Session C - 6 weeks
Monday August 4
Drop in with RISE
Mon 8/4 • 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.
Tuesday August 5
Youth Recovery Expo
Tue 8/5 • 7:30AM - Wed 8/6 • 12PM PDT
Carnesale Commons
Young People in Recovery (YPR) has invited UCLA’s CRP to attend their annual Youth Recovery Expo on August 5-6th at UCLA Carnesale Commons. This event is free of charge for all UCLA CRP students and campus partners! If you’re in Los Angeles this summer and would like to attend, please email recovery@saonet.ucla.edu to receive the free sign up code! We’re proud to announce that three of our very own UCLA CRP students will be featured as panelists on Tuesday morning—come show your support!
Southern Notes: From Provence to Florence, Henry J. Bruman Summer Chamber Music Festival
Tue 8/5 • 12PM - 1PM PDT
Lani Hall, 445 Charles E. Young Dr East, 2526 Schoenberg Music Building
The Henry J. Bruman Summer Chamber Music Festival was founded in 1988 to introduce new audiences to chamber music at informal concerts on the UCLA campus. All concerts are free of charge, and no reservations are required. The penultimate in this year's festival features Southern Notes: From Provence to Florence, comprised of Martin Chalifour (violin), Ambroise Aubrun (violin), Paul Coletti (viola), Kate Hamilton (viola), Charlie Tyler (cello) and Gregory Hamilton (cello). The concert will be held in person in Lani Hall inside the Schoenberg Music Building on the UCLA campus, and also livestreamed on the Center’s YouTube channel. Full details, including program and ensemble biographies, are available on our website. The festival is made possible by the Henry J. Bruman Trust, Professors Wendell E. Jeffrey and Bernice M. Wenzel, by a gift in memory of Raymond E. Johnson, and with the support of the UCLA Center for 17th-& 18th-Century Studies.
Drop in with RISE
Tue 8/5 • 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.
CAPS Virtual Drop-In Hours
Tue 8/5 • 4PM - 5PM PDT
The Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) provides convenient online drop-in hours exclusively tailored to meet the needs of UndocuBruins during the Summer quarter! No appointment needed. https://counseling.ucla.edu/services/drop-in
Wednesday August 6
Website Makers Meetup
Wed 8/6 • 11AM - 12PM PDT
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 with RISE
Wed 8/6 • 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.
CAPS Virtual Drop-In Hours
Wed 8/6 • 4PM - 5PM PDT
The Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) provides convenient online drop-in hours exclusively tailored to meet the needs of UndocuBruins during the Summer quarter! No appointment needed. https://counseling.ucla.edu/services/drop-in
Applying for the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (General) (Aug. 6)
Wed 8/6 • 4:30PM - 6PM PDT RSVP
This workshop will discuss strategies for applying for the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. This highly competitive fellowship provides three years of fellowship funding to successful applicants. The workshop will focus on the intellectual merit and broader impacts criteria for NSF grants, the structure of the research proposal and personal statement, suggestions for writing style, and tips for Fastlane submission.
Thursday August 7
USP Student staff application DUE
Thu 8/7
NOW HIRING student staff for the 2025-2026 academic year! Application Due: August 7th, 2025 by Noon https://sa.ucla.edu/forms/p/USPStudentStaff25 For further information, contact us at usp@saonet.ucla.edu
Mozart and Faure Piano Quartets, Henry J. Bruman Summer Chamber Music Festival
Thu 8/7 • 12PM - 1PM PDT
Lani Hall, 445 Charles E. Young Dr East, 2526 Schoenberg Music Building
The Henry J. Bruman Summer Chamber Music Festival was founded in 1988 to introduce new audiences to chamber music at informal concerts on the UCLA campus. All concerts are free of charge, and no reservations are required. The final concert in this year's festival features Mozart and Fauré Piano Quartets, comprised of Zachary Deak (piano), Ambroise Aubrun (violin), Virginie D’Avezac (viola), and Sophie Chauvenet (cello). The concert will be held in person in Lani Hall inside the Schoenberg Music Building on the UCLA campus, and also livestreamed on the Center’s YouTube channel. Full details, including program and ensemble biographies, are available on our website. The festival is made possible by the Henry J. Bruman Trust, Professors Wendell E. Jeffrey and Bernice M. Wenzel, by a gift in memory of Raymond E. Johnson, and with the support of the UCLA Center for 17th-& 18th-Century Studies.
CAPS Virtual Drop-In Hours
Thu 8/7 • 1PM - 3PM PDT
The Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) provides convenient online drop-in hours exclusively tailored to meet the needs of UndocuBruins during the Summer quarter! No appointment needed. https://counseling.ucla.edu/services/drop-in
Drop in with RISE
Thu 8/7 • 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.
Nicole McCabe Quartet
Thu 8/7 • 8PM PDT
hammer museum
Nicole McCabe, alto saxophone Karl McComas-Reichl, bass Joshua White, piano Mark Ferber, drums In her growing body of work, rising star Los Angeles alto saxophonist Nicole McCabe infuses her hard-bop roots with influences ranging from electronic music to exploratory improvisation. McCabe’s compositions balance hard-edged grooves with lush harmonies and an expansive melodic sensibility, as she leads her razor-sharp ensemble through thrilling twists and turns.
Friday August 8
Drop in with RISE
Fri 8/8 • 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.
Mindful Writing Retreat Sessions (3rd of 3)
Fri 8/8 • 1:30PM - 4PM PDT RSVP
The mindful writing retreat will integrate simple techniques from mindfulness to support the writing process and cultivate an approach to writing that fosters balance, self-care, and well-being. Please bring a current writing project because much of the retreat time will be allocated for writing. All sessions will be conducted remotely via Zoom.
Tales of Manhattan
Fri 8/8 • 7:30PM PDT
Billy Wilder Theater
Part of: The Devil Finds Work: James Baldwin’s Cinema of the Mind Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive In-person: Live dramatic reading of an excerpt of "The Devil Finds Work." 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. Tales of Manhattan U.S., 1942 A rare Hollywood experiment, this episodic film follows a gentleman’s tailcoat as it passes between owners — a stage actor, a jilted lover, a pianist and a Southern Black community — becoming a vessel for varied chamber pieces. Director Julien Duvivier lends cohesion and grace to the star-studded anthology. James Baldwin praised Ginger Rogers’ performance, describing her face as “something to be placed in a dish and eaten with a spoon, possibly a long one.”—Public Programmer Beandrea July DCP, b&w, 118 min. Director: Julien Duvivier. Screenwriters: Lamar Trotti, Ben Hecht, Nunnally Johnson. With: Charles Boyer, Rita Hayworth, Edward G. Robinson, Paul Robeson, Ethel Waters.
Saturday August 9
Psychedelic Noir: Dragnet 1967-68
Sat 8/9 • 7:30PM PDT
Billy Wilder Theater
Part of: Archive Television Treasures Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and made possible by the John H. Mitchell Television Programming Endowment 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. In the latter half of the 1960s, actor, producer and director Jack Webb reanimated his retired alter-ego Sergeant Joe Friday to safeguard a City of Los Angeles facing previously unknown dangers wrought by the rapid social change of the flower child era. Premiering on NBC on January 12, 1967, Webb’s Technicolor revival of Dragnet engaged complex issues far removed from the stock burglaries and fedora-wearing felons of the previous incarnations of his popular radio and black-and-white TV series. The build-up to the Summer of Love found Webb repositioning Sgt. Friday as both a law enforcement officer and amateur sociologist — charged with defending the establishment and decoding the youth movement for culture-shocked squares caught in an ever-expanding generation gap. Viewed today, these simultaneously propagandistic and earnest dramas made by future Television Academy Hall of Fame inductee Jack Webb play as highly entertaining, funhouse-mirror time capsules of Los Angeles in the 1960s. Inspired by actual police files, the fact-laced tales also employ a strong dose of grit in the hardboiled traditions of noir. Join us for a trio of psychedelic freak-out Technicolor Dragnet cases — with surprise, mood-setting, time-and-space-bending musical interludes screened between episodes. —John H. Mitchell Television Curator Mark Quigley Dragnet 1967: “The Big LSD” U.S., 1/12/1967 Sgt. Joe Friday and Officer Bill Gannon (Harry Morgan) are horrified to encounter a psychotic youth (Michael Burns) with a bizarrely painted face. Upon investigation, his alarming behavior is revealed to be caused by LSD, a potent new hallucinogenic drug increasingly popular among the teens that gather on the Sunset Strip. As counterculture youths extol the enlightening benefits of LSD, Friday’s gut-wrenching fears about the drug are illuminated in true noir fashion. DCP, b&w, 25 min. NBC. Mark VII Productions in association with Universal Television. Producer: Jack Webb. Director: Jack Webb. Writer: John Randolph. With: Jack Webb, Harry Morgan, Michael Burns. Use of Dragnet 1967 courtesy of NBCUniversal; special thanks to Mark Halperin. Dragnet 1968: “The Big Prophet” U.S., 1/11/1968 Officers Friday (Jack Webb) and Gannon (Harry Morgan) confront Brother William (Liam Sullivan), a self-described guru (seemingly modeled on Timothy Leary) suspected of selling LSD to minors. In a claustrophobic, psychedelic shrine of bead curtains, multi-colored lights and far-out posters, the officers engage the cultish leader in a bitter debate over the virtues and existential perils of mind-altering substances. DCP, b&w, 25 min. NBC. Mark VII Productions in association with Universal Television. Producer: Jack Webb. Director: Jack Webb. Writer: David H. Vowell. With: Jack Webb, Harry Morgan, Liam Sullivan. Use of Dragnet 1968 courtesy of NBCUniversal; special thanks to Mark Halperin. Dragnet 1968: “The Big High” U.S., 11/2/1967 In the most darkly memorable episode of the entire long-running Dragnet franchise, Officers Friday (Jack Webb) and Gannon (Harry Morgan) investigate a young couple (Brenda Scott, Tim Donnelly) suspected of experimenting with marijuana. Dismissing the officers’ concerns as out of touch, a fateful pot party shatters the couple’s world, shaking seasoned cops Gannon and Friday to their hardened cores. DCP, b&w, 25 min. NBC. Mark VII Productions in association with Universal Television. Producer: Jack Webb. Director: Jack Webb. Writer: David H. Vowell. With: Jack Webb, Brenda Scott, Tim Donnelly. Use of Dragnet 1968 courtesy of NBCUniversal; special thanks to Mark Halperin.
Sunday August 10
The Wild Robot
Sun 8/10 • 11AM PDT
Billy Wilder Theater
Part of: Family Flicks Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Hammer Museum In-person: Live reading of an excerpt from “The Devil Finds Work” by actors Justice Smith and Nic Ashe following the screening. All Family Flicks screenings are free admission. Seating is first come, first served. The Billy Wilder Theater opens 15 minutes before each Family Flicks program. The Wild Robot U.S., 2024 Waking up marooned on an island far from any human beings, Roz, an intelligent robot, must learn to survive. While searching for her purpose, Roz befriends the island's animal inhabitants and learns the value of kindness, community and perseverance in facing adversity. Based on the beloved books by Peter Brown. DCP, color, 102 min. Director: Chris Sanders. Screenwriter: Chris Sanders. With: Lupita Nyong'o, Pedro Pascal, Kit Connor. Recommended for ages 8+
The Exorcist
Sun 8/10 • 7PM PDT
Billy Wilder Theater
Part of: The Devil Finds Work: James Baldwin’s Cinema of the Mind Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive In-person: Live dramatic reading of an excerpt of "The Devil Finds Work." 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. The Exorcist U.S., 1973 “For I have seen the devil by day and by night, and have seen him in you and in me.” —James Baldwin Baldwin’s critique of The Exorcist provides the inspiration for titling The Devil Finds Work; he argued the film disguises human violence as supernatural evil. A cultural touchstone that broke box office records and sparked controversy, The Exorcist endures not for its demons, but for its visceral performances and psychological intensity, which helped paved the way for considering horror genre filmmaking to be serious art.—Public Programmer Beandrea July DCP, color, 122 min. Director: William Friedkin. Screenwriter: William Peter Blatty. With: Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, Max von Sydow, Jason Miller.
Monday August 11
FTSP x RISE Monday Mood
Mon 8/11 • 11AM - 1PM PDT
RISE Center at Lu Valle Commons Basement Level
Join us at the RISE Center for a cozy midday reset filled with art, crafts, journaling, clay, and calm. All materials provided - just bring yourself!
Drop in with RISE
Mon 8/11 • 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.
Tuesday August 12
Drop in with RISE
Tue 8/12 • 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.
Wednesday August 13
Lunchtime Art Talk on Christian Marclay
Wed 8/13 • 12:30PM PDT
hammer museum
The Hammer's curatorial department leads free, insightful, short discussions about artists every Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. This talk on Christian Marclay is led by Curatorial Assistant Nyah Ginwright.
Drop in with RISE
Wed 8/13 • 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.
Writing the Personal Statement (August 13th)
Wed 8/13 • 5:30PM - 6:30PM PDT RSVP
This workshop will cover strategies for writing personal statements for fellowship applications, residencies, and PhD programs. Among other topics, we will discuss organization, introductions and conclusions, and use of examples. Students from all schools and departments are welcome to attend. The workshop will be offered twice.
Thursday August 14
BUS Transfer Empowerment Workshop
Thu 8/14 • 12PM - 2PM PDT RSVP
Join us for an empowering workshop designed to support formerly incarcerated and system-impacted students navigating the transfer process. Hosted by UCLA Underground Scholars, this session will cover transfer planning, personal insight questions (PIQs), and building a strong support network. Whether you're just starting or finalizing your application, this space is for you.
Writing the Personal Statement (August 14th)
Thu 8/14 • 5:30PM - 6:30PM PDT RSVP
This workshop will cover strategies for writing personal statements for fellowship applications, residencies, and PhD programs. Among other topics, we will discuss organization, introductions and conclusions, and use of examples. Students from all schools and departments are welcome to attend. The workshop will be offered twice.
Bobby Bradfords Stealin Home: a tribute to Jackie Robinson
Thu 8/14 • 8PM PDT
hammer museum
Bobby Bradford, cornet, lyrics Vinny Golia, alto and baritone saxophones, bass clarinet Chuck Manning, tenor saxophone William Roper, tuba, euphonium, spoken word, vocals Don Preston, piano, gong Henry Franklin, bass Tina Raymond, drums West Coast jazz legend and treasured elder statesman of the Los Angeles music community, cornetist Bobby Bradford leads a special project paying tribute to baseball hero Jackie Robinson, credited with breaking the sport’s “color line” when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. Bradford’s septet features a who’s who of SoCal musical luminaries in a suite of music that swings and swirls, evoking both the power and poignancy of Robinson’s revolutionary career.
Friday August 15
FTSP x RISE Friday Feels
Fri 8/15 • 11AM - 1PM PDT
RISE Center at Lu Valle Commons Basement Level
Join us at the RISE Center for a cozy midday reset filled with art, crafts, journaling, clay, and calm. All materials provided - just bring yourself!
Drop in with RISE
Fri 8/15 • 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.
In the Heat of the Night
Fri 8/15 • 7:30PM PDT
Billy Wilder Theater
Part of: The Devil Finds Work: James Baldwin’s Cinema of the Mind Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive In-person: Live dramatic reading of an excerpt of "The Devil Finds Work." 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. In the Heat of the Night U.S., 1967 Winner of five Academy Awards including Best Picture, this racially charged noir stars Sidney Poitier as Virgil Tibbs, a Black detective drawn into a murder investigation in a racially hostile Mississippi town. The film made history with “the slap” — a moment of defiance when Tibbs strikes back at a white plantation owner murder suspect. James Baldwin praised Poitier’s dignity, while critiquing the film’s liberal fantasy of white awakening and redemption.—Public Programmer Beandrea July DCP, color, 110 min. Director: Norman Jewison. Screenwriter: Stirling Silliphant. With: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates.
Saturday August 16
3 Women / Come Back to the 5 & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
Sat 8/16 • 7:30PM PDT
Billy Wilder Theater
Part of: Robert Altman’s America: A Centennial Review Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive 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. 3 Women U.S., 1977 Robert Altman has said that the idea for 3 Women came to him in a dream with the heavy influence of Ingmar Bergman’s Persona also contributing to what is one of Altman’s most enigmatic works. Water, reflections, split frames and other devices add an atmosphere of European-style ambiguity to an exploration of female identity and solidarity while the film’s distinctly American setting keeps everything solidly grounded. Shelley Duvall, Sissy Spacek and Janice Rule each deliver astonishing performances as women in a California desert town whose lives intersect and lose their fixity under the pressure of patriarchy and consumerism. DCP, color, 124 min. Director: Robert Altman. Screenwriter: Robert Altman. With: Shelley Duvall, Sissy Spacek, Janice Rule. Come Back to the 5 & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean U.S., 1982 Robert Altman directed Ed Graczyk’s play on Broadway (with Cher making her theatrical stage debut) before he and Graczyk adapted it for the big screen. Ingenious art design transforms a Woolworth’s in a small Texas town near the site where Giant was shot into a vortex of memories and revelations when the members of a James Dean fan club gather there for a 20th anniversary reunion. Altman’s fluid choreography between past and present underscore the powerful draw of nostalgia for some and the liberation of escape for others. Among the stellar ensemble cast, Karen Black delivers a particularly complex turn as a trans woman returned to confront the trauma that drove her away. 35mm color, 109 min. Director: Robert Altman. Screenwriter: Ed Graczyk. With: Sandy Dennis, Cher, Karen Black. —Senior Public Programmer Paul Malcolm
Sunday August 17
The Inheritance
Sun 8/17 • 7PM PDT
Billy Wilder Theater
Part of: (Dis)placement: Fluctuations of Home Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive In-person: Video Q&A with director Ephraim Asili. 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. Kindah Jamaica/U.S, 2016 Shot in Hudson, New York, and Accompong, Jamaica, Kindah traces ancestral threads across the African diaspora, weaving a meditation on kinship, autonomy and return. Centered on the Kindah Tree — a living symbol of community among Jamaica’s Maroons — Ephraim Asili explores how land, memory and resistance shape evolving definitions of home. Blurring borders between past and present, North and South, Kindah offers a lyrical reflection on displacement, rootedness and the spiritual geography of diasporic belonging. DCP, b&w and color, 12 min. Director: Ephraim Asili. The Inheritance U.S., 2020 After nearly a decade exploring the African diaspora, Ephraim Asili makes his feature debut with this vibrant ensemble film, set almost entirely in a West Philadelphia rowhome where young Black artists and activists form a collective. “‘The Inheritance’ feels like poetry visualized,” writes Lovia Gyarkye in The New York Times. Blending scripted drama with documentary reflection on the 1985 MOVE bombing, the film reimagines home as a political and spiritual inheritance. DCP, color, 100 min. Director/Screenwriter: Ephraim Asili. With: Nozipho McClean, Eric Lockley, Chris Jarell, Julian Rozzell Jr., Debbie Africa. —Public Programmer Beandrea July
Monday August 18
FTSP x RISE Monday Mood
Mon 8/18 • 11AM - 1PM PDT
RISE Center at Lu Valle Commons Basement Level
Join us at the RISE Center for a cozy midday reset filled with art, crafts, journaling, clay, and calm. All materials provided - just bring yourself!
Tuesday August 19
Drop-in with RISE
Tue 8/19 • 1PM - 2PM 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.
End-of-Term Grading in Bruin Learn & MyUCLA
Tue 8/19 • 3PM - 4PM PDT
This training session will demonstrate how to finalize your Bruin Learn gradebook and transfer Bruin Learn grades to MyUCLA. Audience: Faculty, TAs, Staff
Open Mike Eagle with Jordan Patterson and J.Rocc
Tue 8/19 • 6:30PM - 11PM PDT
Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90024
See live concerts in the Hammer’s courtyard for free! Enjoy happy hour, late gallery hours, art-making, and more. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and performances start at 7:30 p.m. Cocktails and food available for purchase all night. This event is free and open to the public. Become a member today for priority entry and a free first drink. Your RSVP helps us to gauge attendance to this event. RSVP does not guarantee entry if the event reaches capacity. Admission is granted on a first-come, first-served basis.
Wednesday August 20
Law at the Dashew Center
Wed 8/20 • 10AM - 12PM PDT
Free legal clinic for the UCLA community to come talk to an attorney about immigration related questions. No RSVP needed -- waiting room only, admitted in order of joining.
Website Makers Meetup
Wed 8/20 • 11AM - 12PM PDT
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.
Lunchtime Art Talk on Hanna Hur
Wed 8/20 • 12:30PM PDT
hammer museum
The Hammer's curatorial department leads free, insightful, short discussions about artists every Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. This talk on Hanna Hur is led by Curator Erin Christovale.
Drop in with RISE
Wed 8/20 • 1PM - 2PM 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.
Thursday August 21
BUS Transfer Empowerment Workshop
Thu 8/21 • 12PM - 2PM PDT RSVP
Join us for an empowering workshop designed to support formerly incarcerated and system-impacted students navigating the transfer process. Hosted by UCLA Underground Scholars, this session will cover transfer planning, personal insight questions (PIQs), and building a strong support network. Whether you're just starting or finalizing your application, this space is for you.
Drop in with RISE
Thu 8/21 • 1PM - 2PM 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.
End-of-Term Grading in Bruin Learn & MyUCLA
Thu 8/21 • 1PM - 2PM PDT
This training session will demonstrate how to finalize your Bruin Learn gradebook and transfer Bruin Learn grades to MyUCLA. Audience: Faculty, TAs, Staff
Applying for the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (Engineering and Physical Science Focus)
Thu 8/21 • 4:30PM - 6PM PDT RSVP
This workshop will discuss strategies for applying for the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship with a physical science focus. This highly competitive fellowship provides three years of fellowship funding to successful applicants. The workshop will focus on the intellectual merit and broader impacts criteria for NSF grants, the structure of the research proposal and personal statement, suggestions for writing style, and tips for Fastlane submission.
Twilight in the Garden - August 21
Thu 8/21 • 5:30PM - 7:30PM PDT RSVP
UCLA Mathias Botanical Garden
See the sunset from the Garden at Third Thursdays, our summer twilight series. Meet new friends at the wine bar, then kick back and enjoy live music! Admission for each event is $10. Free admission for ages 13 and under. Picnics are encouraged. Check-in at La Kretz and Hilgard Entrances. We can't wait to see you there!
Naomi Moon Siegel Quartet
Thu 8/21 • 8PM PDT
hammer museum
Naomi Moon Siegel, trombone Marina Albero, piano Kelsey Mines, bass Christopher Icasiano, drums Trombonist, composer, and bandleader Naomi Moon Siegel weaves together a myriad of musical influences in her dynamic and thoughtful music. Based in Missoula, Montana but long a part of Seattle’s vibrant jazz community, Siegel propels her ensemble through soaring melodies, rich harmonies and lean grooves with a warm, clarion tone and keen musical instincts.
Friday August 22
Summer 2025 Session C Census
Fri 8/22
UCLA Financial Aid and Scholarships will be conducting census for Summer Session C on Friday, August 22, 2025. Please be aware that our office will adjust your financial aid according to the number of units you are enrolled in at the end of day Friday, August 22, 2025.
FTSP x RISE Friday Feels
Fri 8/22 • 11AM - 1PM PDT
RISE Center at Lu Valle Commons Basement Level
Join us at the RISE Center for a cozy midday reset filled with art, crafts, journaling, clay, and calm. All materials provided - just bring yourself!
FTSP x RISE Friday Feels
Fri 8/22 • 11AM - 1PM PDT
RISE Center at Lu Valle Commons Basement Level
Join us at the RISE Center for a cozy midday reset filled with art, crafts, journaling, clay, and calm. All materials provided - just bring yourself!
Sunday August 24
M*A*S*H / Brewster McCloud
Sun 8/24 • 7PM PDT
Billy Wilder Theater
Part of: Robert Altman’s America: A Centennial Review Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive 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. M*A*S*H U.S., 1970 Where the standard war film presents the humble army squad as a cross section of American life, in M*A*S*H, Robert Altman zeroes in on the privileged class on the front lines. It’s a genre tweak as essential as Altman’s stylistic liberties to his take on the absurdities of war. The bad boy antics that made 4077th’s trio army surgeons (Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Tom Skerritt) anti-heroes in the 1970s read ever more clearly in Altman’s whiplash juxtapositions of the bloody and the bawdy as evidence of a larger moral failure at work. 35mm, color, 116 min. Director: Robert Altman. Screenwriter: Screenwriter: Ring Lardner Jr. With: Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Tom Skerritt. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in 2000. Brewster McCloud U.S., 1970 Robert Altman’s countrified screwball comedy celebrates the oddballs living secretly in the heart of 1970s conservative America. An engineering marvel when it opened in 1965, the Houston Astrodome is the clandestine home where waifish Brewster McCloud (Bud Cort) works obsessively, with the help of Sally Kellerman’s doting guardian angel, on a winged contraption with dreams of flight. Outside, every pathology of American life — racism, sexism, greed — runs rampant in the parade of caricatures and buffoons that populate Altman’s urban Texas, some of whom end up victims of a serial killer also on the loose. It’s a delirious hodgepodge of social commentary and countercultural trip that also marks Shelley Duvall’s big screen debut. 35mm, color, 105 min. Director: Robert Altman. Screenwriter: Doran William Cannon. With: Bud Cort, Shelley Duvall, Sally Kellerman. —Senior Public Programmer Paul Malcolm
Monday August 25
Drop in with RISE (virtual)
Mon 8/25 • 1PM - 3PM PDT
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.
SwD Presents: Ready, Set, Thrive
Mon 8/25 • 4PM - 6PM PDT
University Village (UAS)
Come learn about resources, connect with student orgs, and be in community with other Bruins with Dependents! Table giveaways while supplies last
Tuesday August 26
Drop in with RISE (virtual)
Tue 8/26 • 1PM - 3PM PDT
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.
Applying for the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (Life and Bio Science Focus)
Tue 8/26 • 4:30PM - 6PM PDT RSVP
This workshop will discuss strategies for applying for the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship with a life science focus. This highly competitive fellowship provides three years of fellowship funding to successful applicants. The workshop will focus on the intellectual merit and broader impacts criteria for NSF grants, the structure of the research proposal and personal statement, suggestions for writing style, and tips for Fastlane submission.
Wednesday August 27
Drop in with RISE
Wed 8/27 • 1PM - 2PM 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.
Navigating Graduate School: Academic Success Strategies for First-Generation College Students
Wed 8/27 • 4PM - 5:15PM PDT RSVP
This workshop will provide useful strategies for navigating graduate school successfully. We will focus on tips and tricks that will help you succeed, as well as elucidate aspects of the "hidden curriculum," or things you're expected to know but not explicitly taught. We will cover a broad spectrum of topics such as managing writing requirements, using organizational tools to stay on track, communicating effectively with mentors to meet your needs, and networking at conferences to build professional relationships. (We are defining a first-generation college student as a student whose parent[s] or guardian[s] did not complete a four-year degree in the United States.)
Thursday August 28
Drop in with RISE (virtual)
Thu 8/28 • 1PM - 3PM PDT
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.
Friday August 29
BUS Summer Kickoff and INFO hour on Campus
Fri 8/29 • 12PM - 2PM PDT RSVP
SAC Conference Room 4
Whether you're tuning in online or showing up in person, these sessions are designed to help you connect, learn about program resources, and kick off the summer with the Bruin Underground Scholars community. New and returning members are all welcome!
Monday September 1
Office Closed in Observance of the Labor Day Holiday
Mon 9/1
A129 Murphy Hall
The UCLA Financial Aid and Scholarships office will be closed on Monday, September 1, 2025 in Observance of the Labor Day Holiday. We will resume normal operating hours on Tuesday, September 2, 2025.
Wednesday September 3
CPT Webinars (for F-1 Visa Students)
Wed 9/3 • 10AM - 11AM PDT
UCLA F-1 visa students, do you want to know more about off-campus employment authorization? Join us on one of our weekly CPT webinars hosted by the Dashew Center staff to learn more!
Website Makers Meetup
Wed 9/3 • 11AM - 12PM PDT
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.
Telling Your New American Story: Applying to the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans
Wed 9/3 • 4PM - 5PM PDT RSVP
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 2025, we recommend getting started on your application essays well in advance, to allow for multiple drafts and revision.
Thursday September 4
Drop in with RISE
Thu 9/4 • 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.
Friday September 5
FTSP x RISE Friday Feels
Fri 9/5 • 11AM - 1PM PDT
RISE Center at Lu Valle Commons Basement Level
Join us at the RISE Center for a cozy midday reset filled with art, crafts, journaling, clay, and calm. All materials provided - just bring yourself!
Writing Successful Grant and Fellowship Applications (Humanities and Social Sciences)
Fri 9/5 • 1PM - 2:30PM PDT RSVP
This workshop will first briefly review funding opportunities for graduate students in humanities, social sciences, and related fields. The workshop will then focus on strategies for writing effective applications for grants and fellowships to support graduate study and research, especially for students seeking doctorates and research MAs. We will also cover tips for organizing the application process.
Drop in with RISE
Fri 9/5 • 1PM - 3PM PDT
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.
Saturday September 6
September Guided Garden Tour
Sat 9/6 • 10AM - 11AM PDT
UCLA Mathias Botanical Garden
Join a Garden Guide for a free tour on September 6, 2025 at 10 am. Explore our living museum featuring collections of plants from around the globe! You’ll hear the stories of selected plants in the Garden and their relevance to human society. All ages are welcome. Tours meet at the La Kretz Garden Pavilion at the northern end of the Garden and are given a grace period of 5 minutes.
Monday September 8
Summer Workshop: Designing your Online Course
Mon 9/8 • 10AM - Fri 9/12 • 10AM PDT RSVP
Live Zoom sessions from September 8 through September 12 Applications are due August 21, 2025 Designing Your Online Course Summer Workshop - September 8 through September 12 Applications are due August 21, 2025 The TLC’s Instructional Design and Media Production team will host a multi-session workshop exploring effective online instructional practices and course design strategies. The goal of the workshop is to design a course that is grounded in best practices for online instruction that is accessible and welcoming to all learners. The 1-week workshop includes asynchronous activities and 3 synchronous sessions on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 12-1pm. Please email idmp@teaching.ucla.edu for more information.
Tuesday September 9
2025 New Instructor Teaching Institute (NITI)
Tue 9/9 • 9AM - Wed 9/10 • 2:30PM PDT RSVP
The UCLA Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) welcomes all instructors new and relatively new to UCLA, regardless of their prior teaching experience, to the New Instructor Teaching Institute (NITI), a two-day professional development event on Tuesday and Wednesday, September 9 and 10. Tuesday’s sessions (8:30am-5pm) will be held in-person at the Luskin Conference Center, and NITI will continue fully online on Wednesday (9am-2:30pm). Please note that registration for Tuesday is now closed. NITI is designed to welcome you to UCLA and help you identify key resources and services at the TLC, as well as discover inclusive teaching frameworks to integrate into your classroom to enhance teaching effectiveness. You will also have the opportunity to build professional relationships with fellow instructors while gaining an understanding of UCLA’s institutional culture and its surrounding neighborhoods and communities. For questions, please contact edp@teaching.ucla.edu.
End-of-Term Grading in Bruin Learn & MyUCLA
Tue 9/9 • 3PM - 4PM PDT
This training session will demonstrate how to finalize your Bruin Learn gradebook and transfer Bruin Learn grades to MyUCLA. Audience: Faculty, TAs, Staff
Writing Successful Grant and Fellowship Applications (STEM Focus)
Tue 9/9 • 4:30PM - 6PM PDT RSVP
This workshop will first briefly review funding opportunities for graduate students in STEM fields. The workshop will then focus on strategies for writing effective applications for grants and fellowships to support graduate study and research, especially for students seeking doctorates and research MAs. The workshop will also cover tips for organizing the application process.
Wednesday September 10
FITWELL Talks Longevity: Healthy Lifestyle Approaches to Narrow the Healthspan - Lifespan Gap with L
Wed 9/10 • 12PM - 12:30PM PDT RSVP
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. September 2025: FITWELL Talks Longevity: Healthy Lifestyle Approaches to Narrow the Healthspan-Lifespan Gap with Linda Ercoli, PhD Description: Although people worldwide are living longer, there is about a 9-year difference between total years lived and years lived without chronic disease, especially in older age. The healthspan lifespan gap means that the last years of people’s lives are often fraught with chronic illnesses which diminishes quality of life. Dr. Ercoli will talk about lifestyle choices that can extend health in older age and narrow the healthspan-lifespan gap. https://www.uclahealth.org/providers/linda-ercoli
Lunchtime Art Talk on Lawrence Lek
Wed 9/10 • 12:30PM PDT
Hammer Museum
The Hammer's curatorial department leads free, insightful, short discussions about artists every Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. This talk on Lawrence Lek is led by curatorial assistant Jessi DiTillio.
OPT Webinars (for F-1 Visa Students)
Wed 9/10 • 2PM - 3PM PDT
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!
Applying for the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (General) (Sept. 10)
Wed 9/10 • 4:30PM - 6PM PDT RSVP
This workshop will discuss strategies for applying for the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. This highly competitive fellowship provides three years of fellowship funding to successful applicants. The workshop will focus on the intellectual merit and broader impacts criteria for NSF grants, the structure of the research proposal and personal statement, suggestions for writing style, and tips for Fastlane submission.
Thursday September 11
End-of-Term Grading in Bruin Learn & MyUCLA
Thu 9/11 • 1PM - 2PM PDT
This training session will demonstrate how to finalize your Bruin Learn gradebook and transfer Bruin Learn grades to MyUCLA. Audience: Faculty, TAs, Staff
Drop in with RISE
Thu 9/11 • 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.