Occidental College and OXY ARTS are pleased to present Oxy Live!, a conversation series highlighting a diverse lineup of cultural luminaries at the forefront of their fields. Hosted by acclaimed interviewer and cultural interlocutor Paul Holdengräber. Writer, historian and activist Rebecca Solnit is the author of twenty-five books on feminism, environmental and urban history, popular...
Get a plate of free hot dining hall food in the SAC basement. Please bring your own containers and utensils. Bruin Dine is operating Tuesdays, Wednesdays, AND Thursdays this quarter.
Join Terra.do for this special keynote address from Dr. Sarath Guttikunda on climate change’s effect on air quality on both the urban, regional, and global scales. Dr. Sarath will explore how local data from monitoring and modeling studies were a key factor in climate policy efforts in India and beyond. REGISTER HERE
As the recently retired CEO of EVgo, Cathy Zoi has an incredible set of insights about U.S. efforts to electrify our transportation sector. EVgo is among the nation’s largest fast-charging network for electric vehicles serving 140 million Americans living within 10 miles of an EVgo charger. Prior to her time at EVgo, Zoi created several...
This year, Held v. Montana—the only constitutional climate litigation to go on trial in the United States—was brought by Our Children’s Trust on behalf of children. The Held case was tried in state judicial district court in Helena, Montana, in June 2023. On August 14, the judge ruled in favor of the plaintiffs in this...
Hosted in conjunction with the Local Government Sustainable Energy Coalition (LGSEC), this one-and-a-half hour event will showcase an array of speakers from around the globe discussing common challenges and potential solutions as governments worldwide seek to decarbonize their electric grids. Featured topics will include the complex dynamics of grid transformation, challenges with grid capacity, the...
Get a plate of free hot dining hall food in the SAC basement. Please bring your own containers and utensils. Bruin Dine is operating Tuesdays, Wednesdays, AND Thursdays this quarter.
Celebrate the season, and see the UCLA Botanical Garden all decked out! Learn about the histories of toyon, marigolds, and kumquats in holiday traditions around the world. De-stress in nature with snacks and a holiday hangout. Looking for a gift for your friends and family? There will be a pop-up plant sale and Garden merchandise.
Get a plate of free hot dining hall food in the SAC basement. Please bring your own containers and utensils. Bruin Dine is operating Tuesdays, Wednesdays, AND Thursdays this quarter.
This conference considers visual, textual, material, and performative engagement with processes of commodification in the early modern world. It explores how images, objects, and practices converted environments into resources, natural resources into lucrative items with commercial and tax-yielding significance, and destructive forces and forced labor into idealized landscapes and aestheticized bodies. The conference shifts the...