• Environmental Graduate Student Networking Reception 2025

    All UCLA graduate students interested in environmental justice, sustainability, and climate resilience are invited to this free, cross-campus mixer! What to Expect: Discover student funding opportunities, jobs, internships, and campus...

  • Closing the Circle 2025: From Excess to Access

    Join the Food Recovery Conference, part of Los Angeles Good Food Week. Presented in association with the UCLA Rothman Family Institute for Food Studies, FoodCycle, End Hunger LA, the Los Angeles Food Policy Council, and supported by the USDA SARE program, this gathering will bring together national speakers, local experts, and food recovery leaders to...

  • UCLA Mathias Botanical Garden’s annual Fall Fest

    This event is completely free to attend, no RSVP required! Spend an afternoon at the Garden with friends and family enjoying arts and crafts like weaving, button making, botanical illustration and more. Enjoy a talk from Assistant Director Allison Keeney about succulents and stick around to learn about basket weaving. Learn more at https://www.botgard.ucla.edu/event/fall-fest-2025/.

  • Plant It and They Will Come: Supporting California’s 1,600 Native Bees

    Join National Geographic Explorer Krystle Hickman for a captivating talk on California’s native bee species and the plants they thrive on. In her new book, The ABCs of California’s Native Bees, Hickman describes 26 bee species—from the Agile Longhorn Bee to the Zone-tailed Banded-Mining Bee—through stunning photography and expert insights on identification, habitats, and conservation. Through...

  • Botany Brown Bag with Dr. Pam Soltis

    Join a new Botany Brown Bag Public Lecture Series! This Botany Brown Bag series is continued by Dr. Pam Soltis, who will give a talk titled “Using Natural History Collections...

  • Día de los Muertos – Mourning & Remembering through Ecological Change.

    Día de los Muertos is a time to mourn, remember and celebrate those who have passed. This year’s gathering focuses on the intersections of memory, ecology and community, creating space to honor traditions while reflecting on environmental change. Learn more at https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/event/dia-de-los-muertos-mourning-and-remembering-through-ecological-change/. This event is co-sponsored by the Laboratory for Environmental Narrative Strategies, the Radical...

  • Panel Discussion: Fire, Land Stewardship, and Indigenous Conservancy

    Presented in conjunction with the Fire Kinship exhibition at the Fowler Museum at UCLA, this panel will bring together Indigenous scholars, fire practitioners, and land trust leaders to explore the role of land conservancy in the broader Land Back movement. Focusing on fire as both a cultural practice and an ecological tool, the discussion will...