Graduate & Professional

Join us at the Bruin Resource Center - meet BRC Programs and Campus Partners, journal with us to manifest your best intentions for the year, create a vision board, play bingo and win some merch! Snacks and refreshments provided

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Come, Be Well & Welcome to Covel 205 and meet the supportive staff and resources available in Covel 205—CARE, CORE, and Case Management. Students will have the opportunity to engage with staff from each department and complete a passport activity to learn more about the services we provide. Students who complete the passport and correctly identify which department provides each service will be entered into an opportunity drawing for a larger prize. There will also be snacks and wellness activities.

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Are you experienced with open-source software, working on an open-source project, or just curious about how open-source fits into research, teaching, libraries, and campus technology? In partnership with the UC Open Source Program Office (OSPO) Network, the UCLA OSPO is hosting a casual meetup for the UCLA open source community. This lunch-hour gathering will provide space for experienced and aspiring open-source contributors to meet one another, share projects and questions and learn more about open-source activity across UCLA and the UC system. This event is open to students, faculty, staff, researchers, librarians, technologists and anyone interested in open source software, open science, research software, community stewardship or contributor pathways. Bring your lunch. Topic and additional details coming soon.

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This workshop will cover the application process and required components of an NIH NRSA application. We will discuss preparation, documents required, and writing strategies for the F31, but the F30 and F32 are very similar. We will also address how to find appropriate materials/resources for a complete application.

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Join us to explore strategies for building a strong teaching team by establishing shared expectations with TAs and creating scaffolded opportunities for reflection and mentorship. Presenter: Elyse Gueidon, Associate Director for Graduate Student Professional Development of Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Scholar Engagement, TLC Keywords: shared expectations, mentorship, teaching teams, TAs Each academic quarter, the educational designers and developers of the UCLA Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) offer via Zoom a weekly series of seven pop-up sessions - each just 10 minutes in length - on focused, specific topics related to course design, teaching, learning, and learning assessment. The additional “+10” in the series title refers to an optional 10 minutes that follow each presentation for Q&A and discussion. These 10 + 10 sessions will take place at 10am (PT) every Tuesday in the quarter, from Week 2 through Week 8. 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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Co-presented by UCLA Library and USC Dornsife Institute of Armenian Studies. Explore how stories, migrations and memories shape diasporic identity through archives and creative practice. The program will feature a presentation of Collective Voices, published by the USC Dornsife Institute of Armenian Studies, alongside a digital display of Armenian archival materials from UCLA Library. Published in 2025, the zine features poetry, essays, photography and artwork that honor the cultural heritage and memory of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh). Creators Maral Tavitian, managing director of the USC Dornsife Institute of Armenian Studies, and Raffi Wartanian, poet laureate for the city of Glendale and lecturer in UCLA Writing Programs, will lead participants in reflecting on personal and collective histories and creating their own zines. All supplies will be provided, and no prior experience is required. Attendees are welcome to bring photographs, letters, documents or other archival materials they would like to incorporate into their work. RSVP encouraged.

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Join us for a Neurodiversity Empowerment workshop that will cover mental health and resilience resources, self-advocacy skills, and reflection on personal experiences.

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PubMed is your first stop for finding information in the health sciences. This workshop will introduce the basics of PubMed and how to turn your idea into search results. Instructor: Bob Johnson, Clinical and Research Support Librarian

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A community club focused on resilience, self-care, and personal growth.

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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!

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This workshop covers specifics of English communication in academic and professional settings with an emphasis on resources and self-editing skills for second language writers. We will discuss expectations for citation in the U.S. and ways to avoid plagiarism. We will address email etiquette in academic and professional communication. We will also discuss strategies and resources for improving English grammar, word choice, and style.

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Bruin MindFit is a mindful movement and meditation offering that teaches several effective stress management tools and is offered to UCLA faculty, staff, and students at no cost. In person outdoor grounding and revitalizing workshops to reconnect to the earth and walk mindfully on the grass. An opportunity to take a break and reset in the company of other Bruins. Thursday 10/8/26, 12:15-1:00p, Dickson Court South Tuesday 11/17/26, 12:15-1:00p, Dickson Court South

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"CARE Cafe is a space to take a break, connect with others, and explore conversations about relationships, consent, healing, and community. "

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Drop by the Geology Library Reading Room to play board games, make personalized buttons and check out Library collections! Games are a great way to meet and make connections with new people, especially for those new to campus. Staff will be available to help facilitate the games and all levels of experience are welcome!

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The Institute for Technology, Law & Policy, in partnership with Livescu NNAI, Luskin Public Policy, and the Data Justice pillar of DataX, welcomes Prof. Francine Berman (UMass Amherst) in conversation on her new book Better Tech: Putting People First in Cyberspace (MIT Press, 2026) with Prof. Julia Powles (UCLA). Brought to you by the Data Justice Pillar.

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This session explores how values and affective learning goals can guide the design of AI-assisted assessments. We’ll consider what students should practice and develop for themselves, then define appropriate boundaries between human and AI contributions. Finally, we’ll use prompt constraints to generate assessment ideas that preserve those learning goals. Presenter: Kevin Chan, Associate Instructional Designer at the UCLA Teaching and Learning Center, TLC) Keywords: GenerativeAI, assessment design, AI in education, human centered learning, AI ethics Each academic quarter, the educational designers and developers of the UCLA Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) offer via Zoom a weekly series of seven pop-up sessions - each just 10 minutes in length - on focused, specific topics related to course design, teaching, learning, and learning assessment. The additional “+10” in the series title refers to an optional 10 minutes that follow each presentation for Q&A and discussion. These 10 + 10 sessions will take place at 10am (PT) every Tuesday in the quarter, from Week 2 through Week 8. 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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UCLA students, faculty and staff are invited to register for this workshop and discussion of generative AI, its impact on academic research and writing and comparison to traditional research methods. This 60-minute workshop will focus on understanding and contextualizing A.I.’s applications and limitations in research tasks, such as developing research topics and questions, identifying and summarizing scholarly sources and more. Instructors will also discuss various social and ethical issues related to AI use. This workshop is offered in person. Instructors: Michelle Brasseur, teaching and learning librarian for humanities and social sciences and Helen Song, instructional design and outreach specialist

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Join us for a Neurodiversity Empowerment workshop and explore your sense of belonging, learn about fostering connections and building community, and the importance of self-awareness.

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This workshop will describe literature reviews across multiple contexts and genres. The workshop will also cover strategies and best practices for note-taking, preparatory steps, writing process issues, and organization.

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This in-person workshop supports instructors in drafting a course policy on GenAI use that is aligned with their disciplinary learning goals and context. Following an overview of UCLA data on how students are using GenAI, participants will review example syllabus and editorial policies that speak to specific GenAI use cases. Finally, participants will consider their own needs for drafting a discipline-specific GenAI policy. This session is open to all instructors, TAs, and postdocs. Please contact instructorsupport@teaching.ucla.edu if you have any questions.

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An introduction to citation managers and the tool Zotero. Learn how to set up and begin using Zotero to manage and cite your sources! Instructor: Molly Hemphill, Health Research Methods Librarian

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This interactive training introduces instructors and instructional teams to practical ways of using AI and integrated accessibility tools in Bruin Learn to create more accessible course content. Participants will explore key digital accessibility principles, see live demonstrations of accessibility tools and workflows, and receive practical guidance for applying these tools to their own teaching practices. Hosted by DTS and the TLC, this remote session will be delivered via Zoom and will include opportunities for hands-on exploration, questions, and discussion.

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Come by the Student Legal Services office or via zoom to ask legal questions. We provide legal counseling on: - **Landlord-Tenant Issues **Immigration Issues **Employment Issues **Family Law Issues **Criminal/traffic Matters **University-related concerns (Disciplinary, Title IX) **Personal Injury **And more! 9:00 am - 11:00 am and 1:00 pm - 4:00pm

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Join us for a Caregiving Workshop! This workshop will provide caregiving resources & IHSS support. Join us to learn about resources available to you & build community with other caregivers who understand the journey. Light lunch will be provided

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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! From 10-11am via Zoom!

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This 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 MyUCLA by going to Campus Life> Calendar> Event Reservations> Find Events.

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This workshop will describe literature reviews across multiple contexts and genres. The workshop will also cover strategies and best practices for note-taking, preparatory steps, writing process issues, and organization.

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This workshop will provide students with practical tools and resources to better understand financial aid, budgeting, saving, and financial decision-making. Participants will learn strategies for maximizing available resources, managing expenses, and building financial confidence to support both their academic journey and long-term goals. This event is hosted by Bruin Underground Scholars (BUS) in collaboration with the UCLA Financial Wellness program

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Start fall quarter with intention by exploring simple ways to manage your time, energy, priorities, and routines as you settle into the year.

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Begin the Fall quarter grounded and create a vision board that centers your values, intentions, and the energy you want to embody into this school year! All materials will be provided.

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What is AI actually doing to teaching, learning, and research at the university? The third edition of this faculty seminar from NNAI Livescu and DataX brings together UCLA faculty and researchers across disciplines to share what they are experiencing with AI, from promising applications and unexpected discoveries to challenges, failures, and open questions. Through small-group discussion and exchange, participants will explore how AI is showing up in academic practice today and what its growing presence might mean for the university. Whether you’re skeptical, excited, overwhelmed, or simply curious, this session offers space for candid conversation grounded in real experiences rather than hype. In collaboration with UCLA AI Exchange.

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From Postdoc to Professor brings together essential elements of teaching preparation into one engaging experience for postdoctoral scholars. Participants will strengthen their understanding of evidence-based, student-centered, and inclusive teaching practices; develop foundational course design skills; begin crafting a teaching philosophy statement; and build connections with peers and campus partners committed to teaching excellence. The program is part of UCLA’s annual Postdoctober recognition month.

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Come together to celebrate hope, connection, and care! There will be inspirational speakers, UCLA's Inaugural Therapy Dog, Music by our DJ, Giveaways and Treats! FREE Raising Cane's chicken and ice cream - while supplies last!

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Join us for BRC Midterms Week on October 19 & 20 from 12–2 PM to take a break, recharge, and connect with community and support.

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This session will explore strategies for sustaining a sense of belonging throughout the quarter. Participants will learn practical techniques for co-creating learning experiences with students as a way to foster students' sense of belonging in the classroom. Presenter: Lisa Felipe, Director of Teaching and Learning in Humanities at the UCLA Teaching and Learning Center, TLC Keywords: inclusive, belonging, student-centered, motivation, connectedness, community Each academic quarter, the educational designers and developers of the UCLA Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) offer via Zoom a weekly series of seven pop-up sessions - each just 10 minutes in length - on focused, specific topics related to course design, teaching, learning, and learning assessment. The additional “+10” in the series title refers to an optional 10 minutes that follow each presentation for Q&A and discussion. These 10 + 10 sessions will take place at 10am (PT) every Tuesday in the quarter, from Week 2 through Week 8. 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 collaboration with CARE, join us for lunch and conversation about supporting your little bruins with boundaries, safety and healthy relationships. A chance to ask questions, share concerns and explore helpful resources!

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Join us for BRC Midterms Week on October 19 & 20 from 12–2 PM to take a break, recharge, and connect with community and support.

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An introduction to citation managers and the tool EndNote. Learn how to use EndNote to manage your sources! If you (or your department) has purchased EndNote, this workshop will help you set up your program to find full text, import citations from PubMed and use Cite While You Write to generate bibliographies from your documents. PLEASE NOTE: UCLA Library does not provide access to EndNote Instructor: Antonia Osuna-Garcia, Evidence Based Practice Librarian

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This session is open to all instructors, TAs, and postdocs. The Practice and Play with EdTech series offers instructors a hands-on opportunity to explore teaching tools and strategies with TLC staff. This session will explore how modernized classroom spaces can engage students and support meaningful active learning. Attendees will examine how flexible classroom layouts and integrated technologies support pedagogical goals through hands-on activities designed to foster collaboration, deepen content processing, increase student engagement, and promote inclusive participation.

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This workshop introduces the genres of public speaking in academia, ranging from teaching lectures to conference papers to job talks. The workshop includes suggested strategies to improve your presentation skills.

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Come by the Bruin Resource Center or via zoom to ask legal questions. We provide legal counseling on: -Landlord-Tenant Issues -Immigration Issues -Employment Issues -Family Law Issues -Criminal/traffic Matters -University-related concerns (Disciplinary, Title IX) -Personal Injury -And more!

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Join curators from Library Special Collections as they offer the UCLA community an opportunity to see and engage with materials that document food and culinary history. This will include materials that represent food and culinary history locally, internationally and across time periods. Beyond providing nourishment, food serves as a connection across cultures and societies, with agriculture, foodways and cuisines offering insights into community history, traditions and social structures. Examine how materials that include cookbooks, recipes, photographs and menus offer insight into the ways food connect us to each other. RSVP encouraged.

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BYOB—bring your own ballot!—and learn how to research the issues at stake in this November’s election. We’ll discuss how to avoid misinformation and practice strategies for finding the information you need to make an informed voting decision. Led by Katherine Kapsidelis and Ashley Peterson

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Facilitated by the RISE Center, this workshop explores the impact of the impostor phenomenon and provides strategies for building confidence, fostering self-compassion, and embracing personal achievements. Through reflection and discussion, participants will gain tools to strengthen their sense of belonging, cultivate resilience, and thrive in academic and professional spaces.

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Join the Pilipinos for Community Health student organization to learn about helpful hygiene tips for families! In the spirit of fall - participants will be able to decorate pumpkins (while supplies last!) Bring Your Own Pumpkin!

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Join us over at UAS for a fun filled afternoon of Trunk or Treating!

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While the benefits of active learning are clear, sustainably implementing it may still seem elusive. In this session, participants will reflect on current active learning practices, analyze five factors that accelerate active learning, and consider ways to integrate (or amplify) these factors in their classrooms. Presenter: Kem Saichaie, Executive Director at the Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) Keywords: student-centered, engagement, practice made visible, active learning Each academic quarter, the educational designers and developers of the UCLA Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) offer via Zoom a weekly series of seven pop-up sessions - each just 10 minutes in length - on focused, specific topics related to course design, teaching, learning, and learning assessment. The additional “+10” in the series title refers to an optional 10 minutes that follow each presentation for Q&A and discussion. These 10 + 10 sessions will take place at 10am (PT) every Tuesday in the quarter, from Week 2 through Week 8. 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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Scholarly identity is about more than the articles you publish or the projects you share online with your research communities. Scholarly identity includes the many parts of your history and engagement as a researcher, including your education, employment, awards, collaborators and more – and it exists whether you are the one curating it or not. Taking control of your scholarly identity supports your visibility, credibility and transparency as a researcher and plays a crucial role in open scholarly communication. This workshop will cover the importance and impact of creating and managing your scholarly identity with tools like ORCID and Google Scholar, as well as how these tools connect with other network and profile platform. You will also also learn how to select repositories for hosting your scholarly outputs, such as research articles, datasets, working papers and more. Instructors: Hannah Sutherland, Open Science Librarian, and Stephen Gabrielson, Research Impact Librarian

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Each quarter, CARE offers a 3-session certificate training where all students are invited to engage in learning and conversation about sexual violence prevention, gaining knowledge in 3-parts of prevention: stopping harm before it happens, being responsive to survivors who have experienced harm, and promoting long-term healing. The Fall Certificate Training will be held Wednesday evenings Wk 5-7 from 6-8pm in the CAPS LCR. Interested individuals can RSVP by 10/23 to participate.

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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. If you are currently working on a personal statement, we encourage you to bring your draft to the workshop.

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Ever been curious about what patents are? Or how to find them? In this workshop you'll gain an introductory overview to patents, as well as guidance on how to locate them. Instructor: Shelby Hallman, Research Initiatives and Technical Information Librarian

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The mindful writing sessions 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 most of the session time will be allocated for writing. All sessions will be conducted remotely via Zoom.

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Climate change poses serious threats to pregnant people, mothers, and those hoping to have children — from toxic exposures and miscarriage to guilt, anxiety, and grief. Join us for a talk with Jade S. Sasser, PhD, Professor of Environmental Studies at UC Riverside, as she examines these challenges and how birth workers, organizers, and elected officials are mobilizing for policy change. Free lunch provided. Dr. Sasser is the author of On Infertile Ground (NYU Press, 2018) and Climate Anxiety and the Kid Question (UC Press, 2024), and hosts a podcast by the same name. Her forthcoming book explores climate change's health impacts on pregnant people and mothers.

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The Bruin Underground Scholars (BUS) Program, in collaboration with the UCLA Career Center, invites students to participate in an interactive networking workshop designed to help build confidence and strengthen professional relationship-building skills. Participants will learn practical strategies for introducing themselves, engaging in meaningful conversations, and developing authentic connections with employers, alumni, faculty, and mentors. Whether preparing for career fairs, internships, job searches, or graduate school opportunities, students will gain tools to expand their professional networks, communicate their strengths effectively, and create connections that can support their academic and career goals. This workshop is open to all UCLA students seeking to enhance their professional development and career readiness.

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During this session, learn quick, practical ways to make your data visualizations (vizzes) more accessible and easier for everyone to understand. We’ll highlight simple improvements to color and contrast, labels, keyboard accessibility, and text alternatives that you can incorporate into your dashboards. You’ll leave with a handy checklist to guide your next visualization. Presenters: Karen Sobelman, Associate Instructional Designer, Instructional Design and Media Production and Petunia Sunnywell, Digital Accessibility Specialist at UCLA Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) Keywords: accessible visualization, clarity, inclusive, technical strategies Each academic quarter, the educational designers and developers of the UCLA Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) offer via Zoom a weekly series of seven pop-up sessions - each just 10 minutes in length - on focused, specific topics related to course design, teaching, learning, and learning assessment. The additional “+10” in the series title refers to an optional 10 minutes that follow each presentation for Q&A and discussion. These 10 + 10 sessions will take place at 10am (PT) every Tuesday in the quarter, from Week 2 through Week 8. 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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Part of the Jacob Marschak Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Mathematics in the Behavioral Sciences Speaker: Takao Sasaki, associate professor in the Brain and Cognitive Sciences, University of Rochester Social animals—from insect colonies to human groups—often make decisions without centralized control, relying on local interactions to produce coordinated collective outcomes. However, we still know little about the circumstances under which groups make better (or worse) decisions than individuals. To address this question, Takao Sasaki's research applies concepts and methods from psychology to both individuals and groups, allowing him to directly compare their cognitive abilities. Using ants and homing pigeons as model systems, Sasaki will discuss (1) how rock ant colonies avoid making irrational decisions, (2) how fire ants collectively build self-assembled pontoon bridges, and (3) how homing pigeons improve their homing routes through the accumulation of knowledge. He will also briefly introduce a new research direction that his lab has recently started investigating: collective animal learning.

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This workshop will give an overview of how to write a master's thesis for students in STEM fields. It will include writing activities and discussion to help participants develop their thesis topics. We will also present strategies for organizing research and literature reviews, as well as tips for drafting and revision.

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Join the UCLA Arts Library for an introduction to the collections, methods, and people supporting research in a variety of Arts disciplines. Topics will include image and multimedia resources, unique treasures in the Arts Library and strategies for incorporating visual materials into the research process. Attendees from all disciplinary backgrounds are welcome! Instructors: Ashley Peterson, Digital Scholarship Librarian for the Arts and Humanities; Lane Goldszer, Teaching and Learning Librarian for the Arts; Diana King, Teaching and Learning Librarian for Arts and Social Sciences; Sylvia Page, Teaching and Learning Librarian for Humanities and Arts

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Each quarter, CARE offers a 3-session certificate training where all students are invited to engage in learning and conversation about sexual violence prevention, gaining knowledge in 3-parts of prevention: stopping harm before it happens, being responsive to survivors who have experienced harm, and promoting long-term healing. The Fall Certificate Training will be held Wednesday evenings Wk 5-7 from 6-8pm in the CAPS LCR. Interested individuals can RSVP by 10/23 to participate.

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This workshop will give an overview of how to write a master's thesis or project of similar length (like a qualifying paper) for students in the Humanities and Social Sciences. It will include writing activities and discussion to help participants develop their thesis topics. We will also present strategies for organizing research and literature reviews, as well as tips for drafting and revision.

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Part of TLC’s new From PhD to Professor pathway, this virtual workshop will explore how to plan student workload, pace assignments, and communicate course policies in ways that reflect your teaching values and support student success. Designed for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars pursuing academic or teaching-oriented careers, this workshop and the pathway it is part of connect pedagogical development with preparation for the professoriate. Please register to receive the Zoom link. Please contact gspse@teaching.ucla.edu if you have any questions.

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SwD if offering free family portraits for families! Pictures will be taken by De Neve Studio student staff! Images will be shared via email.

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This 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 MyUCLA by going to Campus Life> Calendar> Event Reservations> Find Events.

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This workshop will give an overview of how to write a master's client project or other master's capstone with written deliverables (projects other than the academic thesis). It will include strategies for developing topics, timeline, goals, and document structure. We will also present effective strategies for drafting and revision, as well as managing the project overall.

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Explore findings from the 2026 UCLA Senior Survey on how students are using AI in their coursework, how they perceive its benefits and challenges for learning, and the guidance they receive on AI use. We’ll highlight key patterns in students’ experiences and consider what they may mean for teaching practices, assessment, and supporting students’ effective use of AI. Presenter: Wonki Lee, Associate Director of Educational Assessment Services & Initiatives at UCLA Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) Keywords: ucla senior survey, AI use, students experiences on AI, student feedback Each academic quarter, the educational designers and developers of the UCLA Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) offer via Zoom a weekly series of seven pop-up sessions - each just 10 minutes in length - on focused, specific topics related to course design, teaching, learning, and learning assessment. The additional “+10” in the series title refers to an optional 10 minutes that follow each presentation for Q&A and discussion. These 10 + 10 sessions will take place at 10am (PT) every Tuesday in the quarter, from Week 2 through Week 8. 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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Each quarter, CARE offers a 3-session certificate training where all students are invited to engage in learning and conversation about sexual violence prevention, gaining knowledge in 3-parts of prevention: stopping harm before it happens, being responsive to survivors who have experienced harm, and promoting long-term healing. The Fall Certificate Training will be held Wednesday evenings Wk 5-7 from 6-8pm in the CAPS LCR. Interested individuals can RSVP by 10/23 to participate.

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Learn about the world-class map collection at the UCLA Library and how to incorporate maps in your research. We will discuss how to find and access maps, and then move towards how to read maps critically and discuss the many ways they can be incorporated in research across all disciplines and majors. Researching primary sources like maps can be intimidating, but after this workshop you’ll leave with the skills you need for success. This workshop will be offered via Zoom. If you are registered, you will receive the Zoom invitation details the day before the workshop. Instructor: Maggie Tarmey, Humanities and Primary Research Librarian

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This workshop explores the cultural, religious, and intellectual legacy of Daisetz Teitaro (D. T.) Suzuki (1870-1966), the preeminent figure who introduced Zen and Mahayana Buddhism to the modern Western world. The invited scholars, curators, and practitioners reflect on Suzuki’s wide-ranging contributions and evaluate their enduring cross-cultural impact from various perspectives. The program features a keynote address by Dr. Richard M. Jaffe, professor of religious studies at Duke University; an exhibition of rare Buddhist archives related to D. T. Suzuki from UCLA Library Special Collections; and a roundtable bringing together academic research, lived practice and community engagement. Co-sponsored by UCLA Library, UCLA Center for Buddhist Studies and UCLA Center for the Study of Religion

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Let's celebrate together by attending the I'm Going to College Fair hosted at the UCLA Football Game! TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR CURRENTLY ENROLLED UCLA STUDENTS WITH DEPENDENT(S) Children 2 and under DO NOT NEED A TICKET Ticket quantity is limited and available while supplies last 4 tickets max per family, additional tix may be avail based on supply Note: Parking Cost Not Included - Parking Cost $38 online or $44 purchased day of Join us at the UCLA vs. Illinois Game on Nov 13th! I'm Going to College Fair: 3-5p FAIR ACTIVITIES: interactive photobooth, face painting, swag items, arts and crafts, and more! Specific details regarding fair and layout will be provided in the upcoming weeks! Game Start: 6pm Please reach out to swd@saonet.ucla.edu for inquiries

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The syllabus is an essential part of instruction that communicates the objectives, expectations, and structure of a course. Is it clear? Is it welcoming? Is it accessible? Leave with practical ideas you can apply to your next syllabus. Presenter: Sammy Solis, Assistant Director for Teaching Development at the Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) Keywords: syllabus, student belonging, expectations, course objective, clear learning goals Each academic quarter, the educational designers and developers of the UCLA Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) offer via Zoom a weekly series of seven pop-up sessions - each just 10 minutes in length - on focused, specific topics related to course design, teaching, learning, and learning assessment. The additional “+10” in the series title refers to an optional 10 minutes that follow each presentation for Q&A and discussion. These 10 + 10 sessions will take place at 10am (PT) every Tuesday in the quarter, from Week 2 through Week 8. 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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Bruin MindFit is a mindful movement and meditation offering that teaches several effective stress management tools and is offered to UCLA faculty, staff, and students at no cost. In person outdoor grounding and revitalizing workshops to reconnect to the earth and walk mindfully on the grass. An opportunity to take a break and reset in the company of other Bruins. Tuesday 11/17/26, 12:15-1:00p, Dickson Court South

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This workshop will give an overview of the dissertation requirement in terms of structure, process, and role in one's career trajectory. The workshop will address the dissertation from multiple angles to deepen attendees' understanding of decisions and choices around the planning and execution of the dissertation.

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Join the Music Library for an introduction to key industry databases supporting research for a variety of music research and performance disciplines. Topics will include music industry data and media resources. Attendees from all disciplinary backgrounds are welcome! This workshop will be offered via Zoom. If you are registered, you will receive the Zoom invitation details the day before the workshop. Instructors: Blair Black, Teaching and Learning Librarian for Arts and Humanities; and Matthew Vest, Open Research and Digital Scholarship Librarian for the Arts and Humanities

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Food studies is a growing interdisciplinary field that examines the cultural, economic, political and environmental dimensions of food. Research resources in food studies are equally broad, and can present a challenge for beginner researchers and experienced researchers alike. This workshop will provide an introductory overview of food studies related resources at UCLA Library and beyond. This workshop is intended for those just getting started in food studies research, as well as experienced researchers interested in exploring beyond their academic specialty. This workshop will be offered via Zoom. If you are registered, you will receive the Zoom invitation details the day before the workshop. Instructors: Alexandra Solodkaya, Rothman Family Food Studies Librarian; Teaching and Learning Librarian for Health Science, Lizeth Ramirez, Librarian/Archivist for Los Angeles Communities and Cultures

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This co-working peer review session will cover syllabus design best practices. Participants will look at example syllabi, consider best practices for student-centered, inclusive, and digitally accessible design, and peer review each other’s materials. Light refreshments will be served. This session is open to all instructors, including faculty, TAs, and postdocs. Please contact gspse@teaching.ucla.edu if you have any questions.

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The mindful writing sessions 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 most of the session time will be allocated for writing. All sessions will be conducted remotely via Zoom.

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This 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 MyUCLA by going to Campus Life> Calendar> Event Reservations> Find Events.

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Writing-intensive courses across the curriculum—which are highly exposed to AI misuse—present special challenges and opportunities for transformation in the age of AI. To succeed in today’s AI-integrated workplaces, students need advanced writing, reading and editing skills. This seminar will introduce a human-centered, award-winning curricular model, PAIRR (Peer and AI Review + Reflection), which is designed to build critical AI literacy while simultaneously improving equity in writing support for students. Findings from the PAIRR project— tested with thousands of community college, CSU and UC Davis students in 2025-2027—will also be shared during this seminar. Presenter Bio: Marit J. MacArthur teaches writing and serves as AI & Emerging Technology coordinator for UC Davis’s Writing Center. She is a PI for the PAIRR (Peer and AI Review + Reflection) project and co-investigator with the Center for AI and Experimental Futures (CAIEF). Marit’s work on AI and writing—which builds on her NEH-funded interdisciplinary research in voice studies—has appeared in AI & Society, Computers and Composition, Inside Higher Ed, Bad Ideas about AI and Writing, and Frontiers in Communication. She is a GenAI and Writing in Higher Ed series editor for Critical AI and pedagogy lead for the UC Humanities Research Institute AI Lab.

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This 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 MyUCLA by going to Campus Life> Calendar> Event Reservations> Find Events.

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There’s more to the US Census than meets the eye. Want to learn how you can access and use census data in your research? Join UCLA Library to explore reports, data profiles and datasets on data.census.gov. This lecture-based workshop is designed for researchers of any experience level and will not be recorded. Instructors: Maggie Tarmey, Humanities and Primary Research Librarian; and Kelsey Brown, Interdisciplinary Research Librarian

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This session is open to all instructors, TAs, and postdocs. The Practice and Play with EdTech series offers instructors a hands-on opportunity to explore teaching tools and strategies with TLC staff. This session will explore how to leverage AI to support aspects of their teaching workflow — from brainstorming lesson plans to drafting assessments or developing grading strategies. Participants will experiment with Google Gemini and practice crafting prompts to support their courses. The session will also include time to critically assess AI-generated responses for accuracy, relevance, and bias.

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This workshop will introduce a variety of approaches to finding government information and data across agencies and departments. From tracking down technical information to monitoring legislation, we'll look at the range of resources available from both federal and non-governmental entities. This workshop will be offered via Zoom. If you're registered, you'll receive the Zoom invitation information the day before the workshop.

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Feminist Approaches to Research, Knowledge & Academic Culture With Dr. Sarah McCullough, UC Davis Feminist Research Institute (FRI) Join the UC Davis Feminist Research Institute for a workshop exploring how feminist science studies can help us recognize and redress systemic biases in research and academic culture. Free • Lunch Provided Redressing Systemic Biases in Research & Living Your Values in Academia Tools from Feminist Science Studies Universities are often described as impartial sites of knowledge creation. But what counts as a valid research question, methodology, or form of evidence is shaped by cultural forces and disciplinary histories. This workshop invites graduate students from all fields to examine the ongoing impacts of eugenics, colonialism, and patriarchy in academia—and consider how we can challenge them. Participants will gain: Intellectual frameworks from feminist science studies Tools for recognizing systemic bias in research Strategies for aligning academic practice with personal values Approaches for taking action toward greater equity New ways to strengthen the accuracy, relevance, and impact of research

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Join Us for the Annual Pajama Jammy Jam! Please join us to celebrate the holiday season with your family at our Annual Pajama Jammy Jam! Families are encouraged to wear their coziest pajamas. Enjoy brunch for dinner, fun activities, and crafts for all families!

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Join us in celebrating the 40th anniversary of our Center, the nation’s first research center for early modern studies. The program features a talk presented by UCLA Professor of English Helen Deutsch, who served as the Director for a four year-term from 2017 to 2020. Following the talk, guests are invited to mingle with friends and colleagues, add a message to the 40th anniversary Padlet, view a display of Center & Clark ephemera and a slideshow, and enjoy a reception on the terrace.

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Join us at the Bruin Resource Center - meet BRC Programs and Campus Partners, journal with us to manifest your best intentions for the year, create a vision board, play bingo and win some merch! Snacks and refreshments provided

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Come, Be Well & Welcome to Covel 205 and meet the supportive staff and resources available in Covel 205—CARE, CORE, and Case Management. Students will have the opportunity to engage with staff from each department and complete a passport activity to learn more about the services we provide. Students who complete the passport and correctly identify which department provides each service will be entered into an opportunity drawing for a larger prize. There will also be snacks and wellness activities.

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Join the Bruin Resource Center for an afternoon of connection and community! Meet BRC programs and campus partners, journal your intentions for the year, create a vision board, enjoy snacks and refreshments, and participate in bingo and giveaways. October 5 | 1–4 PM | Student Activities Center, B44, USP, BRC, SAC RM 1-3

Are you experienced with open-source software, working on an open-source project, or just curious about how open-source fits into research, teaching, libraries, and campus technology? In partnership with the UC Open Source Program Office (OSPO) Network, the UCLA OSPO is hosting a casual meetup for the UCLA open source community. This lunch-hour gathering will provide space for experienced and aspiring open-source contributors to meet one another, share projects and questions and learn more about open-source activity across UCLA and the UC system. This event is open to students, faculty, staff, researchers, librarians, technologists and anyone interested in open source software, open science, research software, community stewardship or contributor pathways. Bring your lunch. Topic and additional details coming soon.

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This workshop will cover the application process and required components of an NIH NRSA application. We will discuss preparation, documents required, and writing strategies for the F31, but the F30 and F32 are very similar. We will also address how to find appropriate materials/resources for a complete application.

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Join us to explore strategies for building a strong teaching team by establishing shared expectations with TAs and creating scaffolded opportunities for reflection and mentorship. Presenter: Elyse Gueidon, Associate Director for Graduate Student Professional Development of Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Scholar Engagement, TLC Keywords: shared expectations, mentorship, teaching teams, TAs Each academic quarter, the educational designers and developers of the UCLA Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) offer via Zoom a weekly series of seven pop-up sessions - each just 10 minutes in length - on focused, specific topics related to course design, teaching, learning, and learning assessment. The additional “+10” in the series title refers to an optional 10 minutes that follow each presentation for Q&A and discussion. These 10 + 10 sessions will take place at 10am (PT) every Tuesday in the quarter, from Week 2 through Week 8. 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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Co-presented by UCLA Library and USC Dornsife Institute of Armenian Studies. Explore how stories, migrations and memories shape diasporic identity through archives and creative practice. The program will feature a presentation of Collective Voices, published by the USC Dornsife Institute of Armenian Studies, alongside a digital display of Armenian archival materials from UCLA Library. Published in 2025, the zine features poetry, essays, photography and artwork that honor the cultural heritage and memory of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh). Creators Maral Tavitian, managing director of the USC Dornsife Institute of Armenian Studies, and Raffi Wartanian, poet laureate for the city of Glendale and lecturer in UCLA Writing Programs, will lead participants in reflecting on personal and collective histories and creating their own zines. All supplies will be provided, and no prior experience is required. Attendees are welcome to bring photographs, letters, documents or other archival materials they would like to incorporate into their work. RSVP encouraged.

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The Berry Gordy Music Industry Speaker Series celebrates the 30th anniversary of Stones Throw Records with founder, DJ, producer, and label visionary Peanut Butter Wolf (Chris Manak). Founded in 1996, Stones Throw has built an influential independent music community by championing distinctive voices and music that crosses the boundaries of hip-hop, soul, funk, jazz, electronic music, and beyond. The conversation will explore three decades of independent music-making, artist development, creative risk-taking, and building a record label guided by curiosity and a commitment to the art of music making as well as the label’s upcoming three-day, 30th Anniversary, music festival in Highland Park where the label’s past, present, and future will come together for an all-ages outdoor extravaganza of over 30 artists.

Join us for a Neurodiversity Empowerment workshop that will cover mental health and resilience resources, self-advocacy skills, and reflection on personal experiences.

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@ Take 20 minutes in your day to enjoy much-needed relaxation and calm. When registering, please enter “UCLA” under “organization.” Monthly meditation is led by Michal Rinkevich (MBA ’14) who has been practicing healing arts and meditation since 1995 and teaching since 2006. ### [San Francisco Bay Area Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/san-francisco-bay-area-network/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/san-francisco-bay-area-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

PubMed is your first stop for finding information in the health sciences. This workshop will introduce the basics of PubMed and how to turn your idea into search results. Instructor: Bob Johnson, Clinical and Research Support Librarian

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@ Join in a peer-led discussion on a spooky book for Halloween. This month’s title is “The Secret History,” by Donna Tartt. Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at an elite New England college discover a way of thinking and living that is a world away from the humdrum existence of their contemporaries. But when they go beyond the boundaries of normal morality they slip gradually from obsession to corruption and betrayal, and at last—inexorably—into evil. (from GoodReads) ### [New York Tri-State Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/new-york-tri-state-network/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/new-york-tri-state-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

Part of: Archive Television Treasures In person: Q&A with actor Sharon Gless, executive producer Barney Rosenzweig. Made possible by the John H. Mitchell Television Programming Endowment Cagney & Lacey aired on CBS from 1982–1988, immediately elevating the episodic police genre with its remarkable style and substance. Starring Tyne Daly as Mary Beth Lacey and Sharon Gless as Christine Cagney, the show, throughout its tenure, received numerous Emmy nominations and several awards honoring its lead performers, writers, directors and the series itself. Accompanied by an outstanding supporting cast, Daly and Gless triumph as detective partners and best friends who navigate the ethics and perils of law enforcement and confront the complexities of 1980s feminist politics through the microcosm of the New York City police force. Writing partners Barbara Avedon and Barbara Corday, and executive producer Barney Rosenzweig, were moved to action by Molly Haskell’s book, From Reverence to Rape: The Treatment of Women in the Movies, and Haskell’s critique of the film industry’s refusal to take seriously women “buddy” pictures. Cagney & Lacey was first conceived of as a feature film script in 1974. CBS initially produced the material in 1981 as a television movie; after many fits and starts, in 1982 the series was launched. From its inception, the show generated debate and controversy around the representation of women on television and the series’ commitment to grounding storylines in topical subjects including abortion, alcoholism, rape, sexual harassment and criminal justice. While CBS executives were threatened by the concept of a dramatic series centered on two women detectives, a strong and dedicated female viewership was vocal in its appreciation for long overdue complex women characters. Join us for a celebration of Cagney & Lacey with series stars Tyne Daly and Sharon Gless and executive producer Barney Rosenzweig in person. Following the screening, there will be a conversation moderated by Archive Research and Study Center Officer Maya Montañez Smukler. Update: Please note that Tyne Daly is no longer able to join for this program. Program notes by Archive Research and Study Center Officer Maya Montañez Smukler.

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@ Reconnect with fellow Bruins at a casual UCLA Alumni Happy Hour! Enjoy great conversation, expand your local network, and build new connections with UCLA alumni in the community. Whether you’re a recent graduate or a longtime Bruin, we’d love to see you there. UCLA alumni and friends are welcome. Go Bruins! ### [Central Valley Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/central-valley-network/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/central-valley-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

Kick off the new academic year with USP! Join us for our annual USP Welcome to connect with fellow students, meet the USP team, build community, and learn more about the resources and support available to you throughout the year.

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You are invited to the UCLA Institute of American Cultures (IAC) annual Fall Forum, featuring 2026–27 Postdoctoral Scholars and center representatives from UCLA’s four ethnic studies research centers. This virtual event will feature a live Q&A.

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A community club focused on resilience, self-care, and personal growth.

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Are you looking for a safe and supportive space to practice your English conversation skills? Check out Dashew Center's English Language Circle (ELC). Here you will have an opportunity to practice your English with other language learners. The circle is led by a native English speaker, who will help you become more confident in your speaking skills and who can answer your language and grammar questions.

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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!

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This workshop covers specifics of English communication in academic and professional settings with an emphasis on resources and self-editing skills for second language writers. We will discuss expectations for citation in the U.S. and ways to avoid plagiarism. We will address email etiquette in academic and professional communication. We will also discuss strategies and resources for improving English grammar, word choice, and style.

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@ Four alumni communities, one room during #SFTechWeek. The Bay Area alumni clubs of NYU, Harvard, Boston University, and UCLA are co-hosting an evening for alumni working in and around AI. The evening will feature a focused 40-minute panel with operators deploying AI agents in industries that are often underrepresented in the broader AI conversation, including hospitality, consumer products, and CPG. Panelists will share candid insights into what is working in practice, what has fallen short, and how organizations are addressing accountability when AI-powered software takes action. Following the panel, attendees will have the opportunity to connect with alumni from across all four universities over light snacks and drinks. Agenda Doors open: 6:00 pm Panel discussion: 6:40 pm Event concludes: 8:45 pm This event is free to attend. Attendance is limited, and advance registration is required. Members of the UCLA community may request a seat. All requests will be reviewed by the event hosts, and attendance is not confirmed until a confirmation is received. This event is part of #SFTechWeek, a week of events hosted by venture capital firms and startups that brings together members of the technology ecosystem. Learn more at [www.tech-week.com](http://www.tech-week.com). ### [San Francisco Bay Area Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/san-francisco-bay-area-network/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/san-francisco-bay-area-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

Bruin MindFit is a mindful movement and meditation offering that teaches several effective stress management tools and is offered to UCLA faculty, staff, and students at no cost. In person outdoor grounding and revitalizing workshops to reconnect to the earth and walk mindfully on the grass. An opportunity to take a break and reset in the company of other Bruins. Thursday 10/8/26, 12:15-1:00p, Dickson Court South Tuesday 11/17/26, 12:15-1:00p, Dickson Court South

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This talk will offer an author’s view on the key theoretical, methodological and historical concepts that form part of his book, Acoustic Colonialism: Acts of Mapuche Interference (Duke UP, 2025).

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Lisa Lowe’s groundbreaking book Immigrant Acts: On Asian American Cultural Politics made Asian American gendered radicalization central to understanding the relationship of state, capital, and culture. This 30th anniversary symposium traces its profound impact on a broad and sometimes unexpected set of debates across disciplines, geographies, and generations.

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Enjoy a live performance by Ritmo Vivo, music, a campus resource fair, and remarks from UCLA leadership! Food and refreshments will be provided. Free and open to all.

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"CARE Cafe is a space to take a break, connect with others, and explore conversations about relationships, consent, healing, and community. "

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In Beyond Dreamers: Transitions to Adulthood in an Uncertain Age (Russell Sage Foundation, 2026), coauthors Sofya Aptekar and Amy Hsin use a life course perspective to examine experiences of illegality among a diverse group of undocumented young adults in New York City. Veronica Terriquez, CSRC director, will serve as the discussant.

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On the 100th anniversary of John Coltrane’s birth year, The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music’s global jazz studies program will celebrate this giant of the saxophone, this jazz innovator and spiritual/artistic icon of the Black Arts Movement, this patron saint of avant garde. This symposium will honor Coltrane in words. The keynote address will be delivered by  Archbishop Franzo King, co-founder of the Saint John Coltrane African Orthodox Church. The keynote address in addition to remarks by the archbishop will feature music from members of the church. Symposium Schedule Opening remarks Salim Washington   Panel 1 (2:10 pm) Moderator Steve Loza Andy Beta, “Infinity as Autobiography”: Alice Coltrane’s Reimagining of John Coltrane’s Late Recordings” Beta examines the critical reception of Alice Coltrane’s Infinity recording, and the ways in which the recording reflected upon her development as an artist. Nadia Milad Issa, “Saint Coltrane, the Dance Eulogy, and the Spirit Veil, ‘A Love Supreme’ as Ancestral Mediation”. This paper positions Coltrane’s canonization b the St. John Coltrane church not as an isolated action of Bay Area devotion but as a template for choreographic and religious practice alike: testimony converted into ritual, grief converted into repeated form. Martin Hundley, “Alice Coltrane, Sound of Free Universe: Performance Practice, Technology, and Feminist Epistemology” This paper explores the ways in which Alice Coltrane’s musical sound and instrumental performance practice expresses the complexity of her identity, world view, spirituality, and travels, both geographically and temporally. Hundley employs and ethnographic and musicological approach to Coltrane’s recording Translinear Light.   Special Guest Speaker (3:40 pm)     Panel 2 (3:50 p.m.) Moderator Regina Carter-Garnett Scott B. Spencer, “Meme and Variations: How Video Mashups of John Coltrane’s ‘Giant Steps’ Became a Thing” The intent of this study is to explore John Coltrane’s online legacy, use it to expand our field’s toolset to better deal with digital texts, and to tease out their various cultural contexts. Aaron J. Johnson, “Africa/Brass and the Communal Experience of Engaging the Music of John Coltrane” With the vision of Reggie Workman and Charles Tolliver Africa/Brass has afforded the uncommon opportunity for musicians to communally share the experience of performing Coltrane’s music and invoking his spirit. John-Carlos Perea, “Versions as Relations: Naima, John Coltrane, and Jim Pepper” This paper considers the original 1959 recording of “Naima” and the subsequent versioning of it by Jim Pepper as a sonification through which to amplify Pepper’s relationship to Coltrane via Pepper’s experiences through Southern Plains Intertribal powwow musical practices.   Keynote Address (5:20 pm) Archbishop Franzo King and members of the African Orthodox Church of John Coltrane “The Continued Relevance of John Coltrane” Theodore A. Harris, Coltrane’s Thunderclap, 1998, paper collage. 11X17in   ABOUT THE ART WORK Theodore A. Harris, Coltrane’s Thunderclap. 1998, paper collage, 11×17 in. Theodore A. Harris (1966-) is a Philadelphia-based visual artist and poet. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and is in private and public collections such as Libraries and Museum University of Delaware, Fort Garland Museum and Cultural Center, University of New Mexico Art Museum, Saint Louis University Museum of Art, La Salle University Art Museum, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, McGill University Visual Arts Collection, Center for Africana Studies; University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center Rare Books and Manuscript Library; University of Pennsylvania, and the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art, and the Winston and Carolyn Lowe Collection. Harris is the co-founder of the Anti-Graffiti Network/Philadelphia Mural Arts Program. Harris has also co-authored and authored books including Our Flesh of Flames (2019), Malcolm X as Ideology (2008) with Amiri Baraka, TRIPTYCH with Amiri Baraka and Jack Hirschman (2011), i ran from it and was still in it with Fred Moten (2007), and Thesentür: Conscientious Objector to Formalism (2017). He is the Founding Artistic Director of the Institute for Advanced Study in Black Aesthetics. LEARN MORE: THEODORE A. HARRIS – Home

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@ **Join Daily Bruin alumni for another Daily Bruin Alumni Network Reunion!** The day will kick off at Kerckhoff Hall where you can visit the newsroom. Throughout the day, enjoy panels hosted by Daily Bruin alumni, **reconnect with old classmates**, meet the current Bruin staff and enjoy a light lunch. We hope this will be a great opportunity to network, **make new friends**, and **learn more about the current state of the Daily Bruin** and DBAN. In the evening, join DBAN alumni at the James West Alumni Center for a **cocktail hour and dinner** which will **highlight alums from the 1970s** as we note the 50th anniversary of the graduation of the Class of 1976. In addition, the 2026 Alumni of the Year: Patrick Healy ’76 and Jeong Park ’17 will be recognized for their extraordinary careers and contributions to the UCLA community. _If you are interested in attending but are unable to due to the cost of the ticket, please reach out to Marilyn Chavez-Martinez at **[chavez.marilyn50@gmail.com](mailto:chavez.marilyn50@gmail.com?subject=)**._ **Pricing** Daytime Activities **ONLY** — **Free** Evening Cocktail Party and Dinner **ONLY** — $75 Daytime Activities **AND** Evening Cocktail Party and Dinner — $75 ### [Daily Bruin Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/daily-bruin-network/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/daily-bruin-alumni-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

@ American Indian Alumni of UCLA’s 2026 Fundraiser. More information forthcoming. Stay tuned! TBA ### [American Indian Alumni of UCLA](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/american-indian-alumni-of-ucla/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/american-indian-alumni-of-ucla/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

@ Join fellow Bruins in the Santa Clarita Valley for a casual Saturday morning coffee meetup! Grab a coffee, meet other local UCLA alumni, and hang out with fellow Bruins. No agenda, just a relaxed morning together. Attendees can purchase food/drinks on their own. ### [Santa Clarita Valley Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/santa-clarita-valley-network/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/santa-clarita-valley-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

@ Join us as we cheer on UCLA Football! The bar has agreed to the following specials: 1. $6 Draft Beer 2. $30 Bucket of Beers (5 bottles in a bucket) 3. $10 Pizza & $15 Wings ### [New York Tri-State Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/new-york-tri-state-network/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/new-york-tri-state-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

@ Join us as we cheer on UCLA Football! ### [Channel Islands Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/channel-islands-network/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/channel-islands-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

@ Join us as we cheer on UCLA Football! ### [Washington, D.C. Area Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/washington-d-c-area-network/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/washington-dc-area-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

Celebrate a pair of retrospectives featuring two prolific and trailblazing abstract artists, Huguette Caland and Mavis Pusey, with galleries open late and music in the courtyard. Food and drink will be available for purchase all night. This event is free and open to the public. Learn more here: https://hmmr.buzz/fallcel26

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@ Join the Chicago Network as we cheer on UCLA football! ### [Chicago Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/chicago-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

@ Join the Orange County Regional Network as we cheer on UCLA Football! ### [Orange County Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/orange-county-network/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/orange-county-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

@ Join us as we cheer on UCLA Football! ### [Pittsburg Alumni](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/pittsburg-alumni/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

Eclectic jazz musicians come together to honor John Coltrane: jazz innovator, spiritual icon of the Black Arts Movement and patron saint of the avant-garde. Meditations/Infinity comes to UCLA’s historic Schoenberg Hall. Featuring Camille Thurman-Greene Quartet String Quintet (Juliette Jones) Frank Lacy Quintet   Featuring: Frank Lacy, trombone, trumpet, French horn; Salim Washington, flute, tenor sax, oboe; Johnathan Blake, drums; Yayoi Ikawa, piano with special guests: Hitomi Oba, tenor saxophone; Jacques Lesure, guitar; Steve Loza, trumpet; Cheryl Keyes, flute; Regina Carter-Garnett, violin   Theodore A. Harris, Coltrane’s Thunderclap, 1998, paper collage. 11X17in   ABOUT THE ART WORK Theodore A. Harris, Coltrane’s Thunderclap. 1998, paper collage, 11×17 in. Theodore A. Harris (1966-) is a Philadelphia-based visual artist and poet. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and is in private and public collections such as Libraries and Museum University of Delaware, Fort Garland Museum and Cultural Center, University of New Mexico Art Museum, Saint Louis University Museum of Art, La Salle University Art Museum, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, McGill University Visual Arts Collection, Center for Africana Studies; University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center Rare Books and Manuscript Library; University of Pennsylvania, and the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art, and the Winston and Carolyn Lowe Collection. Harris is the co-founder of the Anti-Graffiti Network/Philadelphia Mural Arts Program. Harris has also co-authored and authored books including Our Flesh of Flames (2019), Malcolm X as Ideology (2008) with Amiri Baraka, TRIPTYCH with Amiri Baraka and Jack Hirschman (2011), i ran from it and was still in it with Fred Moten (2007), and Thesentür: Conscientious Objector to Formalism (2017). He is the Founding Artistic Director of the Institute for Advanced Study in Black Aesthetics. LEARN MORE: THEODORE A. HARRIS – Home

@ Join fellow Bruins for football, brunch, and community as UCLA takes on the Oregon Ducks in a key Big Ten road matchup. Come cheer on the Bruins with fellow alumni, fans, family, and friends while enjoying Bruin camaraderie. Go Bruins! ### [South Bay Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/south-bay-network/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/south-bay-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

@ This bar is located in the Cannery Row area of Monterey. Free parking is available above Lighthouse Ave and you can walk down. Metered parking is available on Foam St for $1.75 per hour. Metered parking is also available on Wave St for $2.00 per hour if you can find it. There is also parking in the big Cannery Row Parking Garage but it is between $15 and $22 depending on when you drive in. Wherever you park, read the signs carefully!! ### [Monterey Area Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/monterey-area-network/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/monterey-area-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

The program includes compositions by Johannes Brahms, Arnold Schoenberg, and Franz Schubert. Please visit the event website for full details and ticket information.

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Drop by the Geology Library Reading Room to play board games, make personalized buttons and check out Library collections! Games are a great way to meet and make connections with new people, especially for those new to campus. Staff will be available to help facilitate the games and all levels of experience are welcome!

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The Institute for Technology, Law & Policy, in partnership with Livescu NNAI, Luskin Public Policy, and the Data Justice pillar of DataX, welcomes Prof. Francine Berman (UMass Amherst) in conversation on her new book Better Tech: Putting People First in Cyberspace (MIT Press, 2026) with Prof. Julia Powles (UCLA). Brought to you by the Data Justice Pillar.

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@ Come join Bruin Alumni and Friends for a fun and relaxing discussion of books. We try to curate a wide variety of genres (all recommended by our own members) to accommodate all tastes and to encourage each other to read something we wouldn’t on our own. We would love to have you join us. All are welcome! October: The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith. Please email bkronbeck@social.rr.com to be added to the waitlist for the South Bay Book Club. ### [South Bay Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/south-bay-network/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/south-bay-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

This session explores how values and affective learning goals can guide the design of AI-assisted assessments. We’ll consider what students should practice and develop for themselves, then define appropriate boundaries between human and AI contributions. Finally, we’ll use prompt constraints to generate assessment ideas that preserve those learning goals. Presenter: Kevin Chan, Associate Instructional Designer at the UCLA Teaching and Learning Center, TLC) Keywords: GenerativeAI, assessment design, AI in education, human centered learning, AI ethics Each academic quarter, the educational designers and developers of the UCLA Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) offer via Zoom a weekly series of seven pop-up sessions - each just 10 minutes in length - on focused, specific topics related to course design, teaching, learning, and learning assessment. The additional “+10” in the series title refers to an optional 10 minutes that follow each presentation for Q&A and discussion. These 10 + 10 sessions will take place at 10am (PT) every Tuesday in the quarter, from Week 2 through Week 8. 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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UCLA students, faculty and staff are invited to register for this workshop and discussion of generative AI, its impact on academic research and writing and comparison to traditional research methods. This 60-minute workshop will focus on understanding and contextualizing A.I.’s applications and limitations in research tasks, such as developing research topics and questions, identifying and summarizing scholarly sources and more. Instructors will also discuss various social and ethical issues related to AI use. This workshop is offered in person. Instructors: Michelle Brasseur, teaching and learning librarian for humanities and social sciences and Helen Song, instructional design and outreach specialist

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UCLA Department of Anthropology Discourse Lab Colloquium welcomes everyone to our Indigenous People's Day celebration. We will be hosting an informal roundtable discussion with faculty members from across the University who do language teaching, documentation, and reclamation work in Indigenous communities.

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Join us for a Neurodiversity Empowerment workshop and explore your sense of belonging, learn about fostering connections and building community, and the importance of self-awareness.

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This workshop will describe literature reviews across multiple contexts and genres. The workshop will also cover strategies and best practices for note-taking, preparatory steps, writing process issues, and organization.

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This in-person workshop supports instructors in drafting a course policy on GenAI use that is aligned with their disciplinary learning goals and context. Following an overview of UCLA data on how students are using GenAI, participants will review example syllabus and editorial policies that speak to specific GenAI use cases. Finally, participants will consider their own needs for drafting a discipline-specific GenAI policy. This session is open to all instructors, TAs, and postdocs. Please contact instructorsupport@teaching.ucla.edu if you have any questions.

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@ The Current UCLA Latinx Students Town Hall creates a space for current Latinx students to share their experiences, perspectives, needs, and aspirations directly with the UCLA Latino Alumni Association (ULAA). The conversation will help ULAA better understand how it can support students through mentorship, professional development, community building, advocacy, and connections with alumni. The town hall also provides students with an opportunity to build relationships with alumni and help shape ULAA’s future priorities and programs to ensure they reflect the voices and experiences of today’s UCLA Latinx students. ### [UCLA Latino Alumni Association](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/ucla-latino-alumni-association/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/ucla-latino-alumni-association/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

Join us for the first of six workshops as part of the Modal Interchange: Conversations on 21st-Century Performance Practices series with Vicki Ray, a Los Angeles based composer and pianist, who will join Wendy Richman in a conversation about concert programming and commissioning new works. Concert Curation IS Composition! Every musician presenting a concert is: a composer! In this talk I’ll explore different ways to think about concert programming and how the works you program constitute a meta-composition. Using musical examples I’ll explore the way connections between worlds – musical and otherwise – can create fresh, interesting juxtapositions that challenge (and hopefully delight!) the performer as well as the listener. Folded into this approach is the opportunity to commission new works that can tie previously unrelated pieces together and expand the repertoire of our instrument. Bio Described as “phenomenal and fearless” Vicki Ray is a pianist, improviser and composer. She has commissioned and premiered countless new works by today’s leading composers. Ray is a founding member of Piano Spheres and was, for many years, the head of keyboard studies at the California Institute of the Arts where she was named the first recipient of the Hal Blaine Chair in Musical Performance. She has appeared on numerous international festivals and was a regular member of the faculty at the Bang On a Can Summer Festival at MASS MoCA. Ray has been featured on the Los Angeles Philharmonic Green Umbrella Series as soloist and collaborative artist. Her widely varied performing and recording career covers the gamut of new and old music: from Boulez to Reich, Wadada Leo Smith to Beethoven. Notable recordings include the first Canadian disc of Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire with the Blue Rider Ensemble, the premiere recordings of Steve Reich’s You Are (Variations) and the Daniel Variations with the Los Angeles Master Chorale and the first recording of John Cage’s Europeras 3 and 4. Her recording of Cage’s The Ten Thousand Things on Microfest Records received 2013 Grammy nomination. Vicki can also be seen playing the chromelodeon in the Los Angeles based PARTCH ensemble. Vicki Ray is a Steinway artist. More about Modal Interchange: Conversations on 21st-Century Performance Practices The personality of Los Angeles’s new music scene mirrors its city’s culture and geography as a whole: equal parts diversity and decentralization, in a battle for recognition and relevance that crisscrosses 650 freeway miles. The Modal Interchange series casts a wide net around LA’s new music community, hosting a diverse group of individuals who might not otherwise share the same artistic and academic spaces, in a series of lecture-workshops geared to an audience of performers. Modal Interchange is a series of six workshops through 2026-27. Each workshop focuses on an element of 21st-century performing, programming, and music-making in the world of contemporary music, with special focus on the topics’ relevance in greater LA: histories of experimental music and the avant-garde, commissioning new works, concert programming, listening as an audience member, listening as a performer, score-reading and part-marking, learning and practicing contemporary works, improvisation practices, and arts activism. This series is conceived and hosted by violist Wendy Richman and produced in partnership with the UCLA Center for Musical Humanities. Dr. Richman is Lecturer in Performance Studies, Director of uclaFLUX, and a founding member of the International Contemporary Ensemble. For the full schedule, please visit our website: https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/modal-interchange-conversations-on-21st-century-performance-practices/

An introduction to citation managers and the tool Zotero. Learn how to set up and begin using Zotero to manage and cite your sources! Instructor: Molly Hemphill, Health Research Methods Librarian

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California Education Learning Lab presents a high-energy, participatory debate on the purpose of higher ed in the age of AI, where everyone is welcome to speak, listen, and engage. Join us for a different kind of conversation about the purpose of higher education in the age of AI. Hosted by April Lawson of Insight Debate & Dialogue in partnership with the My Robot Teacher podcast, this high-energy, participatory debate invites attendees to explore a timely and potentially contentious question facing higher education. There will be no slate of experts at the front of the room. Instead, everyone present will have the opportunity to contribute. You are welcome to speak, listen, or simply take in the conversation. The goal is not necessarily to reach agreement, but to bring different perspectives into the open and engage thoughtfully across disagreement. Closer to the event, registrants will be invited to complete a brief survey to help select the specific resolution we’ll debate. Resolutions include statements such as “Higher education has become transactional rather than transformative” or “AI will do more harm than good in higher education.” Once selected, the final resolution will be announced and shared broadly in advance. This free event is open to Learning Lab's INSPIRE convening attendees and the broader UCLA/Los Angeles higher education community, including students, faculty and administrators, and other interested guests. No special expertise or preparation is required. Participants will come away with a model for a classroom, meeting, or town-hall ready format for discussing hot button topics in a constructive, meaningful, engaging, and safe way. Seats are limited: Advance RSVP is requested.

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This interactive training introduces instructors and instructional teams to practical ways of using AI and integrated accessibility tools in Bruin Learn to create more accessible course content. Participants will explore key digital accessibility principles, see live demonstrations of accessibility tools and workflows, and receive practical guidance for applying these tools to their own teaching practices. Hosted by DTS and the TLC, this remote session will be delivered via Zoom and will include opportunities for hands-on exploration, questions, and discussion.

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Part of: Archive Treasures Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Hugh M. Hefner Classic American Film Program. Archive Treasures showcases works from UCLA Film & Television Archive’s extensive holdings, which comprise one of the largest moving image collections in the world. Included in this series will be deserving and rarely screened gems presented in original and restored prints.

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Come by the Student Legal Services office or via zoom to ask legal questions. We provide legal counseling on: - **Landlord-Tenant Issues **Immigration Issues **Employment Issues **Family Law Issues **Criminal/traffic Matters **University-related concerns (Disciplinary, Title IX) **Personal Injury **And more! 9:00 am - 11:00 am and 1:00 pm - 4:00pm

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Join us for a Caregiving Workshop! This workshop will provide caregiving resources & IHSS support. Join us to learn about resources available to you & build community with other caregivers who understand the journey. Light lunch will be provided

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Connect with fellow American Indian and Indigenous students, faculty, staff, and community members and share a meal to celebrate the start of the academic term. Free and open to all. Registration required.

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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! From 10-11am via Zoom!

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This 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 MyUCLA by going to Campus Life> Calendar> Event Reservations> Find Events.

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@ The 2nd Act Academy is a 6-week learning experience which blends intellectual engagement with personal reflection and practical next steps to help you reimagine what is next. Join 50 of your peers as you learn, grow, develop and build community with Bruins. Sold Out Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

This workshop will describe literature reviews across multiple contexts and genres. The workshop will also cover strategies and best practices for note-taking, preparatory steps, writing process issues, and organization.

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Join the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music for a screening of the film “Arnold Schoenberg and That Ol’ Atonal Music: A Conversation” featuring interviews with Larry Schoenberg and Alex Ross in the Schoenberg Rockingham house, followed by in-person discussion with Schoenberg family members, Alex Ross and the makers of the film.

@ 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 Alumni Affairs](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/ucla-alumni-affairs/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

Join us for an evening of community, food, and celebration! Enjoy student performances, connect with peers and faculty, and explore resources that support the Bruin community.

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This workshop will provide students with practical tools and resources to better understand financial aid, budgeting, saving, and financial decision-making. Participants will learn strategies for maximizing available resources, managing expenses, and building financial confidence to support both their academic journey and long-term goals. This event is hosted by Bruin Underground Scholars (BUS) in collaboration with the UCLA Financial Wellness program

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Start fall quarter with intention by exploring simple ways to manage your time, energy, priorities, and routines as you settle into the year.

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Begin the Fall quarter grounded and create a vision board that centers your values, intentions, and the energy you want to embody into this school year! All materials will be provided.

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What is AI actually doing to teaching, learning, and research at the university? The third edition of this faculty seminar from NNAI Livescu and DataX brings together UCLA faculty and researchers across disciplines to share what they are experiencing with AI, from promising applications and unexpected discoveries to challenges, failures, and open questions. Through small-group discussion and exchange, participants will explore how AI is showing up in academic practice today and what its growing presence might mean for the university. Whether you’re skeptical, excited, overwhelmed, or simply curious, this session offers space for candid conversation grounded in real experiences rather than hype. In collaboration with UCLA AI Exchange.

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From Postdoc to Professor brings together essential elements of teaching preparation into one engaging experience for postdoctoral scholars. Participants will strengthen their understanding of evidence-based, student-centered, and inclusive teaching practices; develop foundational course design skills; begin crafting a teaching philosophy statement; and build connections with peers and campus partners committed to teaching excellence. The program is part of UCLA’s annual Postdoctober recognition month.

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Huib Schippers argues that the history of ethnomusicology shows an organic development towards public-facing work, and discusses the skill sets needed in the field to improve lives through music. Abstract: An interesting thing happened to ethnomusicology on its way to the 21st century. While beginnings in the 1800s kept it carefully away from direct interaction with the people who make music, culture and context became increasingly important in the second half of the 20th century. Towards 2000, an awareness had dawned that the musicians we work with and their communities perhaps should be at the center of our efforts. This first manifested as “giving back” research outputs (such as recordings) to the community, and later expanded into working with communities on an equal footing to serve their agendas in and through music. In this talk, I will argue that this very short history constitutes an organic development towards public-facing work, and discuss how applied ethnomusicologists require new skill sets to engage successfully with an exciting range of contemporary applied work in the realms of social justice, health, institutions, media, cultural sustainability and crisis recovery. Bio: Huib Schippers is one of the world’s leading scholars on the crossroads of music education, community music, music industry, cultural diversity, and sustainability. In over three decades of leadership roles in arts and academia, he founded the World Music School in Amsterdam (1990-1996), the World Music & Dance Centre in Rotterdam (2001-2006), and Queensland Conservatorium Research Centre in Australia (2003-2015). Next, he directed Smithsonian Folkways Recordings (2016-2020), served as UC Regents’ Professor at UCLA (2022) and as Visiting Professor at CCOM in Beijing (2023). In 2025, he was proclaimed Distinguished Changjiang Professor and became Founding Director of the International Centre for Cultural Sustainability at Zhaoqing University in China. Schippers has initiated applied projects on five continents and published over 200 publications for scholarly and general audiences, mostly on cultural diversity, artistic research, systems of learning, and cultural sustainability, including Facing the Music: Shaping Music Education from a Global Perspective (Oxford University Press (OUP), 2010); Sustainable Futures for Music Cultures (OUP, 2016) and Music, Communities, Sustainability (OUP, 2022). https://huibschippers.org/

Join the UCLA Rubsamen Music Library for a Jam Session with the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance Ensemble. The afternoon will begin with a set by the Ensemble, followed by an open jam session. No RSVP required. All are welcome to participate!

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Come together to celebrate hope, connection, and care! There will be inspirational speakers, UCLA's Inaugural Therapy Dog, Music by our DJ, Giveaways and Treats! FREE Raising Cane's chicken and ice cream - while supplies last!

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Join The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music for the second annual UCLA Bassoon Day. Spearheaded by John Steinmetz, director of the bassoon studio, this event will feature a full day of bassoon classes, performance, reedmaking, bassoon band, with bassoon related vendors showing instruments, reeds, and accessories. This event will take place in the Band Room (1345) and is open to students of all levels.

@ Join us for a night out in lovely Lafayette, CA. The Western Flyer Project was born out of a desire to use craft beer as a community rallying point. They brew world class beer on site, and will have a full kitchen serving casual coastal tacos and lite bites. We will then move to the local Round Up Saloon for karaoke. ### [San Francisco Bay Area Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/san-francisco-bay-area-network/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/san-francisco-bay-area-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

Part of Ryusuke Hamaguchi: Early Works Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Yanai Initiative When Drive My Car won the Oscar for Best International Feature Film in 2022, on top of being the first Japanese film ever nominated for Best Picture, it may have appeared to many as if its director, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, had come out of nowhere to accomplish such a feat. Still others may have known him as the director of the four-hour tour-de-force relationship drama, Happy Hour, when it generated cinephile buzz on the festival circuit in 2016 or perhaps the spellbinding romance-by-way-of identity-crisis, Asako I & II, when it became his first film to premiere at Cannes in 2018. But well before these milestones, Hamaguchi was busy making shorts and features that have rarely screened outside of Japan. After graduating from Tokyo University in 2003 under the influence of John Cassavetes, Hamaguchi began directing in earnest before entering Tokyo University of the Arts where Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Cure, Pulse) became a mentor. As a student and beyond, Hamaguchi took advantage of a network of non-profit, institutional support to workshop projects that allowed him to experiment with like-minded actors, screenwriters and cinematographers. Indeed, a number of his films from this period (Intimacies, Touching the Skin of Eeriness) foreground the creative process as elements of his sublimely structured mid-career style come into view. With his latest film, All of a Sudden, in theaters this November, the Archive is pleased to present this selection of early works by Hamaguchi that confirm what was to come even as they defy expectations. Series programmed and notes written by Senior Public Programmer Paul Malcolm.

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@ Travel back more than 250 years to explore the pioneers and innovators who originated from the Presidio—and helped shape San Francisco, the United States, and the world. The journey begins by recognizing and honoring the Ramaytush Ohlone people, the first stewards of this land. From there, explore the dramatic transitions of power over the Presidio between three powerful countries and discover how the Presidio evolved from a strategic military outpost into one of the most popular national parks in the country. The tour will last approximately 2 hours, and we will walk 1.3 miles. The trail is mostly flat with some inclines. We advise that you please wear layers, as the weather changes drastically. Bathrooms are available and we kindly ask that you please refrain from bringing any pets. **_All sales are final and refunds cannot be provided._** ### [San Francisco Bay Area Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/san-francisco-bay-area-network/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/san-francisco-bay-area-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

@ Join the Bay Area Bruins and fellow alumni Sunday afternoon for the Bay FC vs Portland Thorns NWSL women’s soccer match. Six former UCLA players are represented between the two rosters. Bay FC – Abby Dahlkemper, Caprice Dydasco Portland Thorns – Jessie Flemming, Jayden Perry, Reilyn Turner, Jennie Immethun Seats will be in Section 132 located midway between the north goal and the centerline of the pitch. Excellent location and sightlines for watching the match. Reserving tickets early will secure seats closer to the field. **_All sales are final and refunds cannot be provided._** A portion of the proceeds will also go to support the Bay Area Bruins and its mission in supporting Bay Area UCLA scholars. ### [San Francisco Bay Area Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/san-francisco-bay-area-network/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/san-francisco-bay-area-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

Part of: Ryusuke Hamaguchi: Early Works Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Yanai Initiative When Drive My Car won the Oscar for Best International Feature Film in 2022, on top of being the first Japanese film ever nominated for Best Picture, it may have appeared to many as if its director, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, had come out of nowhere to accomplish such a feat. Still others may have known him as the director of the four-hour tour-de-force relationship drama, Happy Hour, when it generated cinephile buzz on the festival circuit in 2016 or perhaps the spellbinding romance-by-way-of identity-crisis, Asako I & II, when it became his first film to premiere at Cannes in 2018. But well before these milestones, Hamaguchi was busy making shorts and features that have rarely screened outside of Japan. After graduating from Tokyo University in 2003 under the influence of John Cassavetes, Hamaguchi began directing in earnest before entering Tokyo University of the Arts where Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Cure, Pulse) became a mentor. As a student and beyond, Hamaguchi took advantage of a network of non-profit, institutional support to workshop projects that allowed him to experiment with like-minded actors, screenwriters and cinematographers. Indeed, a number of his films from this period (Intimacies, Touching the Skin of Eeriness) foreground the creative process as elements of his sublimely structured mid-career style come into view. With his latest film, All of a Sudden, in theaters this November, the Archive is pleased to present this selection of early works by Hamaguchi that confirm what was to come even as they defy expectations. Series programmed and notes written by Senior Public Programmer Paul Malcolm.

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@ Please join us at Game n’ Grounds Board Game Cafe to connect with San Fernando Valley Alum Bruins while playing board games and eating delicious food! Feel free to stop by as long as you wish. Space is limited, so RSVP as soon as possible. If you are unable to attend this event anymore or have any questions, please contact Tanisha at tgunby@g.ucla.edu. ### [San Fernando Valley Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/san-fernando-valley-network/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/san-fernando-valley-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

@ Arts Gowanus is hosting their 30th annual Open Studios event. It’s a fun and free annual event where dozens of art studios in Gowanus open to the public. We’re hosting a group to walk together and hang out in a fun neighborhood. There’s also delicious bakeries and cafes we can check out together. Come ready to learn about local art and make new friends. ### [New York Tri-State Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/new-york-tri-state-network/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/new-york-tri-state-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

This eight-part webinar series highlights content from Foundations and Futures, a multimedia textbook from UCLA's Asian American Studies Center. You can register for this virtual webinar at this link: bit.ly/TeachingAAPI

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Join us for BRC Midterms Week on October 19 & 20 from 12–2 PM to take a break, recharge, and connect with community and support.

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This session will explore strategies for sustaining a sense of belonging throughout the quarter. Participants will learn practical techniques for co-creating learning experiences with students as a way to foster students' sense of belonging in the classroom. Presenter: Lisa Felipe, Director of Teaching and Learning in Humanities at the UCLA Teaching and Learning Center, TLC Keywords: inclusive, belonging, student-centered, motivation, connectedness, community Each academic quarter, the educational designers and developers of the UCLA Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) offer via Zoom a weekly series of seven pop-up sessions - each just 10 minutes in length - on focused, specific topics related to course design, teaching, learning, and learning assessment. The additional “+10” in the series title refers to an optional 10 minutes that follow each presentation for Q&A and discussion. These 10 + 10 sessions will take place at 10am (PT) every Tuesday in the quarter, from Week 2 through Week 8. 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 collaboration with CARE, join us for lunch and conversation about supporting your little bruins with boundaries, safety and healthy relationships. A chance to ask questions, share concerns and explore helpful resources!

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Join us for BRC Midterms Week on October 19 & 20 from 12–2 PM to take a break, recharge, and connect with community and support.

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@ Join us for our monthly meeting for Bruin Affiliates members and guests with luncheon and a speaker! The luncheon will include a sandwich platter with salads. A vegetarian option is available. Please RSVP by Wednesday, October 14th. Reservations are required and we are unable to seat anyone without a reservation and paid for in advance. $45.00 for Bruin Affiliates Members, and $50.00 for Non Bruin Affiliates Members ### [Town & Gown Affiliates of UCLA](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/town-gown-affiliates-of-ucla/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/the-town-gown-affiliates-of-ucla/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

@ Change is the only constant in life, and every day we are called to reckon with this. Today it may be most apparent to you in national or global tumult, a career pivot you’re contemplating or relationship dynamics you’re struggling to tweak or adapt to. However it shows up, you can count on the rug continuing to shift beneath your feet. And your brain really doesn’t like that, at least by default. In its frenzy to find stability today, it will leap to ways of thinking and behaving that will leave you feeling even more stuck, stifled, and afraid tomorrow. Yet, if you are inclined toward personal growth, you can use the tidal forces of change to propel you to ever-greater wisdom, inner stability and even growth. In this session with Jim Hjort, an executive and career coach, personal development trainer and licensed psychotherapist, you’ll learn: • Why your inner critic and pessimist is actually a key part of your team • Why you may do all the “right” things, while feeling less and less satisfied with your life • How to look beneath the surface of your life story to identify what makes you feel truly alive—so you can have more of that • Communication skills to help you show up for yourself first, so you can show up whole and healthy for anyone else you want in your life • How to not just survive chaos and uncertainty, but embrace it as the essential journey of your life Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

An introduction to citation managers and the tool EndNote. Learn how to use EndNote to manage your sources! If you (or your department) has purchased EndNote, this workshop will help you set up your program to find full text, import citations from PubMed and use Cite While You Write to generate bibliographies from your documents. PLEASE NOTE: UCLA Library does not provide access to EndNote Instructor: Antonia Osuna-Garcia, Evidence Based Practice Librarian

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@ Join entertainment alumni from USC, CalArts, NYU, Stanford and of course, UCLA with the biggest cross-campus entertainment networking event of the year. Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

Part of: Ryusuke Hamaguchi: Early Works Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Yanai Initiative When Drive My Car won the Oscar for Best International Feature Film in 2022, on top of being the first Japanese film ever nominated for Best Picture, it may have appeared to many as if its director, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, had come out of nowhere to accomplish such a feat. Still others may have known him as the director of the four-hour tour-de-force relationship drama, Happy Hour, when it generated cinephile buzz on the festival circuit in 2016 or perhaps the spellbinding romance-by-way-of identity-crisis, Asako I & II, when it became his first film to premiere at Cannes in 2018. But well before these milestones, Hamaguchi was busy making shorts and features that have rarely screened outside of Japan. After graduating from Tokyo University in 2003 under the influence of John Cassavetes, Hamaguchi began directing in earnest before entering Tokyo University of the Arts where Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Cure, Pulse) became a mentor. As a student and beyond, Hamaguchi took advantage of a network of non-profit, institutional support to workshop projects that allowed him to experiment with like-minded actors, screenwriters and cinematographers. Indeed, a number of his films from this period (Intimacies, Touching the Skin of Eeriness) foreground the creative process as elements of his sublimely structured mid-career style come into view. With his latest film, All of a Sudden, in theaters this November, the Archive is pleased to present this selection of early works by Hamaguchi that confirm what was to come even as they defy expectations. Series programmed and notes written by Senior Public Programmer Paul Malcolm.

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This session is open to all instructors, TAs, and postdocs. The Practice and Play with EdTech series offers instructors a hands-on opportunity to explore teaching tools and strategies with TLC staff. This session will explore how modernized classroom spaces can engage students and support meaningful active learning. Attendees will examine how flexible classroom layouts and integrated technologies support pedagogical goals through hands-on activities designed to foster collaboration, deepen content processing, increase student engagement, and promote inclusive participation.

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@ **\*CANCELED\*** Join us for a performance of _The Heart_, followed by a conversation with members of the cast and a networking event. ### [New York Tri-State Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/new-york-tri-state-network/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/new-york-tri-state-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

@ Please join us for UCLA monthly Happy Hour at Hoxton Bar Rivie. Guests are responsible for their own drinks ### [France Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/france-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

Are you looking to enjoy an international food experience? Join the UCLA Dashew Center, Wescom Financial, and ASUCLA for an evening celebrating international food and community! Enjoy international food, live student performances, games, giveaways, and more. Wescom Financial will also offer on-site account openings during the event. Register today!

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This session will introduce instructors and TAs to accessibility tools that are available in Bruin Learn. We will demonstrate the following: - How to use auto-generated captions - How to edit captions - How to select optimal tools and formats for posting your videos - Overview of the WCAG 2.1 AA compliance deadline for April, 2026 By the end of this session, participants will be able to select and utilize tools to make their media more accessible in Bruin Learn. Audience: Faculty, TAs, Staff

This workshop introduces the genres of public speaking in academia, ranging from teaching lectures to conference papers to job talks. The workshop includes suggested strategies to improve your presentation skills.

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@ One thing many of us miss about UCLA is how easy it was to run into friends and feel part of a community because even in L.A., people can scatter surprisingly quickly after graduation. We want to help recreate a bit of that Bruin camaraderie here because we know there are plenty of Bruins nearby — we just don’t recognize one another now that BearWear isn’t our daily attire. We can change that. Join us for an evening of relaxed fun with the classes of 2020-26. This is as low-key as it gets: no program, no icebreakers and no expectation that you work the room. If you’d rather not walk in alone, bring a friend — they don’t need to be a Bruin. Drop in for a bit or stay all evening. If you want a preview, 1212 Santa Monica — our spot for the evening — is pictured below. Order whatever you’d like from the bar or kitchen on your own tab, then settle into the open, two-story space and enjoy the lively Santa Monica atmosphere. With creative cocktails, a SoCal-inspired menu and plenty of room to catch up or get to know someone new, 1212 feels like the perfect place to meet other recent grads who already know at least one chapter of our story. Maybe you’ll meet other sports fans to watch a UCLA game with this fall, find people who want to explore a new local spot in the next few months, or exchange career tips down the line. Who knows — you might even end up sitting across from one another at a Dinner for 12 Strangers that one of you hosts next February. This could be the start of a circle of Bruins you keep bumping into — and choosing to spend time with. Our greatest hope is that you make friends you like enough to say, “We should do this again,” and then actually do it.. ### [Westside Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/los-angeles-westside-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

Come by the Bruin Resource Center or via zoom to ask legal questions. We provide legal counseling on: -Landlord-Tenant Issues -Immigration Issues -Employment Issues -Family Law Issues -Criminal/traffic Matters -University-related concerns (Disciplinary, Title IX) -Personal Injury -And more!

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Join curators from Library Special Collections as they offer the UCLA community an opportunity to see and engage with materials that document food and culinary history. This will include materials that represent food and culinary history locally, internationally and across time periods. Beyond providing nourishment, food serves as a connection across cultures and societies, with agriculture, foodways and cuisines offering insights into community history, traditions and social structures. Examine how materials that include cookbooks, recipes, photographs and menus offer insight into the ways food connect us to each other. RSVP encouraged.

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BYOB—bring your own ballot!—and learn how to research the issues at stake in this November’s election. We’ll discuss how to avoid misinformation and practice strategies for finding the information you need to make an informed voting decision. Led by Katherine Kapsidelis and Ashley Peterson

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@ The 2026 U.S. midterm elections will shape far more than the balance of power in Washington. Their consequences will ripple through global markets, transatlantic relations, European security, and the future of the liberal international order. This distinguished panel discussion, presented by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Alumni UK Network and the University of Chicago Booth School of Business UK alumni community, brings together leading voices in politics, economics, and international affairs to examine how America’s domestic political landscape is inseparable from global stability and economic confidence. For business leaders, investors, policymakers, and internationally minded professionals, understanding what’s at stake in these midterms is essential to navigating an increasingly interconnected geopolitical and economic landscape. Key Themes Moving beyond campaign horse-race coverage, our panel will examine the outcome’s real-world implications for governments, markets, institutions, and businesses across Europe and beyond: * The political landscape: electoral behaviour, polarisation, and the resilience of American democratic institutions * European security: what the outcome means for NATO, Ukraine, and the continent’s defence posture * Transatlantic cooperation: the outlook for U.S.–Europe partnership in an era of geopolitical fragmentation * Markets and fiscal policy: investor confidence, monetary policy, and the global economic outlook * The liberal international order: the future of multilateral institutions under growing strain This is a conversation for anyone who needs to understand not just who wins, but what it means for transatlantic cooperation, for institutional trust, and for the decisions business and policy leaders will need to make next. Early-Bird; £80 from September 2, 2026. ### [UK Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/uk-network/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/uk-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

Facilitated by the RISE Center, this workshop explores the impact of the impostor phenomenon and provides strategies for building confidence, fostering self-compassion, and embracing personal achievements. Through reflection and discussion, participants will gain tools to strengthen their sense of belonging, cultivate resilience, and thrive in academic and professional spaces.

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In person: David Stenn, author of Clara Bow: Runnin’ Wild. Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive, the Hugh M. Hefner Classic American Film Program and the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles “I’ve had enough trouble with men without marrying any!” declares Clara Bow (whose own hectic love life was this film's inspiration) as she flees wannabe Paris grooms for the French Riviera where comic mayhem ensues amidst Art Deco sets. Unseen for decades due to rights issues and still unavailable on any platform, this super-rare Pre-Code romp is “a rush of great fun, high spirits, and good humor from a bright ensemble cast, and particularly vivacious Bow” (Derek Winnert). Special thanks to David Stenn; and Margot Gerber, Art Deco Society of Los Angeles.

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@ Join the Chicago Network as we cheer on UCLA football! _Dog Haus is close to the Fullerton L Stop, and can be accessed by multiple bus routes. There is also street parking available. We often have drink and food specials. Go Bruins!_ Open Event ### [Chicago Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/chicago-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

In person: Q&A with UCLA Cinema and Media Studies Professor Kriss Ravetto-Biagioli and UCLA Comparative Literature Professor Nouri Gana. Guest speaker 60 years after its first screening in Algiers, The Battle of Algiers has lost none of its political punch. Premiering internationally at the 1966 Venice Film Festival, where it won the Golden Lion, the film was celebrated for the audacity with which it confronted the still-raw history of French colonialism and the Algerian struggle for independence. In France, however, it remained effectively banned for years. Its extraordinary political afterlife has been equally paradoxical: a film embraced by anticolonial and revolutionary movements around the world has also been studied by military and counterinsurgency strategists, including at the Pentagon during the Iraq War. Starring almost exclusively nonprofessional actors and shot entirely on location in Algiers in a strikingly realist, quasi-documentary style, Gillo Pontecorvo’s film reconstructs the pivotal 1957 Battle of Algiers during the Algerian War of Independence (1954–62). Beginning with French paratroopers closing in on FLN militant Ali La Pointe, the film moves backward to trace his politicization and the escalating confrontation between the National Liberation Front and the French colonial state. Yet The Battle of Algiers is less the story of an individual revolutionary than of a people becoming a political subject. Made shortly before the manifestos that would theorize “Third Cinema,” the film became one of its enduring touchstones: cinema conceived not simply as representation but as intervention. Its unsettling treatment of colonialism, revolutionary violence, torture and collective resistance continues to raise urgent questions about political violence, national liberation and the unfinished work of decolonization. Note written by UCLA Cinema and Media Studies Professor Kriss Ravetto-Biagioli and UCLA Comparative Literature Professor Nouri Gana.

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Join the Pilipinos for Community Health student organization to learn about helpful hygiene tips for families! In the spirit of fall - participants will be able to decorate pumpkins (while supplies last!) Bring Your Own Pumpkin!

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Join us over at UAS for a fun filled afternoon of Trunk or Treating!

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@ Bruin Family Socials are events that bring UCLA to neighborhoods around the world. Providing an opportunity for attendees to engage with one another on a regional level, Bruin Family Socials foster connections and relationships within the greater Bruin community. Historically, Bruin Family Socials have taken place over the course of one weekend each year. During spring 2023, these events transitioned to a year-round model that accommodates a variety of activities and locations, ultimately allowing for added flexibility and more opportunities to build community than ever before. We hope you will join us at an event near you! Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

LA’s 33 Strings (三十三絃の会), a distinguished Japanese music ensemble based in Southern California and dedicated to the preservation and evolution of Japan’s musical heritage, hosts a workshop on Japanese music. Featuring instruments such as the koto, bass koto, and shamisen, the group performs a wide variety of music, ranging from classical pieces and folk songs to contemporary works, including anime and film scores, bringing together members and audiences through a shared appreciation of Japanese music. LA’s 33 Strings has appeared at a range of notable events, including a collaboration with the globally renowned video game Silent Hill f, the Newport Beach Film Festival, Anime Expo, and the Dream Asia Food Festival in Las Vegas, as well as numerous community events throughout Southern California. The ensemble has also performed at venues such as Bowers Museum, Descanso Gardens, and other Japanese gardens, libraries, art galleries, and cultural festivals. In addition, LA’s 33 Strings has produced hands-on workshops throughout the LA community with the endorsement of the Consulate General of Japan. These educational programs help deepen appreciation and understanding of Japanese musical traditions while creating opportunities for participants to experience the instruments and music firsthand. As its presence continues to grow, the ensemble looks ahead to future engagements, including its annual fall concert on November 21st. This special evening will reflect not only the cultural richness and musical refinement of Japanese music, but also the spirit of community at the heart of LA’s 33 Strings. LA’s 33 Strings is generously supported by grants from the California Arts Council, LA County Arts and Culture, Japan Foundation, and the Eastside Arts Initiative. https://www.33strings.org/ This workshop is presented in conjunction with the symposium “Music Alive in the Archive: Legacy and Promise–65 Years of the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive,” a two-day event in celebration of the 65th anniversary of the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive. Sponsored by the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive, the UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology, and the Dean’s Office, UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music.

Kinnara was formed in 1969 by Rev. Masao Kodani and several members of Senshin Buddhist Temple and includes a Gagaku group of 15-20 musicians and dancers and a Taiko group. It sponsors study groups and conducts seminars on Buddhist culture and performing arts. Gagaku is the oldest existing tradition of orchestral music and dance in the world, representing the court music and dance of ancient Asia (central Asia, southeast Asia, India, China, Manchuria, Korea, and Japan). It is the collective music of these areas up to the 10th century and as early as the beginning of the common era. This music is preserved and performed to this day in Japan and, to a lesser degree, in Korea. In Japan, it became part of the liturgical music and dance of our Jodoshinshu sect in the 17th century and has been performed in our temples in America since the early 1900s. Kinnara had the rare opportunity to study gagaku under the guidance of Professor Suenobu Togi, emeritus professor of the Department of Ethnomusicology at UCLA and musician in the Imperial Household Department of Court Music in Japan. He taught the group from 1969-2010. Kinnara Gagaku continues to perform at various temples for special services, as well as at cultural centers and universities. In October 2023, Kinnara Gagaku performed at Walt Disney Hall in downtown Los Angeles for the celebration of their 20th anniversary. https://senshintemple.org/groups/kinnara/ This concert is presented in conjunction with the symposium “Music Alive in the Archive: Legacy and Promise–65 Years of the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive,” a two-day event in celebration of the 65th anniversary of the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive. Co-sponsored by the Hiroshi Wagatsuma Memorial Faculty Grant from the UCLA Asia Pacific Center, the UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance, the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive, the UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology, and the Dean’s Office, UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music.

Join us for a two-day celebration of the 65th anniversary of the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive. The event will feature a symposium, workshops, and concerts. International, national, and local archivists, alumni, faculty, and community members will come together to explore the history and evolving role of ethnomusicological archives in preserving and sustaining musical traditions. The event is also in celebration of World Day for Audiovisual Heritage. Saturday’s featured guest artists will be LA’s 33 Strings, who will lead a Japanese music workshop, and Kinnara Gagaku, who will present a gagaku concert. Kinnara Gagaku was taught for more than 35 years by Suenobu Togi, a former musician of the Japanese Imperial Court who directed UCLA Ethnomusicology’s Music of Japan Ensemble from 1961 to 1993. Professor Robert Garfias, who founded the Music of Japan Ensemble at UCLA in 1958, will introduce the concert. Sunday’s featured guest artists will be Masanga Marimba, led by UCLA Ethnomusicology alumnus Dr. Ric Alviso. Masanga Marimba will lead both a workshop and the Sunday evening concert. Established in 1961, the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive is a world-renowned research archive dedicated to the study of musical traditions from around the globe. The Archive’s collection of more than 160,000 audio, video, print, and photographic items documents musical expressions throughout the world and includes unique field recordings as well as rare commercial recordings. As part of UCLA’s Department of Ethnomusicology, the Archive preserves and makes accessible over 60 years’ worth of audio and video recordings of the department’s famed concerts and also of lectures by legendary scholars and performers, ranging from Mantle Hood to Ravi Shankar to Dizzy Gillespie. In addition to preservation and access, the Archive offers a wide range of research, outreach, and educational services. From international scholars to local community members and UCLA students and faculty, the Archive is recognized locally and internationally as an important center of ethnomusicological research and discovery. Sponsored by The UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance, the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive, the UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology, and the Dean’s Office, UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music.

@ Join us for our fall hike on the Kenter trail. The hike will have with spectacular views of the Santa Monica mountains and the Santa Monica Bay. It’s in and out so those who want a shorter hike can turn around when we get to Mountain Gate for about a 4 mile hike and the rest of us will continue on for a longer hike to Mulholland for around 7/7.5 miles. Please also bring water, snacks, and sun protection as you will need. Optional post-hike coffee nearby for those who’d like to continue networking. ### [Westside Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/los-angeles-westside-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

@ The LA Cancer Challenge is the starting line to Halloween fun and benefits the Hirshberg Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research and the UCLA Agi Hirshberg Center for Pancreatic Diseases. The gorgeous 5K course starts in Wilson Plaza, takes you throughout campus and ends with a treat – our LACC Finish Line Donut Wall! Enjoy the Fit Family Expo and colorful Candy Land Kids Zone, knowing your participation helps drive research towards a cure for pancreatic cancer and supports crucial patient services. UCLA Alumni can use the discount code “UCLACC” for $5 off your registration, good through 10/24/26. Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

Masanga Marimba will perform a selection of pieces from Zimbabwe, South Africa, Cameroon, Colombia, Guatemala, and Mexico on Zimbabwean-style marimbas, mbira, drums, and percussion. Participation is appreciated! Masanga Marimba performs traditional and popular music from Africa and Latin America. The instruments used in this ensemble consist of seven Zimbabwean marimbas of various sizes along with vocals, drums, and percussion. The word “Masanga” comes from a Shona word that means the coming together of rivers or roads representing the meeting of African and Latin musical traditions in this group. Masanga Marimba formed in the year 2000 and has performed at the Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles County Music Center, Grand Performances, Getty Center, Skirball Cultural Center, Ford Amphitheatre, California Worldfest, Millpond Music Festival, Strawberry Festival, and many other high profile music venues. The ensemble has opened for Neil Young, Stephen Stills, Beck, Lana Del Rey, John Mayer, Nora Jones, Father John Misty, Los Lobos, Ziggy Marley, Pink Martini, and many others. The group is led by Dr. Ric Alviso (UCLA Ethnomusicology PhD 2002), Professor of World Music at California State University Northridge. Professor Alviso studied traditional African music in Senegal, Zimbabwe, and Ghana. The members of Masanga have degrees in percussion performance, music composition, jazz performance, and music therapy. Masanga is one of the only marimba ensembles in the U.S. that combines Latin and African traditions. For more information go to: www.masanga.com This concert is presented in conjunction with the symposium “Music Alive in the Archive: Legacy and Promise–65 Years of the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive,” a two-day event in celebration of the 65th anniversary of the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive. Sponsored by the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive, the UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology, and the Dean’s Office, UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music.

Part of: Ryusuke Hamaguchi: Early Works Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Yanai Initiative When Drive My Car won the Oscar for Best International Feature Film in 2022, on top of being the first Japanese film ever nominated for Best Picture, it may have appeared to many as if its director, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, had come out of nowhere to accomplish such a feat. Still others may have known him as the director of the four-hour tour-de-force relationship drama, Happy Hour, when it generated cinephile buzz on the festival circuit in 2016 or perhaps the spellbinding romance-by-way-of identity-crisis, Asako I & II, when it became his first film to premiere at Cannes in 2018. But well before these milestones, Hamaguchi was busy making shorts and features that have rarely screened outside of Japan. After graduating from Tokyo University in 2003 under the influence of John Cassavetes, Hamaguchi began directing in earnest before entering Tokyo University of the Arts where Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Cure, Pulse) became a mentor. As a student and beyond, Hamaguchi took advantage of a network of non-profit, institutional support to workshop projects that allowed him to experiment with like-minded actors, screenwriters and cinematographers. Indeed, a number of his films from this period (Intimacies, Touching the Skin of Eeriness) foreground the creative process as elements of his sublimely structured mid-career style come into view. With his latest film, All of a Sudden, in theaters this November, the Archive is pleased to present this selection of early works by Hamaguchi that confirm what was to come even as they defy expectations. Series programmed and notes written by Senior Public Programmer Paul Malcolm.

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@ Support UCLA scholarships for students in the South Bay by having a meal at California Fish Grill in El Segundo on October 25, 2026 from 11am to 8pm. The restaurant will donate 25% of all receipts to the UCLA Alumni South Bay Scholarship Fund. Attendees are encouraged to RSVP to this website (no payment required) to commit to supporting the fundraiser: [https://www.groupraise.com/events/331032?utm\_source=sendgrid&utm\_medium=email&utm\_campaign=o\_event\_automatic\_confirmed](https://www.groupraise.com/events/331032?utm_source=sendgrid&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=o_event_automatic_confirmed) Upon ordering, mention UCLA Alumni Scholarship. If placing an order online, please enter this code at checkout: FUND2026 https://order.cafishgrill.com/menu/?restaurantId=58 Guests can order any amount at the restaurant on 10/25/26, in person or online on the CA Fish Grill website, and the restaurant will donate 25% to our scholarship fund. Our alumni group is not collecting any money directly. Guests can order any amount at the restaurant on October 25! 25% will be donated to the South Bay Scholarship fund. ### [South Bay Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/south-bay-network/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/south-bay-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

@ Join fellow Bruins and Trojans for a relaxed picnic at Presidio Tunnel Tops in San Francisco, bringing our Bay Area alumni communities together over food, drinks, and a little friendly rivalry. This event is free to attend! Reconnect with familiar faces, meet alumni across industries and graduating classes, and enjoy an afternoon of conversation with the Golden Gate Bridge as our backdrop. Whether you’ve just moved here or have called the Bay Area home for years, this is a chance to celebrate your school pride while getting to know the people who share your corner of the Bay. Come on your own or plan to meet up with fellow alums. There’s plenty to bond over beyond game day and room for some good-natured debate about which school deserves the bragging rights. Bring your school spirit, a picnic blanket, and a layer for the coastal breeze. Blue and gold or cardinal and gold, we look forward to seeing you! Go Bruins! Fight On! Getting There: By shuttle or public transit: Take the free Presidio GO Shuttle from downtown San Francisco or Muni 43 to Presidio Transit Center, a short walk from Presidio Tunnel Tops. If you’re connecting from BART, check the shuttle’s downtown stops and schedule to plan your transfer. By car: Paid parking is available near Presidio Tunnel Tops, including the lot at Graham Street and French Court. Allow extra time to park and walk to the gathering. ### [San Francisco Bay Area Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/san-francisco-bay-area-network/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/san-francisco-bay-area-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

Join us for a special Story Time presented in conjunction with Paths of Memory, Paths of Healing: Shipibo-Konibo Kené Art. Our guest storyteller, Erick (Ronin) Arias Silvano, will bring to life the histories of mythical beings—from river serpents to forest spirits of Amazonian oral traditions—that move through Shipibo-Konibo cosmology and the wider Amazon.

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Join us for a WORKSHOP by Masanga Marimba! In this workshop you will learn parts for 2-3 musical selections on Zimbabwean-style marimba. This ensemble consists of multiple soprano, tenor, baritone, and bass marimbas, along with percussion. You will learn several marimba parts, singing, historical background on the development of the Zimbabwean marimba ensemble, and cultural background of the music selected. Masanga Marimba performs traditional and popular music from Africa and Latin America. The instruments used in this ensemble consist of 7 Zimbabwean marimbas of various sizes along with vocals, drums, and percussion. The word “Masanga” comes from a Shona word that means the coming together of rivers or roads representing the meeting of African and Latin musical traditions in this group. Masanga Marimba formed in the year 2000 and has performed at the Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles County Music Center, Grand Performances, Getty Center, Skirball Cultural Center, Ford Amphitheatre, California Worldfest, Millpond Music Festival, Strawberry Festival, and many other high profile music venues. The ensemble has opened for Neil Young, Stephen Stills, Beck, Lana Del Rey, John Mayer, Nora Jones, Father John Misty, Los Lobos, Ziggy Marley, Pink Martini, and many others. The group is led by Dr. Ric Alviso (UCLA Ethnomusicology PhD 2002), Professor of World Music at California State University Northridge. Professor Alviso studied traditional African music in Senegal, Zimbabwe, and Ghana. The members of Masanga have degrees in percussion performance, music composition, jazz performance, and music therapy. Masanga is one of the only marimba ensembles in the U.S. that combines Latin and African traditions. For more information go to: www.masanga.com This workshop is presented in conjunction with the symposium “Music Alive in the Archive: Legacy and Promise–65 Years of the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive,” a two-day event in celebration of the 65th anniversary of the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive. The event is FREE and open to the public. Sponsored by the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive, the UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology, and the Dean’s Office, Herb Alpert School of Music at UCLA.

Join us for a two-day celebration of the 65th anniversary of the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive. The event will feature a symposium, workshops, and concerts. International, national, and local archivists, alumni, faculty, and community members will come together to explore the history and evolving role of ethnomusicological archives in preserving and sustaining musical traditions.   The event is also in celebration of World Day for Audiovisual Heritage.   Saturday’s featured guest artists will be LA’s 33 Strings, who will lead a Japanese music workshop, and Kinnara Gagaku, who will present a gagaku concert. Kinnara Gagaku was taught for more than 35 years by Suenobu Togi, a former musician of the Japanese Imperial Court who directed UCLA Ethnomusicology’s Music of Japan Ensemble from 1961 to 1993. Professor Robert Garfias, who founded the Music of Japan Ensemble at UCLA in 1958, will introduce the concert.   Sunday’s featured guest artists will be Masanga Marimba, led by UCLA Ethnomusicology alumnus Dr. Ric Alviso. Masanga Marimba will lead both a workshop and the Sunday evening concert.   Established in 1961, the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive is a world-renowned research archive dedicated to the study of musical traditions from around the globe. The Archive’s collection of more than 160,000 audio, video, print, and photographic items documents musical expressions throughout the world and includes unique field recordings as well as rare commercial recordings. As part of UCLA’s Department of Ethnomusicology, the Archive preserves and makes accessible over 60 years’ worth of audio and video recordings of the department’s famed concerts and also of lectures by legendary scholars and performers, ranging from Mantle Hood to Ravi Shankar to Dizzy Gillespie. In addition to preservation and access, the Archive offers a wide range of research, outreach, and educational services. From international scholars to local community members and UCLA students and faculty, the Archive is recognized locally and internationally as an important center of ethnomusicological research and discovery.   Sponsored by The UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance, the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive, the UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology, and the Dean’s Office, UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music.

Why do we suffer? Why do people die young? Is there any point to our excessive pain, physical or emotional? This talk explores the ways that we have tried to minimize or eliminate suffering, and examines people’s attempts to find ways to live with pointless suffering. Ultimately, to be fully human—and to have healthy culture—means to acknowledge a mysterious paradox: we must simultaneously accept suffering and oppose it. Scott Samuelson studied philosophy at Grinnell College (BA, 1995, valedictorian) and Emory University (PhD, 2001). He is currently a Professor of Practice in the Departments of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Iowa State University. In 2014, he was named Distinguished Humanities Educator by the Community College Humanities Association. Inspired by his students, he wrote his first book The Deepest Human Life: An Introduction to Philosophy for Everyone (University of Chicago Press, 2014), which has been well received not just by prominent reviewers but by numerous non-philosophers who found their philosophical voice with its help. The book has been translated into Chinese and Portuguese. Samuelson has published articles in the Wall Street Journal, the Huffington Post, the Chronicle of Higher Education, The Philosopher’s Magazine, and Christian Century. His article “Why I Teach Plato to Plumbers” in The Atlantic has been widely circulated. He’s been interviewed on NPR and given various public lectures and talks, including a TEDx talk “How Philosophy Can Save Your Life.” Scott Samuelson was the recipient of the 2015 Hiett Prize in the Humanities. Co-sponsored by the UCLA Center for Buddhist Studies.

Why do we suffer? Why do people die young? Is there any point to our excessive pain, physical or emotional? This talk explores the ways that we have tried to minimize or eliminate suffering, and examines people’s attempts to find ways to live with pointless suffering. Ultimately, to be fully human—and to have healthy culture—means to acknowledge a mysterious paradox: we must simultaneously accept suffering and oppose it. Scott Samuelson studied philosophy at Grinnell College (BA, 1995, valedictorian) and Emory University (PhD, 2001). He is currently a Professor of Practice in the Departments of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Iowa State University. In 2014, he was named Distinguished Humanities Educator by the Community College Humanities Association. Inspired by his students, he wrote his first book The Deepest Human Life: An Introduction to Philosophy for Everyone (University of Chicago Press, 2014), which has been well received not just by prominent reviewers but by numerous non-philosophers who found their philosophical voice with its help. The book has been translated into Chinese and Portuguese. Samuelson has published articles in the Wall Street Journal, the Huffington Post, the Chronicle of Higher Education, The Philosopher’s Magazine, and Christian Century. His article “Why I Teach Plato to Plumbers” in The Atlantic has been widely circulated. He’s been interviewed on NPR and given various public lectures and talks, including a TEDx talk “How Philosophy Can Save Your Life.” Scott Samuelson was the recipient of the 2015 Hiett Prize in the Humanities. Co-sponsored by the UCLA Center for Buddhist Studies.

While the benefits of active learning are clear, sustainably implementing it may still seem elusive. In this session, participants will reflect on current active learning practices, analyze five factors that accelerate active learning, and consider ways to integrate (or amplify) these factors in their classrooms. Presenter: Kem Saichaie, Executive Director at the Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) Keywords: student-centered, engagement, practice made visible, active learning Each academic quarter, the educational designers and developers of the UCLA Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) offer via Zoom a weekly series of seven pop-up sessions - each just 10 minutes in length - on focused, specific topics related to course design, teaching, learning, and learning assessment. The additional “+10” in the series title refers to an optional 10 minutes that follow each presentation for Q&A and discussion. These 10 + 10 sessions will take place at 10am (PT) every Tuesday in the quarter, from Week 2 through Week 8. 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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The UCLA Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies presents the inaugural Richard Yarborough Lecture in Black Literature, featuring a conversation between Dr. Richard Yarborough, Professor of English and African American Studies Emeritus at UCLA, and Dr. Valerie Smith, President of Swarthmore College, moderated by Dr. Robin D. G. Kelley, Distinguished Professor and Gary B. Nash Endowed Chair in U.S. History at UCLA. Established as part of the Bunche Center Director Lecture Series, this inaugural program honors Dr. Yarborough’s distinguished contributions to Black literary scholarship, African American Studies, and the UCLA community. Reception: 6 PM. Program: 7 PM.

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Scholarly identity is about more than the articles you publish or the projects you share online with your research communities. Scholarly identity includes the many parts of your history and engagement as a researcher, including your education, employment, awards, collaborators and more – and it exists whether you are the one curating it or not. Taking control of your scholarly identity supports your visibility, credibility and transparency as a researcher and plays a crucial role in open scholarly communication. This workshop will cover the importance and impact of creating and managing your scholarly identity with tools like ORCID and Google Scholar, as well as how these tools connect with other network and profile platform. You will also also learn how to select repositories for hosting your scholarly outputs, such as research articles, datasets, working papers and more. Instructors: Hannah Sutherland, Open Science Librarian, and Stephen Gabrielson, Research Impact Librarian

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Each quarter, CARE offers a 3-session certificate training where all students are invited to engage in learning and conversation about sexual violence prevention, gaining knowledge in 3-parts of prevention: stopping harm before it happens, being responsive to survivors who have experienced harm, and promoting long-term healing. The Fall Certificate Training will be held Wednesday evenings Wk 5-7 from 6-8pm in the CAPS LCR. Interested individuals can RSVP by 10/23 to participate.

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Join the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music for an evening performance in Schoenberg Hall spearheaded by Professor Dante De Silva featuring UCLA Faculty.

UCLA Nazir Ali Jairazhboy Colloquium Dawn Norfleet: Beyond Being Alice Coltrane and Betty Davis As the centennial celebrations of John Coltrane and Miles Davis reach sunset, we will shine light on the unique artistry of two exceptional musicians, Alice McLeod Coltrane and Betty Gray Mabry Davis.  These women played significant roles in the lives and music of jazz luminaries John and Miles during their brief marriages; even more importantly, they were impactful music and culture creators whose full recognition may have been overshadowed by their iconic husbands until recent years.  Beyond being John’s collaborator, Alice Coltrane was a music visionary fusing improvisation, jazz, gospel, and Indian traditions in her compositions and recordings. Her Hindu devotees honored her as and Hindu spiritual leader, Swamini A.C. Turiyasangitananda.  Beyond being “Miles’ muse”, Betty Gray Mabry was a trailblazing Black female rocker, songwriter, and bandleader at the height of the Soul Era. Her raspy voice and raunchy lyrics expressed an overt sexuality and aggressive performativity that was presumed the domain of white male rock artists, while also being considered too provocative for many Black listeners influenced by aesthetics of gospel and Motown.  We will not only discuss the strong impact Alice and Betty had on the musical direction of John and Miles, but also, how these women were cultural catalysts on the merits of their own artistry.

Perhaps to be too practical is madness. To surrender dreams — this may be madness. Too much sanity may be madness — and maddest of all: to see life as it is, and not as it should be! – Don Quixote Immerse yourself in the fantastical world of Don Quixote, where comic misadventures, tender moments and heroic dreams come vividly to life in Richard Strauss’s dazzling tone poem. As the Don, UCLA Philharmonia welcomes our new Professor of Cello Ben Hong in his Philharmonic debut, alongside his trusty sidekick Sancho Panza (aka UCLA Professor of Viola Che-Yen Chen). Before intermission, we’ll do a deep dive into the novel and the tone poem with Prof. Hong, UCLA Distinguished Professor Barbara Fuchs (one of the world’s leading Cervantes scholars) and our Philharmonia musicians. All hail the Knight Errant!

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. If you are currently working on a personal statement, we encourage you to bring your draft to the workshop.

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Join the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music as we welcome pianist Elizabeth Schumann for the Fall installment of our 2026/27 David L. Abell Piano Master Series, a concert series which features renowned artists visiting UCLA to perform and work with our piano students.   About Elizabeth Schumann: Dr. Elizabeth Schumann is a concert pianist, educator, and interdisciplinary artist whose work spans leading concert halls, public art initiatives, and research at the intersection of the arts, technology, and human performance. Described by The Washington Post as “deft, relentless, and devastatingly good—the sort of performance you experience not so much with your ears as your solar plexus,” she approaches the concert stage as a place where artistry and inquiry meet, offering audiences experiences that link music with the broader human story. ​ As a recitalist, chamber musician, and concerto soloist, she has performed at the Kennedy Center, Vienna’s Bösendorfer Saal, Weill at Carnegie Hall, Montreal’s Place des Arts, San Francisco’s Davies Symphony Hall, Los Angeles’ Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Musical Instruments Museum in Phoenix, Ravinia’s Rising Stars Series, Australia’s Huntington Festival, the Cannes Film Festival, and the Gilmore International Keyboard Festival. Her performances have been featured on NPR’s Performance Today, PBS, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Honors include the Gilmore Young Artist Award, first prizes at the Bösendorfer and Pacific International Piano Competitions, and awards at the Cleveland, Hilton Head, Montreal, and World International Piano Competitions. ​ Her portfolio extends beyond traditional concert work to collaborative projects that place music in fresh contexts. She has developed touring productions that integrate performance with narrative and visual design, large-scale public installations that transform city spaces into concert venues, and educational programs for children and underserved communities that pair music with literature and live storytelling. These include Piano Carnival, which grew from a 15-city tour into a book, CD, and interactive applications reaching more than 20,000 students and teachers; Son et Lumière, premiered at Boston’s Illuminus Festival and later commissioned for the Pike & Rose Audio Visual Arts Festival, attracting audiences of over 8,000; and Pianimal, a concert and video series presented across the United States and distributed to children’s hospitals through partnerships with leading arts organizations. Across these projects, her aim is to allow audiences to meet music on their own terms and to experience its power without barriers of price or pretense. Her work has also reached international audiences through U.S. Embassy cultural diplomacy programs, building connections and mutual understanding through performance. ​ Carrying on the pedagogical tradition of her teacher, Sergei Babayan, Dr. Schumann has taught at Winter and Summer Performing Arts at The Juilliard School, Itzhak Perlman’s Perlman Music Program, the Crowden Chamber Music Workshop, and the Vancouver Piano Sessions. She is the Billie Bennett Director of Keyboard Studies and Assistant Professor of Music at Stanford University, where she combines conservatory-level training with insights from neuroscience, psychology, and biomechanics to help pianists achieve expressive freedom while minimizing injury risk. At Stanford, her research examines how physiology, pedagogy, and instrument design shape performance, with applications that extend beyond the arts to fields such as medicine, rehabilitation, and human performance science. ​ Through collaborations that unite artists, scientists, and community leaders, Dr. Schumann expands how people encounter and engage with music. Her work demonstrates how these connections can open new possibilities, deepen understanding, and inspire contributions that reach beyond the concert hall.

Ever been curious about what patents are? Or how to find them? In this workshop you'll gain an introductory overview to patents, as well as guidance on how to locate them. Instructor: Shelby Hallman, Research Initiatives and Technical Information Librarian

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@ Whether you moved to Sacramento for grad school, for work, or came back home after UCLA, building a life in a city is a lot easier with a few Bruins around. This is a relaxed evening to meet other recent grads, trade the “wait, where’d you live on the Hill?” stories, and start turning a new city into a familiar one. Come meet folks to catch a UCLA game with this fall, explore a new spot with next month, or trade career notes with down the line. For a lot of us, this is one of our first times gathering as alumni rather than students — and that’s the whole point. Urban Roots Brewery & Smokehouse, Midtown Sacramento \[Oct 29th, 5-7pm\] Free — just RSVP so we have a rough headcount! Hosted by Fei \[2017\] and Sam \[2018\] ### [Sacramento Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/sacramento-network/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/sacramento-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

@ Join the UCLA Alumni Arizona Network at our quarterly networking event! Mix and mingle with local Bruins, create new professional connections and reconnect with old friends. Get to know the Arizona Bruin community! ### [Arizona Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/arizona-network/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/arizona-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

Join the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music for the first Wind Ensemble concert of the 2026-2027 season.

The mindful writing sessions 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 most of the session time will be allocated for writing. All sessions will be conducted remotely via Zoom.

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@ Join us as we cheer on UCLA Football! The bar has agreed to the following specials: 1. $6 Draft Beer 2. $30 Bucket of Beers (5 bottles in a bucket) 3. $10 Pizza & $15 Wings ### [New York Tri-State Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/new-york-tri-state-network/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/new-york-tri-state-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

@ Join the Chicago Network as we cheer on UCLA football! _Dog Haus is close to the Fullerton L Stop, and can be accessed by multiple bus routes. There is also street parking available. We often have drink and food specials. Go Bruins!_ Open Event ### [Chicago Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/chicago-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

Part of: The Trouble With Ghosts In person: UCLA Cinema and Media Studies Professor Kriss Ravetto-Biagioli and Université Paris Cité Visual Studies Professor Martine Beugnet The history of photography, film and television is so populated by ghosts that we can forget what is uniquely strange about them. The ghost is a troubling figure that points to the limit of thought — to death and nothingness. Yet, phantoms need an audience and a medium to make their appearance in the form of the sound of knocking, audiovisual noise, an eerie feeling, a white sheet with two cut out holes for eyes. What is a ghost without its sheet, or medium through which it speaks? In the process of taking new forms, they test the boundaries between the human, the machine and the non-human, stirring up new anxieties. Even if said to be non-beings, ghosts are granted supernatural sight (a maniacal gaze) and power (to possess bodies and to touch the living). At the same time, they interrupt communications, and images of the dead continue to be circulated as exploitable brands. While endlessly occupying the archive of contemporary digital media, certain ghostly images, memories and dreams are privileged over others. For lack of political will, or even just lack of images, witnesses and sound recordings, some ghosts do not and will not see the light of day. The Trouble With Ghosts explores what is so conceptually and figuratively unsettling about the ghost and the media that host it. The series is an attempt to understand the politics of ghosting in an age that is so preoccupied with specters (past, present and future). Series programmed by UCLA Cinema and Media Studies Professor Kriss Ravetto-Biagioli, Université Paris Cité Visual Studies Professor Martine Beugnet and Archive Research and Public Access Coordinator Nicole Ucedo. Notes written by Kriss Ravetto-Biagioli and Martine Beugnet.

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Please join the Milken Center for a gala 90th birthday celebration featuring the music of Steve Reich, one of the leading composers of our time, and a paradigmatic musician of American Jewish experience. Works to include Eight Lines, Know what is above you, WTC 9/11 and Tehillim.

Part of: The Trouble With Ghosts In person: UCLA Cinema and Media Studies Professor Kriss Ravetto-Biagioli and Université Paris Cité Visual Studies Professor Martine Beugnet The history of photography, film and television is so populated by ghosts that we can forget what is uniquely strange about them. The ghost is a troubling figure that points to the limit of thought — to death and nothingness. Yet, phantoms need an audience and a medium to make their appearance in the form of the sound of knocking, audiovisual noise, an eerie feeling, a white sheet with two cut out holes for eyes. What is a ghost without its sheet, or medium through which it speaks? In the process of taking new forms, they test the boundaries between the human, the machine and the non-human, stirring up new anxieties. Even if said to be non-beings, ghosts are granted supernatural sight (a maniacal gaze) and power (to possess bodies and to touch the living). At the same time, they interrupt communications, and images of the dead continue to be circulated as exploitable brands. While endlessly occupying the archive of contemporary digital media, certain ghostly images, memories and dreams are privileged over others. For lack of political will, or even just lack of images, witnesses and sound recordings, some ghosts do not and will not see the light of day. The Trouble With Ghosts explores what is so conceptually and figuratively unsettling about the ghost and the media that host it. The series is an attempt to understand the politics of ghosting in an age that is so preoccupied with specters (past, present and future). Series programmed by UCLA Cinema and Media Studies Professor Kriss Ravetto-Biagioli, Université Paris Cité Visual Studies Professor Martine Beugnet and Archive Research and Public Access Coordinator Nicole Ucedo. Notes written by Kriss Ravetto-Biagioli and Martine Beugnet.

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@ Come watch your UCLA men’s basketball team as they face the Arizona Wildcats at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas next season on Monday, Nov. 2, 2026, as part of a college basketball opening-night doubleheader. This will also be the college debut of UCLA’s latest five-star recruit Serbian forward Nikola Kusturica. Nikola is arguably the best European prospect in his age group and an early contender for the No. 1 pick in the 2028 NBA draft. Hope to see you there and Go Bruins! Open event. ### [Sacramento Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/sacramento-network/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/sacramento-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

@ Join the official UCLA Alumni pregame party on Monday, Nov. 2, 2026 when the UCLA men’s basketball team kicks off the season in the 2026 Hall of Fame Series Las Vegas.  Enjoy pregame heavy appetizers at Tom’s Watch Bar, New York-New York Casino, 3790 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89109, located just steps from T-Mobile Arena. Children under 5 are free Adults and Children ages 5 to 12; Children under 5 are free ### [UCLA Alumni Affairs](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/ucla-alumni-affairs/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

Climate change poses serious threats to pregnant people, mothers, and those hoping to have children — from toxic exposures and miscarriage to guilt, anxiety, and grief. Join us for a talk with Jade S. Sasser, PhD, Professor of Environmental Studies at UC Riverside, as she examines these challenges and how birth workers, organizers, and elected officials are mobilizing for policy change. Free lunch provided. Dr. Sasser is the author of On Infertile Ground (NYU Press, 2018) and Climate Anxiety and the Kid Question (UC Press, 2024), and hosts a podcast by the same name. Her forthcoming book explores climate change's health impacts on pregnant people and mothers.

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Nearly a decade ago the descendants of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) transferred a substantial part of the author’s private library to Blackie House Library and Museum in Edinburgh, the city of his birth. Each of the 400 volumes tells a unique story of the writer who not only created the globally admired character Sherlock Holmes but was author of dozens upon dozens of works in fictional and non-fictional genres. In this talk, Dr. William Zachs, the Director of the Blackie House Library and Museum, tells tales teased out from the pages of the collection that reveal the close connections between the books Conan Doyle owned and read and those he wrote and revised. Using his own critical powers of observation and deduction, Zachs uncovers significant biographical revelations that bring us closer to the author and his times.

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@ Everyone is invited to join our SF Bay Area Bruins Alumni Network Board planning meeting. We meet every other month over Zoom to review past events and plan future events. We seek to schedule diverse opportunities for alumni and friends to gather anywhere from Los Gatos to Oakland to Marin to San Mateo. Come to share ideas or find ways to get connected with UCLA. RSVP in advance to get the Zoom link. We look forward to meeting you! ### [San Francisco Bay Area Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/san-francisco-bay-area-network/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/san-francisco-bay-area-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

The Bruin Underground Scholars (BUS) Program, in collaboration with the UCLA Career Center, invites students to participate in an interactive networking workshop designed to help build confidence and strengthen professional relationship-building skills. Participants will learn practical strategies for introducing themselves, engaging in meaningful conversations, and developing authentic connections with employers, alumni, faculty, and mentors. Whether preparing for career fairs, internships, job searches, or graduate school opportunities, students will gain tools to expand their professional networks, communicate their strengths effectively, and create connections that can support their academic and career goals. This workshop is open to all UCLA students seeking to enhance their professional development and career readiness.

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During this session, learn quick, practical ways to make your data visualizations (vizzes) more accessible and easier for everyone to understand. We’ll highlight simple improvements to color and contrast, labels, keyboard accessibility, and text alternatives that you can incorporate into your dashboards. You’ll leave with a handy checklist to guide your next visualization. Presenters: Karen Sobelman, Associate Instructional Designer, Instructional Design and Media Production and Petunia Sunnywell, Digital Accessibility Specialist at UCLA Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) Keywords: accessible visualization, clarity, inclusive, technical strategies Each academic quarter, the educational designers and developers of the UCLA Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) offer via Zoom a weekly series of seven pop-up sessions - each just 10 minutes in length - on focused, specific topics related to course design, teaching, learning, and learning assessment. The additional “+10” in the series title refers to an optional 10 minutes that follow each presentation for Q&A and discussion. These 10 + 10 sessions will take place at 10am (PT) every Tuesday in the quarter, from Week 2 through Week 8. 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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Part of the Jacob Marschak Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Mathematics in the Behavioral Sciences Speaker: Takao Sasaki, associate professor in the Brain and Cognitive Sciences, University of Rochester Social animals—from insect colonies to human groups—often make decisions without centralized control, relying on local interactions to produce coordinated collective outcomes. However, we still know little about the circumstances under which groups make better (or worse) decisions than individuals. To address this question, Takao Sasaki's research applies concepts and methods from psychology to both individuals and groups, allowing him to directly compare their cognitive abilities. Using ants and homing pigeons as model systems, Sasaki will discuss (1) how rock ant colonies avoid making irrational decisions, (2) how fire ants collectively build self-assembled pontoon bridges, and (3) how homing pigeons improve their homing routes through the accumulation of knowledge. He will also briefly introduce a new research direction that his lab has recently started investigating: collective animal learning.

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This workshop will give an overview of how to write a master's thesis for students in STEM fields. It will include writing activities and discussion to help participants develop their thesis topics. We will also present strategies for organizing research and literature reviews, as well as tips for drafting and revision.

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Join the UCLA Arts Library for an introduction to the collections, methods, and people supporting research in a variety of Arts disciplines. Topics will include image and multimedia resources, unique treasures in the Arts Library and strategies for incorporating visual materials into the research process. Attendees from all disciplinary backgrounds are welcome! Instructors: Ashley Peterson, Digital Scholarship Librarian for the Arts and Humanities; Lane Goldszer, Teaching and Learning Librarian for the Arts; Diana King, Teaching and Learning Librarian for Arts and Social Sciences; Sylvia Page, Teaching and Learning Librarian for Humanities and Arts

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Each quarter, CARE offers a 3-session certificate training where all students are invited to engage in learning and conversation about sexual violence prevention, gaining knowledge in 3-parts of prevention: stopping harm before it happens, being responsive to survivors who have experienced harm, and promoting long-term healing. The Fall Certificate Training will be held Wednesday evenings Wk 5-7 from 6-8pm in the CAPS LCR. Interested individuals can RSVP by 10/23 to participate.

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@ With his single mother in jail, Sequoyah, a fifteen-year-old Cherokee boy, is placed in foster care. Literally and figuratively scarred by his mother’s years of substance abuse, Sequoyah keeps mostly to himself, living with his emotions pressed deep below the surface. At least until he meets seventeen-year-old Rosemary, a troubled artist who also lives with the family. Sequoyah and Rosemary bond over their shared Native American background and tumultuous paths through the foster care system, but as Sequoyah’s feelings toward Rosemary deepen, the precariousness of their lives and the scars of their pasts threaten to undo them both. (from GoodReads) ### [New York Tri-State Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/new-york-tri-state-network/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/new-york-tri-state-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

This workshop will give an overview of how to write a master's thesis or project of similar length (like a qualifying paper) for students in the Humanities and Social Sciences. It will include writing activities and discussion to help participants develop their thesis topics. We will also present strategies for organizing research and literature reviews, as well as tips for drafting and revision.

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The 21st Kenneth Karmiole Lecture on the History of the Book Trade, given by Dennis Duncan, Associate Professor, University College London. This talk begins with a collection of four dozen Burying in Woollen affidavits from the village of Upper Heyford in Oxfordshire, dating from the first decade of the eighteenth century to the last. Each affidavit testifies to a burial in the village, and an oath taken by a relative of the deceased that the body was wrapped in nothing other than wool. These are roughly-printed, single-sheet forms, illustrated with crude woodcuts of skulls and cadavers. They were printed seventy miles away in London. What can the stationery of a country rector tell us about the practices of the London printers, how they advertised, and how the blank precedent?what we might today call a form?offered rich, ever-changing opportunities to supplement their book work?

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Part of TLC’s new From PhD to Professor pathway, this virtual workshop will explore how to plan student workload, pace assignments, and communicate course policies in ways that reflect your teaching values and support student success. Designed for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars pursuing academic or teaching-oriented careers, this workshop and the pathway it is part of connect pedagogical development with preparation for the professoriate. Please register to receive the Zoom link. Please contact gspse@teaching.ucla.edu if you have any questions.

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@ The UCLA Black Alumni Association (UBAA) and UCLA Strategic Partnerships & Community Engagement (SPCE) is hosting an application readiness workshop for high school juniors and seniors, and prospective transfer students applying to UCLA in Fall 2027. RSVP Coming Soon! ### [UCLA Black Alumni Association](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/ucla-black-alumni-association/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/ucla-black-alumni-association/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

The UCLA Guitar Ensemble presents the culmination of its Improvisation Workshop with the Radu Valcu Quintet, featuring chamber and ensemble performances by UCLA guitar students, alumni, and guests. Directed by the Radu Valcu Quintet and conducted by Dr. Mircea Gogoncea, the program explores new and existing classical-jazz fusion works, highlighting improvisation as a vital part of contemporary performance practice.

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Part of: Food and Film Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Hammer Museum Just as every memorable dinner harmonizes textures and flavors to create something more than the sum of its parts — of the type that feels like “a kind of love affair” — so too does Danish director Gabriel Axel’s Babette’s Feast. A dash of piety, a splash of romance, a hint of heartache, a touch of splendor, and generous portions of human frailty and desire all come together in Axel’s framing, Henning Kristiansen’s cinematography and the delicate performances of its outstanding cast to make you fall in love with the movies and dining, all over again. We’re pleased to present this Academy Award-winning classic of the culinary screen to mark the fifth anniversary of Lulu at the Hammer Museum. Programmed and note written by Senior Public Programmer Paul Malcolm.

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SwD if offering free family portraits for families! Pictures will be taken by De Neve Studio student staff! Images will be shared via email.

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Part of: Ryusuke Hamaguchi: Early Works Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Yanai Initiative When Drive My Car won the Oscar for Best International Feature Film in 2022, on top of being the first Japanese film ever nominated for Best Picture, it may have appeared to many as if its director, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, had come out of nowhere to accomplish such a feat. Still others may have known him as the director of the four-hour tour-de-force relationship drama, Happy Hour, when it generated cinephile buzz on the festival circuit in 2016 or perhaps the spellbinding romance-by-way-of identity-crisis, Asako I & II, when it became his first film to premiere at Cannes in 2018. But well before these milestones, Hamaguchi was busy making shorts and features that have rarely screened outside of Japan. After graduating from Tokyo University in 2003 under the influence of John Cassavetes, Hamaguchi began directing in earnest before entering Tokyo University of the Arts where Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Cure, Pulse) became a mentor. As a student and beyond, Hamaguchi took advantage of a network of non-profit, institutional support to workshop projects that allowed him to experiment with like-minded actors, screenwriters and cinematographers. Indeed, a number of his films from this period (Intimacies, Touching the Skin of Eeriness) foreground the creative process as elements of his sublimely structured mid-career style come into view. With his latest film, All of a Sudden, in theaters this November, the Archive is pleased to present this selection of early works by Hamaguchi that confirm what was to come even as they defy expectations. Series programmed and notes written by Senior Public Programmer Paul Malcolm.

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The program includes compositions by Lili Boulanger, Maurice Ravel, and Felix Mendelssohn. Please visit the event website for full details and ticket information.

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Join UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music’s Percussion Ensemble for their Fall installment of their quarterly performance series.

At Eye Level Photo-Stories from Six Angelenos A collaborative project with Rancho’s Violence Recovery and Prevention Program. This visual storytelling project features six Latine and Black wheelchair users with spinal cord injuries exploring photography as a way to document their everyday lives. All are former patients of Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center in Downey and work as peer mentors and counselors with people injured by gun violence through the Rancho Violence Recovery and Prevention Program (RVRPP). Developed through a series of collaborative photography workshops, the project approaches the camera as a tool of self-representation. Bringing together portraits of the participants with photographs and stories of their homes, neighborhoods, routines, mobility, and moments of joy, the exhibition presents six distinct perspectives on disability and everyday life in Los Angeles. For more information about the gallery, please visit the Heumann Community Partnership webpage. Folleto de la exposición «At Eye Level» de los días 9 y 10, y del 11 al 13 de noviembre en la Galería de Arte Kerckhoff. A la Altura de los Ojos Historias Fotográficas de Seis Angelinos Un proyecto en colaboración con el Programa de Prevención y Recuperación de la Violencia de Rancho. Este proyecto de narración visual presenta a seis personas de raza latine y negra en silla de ruedas con lesiones medulares que exploran la fotografía como una forma de documentar su vida cotidiana. Todas ellas son antiguas pacientes del Centro Nacional de Rehabilitación Rancho Los Amigos, en Downey, y trabajan como mentoras y consejeras con personas afectadas por la violencia armada a través del Programa de Prevención y Recuperación de la Violencia de Rancho (RVRPP). Desarrollado a través de una serie de talleres colaborativos de fotografía, el proyecto aborda la cámara como una herramienta de autorrepresentación. Al reunir retratos de los participantes con fotografías e historias de sus hogares, barrios, rutinas, movilidad y momentos de alegría, la exposición presenta seis perspectivas distintas sobre la discapacidad y la vida cotidiana en Los Ángeles. Para obtener más información sobre la galería, visita la página web de Heumann Community Partnership. Nov 09, 2026 - Nov 13, 2026 Kerckhoff Art Gallery, Kerckhoff Hall Level 2 7am-10pm

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Join us for the opening reception of At Eye Level. Light refreshments will be served. Please RSVP by Friday, October 23rd. At Eye Level Photo-Stories from Six Angelenos A collaborative project with Rancho’s Violence Recovery and Prevention Program. This visual storytelling project features six Latine and Black wheelchair users with spinal cord injuries exploring photography as a way to document their everyday lives. All are former patients of Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center in Downey and work as peer mentors and counselors with people injured by gun violence through the Rancho Violence Recovery and Prevention Program (RVRPP). Developed through a series of collaborative photography workshops, the project approaches the camera as a tool of self-representation. Bringing together portraits of the participants with photographs and stories of their homes, neighborhoods, routines, mobility, and moments of joy, the exhibition presents six distinct perspectives on disability and everyday life in Los Angeles. For more information about the gallery, please visit the Heumann Community Partnership webpage. Folleto de la recepción inaugural de «At Eye Level». La recepción tendrá lugar el 9 de noviembre, de 17:00 a 19:00, en la Galería de Arte Kerckhoff, situada en la segunda planta del edificio Kerckhoff Hall de la UCLA. El folleto incluye cuatro imágenes de muestra de la exposición fotográfica. Acompáñanos en la recepción inaugural de A la Altura de los Ojos. Se servirán unos aperitivos ligeros. Por favor, confirma su asistencia antes del viernes 23 de Octubre. A la Altura de los Ojos Historias Fotográficas de Seis Angelinos Un proyecto en colaboración con el Programa de Prevención y Recuperación de la Violencia de Rancho. Este proyecto de narración visual presenta a seis personas de raza latine y negra en silla de ruedas con lesiones medulares que exploran la fotografía como una forma de documentar su vida cotidiana. Todas ellas son antiguas pacientes del Centro Nacional de Rehabilitación Rancho Los Amigos, en Downey, y trabajan como mentoras y consejeras con personas afectadas por la violencia armada a través del Programa de Prevención y Recuperación de la Violencia de Rancho (RVRPP). Desarrollado a través de una serie de talleres colaborativos de fotografía, el proyecto aborda la cámara como una herramienta de autorrepresentación. Al reunir retratos de los participantes con fotografías e historias de sus hogares, barrios, rutinas, movilidad y momentos de alegría, la exposición presenta seis perspectivas distintas sobre la discapacidad y la vida cotidiana en Los Ángeles. Para obtener más información sobre la galería, visita la página web de Heumann Community Partnership.

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This 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 MyUCLA by going to Campus Life> Calendar> Event Reservations> Find Events.

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@ Come join Bruin Alumni and Friends for a fun and relaxing discussion of books. We try to curate a wide variety of genres (all recommended by our own members) to accommodate all tastes and to encourage each other to read something we wouldn’t on our own. We would love to have you join us. All are welcome! November: Poetry Night. We ask that you please bring your own poem or song lyric to share. Please email bkronbeck@social.rr.com to be added to the waitlist for the South Bay Book Club.   https://youtube.com/shorts/nG3z3Q-NA5o?feature=share ### [South Bay Network](https://alumni.ucla.edu/organizer/south-bay-network/) [View Organizer Website](https://alumni.ucla.edu/network/south-bay-network/) Add to calendar * Google Calendar * iCalendar * Outlook 365 * Outlook Live

This workshop will give an overview of how to write a master's client project or other master's capstone with written deliverables (projects other than the academic thesis). It will include strategies for developing topics, timeline, goals, and document structure. We will also present effective strategies for drafting and revision, as well as managing the project overall.

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Join us for a night of new music composed by UCLA undergraduate composition students.   Among one of the most competitive schools for composition in the country, the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music boasts performances of music written by ferociously talented and exceptionally gifted young composers.   Please come support their endeavors as we kick off the 2025-26 school year of composers concerts!