Week 8

Monday May 5/19

2025 Staff Appreciation Week

Mon 5/19 - Fri 5/23

Save-the-date! Staff Assembly’s Staff Appreciation Week will take place May 19 through May 23, 2025. This is an excellent opportunity for UCLA staff to connect, engage with leadership, and share in an array of Bruin activities. Staff on remote,...

#FacultyStaff #Social #Community

Staff Assembly

UCLA Los Angeles Transportation Forum

Mon 5/19 • 9AM - 4PM PDT RSVP

The California Endowment

At the October 2024 UCLA Arrowhead Symposium, participants discussed how to create enduring public benefits from hosting major worldwide events in Los Angeles. The UCLA Los Angeles Transportation Forum will gather attendees to continue the...

#Educational #PreProfessional

Institute of Transportation Studies

CAE Housing Accommodation Drop-In

Mon 5/19 • 11AM - 12PM PDT

Zoom

During this drop-in, CAE Housing Accommodations staff are happy to meet with students to answer any questions or concerns you may have about accommodated housing at UCLA.

#Undergraduate #GraduateProfessional #Educational

Center for Accessible Education

Drop in with Josh

Mon 5/19 • 1PM - 3PM PDT

RISE Center at Lu Valle Commons Basement Level

Feel free to drop by and chat with RISE Health and Wellbeing Coordinator! Whether you want to discuss campus mental health resources, get connected to CAPS, manage academic stress, or just need someone to talk to, we're here for you.

#Undergraduate #GraduateProfessional #Health #MentalHealth

Resilience In Your Student Experience (RISE) Center

Colors & Connection

Mon 5/19 • 4PM - 5PM PDT

RISE Center at Lu Valle Commons Basement Level

Come join RISE for a free, one-hour workshop from Project UnLonely that bridges creative expression with meaningful connection-building!

#Undergraduate #GraduateProfessional #Health #Wellness

Resilience In Your Student Experience (RISE) Center

Tuesday May 5/20

2025 Staff Appreciation Week

Mon 5/19 - Fri 5/23

Save-the-date! Staff Assembly’s Staff Appreciation Week will take place May 19 through May 23, 2025. This is an excellent opportunity for UCLA staff to connect, engage with leadership, and share in an array of Bruin activities. Staff on remote,...

#FacultyStaff #Social #Community

Staff Assembly

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...

#FacultyStaff #Educational #Academic

Teaching and Learning Center

Reflect with RISE [Sound & Meditation]

Tue 5/20 • 11AM - 12PM PDT

RISE Center at Lu Valle Commons Basement Level

Come to the RISE Center for a moment of stillness with our sound & meditation session. Grab a cup of tea, practice mindfulness, thoughtfulness, and share community with a mini soundbath

#Undergraduate #GraduateProfessional #Health #MentalHealth

Resilience In Your Student Experience (RISE) Center

Life After Graduation: House Hunting and Basic Needs

Tue 5/20 • 11AM - 1PM PDT RSVP

Join us for a collaborative workshop preparing for your transition after graduation. Financial Wellness Program and Basic Needs at Strathmore will share budget planning, apartment hunting tools, and community basic needs resources.

#Undergraduate #GraduateProfessional

Bruin Resource CenterStudent with Dependents Program

Faculty Women's Club: May Luncheon with Dr. Na Shen, Professor of Endocrinology at UCLA

Tue 5/20 • 11:30AM PDT

UCLA Faculty Club

Join the UCLA Faculty Women's Club for our May Luncheon with Dr. Na Shen, Professor of Endocrinology at UCLA.

Alumni

Students with Dependents Support Group

Tue 5/20 • 11:30AM - 1PM PDT

Digital Event

Join CAPS & SwD for a parenting and caregiving students support group where you can find a space for connecting, pausing, and being present.

#Undergraduate #GraduateProfessional

Bruin Resource CenterStudent with Dependents Program

Bruin Professionals Beverly Hills Chapter Meeting

Tue 5/20 • 12PM PDT

Zoom

Join BP Beverly Hills Chapter on their monthly meeting! Social Media Law in California &...

Alumni

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...

#GraduateProfessional #FacultyStaff #Educational #Academic

Teaching and Learning Center

Suicide Safe Training

Tue 5/20 • 12PM - 2PM PDT RSVP

Digital Event

Empower yourself as a community member in understanding suicide and supporting prevention efforts outside mental health settings. Participants will get a free RISE North Face Backpack! Meeting ID: 955 8160 2870 Password:...

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Resilience In Your Student Experience (RISE) Center

Bruin Love Station - Free Safer Sex Supplies, Narcan, & Fentanyl Test Strips

Tue 5/20 • 12PM - 3PM PDT

Bruin Walk

Bruin Love Station is a mobile cart that offers free safer sex supplies, Narcan, fentanyl test strips and opportunities for students to converse with trained peers and professional staff. Brought to you by the Health Education and Resource Team...

#Health

Health Education and Resource Team

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...

#Educational #Research

Library

Drop in with Alea

Tue 5/20 • 1PM - 3PM PDT

RISE Center at Lu Valle Commons Basement Level

Feel free to drop by and chat with RISE Health and Wellbeing Coordinator! Whether you want to discuss campus mental health resources, get connected to CAPS, manage academic stress, or just need someone to talk to, we're here for you.

#Undergraduate #GraduateProfessional #Health #MentalHealth

Resilience In Your Student Experience (RISE) Center

Movement and Meditation

Tue 5/20 • 1:15PM - 2PM PDT

RISE Center at Lu Valle Commons Basement Level

Take some time to relax, stretch, and breathe through movement and meditation.

#Undergraduate #GraduateProfessional #Health #Wellness

Resilience In Your Student Experience (RISE) Center

South Bay Network - Tuesday Trivia Night

Tue 5/20 • 6PM PDT

Common Space Brewery • Hawthorne CA

Embrace your Bruin spirit and brush up on your knowledge of random facts for a fun night of trivia.

Alumni

The Classroom - Spring Quarter 2025 - Week 9 - Interpersonal Relationships - Learning People

Tue 5/20 • 6PM - 7PM PDT

Zoom

Get ready to take the next big step—graduation is just around the corner! Your UCLA Alumni Association is here to cheer you on and support you as you launch your exciting career journey.  This Spring, The Classroom is here to offer a...

Alumni

Wednesday May 5/21

2025 Staff Appreciation Week

Mon 5/19 - Fri 5/23

Save-the-date! Staff Assembly’s Staff Appreciation Week will take place May 19 through May 23, 2025. This is an excellent opportunity for UCLA staff to connect, engage with leadership, and share in an array of Bruin activities. Staff on remote,...

#FacultyStaff #Social #Community

Staff Assembly

Bruin Professionals Orange County Chapter Meeting

Wed 5/21 • 11:30AM PDT

Murtaugh Treglia Stern & Deily LLP • Irvine CA

Join BP Orange County Chapter for their Chapter Meeting!

Alumni

May Luncheon with the Westwood Women's Bruin Club and The Affiliates

Wed 5/21 • 11:30AM PDT

James West Alumni Center

Join the Westwood Women's Bruin Club and The Town & Gown Affiliates Alumni Network for our May luncheon. This month's luncheon features a presentation by the LA Philharmonic Affiliates Speakers Bureau.

Alumni

Assignments and Grading for TAs

Wed 5/21 • 12PM PDT RSVP

Zoom

Enhance your teaching skills and streamline your work 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...

#FacultyStaff

Bruin Learn Center of Excellence

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...

#GraduateProfessional #Educational #Academic

Teaching and Learning Center

Grounding Session

Wed 5/21 • 12PM - 1PM PDT

RISE Center at Lu Valle Commons Basement Level

Pause. Notice. Be. Explore grounding techniques and tools that can be useful for stress management.

#Undergraduate #GraduateProfessional #Health #Wellness

Resilience In Your Student Experience (RISE) Center

Meet the Leaders: Lucy Avetisyan

Wed 5/21 • 12PM - 1PM PDT RSVP

We invite you to join Staff Assembly on Wednesday, May 21, 2025 from 12:00 - 1:00 pm, for our virtual event, Meet the Leaders Series! We will host a Zoom discussion with Lucy Avetisyan, Associate Vice Chancellor and Chief Information Officer (CIO)...

#FacultyStaff #Educational #Career

Staff Assembly

Spring English Language Circle - May 21

Wed 5/21 • 12PM - 1PM PDT

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...

#Cultural #Multicultural

Dashew Center for International Students and Scholars

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...

#Undergraduate #GraduateProfessional #Educational #Research

Library

Drop in with Jaci

Wed 5/21 • 1PM - 3PM PDT

RISE Center at Lu Valle Commons Basement Level

Feel free to drop by and chat with RISE Health and Wellbeing Coordinator! Whether you want to discuss campus mental health resources, get connected to CAPS, manage academic stress, or just need someone to talk to, we're here for you.

#Undergraduate #GraduateProfessional #Health #MentalHealth

Resilience In Your Student Experience (RISE) 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...

#Undergraduate #GraduateProfessional #FacultyStaff #Educational #Academic

Center for Accessible Education

OPT Webinars (for F-1 Visa Students)

Wed 5/21 • 2PM - 3PM PDT

Zoom

UCLA F-1 visa students, do you want to know more about off-campus employment authorization? Join us on one of our weekly OPT webinars hosted by the Dashew Center staff to learn more!

#Undergraduate #GraduateProfessional #Educational #PreProfessional

Dashew Center for International Students and Scholars

Beyond Westwood: Life in NYC

Wed 5/21 • 4PM PDT

Zoom

You did it! You’re graduating, and you’re almost at the finish line. However, you have a new adventure ahead and are moving beyond Westwood. Learn from recent UCLA alumni and network leaders on how they made the move to NYC and what to consider as...

Alumni

Books & Bonding

Wed 5/21 • 4PM - 5PM PDT

RISE Center at Lu Valle Commons Basement Level

Join the RISE Center for Books and Bonding every Wednesday. RISE will be providing the books and there will be no assigned readings, so please stop by if you are interested.

#Undergraduate #GraduateProfessional #Health #MentalHealth

Resilience In Your Student Experience (RISE) Center

RISE Wellness Wednesday (MHM)

Wed 5/21 • 4PM - 5PM PDT

RISE Center at Lu Valle Commons Basement Level

Take a break with Wellness Wednesday! Join us in RISE to relax, recharge, and get creative with easy, self-guided activities like essential oils, journal prompts, and art projects.

#Undergraduate #GraduateProfessional #Health #Wellness

Resilience In Your Student Experience (RISE) Center

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...

#GraduateProfessional #Educational #Academic

Graduate Writing Center

Beyond Westwood: Life in LA and Orange County

Wed 5/21 • 5:30PM PDT

Zoom

You did it! You’re graduating, and you’re almost at the finish line. However, you have a new adventure ahead and are moving beyond Westwood. Learn from recent UCLA alumni and network leaders on how they made the move and what to consider as you plan...

Alumni

GPSA: ORGANIC SOUL: The Healing Power of African American Music in a World of Artificial Intelligence (AI) – A Book Talk with Author, Mario Ewell (MA ’20)

Wed 5/21 • 6PM PDT

Zoom

Join us for a conversation with Graduate and Professional Student Alumni Network board member Mario Ewell, MA ’20, as he discusses his newly released book: “Organic Soul: The Healing Power of African American Music in a World of Artificial...

Alumni

Global Bruins Year-End Event

Wed 5/21 • 6PM - 8PM PDT

De Neve Room

Global Bruins! The UCLA Dashew Center and UCLA Study Abroad invite you to join this special event! Whether you are an international student/scholar or have studied abroad, we would like to celebrate you, and the class of 2025! *Register for this...

#Undergraduate #GraduateProfessional #FacultyStaff #Social #Community

Dashew Center for International Students and Scholars

Thursday May 5/22

2025 Staff Appreciation Week

Mon 5/19 - Fri 5/23

Save-the-date! Staff Assembly’s Staff Appreciation Week will take place May 19 through May 23, 2025. This is an excellent opportunity for UCLA staff to connect, engage with leadership, and share in an array of Bruin activities. Staff on remote,...

#FacultyStaff #Social #Community

Staff Assembly

Bruin Professionals Encino Chapter Meeting

Thu 5/22 • 7:30AM PDT

The Pepperman Humphries Group

Guest Speaker, Emma Welch will discuss how the California Community Foundation (CCF) empowers professional advisors to maximize their clients' philanthropic impact through donor-advised funds, comprehensive estate planning services, and proven...

Alumni

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...

#FacultyStaff #Educational #Academic

Teaching and Learning Center

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...

#Undergraduate #GraduateProfessional #FacultyStaff #Educational #Research

DataX

Memorial Day Ceremony 2025

Thu 5/22 • 11AM - 12PM PDT

Join us in remembering those we have lost so that their sacrifices might never be forgotten. Attend the UCLA Memorial Day Ceremony to honor courageous Bruins who have sacrificed their lives in U.S. military service in defense of our freedom. The...

Strategic Communications

Bruin Professionals Silicon Beach Chapter Meeting

Thu 5/22 • 11:30AM PDT

3rd Street Promenade • Santa Monica CA

Join BP Silicon Beach for their March Chapter Meeting!

Alumni

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...

#GraduateProfessional #Educational #Academic

Teaching and Learning Center

Drop in with Val

Thu 5/22 • 1PM - 3PM PDT

RISE Center at Lu Valle Commons Basement Level

Feel free to drop by and chat with RISE Health and Wellbeing Coordinator! Whether you want to discuss campus mental health resources, get connected to CAPS, manage academic stress, or just need someone to talk to, we're here for you.

#Undergraduate #GraduateProfessional #Health #MentalHealth

Resilience In Your Student Experience (RISE) Center

Embrace Your Almost, Bruins

Thu 5/22 • 4PM - 5PM PDT

RISE Center at Lu Valle Commons Basement Level

Not too sure about the future? Are things not going according to plan? Join this workshop and learn about finding clarity and contentment while you are on your journey. Sidenote: 1 copy of Jordan Lee Dooley's book will be raffled!

#Undergraduate #GraduateProfessional #Health #Wellness

Resilience In Your Student Experience (RISE) Center

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...

#Educational #Research

Library

Twenties Talk

Thu 5/22 • 5PM - 6PM PDT

RISE Center at Lu Valle Commons Basement Level

Join us for Twenties Talk, a weekly space to navigate friendships, dating, mental well-being, and life’s transitions in your twenties. Engage in meaningful discussions, hear from guest experts, and connect with a supportive community—plus, enjoy...

#Undergraduate #GraduateProfessional #Health #Wellness

Resilience In Your Student Experience (RISE) 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...

#GraduateProfessional #Educational #Academic

Graduate Writing Center

Beyond Westwood: Life in the SF Bay Area

Thu 5/22 • 5:30PM PDT

Zoom

You did it! You’re graduating, and you’re almost at the finish line. However, you have a new adventure ahead and are moving beyond Westwood. Learn from recent UCLA alumni and network leaders on how they made the move and what to consider as you plan...

Alumni

UCLA Latino Alumni Association Networking Mixer in Long Beach at Watch Me! Sports Bar

Thu 5/22 • 5:30PM PDT

Watch Me! Sports Bar

Come hang out at Watch Me! Sports Bar in Long Beach for a fun networking event where you can mix and mingle with other professionals!

Alumni

Working It Out: Attachment Trauma, Healing, and Growth, in Your Career and Everywhere

Thu 5/22 • 6PM PDT

Zoom

As popular as it may be, “work-life balance” is an oversimplified concept. Our happiness depends on us being whole and integrated, not split and compartmentalized. Plus, the physical, psychological, social, and vocational domains of our life...

Alumni

Friday May 5/23

Envelope Magazine Submissions Deadline

Fri 5/23

Submissions for our Envelope Magazine of 2025 are now open! Envelope is an Art & Writing Magazine featuring creative work from UCLA's International Student, Scholar, and Staff community. We hope to publish this next volume of work by Fall 2025. The...

#Cultural #Multicultural

Dashew Center for International Students and Scholars

2025 Staff Appreciation Week

Mon 5/19 - Fri 5/23

Save-the-date! Staff Assembly’s Staff Appreciation Week will take place May 19 through May 23, 2025. This is an excellent opportunity for UCLA staff to connect, engage with leadership, and share in an array of Bruin activities. Staff on remote,...

#FacultyStaff #Social #Community

Staff Assembly

Suicide Safe Training

Fri 5/23 • 12PM - 2PM PDT RSVP

RISE Center at Lu Valle Commons Basement Level

Empower yourself as a community member in understanding suicide and supporting prevention efforts outside mental health settings. Participants will get a free RISE North Face...

#Undergraduate #GraduateProfessional #FacultyStaff #Health #Wellness

Resilience In Your Student Experience (RISE) Center

Nadine - Neurodivergent Student Support Available

Fri 5/23 • 1PM - 3PM PDT

RISE Center at Lu Valle Commons Basement Level

Digital Event

Feel free to drop by and chat with RISE Health and Wellbeing Coordinator! Whether you want to discuss campus mental health resources, get connected to CAPS, manage academic stress, or just need someone to talk to, we're here for you. Nadine is a...

#Undergraduate #GraduateProfessional #Health #MentalHealth

Resilience In Your Student Experience (RISE) Center

Symposium: Women and Goddesses in Jainism

Fri 5/23 • 2PM - 5PM PDT RSVP

Hershey Hall Salon

Zoom

Throughout the history of Jainism, one of the world’s oldest living religions, Jain women have played a crucial role. Jain renouncers, whose self-denying lifestyle is revered as the highest ideal, are predominantly female, while Jain laywomen tend...

#Undergraduate #FacultyStaff #Alumni #Educational

Center for the Study of Religion

Saturday May 5/24

UCLA Latino Alumni Association Bruins Walk at Mission Bay, San Diego

Sat 5/24 • 9AM PDT

Runner's Bathrooms at Mission Bay, just south of Superbloom Cafe • San Diego, CA

Walk the bay and connect with fellow UCLA alumni! Join us for a Bruins Walk at Mission Bay – a great opportunity to enjoy San Diego while catching up with old friends and making new connections.

Alumni

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...

#Educational #Research

Institute of American Cultures