Free Food from the Dining Halls
2024-04-23 22:00, 2024-04-24 22:00, 2024-04-25 22:00, 2024-04-30 22:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Conference Room 1 in the Student Activities Center Basement, 220 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Get a plate of free hot dining hall food in the SAC basement. Please bring your own containers and utensils. Bruin Dine is operating Tuesdays, Wednesdays, AND Thursdays this quarter.

The Pérez-Silverman Symposium on Water and Food Security in Los Angeles
2024-04-24 09:00 - 17:00 | Golden Eagle Ballroom, California State University, Los Angeles, 5151 State University Drive, Los Angeles, CA, 90032, United States
The Pérez-Silverman Symposium on Water and Food Security in Los Angeles will consist of three panels: Water Resources and Security, WELL Leaders Combat Local Water Issues, and Urban Agriculture and Food Security in Los Angeles. The panelists will include faculty speakers from Cal State LA and representatives of notable community organizations in Los Angeles, including Water Education for Latino Leaders, Community Services (WELL), Unlimited, Green Grounds, and South Central Farm.
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Building Bridges, Connecting Communities: Creative Approaches to Public Health Communication in Black Communities
2024-04-24 12:00 - 13:30 | UCLA Health Equity Hub – CHS 17-242B, 10833 Le Conte Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Join the Collaborative Research on African American Wellness & Longevity (CRAAWL) Lab for its next event, part of their Black Health Seminar Series, which showcases leading voices from across the nation to discuss critical issues on the health of Black Americans.
Get ready for a stimulating panel discussion diving into innovative approaches in public health, health risk communications, research translation, and cultivating authentic engagement with Black communities. Our interdisciplinary conversation will explore practical and ethical challenges, as well as the benefits of “thinking outside the box” when engaging with Black communities to improve health outcomes, enhance well-being, and foster community empowerment. Learn more about the ways that scholars, public health professionals, and community partners are shaping healthier futures together.
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Chatsworth Nature Preserve Earth Day Open House
2024-04-27 10:00 - 14:00 | Chatsworth Nature Preserve, Chatsworth, CA, 91311, United States
Celebrate Earth Day at the only Nature Preserve in the City of Los Angeles.
Event Highlights:
Ceremony with Native American Blessing, Guided Nature Hikes, Live Animal Exhibits, and Environmental & Community Resource Fair.
What to bring:
Hats, refillable water bottles, sunscreen and comfortable walking shoes.
What not to bring:
Dogs, drones, cigarettes of any kind, bikes or scooters.
Location & Parking:
Entry gate on Valley Circle Blvd, west of Plummer St. Street parking available with limited on-site parking, and overflow parking at Chatsworth Lake Church, 23449 Lake Manor Dr., Chatsworth 91311.

Music in the Garden: Garden Party, Old Growth, 287vinyl
2024-04-27 14:00 - 16:00 | UCLA Mildred E Mathias Botanical Garden, La Kretz Garden Pavilion, 707 Tiverton Dr, Los Angeles, CA, 90095
Kick back at a free public concert in the Garden! 287vinyl will kick off the music at 2pm, followed by Old Growth and Garden Party.
Meet at La Kretz Garden Pavilion (707 Tiverton Drive). No RSVP required. Free and open to the public.

Marschak Colloquium Spring 2023-24 - "The Big Myth: How American Business Taught us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market," with Naomi Oreskes, Ph.D., Henry Charles Lea Professor of the History of Science and Affiliated Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University
2024-04-30 13:00 - 14:30 | HYBRID: Charles E. Young Research Library, Main Conference Room 11360 and online, 280 Charles E Young Dr N, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Presented by the UCLA Library and the Jacob Marschak Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Mathematics in the Behavioral Sciences
Speaker: Naomi Oreskes, Ph.D., Henry Charles Lea Professor of the History of Science, Harvard University
Throughout the 19th century, the U.S. government played a major role in economic life, promoting economic development through infrastructure and education and regulating many markets. But then something changed. Americans started to reject “big government” and to believe in the “magic of the marketplace.”
The ideology of “limited government” would define the next two centuries across Republican and Democratic administrations, giving us a housing crisis, the opioid scourge, climate destruction and a baleful response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Why? How did so many Americans come to have so much faith in markets and so little faith in government? The short answer: a long-durée propaganda campaign, organized by American business leaders.
This talk will be held in person and via Zoom.
Light refreshments will be served.
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Naomi Oreskes is the Henry Charles Lea Professor of the History of Science and Affiliated Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Harvard University. An internationally renowned scientist and historian, she is the leading voice on the reality on anthropogenic climate change and the history of efforst to undermind climate action and scientific truth.
Oreskes is an author of nine books, including, Why Trust Science? (2019) and Science on a Mission: How Military Funding Shaped What We Do and Don’t Know about the Ocean (2021), and over 150 scholarly and popular articles. Her opinion pieces have been appeared around the globe, including on The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Times (London), and the Frankfurter Allgemeine. In 2015, she wrote the Introduction to the Melville House edition of the Papal Encyclical on Climate Change and Inequality, Laudato Si. Her 2010 book with Erik M. Conway, Merchants of Doubt, has been translated into nine languages, sold over 100,000 copies, and made into a documentary film. In 2018, she became a Guggenheim Fellow, and in 2019 was awarded the British Academy Medal. Her new book with Erik Conway, The Big Myth: How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market, was published by Bloomsbury Press in February 2023.

XPRIZE Water Scarcity Introductory Webinar
2024-05-01 08:00 - 09:00 | Online
XPRIZE Water Scarcity is a $119 million, 5-year global competition designed to drive widespread access to clean water by creating reliable, sustainable, and affordable seawater desalination systems.
This session is an opportunity to meet the XPRIZE staff and learn more about the competition, the benefits of competing, upcoming events, and more.
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Award Ceremony - Eudaimonia 2024: Connectors
2024-05-01 16:30 - 18:30 | James West Alumni Center, Tom Davis Founders’ Room and patio, 325 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Food and refreshments will be served! Reception starts at 4:30pm and Program starts at 5pm.
The Semel Healthy Campus Initiative (HCI) Eudaimonia Award is an annual recognition award given to a member of the UCLA community past or present who exemplifies a life full of purpose and meaning.
This year our theme is: “Connectors” which is to acknowledge UCLA community members who exemplify this theme, have committed to bringing good to society, and who build up community members through care, service and advocacy.
The 2024 Eudaimonia Award recipient will be honored.
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CANCELLED - Free Food from the Dining Halls
2024-05-01 22:00, 2024-05-02 22:00 | Conference Room 1 in the Student Activities Center Basement, 220 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED – follow @uclabruindine for updates about future events.
Get a plate of free hot dining hall food in the SAC basement. Please bring your own containers and utensils. Bruin Dine is operating Tuesdays, Wednesdays, AND Thursdays this quarter.

CANCELED - UCLA First Thursdays: Farmers' Market Pop-Up and Evening Block Party
2024-05-02 12:00 - 22:00 | Westwood Village Broxton Ave, 1031 Broxton Avenue , CA 90024, Los Angeles, CA, 90024, United States
UCLA May First Thursdays (CANCELED)
From @UCLA:
“Due to the distress caused by the violence that took place on Royce Quad and the ongoing tension regarding campus demonstrations, UCLA First Thursdays, scheduled for May 2, has been canceled. While Bruins hold a variety of perspectives on this conflict, we must all protect the wellbeing of our peers and maintain an environment safe for learning.”
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Join the final First Thursdays series event for the academic year! The evening party on Broxton Ave. will be a vivid celebration of music, art and food.
Check out amazing performances from the Beatboxing Bruins, UCLA Bruinettes, Mariachi de Uclatlán, Top Shelf Brass Band, and Leela Dance Collective.
In addition to a full showcase of Spring Sing preview performances by Ella Gibson, Juliana Simone, Resonance, Icarus Contemporary Dancy Company, and Free the BLVD.

**Event Cancelled** Culture, Power, Social Change presents....The Hindu Home Kitchen and the Internet of Landlords
2024-05-02 12:15 - 13:45 | Haines Hall Room 352, 375 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
The following RFI event has been cancelled:
Please feel free to contact RFI if you have any questions or concerns.
Dr. Sucharita Kanjilal of Bard College will examine the ‘creator economy’ through an ethnographic account of Indian ‘home chefs’ — those who make a living by producing content about domestic cooking for YouTube and Instagram. Specifically, she will analyze the material and cultural mechanisms through which Indian creators’ home kitchens are being re-imagined and re-signified as start-up infrastructures.

Ed Talks @CEILS: Learning Community Meetings, "Enacting Inclusive Science in STEMM Teaching and Training"
2024-05-02 14:00 - 14:50 | Terasaki Life Sciences Rm 1100, 610 Charles E Young Dr S, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Integration of diversity in scientific training, teaching, and inquiry is pivotal to developing an inclusive approach to science. In this talk, Dr. Ana Romero shares research findings on culturally responsive practices used to teach and train undergraduate students in STEMM from a study on the Building Infrastructure Leading to Diversity (BUILD) initiative.
About the presenter: Ana Romero is an Associate Project Scientist for the NIH-funded Coordination and Evaluation Center (CEC) and the Assistant Director of the Student Affairs graduate program in the Department of Education at UCLA. Her research examines the impact of STEMM interventions on students’ success and pathways, organizational change in STEMM equity initiatives, the higher education work environment, and campus climate issues. Ana completed her Ph.D. in Higher Education and Organizational Change at UCLA, M.A. in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park, and B.S. in Applied Mathematics and Sociology at UCLA.
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POSTPONED: Critical Ecology Lab Virtual Workshop
2024-05-02 14:00 - 17:00 | Online
Join the Critical Ecology Lab for an interactive virtual workshop on critical ecology and its applications within global change science research and teaching. As an independent research organization, Critical Ecology Lab investigates the relationships between social power, inequality and global environmental change, highlighting the relevance of this understanding to studies of ecosystem and climatic change.
Broken into two parts, the workshop will begin with an informational presentation and discussion of the critical ecology framework, its core tenets and the critical social theory from which it draws inspiration. The latter part of the workshop will be dedicated to small-group discussions and practice applying the critical ecology framework to participants’ research and teaching projects, and will be especially relevant for graduate students, postdocs and faculty working/teaching in the global change sciences or adjacent fields. If you work in an adjacent field and are unsure that the practicum/workshop is directly relevant to your work, you are welcome to leave during the break before the small-group discussions begin.
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South LA Eco Lab Community Meeting
2024-05-02 17:30 - 19:30 | HYBRID: Harvard Park and Zoom, 816 W 51st St, Los Angeles, CA, 90037, United States
Learn about the exciting South LA Eco-Lab projects that will be coming to the area in the next five years, including how to get a potentially free solar panel and cool roof! Discover paid training opportunities and more!
Please note that this will be a hybrid meeting, allowing for both in-person and virtual participation.
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The South LA Eco-Lab is transforming South Los Angeles into a healthy, thriving neighborhood — one with lush green spaces, clean air, renewable energy infrastructure, and dynamic mobility options for pedestrians, bikers, and public transit.

Environmental and Climate Change Literacy Projects Annual Forum Symposium
2024-05-03 09:00 - 17:00 | Online
Unite with PK-16 students, educators, researchers, and community partners for a transformative journey. Dive into knowledge-sharing, professional development, and collaborative networking to empower change. Together, champion climate literacy, justice, and action, turning challenges into opportunities for a greener future.
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Guided UCLA Botanical Garden Tour
2024-05-04 10:00 - 11:00 | UCLA Mildred E Mathias Botanical Garden, La Kretz Garden Pavilion, 707 Tiverton Dr, Los Angeles, CA, 90095
Join a Garden Guide for a free tour. 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 at the northern end of the Garden and are given a grace period of 5 minutes.
Tours are free.

Light Pollution & Terrestrial Wildlife: Research Into Practice
2024-05-07 16:00 - 17:30 | Online
Learn how light pollution affects wildlife.
Part of the Audubon Everglades Speaker Series collection
Join monthly virtually and learn about the latest science and conservation with international, national and local experts.
The past 20 years have seen an explosion of research into the adverse effects of light at night on wildlife. In this presentation, Travis Longcore will describe and categorize those effects and how they affect species and ecosystems, ranging from the disruption of circadian rhythms for birds to fragmentation of landscapes for puma. Then Travis will review the different means by which such impacts can be reduced, including shielding, reduction in intensity, and the synergistic benefits of adjusting spectrum to avoid the most disruptive colors of light.
About the Presenter:
Travis Longcore grew up under the Northern Lights of Eastern Maine. He went to the University of Delaware, followed by UCLA, where he earned and M.A. and Ph.D. in Geography. He is now Adjunct Professor and Co-Chair of the Environmental Science and Engineering Program at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. His landmark article “Ecological Light Pollution” (Longcore and Rich 2004) and 2006 co-edited book Ecological Consequences of Artificial Night Lighting (Island Press) have come to define a rapidly growing research area in ecology. In 2022, he received the Galileo Award from the International Dark-Sky Association “in recognition of outstanding achievements in research or academic work on light pollution over a multiple-year period.” He is also the President of the Los Angeles Audubon Society.
New Paper: A Compendium of Photopigments and Visual Spectral Response Curves

LEDs and Terrestrial Wildlife

https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/person/travis-longcore/
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**POSTPONED** - Chinchillas: From Wilderness to Breeding Farms, from the Andes to Southern California
2024-05-07 16:00 - 17:30 | Online and 10383 Bunche Hall, 11282 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
At the turn of the twentieth century, the chinchilla was on the verge of extinction. As international prices and demand soared, the Chilean-German scientist Federico Albert wrote in 1901, hunters and the fur industry had declared “a war to death against the chinchillas.” The imminent extinction of the chinchilla and the destruction of their habitat worried people like Albert. Part of the conservationist generation of the early twentieth century, Albert and his contemporaries advocated for rational exploitation of nature, strong and modern public institutions, and laws to regulate logging, hunting, and fishing. They also believed hunters were primitive and barbaric, whose methods and greed wiped out wildlife. Angela Vergara will discuss how Latin American experts responded to the chinchilla extinction in the 1910s, and how their failure led to domestication, breeding, and ranching. By the 1920s, a new landscape emerged: cages replaced natural burrows, and family farms and laborers replaced hunters. Moreover, this landscape would be replicated in different parts of the world, from Chile to the West of the United States to South Africa.
Speaker:
Angela Vergara
Department of History, California State University Los Angeles
Cost: Free and Open to the Public
Hybrid event – REGISTER FOR ZOOM OPTION HERE

2024 Mautner Perkins Memorial Lecture Series
2024-05-07 16:30 - 18:30 | California NanoSystems Institute, 570 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
with Distingusihed Guest Lecturer Professor Omar M. Yaghi
James and Neeltje Tretter Chair Professor of Chemistry
University of California, Berkeley
Co-Director:
Bakar Institute of Digital Materials for the Planet
Kavli Energy NanoSciences Institute at Berkeley
California Research Alliance by BASF
4:30 p.m. Reception
5:30 p.m. Lecture
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**CANCELLED** - Synthesis for Policy in Amazonia: A Participatory Approach to Tackling Threats to Biodiversity
2024-05-10 12:00 - 13:30 | Bunche Hall, Rm 10383, 11282 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
In light of safety concerns arising from recent campus events the event scheduled for May 10th between the Center for Brazilian Studies and CTR is cancelled “Synthesis for Policy: A Participatory Approach to Tackling Threats to Biodiversity.”
Evidence-informed solutions are urgently needed to tackle the climate and biodiversity crises – the 21st-century’s most significant challenges. Multiple stressors threaten Amazonia’s socio-ecological importance, highlighting the need for coordinated efforts to mitigate these threats. Effective engagement with policy, decision-makers, non-governmental organizations and local communities can improve research development and conservation planning success. This presentation analyzes stakeholder-based solutions to the main threats to Amazonian biodiversity.
Speaker:
James Moura Jr. is a Senior Research Associate at the University of Bristol, UK—Synthesis for Policy in Amazonia (SynPAm). He is also an Associate Professor at the University for the International Integration of Afro-Brazilian Lusophony, Brazil, and a Visiting Professor at the Community, Indigenous, Liberation, and Ecopsychology Psychology Program at Pacifica Graduate Institute.

CANCELLED - Dr. Marccus Hendricks Lecture: Murky Waters
2024-05-13 16:00 - 18:00 | UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, Room 2343, 337 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
A Community Approach to Evaluate and Address Sanitary Sewer Overflows and Basement Backups
As we face the growing impacts of climate change on urban infrastructure, the dialogue surrounding resilient water systems has never been more pressing. Join an in-depth session with Dr. Marccus Hendricks, who will illuminate the intersections of public health, urban planning, and environmental justice in the face of increasing sanitary sewer overflows and basement backups.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Dr. Marccus D. Hendricks is an Associate Professor of Urban Studies and Planning and the Director of the Stormwater Infrastructure Resilience and Justice (SIRJ) Lab at the University of Maryland (UMD). His role extends into Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health. Dr. Hendricks’ work is renowned for its examination of how social processes and development patterns result in hazardous human-built environments, specifically relating to urban stormwater management, flooding, and vulnerable infrastructures. His tenure as a Senior Advisor for Climate and Community Resilience in the Biden-Harris Administration has further amplified his contributions to creating resilient and equitable communities.
In his quest to forge resilient urban spaces, Dr. Hendricks has explored the intricate interplay between environmental justice and infrastructure, with a special focus on how community-driven strategies can address the risks and develop robust adaptation practices. He leverages diverse methodologies, from environmental sampling to visual inspections, advocating for a participatory approach that brings tangible improvements to both policy and the lived environment.

Global Webinar Series on Water and Sustainable Development
2024-05-14 09:00 - 10:30 | Online
The University of Glasgow, through its School of Social & Environmental Sustainability, is delighted to present a Global Webinar Series on Water and Sustainable Development. This series provides a platform for discussion on current and future water-related problems, and potential solutions from a multidisciplinary, multisectoral and multi-issues basis. Leading global academics, senior policymakers from around the world, heads of national and international organisations, and senior officials from important multinational corporations will contribute and provide insight from their expert perspectives.
Next Event: Desalination in the Context of Water Security
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Yaks and Biodiversity: Contested Narratives of Land Degradation in Eastern Tibet, Lecture and Film Screening by Professor Huatse Gyal
2024-05-14 11:00 - 12:30 | Online and 10383 Bunche Hall, 11282 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Huatse Gyal will speak on the emergent and innovative forms of land restoration efforts that center land-based community building as a precondition to environmental protection on the eastern Tibetan Plateau.
Note: Interested individuals may attend in person at Bunche Hall (Rm 10383) or online via Zoom. Please note the updated location with the new building and room number.
RSVP to Attend In Person (Bunche Hall, Rm 10383)
RSVP to Attend Virtually (Online via Zoom)

A Map-Based Decision-making Framework for Equity in EV Charging
2024-05-15 12:00 - 13:15 | HYBRID: University of California Center Sacramento and Online, 1115 11th Street, Sacramento, CA, 95814, United States
State, federal, and auto industry leaders have set ambitious targets to transition to electric vehicles over the coming decade. Governor Newsom and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) have set California on a pathway to phase out the sale of new gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035. To support this transition, we will need millions of EV chargers. But where can we locate this new mobility infrastructure to the needs of priority communities, integrate with other transportation modes, and support connectivity and economic development? Local governments will play a crucial role, and they will need decision-making tools for stakeholder-informed processes. UC Berkeley’s Energy & Resources Group, School of Information, and School of Law are developing a platform to meet this need.
TO ATTEND IN PERSON, PLEASE CLICK HERE TO REGISTER.
TO REGISTER FOR THE ZOOM WEBINAR, PLEASE CLICK HERE.

Blue + Green Session 2: Kelp and the Bioeconomy
2024-05-15 14:00 - 15:00 | Online
The Blue + Green 2024 series is a 4 part monthly series taking place virtually in celebrating of Earth Day beginning Thursday April 25, 2024 and ending July 16, 2024.
The goal of the project is to shine a spotlight on emerging aquaculture sector in our economy. Aquaculture and the supporting technologies bring together all the key ingredients – future growth opportunities that support our coastal ecosystems, the economy, jobs, and our communities. This webinar series reimagines partnerships between business, government, universities, and communities through regenerative ocean research, exploration, and equity-based economic development.
Panel Discussion on the Economic Benefits of Developing a Kelp Bioeconomy will examine how developing a kelp bioeconomy can create jobs, generate revenue for coastal communities, and diversify marine industries beyond traditional fisheries.
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VC and Climate Talk
2024-05-15 16:00 - 17:30 | UCLA Anderson, Korn Convocation Hall, 110 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Join UCLA Anderson’s Center for Impact and Easton Technology Management Center for an informative discussion with Raj Kapoor, the Co-founder and Managing Partner of Climactic. Raj will delve into the venture capital industry and climate tech – specifically what we need to get a net zero planet, how innovation can help us get there, and some example companies in the industry.
With a successful track record in venture capital at Mayfield, and as a former Chief Strategy Officer at Lyft, Raj brings a wealth of experience to the table. Climactic, his venture capital firm, is dedicated to early-stage investments in climate tech for enterprise and mobility, leveraging over two decades of general tech experience to accelerate startup success. This will be interactive so bring your questions!
4:00 – 4:30 p.m. ………….. Networking Reception in D Atrium
4:30 – 5:30 p.m. …………… Speaker in Korn Convocation Hall
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A remote option via Zoom is available for those who cannot attend in person.
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