Academic

Tuesday May 5/6

Abundance Policy for Transportation and Housing | A Mini-Symposium

Tue 5/6 • 9AM - 11:30AM PDT RSVP

Zoom

Abundance is an emerging policy framework that emphasizes addressing affordability through increasing supply, overcoming regulatory burdens, and promoting innovation. Housing policy researcher Paavo Monkkonen and transportation policy researcher...

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Institute of Transportation Studies

10 + 10 Pop-Up Series: How to Use Student Experiences of Teaching (SET) Data to Inform Your Teaching

Tue 5/6 • 10AM - 10:20AM PDT RSVP

Title: How to Use Student Experiences of Teaching (SET) Data to Inform Your Teaching #student-experiences-of-teaching #data-informed-teaching Description: This workshop offers practical strategies for leveraging Student Experiences of Teaching...

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Teaching and Learning Center

Beyond the Discussion Board: Polling, Social Annotation, Forums and Other Ways to Engage Students

Tue 5/6 • 12PM - 1:30PM PDT RSVP

Charles E. Young Research Library (YRL), Room 21570

Please join us for the "Beyond the Discussion Board: Polling, Social Annotation, Forums and Other Ways to Engage Students" workshop, hosted by the UCLA Teaching and Learning Center (TLC). The workshop will be facilitated by Caroline Kong. ...

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Teaching and Learning Center

Wednesday May 5/7

How to Give Efficient & Effective Feedback for TAs & Postdocs

Wed 5/7 • 12PM - 1PM PDT RSVP

Join the Graduate Student & Postdoctoral Scholar Engagement unit of TLC to learn about techniques for delivering feedback that encourages growth and motivates students. We will discuss how feedback impacts students’ mindset, motivation, and academic...

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Teaching and Learning Center

CAE Disability Specialist Check-In

Wed 5/7 • 2PM - 3PM PDT

Zoom

During Disability Specialist Check-Ins, a Disability Specialist will be available to answer quick questions about accommodations, registration with the CAE, accessibility of courses, and any non-confidential questions you would like addressed. To...

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Center for Accessible Education

Public Speaking in Academia

Wed 5/7 • 5:15PM - 6:30PM PDT RSVP

This workshop introduces the genres of public speaking in academia, ranging from teaching lectures to conference papers to job talks. The workshop includes suggested strategies as well as hands-on practice.

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Graduate Writing Center

Thursday May 5/8

TA/Postdoc Drop In Hours

Thu 5/8 • 2PM - 4PM PDT

Powell 190

Join us in person at Powell Library 190 to consult with the Graduate Student Postdoctoral Scholar Enagagement team on teaching-related professional development topics over light snacks and refreshments. Topics include: course design, instructional...

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Teaching and Learning Center

Friday May 5/9

Online Mindful Writing Retreat (3rd of 4 Sessions)

Fri 5/9 • 1:30PM - 4PM PDT RSVP

The mindful writing retreat will integrate simple techniques from mindfulness to support the writing process and cultivate an approach to writing that fosters balance, self-care, and well-being. Please bring a current writing project because much of...

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Graduate Writing Center

Bruin Day Saturday May 5/10

Bruin Day - USP presentation

Sat 5/10 • 12PM - 12:30PM PDT

Visit the Student Activities Center, Room B44

Admitted Transfers, we can't wait to meet you at Bruin Day! Find out everything you need to know about life at UCLA as an UndocuBruin. Presentation: 12:00pm - 12:30pm ...

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Bruin Resource CenterUndocumented Student Program

Tuesday May 5/13

CAE Disability Specialist Check-In with Tucker Grimshaw

Tue 5/13 • 9AM - 10AM PDT

Zoom

During Disability Specialist Check-Ins, a Disability Specialist will be available to answer quick questions about accommodations, registration with the CAE, accessibility of courses, and any non-confidential questions you would like addressed. To...

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Center for Accessible Education

10 + 10 Pop-Up Series: Explore the AI Toolkit for the Humanities Classroom

Tue 5/13 • 10AM - 10:20AM PDT RSVP

Title: Explore the AI Toolkit for the Humanities Classroom #ai-tool-kit #ai-best-practices #ai-based-activities Description: Humanities Technology (HumTech)--HumTech is developing an AI Toolkit in collaboration with their graduate student RITC's,...

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Teaching and Learning Center

Between Two Worlds: Jewish War Brides After the Holocaust

Tue 5/13 • 2PM - 3:30PM PDT RSVP

314 Royce Hall

Facing the harrowing task of rebuilding a life in the wake of the Holocaust, many Jewish survivors, community and religious leaders, and Allied soldiers viewed marriage between Jews and military personnel as a way to move forward after unspeakable...

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Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies

Wednesday May 5/14

Educational Innovation and Scholarly Teaching Seminar Series: Making the Most of Active Learning

Wed 5/14 • 10AM - 11AM PDT RSVP

Young Research Library Conference Room 11360

Making the Most of Active Learning: Why Teaching Expertise Matters and How it Develops This interactive seminar will consider this question: What teaching expertise do faculty need and how do they cultivate it? Though most systems in higher...

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Teaching and Learning Center

A Decent Home Documentary Screening+ Q&A

Wed 5/14 • 6PM - 8:30PM PDT RSVP

2355 Public Affairs Building

The UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies and Luskin Center for Innovation invite you to a screening of A Decent Home, a feature­length documentary addressing class and economic inequity that features the lives and challenges of mobile home...

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Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies

Friday May 5/16

Energy Transitions in Long Modernity (Day 2)

Fri 5/16 • 9AM - 11:10AM PDT

Zoom

This conference will be held via Zoom. Please visit our website for the list of speakers, program schedule and to register. Organized by Robert N. Watson (University of California, Los Angeles), Tiffany Jo Werth (University of California, Davis),...

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Center for 17th- & 18th-Century Studies

CAE Disability Specialist Check-In with Betteena Marco

Fri 5/16 • 10AM - 11AM PDT

Zoom

During Disability Specialist Check-Ins, a Disability Specialist will be available to answer quick questions about accommodations, registration with the CAE, accessibility of courses, and any non-confidential questions you would like addressed. To...

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Center for Accessible Education

Online Mindful Writing Retreat Sessions (4th of 4 Sessions)

Fri 5/16 • 1:30PM - 4PM PDT RSVP

The mindful writing retreat will integrate simple techniques from mindfulness to support the writing process and cultivate an approach to writing that fosters balance, self-care, and well-being. Please bring a current writing project because much of...

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Graduate Writing Center

Tuesday May 5/20

10 + 10 Pop-Up Series: How to Compare and Evaluate AI Tools

Tue 5/20 • 10AM - 10:20AM PDT RSVP

Title: How to Compare and Evaluate AI Tools #GenAI #pick-your-innovation #diffusion-of-innovation #enhancing-teaching-and-learning Description: Choosing the right AI tool can be a real challenge. This short presentation provides a practical...

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Teaching and Learning Center

Empowered Teaching: Ungrading 101 Workshop

Tue 5/20 • 12PM - 1PM PDT RSVP

Charles E. Young Research Library (YRL), Room 21570

Please join us for the "Empowered Teaching: Ungrading 101” workshop, hosted by the UCLA Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) and facilitated by Caroline Kong and Sammy Solis. In this workshop, participants will explore “ungrading,” a framework that...

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Teaching and Learning Center

Wednesday May 5/21

Assignments and Grading with Bruin Learn for TAs

Wed 5/21 • 12PM - 1PM PDT RSVP

Enhance your teaching skills and streamline your grading in Bruin Learn! This session is designed primarily for TAs and will cover creating and grading assignments and discussions, navigating the Gradebook, and providing student extensions and...

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Teaching and Learning Center

CAE Disability Specialist Check-In with Jamie Lerner-Brecher

Wed 5/21 • 2PM - 3PM PDT

Zoom

During Disability Specialist Check-Ins, a Disability Specialist will be available to answer quick questions about accommodations, registration with the CAE, accessibility of courses, and any non-confidential questions you would like addressed. To...

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Center for Accessible Education

Dissertation 101

Wed 5/21 • 5:15PM - 6:30PM PDT RSVP

Presenter: Marilyn Gray, Director, Graduate Writing Center This workshop will give an overview of the dissertation requirement in terms of structure, process, and role in one's career trajectory. The workshop will address the dissertation from...

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Graduate Writing Center

Thursday May 5/22

ID Spring Showcase #2: Scaffolding Research & Writing with Interactive Library Resources

Thu 5/22 • 10AM - 11AM PDT RSVP

Join us to explore the topic: Scaffolding Research and Writing with Interactive Library Resources Description: Members of UCLA Library’s Writing Instruction and Research Education (WI+RE) team will introduce the audiences to short, interactive...

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Teaching and Learning Center

Equip Your AI Toolkit with HumTech

Thu 5/22 • 12PM - 1PM PDT RSVP

Humanities Technology (HumTech)--HumTech is developing an AI Toolkit in collaboration with their graduate student RITC's, Research and Instructional Technology Consultants who provide both instructional and research support. Join this workshop to...

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Teaching and Learning Center

Getting Started on the Dissertation (Humanities, Social Sciences, and Related Fields)

Thu 5/22 • 5:15PM - 6:30PM PDT RSVP

Presenter: Marilyn Gray, Director, Graduate Writing Center. This workshop gives an overview of organization, time management, writing process issues and writing strategies. Recommended for people in the early stages of the dissertation, but useful...

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Graduate Writing Center

Tuesday May 5/27

Digital Accessibility Drop In Hours

Tue 5/27 • 2PM - 3PM PDT

Zoom

Need help making your course materials digitally accessible? Join TLC experts during our open drop-in hour to get your questions answered and receive direct support with accessible documents, accommodations, course content, and Bruin Learn tools....

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Teaching and Learning Center

Crossroads of Cultures: The Jezreel Valley in the Bronze and Iron Ages

Tue 5/27 • 2PM - 3:30PM PDT RSVP

314 Royce Hall

The Jezreel Valley is Israel’s largest and most fertile valley. Strategically located in Northern Israel, this region played a pivotal role in the social, cultural, and economic developments of major political entities during the second and first...

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Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies

Wednesday May 5/28

Earth and Exchange: Tapia and the Construction of Early Modern Iberia

Wed 5/28 • 11AM - 12PM PDT RSVP

Zoom

In this presentation, UCLA doctoral candidate Rachel Schloss analyzes the social, cultural, and technological history of tapia, a system of rammed-earth building utilized on the Iberian Peninsula from the 11th to 17th centuries CE, from which...

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Center for 17th- & 18th-Century Studies

Thursday May 5/29

Bring Your Own Syllabus: Co-Working and Consultation Session

Thu 5/29 • 1PM - 3PM PDT RSVP

Powell Library, Room 190

Please join us for the "Bring Your Own Syllabus: Co-Working and Consultation Session," hosted by the UCLA Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) and facilitated by Sammy Solis. Are you looking to refresh, rewrite, or rethink your syllabus? Are you...

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Teaching and Learning Center

Telling Your New American Story: Applying to the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans

Thu 5/29 • 6PM - 7PM PDT RSVP

This workshop will provide guidance on preparing a competitive application for the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans (https://www.pdsoros.org/), which provides up to $90K in support for graduate students from migrant backgrounds....

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Graduate Writing Center

Tuesday June 6/3

TA and Postdoc Drop In Hours - Social Grading Edition!

Tue 6/3 • 9:30AM - 11:30AM PDT

Zoom

Join us on Zoom for TA and postdoc drop-in hours, social grading edition! Build community with your fellow TAs and gain some accountability while you work through your end of quarter grading. TLC staff members from the Graduate Student and...

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Teaching and Learning Center

CAE Disability Specialist Check-In with Daniela Cruz-Gomez

Tue 6/3 • 2PM - 3PM PDT

Zoom

During Disability Specialist Check-Ins, a Disability Specialist will be available to answer quick questions about accommodations, registration with the CAE, accessibility of courses, and any non-confidential questions you would like addressed. To...

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Center for Accessible Education

Some Favorite Writers: James Lasdun

Tue 6/3 • 7:30PM PDT

hammer museum

James Lasdun has written several books of fiction, memoir and poetry. His essays have appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's, Granta and the London Review of Books. His most recent book is the novel Afternoon of a Faun. Lasdun will read from his...

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Hammer Museum

Wednesday June 6/4

CAE Disability Specialist Check-In

Wed 6/4 • 2PM - 3PM PDT

Zoom

During Disability Specialist Check-Ins, a Disability Specialist will be available to answer quick questions about accommodations, registration with the CAE, accessibility of courses, and any non-confidential questions you would like addressed. To...

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Center for Accessible Education

Thursday June 6/5

CAE Disability Specialist Check-In with Kristen Acosta

Thu 6/5 • 10AM - 11AM PDT

Zoom

During Disability Specialist Check-Ins, a Disability Specialist will be available to answer quick questions about accommodations, registration with the CAE, accessibility of courses, and any non-confidential questions you would like addressed. To...

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Center for Accessible Education

Thursday June 6/12

TA and Postdoc Drop In Hours - Social Grading Edition!

Thu 6/12 • 2PM - 4PM PDT

Powell 190

Join us in Powel Library 190 for TA and postdoc drop-in hours, social grading edition! Work through your end of quarter grading while enjoying refreshments and building community with your fellow TAs. TLC staff members from the Graduate Student and...

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Teaching and Learning Center

Monday June 6/16

Digital Accessibility Drop In Hours

Mon 6/16 • 2PM - 3PM PDT

Zoom

Need help making your course materials digitally accessible? Join TLC experts during our open drop-in hour to get your questions answered and receive direct support with accessible documents, accommodations, course content, and Bruin Learn tools....

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Teaching and Learning Center