Research

Monday May 5/5

Campus Safety Week

Mon 5/5 • 10AM - Wed 5/7 • 5PM PDT RSVP

Wilson Plaza and others

UCLA Campus Safety Week is coming May 5-7! Join us for FREE live safety demos and hands-on learning. Topics include driver safety, venomous animals, a health fair & more!

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Environment, Health & Safety

Tuesday May 5/6

Getting into Research & SRP-99 Workshop

Tue 5/6 • 3PM - 4PM PDT RSVP

Digital Event

This workshop introduces students to research in the sciences, how to find a faculty research mentor, and opportunities for student researchers after joining a lab. Download a copy of our slide deck and learn more about our workshops on our website.

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Undergraduate Research Center – Sciences

Wednesday May 5/7

Getting Started with CINAHL

Wed 5/7 • 1PM - 2PM PDT RSVP

Digital Event

An introduction to searching on CINAHL (Cumulated Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature) for first times users and experienced searchers looking for a refresher. This workshop will be offered via Zoom. If you're registered, you'll receive...

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Library

Presenting STEM Research

Wed 5/7 • 3PM - 4PM PDT RSVP

Digital Event

Our Graduate Student Mentors will show you how to translate your research project into an accessible presentation. These workshops are designed for students conducting research in the life sciences, physical sciences, and engineering, and will...

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Undergraduate Research Center – Sciences

Thursday May 5/8

Utilizing Census Data in Your Research

Thu 5/8 • 1PM - 2PM PDT RSVP

Digital Event

There’s more to the US Census than meets the eye. Want to learn how you can access and use census data in your research? Join librarians Maggie Tarmey and Kelsey Brown to explore reports, data profiles, and datasets on data.census.gov. This...

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Library

Developing Your Research Plan

Thu 5/8 • 4PM - 5PM PDT RSVP

Powell Library Classroom C, Room 320C

Digital Event

Co-sponsored by the UCLA Library, the Undergraduate Writing Center and the Undergraduate Research Center–Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. Keep your stress levels down while pursuing your research interest! You'll learn how to create a timeline...

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Library

Friday May 5/9

UCLA Quantum Computing Student Association EntangleTalks LA

Fri 5/9 • 4PM - 6PM PDT RSVP

3312 Murphy Hall, DataX Impact Forum

This spring, UCLA’s QCSA and Caltech’s IQIM launched a new monthly collaboration: EntangleTalks LA! As Los Angeles becomes a global quantum hub, make sure to stay well connected - and well nourished. After a spotlight research talk enjoy a casual...

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DataX

Tuesday May 5/13

Getting into Research & SRP-99 Workshop

Tue 5/13 • 3PM - 4PM PDT RSVP

Digital Event

This workshop introduces students to research in the sciences, how to find a faculty research mentor, and opportunities for student researchers after joining a lab. Download a copy of our slide deck and learn more about our workshops on our website.

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Undergraduate Research Center – Sciences

Wednesday May 5/14

Book Talk: Ines Valdez Presents "Democracy and Empire"

Wed 5/14 • 11AM - 1PM PDT

CSRC Library, 144 Haines Hall

Please join us when Inés Valdez, professor of political science at Johns Hopkins University, presents her book Democracy and Empire: Labor, Nature, and the Reproduction of Capitalism (Cambridge University Press, 2023). This event is cosponsored by...

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Institute of American Cultures

The Grey Area: Exploring Grey Literature

Wed 5/14 • 1PM - 2PM PDT RSVP

Digital Event

Grey Literature is frequently defined by what it is not – “grey literature is anything that is not a journal and not a book.” That leaves a great deal of room for ambiguity when looking for grey literature sources. Do I need to check government...

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Library

Performing Chinatown: Hollywood, Tourism, and the Making of a Chinese American Community

Wed 5/14 • 4PM - 6PM PDT

Charles E. Young Research Library, Level A, Distinctive Collections Classroom

Professor William Gow (CSU Sacramento) will have a discussion with filmmaker and professor Renee Tajima-Peña about his new book, Performing Chinatown (Stanford University Press, 2024), which “retells the long-overlooked history of the ways that Los...

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Institute of American Cultures

50 Years after the War: A Journey toward Peace

Wed 5/14 • 4:30PM - 6PM PDT RSVP

10383 Bunche Hall

In her conversation with George Dutton, professor in the UCLA Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, Quê Mai will share the moments that defined her as a writer, what compelled her to document the impact of the war, how she found healing via...

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Institute of American Cultures

Thursday May 5/15

Symposium: UCLA Latino Policy Day

Thu 5/15 • 12PM - 5:30PM PDT RSVP

Hershey Hall, Hershey Salon

Please join us at the inaugural Latino Policy Day! This event will introduce the UCLA community (students, faculty, staff, and alumni) to groundbreaking work that the Latino Policy and Politics Institute (LPPI) has supported in the areas of housing...

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Institute of American Cultures

Tuesday May 5/20

Strange Bedfellows: The Alliance Theory of Political Belief Systems

Tue 5/20 • 1PM - 2:30PM PDT RSVP

Charles E. Young Research Library (YRL)

Zoom

Presented by the UCLA Library and the Jacob Marschak Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Mathematics in the Behavioral Sciences What explains the contents of political belief systems? A widespread view is that they derive from abstract values like...

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Library

Wednesday May 5/21

From ADS to SciX: An Intro to Navigating Science Explorer for Earth and Space Science Research

Wed 5/21 • 1PM - 2PM PDT RSVP

Digital Event

For years, the Astrophysics Data System has served researchers in the fields of astronomy and physics. Recognizing the value of this portal, the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and NASA have developed SciX (Science Explorer) as the future...

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Library

Thursday May 5/22

DataX-QCBio Symposium: AI to Advance Biology

Thu 5/22 • 10AM - 3:30PM PDT RSVP

3312 Murphy Hall, DataX Impact Forum

You’re invited to the AI to Advance Biology Symposium, a new collaboration between DataX and the UCLA Institute for Quantitative and Computational Biosciences (QCBio). Themes include: -AI for understanding gene expression and ‘omic data -AI for...

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DataX

Tattoos: The Untold History of a Modern Art

Thu 5/22 • 4PM - 5:30PM PDT RSVP

Charles E. Young Research Library Distinctive Collections Classroom

Zoom

Speaker: Dr. Matt Lodder This program is offered as part of the Michael and Susan Kahn Political Cartoon Collection Lecture Series. The event will be held in the Charles E. Young Research Library Distinctive Collections Classroom and also...

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Library

Saturday May 5/24

Celebration of Life for K.W. Lee

Sat 5/24 • 2PM - 5PM PDT RSVP

Oxford Palace Hotel, 745 South Oxford Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90005

Considered the godfather of Asian American journalism, K.W. (short for Kyung Won) Lee's illustrious career as the first Korean American journalist has profoundly shaped the Korean American community consciousness and activism. K.W. Lee's family has...

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Institute of American Cultures

Tuesday May 5/27

Food Studies Resources at the UCLA Library and Beyond

Tue 5/27 • 1PM - 2PM PDT RSVP

Digital Event

Food studies is a growing interdisciplinary field that examines the cultural, economic, political and environmental dimensions of food. Research resources in food studies are equally broad, and can present a challenge for beginner researchers and...

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Library

Wednesday May 5/28

Comics and Conquest: Political Cartoons and a Radical Retelling of the Navajo- Hopi Land Dispute

Wed 5/28

Dr. Rhiannon Koehler’s book Comics and Conquest interprets editorial cartoons from the Navajo Times and the Hopi Newspaper Qua’Töqti, to reframe and decolonize historical understandings of the Navajo-Hopi land dispute, placing Native American people...

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Institute of American Cultures

Intro to Technical Reports

Wed 5/28 • 1PM - 2PM PDT RSVP

Digital Event

Ever been curious about what technical reports are? Or how to find them? In this workshop you'll gain an introductory overview to technical reports, as well as guidance on how to locate them. This workshop will be offered via Zoom. If you're...

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Library

Thursday May 5/29

Getting into Research & SRP-99 Workshop

Thu 5/29 • 3PM - 4PM PDT RSVP

Digital Event

This workshop introduces students to research in the sciences, how to find a faculty research mentor, and opportunities for student researchers after joining a lab. Download a copy of our slide deck and learn more about our workshops on our website.

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Undergraduate Research Center – Sciences

David Nishida and Tina Yamano Nishida Distinguished Lecture and Panel

Thu 5/29 • 5PM - 7PM PDT

Fowler Museum

Main Speaker: Helen Zia, writer and activist. An outspoken leader about human rights across race, gender, orientation, and other identifiers. In conversation with Julie Ha, Journalist/Documentary Filmmaker, and Amber Phung, Pacific Ties Newsmagazine.

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Institute of American Cultures