Week 7

Need help selecting courses for winter quarter? Have questions about the two pass enrollment process? This 60-minute workshop will answer these questions and more about the enrollment process. We will also review where to find options for your winter quarter GE and major courses. After a short presentation, our College Academic Mentors will be available to assist you individually in planning your study list for next quarter. To preview the presentation and review enrollment resources please visit this website: https://tinyurl.com/caacenroll You must register using the Zoom link provided. Registration is limited!

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Film Screening and discussion with filmmaker Fred Kudjo Kuwornu. This multilingual documentary takes viewers on an expansive journey through the UK, Italy, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, and France, offering a compelling reexamination of European art history and its cultural legacy.

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Bruin Underground Scholars is hosting bi-weekly BUS community meetings in a welcoming space to connect, recharge, and build community. These gatherings offer a chance to come together, share stories, and support one another in a relaxed atmosphere. Meetings will be held at various locations across campus to help introduce students to different resources and programs available at UCLA. This rotation will give students the opportunity to connect with campus partners, discover new support services, and build stronger networks within the UCLA community. Food will be provided for students, first-come first served. Space to speak & be heard. Community & connection. Come as you are, we look forward to being in community with you.

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Join UCLA alumni, fans, and friends for a pregame happy hour before UCLA Women’s Basketball takes on the Oklahoma Sooners at Sacramento's Golden 1 Center. Enjoy a pregame meal with fellow Bruins at Sauced BBQ — conveniently located just steps from the arena at 1028 7th St., Sacramento, CA 95814. Date: November 10, 2025 Time: 5 - 6:30 p.m. Cost: Free (No-host food & drinks)

Join BP Century City Chapter for their monthly meeting!

Come march alongside our warriors and caregivers in a show of support for their service to our nation! We will provide more information regarding meet-up time at The Pearl and we all walk to the train station. The parade start time is 12:30 PM. However, our meet-up time and spot has not been determined yet and the parade organizers will provide this information one week prior to the parade. We encourage you to wear Operation Mend gear (shirts, jacket, sweatshirt, hat). If you need any gear, you are able to purchase them directly on our new store site: https://www.bruincustomprint.com/operation\_mend/shop/home and part of the proceeds go back to us. Operation Mend was established in 2007 as a partnership between UCLA Health and the United States military. We provide advanced surgical and medical treatment, comprehensive psychological evaluation and support, and an intensive treatment program for symptoms related to post-traumatic stress and traumatic brain injury for post- 9/11 service members, veterans and their families. The program is available at absolutely no cost to the veterans or service members and is available to eligible warriors injured during combat operations or while training for service. UCLA Health Operation Mend is a member of the Warrior Care Network.

Come together with Team UC to take on reigning champions GW in an evening of friendly competition and connection at the US Alumni Club's Annual Pub Quiz! Guests will enjoy a lively night of trivia, networking, and camaraderie with fellow alumni and friends as they aim to take home the win for their alma mater.

Who better to explain California’s economy than a Bruin? California—the world’s fourth-largest economy—is evolving rapidly amid global trade shifts, government spending debates, demographic transitions, and the rise of artificial intelligence. To help the UCLA community make sense of these forces, join us for a special conversation with Dr. Somjita Mitra ’00, Chief Economist for the California Department of Finance. Dr. Mitra will provide a clear and accessible forecast of where California’s economy is heading, offering insight on: * Demographic & workforce trends – How population changes, regional migration, and AI adoption are reshaping California’s labor force—from Silicon Valley engineers to Central Valley service workers. * Tariffs & global trade – How supply-chain realignments are impacting California’s key industries: technology, agriculture, logistics, and manufacturing. * Federal government shutdown effects – How interruptions to federal funding could ripple through California’s economy, affecting universities, public programs, research grants, and the state’s many government-adjacent employers. * AI & innovation – How emerging technologies are redefining productivity and competitiveness across Hollywood, biotech, and beyond. After Dr. Mitra’s presentation, participants will be invited into small-group breakout sessions to explore key themes more deeply and connect with fellow Bruins for open discussion and idea sharing. **About the Speaker** Dr. Somjita Mitra serves as Chief Economist at the California Department of Finance, where she oversees the Economic Research Unit responsible for preparing the state’s economic forecasts and advising on policy developments. She also guides the Governor’s Council of Economic Advisors and provides analysis to the Director of Finance, the Governor’s administration, and other state and local agencies. Before joining the Department of Finance, Dr. Mitra was Director of the Institute for Applied Economics at the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC), where she led regional and industry studies across California. Earlier in her career, she worked as an economist and consultant specializing in market analysis, economic damages, and strategic research for public and private clients. A member of the Public Policy Institute of California’s Economic Policy Center Advisory Council, Dr. Mitra earned her BA in Economics and Political Science from UCLA and her MA and PhD in Economics from Claremont Graduate University. **Why Attend** This webinar is designed for Bruins across all fields—not just those in economics or government. * **For alumni:** Gain credible insights to inform business strategy, investments, and career planning. * **For students:** Connect classroom learning to real-world job markets. * **For faculty & staff:** Understand the broader economic forces shaping higher education and community engagement. This program highlights the influence of UCLA leadership in guiding policy, innovation, and economic resilience across California.

Come join Bruin Alumni and Friends for a fun and relaxing discussion of books. We try to curate a wide variety of genres (all recommended by our own members) to accommodate all tastes and to encourage each other to read something we wouldn't on our own. We would love to have you join us. All are welcome! NOVEMBER: Poetry Night - bring your own poem or song lyric to share **Please email bkronbeck@socal.rr.com to be added to the waitlist for the South Bay Book Club.**

Undergraduate students are rarely taught how science and medicine perpetuate disparities or how these fields can be leveraged for change. During this seminar, Dr. Tripp will address how undergraduate science education can play a role in addressing persistent health disparities rooted in systemic oppression and implicit bias through justice-centered science curricula from her study. Undergraduate researchers with lived experiences of oppression, alongside community partners, co-created Social Justice in Science case studies that were implemented in an upper-division human physiology course. These materials guided pre-health students to connect physiology content with broader issues of health disparities and advocacy. Findings from student interviews revealed growth in critical consciousness, encompassing the ability to critically reflect on structural oppression that produces inequities, to develop critical self-efficacy to challenge these injustices, and to act in solidarity with those most affected. These findings underscore how justice-centered, community-informed curricula can empower educators to cultivate socially responsive healthcare professionals and scientists prepared to confront inequities. Bio: Brie Tripp is an Associate Professor of Teaching at the University of California, Davis. She leads a lab of undergraduate researchers who study how to promote social and racial justice in undergraduate science classrooms, as well as the impacts of alternative grading practices. The lab performs mixed methods education and psychology research by centering students’ voices from underserved communities and developing justice-centered curricula in physiology and neurobiology education.

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UCLA F-1 visa students, do you want to know more about off-campus employment authorization? Join us on one of our weekly CPT webinars hosted by the Dashew Center staff to learn more!

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This event is from our partner Disabilities and Computing Program This training introduces participants to Siteimprove, UCLA’s automated accessibility evaluation platform. Attendees will learn how to navigate the main accessibility dashboard, review accessibility issues across their websites, and use the platform’s menus and tools effectively. The session will also cover strategies for prioritizing accessibility issues identified by Siteimprove, helping participants understand which fixes have the greatest impact. By the end of the hour, participants will be confident in using Siteimprove to monitor, evaluate, and improve the accessibility of their digital content.

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These meetups are for people who make websites. Join us every other week, on Wednesday at 11am, to ask any questions you may have about making websites at UCLA.

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The Work for California — Your State Career presentation will give you an opportunity to learn about the benefits of California state service, the range of career opportunities with the State of California, and the process for searching and applying for state jobs. We will provide resources and be here to answer your questions. Join this session to learn why you should work for California’s largest employer and make an impact. The session will be led by Anthony Bonilla, a Recruitment Analyst from the CA State Parks.

The Hammer's curatorial department leads free, insightful, short discussions about artists every Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. This talk on Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) is led by Grunwald Cener director and chief curator Naoko Takahatake.

Ever been curious about what technical standards and patents are? Or how to find them? In this workshop you'll gain an introductory overview to technical standards and patents, as well as guidance on how to locate them at UCLA. This workshop will be offered via Zoom. If you're registered, you'll receive the Zoom invitation information the day of the workshop. Instructor: Shelby Hallman, Physical Science and Engineering Librarian

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Presented by the UCLA Library and the Jacob Marschak Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Mathematics in the Behavioral Sciences Speaker: Robin Choudhury, professor of cardiovascular medicine, University of Oxford When Aristotle searched for the first signs of life, he lifted a flap in the shell of a fertilized chick egg and there he saw a beating heart – the self-evident originator of life. The beating heart has fascinated thinkers from Aristotle to Aquinas, Dante, Leonardo da Vinci, Descartes and Pascal. Across time and place, the story of our understanding of the heart has been richly decorated with images that illuminate the dance between art, religion, philosophy and ‘scientific’ thinking. It is a truly interdisciplinary organ. The secret of our fascination lies in its apparent sentience and automatic and responsive beat. The mystery of the self-beating heart was solved by Professor Denis Noble (as a graduate student in London in 1960). A demonstration of early biological computation, he solved the puzzle that had hung over the ages. And yet, even as the heart function is understood, it retains all its fascination as a cultural icon. This is the story of The Beating Heart. This talk is offered both in person and online. Light refreshments will be served.

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Join the RISE Center for Books and Bonding every Wednesday. RISE will be providing the books and there will be no assigned readings, so please stop by if you are interested.

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Join BP West Coast for their October Chapter meeting!

Climate Justice Forum to start a conversation on acitivism, climate change, and ways to make a difference on campus.

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Join BP Calabasas Chapter for their monthly meeting!

Join us for a dinner for UCLA Alumni

This workshop provides an overview on the various forms of academic dishonesty regarding plagiarism. Participants will learn when, where, and why it is important to cite properly. Students will also learn how to avoid plagiarism and the information presented will stress the need to attribute work to the original author and the potential outcomes for plagiarizing. Additionally, paraphrasing, and direct quoting will be discussed. ZOOM. Register through MyEvents on MyUCLA.

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Join the Bruin Affiliates for our November luncheon, featuring a presentation by Dr. Sara Safari, president and founder of Climb Your Everest, a non-profit empowering marginalized young women through educational programs. An award-winning author, professor, and advocate, Dr. Safari's life was profoundly changed by an avalanche on Everest, deepening her resolve to help others face challenges. Her contributions have been recognized with the UN's Global Citizen Award, and she continues to inspire audiences to climb their own "Everests" and make an impact. Dr. Sara Safari will share her extraordinary journey of climbing the world’s highest peaks to raise awareness for women’s empowerment. From surviving a devastating earthquake on Everest to becoming the first Iranian woman to complete the Seven Summits, Sara translates her mountaineering lessons into powerful insights on resilience and leadership. Through her story and non-profit work, she will inspire the audience to embrace perseverance and reach new summits in their own lives.

Whether you’re looking to enhance your paper, learn your community’s history or trace your family tree, primary sources are a vital resource for any researcher looking to engage with the past and present. If you’ve ever been intimidated by archival spaces or had difficulty finding specific sources, UCLA Library is here to help. Join Kelsey Brown and Kate Ridgewell as they guide you through enriching your research by understanding, finding, accessing and incorporating primary sources. This lecture-based workshop is designed for students and researchers with little to no experience with primary sources and will not be recorded. This workshop will be offered via Zoom. If you're registered, you'll receive the Zoom invitation information the day before the workshop.

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Please join us on Thursday, November 13, 3-4pm in Powell Library room 190 for a TLC-facilitated book club for Dear Elia: letters from the Asian American abyss by Mimi Khúc, including discussion questions and reflective exercises. Participants will discuss what “wellness,” “wellbeing,” and “unwellness,” mean to them; reflect on their own sense of wellbeing or unwellness, as well as how that relates to their positionality within the university; and explore strategies for care-centered pedagogy to foster wellbeing for students and instructors. This event is open to all instructors, including graduate students and postdocs. Please contact edp@teaching.ucla.edu if you have any questions.

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Celebrate the legendary Los Angeles rivalry with a night of competition and mingling at The Grey Lady in the Lower East Side. Join fellow alumni for drinks, conversation, and a spirited trivia showdown to crown this year’s NYC champions. Bring your best game and your school pride!

Enjoy fun nostalgic activities and snacks as your inner child shines during this social event!

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The Flux screening series brings the creative community together to celebrate outstanding short films and music videos from around the globe, with wildly inventive filmmaker presentations and performances, followed by a courtyard party with DJ and cash bar.

UCLA Alumni Bruin Bash at the exclusive Pavilion Club in Pauley Pavilion prior to the UCLA Women's Volleyball match against Nebraska on Friday, November 14, 2025. Time: 4:30. - 6 p.m. Cost: $50 per person for Adults Children ages 5 to 12: $25 Children under 5: Free

Admission is free. No advance reservations. Your seat will be assigned to you when you pick up your ticket at the box office. Seats are assigned on a first come, first served basis. The box office opens one hour before the event. A Place of Rage U.S., 1991 This insightful documentary, one of Pratibha Parmar’s early features, delivers candid interviews with activists Angela Davis, June Jordan and Alice Walker where they talk through their experiences with the Civil Rights, Black Power, Feminist and LGBTQ+ movements. As they reassess key figures like Rosa Parks and Fannie Lou Hamer, the film offers essential perspectives from the 1990s culture wars that provide vital historical context for ongoing struggles for justice and equality. DCP, color, 52 min. Director: Pratibha Parmar. With: Angela Davis, June Jordan, Alice Walker. My Name Is Andrea U.S., 2022 Pratibha Parmar’s My Name Is Andrea is a bold hybrid documentary reexamining the life and legacy of radical feminist Andrea Dworkin. Decades before #MeToo, Dworkin challenged sexism and rape culture with fearless urgency, shaped by values learned in the Civil Rights Movement. Blending rare archival footage with performances of Dworkin’s salient writing by Ashley Judd, Soko, Amandla Stenberg, Andrea Riseborough and Christine Lahti, Parmar crafts a rousing portrait of a brilliant yet misunderstood public intellectual whose searing call for justice still resonates powerfully today. DCP, color, 91 min. Director/Screenwriter: Pratibha Parmar. With: Ashley Judd, Soko, Amandla Stenberg. —Public Programmer Beandrea July Part of: A Place of Rage: Women and Anger on Screen

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Join us for the Arizona-UCLA men's basketball watch party and cheer on the Bruins to another win against the Wildcats.

Meet at Kathy May's Lakeview Cafe. We'll walk Central Park West, then Central Park East across Golden West St, and visit the Secret Garden. We'll return to Central Park West for brunch at Kathy May's Lakeview Cafe. Anyone who is interested can optionally to hike the dirt trails to the Urban Forest afterwards.

Alpha Gamma undergraduates and alumni will take commemorative photos for our Centennial weekend.

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Join UCLA's Pilipino Alumni Association for our annual Parol Workshop and Holiday Party! Guests will enjoy a cultural presentation on the Parol, a colorful star-shaped lantern traditionally hung in homes and streets throughout the Philippines during the holidays. All are welcome to make their very own parols to take home and spread the holiday cheer. Stay for our holiday party, which includes traditional Pilipino lunch and a performance from UCLA's Tinig Choral. Tinig, which means “voice” in Tagalog, is a student-initiated, student-run, a capella choir.

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This holiday season, bring comfort and joy home. Join your fellow Seattle Bruins alumni for a rewarding day of service at the Furniture Repair Bank. Together, we'll restore donated furniture and prepare it for distribution to people transitioning into stable housing. No special skills required, just a willingness to roll up your sleeves. Parking: There is limited street parking in front of Furniture Repair Bank, plus additional parking behind their building near the back entrance. Snacks: Furniture Repair Bank will have a few healthy snacks and drinks available. PPE (Personal Protection Equipment): We’ve got you covered. Please come in comfortable clothes suitable for a dusty space and in closed-toe/closed-heel shoes with heels no higher than one inch. For more info, review FAQs at https://www.repairbank.org/group-volunteering

Join us at the James West Alumni Center for a Día de los Muertos benefit supporting Grupo Folklórico de UCLA's fundraising efforts for a portable wooden stage. The evening will feature vibrant dance performances by Danza Azteca de West LA and alumni members, live music from the 605 All-Stars band, and delicious Mexican cuisine with aguas frescas. As we celebrate this meaningful tradition, we'll honor the legacy of founding professor Emilio Pulido and remember alumni who are no longer with us. Your participation will directly support the group's future performances and cultural preservation. We hope you'll join us for this special celebration of art, tradition, and community!

Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Hammer Museum In-person: Introduction by chef and restaurateur Alice Waters. Q&A with USC Cinema & Media Studies Associate Professor Lan Duong and chef Minh Phan, moderated by UCLA Assistant Professor Thuy Vo Dang, Information Studies and Asian American Studies. Admission is free. No advance reservations. Your seat will be assigned to you when you pick up your ticket at the box office. Seats are assigned on a first come, first served basis. The box office opens one hour before the event. The Scent of Green Papaya France, 1993 Writer-director Tr?n Anh Hùng won the Caméra d’Or at Cannes for his debut feature, The Scent of Green Papaya, a luminous portrait of the sensuous world as experienced by Mùi, a young servant girl to a troubled, middle-class family, in 1950s Saigon. Taking up her duties as a child, Mùi marvels at the small wonders that suffuse the open-air home — raindrops glistening on leaves, the hum of insects, the scent of papaya in the courtyard. Preparing and sharing meals becomes central to her attunement with the rhythms of nature and family life, as well as Hùng’s larger meditation on memory, desire and the grace of the everyday.—Senior Public Programmer Paul Malcolm 35mm, color, in Vietnamese with English subtitles, 104 min. Director/Screenwriter: Tr?n Anh Hùng. With: Tran Nu Yen Khe, Man San Lu, Thi Loc Truong. Print courtesy of the Yale Film Archive. Part of: Food and Film

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A mysterious tollbooth and a toy car transport young Milo to a magical, topsy-turvy world where letters are at war with numbers. Accompanied by the “watchdog” Tock, Milo embarks on a fantastical adventure to reunite the Kingdom of Wisdom in this live action/animated film based on the children’s book by Norton Juster. 1970, dir. Chuck Jones, 90 min.

Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Hammer Museum All Family Flicks screenings are free admission. Seating is first come, first served. The Billy Wilder Theater opens 15 minutes before each Family Flicks program. The Phantom Tollbooth U.S., 1970 A mysterious tollbooth and a toy car transport young Milo to a magical, topsy-turvy world where letters are at war with numbers. Accompanied by the “watchdog” Tock, Milo embarks on a fantastical adventure to reunite the Kingdom of Wisdom in this live action/animated film based on the children’s book by Norton Juster. 35mm, color, 90 min. Directors: Chuck Jones, Abe Levitow. Screenwriters: Chuck Jones, Sam Rosen. With: Butch Patrick. Recommended for ages 8+ Part of: Family Flicks

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Seats for the Modigliani Quartet concert will go on sale at 12 noon on Tuesday, October 14, 20235 $55 General Public/$45 Seniors/$15 current UCLA students with UID. Please note, seats are very limited and will sell out within minutes. Please see our website for full event details. Program; Joseph Haydn (1732–1809) String Quartet in F Major, op. 77, no. 2 Hob III:82 (“Lobkowitz”) Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) String Quartet No. 2 in G Major, op. 18, no. 2 Johannes Brahms (1833–1897) String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, op. 51, no. 2

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In-person: Professor Kathleen McHugh, UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, will give a brief talk before the screening. Q&A to follow screening. Admission is free. No advance reservations. Your seat will be assigned to you when you pick up your ticket at the box office. Seats are assigned on a first come, first served basis. The box office opens one hour before the event. I May Destroy You U.K., 2020 Michaela Coel’s I May Destroy You is a radical, genre-defying exploration of trauma, consent and creative survival in the post-#MeToo era. Professor Kathleen McHugh’s latest research on women and anger explores the topic through the series, which, McHugh argues, channels Coel’s anger as both trauma response and creative force. The result: a bold, complex portrait of survival, consent and artistic self-possession. Inspired by Coel’s own experience of assault, the series follows Arabella, a rising writer whose rape during a night out shatters her sense of reality. In Episode 1, Arabella vanishes into the night, only to wake with no memory and a wound on her forehead. Episode 9 explores how her growing online presence alienates those closest to her. The finale imagines alternate confrontations with her rapist before Arabella ultimately reclaims her narrative. Formally daring and emotionally fearless, Coel’s series resists tidy resolutions, instead offering a bold meditation on self-preservation and the messy, nonlinear work of healing. Professor McHugh will give a brief talk, followed by a screening and on-stage conversation. Episode 1: “Eyes Eyes Eyes Eyes” Digital video, color, 30 min. Max. Director: Sam Miller. Screenwriters: Michaela Coel, Sherie Myers, Stephanie Yamson. With: Michaela Coel, Weruche Opia, Paapa Essiedu, Marouane Zotti, Stephen Wight. Episode 9: “Social Media Is a Great Way to Connect” Digital video, color, 32 min. Max. Director: Sam Miller. Screenwriters: Michaela Coel, Sherie Myers, Stephanie Yamson. With: Michaela Coel, Weruche Opia, Paapa Essiedu, Stephen Wight. Episode 12: “Ego Death” Digital video, color, 34 min. Max. Directors: Michaela Coel, Sam Miller. Screenwriters: Michaela Coel, Sherie Myers, Stephanie Yamson. With: Michaela Coel, Weruche Opia, Paapa Essiedu, Lewis Reeves. —guest programmer Kathleen McHugh and Public Programmer Beandrea July Part of: A Place of Rage: Women and Anger on Screen

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