UCLA Bruins in winter header graphic

Illustration by Julie Phan, Class of 2025

Today

FGGSC x GSRC Coffee and Conchas Social

Time Thu 2/12 • 9:30AM - 11AM PST

Student Activities Center, Room 3 (SAC 3)

Join us to savor sweet treats, great company, and a chance to win giveaway prizes!

#GraduateProfessional #Social #Community

Graduate Student Resource Center

Reflect with RISE: Midterm Mental Declutter

Time Thu 2/12 • 11AM - 11:30AM PST

RISE Center at Lu Valle Commons Basement Level

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

#Undergraduate #GraduateProfessional #Health #Wellness

Resilience In Your Student Experience (RISE) Center

Health & Wellbeing Drop-ins

Time Thu 2/12 • 11AM - 1PM PST

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.

#Undergraduate #GraduateProfessional #Health #MyWellBeing

Resilience In Your Student Experience (RISE) Center

2nd Act | Networking for Your Next Chapter

Time Thu 2/12 • 12PM PST

Zoom

Your next chapter deserves a different kind of networking—one that’s authentic, energizing, and aligned with who you are now. In this interactive session, executive and career coach Liz Mohler, M.S. PCC, reframes networking as a powerful, human skill that supports connection, opportunity, and fulfillment in life’s second act. Through stories and examples, practical tools, and networking scripts, alumni and lifelong learners will gain clarity, confidence, and strategies to build meaningful relationships that support what’s next—professionally, personally, and purposefully. Whether you’re exploring a career pivot, expanding your impact, or simply wanting richer connections, this session will give you a framework to help you network with intention and ease.

Alumni

Tapas Night in Barcelona

Time Thu 2/12 • 12PM PST

Brunaqui Caffè Cucina • Barcelona Spain

University of California alumni, students and friends are invited to come together for a networking night over tapas and wine. Join us at Brunaqui Caffè Cucina in Gràcia to connect with your UC community! We have a room reserved just for us to mingle, connect and enjoy delicious food & drink. The night will feature a short talk by Jordi Honey-Rosés (UC Berkeley), a senior research professor at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. His research examines urban transformations, active travel, school streets, sustainable mobility, bike bus and bicycle parking.

Alumni

Bruin Love Station

Time Thu 2/12 • 12PM - 3PM PST

Intramural Field Southeast Gates

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.

#Health

Health Education and Resource Team

Speaking Across Conflict Workshop for Graduate Students

Time Thu 2/12 • 12PM - 3PM PST RSVP

To be announced

The Dialogue across Differences Initiative at UCLA is proud to offer an interactive opportunity for graduate students to delve deeper into a core skill for having more constructive conversations across charged political differences. Based on the methodology of Resetting the Table, a nationally renowned organization dedicated to building honest and open communication, this workshop will allow participants to practice speaking about divisive political topics using effective skills. The session will be highly interactive, and we ask that participants be present for its entirety. Location: This session will be held in-person only on the UCLA campus and will not be recorded. Location shared upon RSVP.

#GraduateProfessional

Bedari Kindness Institute

Speaking Across Conflict Workshop for Graduate Students

Time Thu 2/12 • 12PM - 3PM PST RSVP

Powell Library Room 190

The Dialogue across Differences Initiative at UCLA is proud to offer an interactive opportunity for graduate students to delve deeper into a core skill for having more constructive conversations across charged political differences. Based on the methodology of Resetting the Table, a nationally renowned organization dedicated to building honest and open communication, this workshop will allow participants to practice speaking about divisive political topics using effective skills. The session will be highly interactive, and we ask that participants be present for its entirety. Location: This session will be held in-person only on the UCLA campus and will not be recorded. Location shared upon RSVP.

#GraduateProfessional

Dialogue Across Difference

Speaking Across Conflict

Time Thu 2/12 • 12PM - 3PM PST RSVP

Young Research Library 21570

This session is designed for TAs and Postdocs The UCLA Dialogue across Difference Initiative (DaD) is offering this interactive workshop to provide graduate students and postdoctoral scholars with practical strategies to communicate across charged political differences in and out of the classroom. These skills are based on the methodology of Resetting the Table, a nationally-renowned organization dedicated to building honest and open communication. Lunch will be served.

#GraduateProfessional #Educational #Academic

Teaching and Learning Center

Meeting of the Minds: Self & Community Care in Troubling Political Times

Time Thu 2/12 • 12:15PM - 1:45PM PST

Ashe Center, Large Conference Room, Ste. 414

UCLA Semel HCI Center MindWell and EngageWell in collaboration with UCLA Connects Campus Community Conversations: Join us for a timely and compassionate conversation on sustaining mental health, strengthening relationships, and fostering community connection during challenging political moments. This session will feature expert perspectives and practical strategies to support individual and collective well-being. Please RSVP or direct all questions to engagewell@ucla.edu.

#Health #MentalHealth

Semel Healthy Campus Initiative Center

Career Center Virtual Drop-Ins

Time Thu 2/12 • 12:30PM - 1:30PM PST

Zoom

Join the Career Center virtually for a 15 minute drop-in session; Sessions can cover resume/cover letter development and review, help with job/internship search, or interview preparation.

Bruin Resource Center Student with Dependents Program

Empowerment Through Law

Time Thu 2/12 • 1PM - 2PM PST RSVP

Join us for a virtual presentation and learn more about legal updates!

#Educational

Bruin Resource Center Undocumented Student Program

Transitioning from the Astrophysics Data System to Science Explorer

Time Thu 2/12 • 1PM - 2PM PST

2026 is the year! Users of the Astrophysics Data System (ADS) will be transitioned over to the astrophysics instance of Science Explorer (SciX). For years, the Astrophysics Data System has served researchers in the fields of astronomy and physics. Recognizing the value of this portal, the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and NASA have developed SciX (Science Explorer) as the future portal for scientific information literature and discovery. Expanding from physics and astronomy, SciX serves all fields of NASA research, including astronomy, earth science, heliophysics, physics and planetary science. A one-stop-shop, SciX links publications to their associated preprints, data, software and other author or publisher provided information. This workshop will outline the importance of SciX as a unifying interdisciplinary database and provide participants with an overview of how to navigate its many powerful features, including search features specific to the fields this portal supports. Insructor: Hannah Sutherland

#Undergraduate #GraduateProfessional #Educational #Research

Library

CAPS Drop-In Hours

Time Thu 2/12 • 1PM - 3PM PST

Transfer Student Center (Kerckhoff 128)

Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) is here to support your mental health needs as you pursue your academic goals. No appointment required! For more information about CAPS: https://counseling.ucla.edu/

#Undergraduate #Health #MentalHealth

Transfer Student Center

GSRC x GSA Study Jam

Time Thu 2/12 • 2PM - 6PM PST

Student Activities Center, Conference Room 4 (SAC 4)

Need a quiet place to focus outside the library? Join GSA External Vice President and GSRC for our Study Jam for some studying, pizza, and snacks!

#GraduateProfessional #Educational #Academic

Graduate Student Resource Center

Book Celebration and Reception- BIBLIOTACTICS: Libraries and the Colonial Public in Vietnam

Time Thu 2/12 • 2:30PM - 4:30PM PST RSVP

DataX Impact Forum, 3312 Murphy Hall

Join us for a Book Celebration and Reception for: BIBLIOTACTICS: Libraries and the Colonial Public in Vietnam Libraries in French colonial Vietnam functioned as symbols of Western modernity and infrastructures of colonial knowledge. Yet Vietnamese readers pursued alternative uses of the library that exceeded imperial intentions. Bibliotactics examines the Hanoi and Saigon state libraries from colonial to post colonial Vietnam, uncovering the emergence of a colonial public who reimagined the political meaning and social space of the library through public critique and day-to-day-practice. This event is hosted by the UCLA School of Education & Information Studies, UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies and UCLA DataX.

#Undergraduate #GraduateProfessional #FacultyStaff #Educational #Research

DataX

Deepening the Dialogue for UCLA Students

Time Thu 2/12 • 5PM - 7PM PST RSVP

Are you a UCLA undergraduate, graduate, or professional student who has already participated in a “Speaking Across Conflict” workshop? 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. Join together with others to “see people as they wish to be seen” and to be heard and listened to on your own terms.

#Undergraduate #GraduateProfessional

Bedari Kindness Institute

Palentines

Time Thu 2/12 • 5PM - 7PM PST RSVP

LGBTQ Campus Resource Center

Join us at the LGBTQ Campus Resource Center for an evening of fun and friendship with new and old pals! There’ll be speed friending, bracelet making, and cake!

#Undergraduate #GraduateProfessional #Social #Community

LGBTQ Campus Resource Center

RISE Deepening the Dialogue

Time Thu 2/12 • 5PM - 7PM PST RSVP

RISE Center at Lu Valle Commons Basement Level

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.

#Undergraduate #GraduateProfessional #Health #Wellness

Resilience In Your Student Experience (RISE) Center

Men's Rugby vs Brigham Young University

Time Thu 2/12 • 6PM PST

Westwood, CA

CRAA D1A League Match

Club Sports Rugby

Tomorrow

Student Experiences of Teaching Weekly Drop-In Hours

Time Fri 2/13 • 9AM - 10AM PST

Zoom

Beginning Winter 2026, Student Experiences of Teaching (SET) will offer virtual drop-in hours with Cassidy Alvarado, Program Manager of Student Experience Initiatives. Instructors, Teaching Assistants, and Evaluation Coordinators can get support navigating Blue (UCLA’s course feedback platform), accessing reports, and more. Instructors and Teaching Assistants Mondays: 3–4 p.m. Fridays: Noon–1 p.m. Evaluation Coordinators and Department Staff Tuesdays: 2–3 p.m. Fridays: 9–10 a.m.

#FacultyStaff #Educational

Teaching and Learning Center

Writing Center Drop-In Hours

Time Fri 2/13 • 10AM - 12PM PST

Transfer Student Center (Kerckhoff 128)

Work one-on-one with a Peer Learning Facilitator on any kind of paper during a 30-minute in-person session on a walk-in basis.

#Undergraduate #Educational #Academic

Transfer Student Center

Contemplative Art Viewing

Time Fri 2/13 • 11AM - 12PM PST

Fowler Museum

Mindfulness educator Mitra Manesh will lead a contemplative art viewing session in the exhibition Intersections: World Arts/Local Lives. Held 11 am–12 pm, before the museum opens to the public, this quiet hour will offer a rare opportunity to experience the galleries in peace and stillness. Through mindfulness practices, participants will deepen their connection to both the artworks and their own self-awareness. Mitra Manesh, a graduate of UCLA’s mindfulness facilitation program and senior mindfulness educator, brings decades of experience coaching leaders in diverse fields, from Fortune 500 companies to art institutions, including collaborations with Amazon, UCLA Anderson School of Management, the Hammer Museum, and more. A former Human Rights Commissioner and recipient of the 50th Golden Jubilee Medal from Queen Elizabeth II, Manesh integrates a unique blend of mindfulness, creativity, and insight. This program is in partnership with UCLA Mindful

#Cultural #Spiritual

Fowler Museum

Student Experiences of Teaching Weekly Drop-In Hours

Time Fri 2/13 • 12PM - 1PM PST

Zoom

Beginning Winter 2026, Student Experiences of Teaching (SET) will offer virtual drop-in hours with Cassidy Alvarado, Program Manager of Student Experience Initiatives. Instructors, Teaching Assistants, and Evaluation Coordinators can get support navigating Blue (UCLA’s course feedback platform), accessing reports, and more. Instructors and Teaching Assistants Mondays: 3–4 p.m. Fridays: Noon–1 p.m. Evaluation Coordinators and Department Staff Tuesdays: 2–3 p.m. Fridays: 9–10 a.m.

#GraduateProfessional #FacultyStaff

Teaching and Learning Center

Health & Wellbeing Drop-ins

Time Fri 2/13 • 1PM - 3PM PST

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.

#Undergraduate #GraduateProfessional #Health #MyWellBeing

Resilience In Your Student Experience (RISE) Center

Queer Fandom Fanatics

Time Fri 2/13 • 2PM - 3PM PST RSVP

LGBTQ Campus Resource Center

Come geek out with others about all things pop culture through a queer lens!

#Undergraduate #GraduateProfessional #Social #Community

LGBTQ Campus Resource Center

Printing the Gothic: Horace Walpole and the Reimagining of English Aesthetic Tradition

Time Fri 2/13 • 3:30PM - 6PM PST RSVP

William Andrews Clark Memorial Library

Join us for the opening reception of this exhibition, curated by Edward Hyunsoo Yang (Loren and Frances Rothschild Endowed Graduate Research Fellow). The Gothic has long carried a reputation of being little more than cheap entertainment: a genre thought to possess limited literary or cultural value. This exhibition, on view by appointment through April 13, 2026, challenges that view by tracing the Gothic’s connection to a collective cultural effort to establish, and promote, an identifiably English art.

#Arts

Center for 17th- & 18th-Century Studies

QTBIPOC Space

Time Fri 2/13 • 4PM - 5PM PST RSVP

LGBTQ Campus Resource Center

The QTBIPOC Space is an intentional space for all folks of different and similar lived experiences to build community, decompress, and practice collective care.

#Undergraduate #GraduateProfessional #Social #Community

LGBTQ Campus Resource Center

Women's Lacrosse vs University of Virginia

Time Fri 2/13 • 6PM PST

Intramural Field

Golden State Invitational

Club Sports Lacrosse

Under Construction (or the place where I was born no longer exists) / Give Me a Home

Time Fri 2/13 • 7:30PM PST

Billy Wilder Theater

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. Under Construction (or the place where I was born no longer exists) Chile, 2000 A man watches as his neighborhood in Santiago, Chile, changes around him. Houses are sold and torn down, neighbors move away. Refusing to change with it, he invites documentarian Ignacio Agüero into his home, sharing his hobbies and personal history with the camera. Meanwhile, life continues, bringing changes within his own family — the passage of time never ceasing. Ignacio Agüero, one of Chile’s most acclaimed documentarians, made his early films during the Pinochet dictatorship. Under Construction captures a post-Pinochet Chile at the turn of the century, as the people of Santiago reflect on their country’s history through architecture, anecdotes and visions of the future. Digital, color, in Spanish with English subtitles, 77 min. Director: Ignacio Agüero. Give Me a Home Taiwan, 1991 Before his feature film debut Rebels of the Neon God (1992), Tsai Ming-liang had a brief career directing made-for-television films. Give Me a Home is one of these early works, offering glimpses of Tsai’s distinctive, lingering cinematic style soon to emerge in full definition. His television work often centered on the struggles of Taipei’s working class, as seen here. Set in 1990s Taipei, the film follows a young unhoused family whose breadwinner builds houses for others. Filming in both public and private spaces, Tsai reveals the lives of those living in the shadows, without a shelter of their own. Digital, color, in Mandarin with English subtitles, 52 min. Director: Tsai Ming-liang. Screenwriters: Tsai Ming-liang, Li Zongyu. With: Lung Chang, Ling-Ling Hsia. —Associate Programmer Nicole Ucedo Part of: (Dis)placement: Fluctuations of Home, Part II

#Arts #MovieFilm

Library Film & Television Archive

Saturday February 14

Orange County Network: Valentine's Day Hike

Time Sat 2/14 • 8:30AM PST

Alta Laguna Park • Laguna Beach

Start your Valentine’s Day by hiking with OC Bruins! We’ll follow a moderate hike along the West Ridge Trail toward the Laguna Water Tower. This is an easy-to-moderate out-and-back walk/hike on mostly wide, well-maintained dirt re-road with large inclines. The best ocean views are right at the beginning of the trail from the ridge near the park.

Alumni

Track and Field at Santa Monica All Comers

Time Sat 2/14 • 8:30AM PST

Santa Monica HS

Club Sports Track and Field

Nashville Bruins: UCLA Men's Basketball vs. Michigan Game Watch Party

Time Sat 2/14 • 10AM PST

Sports & Social • Brentwood

Join us for a UCLA Basketball watch party on February 14th at noon as our Bruins take on the Michigan Wolverines.

Alumni

Women's Lacrosse vs University of Pittsburgh

Time Sat 2/14 • 10AM PST

Intramural Field

Golden State Invitational

Club Sports Lacrosse

Men's Lacrosse vs Washington

Time Sat 2/14 • 11AM PST

Los Angeles, CA

Club Sports Lacrosse

Women's Rugby at Grand Canyon University

Time Sat 2/14 • 11AM PST

Phoenix, AZ

Club Sports Rugby

Artist Workshop: Finger Knit Dumpling Bag

Time Sat 2/14 • 1PM - 3PM PST RSVP

Fowler Museum

$55 for members / $65 for non–members To Register for the Artist Workshop: Reserve your spot by contacting Kathy DiGenova, Fowler Museum Store Manager, via email at kathleen.digenova@arts.ucla.edu. Please note: spaces are available on a first-come, first-served basis. No refunds will be issued. Celebrate Lunar New Year with a cozy, creative workshop led by artist Nancy “Nensh” Lee! In this hands-on session, you’ll learn to finger knit your own dumpling-shaped bag using jumbo yarn—no needles or prior experience needed. Inspired by the symbolism of dumplings as a sign of abundance and good fortune, this program is perfect for both beginners and seasoned makers. Leave with a one-of-a-kind accessory and a fresh skill to carry into the new year. Nancy “Nensh” Lee (she/they) of @handmadebynensh is a self-taught fiber artist known for her playful, chunky knit creations and colorful, community-centered workshops. Constantly exploring new hues, designs, and materials, she leads joyful craft classes where learning and creativity go hand in hand.

Fowler Museum

UCLA Gymnastics Bruin Bash Pre-Meet Party Honoring Collegiate Women Sports Award Winners

Time Sat 2/14 • 1PM - 3PM PST

UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame • Los Angeles CA

This Saturday, the Bruins will host the Michigan Wolverines in an exciting Big Ten Gymnastics showdown at Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom — and we want you there! Start your day off at the **Gymnastics Bruin Bash**, the ultimate pre-meet celebration for Bruin fans, hosted by UCLA Alumni Affairs and UCLA Athletics at the Athletic Hall of Fame, just steps from Pauley Pavilion. Join UCLA alumni, fans and friends for a pre-party and meet-and-greet with past Bruin collegiate women’s sports award winners, featuring a special fireside chat with Olympic legends Joanna Hayes '01 and Jackie Joyner-Kersee '86. Enjoy heavy appetizers as you get fired up before the Bruins take on the Wolverines. Space is limited, so be sure to RSVP today and take advantage of this exclusive opportunity to celebrate UCLA Gymnastics. **Go Bruins!**

Alumni

Passion / Starry Is the Night

Time Sat 2/14 • 7:30PM PST

Billy Wilder Theater

Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and UCLA Center for Chinese Studies In-person: Introduction by Archive Research and Study Center Officer Maya Montañez Smukler. Q&A with Michael Berry, director of UCLA Center for Chinese Studies, and guest programmer Janet Louie, Ph.D. candidate, Harvard University. 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. Hong Kong Lovers Passion ??, Hong Kong, 1986 Sylvia Chang directs, writes and co-stars in this story of best friends Wendy (Chang) and Ming (Cora Miao), who fall in love with the same man, John (George Lam). Chang — described by The New York Times as “Taiwan’s answer to Barbra Streisand” — is also an accomplished singer, and she demonstrates her deft skill behind the camera in this D&B Films production, her second directorial effort. Melodrama shapes the film’s emotional terrain, as tensions unfold over decades and the characters face moral dilemmas that pit fidelity and friendship against the reckless pull of passion. 35mm, in Cantonese with traditional Chinese and English subtitles, 90 min. Director/Screenwriter: Sylvia Chang. With: Sylvia Chang, Cora Miao, George Lam, Chung King Fai. Starry Is the Night ??????, Hong Kong, 1988 Prolific filmmaker Ann Hui plays with narrative structure as a means of exploring character interiority in this intergenerational love story between Chui Mei (Brigitte Lin) and her lovers, Dr. Zhang (George Lam) and Tian-An (David Ng). Lin delivers a tender performance as an ordinary woman confronting her past affairs while contemplating future entanglements. (She would later gain further acclaim in the wuxia genre of martial arts epics.) Lam once again co-stars as a tormented love interest whose brooding sex appeal makes him irresistible yet ill-equipped to navigate the temptations of human nature. A Shaw Brothers and Tomson Films production. 35mm, color, in Cantonese with traditional Chinese and English subtitles, 94 min. Director: Ann Hui. Screenwriter: Leung Suk-Wah. With: Brigitte Lin, George Lam, Derek Yee Tung-Sing, David Wu, Rebecca Pan, Yip San. —Archive Research and Study Center Officer Maya Montañez Smukler

#Arts #MovieFilm

Library Film & Television Archive

Sunday February 15

Women's Lacrosse vs San Diego State University

Time Sun 2/15 • 10AM PST

Intramural Field

Golden State Invitational

Club Sports Lacrosse

Women's Rugby at Arizona State University

Time Sun 2/15 • 11AM PST

Tempe, AZ

Club Sports Rugby

Men's Lacrosse vs Santa Clara

Time Sun 2/15 • 2:30PM PST

Los Angeles, CA

Club Sports Lacrosse

HOOLIGAN Theatre Company Present: 24 Hour Musical

Time Sun 2/15 • 7PM - 9:30PM PST

North West Campus Auditorium

HOOLIGAN’s 24 Hour Musical is an annual charity fundraiser, where over 100 undergraduate students come together and have 24 hours to rehearse and perform a mystery musical.

#Undergraduate #Arts #Theatre

Residential Life

Archive Talks: Hitchcock and Herrmann With Steven C. Smith

Time Sun 2/15 • 7:30PM PST

Billy Wilder Theater

Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Hugh M. Hefner Classic American Film Program In-person: Q&A with Steven C. Smith, author of “Hitchcock and Herrmann: The Friendship and Film Scores That Changed Cinema.” Book signing before the screening, beginning at 6 p.m. 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. Archive Talks pairs leading historians and scholars with screenings of the moving image media that is the focus of their writing and research. Each program will begin with a special talk by the invited scholar that will introduce audiences to new insights, interpretations and contexts for the films and media being screened. Between 1955 and 1964, filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock and composer Bernard Herrmann collaborated on eight films, including Vertigo (1958), North by Northwest (1959), Psycho (1960) and The Birds (1963), that reshaped American cinema. As the Cold War set in, censorship regimes loosened and television took its toll on the box office, Hitchcock responded to the times with stories and images that pushed Hollywood’s boundaries to attract new, younger audiences to the big screen. In Herrmann, Hitchcock found an erudite composer willing to take chances with him. Indeed, Hitchcock so trusted Herrmann's insights into the medium and music's role in it that he would adjust editing and even dialogue in key sequences to accommodate Herrmann’s scoring. In background and temperament they were unlikely partners but their work together produced some of the most enduring, visionary and influential cinema of the last century. Award-winning filmmaker and film historian Steven C. Smith dives deep into their creative relationship and the forces that shaped it in his latest book, Hitchcock and Herrmann: The Friendship and Film Scores That Changed Cinema. As part of this program, Smith will deliver an illustrated talk about these visionary collaborators before a screening of their iconic work on Psycho (1960) and a post-screening Q&A. Psycho U.S., 1960 Paramount was so unnerved by the concept for Psycho — loosely based on a magazine article about serial killer Ed Gein — that Alfred Hitchcock agreed to front the cost of production himself to get it made. By the time Hitchcock brought a rough cut to Bernard Herrmann, however, even the director had lost faith in the project. “He was crazy,” Herrmann later recalled. “He didn’t know what he had.” But the composer had “some ideas.” Herrmann’s groundbreaking minimalist score of stabbing, sweeping strings elevates the stripped down dread of Hitchcock’s images in a visionary fusion like no other. Herrmann’s score made Psycho work and then Psycho changed cinema history. DCP, b&w, 109 min. Director: Alfred Hitchcock. Screenwriter: Joseph Stefano. With: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles. Programmed and notes written by Paul Malcolm. Part of: Archive Talks

#Arts #MovieFilm

Library Film & Television Archive

Monday February 16

Office Closed in Observance of President's Day Holiday

Day Mon 2/16

A129 Murphy Hall

UCLA Financial Aid & Scholarships will be closed on Monday, February 16, 2026 in Observance of the President's Day Holiday. We will resume to regular operating hours on Tuesday, February 17, 2026.

Financial Aid and Scholarships

Health & Wellbeing Drop-ins

Time Canceled Mon 2/16 • 1PM - 3PM PST

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.

#Undergraduate #GraduateProfessional #Health #MyWellBeing

Resilience In Your Student Experience (RISE) Center

Student Experiences of Teaching Weekly Drop-In Hours

Time Mon 2/16 • 3PM - 4PM PST

Zoom

Beginning Winter 2026, Student Experiences of Teaching (SET) will offer virtual drop-in hours with Cassidy Alvarado, Program Manager of Student Experience Initiatives. Instructors, Teaching Assistants, and Evaluation Coordinators can get support navigating Blue (UCLA’s course feedback platform), accessing reports, and more. Instructors and Teaching Assistants Mondays: 3–4 p.m. Fridays: Noon–1 p.m. Evaluation Coordinators and Department Staff Tuesdays: 2–3 p.m. Fridays: 9–10 a.m.

#GraduateProfessional #FacultyStaff #Educational

Teaching and Learning Center

Tuesday February 17

10 + 10 Pop-Up Series: Two Truths and a Lie: Gamifying Generative AI Through Analyses of L.A.

Time Tue 2/17 • 10AM - 10:20AM PST RSVP

In the age of generative AI, ensuring that students accomplish the first-year writing seminar learning objectives of defining their perspective and understanding writing as a process presents a unique concern. Taking the example of the first writing seminar "Los Angeles: City of Contradictions," this interactive talk presents a method of engaging students in a discovery process of the limits of AI and invites participants to experience it first hand. Presenter: Avery Weinman, Ph.D Candidate in History #taandpostdocteachingconferenceflashtalk #gamifyingGenAI #writingasaprocess 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.

#GraduateProfessional #FacultyStaff #Educational #Academic

Teaching and Learning Center

Winter Olympics Viewing Party (Men's Freeski Final & the Men's Hockey Playoff)

Time Canceled Tue 2/17 • 10:30AM - 2PM PST RSVP

Dashew Center (Tom Bradley Hall, 1st Floor)

Join us on Tuesday, February 17, from 10:30 AM - 2 PM in the Dashew Center (Bradley Hall) to watch the Winter Olympics! We’ll be streaming the Men's Freeski Final & the Men's Hockey Playoff. This event is presented by UCLA Dashew Center and Wescom Financial. We will be offering light refreshments and free swag for the first 30 attendees.

#Cultural #Multicultural

Dashew Center for International Students and Scholars

2026 FAFSA/CADAA In-person Workshop

Time Tue 2/17 • 11AM - 1PM PST

555 Westwood Plaza Strathmore Building, Room 106

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.

Financial Aid and Scholarships

Health & Wellbeing Drop-ins

Time Tue 2/17 • 11AM - 1PM PST

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.

#Undergraduate #GraduateProfessional #Health #Wellness

Resilience In Your Student Experience (RISE) Center

Bruin Professionals Beverly Hills Chapter Meeting

Time Tue 2/17 • 12PM PST

Zoom

Join BP Beverly Hills Chapter for their monthly meeting! How to Prepare Your Business to Sell at a Premium Valuation

Alumni

Student Experiences of Teaching Weekly Drop-In Hours

Time Tue 2/17 • 2PM - 3PM PST

Zoom

Beginning Winter 2026, Student Experiences of Teaching (SET) will offer virtual drop-in hours with Cassidy Alvarado, Program Manager of Student Experience Initiatives. Instructors, Teaching Assistants, and Evaluation Coordinators can get support navigating Blue (UCLA’s course feedback platform), accessing reports, and more. Instructors and Teaching Assistants Mondays: 3–4 p.m. Fridays: Noon–1 p.m. Evaluation Coordinators and Department Staff Tuesdays: 2–3 p.m. Fridays: 9–10 a.m.

#GraduateProfessional #FacultyStaff

Teaching and Learning Center

Bruin Love Station

Time Tue 2/17 • 2PM - 5PM PST

Intramural Field Southeast Gates

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.

#Health

Health Education and Resource Team

Colors & Connection

Time Tue 2/17 • 4PM - 5PM PST

RISE Center at Lu Valle Commons Basement Level

Come join RISE for a free, one-hour workshop from Project UnLonely that bridges creative expression with meaningful connection-building!

#Undergraduate #GraduateProfessional #Health #MyWellBeing

Resilience In Your Student Experience (RISE) Center

Leadership Series: Uncovering the Hidden Curriculum: Keys to Graduate Success

Time Tue 2/17 • 5PM - 6PM PST

Zoom

Graduate school is more than coursework and research—it’s an immersive experience shaped by expectations, relationships, and unwritten rules. This workshop will help uncover the “hidden curriculum” of academia and navigate the challenges of graduate study with confidence. Participants will learn: -The “why” behind graduate education and how to best align personal goals with institutional expectations -Critical keys for success, including building relationships, managing time, and understanding the apprenticeship model -How to navigate funding, financial wellness, and employment roles as both student and employee -Strategies for communicating effectively with advisors and departments, and building a supportive network -Tools for resilience and well-being, including planning for breaks and embracing a growth mindset Whether you’re just starting your program or preparing for candidacy, this workshop offers practical insights and resources to help you thrive and succeed in graduate school.

#GraduateProfessional #Leadership #Professional

Graduate Student Resource Center

Bruin Professionals South Bay Happy Hour

Time Tue 2/17 • 5:30PM PST

Grunions Sports Bar & Grill • Manhattan Beach CA

BP South Bay invites you to their Happy Hour at Grunions Sports Bar & Grill! An evening with great drinks and appetizers together with our fellow Bruins!

Alumni

Film Screening: When We Free The World

Time Tue 2/17 • 5:30PM - 8:30PM PST

Broad Art Center Room 2160E

What does it truly mean to be a man? Join us for a special screening of When We Free the World, the powerful directorial debut of GRAMMY®-nominated poet, acclaimed author, and Tupac Shakur biographer Kevin Powell. Please join us for a reception before the film; screening will be followed by a conversation with filmmaker Kevin Powell and moderator Dr. Marcus Hunter. Reception 5:30 PM, Screening 6:30 PM

#Arts #MovieFilm

Institute of American Cultures

Wednesday February 18

WINTER CPT WEBINARS (FOR F-1 VISA STUDENTS)

Time Wed 2/18 • 10AM - 11AM PST

Zoom

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!

#Undergraduate #GraduateProfessional #Educational #Career

Dashew Center for International Students and Scholars

Adopt a Bruin Buddy

Time Wed 2/18 • 10AM - 5PM PST

Graduate Student Resource Center, Student Activities Center, Room B-11

Grad school is stressful so it’s important to take care of yourself. Join us for Adopt a Bruin Buddy to pick out a little plush partner for those tough times. We will also be giving away self-care goodie bags to support you throughout the Winter quarter.

#GraduateProfessional

Graduate Student Resource Center

Academic Accommodation Drop-In

Time Wed 2/18 • 10:30AM - 11:30AM PST

Zoom

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.

#Undergraduate #GraduateProfessional #FacultyStaff #Educational

Center for Accessible Education

Website Makers Meetup

Time Wed 2/18 • 11AM - 12PM PST

Zoom

Description: 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.

#FacultyStaff #Educational #Media

BruinTech

Wellness Series: Sound & Scents Relaxation Session

Time Wed 2/18 • 11AM - 12PM PST

RISE Center at Lu Valle Commons Basement Level

Join us for a community workshop on sound and scents as tools for relaxation. Make your own relaxing playlist and engage with calming essential oil blends.

#Undergraduate #GraduateProfessional #Health #Wellness

Resilience In Your Student Experience (RISE) Center

Bruin Affiliates February Luncheon

Time Wed 2/18 • 11:30AM PST

James West Alumni Center •

Join Bruin Affiliates for our February Luncheon! The guest speaker will be Alex Korb, Ph.D. '10, a neuroscientist in the UCLA Department of Psychiatry with over 15 years of brain research experience. Korb will discuss the second edition of his book, "The Upward Spiral," which examines depression's impact on the brain and the intricate, bidirectional relationship between our neural circuitry and our moods, decisions and actions. Korb will explain how small, concrete steps can initiate an upward spiral of emotional well-being and healthier living. His expertise also extends to yoga, mindfulness and mindset coaching — practices he integrates to help people build happier, healthier and more productive lives. Copies of "The Upward Spiral" will be available for purchase at the event.

Alumni

Bruin Professionals Orange County Chapter Meeting

Time Wed 2/18 • 11:30AM PST

Murtaugh Treglia Stern & Deily LLP • Irvine CA

Join BP Orange County Chapter for their Chapter Meeting! In honor of Valentine’s Day, join us for an episode of ‘Divorce Diaries – Tales From the Front’ by our own Katy Chai, Certified Divorce Financial Analyst, as well as our on-brand Bruin networking focused on Community, Camaraderie, Commerce, and Charity.

Alumni

Using Google NotebookLM as a Learning Tool - Zoom Session

Time Wed 2/18 • 1PM - 2PM PST RSVP

The UCLA Teaching and Learning Center’s (TLC) Instructional Design and Media Production team will host the GenAI Tools Workshop Series to support instructors interested in thoughtfully exploring how to use Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) to further enhance their teaching. Participants will build AI literacy, explore classroom integration strategies, and design meaningful learning activities that promote critical thinking and student engagement in the AI era. The first workshop in the series will explore how Google NotebookLM, an AI-powered notebook designed to help users organize, synthesize, and generate insights, can be used to support their class learning goals. During the workshop, we will explore and discuss -What is Google NotebookLM? -How to use it as a learning tool? -Writing tips for GenAI prompts -Sample uses of Google NotebookLM in an educational setting -Academic integrity considerations when introducing GenAI into a classroom By this end of this workshop, participants will be able to -Describe the core features and functions of Google NotebookLM and explain how it differs from other generative AI tools. -Demonstrate how to use NotebookLM to organize, summarize, and synthesize learning materials or course readings. -Apply effective prompt-writing strategies to guide AI toward producing relevant, accurate, and pedagogically useful responses. -Analyze sample educational scenarios that illustrate how NotebookLM can support student learning and critical thinking. -Evaluate issues of academic integrity, bias, and ethical use when integrating generative AI tools like NotebookLM into teaching and learning contexts.

#FacultyStaff #Educational #Academic

Teaching and Learning Center

2026 FAFSA/CADAA Zoom Workshop

Time Wed 2/18 • 1PM - 3PM PST

Zoom

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.

Financial Aid and Scholarships

Health & Wellbeing Drop-ins

Time Wed 2/18 • 1PM - 3PM PST

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.

#Undergraduate #GraduateProfessional #Health #Wellness

Resilience In Your Student Experience (RISE) Center

LGBTQ CRC Inclusive Excellence Training: Know Your Rights

Time Wed 2/18 • 2PM - 4PM PST RSVP

With ever-changing laws, policies, and guidance, this session offers clarity and recommendations for professionals to help understand the current landscape. This training is to provide a general overview of what currently stands and practical skill-building for staff to be able to share with students on-campus.

#FacultyStaff #Educational

LGBTQ Campus Resource Center

Library Undergraduate Research Prize Application Help Session

Time Wed 2/18 • 2PM - 4PM PST RSVP

Powell Library Room 238

Zoom

Are you a student interested in applying for the Library Prize for Undergraduate Research? Stop by in person or via Zoom during this drop-in session for help or to ask any questions!

#Undergraduate #Educational #Research

Library

Safety and Respect on Campus

Time Wed 2/18 • 4PM - 5PM PST

Zoom

This workshop provides graduate students—particularly those in mentee or advisee relationships—with tools to recognize early warning signs of disrespect, boundary violations, and power imbalances within academic settings. Participants will learn how to identify concerning behaviors, understand their rights to a safe and respectful learning environment, and explore strategies for self-advocacy. A CARE Advocate will offer guidance on navigating difficult interactions, accessing confidential support, and utilizing campus resources when concerns arise. Through discussion and scenario-based learning, this session empowers graduate students to promote safety, foster mutual respect, and advocate for their well-being within their academic relationships.

#GraduateProfessional

Graduate Student Resource Center

Wellness Wrapped: Building Everyday Care Kits

Time Wed 2/18 • 4:30PM - 5:30PM PST

Student Activities Center (SAC), Conference Room 4

Join us for an engaging presentation on mental, physical, and emotional wellness, where we’ll explore practical ways to care for our whole selves. Following the presentation, participants will work together to build everyday hygiene kits for students to take home. This hands-on activity is a great opportunity to learn, give back, and support student well-being in a meaningful way. We look forward to seeing you there!

#GraduateProfessional

Graduate Student Resource Center

Books & Bonding

Time Wed 2/18 • 5PM - 6PM PST

RISE Center at Lu Valle Commons Basement Level

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.

#Undergraduate #GraduateProfessional #Health #Wellness

Resilience In Your Student Experience (RISE) Center

CripQueers Space

Time Wed 2/18 • 5PM - 6PM PST RSVP

LGBTQ Campus Resource Center

CripQueers welcome people of all abilities and experiences, with the intention of connecting with others, opening dialogues, and offering support. This will be a hybrid offering. Please RSVP via the interest form to receive the link for virtual attendance.

#Social #Community

LGBTQ Campus Resource Center

Thursday February 19

Bruin Professionals Westwood Chapter Meeting

Time Thu 2/19 • 8AM PST

James West Alumni Center, Founders Room •

Please join us at Thursday at 8:00 a.m. (to 9:30 a.m.) when we will be thanking chapter leader Louiza Smith and giving a special welcome to Westwood’s new chapter leader…..Ken Chong! We will serve a little extra special catered breakfast. We hope to see you!

Alumni

Daily Fuel: Grab-and-Go Food Packs

Time Thu 2/19 • 10AM - 5PM PST

Student Activities Center (SAC), Conference Room 4

Join the GSRC in picking up food to help you get through the week.

#GraduateProfessional

Graduate Student Resource Center

Reflect with RISE: Consistency and Compassion

Time Thu 2/19 • 11AM - 12PM PST

RISE Center at Lu Valle Commons Basement Level

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

#Undergraduate #GraduateProfessional #Health #Wellness

Resilience In Your Student Experience (RISE) Center

Health & Wellbeing Drop-ins

Time Thu 2/19 • 11AM - 1PM PST

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.

#Undergraduate #GraduateProfessional #Health #Wellness

Resilience In Your Student Experience (RISE) Center

Exhibition Walk-through: Belongings

Time Thu 2/19 • 1PM - 2PM PST

Fowler Museum

Belongings: Changing Hands and Shifting Meanings in African Art explores the layered lives of African objects as they journeyed from their places of origin to the Fowler Museum. Rather than focusing solely on original use or function, this exhibition reveals the many transitions, hands, and histories these works have passed through from their early ownership in Africa to colonial collectors, European markets, and eventually UCLA. Together, we’ll consider how objects carry multiple meanings across time and space, and how museums can invite new voices and perspectives on the stories they tell. Erica P. Jones is the senior curator of African arts and manager of curatorial affairs at the Fowler Museum at UCLA. Her curatorial work has engaged such themes as the legacy of colonialism in Africa, historical royal arts, and resonances between Africa and its diasporas. Exhibitions she has curated or co-curated include: The House Was Too Small: Yoruba Sacred Arts from Africa and Beyond (2023); Inheritance: Recent Video Art from Africa (2019); On Display in the Walled City: The Nigerian Pavilion at the British Empire Exhibition 1924–1925 (2019); and Meleko Mokgosi: Bread, Butter, and Power (2018). Jones is on the board of African Arts journal; serves as a co-chair of the steering committee for the Collaboration, Collections, and Restitution Best Practices Working Group; and in 2024, led the Fowler Museum’s repatriation of seven looted objects to the Asante Kingdom in Ghana. Her publishing has been concentrated on colonial-era collecting, provenance, and the arts and museums of the Cameroon Grassfields. Jones holds a Ph.D. and an M.A. in art history from UCLA and a B.A. in art history and anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania.

#Arts #Art

Fowler Museum

Technical Resources at UCLA: Standards and Patents

Time Thu 2/19 • 1PM - 2PM PST

Ever been curious about what technical standards and patents are? Or how to find them? In this workshop you'll gain an introductory overview to technical standards and patents, as well as guidance on how to locate them at UCLA. Instructor: Shelby Hallman

#Undergraduate #GraduateProfessional #Educational #Research

Library

CRP x RISE Workshop: Imposter Feelings Workshop

Time Thu 2/19 • 1PM - 2:30PM PST RSVP

RISE Center (Lu Valle Commons Basement)

The Collegiate Recovery Program is excited to be collaborating with UCLA's RISE Center for our Imposter Feelings Workshop on Thursday, February 19th from 1-2:30pm located in RISE Center (Lu Valle Commons Basement). Join us in listening in on the RISE Team and learn how to combat imposter syndrome! Free snacks and refreshments provided. RSVP by Tuesday, February 17th.

#Undergraduate #GraduateProfessional #FacultyStaff

Bruin Resource Center Collegiate Recovery Program

Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference Welcome Reception hosted by the Mixed Alumni Association

Time Thu 2/19 • 5PM PST

James West Alumni Center •

The UCLA Mixed Alumni Association is pleased to invite you to a free UCLA alumni reception at the James West Alumni Center on February 19, 2026, co-hosted by the Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference. [The Critical Mixed Race Studies (CMRS) Conference](https://criticalmixedracestudies.com/conferences/cmrs2026-conference-logistics/) is a national conference hosted at different universities around the country every two years on the topic of [Critical Mixed Race Studies](https://criticalmixedracestudies.com/what-is-critical-mixed-race-studies/). Since UCLA is the host university this year, this conference kick-off reception presents an exclusive opportunity for UCLA alumni to learn about this growing field of study directly from the scholars and community activists who are on the front lines of this work. The reception will feature an introduction from the President of the Critical Mixed Race Studies Association, [Dr. Chandra D.L. Waring](https://www.uml.edu/fahss/sociology/faculty/waring-chandra.aspx), light refreshments, and featured guests from the UCLA Mixed Student Union and the UCLA Mixed Alumni Association. In an effort to foster community, this reception is open to conference attendees as well as students, alumni, and friends of UCLA. You can learn more about the CMRS Conference, schedule, and pricing [HERE](https://criticalmixedracestudies.com/conferences/cmrs2026-conference-logistics/).

Alumni

Suicide Safe

Time Thu 2/19 • 5PM - 7PM PST

RISE Center at Lu Valle Commons Basement Level

This suicide prevention training includes step-by-step techniques to help a student at risk, life-promoting skills, and community resources. This training is appropriate for all members of the UCLA community, including campus partners, staff, faculty, and students who wish to better understand suicide and assist with its prevention outside of mental health settings. RSVP Required

#Undergraduate #GraduateProfessional #Health #Wellness

Resilience In Your Student Experience (RISE) Center

Leadership Series: Career Rountables: Careers in Advocacy

Time Thu 2/19 • 5:30PM - 6:30PM PST RSVP

Strathmore Building, Room 200 (2nd Floor)

Come chat with UCLA advanced degree alumni who work in advocacy-related jobs. Build professional relationships and learn more about the industry through tables built for career conversations. Dinner provided!

#GraduateProfessional #Leadership #Professional

Graduate Student Resource Center