• Hammer Forum – Fighting Two Battles: Inside California’s Inmate Firefighting Program

    Among those fighting the L.A. fires earlier this year were incarcerated individuals participating in California’s controversial inmate firefighting program. This forum examines the program from the perspectives of formerly incarcerated firefighters, including issues around compensation and potential program reforms. Moderator Romarilyn Ralston, a black feminist abolitionist who served 23 years in prison and now leads...

  • Works-in-Progress Session: Earth and Exchange: Tapia and the Construction of Early Modern Iberia

    Presented by Rachel Schloss, Doctoral Candidate, University of California, Los Angeles Hosted by the Early Modern Research Group Online event via Zoom To register, please visit: https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/qHytTYlcTiiINu5XzDQiew Earthen materials have played a critical role in political and social development on the Iberian Peninsula. The unique geology of the Peninsula harbors rich soils, minerals, and clays...

  • One Bus, One Cause – Nature Nexus Institute

    Nature Nexus Institute (NNI) is founded on the belief that reciprocity between communities and nature is essential to the survival of both. NNI seeks to provide equitable and intergenerational entry...

  • Clark Library Nature and Garden Festival

    The Clark Library preserves and provides access to over 130,000 books, manuscripts, and artworks dating from the 15th century to the present. But there is a library of living things...

  • Closing Reception for 2025 UCLA Activists-in-Residence

    Join in celebrating the eighth cohort of the UCLA Activist-in-Residence program at this year's closing reception, and hear about the projects that the activists have been involved in over the...

  • Inauguration of UCLA Chancellor Julio Frenk

    Join us as UCLA formally inaugurates its seventh chancellor, Julio Frenk. Inauguration marks the official installation of Chancellor Frenk as the leader of our university. A visionary public health and...

  • Botany Workshop: Plant Propagation

    Join a workshop on plant propagation! Learn from the Garden’s Assistant Director Allison Keeney and Museum Scientist Matthew Southall. This event is free and open to the public. RSVPs are not required.