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This workshop providesThis 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 MyEvents on MyUCLA.

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.

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Choosing the right AI tool can be a real challenge. This short presentation provides a practical framework, using the Diffusion of Innovation model, to help you choose the best tools. We will explore the five key attributes, which are relative advantage, complexity, compatibility, trialability, and observability. The discussion will support you to confidently select GenAI solutions that enhance teaching and learning. Presenter: Sirui Wang, Senior Instructional Designer with Instructional Design and Media Production #GenAI #pick-your-innovation #diffusion-of-innovation #enhancing-teaching-and-learning 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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In our deeply fractured world, religion serves both to connect and offer wisdom and to foster conflict and division. Over the course of centuries, it has been frequently invoked to justify brutal violence, but can it be an effective tool to advance justice? To explore different perspectives on the topic of faith, forgiveness, and justice, we will be joined by a distinguished panel of religious leaders: Father Greg Boyle, Rabbi Sharon Brous, Valarie Kaur, and Imam Dr. Jihad Turk. Father Greg Boyle is a Jesuit priest and director of Homeboy Industries, the world’s largest gang intervention and rehabilitation program. Rabbi Sharon Brous is the senior and founding Rabbi of IKAR, a Jewish spiritual community in Los Angeles. Valarie Kaur is a civil rights leader and activist, filmmaker, educator, best-selling author, and founder of the Revolutionary Love Project, a movement to reclaim love as a force for justice. Imam Dr. Jihad Turk is the founding President of Bayan Islamic Graduate School, a preeminent Muslim institution of higher education. Event time TBD. Registration link coming soon.

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In our deeply fractured world, religion serves both to connect and offer wisdom and to foster conflict and division. Over the course of centuries, it has been frequently invoked to justify brutal violence, but can it be an effective tool to advance justice? To explore different perspectives on the topic of faith, forgiveness, and justice, we will be joined by a distinguished panel of religious leaders: Father Greg Boyle, Rabbi Sharon Brous, Valarie Kaur, and Imam Dr. Jihad Turk. Father Greg Boyle is a Jesuit priest and director of Homeboy Industries, the world’s largest gang intervention and rehabilitation program. Rabbi Sharon Brous is the senior and founding Rabbi of IKAR, a Jewish spiritual community in Los Angeles. Valarie Kaur is a civil rights leader and activist, filmmaker, educator, best-selling author, and founder of the Revolutionary Love Project, a movement to reclaim love as a force for justice. Imam Dr. Jihad Turk is the founding President of Bayan Islamic Graduate School, a preeminent Muslim institution of higher education.

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 1Socials 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!

UCLA Financial Aid & Scholarships will be hosting a series of workshops for assistance with the 26-27 FAFSA/CADAA. Join us for a FREE in-person workshop in partnership with UCLA Basic Needs at Strathmore to receive tips and tricks on how to complete your Financial Aid application by the Priority Filing Deadline of March 2, 2026 (9pm PST)! The UCLA Basic Needs at Strathmore is located between the Luskin Center and UCPD on Westwood Blvd and in the same building as the Career Center. No RSVP required.

Drop in for students or faculty to request support for an academic accommodation concern. These sessions are held by a CAE Disability Specialist who may or may not be a student's assigned Disability Specialist and therefore who may need to follow up with a student's assigned Disability Specialist for the specific question or concern in mind.

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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.

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This workshop will cover strategies for writing longer literature reviews for theses, dissertations, proposals, and review papers. The workshop will also address organizational approaches and writing process issues.

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UCLA Financial Aid & Scholarships will be hosting a series of workshops for assistance with the 26-27 FAFSA/CADAA. Join us for a FREE virtual workshop to receive tips and tricks on how to complete your Financial Aid application by the Priority Filing Deadline of March 2, 2026 (9pm PST)! Meeting ID: 927 1312 6507 Passcode: 469741 No RSVP required.

The Bruin Love Station (BLS) is mobile cart that offers free safer-sex supplies, Narcan, fentanyl test strips and opportunities for students to converse with trained peers and professional staff. Students are free to stop by to pick up any of our supplies.

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Undergraduate Student-Initiated Education (USIE) gives juniors and seniors the rare chance to design and lead their own lower-division seminar under the guidance of a faculty mentor. If you’re interested in sharing an academic passion, building teaching and leadership skills, and shaping a meaningful learning experience for your peers, this workshop will walk you through what the program involves and how to prepare a strong application.

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UCLA Financial Aid & Scholarships will be hosting a series of workshops for assistance with the 26-27 FAFSA/CADAA. Join us for a FREE in-person workshop in partnership with UCLA Basic Needs at Strathmore to receive tips and tricks on how to complete your Financial Aid application by the Priority Filing Deadline of March 2, 2026 (9pm PST)! The UCLA Basic Needs at Strathmore is located between the Luskin Center and UCPD on Westwood Blvd and in the same building as the Career Center. No RSVP required.

In-person: Q&A with Mary Corey, senior continuing lecturer in the UCLA Department of History. 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. Red Hollywood U.S. 1996 Abraham Polonsky, the writer of Body and Soul, said, “All films that are about crime are about capitalism.” In the 1940s, the House Un-American Activities Committee and studio executives conspired to create a blacklist barring hundreds of film artists suspected of communist sympathies, like Polonsky, from employment, upending countless lives. In Red Hollywood, Thom Andersen and Noël Burch reassess the blacklist’s legacy by reassembling footage from over 50 films made by blacklisted artists. These films, once dismissed as minor, are reconsidered as thoughtful attempts to tackle social and political issues in ways that Hollywood wouldn’t attempt again for decades.—Public Programs Assistant Noah Brockman DCP, color, 114 min. Directors/Screenwriters: Thom Andersen, Noël Burch. With: Billy Woodberry (narration). The Master Race U.S., 1944 George Coulouris stars as a Nazi commander who, seeing the writing on the wall for the Third Reich, disperses his officers incognito around liberated Europe to begin sowing seeds of discontent anew. As he assures them: “In our hands, hate can be turned into the most potent of weapons.” Settling himself in a Belgian town under Allied control, he works to undermine fledgling reconstruction efforts by playing on local antagonisms and resentment. A study of fascist rhetorical and propaganda tactics in the guise of a thriller, The Master Race was directed by Herbert J. Biberman who co-wrote the script with Anne Froelich and Rowland Leigh, with Biberman and Froelich both blacklisted just a few years later.—Senior Public Programmer Paul Malcolm 35mm, b&w, 95 min. Director: Herbert J. Biberman. Screenwriters: Herbert J. Biberman, Anne Froelich, Rowland Leigh. With: George Coulouris, Stanley Ridges, Osa Massen. Part of: From John Doe to Lonesome Rhodes: Antifacism from the Archive

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Join fellow UC alumni in Sacramento for a dynamic, in-person conference exploring topics at the intersection of career and identity. Enjoy interactive breakout sessions, meaningful networking opportunities and important conversations designed specifically for UC alumni. Open to graduates from all UC campuses, this event welcomes anyone interested in the topics presented. Registration and experience include: ● Full conference program and materials ● Professional headshots ● Light breakfast and catered lunch ● Exhibitor fair ● Prize giveaways and more Register by January 31 to take advantage of early-bird pricing. Standard registration closes February 21.

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Dinners for 12 Strangers is a 50+ year UCLA tradition that has become a global phenomenon. Every year, on one of three nights, alumni, faculty, and students come together to enjoy good food and great conversation. Visit d[12.alumni.ucla.edu](https://d12.alumni.ucla.edu/) for more information on how to host and attend.

Made possible by the John H. Mitchell Television Programming Endowment. Co-presented by the UCLA Asian American Studies Center. n-person: UCLA Professor Karen Umemoto, Helen and Morgan Chu Director of the Asian American Studies Center, and with Brian Niiya, Content Director of Densho, Lily Tung Crystal, Artistic Director, East West Players, and actor Denice Kumagai-Hoy. 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. Originally staged by the East West Players, pioneering author Wakako Yamauchi’s adaptation of her award-winning play, “And the Soul Shall Dance,” for KCET’s Hollywood Television Theatre is a poetic, haunting drama that reveals the hardships Japanese Americans faced during the Great Depression. Set in California’s Imperial Valley, Yamauchi's moving work explores the lives of two farming families as they struggle to make ends meet and assimilate in a so-called land of opportunity defined by systemic racism. Yamauchi’s teleplay unfolds through the eyes of a sensitive girl, Masako (Denice Kumagai), who bears witness to the challenges facing her loving parents (Pat Li, Sab Shimono) and the unraveling lives of a neighboring couple, Emiko (Haunani Minn) and Oka (Yuki Shimoda). Abused by her husband from an arranged marriage, Emiko dreams of a return to Japan to reclaim her past life, far from an inhospitable America. Her profound journey represents an indelible requiem for generations of Issei and Nisei beyond the play’s setting of the 1930s, with Yamauchi herself unjustly incarcerated as a teen at the concentration camp for Japanese Americans in Poston, Arizona, during World War II. Post-screening panel discussion moderated by UCLA Professor Karen Umemoto, Helen and Morgan Chu Director of the Asian American Studies Center,with Brian Niiya, Content Director of Densho, Lily Tung Crystal, Artistic Director, East West Players, and actor Denice Kumagai-Hoy. Before the screening in the lobby, beginning at 6:30 p.m., UCLA Library Audiovisual Project Conservator Maile Chung will display archival materials related to the East West Players from UCLA Library Special Collections. Programmed and notes written by John H. Mitchell Television Curator Mark Quigley. Hollywood Television Theatre: “And the Soul Shall Dance” U.S., 2/7/1978 DCP, color, 90 min. PBS. Production: KCET, Community Television of Southern California. Produced for the stage by East West Players. Executive Producer: Norman Lloyd. Director: Paul Stanley. Writer: Wakako Yamauchi. With: Denice Kumagai, Pat Li, Haunani Minn, Sab Shimono, Yuki Shimoda, DianeTakei. Special Thanks to PBS SoCal, Gerry Bryant, Patrick Yew. Part of: Archive Television Treasures

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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. Cloak and Dagger U.S., 1946 Director Fritz Lang’s post-war espionage thriller follows Gary Cooper’s nuclear physicist from his lab working on the Manhattan Project to an Italian resistance unit on an OSS mission to rescue a dissident scientist forced to help the Nazis on their own atomic bomb. Lang delivers some outstanding action sequences (no one socks a Nazi quite like Gary Cooper) while later-blacklisted screenwriters, Ring Lardner Jr. and Albert Maltz, put a progressive spin on the film’s nuclear politics — “When are we going to be given a billion dollars to wipe out cancer?” decries Cooper’s physicist — alongside its message that resistance to fascism isn’t only necessary but a moral obligation. 35mm, b&w, 106 min. Director: Fritz Lang. Screenwriters: Ring Lardner Jr., Albert Maltz. With: Gary Cooper, Robert Alda, Lilli Palmer. 35mm restored print courtesy of the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Preservation funding provided by The Film Foundation. Keeper of the Flame U.S., 1942 In this mystery melodrama, the legacy of a “great man” of America is called into question after his sudden death in a suspicious car accident. Spencer Tracy is the grizzled veteran reporter who starts asking all the wrong questions of Katharine Hepburn’s grieving but suspicious widow. Donald Ogden Stewart’s script comes with a few paeans to American exceptionalism — ”You and I are free men today because centuries ago some unknown guy got an idea in his head that he was just as good as the guy who was bossing him” — in a story that decidedly suggests “it can happen here” as homegrown fascists wrap themselves in patriotic imagery and rhetoric. 35mm, b&w, 100 min. Director: George Cukor. Screenwriter: Donald Ogden Stewart. With: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Richard Whorf. —Senior Public Programmer Paul Malcolm Part of: From John Doe to Lonesome Rhodes: Antifacism from the Archive

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