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Talk: “Gender and Los Angeles Residential Water: Use, Knowledge, and Justice in Water Conservation”

IoES Conference Room La Kretz Hall - Suite 300, 619 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, AR, United States

Presenters: Jessica Cattelino and Kelsey Kim, UCLA Center for the Study of Women | Barbra Streisand Center REGISTER HERE Abstract: This study brings feminist anthropological attention to the important but understudied role of gender—as it intersects with migration, class, and race—in residential water use in the United States. We reveal gender justice concerns about water...

Free Food from UCLA Dining Halls!

Conference Room 1 in the Student Activities Center Basement 220 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Join Bruin Dine for our food recovery events every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 10PM in the SAC Basement! Bring your utensils, containers, and appetite! Hit the follow button (https://www.instagram.com/uclabruindine/) to see what we’re serving up each week!

Policy and Wildfires

Online

This webinar is part of a six-part webinar series for the UC community and the public titled “Urban Wildfire Response and Recovery Webinar Series.” More details to come. REGISTER HERE

IoES 2024-2025 Focus on Environment and Sustainability Series: “Optimism, Optopia, and Climate Change Stories,” with Kim Stanley Robinson

HYBRID: Online and Optimist Room, UCLA Luskin Conference Center 425 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Kim Stanley Robinson Author of Ministry for the Future How can science fiction balance hopeful stories about environmental futures with current realities? What theory of social change should inform these stories? With dire climate change impacts already happening, what kinds of stories can inspire audiences to care about and become active on large-scale environmental issues?...

Free Food from UCLA Dining Halls!

Conference Room 1 in the Student Activities Center Basement 220 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Join Bruin Dine for our food recovery events every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 10PM in the SAC Basement! Bring your utensils, containers, and appetite! Hit the follow button (https://www.instagram.com/uclabruindine/) to see what we’re serving up each week!

La Kretz Center Seminar: What is Wild Animal Welfare? Exploring the science of wild animal welfare: research, challenges and future directions

5100 Terasaki Life Science Building 610 Charles E. Young Drive, East, Los Angeles, CA, United States

This seminar explores Wild Animal Welfare Science, an interdisciplinary field focused on assessing and improving animal welfare in natural environments. Researchers will present case studies and discuss applications. Agenda Introduction (10 min): Janire Castellano Bueno provides an overview. Presentation + Q&A (40 min): Dave Daversa on wild animal responses to environmental stressors. Presentation + Q&A...

Graduate Student Farmers Market

Weyburn Terrace Grill Area 3G7X+4H, Los Angeles, United States

Weekly (FREE) produce distribution is still going strong! Show up at the Weyburn Grill every Sunday with your own bag and help yourselves to fresh fruits, veggies, and herbs.

InterActions LA 2025: Advancing Housing And Transportation Solutions

California Endowment 1000 N. Alameda Street, Los Angeles, California, United States

To 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...

High Impact Tea speaker series – “Social Impact Consulting: Bridging Perspectives”

Crown Family Auditorium, Marion Anderson Hall 3rd level UCLA Anderson School of Management, 110 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, United States

4:30-5:30 pm (Discussion), 5:30-6:30 pm (Reception) Join to explore the transformative power of social impact consulting from both consultant and client perspectives. In celebration of 20 years of UCLA Anderson’s commitment to driving community change, this High Impact Tea event will bring together seasoned consultants and nonprofit executives to provide a comprehensive view of the...

Exhibition Walk-through: Taming the Desert

Fowler Museum

Solsiré Cusicanqui will discuss the fantastic creatures, powerful ancestors, and mythological beings found in this exhibition, which illustrates how ancient Andean societies looked for spiritual meaning and numinous help in an unpredictable and challenging world. Taming the Desert: Resilience, Religion, and Ancestors in Ancient Peru (November 10, 2024–April 13, 2025) showcases 34 Moche and Nasca...