UCLA Transportation is excited to announce that Bruin Bike Share will be officially launching on Tuesday, October 3, 2017. Join us at Dickson Court North from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. for the ribbon-cutting event with food, fun, prizes and giveaways! There will also be an inaugural group ride for a limited number of participants....
Tired of dealing with traffic or paying for parking? Join UCLA Transportation in celebrating UCLA Rideshare Month during October! WHAT IS RIDESHARE Rideshare is the shared use of transportation through public transit, carpool, vanpool, biking and walking. PLEDGE TO SHARE THE RIDE Pledge with UCLA Transportation to commute to UCLA by public transit, carpool, vanpool, bike, or foot from now until October...
Thursday, October 5 Climate Change Cliff Notes There are so many questions about climate change and climate science. Is climate change right now really worse than climate change in the past? Isn’t it true that there has been a pause in warming in the ten years? Will the ice caps melt? Can we really blame...
Indigenous peoples across Latin America face widespread annihilation as a consequence of mega dams, mining, farming, deforestation, displacement, and genocide. Researchers Sarah Shenker of Survival International, Lois Frank of the Cultural Conservancy, and anthropologist Mariana Ferreira discuss this humanitarian crisis and highlight the interconnection of human populations across North and South America, and the impact on biodiversity and environmental protection.
Lunch talk with Vic Sher, lead lawyer on several high-profile climate change lawsuits recently filed by California local governments to seek damages from large fossil fuel companies for the impacts of sea level rise. RSVP by October 6th, space is limited: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdTU2e5T12N_JPCogHOY6vBEdZHnsds2hlDZ06eTzXzbmYW5Q/viewform Please join us to hear from Vic Sher, lead lawyer on several high-profile climate change...
Date: Tue, October 17, 2017 Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM Location: Pepperdine University Smothers Theater, Malibu The Cat that Changed America is a documentary featuring P-22, the mountain lion who crossed two Los Angeles freeways, and now resides in Griffith Park. The film explores how humans in urban areas co-exist with wildlife. Click...
As a renowned public university in one of the world’s most diverse cities, UCLA prides itself on vigorously protecting and celebrating free speech. Freedom of speech is a fundamental feature of our democracy and a crucial dimension of UCLA’s institutional and academic culture. Yet there remain competing conceptions of free speech, how it should function...