Week 9
Monday November 11/27
Assisting Distressed and Distressing Students Training
Mon 11/27 • 10AM - 11AM PST
Faculty, TAs, student leaders, and staff members play a critical role in a student's university experience and are in a position to notice and respond when a student is in distress. This presentation will help participants understand how to identify...
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Drop-In w Nadine
Mon 11/27 • 4PM - 6PM PST
RISE - Lu Valle Commons
Stop by to chat with RISE staff about campus mental health resources, getting connected to CAPS, managing academic stress, or if you just need to talk.
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Teach-in for Peace in Gaza and Israel
Mon 11/27 • 4:30PM - 8:30PM PST RSVP
6275 Bunche Hall
In person (6275 Bunche Hall) or on Zoom RSVP required. Register here Explore sources of peace and non-violence with leading teachers, including: Salam Al-Marayati – Muslim Public Affairs Council Professor Carol Bakhos – UCLA Center for the Study...
Fall Choral Concert
Mon 11/27 • 8PM PST
St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church
Join the UCLA Chamber Singers and UCLA Chorale for their Fall Concert at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church.
Tuesday November 11/28
Still Waiting Speaker Series, with Terri Lyne Carrington
Tue 11/28 • 11AM PST
Orchestra Room (1343), Schoenberg Music Building
The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music and its Inaugural Dean, Eileen L. Strempel are proud to launch Still Waiting, a new speaker series that invites the public to join UCLA students in conversation with prominent figures invited by the school’s...
Tuesdays w/Tea: Mindful Breathing
Tue 11/28 • 11AM - 11:30AM PST
RISE Center - Lu Valle Commons
Come to the RISE Center for a moment of pause. Grab a cup of tea, meet a new community member, and practice a new mindfulness technique each week.
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The Formation of Classical Islam from Muhammad to the Abbasids
Tue 11/28 • 2PM - 3:15PM PST RSVP
Haines 39
Returning to UCLA by popular demand, this lecture by Walid Saleh (University of Toronto) provides an overview of the major features of Classical Islam that solidified during the early Abbasid period. Such features include the rise of major...
Fall Collaborative Piano Concert
Tue 11/28 • 5PM PST
Lani Hall
Dr. James Lent leads his class of pianists in a varied concert featuring works for piano duet, piano duo, piano quartet, violin and piano, voice and piano, piano concertos, and other unique combinations!
Wednesday November 11/29
FAS Office and Phone Lines will be closed
Wed 11/29
A129 Murphy Hall
FAS in-person service and phone lines will be closed and will reopen at 10am on November 30, 2023.
Meet the Leaders Series: Breakfast with the Chancellor (November 29, 2023)
Wed 11/29 • 8:30AM - 10AM PST
Dear Colleagues, We invite you to join Staff Assembly on Wednesday, November 29, 2023 for our in-person event, Meet the Leaders: Breakfast with the Chancellor, an informal discussion with Chancellor Gene Block and 10 randomly selected staff...
Movement and Meditation
Wed 11/29 • 10:30AM - 11:30AM PST
RISE Center - Lu Valle Commons
Take some time to relax, stretch, and breathe through movement and meditation.
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Website Makers Meetup
Wed 11/29 • 11AM - 12PM PST
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.
Drop-In w Val
Wed 11/29 • 1PM - 3PM PST
RISE Center - Lu Valle Commons
Stop by to chat with RISE staff about campus mental health resources, getting connected to CAPS, managing academic stress, or if you just need to talk.
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Seedling, Bud, Sprout: Cultivating Imperial Subjects in Victorian Gardening Books for Children
Wed 11/29 • 2PM - 4PM PST
Charles E. Young Research Library, Distinctive Collections Classroom, A-Level
Speaker and 2023 Karmiole Fellow Lindsay Wells, PhD Join UCLA Library in the NEW Distinctive Collections Classroom for a presentation from 2023 Karmiole Fellow, Dr. Lindsay Wells, and featuring materials from Library Special Collections. Children’s...
Luminaria on the Hill
Wed 11/29 • 5PM - 7:30PM PST
Sunset Village Plaza
During the final event of Relay for Life, the Luminaria Ceremony, we light bags to remember loved ones we have lost to cancer and ignite hope in those who are currently fighting it.
UCLA Wind Ensemble Concert
Wed 11/29 • 8PM PST
Schoenberg Hall
Join the UCLA Wind Ensemble for the second concert of their 2023-2024 season with a performance led by Visiting Professor of Music Gary Hill. The UCLA Wind Ensemble is the premier wind band at the University of California, Los Angeles. Comprising...
Thursday November 11/30
Drop-In w Jaci
Thu 11/30 • 10AM - 12PM PST
RISE Center - Lu Valle Commons
Stop by to chat with RISE staff about campus mental health resources, getting connected to CAPS, managing academic stress, or if you just need to talk.
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GSRC x RISE: Breaking Down Self-Care
Thu 11/30 • 4PM - 5PM PST RSVP
LuValle Commons, Basement (RISE Center)
This workshop helps students dig into the concepts of wellness and self care. Students will create their own definitions of wellness by considering personal and cultural factors; learn to identify their own stressors and stress warning signs; learn...
Weekly Community Gathering Space: Breaking Down Self-Care
Thu 11/30 • 4PM - 5PM PST
RISE Center - Lu Valle Commons
This workshop helps students dig into the concepts of wellness and self care. Students will create their own definitions of wellness by considering personal and cultural factors; learn to identify their own stressors and stress warning signs; learn...
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Cooking the Books: Manuscript Recipe Books, Early Modern English Literature, and the 21st C. Kitchen
Thu 11/30 • 4PM - 5:30PM PST
UCLA William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
Dr. Marissa Nicosia’s project sets out to find, investigate, update, cook, and write about recipes from manuscript recipe books produced between 1600 and 1800. In this talk, she will share recipes and explain how she finds, researches, updates, and,...
Botany of the Holidays
Thu 11/30 • 4PM - 6PM PST
La Kretz Garden Pavilion (707 Tiverton Drive)
Free and open to the public. We will have speakers, snacks, a reception, a plant sale, and Garden...
PSCE & Sustainability Sig
Thu 11/30 • 7PM - 9PM PST
Sunset Village
In its 2nd year, the Climate Justice Forum educates and empowers leaders to explore the nexus between sustainability and public service. Not only does this function allow students to listen to presentations from individuals in various stages of...
Friday December 12/1
UCEAP Virtual Drop In Sessions
Thu 4/27 - Fri 12/1
Please visit the UCLA International Education Office to register
Converting Natural Resources: Representations, Performances, Narratives
Fri 12/1 • 9AM - Sat 12/2 • 1:15PM PST
UCLA William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
This conference considers visual, textual, material, and performative engagement with processes of commodification in the early modern world. It explores how images, objects, and practices converted environments into resources, natural resources...
GSRC Unleash Your Stress-Pumpkins Smash + Balloons Pop Event
Fri 12/1 • 12PM - 1:30PM PST
Student Activities Center, Pool Deck
Join us for an exhilarating and unique stress-relief event designed exclusively for graduate students gearing up for finals week! It's time to let go of your worries and have some smashing & popping fun! In this event, we will have a short mingling...
Drop-In w Josh
Fri 12/1 • 1PM - 3PM PST
RISE Center - Lu Valle Commons
Stop by to chat with RISE staff about campus mental health resources, getting connected to CAPS, managing academic stress, or if you just need to talk.
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UCLA Student Film Restorations: Present Preserving the Past
Fri 12/1 • 7:30PM PST
Billy Wilder Theater
Admission is free. No advance reservations. Your seat will be assigned to you when you pick up your ticket at the box office. Seats are assigned on a first come, first served basis. The box office opens one hour before the event. Funded by the...
Fall SLAM! Jam
Fri 12/1 • 7:30PM - 10PM PST
Sunset Plaza Stage
This event is a musical performance opportunity for student bands both in and outside of SLAM. Bands will be given the opportunity to put together their own set lists and perform on the Hill in front of their friends and fellow students.
Hila Plitmann in Residency
Fri 12/1 • 8PM PST
Schoenberg Hall
Join the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music as we celebrate the culmination of a week-long collaboration between renowned soprano Hilá Plitmann and UCLA composition students.
Saturday December 12/2
Garden Tour
Sat 12/2 • 10AM - 11AM PST
La Kretz Garden Pavilion, 707 Tiverton Drive
Explore our living museum featuring collections of plants from around the globe! Join a Garden Guide for a free tour of the Botanical Garden on December 2 at 10 a.m. You’ll hear the stories of selected plants in the Garden and their relevance to...
UCLA Grad's LA Blend: Arts, Parks, & Heights Series
Sat 12/2 • 1PM PST
Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook
Intended Audience: All Graduate & Professional students at UCLA Event Description: Welcome to the UCLA Grad’s LA Blend: Arts, Parks, and Heights! A series of events and outings curated by the Graduate Student Resource Center to take UCLA graduate...
Music of China Fall Concert
Sat 12/2 • 5PM PST
Schoenberg Hall
The UCLA Chinese Music Ensemble, directed by Chi Li, performs its annual Fall concert featuring traditional and contemporary music, including Chinese opera aria, zheng unison, qin unison, folk dance, and silk-and-bamboo music. Introduction to...
Male and Female
Sat 12/2 • 7:30PM PST
Billy Wilder Theater
In-person: Introduction by Deborah Nadoolman Landis, founding director and chair of the David C. Copley Center for Costume Design. Q&A with Professor Landis and fashion and design historian, curator and author Michelle Tolini Finamore. Admission...
Sunday December 12/3
Blindspotting / Bhaji on the Beach
Sun 12/3 • 7PM PST
Billy Wilder Theater
Admission is free. No advance reservations. Your seat will be assigned to you when you pick up your ticket at the box office. Seats are assigned on a first come, first served basis. The box office opens one hour before the event. Blindspotting...