Finals Week

Part of the UC Library Carpentry online workshop series, May 11–20. Good data organization is the foundation of any research project. This session will cover best practices for structuring spreadsheet data, common formatting mistakes to avoid and tidy data principles. Instructors: Tim Dennis and Hannah Sutherland

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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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Curious about potential career paths and what might be the right fit for you? You're invited to an interactive career exploration workshop, hosted in collaboration with the Bruin Guardian Scholars and UCLA Career Center. Explore your options with us on Monday, May 11th from 3-4:30pm in the Career Center Conference Room 200 (Strathmore Floor 2). Meet at the BRC (SAC B44) at 2:45pm to walk over together or meet us there. Free meal provided. RSVP by Thursday, May 7th.

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Part of the UC Library Carpentry online workshop series, May 11–20. The Unix shell is a powerful way to automate repetitive tasks, work with files at scale and build reproducible workflows with just a few keystrokes. This session introduces the command line in a practical, approachable way for library and information professionals. Instructors: Dave George & Jamie Jamison

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Join ASC for a good cause. Get a free haircut by donating your hair to women and children that have suffered from medical hair loss

In this session, explore practical strategies for improving AI prompts to generate higher-quality classroom assessments. We’ll share a structured approach to prompt design, highlight common pitfalls, and offer tips and tricks to produce sensible assessment items. Presenter: Kevin Chan, Associate Instructional Designer, Instructional Design and Media Production #practical-strategies #improving-ai-prompt-design #generate-classroom-assessment Each academic quarter, the UCLA Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) hosts a weekly series of 10+10 Pop-Up sessions on Zoom. These brief, 10-minute presentations focus on specific topics related to course design, teaching, learning, and assessment, and are led by instructional designers and developers from TLC and campus partners. The “+10” refers to an optional 10-minute discussion following each presentation, where participants can ask questions and share insights. These sessions are open to all UCLA instructors—including faculty, lecturers, instructors of record, graduate student instructors, and postdoctoral scholars. Please direct any inquiries to instructorsupport@teaching.ucla.edu.

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Have specific questions about UCLA Undergraduate Research Week or 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: Presenting STEM research* Getting into research** Undergraduate research programs/opportunities Graduate school preparation Communicating your research **If your question is about presenting STEM research, make sure to check out our Virtual Presentation Guidelines. **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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Beginner-friendly stretching and meditation with UCLA Rec Instructor Binny. All equipment provided (yoga mats, blocks).

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Book signing to follow. Leanne Betasamosake Simpson is a renowned Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg musician, writer and academic. Leanne’s new work, "Theory of Water," is a national best seller and won the Writer’s Trust Hilary Weston prize for non-fiction.

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Join a fun, free Campus Unlonely Films workshop! Watch powerful short fims, express yourself creatively, and connect through conversations. All students welcome -- no art or film background required.

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Join a welcoming, judgment-free space for graduating seniors to unwind, share their anxieties, and navigate the excitement and uncertainty of transitioning beyond college together.

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Join us for a celebration of Bruin community and successful mentorship, and enjoy a shared meal with other members of the 2025-26 Alumni Mentor Program cohort. Following the meal, we encourage mentors and students to attend the My Last Lecture event together at 7 p.m. in De Neve Auditorium.

The Millennial Leadership course provides practical skills and builds confidence in key leadership areas, including effective delegation, managing former peers, conflict resolution, mitigating impostor syndrome, and navigating ambiguity.

(Sesión en Español!) Únase a Ayuda Financiera y Becas de UCLA para un taller interactivo diseñado para ayudar a los estudiantes recién admitidos y a sus familias a comprender mejor su oferta de ayuda financiera y el costo neto estimado de asistencia. Durante este taller práctico de una hora, un experto en ayuda financiera de UCLA le guiará a través de las partes clave de su Carta de Ayuda Financiera, explicará los diferentes tipos de asistencia financiera ofrecidos y le enseñará cómo calcular de forma más precisa cuánto podría costarle a su familia asistir a UCLA después de tomar en cuenta subvenciones, becas y otros apoyos.

On Tuesday, May 12, the Alumni Scholars Club and UCLA Residential Life will host a ceremony to award her the honor and she will present a lecture that will answer the question: "What would you tell your audience if this was your last lecture on Earth?"

Part of the UC Library Carpentry online workshop series, May 11–20. Version control helps you track changes, collaborate with others and manage your work over time. This session introduces Git and GitHub in a practical, approachable way for library and information professionals. No prior experience required. Instructor: Tim Dennis

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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.

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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.

Since the 1960s religious practitioners have created their own music to express their beliefs and values to shield the community from popular culture. The Irony is they use the popular culture that they reject from American culture in their music. This presentation by Mark Kligman (UCLA) will highlight important composers and groups with audio and video examples of Orthodox Jewish and Christian Contemporary Music.

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Join us for a campuswide conversation designed to bring together students, staff and faculty in meaningful dialogue around the draft refreshed values. These gatherings are an opportunity to share perspectives, listen deeply and strengthen our sense of connection across the UCLA community. Read more about the True Bruin Values Refresh and check out the draft values here: https://truebruin.ucla.edu/

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Are you a Senior & Still looking for Employment? Are you a Master's student about to graduate looking for career opportunities? Then this is the Career Event for you! The UCLA Career Center is proud to present the Spring 2026 GET HIRED UCLA: Senior & Master's Student In-Person Job Fair! This event is a targeted event looking to connect graduating UCLA Seniors and Master's students and will have Employers who are hiring for full-time positions NOW! Join us on Wednesday, May 13th from 4:00-7:00 PM & connect with some of the top employers looking for the best UCLA has to offer! Location: Ackerman Grand Ballroom

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Love books? Care about mental health? Crave good convos with great people? You’re in the right place! Books and Bonding is a weekly club that meets to discuss ideas around improving resilience and create a community of resilient Bruins.

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Put your knowledge to the test (with other Bruins) at Trivia Night, hosted every Wednesday at UOB (there are multiple locations). Prizes are given to winning teams!

Come join us for UC Alumni Trivia Night and see how much of that lecture hall knowledge, late-night cramming, and exam-season survival instinct is still tucked away in your brain. Alumni from UC Berkeley, UC Irvine, UCLA, and UC San Diego are coming together for a fun night of trivia, teamwork, and UC pride. Whether you were a front-row note taker, a study-group regular, or someone who somehow always pulled it together by finals week, this is your chance to put that college knowledge to use. Grab some friends, form a team, and compete for prizes, bragging rights, and the satisfaction of knowing those tuition dollars taught you something. We’ll have light food and drinks to keep everyone fueled between rounds. Come ready to think fast, laugh a lot, and represent the best of the University of California alumni community.

Neurodiversity Empowerment Hour is a weekly virtual drop-in space where students can join a brief 10–15 minute session to receive support, learn about helpful campus resources, and explore ways to build skills for wellbeing and success.

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Join us for a beginner friendly guided meditation. Take some time to breathe, meet community, and practice mindfulness, spirituality, and stillness.

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FITWELL Talks: Conversations with UCLA Health experts on the latest wellbeing research, practical recommendations, and more. Just thirty minutes via Zoom over your lunch hour. Join live, listen in, and come ready with questions. Take good care. May 2026: FITWELL Talks: Space Medicine: Our Final Frontier with Dr. Aintablian, UCLA Health This talk will highlight our history in space, what has led us to this point of exploration, how the human body changes, and what we are doing to ensure humans survive in the final frontier.

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"Against Abandonment: Repertoire of Solidarity in South Korean Protest" (Stanford University Press, 2025) offers insight into the utility and futility of protesting precarity under neoliberal capitalism. Based on long-term ethnographic research and in-depth interviews with key labor and social movement activists, the book follows the protests of minoritized workers, especially women employed in precarious jobs, as they contend with what it means to be treated as disposable and what it takes to resist.

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Join UCLA Financial Aid & Scholarships for a one-hour interactive workshop designed to help newly admitted students and their families better understand their financial aid offer and estimated net cost of attendance. During this hands-on session, a UCLA financial aid expert will walk you through the key parts of your Bruin Financial Aid Letter, explain the different types of aid offered, and demonstrate how to calculate what attending UCLA may actually cost after grants, scholarships, and other support. Please complete the RSVP form below to join us!

Unleash your creativity and innovation at Maker Madness, UCLA’s ultimate hands-on event in the Makerspace! This is your chance to design, build, and personalize items that make your Bruin experience even better. Whether you’re crafting dorm essentials, creating study tools, or prototyping your next big idea, Maker Madness is all about turning imagination into reality.

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UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute (LPPI) will host the 2nd annual Latino Policy Day at UCLA, “Building Systems for the New Normal: Data-Driven Solutions When Crisis Becomes Constant,” a convening of students, staff, faculty, alumni, and community members, to highlight groundbreaking LPPI-supported research. For the complete program, visit: https://latino.ucla.edu/events/2nd-annual-latino-policy-day-2026/

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The learners, technologies, and policies educators must consider in a post-pandemic setting may seem overwhelming, while also offering instructors new opportunities to review, reflect, and restock their pedagogical toolkit. In this workshop, we will present key findings on the post-COVID students in higher education. Using these data, participants will discuss case studies and consider a range of practical, evidence-based practices to engage learners. Topics will include digital accessibility (including current requirements) and University Design for Learning.

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Join SwD for clay time...Create a dish that represents your cultural heritage, design a piece of clothing or accessory that tells a story about your roots, build a representation of a place that feels like home, craft an object that represents a tradition important to you. Mold your story in community.

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Are you interested in writing a review article? Have you been assigned a literature review on a topic, but aren’t sure where to start? This workshop will walk you through the process of planning and organizing a literature review. We will cover research questions, database selection, search strategy, synthesis and more! This workshop will be offered via Zoom. If you're registered, you'll receive the Zoom invitation information the day of the workshop. Instructor: Molly Hemphill, Medical Education Librarian

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As we approach the end of the school year, join the LGBTQ CRC for a social space for decompression and to celebrate bi+ identities! Whether you identify under the bi+ umbrella (including bisexual, pansexual, polysexual, bigender, biromantic, etc.) or are interested in learning more about bi+ identities, all are welcome to join us in discussing cultivating queer joy and hang out with other bi+ individuals. Snacks, arts and crafts supplies, and games will be provided. RSVP to celebrate bi+ joy!

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This workshop will provide guidance on preparing a competitive application for the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans (https://www.pdsoros.org/), which provides up to $90K in support for graduate students from migrant backgrounds. Specifically, this workshop will focus on writing strategies for telling your New American story in a compelling, creative, and empowering way. We will brainstorm and begin drafting application components during the session. Although the application is not due until October 2026, we recommend getting started on your application essays well in advance, to allow for multiple drafts and revision.

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Are you a UCLA undergraduate, graduate, or professional student who has already participated in a "Speaking Across Conflict" workshop? The Dialogue across Difference initiative is proud to offer “Deepening the Dialogue” Part 2 Skills Practice for Students. This interactive session will give you a chance to keep practicing the skills you learned in this workshop in conversation with other UCLA community members about the issues that matter most to you.

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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.

Set within the epicenter of the global music industry, the UCLA Music Industry Program's Career Fair connects students and alumni with top professionals across the music business, offering direct access to companies shaping the future of the global music marketplace. Designed specifically for students in the Music Industry program, attendees have the chance to explore internships and full-time roles. The fair features representatives from record labels, management companies, music publishers, talent agencies, live event companies, streaming platforms, instrument and pro-audio brands, arts nonprofits, and music technology companies.

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Looking for a calm and creative way to end your week? Grab a cup of tea and join Creative Reset, a weekly hour of creative wellness, to slow down, enjoy arts and crafts, and recharge before the weekend. Each week may include a guided art or craft activity, open time to create, journal, draw, or color at your own pace, and occasional reflective writing prompts to spark creativity and support your wellness. No experience is needed, and all UCLA students are welcome!

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Join the UCLA Rubsamen Music Library for a Jam Session with the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance Ensemble. The afternoon will begin with a set by the Ensemble, followed by an open jam session. No RSVP required. All are welcome to participate! Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance Ensemble at UCLA Class of 2027: Nicolaus Gelin - trumpet Nathan Gilbreath - trombone Mwanzi Harriott - guitar Elisee Ngbo - piano Yerin Kim - bass Mailo Rakotonanahary - drums

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Join with fellow Bruin book lovers (and a few Cal Bears too) as we discuss this compelling work by Omar El Akkad that won the National Book Award for non-fiction in 2025. This is sure to challenge our assumptions and push us out of our comfort zone as we assess America's role in the world through the eyes of this award-winning novelist and journalist. Newcomers are always welcome!

Bruin Family Socials are events that bring UCLA to neighborhoods around the world. Providing an opportunity for attendees to engage with one another on a regional level, Bruin Family Socials foster connections and relationships within the greater Bruin community. Historically, Bruin Family Socials have taken place over the course of one weekend each year. During spring 2023, these events transitioned to a year-round model that accommodates a variety of activities and locations, ultimately allowing for added flexibility and more opportunities to build community than ever before. We hope you will join us at an event near you!