*POSTPONED* Welcome Reception for 2025 UCLA Activists-in-Residence
UCLA Perloff Hall, DeCafe 365 Portola Plaza, Room 1302, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesWith a shared commitment to “turn the university inside out” and invite artists, community organizers, and movement leaders to undertake power-shifting scholarship and pedagogy focused on social change, the UCLA Luskin Institute on Inequality and Democracy, the UCLA Asian American Studies Center, cityLAB-UCLA, and the UCLA Center for the Study of Women|Barbra Streisand Center are […]
Beyond the Net Zero Pledges: Do they Still Matter?
UCLA Law School, Room 1447Many businesses, institutions, cities, and regions have pledged to reach net-zero emissions within a few decades. But accountability has always been a challenge and it’s one made more difficult by recent political backsliding around the globe. What’s the path forward for sticking to credible benchmarks? Is there a role for carbon offsets and voluntary carbon […]
Guided Garden Tour – February 1
La Kretz Garden Pavilion 707 Tiverton Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesJoin a Garden Guide for a free tour on February 1, 2025 at 10 am. Explore a living museum featuring collections of plants from around the globe! You’ll hear the stories of selected plants in the Garden and their relevance to human society. All ages are welcome. Tours meet at the La Kretz Garden Pavilion […]
Botany Brown Bag: Changing Behavior in Changing Cities by Joey Di Liberto and Suu Zhou
La Kretz Garden Pavilion 707 Tiverton Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesJoin a new lecture in the Botany Brown Bag Series, continued by Joey Di Liberto and Suu Zhou, who will give a talk entitled “Changing Behavior in Changing Cities: Shifting Trends in Urban Bird Behavior Across Seasons and Cityscapes” on Monday, February 3 at 12pm. As cities expand, more and more animals have been forced […]
Ends of the Earth: Journeys to the Polar Regions
Burbank Buena Vista Branch Library 300 N Buena Vista St, Burbank, CA, United StatesIn Search of Life, the Cosmos, and our Future Paleontologist Neil Shubin, in conversation with JPL's Alex Gardner, explains the dynamics of ice sheets and glaciers, what they tell us about our past, and what they portend for our future. LEARN MORE AND REGISTER HERE
UCLA Technology Development Group Climate Action Day
UCLA Covel CommonsA day centered around Climate Action highlighting the innovative work of UCLA Researchers who were awarded grants for their work in climate action research and innovation. Registration: You must register to attend the event. Registration will open early January 2025. Space is limited. AGENDA (subject to change) Check In/Breakfast/Networking Introduction – Amir Naiberg, Associate Vice […]
InterActions LA 2025: Advancing Housing And Transportation Solutions
California Endowment 1000 N. Alameda Street, Los Angeles, California, United StatesTo achieve California’s ambitious goals of addressing the housing crisis, improving the transportation system, enhancing people’s lives, and mitigating climate change, governments and agencies need to adopt new approaches to longstanding policy challenges. Academic research offers some solutions, but how to best implement these solutions remains a tricky question. At InterActions LA, the Lewis Center […]