Week 10

This workshop provides an overview on the various forms of academic dishonesty regarding plagiarism. Participants will learn when, where, and why it is important to cite properly. Students will also learn how to avoid plagiarism and the information presented will stress the need to attribute work to the original author and the potential outcomes for plagiarizing. Additionally, paraphrasing, and direct quoting will be discussed. ZOOM. Register through MyUCLA by going to Campus Life> Calendar> Event Reservations> Find Events.

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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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Join the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music for an evening featuring the students of Professor Benjamin Smolen.

Join the UCLA Herb Alpert School of music for the first UCLA Choral Studies concert of the 2026-2027 season.

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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Your move! Join the GSRC for an evening of games, laughter, and meaningful conversations with fellow graduate students and campus leaders. As you connect over games, light refreshments, and conversation, we also want to hear your ideas for building a stronger graduate student community. What leadership events would excite your community? What would help you feel supported, empowered, and ready to lead? From skills you’d like to develop to connections you’d like to build, your ideas can help shape future GSRC leadership events. There’s a place at the table for your community and your perspective. So get ready for a fun night filled with a little friendly competition.

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

@ 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

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 UCLA Library to explore reports, data profiles and datasets on data.census.gov. This lecture-based workshop is designed for researchers of any experience level and will not be recorded. Instructors: Maggie Tarmey, Humanities and Primary Research Librarian; and Kelsey Brown, Interdisciplinary Research Librarian

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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! Time: 2 - 3pm (Pacific Time)

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Have specific questions about your research journey? Join the Undergraduate Research Center for the Sciences for office hours with one of our directors. These sessions are open to undergraduates who would like to discuss topics such as: - Getting into research* - Undergraduate research programs/opportunities - Graduate school preparation - Communicating your research *If your question is about how to get started in research, we recommend watching our Getting into Research workshop before attending our office hours.

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This workshop provides an overview on the various forms of academic dishonesty regarding plagiarism. Participants will learn when, where, and why it is important to cite properly. Students will also learn how to avoid plagiarism and the information presented will stress the need to attribute work to the original author and the potential outcomes for plagiarizing. Additionally, paraphrasing, and direct quoting will be discussed. ZOOM. Register through MyUCLA by going to Campus Life> Calendar> Event Reservations> Find Events.

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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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@ Our book group gets ready for the holidays by reading the book that inspired the movie “Christmas with the Kranks.” Imagine a year without Christmas. No crowded shops, no corny office parties, no fruitcakes, no unwanted presents. That’s just what Luther and Nora Krank have in mind when they decide that, just this once, they’ll skip the holiday altogether. Theirs will be the only house on the street without a rooftop Frosty the snowman; they won’t be hosting their annual Christmas Eve bash; they aren’t even going to have a tree. They won’t need one, because come December 25 they’re setting sail on a Caribbean cruise. But, as this weary couple is about to discover, skipping Christmas brings enormous consequences – and isn’t half as easy as they’d imagined. A classic tale for modern times, “Skipping Christmas” offers a hilarious look at the chaos and frenzy that has become part of our holiday tradition. (from GoodReads) Our last meeting of 2026 will include a year-in-review to reflect on this year’s 12 selections. Zoom ### [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

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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From Latin America to France, the UCLA Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble bring a vibrant program suitable for UCLA’s dynamic campus. The UCLA Symphonic Band, comprising students from across campus, opens the concert with Alfred Reed’s A Festival Prelude, conducted by associate director of bands and director of athletic bands Justin McManus. Graduate wind conducting students lead the rest of the Symphonic Band program: Wax, Wane by Moriah Jensen, Regeneration by Kevin Charoensri, and Conga del Fuego Nuevo by Arturo Márquez. The UCLA Wind Ensemble, conducted by Travis J. Cross, closes the concert with Paul Hindemith’s landmark Symphony in B-flat, celebrating the 75th anniversary of its composition. The band also plays Peter Mennin’s Canzona, a transcription of Lili Boulanger’s D’un matin de printemps (On a Spring Morning), and Edvard Grieg’s Funeral March (commemorating the recent passing of King Harald V of Norway).

Feminist Approaches to Research, Knowledge & Academic Culture With Dr. Sarah McCullough, UC Davis Feminist Research Institute (FRI) 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. Free • Lunch Provided Redressing Systemic Biases in Research & Living Your Values in Academia Tools from Feminist Science Studies Universities are often described as impartial sites of knowledge creation. But what counts as a valid research question, methodology, or form of evidence is shaped by cultural forces and disciplinary histories. This workshop invites graduate students from all fields to examine the ongoing impacts of eugenics, colonialism, and patriarchy in academia—and consider how we can challenge them. Participants will gain: Intellectual frameworks from feminist science studies Tools for recognizing systemic bias in research Strategies for aligning academic practice with personal values Approaches for taking action toward greater equity New ways to strengthen the accuracy, relevance, and impact of research

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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 workshop will introduce a variety of approaches to finding government information and data across agencies and departments. From tracking down technical information to monitoring legislation, we'll look at the range of resources available from both federal and non-governmental entities. This workshop will be offered via Zoom. If you're registered, you'll receive the Zoom invitation information the day before the workshop.

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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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Directors Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi in person Known as “Los Javis,” Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi have written, produced, and directed together some of the most sarcastic and provocative works in recent Spanish comedy, including Holy Camp (2017) and the hilarious TV series Paquita Salas (2016–2019). With La bola negra, they ambitiously deliver a cinematic epic inspired by Federico García Lorca’s homonymous unfinished work and Alberto Conejero’s play on the tragic destiny of Republican resistance fighter, actor, and footballer Rafael Rodríguez Rapún, a former lover of Lorca. With special appearances by Penélope Cruz and Glenn Close, and starring singer-songwriter Guitarricadelafuente, La bola negra audaciously looks at the past and present of Spanish history, the traumatic period of the Spanish Civil War, and its consequences for the sentimental lives of families and secret lovers shaped by tales of resistance and oppression. Learn more here: https://hmmr.buzz/C26LBN

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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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The UCLA Symphony invites you to an evening of music on a grand scale. Dvořák’s powerful Symphony No. 7 anchors a program that spans continents and styles, from Prague to Broadway. The program is rounded out by grand Hollywood composer Bruce Broughton’s Tuba Concerto and Leonard Bernstein’s “Symphonic Dances” from West Side Story, bringing the energy, rhythm and drama of Broadway to the concert stage.

@ 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

@ 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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Experience the pulse and precision of Steve Reich in a uclaFLUX program featuring Runner, New York Counterpoint, Daniel Variations and Traveler’s Prayer. From propulsive rhythms to intricate layers of sound, these works reveal the restless energy and striking emotional depth of one of contemporary music’s most influential composers. uclaFLUX is devoted to the performance of chamber music from the 20th and 21st centuries. We explore and embrace new performance approaches and techniques associated with the dynamic, ever-evolving languages of contemporary music. In preparing to perform and produce quarterly concerts, students learn innovative modes of expression, interact directly with composers, and develop skills in concert promotion, production, and entrepreneurship.

@ You filled out the FAFSA yourself. You translated the financial aid letters at the kitchen table. You figured out office hours, finals week, and four years of Westwood with no one at home who’d done it before. Then you got the job, and a whole new set of unwritten rules showed up. Nobody told you the first offer was negotiable. Nobody explained that the real decisions sometimes happen at happy hour, not in the meeting. Your family is proud of you, even if they’re still not quite sure what you do all day. And you’re still the one they call when there’s a lease to read or a form to fill out. If your parents or guardians didn’t complete a four-year degree in the U.S., you’re a first-gen Bruin. That doesn’t expire at graduation. Calling all first-generation UCLA alumni in Orange County for a morning of coffee, candid advice, and community with Bruins at every stage of their careers. Early in your career? Get straight talk from first-gen Bruins who’ve been in your shoes: negotiating offers, asking for promotions, building a network from scratch, quieting imposter syndrome, and balancing career goals with family expectations. Further along? Be the person you needed back then. Share what you wish someone had told you, connect with fellow seasoned first-gen alumni, and help build an OC network that keeps showing up for each other. You belonged at UCLA. You belong in every room you walk into now. No one handed you the playbook, so come help write it. Date: Sunday, December 6, 2026 Time: 9:00–11:30 AM (drop in anytime) Location: Café Cultura 324 W. 4th St., Santa Ana, CA 92701 Parking: Nearby parking structures and street parking available. Cost: \[Free / coffee on your own ### [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

Join Hannah Feldman, Keith L. and Katherine Sachs Associate Professor of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania, for a lecture on Huguette Caland (1931–2019), the subject of the retrospective currently on view at the Hammer until February 28, 2027. In her talk, Feldman–the curator of the exhibition–will trace the artist's relationship to the line, both written and drawn, throughout her life and a career that spanned Beirut, Paris, and Los Angeles. As the line is called upon in Caland's work to express, delineate, define, and sometimes occlude, Feldman follows its curves and undulations to examine Caland's works' relationship to the body and community, as well as to identify the overarching concerns with autonomy and freedom that reverberate across her oeuvre, be it realized in painting, drawing, sculpture, writing, or fashion design. Learn more here: https://hmmr.buzz/HCturns

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Atwater Kent Concerto co-winner Robbie Darling brings the marimba to the forefront in Emmanuel Séjourné’s dazzling Concerto for Marimba, a virtuosic showcase of rhythm, color and sound. Ravel’s dazzling Alborada del Gracioso. and Brahms’s exciting Symphony No. 4 round out this concert.  

Join the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music for the end-of-quarter Guitar Recital, featuring solo, chamber, and ensemble performances by guitar students, alumni, and faculty, conducted by Dr. Mircea Gogoncea.

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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