• How Worried Should You Be About This Air?

    Join L.A. Material’s Antonia Cereijido and Jessica Garrison for a conversation with experts about Los Angeles air quality amid the ongoing Boyle Heights warehouse fire. Guest experts include: - Yifang Zhu, professor at UCLA Fielding School of Public Health’s Department of Environmental Health Sciences - Sam Silva, assistant professor of Earth Sciences, Civil and Environmental...

  • Livestream: APAICS Energy & Commerce Summit

    This is a non-UCLA event posted here as of interest to the community. The APAICS Energy & Commerce Summit brings together industry and community leaders alongside Asian American & Native...

  • Women in Cleantech: Strengthening Sector Expertise Series: Sustainable Cities

    This is a non-UCLA event posted as of interest to the community. The Expertise Series - focused on supporting women leaders in accelerating their sector expertise within transportation electrification, clean energy, and sustainable cities - will focus on Sustainable Cities for its third and final event, where we will provide an overview of the sector,...

  • Curator Talk: Digital Production of Mountain Spirits

    This behind-the-scenes conversation explores the digital production of Mountain Spirits: Rice and Indigeneity in the Northern Luzon Highlands, Philippines, an exhibition that immerses audiences in the sacred landscapes and living traditions of the Ifugao rice terraces. Featuring Amy Landau and Paul Connor, the online program examines the research, filming, and on-site processes that shaped the...

  • Can the Energy Crisis Finally Unite Us?

    This is an off-campus, non-UCLA event posted here in case of interest to the broader community. Climate debates are going nowhere. Highly ideological, they end in gridlock more often than solutions. Disasters strike, but their media shelf-life is short. And younger generations, long worried about living on a warming planet, are moving from anxiety to...

  • Part 2: Air-Dry Clay Garden Marker Workshop

    Join the jane b semel HCI Community Garden for an Air-Dry Clay Garden Marker Workshop! Spend a relaxing evening in the garden making your own personalized plant markers out of air-dry clay—perfect for labeling herbs, flowers, or anything you’re growing. This is a hands-on, low-pressure, and fun way to unwind, get creative, and connect with...

  • Policy Making Under Uncertainty: Deciding Where to Implement Fire Mitigation Strategies

    The State of California uses hazard maps to determine where defensible space regulation apply, whereas the insurance industry uses risk mapping to set policies. What are the implications for the use of these different methodologies? This webinar convenes academic, agency, and industry experts to discuss where we need to target fire mitigation interventions. Featuring: -...