memorial Faculty Grant from the UCLA Asia Pacific Center, the UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance, the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive, the UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology, and the Dean’s Office, UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music.

Join us for a two-day celebration of the 65th anniversary of the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive. The event will feature a symposium, workshops, and concerts. International, national, and local archivists, alumni, faculty, and community members will come together to explore the history and evolving role of ethnomusicological archives in preserving and sustaining musical traditions. The event is also in celebration of World Day for Audiovisual Heritage. Saturday’s featured guest artists will be LA’s 33 Strings, who will lead a Japanese music workshop, and Kinnara Gagaku, who will present a gagaku concert. Kinnara Gagaku was taught for more than 35 years by Suenobu Togi, a former musician of the Japanese Imperial Court who directed UCLA Ethnomusicology’s Music of Japan Ensemble from 1961 to 1993. Professor Robert Garfias, who founded the Music of Japan Ensemble at UCLA in 1958, will introduce the concert. Sunday’s featured guest artists will be Masanga Marimba, led by UCLA Ethnomusicology alumnus Dr. Ric Alviso. Masanga Marimba will lead both a workshop and the Sunday evening concert. Established in 1961, the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive is a world-renowned research archive dedicated to the study of musical traditions from around the globe. The Archive’s collection of more than 160,000 audio, video, print, and photographic items documents musical expressions throughout the world and includes unique field recordings as well as rare commercial recordings. As part of UCLA’s Department of Ethnomusicology, the Archive preserves and makes accessible over 60 years’ worth of audio and video recordings of the department’s famed concerts and also of lectures by legendary scholars and performers, ranging from Mantle Hood to Ravi Shankar to Dizzy Gillespie. In addition to preservation and access, the Archive offers a wide range of research, outreach, and educational services. From international scholars to local community members and UCLA students and faculty, the Archive is recognized locally and internationally as an important center of ethnomusicological research and discovery. Sponsored by The UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance, the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive, the UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology, and the Dean’s Office, UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music.

Robert Garfias arrived at UCLA in the summer of 1956. In the fall of 1956, he was given a graduate assistantship to manage the Ethnomusicology Archive. He worked on adding recordings from China (PRC), Burma, Vietnam, Thailand, and Japan to the Archive’s holdings. When he returned from Japan in 1961, he again worked in the Archive, accessioning Mantle Hood’s fieldwork recordings from Java. He also dubbed and accessed the Colin McPhee 78 rpm discs. Garfias continued his work in the Archive until he left for Seattle, Washington, in the fall of 1962. During his time at UCLA, Garfias researched Gagaku for both his master’s thesis and his doctoral dissertation. The focus of his research was a study of the living contemporary practice of Gagaku in the Japanese Imperial Palace and to trace, from historical documents, the patterns of change that occurred during the 900 years of its practice in Japan. Garfias’ master’s thesis was titled “The Basic Melody of the Tōgaku Pieces of the Gagaku Repertoire.” Garfias was UCLA Ethnomusicology’s very first MA graduate in 1958. Garfias’ dissertation in 1965 was titled “The Tōgaku Style of Japanese Court Music: An Analysis of Theory in Practice.” A version of his dissertation titled Music of a Thousand Autumns: The Tōgaku Style of Japanese Court Music was released as a book by the University of California Press in 1975. In 1959 the Japanese imperial court musicians toured the United States. Garfias toured with them as an interpreter.  They performed three nights at UCLA, where Garfias gave the introductory lecture each night. Garfias wrote the program booklet for the tour, Gagaku: The Music and Dance of the Japanese Imperial Household (New York: Theatre Arts Books, 1959). The UCLA Music of Japan Ensemble began in 1956 as a Gagaku group led by then-graduate student Robert Garfias. In May 1960, the Music of Japan Ensemble performed in the Festival of Oriental Music and the Related Arts. Produced by Mantle Hood, this event, now called the Spring Festival of World Music, has taken place annually ever since. The Music of Japan Ensemble remained an extra-curricular “study group” until 1964–1965, when Music 45G/145G: Music of Japan was offered for the first time. Instructors of the Music of Japan Ensemble included: Robert Garfias (1956–1961), Suenobu Togi (1961–1993), Mitsuru Yuge (1962–1989), Ikuko Yuge (1962–2001), Naoko Terauchi (1995-1996), and Bill Shozan Schultz (1995–2001). During his academic career Robert Garfias founded the ethnomusicology program at the University of Washington, served as Dean of the School of Fine Arts at the University of California, Irvine, and conducted significant periods of fieldwork and language study around the world, including in Japan, Korea, Burma, Okinawa, the Philippines, Mexico, Central America, Zimbabwe, Romania, Turkey, and Spain. Garfias was appointed to the National Council on the Arts of the National Endowment for the Arts and also the Smithsonian Council. He served as a senior research fellow for the Japanese National Museum of Ethnology in Senri (Osaka), Japan. In 2005 the Government of Japan awarded Robert Garfias the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon, for his service to humanity.

@ UCLA Athletics and the UCLA Alumni Association are proud to invite all alumni to this Alumni Association Appreciation Day. Click the “Buy Tickets” link to purchase a discounted ticket and watch the Bruins take on Michigan State University on Oct. 24 at either noon or 12:30 p.m.! Go Bruins! ### [UCLA Athletics](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/ucla-athletics/) [View Organizer Website](https://uclabruins.com) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

Learn how to start and maintain your own worm compost bin at home, and the do’s and don’ts of what items to compost!

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@ Join us for our fall hike on the Kenter trail. The hike will have with spectacular views of the Santa Monica mountains and the Santa Monica Bay. It’s in and out so those who want a shorter hike can turn around when we get to Mountain Gate for about a 4 mile hike and the rest of us will continue on for a longer hike to Mulholland for around 7/7.5 miles. Please also bring water, snacks, and sun protection as you will need. Optional post-hike coffee nearby for those who’d like to continue networking. ### [Westside Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/los-angeles-westside-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

@ The LA Cancer Challenge is the starting line to Halloween fun and benefits the Hirshberg Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research and the UCLA Agi Hirshberg Center for Pancreatic Diseases. The gorgeous 5K course starts in Wilson Plaza, takes you throughout campus and ends with a treat – our LACC Finish Line Donut Wall! Enjoy the Fit Family Expo and colorful Candy Land Kids Zone, knowing your participation helps drive research towards a cure for pancreatic cancer and supports crucial patient services. UCLA Alumni can use the discount code “UCLACC” for $5 off your registration, good through 10/24/26. Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

The program includes compositions by Sergei Prokofiev, Mieczyslaw Weinberg, and Dmitri Shostakovich. Please visit the event website for full details and ticket information.

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Masanga Marimba will perform a selection of pieces from Zimbabwe, South Africa, Cameroon, Colombia, Guatemala, and Mexico on Zimbabwean-style marimbas, mbira, drums, and percussion. Participation is appreciated! Masanga Marimba performs traditional and popular music from Africa and Latin America. The instruments used in this ensemble consist of seven Zimbabwean marimbas of various sizes along with vocals, drums, and percussion. The word “Masanga” comes from a Shona word that means the coming together of rivers or roads representing the meeting of African and Latin musical traditions in this group. Masanga Marimba formed in the year 2000 and has performed at the Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles County Music Center, Grand Performances, Getty Center, Skirball Cultural Center, Ford Amphitheatre, California Worldfest, Millpond Music Festival, Strawberry Festival, and many other high profile music venues. The ensemble has opened for Neil Young, Stephen Stills, Beck, Lana Del Rey, John Mayer, Nora Jones, Father John Misty, Los Lobos, Ziggy Marley, Pink Martini, and many others. The group is led by Dr. Ric Alviso (UCLA Ethnomusicology PhD 2002), Professor of World Music at California State University Northridge. Professor Alviso studied traditional African music in Senegal, Zimbabwe, and Ghana. The members of Masanga have degrees in percussion performance, music composition, jazz performance, and music therapy. Masanga is one of the only marimba ensembles in the U.S. that combines Latin and African traditions. For more information go to: www.masanga.com This concert is presented in conjunction with the symposium “Music Alive in the Archive: Legacy and Promise–65 Years of the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive,” a two-day event in celebration of the 65th anniversary of the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive. Sponsored by the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive, the UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology, and the Dean’s Office, UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music.

Part of: Ryusuke Hamaguchi: Early Works Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Yanai Initiative When Drive My Car won the Oscar for Best International Feature Film in 2022, on top of being the first Japanese film ever nominated for Best Picture, it may have appeared to many as if its director, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, had come out of nowhere to accomplish such a feat. Still others may have known him as the director of the four-hour tour-de-force relationship drama, Happy Hour, when it generated cinephile buzz on the festival circuit in 2016 or perhaps the spellbinding romance-by-way-of identity-crisis, Asako I & II, when it became his first film to premiere at Cannes in 2018. But well before these milestones, Hamaguchi was busy making shorts and features that have rarely screened outside of Japan. After graduating from Tokyo University in 2003 under the influence of John Cassavetes, Hamaguchi began directing in earnest before entering Tokyo University of the Arts where Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Cure, Pulse) became a mentor. As a student and beyond, Hamaguchi took advantage of a network of non-profit, institutional support to workshop projects that allowed him to experiment with like-minded actors, screenwriters and cinematographers. Indeed, a number of his films from this period (Intimacies, Touching the Skin of Eeriness) foreground the creative process as elements of his sublimely structured mid-career style come into view. With his latest film, All of a Sudden, in theaters this November, the Archive is pleased to present this selection of early works by Hamaguchi that confirm what was to come even as they defy expectations. Series programmed and notes written by Senior Public Programmer Paul Malcolm.

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@ Support UCLA scholarships for students in the South Bay by having a meal at California Fish Grill in El Segundo on October 25, 2026 from 11am to 8pm. The restaurant will donate 25% of all receipts to the UCLA Alumni South Bay Scholarship Fund. Attendees are encouraged to RSVP to this website (no payment required) to commit to supporting the fundraiser: [https://www.groupraise.com/events/331032?utm\_source=sendgrid&utm\_medium=email&utm\_campaign=o\_event\_automatic\_confirmed](https://www.groupraise.com/events/331032?utm_source=sendgrid&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=o_event_automatic_confirmed) Upon ordering, mention UCLA Alumni Scholarship. If placing an order online, please enter this code at checkout: FUND2026 https://order.cafishgrill.com/menu/?restaurantId=58 Guests can order any amount at the restaurant on 10/25/26, in person or online on the CA Fish Grill website, and the restaurant will donate 25% to our scholarship fund. Our alumni group is not collecting any money directly. Guests can order any amount at the restaurant on October 25! 25% will be donated to the South Bay Scholarship fund. ### [South Bay Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/south-bay-network/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/south-bay-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

@ **_This event has been postponed and will no longer be taking place on Oct. 25. New date TBD._** Join fellow Bruins and Trojans for a relaxed picnic at Presidio Tunnel Tops in San Francisco, bringing our Bay Area alumni communities together over food, drinks, and a little friendly rivalry. This event is free to attend! Reconnect with familiar faces, meet alumni across industries and graduating classes, and enjoy an afternoon of conversation with the Golden Gate Bridge as our backdrop. Whether you’ve just moved here or have called the Bay Area home for years, this is a chance to celebrate your school pride while getting to know the people who share your corner of the Bay. Come on your own or plan to meet up with fellow alums. There’s plenty to bond over beyond game day and room for some good-natured debate about which school deserves the bragging rights. Bring your school spirit, a picnic blanket, and a layer for the coastal breeze. Blue and gold or cardinal and gold, we look forward to seeing you! Go Bruins! Fight On! Getting There: By shuttle or public transit: Take the free Presidio GO Shuttle from downtown San Francisco or Muni 43 to Presidio Transit Center, a short walk from Presidio Tunnel Tops. If you’re connecting from BART, check the shuttle’s downtown stops and schedule to plan your transfer. By car: Paid parking is available near Presidio Tunnel Tops, including the lot at Graham Street and French Court. Allow extra time to park and walk to the gathering. ### [San Francisco Bay Area Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/san-francisco-bay-area-network/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/san-francisco-bay-area-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

Join us for a special Story Time presented in conjunction with Paths of Memory, Paths of Healing: Shipibo-Konibo Kené Art. Our guest storyteller, Erick (Ronin) Arias Silvano, will bring to life the histories of mythical beings—from river serpents to forest spirits of Amazonian oral traditions—that move through Shipibo-Konibo cosmology and the wider Amazon.

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Join us for a WORKSHOP by Masanga Marimba! In this workshop you will learn parts for 2-3 musical selections on Zimbabwean-style marimba. This ensemble consists of multiple soprano, tenor, baritone, and bass marimbas, along with percussion. You will learn several marimba parts, singing, historical background on the development of the Zimbabwean marimba ensemble, and cultural background of the music selected. Masanga Marimba performs traditional and popular music from Africa and Latin America. The instruments used in this ensemble consist of 7 Zimbabwean marimbas of various sizes along with vocals, drums, and percussion. The word “Masanga” comes from a Shona word that means the coming together of rivers or roads representing the meeting of African and Latin musical traditions in this group. Masanga Marimba formed in the year 2000 and has performed at the Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles County Music Center, Grand Performances, Getty Center, Skirball Cultural Center, Ford Amphitheatre, California Worldfest, Millpond Music Festival, Strawberry Festival, and many other high profile music venues. The ensemble has opened for Neil Young, Stephen Stills, Beck, Lana Del Rey, John Mayer, Nora Jones, Father John Misty, Los Lobos, Ziggy Marley, Pink Martini, and many others. The group is led by Dr. Ric Alviso (UCLA Ethnomusicology PhD 2002), Professor of World Music at California State University Northridge. Professor Alviso studied traditional African music in Senegal, Zimbabwe, and Ghana. The members of Masanga have degrees in percussion performance, music composition, jazz performance, and music therapy. Masanga is one of the only marimba ensembles in the U.S. that combines Latin and African traditions. For more information go to: www.masanga.com This workshop is presented in conjunction with the symposium “Music Alive in the Archive: Legacy and Promise–65 Years of the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive,” a two-day event in celebration of the 65th anniversary of the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive. The event is FREE and open to the public. Sponsored by the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive, the UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology, and the Dean’s Office, Herb Alpert School of Music at UCLA.

Join us for a two-day celebration of the 65th anniversary of the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive. The event will feature a symposium, workshops, and concerts. International, national, and local archivists, alumni, faculty, and community members will come together to explore the history and evolving role of ethnomusicological archives in preserving and sustaining musical traditions.   The event is also in celebration of World Day for Audiovisual Heritage.   Saturday’s featured guest artists will be LA’s 33 Strings, who will lead a Japanese music workshop, and Kinnara Gagaku, who will present a gagaku concert. Kinnara Gagaku was taught for more than 35 years by Suenobu Togi, a former musician of the Japanese Imperial Court who directed UCLA Ethnomusicology’s Music of Japan Ensemble from 1961 to 1993. Professor Robert Garfias, who founded the Music of Japan Ensemble at UCLA in 1958, will introduce the concert.   Sunday’s featured guest artists will be Masanga Marimba, led by UCLA Ethnomusicology alumnus Dr. Ric Alviso. Masanga Marimba will lead both a workshop and the Sunday evening concert.   Established in 1961, the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive is a world-renowned research archive dedicated to the study of musical traditions from around the globe. The Archive’s collection of more than 160,000 audio, video, print, and photographic items documents musical expressions throughout the world and includes unique field recordings as well as rare commercial recordings. As part of UCLA’s Department of Ethnomusicology, the Archive preserves and makes accessible over 60 years’ worth of audio and video recordings of the department’s famed concerts and also of lectures by legendary scholars and performers, ranging from Mantle Hood to Ravi Shankar to Dizzy Gillespie. In addition to preservation and access, the Archive offers a wide range of research, outreach, and educational services. From international scholars to local community members and UCLA students and faculty, the Archive is recognized locally and internationally as an important center of ethnomusicological research and discovery.   Sponsored by The UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance, the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive, the UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology, and the Dean’s Office, UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music.

@ Fall season seems like a perfect time for Bruins to gather and reconnect over some cozy, comfort food. Join us for an early Sunday dinner in the foothills of the San Gabriel Valley to share your favorite UCLA memories and make new ones with fellow Bruins. RSVP deadline is Oct 22 for headcount, food preparation purposes. No walk-ins. _Street parking and city public lots are available. Please read signs regarding parking restrictions and any parking fees._ per person ### [San Gabriel Valley Bruins](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/san-gabriel-valley-bruins/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/san-gabriel-valley-bruins/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

@ Catch the No. 1-ranked, defending national champion UCLA women’s basketball team as they take on the No. 4-ranked Texas Longhorns in an exhibition at the Nyle Maxwell’s Lonestar Showcase on Sunday, Oct. 25, at 11 a.m. PDT. Get an early look at the Bruins as they prepare to defend their national title in the 2026-27 season! Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

This interactive workshop provides the opportunity for Instructors and TAs to share their current Bruin Learn accessibility remediation tasks and learn how to use the UCLA-provided tools at their disposal to help remediate course content. We will review key features that support accessibility compliance and improve the usability of course content. By the end of the session, participants will have learned how to use the current accessibility tools in the Bruin Learn ecosystem to remediate issues relevant to their courses. Audience: Faculty, TAs, Staff

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Why do we suffer? Why do people die young? Is there any point to our excessive pain, physical or emotional? This talk explores the ways that we have tried to minimize or eliminate suffering, and examines people’s attempts to find ways to live with pointless suffering. Ultimately, to be fully human—and to have healthy culture—means to acknowledge a mysterious paradox: we must simultaneously accept suffering and oppose it. Scott Samuelson studied philosophy at Grinnell College (BA, 1995, valedictorian) and Emory University (PhD, 2001). He is currently a Professor of Practice in the Departments of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Iowa State University. In 2014, he was named Distinguished Humanities Educator by the Community College Humanities Association. Inspired by his students, he wrote his first book The Deepest Human Life: An Introduction to Philosophy for Everyone (University of Chicago Press, 2014), which has been well received not just by prominent reviewers but by numerous non-philosophers who found their philosophical voice with its help. The book has been translated into Chinese and Portuguese. Samuelson has published articles in the Wall Street Journal, the Huffington Post, the Chronicle of Higher Education, The Philosopher’s Magazine, and Christian Century. His article “Why I Teach Plato to Plumbers” in The Atlantic has been widely circulated. He’s been interviewed on NPR and given various public lectures and talks, including a TEDx talk “How Philosophy Can Save Your Life.” Scott Samuelson was the recipient of the 2015 Hiett Prize in the Humanities. Co-sponsored by the UCLA Center for Buddhist Studies.

Why do we suffer? Why do people die young? Is there any point to our excessive pain, physical or emotional? This talk explores the ways that we have tried to minimize or eliminate suffering, and examines people’s attempts to find ways to live with pointless suffering. Ultimately, to be fully human—and to have healthy culture—means to acknowledge a mysterious paradox: we must simultaneously accept suffering and oppose it. Scott Samuelson studied philosophy at Grinnell College (BA, 1995, valedictorian) and Emory University (PhD, 2001). He is currently a Professor of Practice in the Departments of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Iowa State University. In 2014, he was named Distinguished Humanities Educator by the Community College Humanities Association. Inspired by his students, he wrote his first book The Deepest Human Life: An Introduction to Philosophy for Everyone (University of Chicago Press, 2014), which has been well received not just by prominent reviewers but by numerous non-philosophers who found their philosophical voice with its help. The book has been translated into Chinese and Portuguese. Samuelson has published articles in the Wall Street Journal, the Huffington Post, the Chronicle of Higher Education, The Philosopher’s Magazine, and Christian Century. His article “Why I Teach Plato to Plumbers” in The Atlantic has been widely circulated. He’s been interviewed on NPR and given various public lectures and talks, including a TEDx talk “How Philosophy Can Save Your Life.” Scott Samuelson was the recipient of the 2015 Hiett Prize in the Humanities. Co-sponsored by the UCLA Center for Buddhist Studies.

Interested in connecting with colleagues, sharing ideas, and growing your teaching practice? Join the TLC for an information session to learn about two Learning Community (LC) opportunities: 1. GenAI Faculty Learning Community 2. New Instructor Learning Community Learn more about each community, what participation involves, and how you can get involved. We look forward to sharing more about these opportunities and answering your questions! Please register to receive the Zoom meeting information, and contact instructorsupport@teaching.ucla.edu if you have any questions.

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Over the past 60 years, sociolinguists have documented variation in African Americans’ speech. This work has resulted in a large body of literature detailing the complex relations among language, gender, sexuality, race, power, and class. The development language technologies, such as automated speech recognition (ASR) and large language models, has raised new questions about dialect fairness and accessibility, which sociolinguistics is apt to address. In this talk, Zion Mengesha presents three case studies for the application of sociolinguistics to artificial intelligence. Using the dialect density measure, the first study shows that all five major speech recognizers misunderstood African American speakers up to two times more than white speakers, revealing how speech technologies reproduce standard language ideologies. The second study examines the psychological and behavioral consequences of dialect discrimination using video data collected over a 2- week diary study of African Americans’ interactions with voice technology. The final study shows linguistic consequences of ASR misrecognition, examining how African Americans modify their prosody and morphosyntax in order to be better understood. She concludes with a discussion on how to apply sociolinguistic insights about African American English (AAE) to artificial intelligence to advance technological justice for speakers of African American English and other minoritized language varieties. Brought to you by the Data Justice Pillar.

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While the benefits of active learning are clear, sustainably implementing it may still seem elusive. In this session, participants will reflect on current active learning practices, analyze five factors that accelerate active learning, and consider ways to integrate (or amplify) these factors in their classrooms. Presenter: Kem Saichaie, Executive Director at the Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) Keywords: student-centered, engagement, practice made visible, active learning Each academic quarter, the educational designers and developers of the UCLA Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) offer via Zoom a weekly series of seven pop-up sessions - each just 10 minutes in length - on focused, specific topics related to course design, teaching, learning, and learning assessment. The additional “+10” in the series title refers to an optional 10 minutes that follow each presentation for Q&A and discussion. These 10 + 10 sessions will take place at 10am (PT) every Tuesday in the quarter, from Week 2 through Week 8. 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 UCLA Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies presents the inaugural Richard Yarborough Lecture in Black Literature, featuring a conversation between Dr. Richard Yarborough, Professor of English and African American Studies Emeritus at UCLA, and Dr. Valerie Smith, President of Swarthmore College, moderated by Dr. Robin D. G. Kelley, Distinguished Professor and Gary B. Nash Endowed Chair in U.S. History at UCLA. Established as part of the Bunche Center Director Lecture Series, this inaugural program honors Dr. Yarborough’s distinguished contributions to Black literary scholarship, African American Studies, and the UCLA community. Reception: 6 PM. Program: 7 PM.

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Join the Dashew Center on our next Academic Training Workshop for J-1 Students on Tuesday October 27, 2026 from 11am - 12pm. In this workshop we will cover academic training eligibility requirements, the application process, and deadlines. The workshop will take place over zoom. Attendees must register at the following link: Academic Training Workshop Registration

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This training session will show you how to efficiently use Leganto (the "Course Reading List" tool) in Bruin Learn to request course reserves from UCLA Library. Please join us to learn how the Library can support your class by providing free access to required and recommended course texts to your students. Audience: Faculty, TAs

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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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Bold new music from the UCLA theory faculty kicks off our Faculty Artist Series this year. From soulful violin to electronic samples, from classical quintet to improvised duos, this concert features an eclectic mix of compositions and styles that embody our dynamic school.

UCLA Nazir Ali Jairazhboy Colloquium Dawn Norfleet: Beyond Being Alice Coltrane and Betty Davis As the centennial celebrations of John Coltrane and Miles Davis reach sunset, we will shine light on the unique artistry of two exceptional musicians, Alice McLeod Coltrane and Betty Gray Mabry Davis.  These women played significant roles in the lives and music of jazz luminaries John and Miles during their brief marriages; even more importantly, they were impactful music and culture creators whose full recognition may have been overshadowed by their iconic husbands until recent years.  Beyond being John’s collaborator, Alice Coltrane was a music visionary fusing improvisation, jazz, gospel, and Indian traditions in her compositions and recordings. Her Hindu devotees honored her as and Hindu spiritual leader, Swamini A.C. Turiyasangitananda.  Beyond being “Miles’ muse”, Betty Gray Mabry was a trailblazing Black female rocker, songwriter, and bandleader at the height of the Soul Era. Her raspy voice and raunchy lyrics expressed an overt sexuality and aggressive performativity that was presumed the domain of white male rock artists, while also being considered too provocative for many Black listeners influenced by aesthetics of gospel and Motown.  We will not only discuss the strong impact Alice and Betty had on the musical direction of John and Miles, but also, how these women were cultural catalysts on the merits of their own artistry.

Award-winning chef, restaurateur, and food activist Marcus Samuelsson discusses his singular approach to food, tracing how ancient, "of-the-earth" ingredients—coconut, teff, plantains, acai, rice—carry stories of ancestry, migration, and resilience across the Caribbean, the Americas, the Pacific, Asia, and Africa. Drawing on profiles of chefs and producers worldwide, Samuelsson offers a global meditation on food as sustainability, ritual, and healing, and how these culinary traditions can guide us back to nourishing, soulful cooking at home. Samuelsson will also sign copies of his newest book, Back to Green: Rediscovering a World of Delicious, Healthy Eating, following the talk. Learn more here: https://hmmr.buzz/chefmarcus

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@ Read The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath and come enjoy a wonderful discussion of it with your life connections, perspectives, and inspirations as we get to know each other through this story. ### [Orange County Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/orange-county-network/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/orange-county-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

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. While this week's ELC session will take place on Zoom, please note that our program for Fall 2026 will operate on an alternating hybrid schedule. ELC will meet virtually during odd weeks (weeks 3, 5, 7, and 9) and in-person during even weeks (weeks 2, 4, 6, and 10.) Please be sure to check the full description before registering. Space is limited to 20 participants per session, and participants are welcome to bring and enjoy their lunch during these meetings.

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Perhaps to be too practical is madness. To surrender dreams — this may be madness. Too much sanity may be madness — and maddest of all: to see life as it is, and not as it should be! – Don Quixote Immerse yourself in the fantastical world of Don Quixote, where comic misadventures, tender moments and heroic dreams come vividly to life in Richard Strauss’s dazzling tone poem. As the Don, UCLA Philharmonia welcomes our new Professor of Cello Ben Hong in his Philharmonic debut, alongside his trusty sidekick Sancho Panza (aka UCLA Professor of Viola Che-Yen Chen). Before intermission, we’ll do a deep dive into the novel and the tone poem with Prof. Hong, UCLA Distinguished Professor Barbara Fuchs (one of the world’s leading Cervantes scholars) and our Philharmonia musicians. All hail the Knight Errant!

This workshop is only open to instructors. This workshop will highlight the requirements and best practices for creating accessible slide presentations in Google Slides and Microsoft PowerPoint. Participants will learn techniques for building accessibility into slides from the start, as well as how to use accessibility checkers.

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Join the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music as we welcome pianist Elizabeth Schumann for the Fall installment of our 2026/27 David L. Abell Piano Master Series, a concert series which features renowned artists visiting UCLA to perform and work with our piano students.   About Elizabeth Schumann: Dr. Elizabeth Schumann is a concert pianist, educator, and interdisciplinary artist whose work spans leading concert halls, public art initiatives, and research at the intersection of the arts, technology, and human performance. Described by The Washington Post as “deft, relentless, and devastatingly good—the sort of performance you experience not so much with your ears as your solar plexus,” she approaches the concert stage as a place where artistry and inquiry meet, offering audiences experiences that link music with the broader human story. ​ As a recitalist, chamber musician, and concerto soloist, she has performed at the Kennedy Center, Vienna’s Bösendorfer Saal, Weill at Carnegie Hall, Montreal’s Place des Arts, San Francisco’s Davies Symphony Hall, Los Angeles’ Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Musical Instruments Museum in Phoenix, Ravinia’s Rising Stars Series, Australia’s Huntington Festival, the Cannes Film Festival, and the Gilmore International Keyboard Festival. Her performances have been featured on NPR’s Performance Today, PBS, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Honors include the Gilmore Young Artist Award, first prizes at the Bösendorfer and Pacific International Piano Competitions, and awards at the Cleveland, Hilton Head, Montreal, and World International Piano Competitions. ​ Her portfolio extends beyond traditional concert work to collaborative projects that place music in fresh contexts. She has developed touring productions that integrate performance with narrative and visual design, large-scale public installations that transform city spaces into concert venues, and educational programs for children and underserved communities that pair music with literature and live storytelling. These include Piano Carnival, which grew from a 15-city tour into a book, CD, and interactive applications reaching more than 20,000 students and teachers; Son et Lumière, premiered at Boston’s Illuminus Festival and later commissioned for the Pike & Rose Audio Visual Arts Festival, attracting audiences of over 8,000; and Pianimal, a concert and video series presented across the United States and distributed to children’s hospitals through partnerships with leading arts organizations. Across these projects, her aim is to allow audiences to meet music on their own terms and to experience its power without barriers of price or pretense. Her work has also reached international audiences through U.S. Embassy cultural diplomacy programs, building connections and mutual understanding through performance. ​ Carrying on the pedagogical tradition of her teacher, Sergei Babayan, Dr. Schumann has taught at Winter and Summer Performing Arts at The Juilliard School, Itzhak Perlman’s Perlman Music Program, the Crowden Chamber Music Workshop, and the Vancouver Piano Sessions. She is the Billie Bennett Director of Keyboard Studies and Assistant Professor of Music at Stanford University, where she combines conservatory-level training with insights from neuroscience, psychology, and biomechanics to help pianists achieve expressive freedom while minimizing injury risk. At Stanford, her research examines how physiology, pedagogy, and instrument design shape performance, with applications that extend beyond the arts to fields such as medicine, rehabilitation, and human performance science. ​ Through collaborations that unite artists, scientists, and community leaders, Dr. Schumann expands how people encounter and engage with music. Her work demonstrates how these connections can open new possibilities, deepen understanding, and inspire contributions that reach beyond the concert hall.

@ Whether you moved to Sacramento for grad school, for work, or came back home after UCLA, building a life in a city is a lot easier with a few Bruins around. This is a relaxed evening to meet other recent grads, trade the “wait, where’d you live on the Hill?” stories, and start turning a new city into a familiar one. Come meet folks to catch a UCLA game with this fall, explore a new spot with next month, or trade career notes with down the line. For a lot of us, this is one of our first times gathering as alumni rather than students — and that’s the whole point. Urban Roots Brewery & Smokehouse, Midtown Sacramento \[Oct 29th, 5-7pm\] Free — just RSVP so we have a rough headcount! Hosted by Fei \[2017\] and Sam \[2018\] ### [Sacramento Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/sacramento-network/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/sacramento-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

@ 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. Get to know the Arizona Bruin community! ### [Arizona Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/arizona-network/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/arizona-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

@ Recent Grad: Job Search Essentials is a three-part professional development experience designed for UCLA alums (0–3 years out) as they transition from college to career. This interactive series helps Bruins build momentum in their early careers by strengthening key foundations for long-term success. Across three focused sessions, participants will learn how to get noticed through a strong resume and cover letter, own their story through a compelling digital presence, and build meaningful connections through networking and UCLA resources. Each session includes practical guidance from industry professionals and alumni leaders along with actionable steps to apply between sessions. Whether you are exploring your next opportunity, refining your professional brand, or expanding your network, this series is designed to help you take clear, confident steps forward in your career journey powered by the strength of the UCLA alumni community. **_All sessions are conducted virtually over Zoom at 12 Noon PT. Zoom link will be distributed upon registration. _** **Session 1: Oct. 29 **_Get Noticed: Resume + Cover Letter Strategy _Build stronger application materials while gaining confidence navigating the job search process. Learn how to tailor your resume and cover letter to the opportunities you want, understand what employers are looking for, and leverage UCLA career resources to put your best foot forward. **Session 2: Nov. 5 **_Own Your Story Online: LinkedIn + Personal Brand _Make your online presence work for you. Learn how to showcase your experience, strengths, and career story on LinkedIn and UCLA ONE, with practical tips for building a professional brand that gets noticed. **Session 3: Nov. 12 **_Turn Connections Into Opportunities: Networking to Build Community _Move beyond simply making connections and learn how to build relationships that can support your career. Discover approachable networking strategies and ways to tap into the UCLA alumni community for advice, insight, and opportunities. ### [UCLA Alumni Affairs](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/ucla-alumni-affairs/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

Dear UCLA International Scholars, you are invited to join the a workshop hosted by WR Immigration. This workshop will cover employment-based visa (e.g. H1-B, O-1, E-2) and permanent residency options in the U.S. REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED via Zoom When: October 29th, 2026 from 2pm – 3pm (PT) Pre-Submit Questions: https://sa.ucla.edu/forms/p/workvisas (Deadline to submit questions is 10/26/2026)

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Calling all UCLA staff, faculty, and students to join the annual UCLA Recreation Halloween Walk on Thursday, October 29! All hands on deck! Register now to be part of this spooktacular campus adventure! Stroll solo or with your crew to at least 3 haunted stations across campus between 11:00 AM and 2:00 PM. Costumes encouraged! Get a stamp at each Walk location, collect fun prizes, earn a FREE Halloween-themed t-shirt (while supplies last) when you finish at the John Wooden Center with 3 stamps! Attend the walk and enter to win a FREE Apple, courtesy of the UCLA Computer Store! Arrrrrr You Ready to Walk?

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Join the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music for the first Wind Ensemble concert of the 2026-2027 season.

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@ Join us as we cheer on UCLA Football! The bar has agreed to the following specials: 1. $6 Draft Beer 2. $30 Bucket of Beers (5 bottles in a bucket) 3. $10 Pizza & $15 Wings ### [New York Tri-State Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/new-york-tri-state-network/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/new-york-tri-state-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

@ Join the Chicago Network as we cheer on UCLA football! _Dog Haus is close to the Fullerton L Stop, and can be accessed by multiple bus routes. There is also street parking available. We often have drink and food specials. Go Bruins!_ Open Event ### [Chicago Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/chicago-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

Part of: The Trouble With Ghosts In person: UCLA Cinema and Media Studies Professor Kriss Ravetto-Biagioli and Université Paris Cité Visual Studies Professor Martine Beugnet The history of photography, film and television is so populated by ghosts that we can forget what is uniquely strange about them. The ghost is a troubling figure that points to the limit of thought — to death and nothingness. Yet, phantoms need an audience and a medium to make their appearance in the form of the sound of knocking, audiovisual noise, an eerie feeling, a white sheet with two cut out holes for eyes. What is a ghost without its sheet, or medium through which it speaks? In the process of taking new forms, they test the boundaries between the human, the machine and the non-human, stirring up new anxieties. Even if said to be non-beings, ghosts are granted supernatural sight (a maniacal gaze) and power (to possess bodies and to touch the living). At the same time, they interrupt communications, and images of the dead continue to be circulated as exploitable brands. While endlessly occupying the archive of contemporary digital media, certain ghostly images, memories and dreams are privileged over others. For lack of political will, or even just lack of images, witnesses and sound recordings, some ghosts do not and will not see the light of day. The Trouble With Ghosts explores what is so conceptually and figuratively unsettling about the ghost and the media that host it. The series is an attempt to understand the politics of ghosting in an age that is so preoccupied with specters (past, present and future). Series programmed by UCLA Cinema and Media Studies Professor Kriss Ravetto-Biagioli, Université Paris Cité Visual Studies Professor Martine Beugnet and Archive Research and Public Access Coordinator Nicole Ucedo. Notes written by Kriss Ravetto-Biagioli and Martine Beugnet.

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@ Are you ready for Halloween AND cars? Come see the Batmobile along with exotic, classic, and modern racing cars with fellow bruins! Free to RSVP; you just buy your own ticket at the door. This is the first event of our Planes, Trains & Automobiles series. The Marconi Automotive Museum in Tustin has more than 100 exotic, race and classic cars and motorcycles under one roof. Stand next to the original Batmobile from 1992’s Batman Returns, built to shoot 20-foot flames, then KITT from Knight Rider and the General Lee from The Dukes of Hazzard. Walk rows of Ferraris and Lamborghinis, get up close to Formula 1 cars once driven by Mario Andretti, Michael Schumacher and Ayrton Senna, and find the Ferrari FX, the most valuable car in the collection. Your ticket does some good, too. Admission is donated to the Marconi Foundation for Kids, which supports children’s charities across Orange County. Bring the friend who can name every car in Gran Turismo, your partner or the whole family. Kids are welcome! Want to meet up for coffee and donuts before the event? Look for our Bruin Brew at Oliboli Donuts from 9 to 11am (please sign up for that event as well!). Meet us at the museum entrance at 11:30 AM. We’ll explore together until 2:30 PM. PLEASE NOTE: * Self-Pay Admission: This event is free to register, however the Museum admission is self-pay. Tickets are purchased individually at the door. Please go to the museum’s website to see if you qualify for one of their discounted tickets!: https://marconimuseum.org/ * Meet at 11:30 AM: We’ll gather at the entrance and head in together. * Self-Guided: Guided tours aren’t currently offered, so we will explore as a group. * All cars are display-only, no sitting or touching * Find Us: Look for the OC Bruins name tags! By attending, you acknowledge that photos may be taken and used in future OC Bruins or UCLA Alumni communications. If you would prefer not to be in event photos, please let us know! Museum tickets are self-pay at the door ### [Orange County Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/orange-county-network/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/orange-county-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

Please join the Milken Center for a gala 90th birthday celebration featuring the music of Steve Reich, one of the leading composers of our time, and a paradigmatic musician of American Jewish experience. Works to include Eight Lines, Know what is above you, WTC 9/11 and Tehillim. A symposium prior to the event will take place with engaging conversations with leading experts in the music of Steve Reich and Minimalism. Register here. Interested in hearing more Steve Reich music? uclaFLUX, the School of Music’s contemporary chamber music collective (Wendy Richman, Director), joins the Milken Center in presenting a second program of the music of Steve Reich on December 5, 2026. The concert features three large ensemble works (Runner, Traveler’s Prayer, and Daniel Variations, in memory of journalist Daniel Pearl) led by Director of Orchestral Studies Neal Stulberg and graduate student conductors; and New York Counterpoint, for SATB saxophone quartet and tape. This program—which serves as uclaFLUX’s Fall Quarter concert, in addition to honoring Reich in his 90th birthday year—will feature over 30 School of Music student performers. More information here.

Part of: The Trouble With Ghosts In person: UCLA Cinema and Media Studies Professor Kriss Ravetto-Biagioli and Université Paris Cité Visual Studies Professor Martine Beugnet The history of photography, film and television is so populated by ghosts that we can forget what is uniquely strange about them. The ghost is a troubling figure that points to the limit of thought — to death and nothingness. Yet, phantoms need an audience and a medium to make their appearance in the form of the sound of knocking, audiovisual noise, an eerie feeling, a white sheet with two cut out holes for eyes. What is a ghost without its sheet, or medium through which it speaks? In the process of taking new forms, they test the boundaries between the human, the machine and the non-human, stirring up new anxieties. Even if said to be non-beings, ghosts are granted supernatural sight (a maniacal gaze) and power (to possess bodies and to touch the living). At the same time, they interrupt communications, and images of the dead continue to be circulated as exploitable brands. While endlessly occupying the archive of contemporary digital media, certain ghostly images, memories and dreams are privileged over others. For lack of political will, or even just lack of images, witnesses and sound recordings, some ghosts do not and will not see the light of day. The Trouble With Ghosts explores what is so conceptually and figuratively unsettling about the ghost and the media that host it. The series is an attempt to understand the politics of ghosting in an age that is so preoccupied with specters (past, present and future). Series programmed by UCLA Cinema and Media Studies Professor Kriss Ravetto-Biagioli, Université Paris Cité Visual Studies Professor Martine Beugnet and Archive Research and Public Access Coordinator Nicole Ucedo. Notes written by Kriss Ravetto-Biagioli and Martine Beugnet.

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@ Join the SGV Bruins for a Fall hike when the sun is more kind. This approximately 3.5 mile hike is considered moderately difficult to difficult with steep switchbacks at the start of the hike, so please wear sturdy shoes, bring water and be in good health. You will be rewarded with engaging convos with fellow Bruins and beautiful views of Descanso Gardens, Glendale, DTLA, the San Gabriel Valley and Angeles National Forest once we reach the top (trail will be downhill coming back). RSVP by Oct 29 Noon. ### [San Gabriel Valley Bruins](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/san-gabriel-valley-bruins/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/san-gabriel-valley-bruins/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

Join us before the Steve Reich @ 90 performance for an enlightening discussion. Many factors (language, speech, text) make up the programmatic content of a series of Steve Reich’s works – we are focusing on the Jewish themed works. The symposium seeks to problematize the Jewish aspects of Reich’s work, which has been a significant influence in recent decades.  Andrea Moore, a grad of the UCLA Musicology doctoral program (Smith College), will focus on WTC 9/11 as a 9/11 commemoration piece and Ryan Scott Ebright (Bowling Green State University), will focus on The Cave, and UCLA Professor of Musicology and Director of the Berry Gordy Music Industry Center, Robert Fink, an expert on minimalism, will be in conversation with Mark Kligman.

@ Come watch your UCLA men’s basketball team as they face the Arizona Wildcats at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas next season on Monday, Nov. 2, 2026, as part of a college basketball opening-night doubleheader. This will also be the college debut of UCLA’s latest five-star recruit Serbian forward Nikola Kusturica. Nikola is arguably the best European prospect in his age group and an early contender for the No. 1 pick in the 2028 NBA draft. Hope to see you there and Go Bruins! Open event. ### [Sacramento Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/sacramento-network/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/sacramento-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

@ Join the official UCLA Alumni pregame party on Monday, Nov. 2, 2026 when the UCLA men’s basketball team kicks off the season in the 2026 Hall of Fame Series Las Vegas.  Enjoy pregame heavy appetizers at Tom’s Watch Bar, New York-New York Casino, 3790 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89109, located just steps from T-Mobile Arena. Children under 5 are free Adults and Children ages 5 to 12; Children under 5 are free ### [UCLA Alumni Affairs](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/ucla-alumni-affairs/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

Climate change poses serious threats to pregnant people, mothers, and those hoping to have children — from toxic exposures and miscarriage to guilt, anxiety, and grief. Join us for a talk with Jade S. Sasser, PhD, Professor of Environmental Studies at UC Riverside, as she examines these challenges and how birth workers, organizers, and elected officials are mobilizing for policy change. Free lunch provided. Dr. Sasser is the author of On Infertile Ground (NYU Press, 2018) and Climate Anxiety and the Kid Question (UC Press, 2024), and hosts a podcast by the same name. Her forthcoming book explores climate change's health impacts on pregnant people and mothers.

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Nearly a decade ago the descendants of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) transferred a substantial part of the author’s private library to Blackie House Library and Museum in Edinburgh, the city of his birth. Each of the 400 volumes tells a unique story of the writer who not only created the globally admired character Sherlock Holmes but was author of dozens upon dozens of works in fictional and non-fictional genres. In this talk, Dr. William Zachs, the Director of the Blackie House Library and Museum, tells tales teased out from the pages of the collection that reveal the close connections between the books Conan Doyle owned and read and those he wrote and revised. Using his own critical powers of observation and deduction, Zachs uncovers significant biographical revelations that bring us closer to the author and his times.

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@ Everyone is invited to join our SF Bay Area Bruins Alumni Network Board planning meeting. We meet every other month over Zoom to review past events and plan future events. We seek to schedule diverse opportunities for alumni and friends to gather anywhere from Los Gatos to Oakland to Marin to San Mateo. Come to share ideas or find ways to get connected with UCLA. RSVP in advance to get the Zoom link. We look forward to meeting you! ### [San Francisco Bay Area Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/san-francisco-bay-area-network/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/san-francisco-bay-area-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

During this session, learn quick, practical ways to make your data visualizations (vizzes) more accessible and easier for everyone to understand. We’ll highlight simple improvements to color and contrast, labels, keyboard accessibility, and text alternatives that you can incorporate into your dashboards. You’ll leave with a handy checklist to guide your next visualization. Presenters: Karen Sobelman, Associate Instructional Designer, Instructional Design and Media Production and Petunia Sunnywell, Digital Accessibility Specialist at UCLA Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) Keywords: accessible visualization, clarity, inclusive, technical strategies Each academic quarter, the educational designers and developers of the UCLA Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) offer via Zoom a weekly series of seven pop-up sessions - each just 10 minutes in length - on focused, specific topics related to course design, teaching, learning, and learning assessment. The additional “+10” in the series title refers to an optional 10 minutes that follow each presentation for Q&A and discussion. These 10 + 10 sessions will take place at 10am (PT) every Tuesday in the quarter, from Week 2 through Week 8. 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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Part of the Jacob Marschak Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Mathematics in the Behavioral Sciences Speaker: Takao Sasaki, associate professor in the Brain and Cognitive Sciences, University of Rochester Social animals—from insect colonies to human groups—often make decisions without centralized control, relying on local interactions to produce coordinated collective outcomes. However, we still know little about the circumstances under which groups make better (or worse) decisions than individuals. To address this question, Takao Sasaki's research applies concepts and methods from psychology to both individuals and groups, allowing him to directly compare their cognitive abilities. Using ants and homing pigeons as model systems, Sasaki will discuss (1) how rock ant colonies avoid making irrational decisions, (2) how fire ants collectively build self-assembled pontoon bridges, and (3) how homing pigeons improve their homing routes through the accumulation of knowledge. He will also briefly introduce a new research direction that his lab has recently started investigating: collective animal learning.

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This workshop is only open to instructors. This workshop offers an overview on the art of writing effective alt text. Participants will also learn how to tackle writing long descriptions for objects that require more detailed information, as well as seeing how writing descriptive alt text brings your visual content to life for everyone. Session details, including Zoom link can be found in the 10+10 Pop-up Series Bruin Learn site.

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@ With his single mother in jail, Sequoyah, a fifteen-year-old Cherokee boy, is placed in foster care. Literally and figuratively scarred by his mother’s years of substance abuse, Sequoyah keeps mostly to himself, living with his emotions pressed deep below the surface. At least until he meets seventeen-year-old Rosemary, a troubled artist who also lives with the family. Sequoyah and Rosemary bond over their shared Native American background and tumultuous paths through the foster care system, but as Sequoyah’s feelings toward Rosemary deepen, the precariousness of their lives and the scars of their pasts threaten to undo them both. (from GoodReads) ### [New York Tri-State Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/new-york-tri-state-network/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/new-york-tri-state-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

@ UCLA alumni volunteers create the moments that foster connection, transforming a group of Bruins, parents, families and friends into a community. Usually, this work is joyful and straightforward. #### But sometimes it isn’t. * A guest may behave in a way that concerns you. * You may notice someone who appears uncomfortable. * Someone may share an experience with you and look to you for help. In the moment, it may not be clear what you should do or say, or when UCLA needs to be involved. ### Overview This session helps you lead with care and confidence when something feels off. ·       Set the tone Help create welcoming events by setting clear expectations and respectful boundaries. ·       Respond in the moment Recognize concerns and consider practical, supportive next steps. ·       Know when to involve UCLA Understand when to reach out, whom to contact and what information helps. ·       Know your role Understand where your responsibility ends and UCLA’s support begins. ### Who should attend? This training is intended for network leaders, parent volunteers and others who help organize, host or support UCLA alumni activities. Whether you lead a network, plan events, welcome participants or help bring programs to life, the guidance is designed to be useful in the situations you may encounter while volunteering with UCLA. Virtual This session will be recorded. ### What we’ll cover #### Creating welcoming and respectful spaces Alumni volunteers already play a key role in setting a positive tone. We’ll explore ways to clarify behavioral expectations, set clear boundaries, and foster a welcoming environment where everyone feels included and valued. #### Recognizing and responding in the moment UCLA CARE will teach you how to identify concerning behavior and engage calmly to support the person. We will emphasize practical techniques, including immediate actions and effective communication for de-escalation. #### Understanding when UCLA needs to be informed The Civil Rights Office will specify when to escalate issues, how to report concerns to UCLA and what details are most useful. We’ll also provide clear next steps to make contacting UCLA simple. #### Knowing where your role ends Alumni Affairs and the Civil Rights Office will outline the immediate next steps following a concern, including when to contact your Alumni Affairs staff advisor, what support you can expect from UCLA and when responsibility shifts out of the volunteer leader’s hands. These partners will demonstrate that you have a support network, emphasizing that you don’t have to face difficult situations alone. ### Practice with realistic scenarios Knowing the guidance is helpful. Applying it in the moment is another matter. **A SESSION CONVERSATION MIGHT BEGIN WITH… **“A guest is making another attendee visibly uncomfortable. What can I do right now?” We’ll explore real-world alumni network scenarios, discussing what volunteers might observe, the available options, when UCLA should intervene and how the response process might unfold. There may not always be a single perfect solution or a clear course of action. The goal is to provide a framework that helps you respond thoughtfully and guides you on where to turn. Explore the available options in the moment, including how to offer support and when it may be appropriate to involve UCLA. ### Our commitment to you #### We support the people who support UCLA. You give UCLA your valuable time, judgment and willingness to help build community. This training is one way we can support you in return. We want you to leave not expecting difficult situations, but feeling more confident that if one arises, you’ll know what to do, whom to call and that UCLA is there to help. ### With gratitude to our partners We are grateful to our colleagues at **UCLA CARE** and the **Title IX Civil Rights Office** for sharing their expertise, guidance and care to support our alumni volunteers and the communities they serve. #### [CARE: Campus Advocacy, Resources & Education](https://careprogram.ucla.edu/) Building compassion, knowledge and resilience encourages culture change toward a safer, healthier, equitable community. #### [Title IX Civil Rights Office](https://sexualharassment.ucla.edu/) Standing for a fair, supportive and proactive approach in service of our community Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

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. While this week's ELC session will take place in person, please note that our program for Fall 2026 will operate on an alternating hybrid schedule. ELC meet virtually during odd weeks (weeks 3, 5, 7, and 9) and in-person during even weeks (weeks 2, 4, 6, and 10.) Please be sure to check the full description before registering. Space is limited to 20 participants per session, and participants are welcome to bring and enjoy their lunch during these meetings.

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The Dashew Center invites you to join our quarterly International Scholar Lunch Hour this Fall! Meet other members of the UCLA International Scholar community to socialize, connect, and expand your network. The event will be held on Wednesday, November 4th from 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM PT @ Bradley 300. Registration is recommended to assist us with estimating attendance.

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The 21st Kenneth Karmiole Lecture on the History of the Book Trade, given by Dennis Duncan, Associate Professor, University College London. This talk begins with a collection of four dozen Burying in Woollen affidavits from the village of Upper Heyford in Oxfordshire, dating from the first decade of the eighteenth century to the last. Each affidavit testifies to a burial in the village, and an oath taken by a relative of the deceased that the body was wrapped in nothing other than wool. These are roughly-printed, single-sheet forms, illustrated with crude woodcuts of skulls and cadavers. They were printed seventy miles away in London. What can the stationery of a country rector tell us about the practices of the London printers, how they advertised, and how the blank precedent?what we might today call a form?offered rich, ever-changing opportunities to supplement their book work?

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Join us for a Community Cookout in collaboration with 580 Café. A welcoming space to share food, connection, and conversation. This gathering is about more than just a meal; it’s an opportunity to build community, celebrate our shared experiences, and create moments of joy together. We’ll have delicious food prepared with care, time to meet new people and reconnect with familiar faces, and a chance to learn more about the resources and programs available through UCLA Bruin Underground Scholars and 580 Café. Everyone is invited to come as they are; bring your appetite, your stories, and your community spirit!

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Out of the Depths: the first collection of Holocaust songs tells the story of a small songbook, produced in Bucharest in 1945. It contains the first collection of songs from survivors of camps and ghettos, those hiding in forests, or those on false papers who managed to conceal their identity throughout the war. Bucharest Romania, 1945: a small team of Polish Jews gather in a house set up by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee to support recently liberated survivors of the camps and ghettos. While compiling legal testimonies from those who come for food, provisions, and advice for safe places to resettle, they notate songs of wartime experience, which are collected and printed in a short run, and distributed to various people and organisations. Sydney Australia, 2013: one of these fragile song books is found in the estate of a survivor in Sydney, preserved from deterioration by chance, gently pressed between pages of another music score. It is one of only 5 remaining copies in the world. Thirteen years later, the songbook is reborn as Out of the Depths: the first collection of Holocaust songs. Dr Joseph Toltz and Associate Professor Anna Boucher have spent the last 13 years traveling four continents, investigating archives, tracing the stories of those who contributed to the original project. Critically acclaimed by James Loeffler (Johns Hopkins), Samuel Kassow (YIVO), Hasia Diner (NYU) and many other scholars, this event will launch the book in the USA. Similar to launches in Australia, the melodies of the songbook will be woven around the stories of the songs themselves.  Joseph Toltz will be joined by Professor Michael Beckerman on piano for this special event.

An opportunity to interact and speak with UCPD officers and to grab a cup of coffee and a pastry on the way to class.

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Group work can enhance problem-solving and peer learning, but unstructured tasks often result in uneven participation, team friction, and complex grading. Transforming simple group activities into effective collaborative learning requires intentional task design, functional role assignment, and clear accountability structures. Join us for this session to learn practical frameworks for organizing, monitoring, and evaluating group work across disciplines. This session is only open to instructors. Please register to receive the Zoom link. Please contact instructorsupport@teaching.ucla.edu if you have any questions.

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The dissertation and final DMA recital curated by harpist Jillian Risigari-Gai will focus on the life and works of composer Alfredo Rolando Ortiz. It will explore how his compositions have continued the lineage of “Transculturality,” a conceptual framework describing the blending, fluid interaction, and transformation of cultures as they encounter one another. Unlike multiculturalism, which often views distinct cultures as existing side by side, transculturality emphasizes how globalization, migration, and communication break down traditional cultural boundaries, creating new, shared, and continuously evolving cultural identities. Through research, oral history interviews, and performance, the project will closely examine how Paraguayan harp techniques and performance practices inform and expand the possibilities of the double-action pedal harp through Alfredo Rolando Ortiz’s South American Suite for Harp and Orchestra.

The UCLA Guitar Ensemble presents the culmination of its Improvisation Workshop with the Radu Valcu Quintet, featuring chamber and ensemble performances by UCLA guitar students, alumni, and guests. Directed by the Radu Valcu Quintet and conducted by Dr. Mircea Gogoncea, the program explores new and existing classical-jazz fusion works, highlighting improvisation as a vital part of contemporary performance practice.

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Part of: Food and Film Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Hammer Museum Just as every memorable dinner harmonizes textures and flavors to create something more than the sum of its parts — of the type that feels like “a kind of love affair” — so too does Danish director Gabriel Axel’s Babette’s Feast. A dash of piety, a splash of romance, a hint of heartache, a touch of splendor, and generous portions of human frailty and desire all come together in Axel’s framing, Henning Kristiansen’s cinematography and the delicate performances of its outstanding cast to make you fall in love with the movies and dining, all over again. We’re pleased to present this Academy Award-winning classic of the culinary screen to mark the fifth anniversary of Lulu at the Hammer Museum. Programmed and note written by Senior Public Programmer Paul Malcolm.

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@ This event celebrates the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Grupo Folklórico de UCLA in 1966. There will be performances by student and alumni dance groups, silent auction, food, and a DJ. per person $60 per person with a t-shirt $400 per table of 8 persons Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

@ Cheer on the Bruins with alumni in your area and relive the energy of game day together. Share the excitement, no matter how far you are from Westwood. ### [Sacramento Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/sacramento-network/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/sacramento-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

Part of: Ryusuke Hamaguchi: Early Works Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Yanai Initiative When Drive My Car won the Oscar for Best International Feature Film in 2022, on top of being the first Japanese film ever nominated for Best Picture, it may have appeared to many as if its director, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, had come out of nowhere to accomplish such a feat. Still others may have known him as the director of the four-hour tour-de-force relationship drama, Happy Hour, when it generated cinephile buzz on the festival circuit in 2016 or perhaps the spellbinding romance-by-way-of identity-crisis, Asako I & II, when it became his first film to premiere at Cannes in 2018. But well before these milestones, Hamaguchi was busy making shorts and features that have rarely screened outside of Japan. After graduating from Tokyo University in 2003 under the influence of John Cassavetes, Hamaguchi began directing in earnest before entering Tokyo University of the Arts where Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Cure, Pulse) became a mentor. As a student and beyond, Hamaguchi took advantage of a network of non-profit, institutional support to workshop projects that allowed him to experiment with like-minded actors, screenwriters and cinematographers. Indeed, a number of his films from this period (Intimacies, Touching the Skin of Eeriness) foreground the creative process as elements of his sublimely structured mid-career style come into view. With his latest film, All of a Sudden, in theaters this November, the Archive is pleased to present this selection of early works by Hamaguchi that confirm what was to come even as they defy expectations. Series programmed and notes written by Senior Public Programmer Paul Malcolm.

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The program includes compositions by Lili Boulanger, Maurice Ravel, and Felix Mendelssohn. Please visit the event website for full details and ticket information.

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@ Join the SGV Bruins as we gather on a (hopefully) cool crisp Autumn morning for a cozy cup of coffee. Relax with fun convos with new and old friends. Make new connections and share your favorite stories and UCLA memories while the leaves are falling and coffee is calling. NOTE: We will be gathering outside and across the street from the coffee shop (Diamond Street side) to chat by the site of one of the original Carnegie libraries, and invigorate our senses with the fresh Autumn air of the urban forest in South Pasadena, a designated Tree City USA. There’s more history to where we’re meeting but you’ll have to come to find out more. There will be limited places to sit as this will be a casual coffee chat where we will mostly be standing and mingling in a park-like setting next to a building that is reminiscent of UCLA quad building architecture. RSVP by Nov 5th Noon. Purchase own coffee/beverages and morning pastries at Kaldi Coffee ### [San Gabriel Valley Bruins](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/san-gabriel-valley-bruins/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/san-gabriel-valley-bruins/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

Join UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music’s Percussion Ensemble for their Fall installment of their quarterly performance series.

Grading doesn’t have to be overwhelming. In this workshop, explore practical strategies you can use to provide student feedback while streamlining the grading process. Learn how rubrics can speed up grading, and preview various BruinLearn tools and features that can provide efficient yet effective student feedback. By the end of the session, you’ll plan a sample activity or use case you can adapt for your own course.

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At Eye Level Photo-Stories from Six Angelenos A collaborative project with Rancho’s Violence Recovery and Prevention Program. This visual storytelling project features six Latine and Black wheelchair users with spinal cord injuries exploring photography as a way to document their everyday lives. All are former patients of Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center in Downey and work as peer mentors and counselors with people injured by gun violence through the Rancho Violence Recovery and Prevention Program (RVRPP). Developed through a series of collaborative photography workshops, the project approaches the camera as a tool of self-representation. Bringing together portraits of the participants with photographs and stories of their homes, neighborhoods, routines, mobility, and moments of joy, the exhibition presents six distinct perspectives on disability and everyday life in Los Angeles. For more information about the gallery, please visit the Heumann Community Partnership webpage. Folleto de la exposición «At Eye Level» de los días 9 y 10, y del 11 al 13 de noviembre en la Galería de Arte Kerckhoff. A la Altura de los Ojos Historias Fotográficas de Seis Angelinos Un proyecto en colaboración con el Programa de Prevención y Recuperación de la Violencia de Rancho. Este proyecto de narración visual presenta a seis personas de raza latine y negra en silla de ruedas con lesiones medulares que exploran la fotografía como una forma de documentar su vida cotidiana. Todas ellas son antiguas pacientes del Centro Nacional de Rehabilitación Rancho Los Amigos, en Downey, y trabajan como mentoras y consejeras con personas afectadas por la violencia armada a través del Programa de Prevención y Recuperación de la Violencia de Rancho (RVRPP). Desarrollado a través de una serie de talleres colaborativos de fotografía, el proyecto aborda la cámara como una herramienta de autorrepresentación. Al reunir retratos de los participantes con fotografías e historias de sus hogares, barrios, rutinas, movilidad y momentos de alegría, la exposición presenta seis perspectivas distintas sobre la discapacidad y la vida cotidiana en Los Ángeles. Para obtener más información sobre la galería, visita la página web de Heumann Community Partnership. Nov 09, 2026 - Nov 13, 2026 Kerckhoff Art Gallery, Kerckhoff Hall Level 2 7am-10pm

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Join us for the opening reception of At Eye Level. Light refreshments will be served. Please RSVP by Friday, October 23rd. At Eye Level Photo-Stories from Six Angelenos A collaborative project with Rancho’s Violence Recovery and Prevention Program. This visual storytelling project features six Latine and Black wheelchair users with spinal cord injuries exploring photography as a way to document their everyday lives. All are former patients of Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center in Downey and work as peer mentors and counselors with people injured by gun violence through the Rancho Violence Recovery and Prevention Program (RVRPP). Developed through a series of collaborative photography workshops, the project approaches the camera as a tool of self-representation. Bringing together portraits of the participants with photographs and stories of their homes, neighborhoods, routines, mobility, and moments of joy, the exhibition presents six distinct perspectives on disability and everyday life in Los Angeles. For more information about the gallery, please visit the Heumann Community Partnership webpage. Folleto de la recepción inaugural de «At Eye Level». La recepción tendrá lugar el 9 de noviembre, de 17:00 a 19:00, en la Galería de Arte Kerckhoff, situada en la segunda planta del edificio Kerckhoff Hall de la UCLA. El folleto incluye cuatro imágenes de muestra de la exposición fotográfica. Acompáñanos en la recepción inaugural de A la Altura de los Ojos. Se servirán unos aperitivos ligeros. Por favor, confirma su asistencia antes del viernes 23 de Octubre. A la Altura de los Ojos Historias Fotográficas de Seis Angelinos Un proyecto en colaboración con el Programa de Prevención y Recuperación de la Violencia de Rancho. Este proyecto de narración visual presenta a seis personas de raza latine y negra en silla de ruedas con lesiones medulares que exploran la fotografía como una forma de documentar su vida cotidiana. Todas ellas son antiguas pacientes del Centro Nacional de Rehabilitación Rancho Los Amigos, en Downey, y trabajan como mentoras y consejeras con personas afectadas por la violencia armada a través del Programa de Prevención y Recuperación de la Violencia de Rancho (RVRPP). Desarrollado a través de una serie de talleres colaborativos de fotografía, el proyecto aborda la cámara como una herramienta de autorrepresentación. Al reunir retratos de los participantes con fotografías e historias de sus hogares, barrios, rutinas, movilidad y momentos de alegría, la exposición presenta seis perspectivas distintas sobre la discapacidad y la vida cotidiana en Los Ángeles. Para obtener más información sobre la galería, visita la página web de Heumann Community Partnership.

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@ Come join Bruin Alumni and Friends for a fun and relaxing discussion of books. We try to curate a wide variety of genres (all recommended by our own members) to accommodate all tastes and to encourage each other to read something we wouldn’t on our own. We would love to have you join us. All are welcome! November: Poetry Night. We ask that you please bring your own poem or song lyric to share. Please email bkronbeck@social.rr.com to be added to the waitlist for the South Bay Book Club.   https://youtube.com/shorts/nG3z3Q-NA5o?feature=share ### [South Bay Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/south-bay-network/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/south-bay-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

Join us for a night of new music composed by UCLA undergraduate composition students.   Among one of the most competitive schools for composition in the country, the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music boasts performances of music written by ferociously talented and exceptionally gifted young composers.   Please come support their endeavors as we kick off the 2025-26 school year of composers concerts!

Explore findings from the 2026 UCLA Senior Survey on how students are using AI in their coursework, how they perceive its benefits and challenges for learning, and the guidance they receive on AI use. We’ll highlight key patterns in students’ experiences and consider what they may mean for teaching practices, assessment, and supporting students’ effective use of AI. Presenter: Wonki Lee, Associate Director of Educational Assessment Services & Initiatives at UCLA Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) Keywords: ucla senior survey, AI use, students experiences on AI, student feedback Each academic quarter, the educational designers and developers of the UCLA Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) offer via Zoom a weekly series of seven pop-up sessions - each just 10 minutes in length - on focused, specific topics related to course design, teaching, learning, and learning assessment. The additional “+10” in the series title refers to an optional 10 minutes that follow each presentation for Q&A and discussion. These 10 + 10 sessions will take place at 10am (PT) every Tuesday in the quarter, from Week 2 through Week 8. 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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Judith A. Peraino and Tom McEnaney, authors of We’re Having Much More Fun: Punk Archives for the Present from CBGB to Gilman an Beyond (2026), join with Tommy Gear and Paul Roessler from legendary LA punk band the Screamers to delve into punk archives of zines, photos, flyers and documents and discuss how punk’s grassroots creative communities and uncompromising artistic visions challenged the dominance of major labels and corporate standards, and created an alternative ecosystem to the mainstream music industry that has lasted over fifty years. The Berry Gordy Music Industry Center at UCLA’s Herb Alpert School of Music hosts a compelling speaker series aiming to inspire and educate the next generation of music industry professionals by providing direct access to those shaping the industry, from creatives to executives each facet of the industry will be touched upon. Each event highlights conversations around the human side of the industry—from personal growth and wellness to social impact and responsible leadership. The series offers students the opportunity to learn directly from change makers across music, media, and business who are reimagining what it means to lead with purpose in a rapidly evolving industry.

@ Join friends and champions of Operation Mend at Café UCLA: NYC 2026 to learn more about the program’s extraordinary work providing comprehensive physical and psychological care to wounded service members, veterans and their caregivers. Through meaningful discussion and personal stories, we’ll share the impact of Operation Mend and how UCLA Health continues to transform the lives of those who have sacrificed so much in service to our country. Cocktails and light bites will be served. ### [ASUCLA](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/asucla/) [View Organizer Website](https://www.asucla.ucla.edu) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

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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@ 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. ### [San Francisco Bay Area Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/san-francisco-bay-area-network/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/san-francisco-bay-area-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

This workshop is only open to instructors. This workshop will explain which accessibility modalities are required for which type of media. Participants will explore how to identify common accessibility barriers in media, and utilize strategies for addressing them.

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Grading doesn’t have to be overwhelming. In this workshop, explore practical strategies you can use to provide student feedback while streamlining the grading process. Learn how rubrics can speed up grading, and preview various BruinLearn tools and features that can provide efficient yet effective student feedback. By the end of the session, you’ll select personalized strategies to make grading more manageable and sustainable.

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Winner of the Israeli Academy’s Best Documentary Award, The Komediant focuses on the life and career of Pesach Burstein and his family, famous for Yiddish theaterA discussion with son, actor Mike Burstyn follows the screening, in conversation with Miri Koral, UCLA Lecturer and expert in Yiddish language and culture.

@ Join us as we cheer on UCLA Football! The bar has agreed to the following specials: 1. $6 Draft Beer 2. $30 Bucket of Beers (5 bottles in a bucket) 3. $10 Pizza & $15 Wings ### [New York Tri-State Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/new-york-tri-state-network/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/new-york-tri-state-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

@ Dog Haus is close to the Fullerton L Stop, and can be accessed by multiple bus routes. There is also street parking available. We often have drink and food specials. Go Bruins! _Dog Haus is close to the Fullerton L Stop, and can be accessed by multiple bus routes. There is also street parking available. We often have drink and food specials. Go Bruins!_ ### [Chicago Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/chicago-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

This workshop explores the cultural, religious, and intellectual legacy of Daisetz Teitaro (D. T.) Suzuki (1870-1966), the preeminent figure who introduced Zen and Mahayana Buddhism to the modern Western world. The invited scholars, curators, and practitioners reflect on Suzuki’s wide-ranging contributions and evaluate their enduring cross-cultural impact from various perspectives. The program features a keynote address by Dr. Richard M. Jaffe, professor of religious studies at Duke University; an exhibition of rare Buddhist archives related to D. T. Suzuki from UCLA Library Special Collections; and a roundtable bringing together academic research, lived practice and community engagement. Co-sponsored by UCLA Library, UCLA Center for Buddhist Studies and UCLA Center for the Study of Religion

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The conference "William Andrews Clark Jr., California Fine Press, Independent Publishing, and Literary Activity in Los Angeles," organized by Johanna Drucker, Distinguished Professor and Breslauer Professor Emerita, Department of Information Studies (UCLA), explores the connection between William Andrews Clark Jr. and the fine press community that emerged in Southern California in the 1930s, which is evident in the extensive collections assembled in his lifetime and after. This conference reflects on the role of Clark and his Library in the broader range of literary and publishing activity in the decades after its founding. For additional details, please visit the event website.

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@ UCLA Alumni Band performance before the UCLA-Illinois football game ### [Alumni Band](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/alumni-band/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

@ Cheer on the Bruins with alumni in your area and relive the energy of game day together. Share the excitement, no matter how far you are from Westwood. ### [Sacramento Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/sacramento-network/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/sacramento-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

@ 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 1Socials 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! ### [UCLA Alumni Affairs](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/ucla-alumni-affairs/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

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In person: Q&A with UCLA Asian American Studies Assistant Professors Loubna Qutami and Nour Joudah, moderated by UCLA Comparative Literature Ph.D. student Aciah Abdulsater. Guest speaker Every space hosts the accumulation of time and is thus a repository of memory, one that is active and dynamic. Jean Khalil Chamoun’s Women Beyond Borders (2004) and Theo Panagopoulos’ The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing (2024) were made two decades apart, but together they foster an ongoing conversation at the intersection of identity, memory and place across Lebanon and Palestine. Though distinct in form, the films consider the relationship between people’s lived environments and their individual and collective identities. The films navigate through spaces both historically and presently marked by displacement, violence and resilience. Both offer meditations and testimonies on how these spaces can inhabit a people’s memories, linger into their present realities and influence their futures. Rather than attempting to unearth a singular tradition, this program amplifies an ongoing cinematic conversation across Lebanon and Palestine that is rooted in intertwined histories of occupation and resistance. This conversation is an urgent one to hold today in light of the ongoing aggression against southern Lebanon and historic Palestine that continues to target complete ecosystems. This systematic surge of destruction and harm affects far beyond the physical; it seeks to fracture memory, sever a people’s sense of being and belonging, and jeopardize social relations that places sustain. The moving image as a tool presents an opportunity to forge an alternative place of memory work, one capable of preserving spatial memory, making visible the forms of erasure, and imagining continuities that exceed the violence of occupation and its imposed restriction on bodies and space. Programmed by UCLA Comparative Literature Ph.D. student Aciah Abdulsater and Archive Research and Public Access Coordinator Nicole Ucedo. Notes and concept by Aciah Abdulsater.

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In 1901, Eva Palmer abandoned her life as a privileged New York socialite, moving to Paris with her lover, the writer and salonist, Natalie Barney. The two Americans became the center of a wild tangle of lesbian love affairs and backyard performances based on intentional reimaginings of Sappho’s work and life. A chance encounter led Eva to Greece, where she married Angelos Sikelianos, a visionary poet who would become a Greek national hero. Celebrated American poet Eleni Sikelianos grew up knowing little of these illustrious ancestors, her great grandparents, who, in the early 20th century staged a revival of the ancient Delphic festivals, convinced that it would open a path to world peace. It was not until the age of 20, on her first trip to Greece, that she encountered the breadth of their legacy. In her new book, "Memory Rehearsal" (City Lights, 2026), Sikelianos unearths the story of her search for these pioneering ancestors, in a text that shifts between prose, poetry, imaginary performance texts, fiction, and nonfiction, with archival and family photographs. Eleni will read from and discuss "Memory Rehearsal," which "Kirkus" calls a “moving family memoir and a triumph of cultural archaeology.” Eleni Sikelianos was born into a family of tree workers, bohemians, poets, ne’er-do-wells, visionaries, and smalltime sort-of hustlers. She is a poet, writer, collaborator, and “master of mixing genres.” As a student of the poets of Naropa, she is a lineage-holder in the Outrider poetics family tree. Deeply engaged with ecopoetics, her work takes up urgent concerns of environmental precarity and ancestral work. She has published ten books of poetry (most recently, "Your Kingdom," 2023) and a trilogy of unclassifiable hybrid works, sometimes called nonfiction, sometimes memoirs, sometimes fiction: "The Book of Jon" and "You Animal Machine," and, most recently, "Memory Rehearsal" (City Lights, 2026). "Memory Rehearsal," called “a triumph of cultural archaeology” in a starred Kirkus review and named One of "Publishers Weekly’s" Most Anticipated Books for 2026, is a genre-busting encounter between a poet and her ancestral past documenting a startling intersection of queer history, ancient theater, utopian visions, and modern poetry. Among other honors, she has been awarded two National Endowment for the Arts fellowships, a Fulbright Artists fellowship, and a New York Foundation for the Arts Award in nonfiction. She grew up in earshot of the ocean, in small coastal towns near Santa Barbara, and has since lived in San Francisco, New York, Paris, Athens (Greece), Boulder (Colorado), and Providence. "Memory Rehearsal" will be available for purchase at the event! All major credit cards, Apple Pay, and Google Pay are accepted. Cash is also accepted with exact change only. This program is made possible thanks to the generous support of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF).

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Join the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music for an evening of chamber music highlighting members of the brass family.

Join the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music for an afternoon of music featuring the students of Dr. Jan Berry Baker.

n person: Pre-screening talk by Laura Horak, author, Trans Cinema: Making Communities, Identities, and Worlds. Post-screening Q&A. 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. This screening will be preceded by a book signing of Trans Cinema: Making Communities, Identities, and Worlds with author Laura Horak beginning at 6 p.m. in the lobby. The Archive first worked with archivist and scholar Laura Horak in 2022 when we presented a series of films unearthed by Horak and her collaborators, Maggie Hennefeld and Elif Rongen-Kaynakçi. Their archival project Cinema’s First Nasty Women celebrated the work of silent comedians who brought an anarchic brand of gender non-conformity to slapstick. Alongside that work, Horak is also the director of the Transgender Media Lab at Carleton University, which created the Transgender Media Portal(opens in a new tab), a database of trans creators, including links to where their work can be seen. Suffice it to say, increasing the visibility and access to the media she studies is an essential element of Horak’s ongoing research project. With her latest book, Trans Cinema: Making Communities, Identities, and Worlds, Horak dives deep into the history, practice and aesthetics of trans artists in the United States and Canada in the 21st century while positioning them within the larger history of trans media production and representation. The Archive is pleased to welcome Horak back to the Billy Wilder Theater for a brief talk about her work followed by a selection of works by trans artists and an on-stage conversation, with more special guests to be announced soon! Part of the Archive’s Legacy Project Screening Series. Support for the screening is provided by the Robert Gore Rifkind Foundation Queer Screening Endowment and The Andrew J. Kuehn Jr. Foundation.

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@ Join UCLA’s Pilipino Alumni Association for our annual Holiday Party and Parol Workshop! Bring the whole family to enjoy our holiday festivities, including games, karaoke, and crafts. Come learn how to make a Parol, a colorful star-shaped lantern traditionally hung in homes and streets throughout the Philippines at Christmastime. Stay for a performance from UCLA’s Tinig Choral. Tinig, which means “voice” in Tagalog, is a student-initiated, student-run, a capella choir. RSVP Below! [RSVP](https://tinyurl.com/PAAParol2026) ### [UCLA Pilipino Alumni Association](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/ucla-pilipino-alumni-association/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/pilipino-alumni-association/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

Hogarth' "Lost" Annotations, presented by Dr. Zirwat Chowdhury, Assistant Professor of 18th- and 19th-Century European Art, Department of Art History (UCLA), focuses on an annotated copy of The Investigator No. CCCXXII, one of a series of essays published by the 18th-century Scottish painter, Allan Ramsay. The annotations are those of Ramsay’s contemporary, the English painter and printmaker, William Hogarth. A prized document for its contribution to the artists’ important debates on art theory and aesthetic philosophy, the annotated volume has been understood by Hogarth scholars to have been long lost, even though it has been part of the Clark collections since it was acquired by William Andrews Clark Jr. in 1929. This talk will discuss how the annotated volume might expand our understanding of Hogarth’s theory of art, foundational to the history of 18th-century British art and controversially espoused by the artist in 1753 in his treatise on art and aesthetics, The Analysis of Beauty.

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Join us for the second of six workshops as part of the Modal Interchange: Conversations on 21st-Century Performance Practices series with Jonathan Hepfer, percussionist and artistic director of Monday Evening Concerts, who will join Wendy Richman (Academic Lecturer and Director of uclaFLUX at UCLA) in a conversation about how to develop as a working artist. Sisyphus as Artist (Whatever prevents you from doing your work has become your work) Whether navigating complex scores or directing a series, the common denominator is simply problem solving: using one’s sense of logic, aesthetics, ethics, and intuition to figure out how to get from A to B. Every project or piece is completely different, requiring constant reinvention and re-equipping of one’s toolbox. More abstractly, but of equal or greater weight, is the importance of nurturing non-musical artistic and creative interests while we hone our problem-solving skills. Whether performer, presenter, painter, or poet, artists flourish when we connect through our shared goal: to make a lasting impression on the souls of those around us. Bio Jonathan Hepfer is a percussionist, conductor, and concert curator. He began playing classical music at age seventeen after discovering the work of John Cage while studying at SUNY Buffalo. Subsequently, Jonathan attended Oberlin Conservatory, UC San Diego and the Musikhochschule Freiburg (on a DAAD fellowship) where he studied with Michael Rosen, Steven Schick and Bernhard Wulff. ​Since 2015, he has been the Artistic Director of Monday Evening Concerts (MEC) in Los Angeles as well as its resident ensemble ECHOI. At MEC, Jonathan has directed performances of major works by Pierre Boulez, John Cage, Julius Eastman, Morton Feldman, Philip Glass, Gérard Grisey, Sarah Hennies, Yves Klein, Arvo Pärt, Steve Reich, Salvatore Sciarrino, Caroline Shaw, Tyshawn Sorey, Simeon Ten Holt and Iannis Xenakis. As a curator and producer, he has presented works by Georges Aperghis, Pierluigi Billone, Carolyn Chen, Chaya Czernowin, Julius Eastman, David Hammons, Sarah Hennies, György Kurtág, Klaus Lang, Alvin Lucier, Hans Otte, Éliane Radigue, Michael Pisaro-Liu, Caroline Shaw, Wadada Leo Smith, Steven Takasugi, Davóne Tines and Wu Tsang. Jonathan has directed (or co-directed) projects at venues such as the Getty Museum, Harvard University, Hauser & Wirth, Jeffrey Deitch, LACMA, LAXART, Marciano Art Foundation, the Santa Monica Carousel (Frieze), Thomas Mann House and the Pinault Collection in Paris. ​As a percussion soloist, Jonathan has focused extensively on the works of Georges Aperghis, Pierluigi Billone, Julius Eastman, Brian Ferneyhough, Morton Feldman, Vinko Globokar, Helmut Lachenmann, Giacinto Scelsi, Iannis Xenakis and Walter Zimmermann. In this capacity, he has performed widely across the United States, Europe and Asia. Recent independent projects have included serving as artistic director for a portrait of Julius Eastman at the Pinault Collection in Paris (a collaboration with Anaïs Ngbanzo, Dev Hynes and Adam Tendler) and performing the role of conductor in a revival of Deborah Hay’s ‘Solo 2’ at the Getty Museum. Jonathan has also contributed to projects by friends such as Henrik Purienne (‘Tasjaki’ at Galerie Chenel), Vanessa Beecroft and Gustave Rudman (‘Two Shadows’ at Jeffrey Deitch) and Henri Levy Alexandre (Enfants Riches Déprimés S/S ’25). He has published interviews with Meredith Monk (Autre Magazine), Éliane Radigue (Purple Magazine) and Steve Reich (Kaleidoscope Magazine). Jonathan also documented the oral histories of the pioneering generation of percussion soloists (Jan Williams, Christoph Caskel, Sylvio Gualda, Jean-Pierre Drouet, Gaston Sylvestre, Maurizio Ben Omar). Jonathan has served on the faculty at Art Center Pasadena and Cal Arts. He is interested in the ways that music intersects with visual art, literature, architecture, fashion and film. More about Modal Interchange: Conversations on 21st-Century Performance Practices The personality of Los Angeles’s new music scene mirrors its city’s culture and geography as a whole: equal parts diversity and decentralization, in a battle for recognition and relevance that crisscrosses 650 freeway miles. The Modal Interchange series casts a wide net around LA’s new music community, hosting a diverse group of individuals who might not otherwise share the same artistic and academic spaces, in a series of lecture-workshops geared to an audience of performers. Modal Interchange is a series of six workshops through 2026-27. Each workshop focuses on an element of 21st-century performing, programming, and music-making in the world of contemporary music, with special focus on the topics’ relevance in greater LA: histories of experimental music and the avant-garde, commissioning new works, concert programming, listening as an audience member, listening as a performer, score-reading and part-marking, learning and practicing contemporary works, improvisation practices, and arts activism. This series is conceived and hosted by violist Wendy Richman and produced in partnership with the UCLA Center for Musical Humanities. Dr. Richman is Lecturer in Performance Studies, Director of uclaFLUX, and a founding member of the International Contemporary Ensemble. For the full schedule, please visit our website: https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/modal-interchange-conversations-on-21st-century-performance-practices/

This session demonstrates best practices for adding media to your course as well as utilizing media in student work, such as assignments and introductions. We will cover the following: - Upload and post videos to your course - Create video submission assignments - Create an introductory discussion with video You will be provided with documentation and resources that you can use to add these activities to your course. Audience: Faculty, TAs, Staff

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The syllabus is an essential part of instruction that communicates the objectives, expectations, and structure of a course. Is it clear? Is it welcoming? Is it accessible? Leave with practical ideas you can apply to your next syllabus. Presenter: Sammy Solis, Assistant Director for Teaching Development at the Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) Keywords: syllabus, student belonging, expectations, course objective, clear learning goals Each academic quarter, the educational designers and developers of the UCLA Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) offer via Zoom a weekly series of seven pop-up sessions - each just 10 minutes in length - on focused, specific topics related to course design, teaching, learning, and learning assessment. The additional “+10” in the series title refers to an optional 10 minutes that follow each presentation for Q&A and discussion. These 10 + 10 sessions will take place at 10am (PT) every Tuesday in the quarter, from Week 2 through Week 8. 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 MindFit is a mindful movement and meditation offering that teaches several effective stress management tools and is offered to UCLA faculty, staff, and students at no cost. In person outdoor grounding and revitalizing workshops to reconnect to the earth and walk mindfully on the grass. An opportunity to take a break and reset in the company of other Bruins. Tuesday 11/17/26, 12:15-1:00p, Dickson Court South

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@ UCLA Athletics and the UCLA Alumni Association are proud to invite all alumni to this Alumni Association Appreciation Day. Click the “Buy Tickets” link to purchase a discounted ticket and watch the Bruins take on USC on Nov. 17 at 7:30 p.m.! Go Bruins! ### [UCLA Athletics](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/ucla-athletics/) [View Organizer Website](https://uclabruins.com) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

Gradescope helps streamline the grading of handwritten exams, assignments, and Bubble Sheets while providing meaningful feedback to students. This workflow is especially suited for multiple choice, short-form, or mathematical responses. This session will cover how to create assignments, how students and instructors can upload work, and the basics of grading. Audience: Faculty, TAs

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In person: Introductions and pre-screening conversation with author and film historian Howard Gutner and Deborah Nadoolman Landis, founding director and chair of the David C. Copley Center for Costume Design at UCLA. Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive in partnership with the David C. Copley Center for Costume Design at UCLA. 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. This screening will be preceded by a book signing of Banton of Paramount: Haute Couture in Hollywood’s Golden Age with author Howard Gutner beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the lobby.

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This interactive workshop invites you to reflect on your professional and instructional values, using the Live Your Values card deck to consider ethical AI use in your discipline. You will then revise an existing assignment that can support students in developing their own values, revising your learning objectives to foster students’ caring, curiosity, and community.

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This co-working peer review session will cover syllabus design best practices. Participants will look at example syllabi, consider best practices for student-centered, inclusive, and digitally accessible design, and peer review each other’s materials. Light refreshments will be served. This session is open to all instructors, including faculty, TAs, and postdocs. Please contact gspse@teaching.ucla.edu if you have any questions.

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What happens when a Minimoog takes center stage in a concerto? British composer and electronic music performer Gabriel Prokofiev brings his answer to UCLA following the U.S. premiere of his Concerto for Minimoog Synthesizer and Orchestra. Prokofiev will be joined by Shapiro Professor of Piano Inna Faliks and Professor Robert Fink, musicologist and chair of the Music Industry Program, for an insightful panel conversation, a live Minimoog synthesizer demonstration, and an interactive audience Q&A exploring the intersection of classical tradition, electronic performance, and contemporary music culture.

Join the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music for an evening in historic Schoenberg Hall featuring Dr. Travis Cross, Jens Lindemann, and other world-class faculty in a performance of Stravinsky’s Histoire du Soldat.

@ UCLA’s Pilipino Alumni Association is hosting a musical showcase to celebrate and share Filipino culture through musical expression. We welcome UCLA students, alumni, and the friends and family of UCLA’s Filipino Community. ### [UCLA Pilipino Alumni Association](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/ucla-pilipino-alumni-association/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/pilipino-alumni-association/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

Part of: Archive Television Treasures In person: actors Ruta Lee, Rich Little, Jo Anne Worley Made possible by the John H. Mitchell Television Programming Endowment Premiering on NBC on October 17, 1966, Hollywood Squares became one of the most popular game shows in television history, with over 4,000 episodes of the original network incarnation produced through 1981. The longevity of the simple tic-tac-toe game was driven in large part by the show’s charismatic, quick-witted host, Peter Marshall. A talented actor and nightclub comedian, Marshall breezily tackled the daunting task of corralling the series’ boisterous, rotating stable of nine celebrities, setting up punchlines and volleying retorts with equal aplomb. While high-wattage superstars such as Vincent Price and Sammy Davis Jr. often guested, the literal center of Hollywood Squares’ towering, neon-lit set featured an icon like no other — actor and comedian Paul Lynde. Beloved by audiences of all stripes, Lynde routinely brought down the house with bawdy ad-libs and double entendres — delivered impeccably with a knowing wink. Painfully closeted in his personal life to protect his showbiz career, Lynde turned conventional wisdom of the day upside down, boldly introducing the masses to an undeniably empowered, queer-coded persona previously unseen on television. Join us as we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the premiere of Hollywood Squares and the birth centennials of Peter Marshall and Paul Lynde. Two preserved episodes will be screened, complete with original commercials, as well as an extended clip reel showcasing a galaxy of guest stars, risque retorts and the genius of Paul Lynde. Programmed and notes written by John H. Mitchell Television Curator Mark Quigley.

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Learn how to design a drought-tolerant, water-efficient garden that will thrive in Southern California weather!

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@ We will be hiking Sullivan Fire Road in the Palisades with spectacular views of the Santa Monica mountains and a few spots with view of the Santa Monica Bay. It’s in and out so those who want a shorter hike can turn around 5 miles when we get to the overlook of Camp Josepho and the rest of us will continue on for a longer hike to a large oak tree about a mile or so further in for a longer hike of around 7/7.5 miles. There is streets parking on Casale if you turn right on Capri. If there is no parking on Casale, streets below should have parking. Please arrive early to account for time to find parking. Please also bring water, snacks, and sun protection as you will need. ### [Westside Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/los-angeles-westside-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

UCLA student combos and ensembles directed by world-class jazz artists will be performing well-known jazz standards, contemporary works, and pop songs, as well as compositions by the faculty directors and the students.

@ The Rady Children’s Invitational is a two-day men’s college basketball tournament in San Diego, California. The fourth annual event tips off November 26 (Thanksgiving Day) featuring Georgetown, Saint Mary’s, Texas, and UCLA. Each day features two games, with the championship and third-place games taking place on November 27. This event is bigger than basketball: $5 of every ticket sold goes to Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego. 11.27.26: Third Place Game at 11:30AM PT and Championship Game at 2:00 PM PT Tickets can be purchased at https://radychildrensinvitational.com/ ### [San Diego Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/san-diego-network/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/san-diego-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

@ Your Bruins will take on either Georgetown or Texas on Friday in the Rady Children’s Invitational in San Diego! Specific tipoff TBD, will be either 11:30am or 2pm depending on if they are in the championship or 3rd place game. Hope to see you there, go bruins! Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

@ Join us as we cheer on UCLA Football! ### [Washington, D.C. Area Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/washington-d-c-area-network/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/washington-dc-area-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

@ Join us as we cheer on UCLA Football! Time is TBD. The bar has agreed to the following specials: 1. $6 Draft Beer 2. $30 Bucket of Beers (5 bottles in a bucket) 3. $10 Pizza & $15 Wings Open Event ### [New York Tri-State Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/new-york-tri-state-network/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/new-york-tri-state-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

@ Come cheer on UCLA’s football team with other Bruins! ### [San Francisco Bay Area Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/san-francisco-bay-area-network/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/san-francisco-bay-area-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

Writing-intensive courses across the curriculum—which are highly exposed to AI misuse—present special challenges and opportunities for transformation in the age of AI. To succeed in today’s AI-integrated workplaces, students need advanced writing, reading and editing skills. This seminar will introduce a human-centered, award-winning curricular model, PAIRR (Peer and AI Review + Reflection), which is designed to build critical AI literacy while simultaneously improving equity in writing support for students. Findings from the PAIRR project— tested with thousands of community college, CSU and UC Davis students in 2025-2027—will also be shared during this seminar. Presenter Bio: Marit J. MacArthur teaches writing and serves as AI & Emerging Technology coordinator for UC Davis’s Writing Center. She is a PI for the PAIRR (Peer and AI Review + Reflection) project and co-investigator with the Center for AI and Experimental Futures (CAIEF). Marit’s work on AI and writing—which builds on her NEH-funded interdisciplinary research in voice studies—has appeared in AI & Society, Computers and Composition, Inside Higher Ed, Bad Ideas about AI and Writing, and Frontiers in Communication. She is a GenAI and Writing in Higher Ed series editor for Critical AI and pedagogy lead for the UC Humanities Research Institute AI Lab.

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This training session will demonstrate how to finalize your Bruin Learn gradebook and transfer Bruin Learn grades to MyUCLA. Audience: Faculty, TAs, Staff

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Part of: Dorothy Dandridge The story of Dorothy Dandridge’s career mirrors that of early 20th century Black Hollywood. She first arrived in Los Angeles with her family in the 1930s, during the Great Depression. Dorothy’s mother, Ruby, found work in radio and in small film parts, usually playing domestics. Dorothy and her sister Vivian transformed their Chitlin’ Circuit acrobatic act The Wonder Children into a singing group called The Dandridge Sisters, who were popular in nightclubs like The Cotton Club. The Dandridge family lived in the thriving Black Hollywood area around Central Street in South Los Angeles, connected to the rest of the city by streetcars known as Red Cars. In the 1940s, Dorothy lived in that same neighborhood with her husband, Harold Nicholas of the Nicholas Brothers. Dandridge later moved to a beautiful modern home in the Hollywood Hills before that area was fully integrated. She was always a pioneer, doing things first and refusing to accept the discrimination she saw around her. After she became the first Black woman to be nominated for the Best Actress Oscar for Otto Preminger’s Carmen Jones (1954), she turned down countless supporting roles or what she considered to be stereotypes. Dandridge instead chose to make European and independent films, many of which will screen on prints in this series. She wasn’t so much ahead of her time, as an uncompromising bright talent who refused to bend to a flawed and racist industry. Hollywood today is still catching up to her. Series programmed and notes written by Miriam Bale.

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This session is open to all instructors, TAs, and postdocs. The Practice and Play with EdTech series offers instructors a hands-on opportunity to explore teaching tools and strategies with TLC staff. This session will explore how to leverage AI to support aspects of their teaching workflow — from brainstorming lesson plans to drafting assessments or developing grading strategies. Participants will experiment with Google Gemini and practice crafting prompts to support their courses. The session will also include time to critically assess AI-generated responses for accuracy, relevance, and bias.

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Feminist Approaches to Research, Knowledge & Academic Culture With Dr. Sarah McCullough, UC Davis Feminist Research Institute (FRI) Free • Lunch Provided How do histories of eugenics, colonialism, and patriarchy continue to shape research? Join the UC Davis Feminist Research Institute for a workshop exploring how feminist science studies can help us recognize and redress systemic biases in research and academic culture. Feminist Approaches to Improve Lab Culture, Research Accuracy, & Public Impact How do histories of eugenics, colonialism, and patriarchy continue to shape research today? This workshop offers faculty and researchers in all fields practical tools for recognizing how exclusionary histories influence research questions, methodologies, interpretation, and academic environments. Participants will explore how addressing systemic bias can: Improve the accuracy and impact of scientific research Generate more innovative approaches to pressing contemporary issues Create more equitable and welcoming research environments Support junior scholars and strengthen lab culture Turn feminist insights into actionable research practices Facilitated discussion • Practical tools • Resources for action About the Facilitator Sarah Rebolloso McCullough, PhD, runs the Feminist Research Institute at UC Davis, whose mission is to transform research culture to be more accurate, impactful, and humanizing. She created the Asking Different Questions research training program, which teaches feminist science & technology studies to justice-driven STEM researchers. She also conducts research in knowledge justice, environmental justice, mobility, justice, and university-community relations. She earned her PhD in Cultural Studies with a designated emphasis in Feminist Theory & Research at UC Davis.

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Join us for a Community Cookout in collaboration with 580 Café. A welcoming space to share food, connection, and conversation. This gathering is about more than just a meal; it’s an opportunity to build community, celebrate our shared experiences, and create moments of joy together. We’ll have delicious food prepared with care, time to meet new people and reconnect with familiar faces, and a chance to learn more about the resources and programs available through UCLA Bruin Underground Scholars and 580 Café. Everyone is invited to come as they are; bring your appetite, your stories, and your community spirit!

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This conference is part of the 2026-27 Core Program, a year-long series of three conferences – Human/Plant, Human/Animal, and Human/Machine – that invite participants from across the humanistic disciplines (including history, art history, history of science, literature, philosophy, religious history, and ecocriticism) to explore how early moderns (1400-1800) sought to define and understand themselves through their relationships with non-human life forms, entities and systems. The first conference, Human/Plant, considers the human relationship to the vegetal world.

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@ Join the San Diego Bruin community for a festive evening of fellowship, kindness, and Bruin spirit. We’ll gather in the beautiful Lafayette lobby at 4:00 PM to mix, mingle, take photos, and celebrate the season together. Alumni, family, and friends are all welcome. Come dressed in your UCLA swag, holiday attire, ugly sweaters, or cultural pieces that help showcase the joy, warmth, and spirit of this season. Whether you are reconnecting with old friends, meeting new Bruins, or bringing loved ones into the Bruin family, this will be a cheerful way to close the year in community. Date: December 5 Lobby Gathering: 4:00 PM at The Lafayette At 5:00 PM, 10 seats will be available for those who RSVP at Quixote for dinner Dinner: 5:00 PM at Quixote Dinner seating: Limited to 10 For those that do not RSVP for dinner, the LaFayette grounds are plentiful and there is a diner option for dinner or bites poolside. Wear your blue and gold, your festive best, or whatever makes you feel joyful. We can’t wait to celebrate with you! * * * Site info: Quixote is an Oaxaca-inspired restaurant and mezcalería inside The Lafayette Hotel. The current menu leans toward shareable plates: guacamole, lentil spread, spicy tuna tostada, huitlacoche tamal, pulpo, Oaxacan fondue, crab corn doughnut, memelita with duck carnitas and black mole, tacos, whole grilled fish, lamb belly, tasajo, flan, fritters, and seasonal ice creams/sorbets. It also has a mezcal- and cocktail-forward beverage menu for guests 21+. For people who do not get one of the 10 Quixote dinner seats, The Lafayette still has other on-site options. Beginner’s Diner is listed as open 24/7, with breakfast, dinner specials, weekend brunch, and “night lunches,” so guests can still grab food nearby before or after the lobby gathering. Parking: The Lafayette offers valet parking for day guests when space permits. Current day valet parking is listed at $15, with cars retrieved by 1:00 AM. Street parking may also be available in the surrounding North Park neighborhood, but please plan extra time and be thoughtful of residents. Carpooling and rideshare are encouraged, especially since The Lafayette is a popular holiday-season destination. TBA ### [San Diego Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/san-diego-network/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/san-diego-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

Part of: The Art of the Benshi 2026 In person: benshi Ichiro Kataoka, composer and pianist Makia Matsumura. Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Yanai Initiative The UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Yanai Initiative are honored to welcome back to the Billy Wilder Theater renowned Japanese benshi Ichiro Kataoka for a weekend of live performances timed to celebrate the new release of a Flicker Alley Blu-ray box set inspired by the national Art of the Benshi tour organized by the Archive and Yanai in 2024. During the silent film era in Japan, film screenings were accompanied by live narrators, called benshi. Full-fledged artists in their own right, benshi familiarized and enlivened the cinema experience in Japan through expressive performances that illuminated and extended the emotional and thematic range of the works on screen. The art, today, is carried on by a small group of specialized performers who have been apprenticed by the preceding generations of benshi, creating a continuous lineage back to the original performers. Kataoka will be joined on stage by another veteran of the 2024 tour, composer and pianist Makia Matsumura, who will accompany his original performances with original scores. Every benshi event is a unique, live experience but this weekend’s program will be especially memorable for the North American premiere of the National Film Archive of Japan’s restoration of director Teinosuke Kinugasa’s groundbreaking, always astonishing A Page of Madness on the centennial of its original release. Programmed by Ichiro Kataoka, Michael Emmerich and Paul Malcolm. Notes written by Senior Public Programmer Paul Malcolm. Special thanks to Michael Emmerich and Elizabeth Leicester, Yanai Initiative; National Film Archive of Japan.

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@ Join the official UCLA Alumni pregame party on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2026 when the UCLA men’s basketball team takes on the Gonzaga Bulldogs. Enjoy pregame heavy appetizers inside the Modelo Club at the Honda Center in Anaheim. Time: 6 p.m. Cost: $25 per person for Adults and Children ages 5 to 12. ### [UCLA Alumni Affairs](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/ucla-alumni-affairs/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

Part of: The Art of the Benshi 2026 In person: benshi Ichiro Kataoka, composer and pianist Makia Matsumura. Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Yanai Initiative The UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Yanai Initiative are honored to welcome back to the Billy Wilder Theater renowned Japanese benshi Ichiro Kataoka for a weekend of live performances timed to celebrate the new release of a Flicker Alley Blu-ray box set inspired by the national Art of the Benshi tour organized by the Archive and Yanai in 2024. During the silent film era in Japan, film screenings were accompanied by live narrators, called benshi. Full-fledged artists in their own right, benshi familiarized and enlivened the cinema experience in Japan through expressive performances that illuminated and extended the emotional and thematic range of the works on screen. The art, today, is carried on by a small group of specialized performers who have been apprenticed by the preceding generations of benshi, creating a continuous lineage back to the original performers. Kataoka will be joined on stage by another veteran of the 2024 tour, composer and pianist Makia Matsumura, who will accompany his original performances with original scores. Every benshi event is a unique, live experience but this weekend’s program will be especially memorable for the North American premiere of the National Film Archive of Japan’s restoration of director Teinosuke Kinugasa’s groundbreaking, always astonishing A Page of Madness on the centennial of its original release. Programmed by Ichiro Kataoka, Michael Emmerich and Paul Malcolm. Notes written by Senior Public Programmer Paul Malcolm. Special thanks to Michael Emmerich and Elizabeth Leicester, Yanai Initiative; National Film Archive of Japan.

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Part of: Dorothy Dandridge The story of Dorothy Dandridge’s career mirrors that of early 20th century Black Hollywood. She first arrived in Los Angeles with her family in the 1930s, during the Great Depression. Dorothy’s mother, Ruby, found work in radio and in small film parts, usually playing domestics. Dorothy and her sister Vivian transformed their Chitlin’ Circuit acrobatic act The Wonder Children into a singing group called The Dandridge Sisters, who were popular in nightclubs like The Cotton Club. The Dandridge family lived in the thriving Black Hollywood area around Central Street in South Los Angeles, connected to the rest of the city by streetcars known as Red Cars. In the 1940s, Dorothy lived in that same neighborhood with her husband, Harold Nicholas of the Nicholas Brothers. Dandridge later moved to a beautiful modern home in the Hollywood Hills before that area was fully integrated. She was always a pioneer, doing things first and refusing to accept the discrimination she saw around her. After she became the first Black woman to be nominated for the Best Actress Oscar for Otto Preminger’s Carmen Jones (1954), she turned down countless supporting roles or what she considered to be stereotypes. Dandridge instead chose to make European and independent films, many of which will screen on prints in this series. She wasn’t so much ahead of her time, as an uncompromising bright talent who refused to bend to a flawed and racist industry. Hollywood today is still catching up to her. Series programmed and notes written by Miriam Bale.

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This training session will demonstrate how to finalize your Bruin Learn gradebook and transfer Bruin Learn grades to MyUCLA. Audience: Faculty, TAs, Staff

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Part of: Archive Television Treasures In person: writer-director Reginald Hudlin, producer-director Stan Lathan, NYU Associate Professor Josslyn Luckett Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Directors Guild of America. Made possible by the John H. Mitchell Television Programming Endowment. In a trailblazing entertainment industry career spanning over half a century, producer-director Stan Lathan continues to leave an indelible creative mark. His groundbreaking work in television began with directing the PBS public affairs and documentary series Say Brother and Black Journal, which were produced to give voice to Black communities following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Later summoned by Redd Foxx to work on Sanford and Son as one of the few Black directors in primetime television, Lathan went on to helm episodes for a wide range of hit series, from Hill Street Blues to Roc. A formidable talent, he also directed numerous pilots that launched highly successful series, including Amen and Moesha. In a career of milestones, following his theatrical feature Beat Street (1984), Lathan partnered with Russell Simmons to create Def Comedy Jam and Def Poetry Jam for HBO, the latter garnering the duo a Peabody Award. Among multiple Emmy, Grammy and Tony Awards and too many other major awards to mention, Lathan was recognized with a CINE Golden Eagle and an American Film Festival Blue Ribbon for directing the American Playhouse telefilm Go Tell It on the Mountain (1985). In perhaps the highest accolade possible, cultural titan James Baldwin publicly pronounced his love of the TV adaptation of his seminal work. Join us as we celebrate Stan Lathan with a screening of Go Tell It on the Mountain, introduced by NYU Associate Professor Josslyn Luckett. Programmed and notes written by John H. Mitchell Television Curator Mark Quigley.

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@ Bay Area Bruins is partnering with The Bill Wilson Center to support their annual Adopt a Family Holiday Gift Giving Program. We want to bring Bruins together during the holidays to give back to our local community and then share a casual no-host lunch or dinner after your volunteer shift. This activity is for adults only. The mission of The Bill Wilson Center is to improve the lives of youth, individuals, families and our local communities through housing, mental health care, supportive services and advocacy. They are a certified non-profit organization operating in Santa Clara County since 1973. Learn more: https://www.billwilsoncenter.org/ We are looking for spirited volunteers on Sat., Dec. 12, 2026 at a location in Santa Clara, CA (exact address TBD). You will help with gift sorting (and possibly tricycle building and doll house building) at a collection and distribution site. Plan to wear close-toed shoes and comfortable clothes for sorting items into bins or piles. We have two work shifts to choose from: 9am-1pm and 1pm-5pm. After your work shift, we invite Bruins to share a meal together at a local eatery, as desired. We recommend wearing UCLA shirts, hats or sweatshirts so we can easily identify each other. (We will be volunteering alongside others from the community.) Please join us in sharing the holiday spirit with others. Email Marina Lemas with questions: marina@alumni.ucla.edu. ### [UCLA Alumni Affairs](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/ucla-alumni-affairs/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/) ### [San Francisco Bay Area Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/san-francisco-bay-area-network/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/san-francisco-bay-area-network/) The exact address in Santa Clara for this event will be emailed to you 1-2 weeks in advance of the Sat., Dec. 12 event date. Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

@ Join us for a special holiday hike on the Westridge Trail to the Nike missile site at San Vicente Mountain. Wear your most outrageous holiday sweaters and festive colors, along with any other holiday swag you want to show off. The hike is approximately 7 miles with an elevation gain of 730 feet and with the option to turn around early for those who do not want to join the full hike. Please also make sure that you are prepared with appropriate footwear, sunscreen and/or a hat, and plenty of water. ### [Westside Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/los-angeles-westside-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

Part of: Dorothy Dandridge The story of Dorothy Dandridge’s career mirrors that of early 20th century Black Hollywood. She first arrived in Los Angeles with her family in the 1930s, during the Great Depression. Dorothy’s mother, Ruby, found work in radio and in small film parts, usually playing domestics. Dorothy and her sister Vivian transformed their Chitlin’ Circuit acrobatic act The Wonder Children into a singing group called The Dandridge Sisters, who were popular in nightclubs like The Cotton Club. The Dandridge family lived in the thriving Black Hollywood area around Central Street in South Los Angeles, connected to the rest of the city by streetcars known as Red Cars. In the 1940s, Dorothy lived in that same neighborhood with her husband, Harold Nicholas of the Nicholas Brothers. Dandridge later moved to a beautiful modern home in the Hollywood Hills before that area was fully integrated. She was always a pioneer, doing things first and refusing to accept the discrimination she saw around her. After she became the first Black woman to be nominated for the Best Actress Oscar for Otto Preminger’s Carmen Jones (1954), she turned down countless supporting roles or what she considered to be stereotypes. Dandridge instead chose to make European and independent films, many of which will screen on prints in this series. She wasn’t so much ahead of her time, as an uncompromising bright talent who refused to bend to a flawed and racist industry. Hollywood today is still catching up to her. Series programmed and notes written by Miriam Bale.

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This training session will demonstrate how to finalize your Bruin Learn gradebook and transfer Bruin Learn grades to MyUCLA. Audience: Faculty, TAs, Staff

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In person: director Raha Shirazi. Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and Farhang Foundation In this powerful documentary, director Raha Shirazi tells of the generational struggle of Iranian women to achieve basic human rights, from the suffrage movement under the Shah in the 1960s to the Women, Life, Freedom Movement sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini in 2022. While a group of high profile activists speak on camera, including Mahnaz Afkhami, Asieh Amini, Masih Alinejad and Shaparak Shajarzadeh, it’s the anonymous girls and women demonstrating in classrooms, homes, offices and on the streets, as seen in archival news footage and more recent TikTok videos, that are the film’s real focus. As each generation has evolved new strategies to advance the cause, their unwavering commitment to freedom remains an inspiring constant. Programmed and note written by Senior Public Programmer Paul Malcolm. Program generously funded by the Farhang Foundation.

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This training session will demonstrate how to finalize your Bruin Learn gradebook and transfer Bruin Learn grades to MyUCLA. Audience: Faculty, TAs, Staff

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Part of: Dorothy Dandridge The story of Dorothy Dandridge’s career mirrors that of early 20th century Black Hollywood. She first arrived in Los Angeles with her family in the 1930s, during the Great Depression. Dorothy’s mother, Ruby, found work in radio and in small film parts, usually playing domestics. Dorothy and her sister Vivian transformed their Chitlin’ Circuit acrobatic act The Wonder Children into a singing group called The Dandridge Sisters, who were popular in nightclubs like The Cotton Club. The Dandridge family lived in the thriving Black Hollywood area around Central Street in South Los Angeles, connected to the rest of the city by streetcars known as Red Cars. In the 1940s, Dorothy lived in that same neighborhood with her husband, Harold Nicholas of the Nicholas Brothers. Dandridge later moved to a beautiful modern home in the Hollywood Hills before that area was fully integrated. She was always a pioneer, doing things first and refusing to accept the discrimination she saw around her. After she became the first Black woman to be nominated for the Best Actress Oscar for Otto Preminger’s Carmen Jones (1954), she turned down countless supporting roles or what she considered to be stereotypes. Dandridge instead chose to make European and independent films, many of which will screen on prints in this series. She wasn’t so much ahead of her time, as an uncompromising bright talent who refused to bend to a flawed and racist industry. Hollywood today is still catching up to her. Series programmed and notes written by Miriam Bale.

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Part of: Dorothy Dandridge The story of Dorothy Dandridge’s career mirrors that of early 20th century Black Hollywood. She first arrived in Los Angeles with her family in the 1930s, during the Great Depression. Dorothy’s mother, Ruby, found work in radio and in small film parts, usually playing domestics. Dorothy and her sister Vivian transformed their Chitlin’ Circuit acrobatic act The Wonder Children into a singing group called The Dandridge Sisters, who were popular in nightclubs like The Cotton Club. The Dandridge family lived in the thriving Black Hollywood area around Central Street in South Los Angeles, connected to the rest of the city by streetcars known as Red Cars. In the 1940s, Dorothy lived in that same neighborhood with her husband, Harold Nicholas of the Nicholas Brothers. Dandridge later moved to a beautiful modern home in the Hollywood Hills before that area was fully integrated. She was always a pioneer, doing things first and refusing to accept the discrimination she saw around her. After she became the first Black woman to be nominated for the Best Actress Oscar for Otto Preminger’s Carmen Jones (1954), she turned down countless supporting roles or what she considered to be stereotypes. Dandridge instead chose to make European and independent films, many of which will screen on prints in this series. She wasn’t so much ahead of her time, as an uncompromising bright talent who refused to bend to a flawed and racist industry. Hollywood today is still catching up to her. Series programmed and notes written by Miriam Bale.

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The program includes compositions by Johannes Brahms, Arnold Schoenberg, and Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Please visit the event website for full details and ticket information.

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