Week 7

This Zoom workshop supports faculty and graduate student instructors in designing an AI policy for their course. Participants will discuss benefits and risks of GenAI use in education, before exploring their own perspectives from their disciplinary and instructional context. Finally, participants will work together to draft some guidelines for AI use in a course they may teach in the future. This workshop is designed for all instructors, including faculty and graduate students. Please contact instructorsupport@teaching.ucla.edu if you have any questions.

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Join us in celebrating the 40th anniversary of the UCLA Center for 17th- & 18th-Century Studies, the nation’s first research center for early modern studies. At a moment when higher education is under siege, the study of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries might seem a luxury at best, irrelevant at worst. UCLA Professor of English Helen Deutsch, who served as the Center & Clark’s Director from 2017 to 2020, will present a review and celebration of the Center and its history, which refutes such assumptions. She will argue that the work of the Center and its partner the Clark Library—research, musical and theatrical performance, conferences, collaborations in many forms—is not a retreat to the past but rather an ongoing engagement with our present.

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Many professionals take “bridge” jobs out of necessity, after a layoff, career disruption or while re-tooling for more meaningful work. While these roles can provide stability, they can also quietly stall long-term career progress. In this practical, experience-based webinar, career counselor Markell R. Morris, MA, NCC, DCC shares real-world strategies drawn directly from job seekers who successfully used survival jobs as stepping stones, rather than dead ends. Participants will learn how to reframe their mindset, leverage everyday work experiences and strengthen their network to intentionally plan their next move and avoid burning out or losing momentum. This session is ideal for mid-career and late-career professionals navigating transition, as well as recent graduates balancing financial realities with long-term career goals.

Join this In-Person Workshop to explore the third topic in this series: Developing Students’ Critical Thinking Skills Using Google NotebookLM The TLC’s Instructional Designers will host the GenAI Tools Workshop Series to support instructors, like yourself, who are interested in thoughtfully exploring how to use Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in their teaching. During the workshop, we will explore and discuss: -How GenAI tools like Google NotebookLM can support critical thinking and inquiry-based learning. -Strategies for designing learning activities that prompt students to analyze, evaluate, and question AI-generated content. -Examples of how NotebookLM can be integrated into assignments that foster deeper reasoning and reflection. -Methods for guiding students to critique AI outputs for accuracy, bias, and logic. -Best practices for aligning AI use with learning outcomes and institutional academic integrity standards. By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to: -Explain how Google NotebookLM can be used to support and scaffold students’ critical thinking and metacognitive skills. -Design AI-enhanced learning activities or assignments that require students to analyze, evaluate, and revise AI-generated content. -Model strategies for helping students question assumptions, identify bias, and assess evidence in AI responses. -Integrate NotebookLM into classroom practices that promote reflection, argumentation, and evidence-based reasoning. -Formulate guidelines for responsible and ethical AI use that maintain academic integrity while fostering critical inquiry. Instructors who complete all three workshops will be eligible to receive $500 in seed funds for AI tool licensing and further experimentation with AI in teaching and learning.

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Come join Bruin Alumni and Friends for a fun and relaxing discussion of books. We try to curate a wide variety of genres (all recommended by our own members) to accommodate all tastes and to encourage each other to read something we wouldn't on our own. We would love to have you join us. All are welcome! May: A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah. Please email bkronbeck@social.rr.com to be added to the waitlist for the South Bay Book Club.

Since 1946, UCLA has paid tribute to its most distinguished luminaries who have lit the way for UCLA's brightest stars to shine. From larger-than-life legends to community heroes, UCLA Awards are bestowed upon Bruins who have brought great honor to the university and whose contributions impact the world. The 2026 ceremony will be held on Sunday, May 17. For questions, contact awards@alumni.ucla.edu.