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Work one-on-one with a Peer Learning Facilitator on any kind of paper during a 30-minute in-person session on a walk-in basis. Location: Transfer Student Center (Kerckhoff 128)

Mindfulness educator Mitra Manesh will lead a contemplative art viewing session in the exhibition Intersections: World Arts/Local Lives. Held 11 am–12 pm, before the museum opens to the public, this quiet hour will offer a rare opportunity to experience the galleries in peace and stillness. Through mindfulness practices, participants will deepen their connection to both the artworks and their own self-awareness. Mitra Manesh, a graduate of UCLA’s mindfulness facilitation program and senior mindfulness educator, brings decades of experience coaching leaders in diverse fields, from Fortune 500 companies to art institutions, including collaborations with Amazon, UCLA Anderson School of Management, the Hammer Museum, and more. A former Human Rights Commissioner and recipient of the 50th Golden Jubilee Medal from Queen Elizabeth II, Manesh integrates a unique blend of mindfulness, creativity, and insight. This program is in partnership with UCLA Mindful Location: Fowler Museum

Beginning Winter 2026, Student Experiences of Teaching (SET) will offer virtual drop-in hours with Cassidy Alvarado, Program Manager of Student Experience Initiatives. Instructors, Teaching Assistants, and Evaluation Coordinators can get support navigating Blue (UCLA’s course feedback platform), accessing reports, and more. Instructors and Teaching Assistants Mondays: 3–4 p.m. Fridays: Noon–1 p.m. Evaluation Coordinators and Department Staff Tuesdays: 2–3 p.m. Fridays: 9–10 a.m. Location: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/8763761751

Feel free to drop by and chat with RISE Health and Wellbeing Coordinator! Whether you want to discuss campus mental health resources, get connected to CAPS, manage academic stress, or just need someone to talk to, we're here for you. Location: RISE Center at Lu Valle Commons Basement Level

Come geek out with others about all things pop culture through a queer lens! Location: LGBTQ Campus Resource Center

Join us for the opening reception of this exhibition, curated by Edward Hyunsoo Yang (Loren and Frances Rothschild Endowed Graduate Research Fellow). The Gothic has long carried a reputation of being little more than cheap entertainment: a genre thought to possess limited literary or cultural value. This exhibition, on view by appointment through April 13, 2026, challenges that view by tracing the Gothic’s connection to a collective cultural effort to establish, and promote, an identifiably English art. Location: William Andrews Clark Memorial Library

The QTBIPOC Space is an intentional space for all folks of different and similar lived experiences to build community, decompress, and practice collective care. Location: LGBTQ Campus Resource Center

Golden State Invitational Location: Intramural Field

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. Under Construction (or the place where I was born no longer exists) Chile, 2000 A man watches as his neighborhood in Santiago, Chile, changes around him. Houses are sold and torn down, neighbors move away. Refusing to change with it, he invites documentarian Ignacio Agüero into his home, sharing his hobbies and personal history with the camera. Meanwhile, life continues, bringing changes within his own family — the passage of time never ceasing. Ignacio Agüero, one of Chile’s most acclaimed documentarians, made his early films during the Pinochet dictatorship. Under Construction captures a post-Pinochet Chile at the turn of the century, as the people of Santiago reflect on their country’s history through architecture, anecdotes and visions of the future. Digital, color, in Spanish with English subtitles, 77 min. Director: Ignacio Agüero. Give Me a Home Taiwan, 1991 Before his feature film debut Rebels of the Neon God (1992), Tsai Ming-liang had a brief career directing made-for-television films. Give Me a Home is one of these early works, offering glimpses of Tsai’s distinctive, lingering cinematic style soon to emerge in full definition. His television work often centered on the struggles of Taipei’s working class, as seen here. Set in 1990s Taipei, the film follows a young unhoused family whose breadwinner builds houses for others. Filming in both public and private spaces, Tsai reveals the lives of those living in the shadows, without a shelter of their own. Digital, color, in Mandarin with English subtitles, 52 min. Director: Tsai Ming-liang. Screenwriters: Tsai Ming-liang, Li Zongyu. With: Lung Chang, Ling-Ling Hsia. —Associate Programmer Nicole Ucedo Part of: (Dis)placement: Fluctuations of Home, Part II Location: Billy Wilder Theater

Golden State Invitational Location: Intramural Field

$55 for members / $65 for non–members To Register for the Artist Workshop: Reserve your spot by contacting Kathy DiGenova, Fowler Museum Store Manager, via email at kathleen.digenova@arts.ucla.edu. Please note: spaces are available on a first-come, first-served basis. No refunds will be issued. Celebrate Lunar New Year with a cozy, creative workshop led by artist Nancy “Nensh” Lee! In this hands-on session, you’ll learn to finger knit your own dumpling-shaped bag using jumbo yarn—no needles or prior experience needed. Inspired by the symbolism of dumplings as a sign of abundance and good fortune, this program is perfect for both beginners and seasoned makers. Leave with a one-of-a-kind accessory and a fresh skill to carry into the new year. Nancy “Nensh” Lee (she/they) of @handmadebynensh is a self-taught fiber artist known for her playful, chunky knit creations and colorful, community-centered workshops. Constantly exploring new hues, designs, and materials, she leads joyful craft classes where learning and creativity go hand in hand. Location: Fowler Museum

Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and UCLA Center for Chinese Studies In-person: Introduction by Archive Research and Study Center Officer Maya Montañez Smukler. Q&A with Michael Berry, director of UCLA Center for Chinese Studies, and guest programmer Janet Louie, Ph.D. candidate, Harvard University. 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. Hong Kong Lovers Passion ??, Hong Kong, 1986 Sylvia Chang directs, writes and co-stars in this story of best friends Wendy (Chang) and Ming (Cora Miao), who fall in love with the same man, John (George Lam). Chang — described by The New York Times as “Taiwan’s answer to Barbra Streisand” — is also an accomplished singer, and she demonstrates her deft skill behind the camera in this D&B Films production, her second directorial effort. Melodrama shapes the film’s emotional terrain, as tensions unfold over decades and the characters face moral dilemmas that pit fidelity and friendship against the reckless pull of passion. 35mm, in Cantonese with traditional Chinese and English subtitles, 90 min. Director/Screenwriter: Sylvia Chang. With: Sylvia Chang, Cora Miao, George Lam, Chung King Fai. Starry Is the Night ??????, Hong Kong, 1988 Prolific filmmaker Ann Hui plays with narrative structure as a means of exploring character interiority in this intergenerational love story between Chui Mei (Brigitte Lin) and her lovers, Dr. Zhang (George Lam) and Tian-An (David Ng). Lin delivers a tender performance as an ordinary woman confronting her past affairs while contemplating future entanglements. (She would later gain further acclaim in the wuxia genre of martial arts epics.) Lam once again co-stars as a tormented love interest whose brooding sex appeal makes him irresistible yet ill-equipped to navigate the temptations of human nature. A Shaw Brothers and Tomson Films production. 35mm, color, in Cantonese with traditional Chinese and English subtitles, 94 min. Director: Ann Hui. Screenwriter: Leung Suk-Wah. With: Brigitte Lin, George Lam, Derek Yee Tung-Sing, David Wu, Rebecca Pan, Yip San. —Archive Research and Study Center Officer Maya Montañez Smukler Location: Billy Wilder Theater

Golden State Invitational Location: Intramural Field

HOOLIGAN’s 24 Hour Musical is an annual charity fundraiser, where over 100 undergraduate students come together and have 24 hours to rehearse and perform a mystery musical. Location: North West Campus Auditorium

Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Hugh M. Hefner Classic American Film Program In-person: Q&A with Steven C. Smith, author of “Hitchcock and Herrmann: The Friendship and Film Scores That Changed Cinema.” Book signing before the screening, beginning at 6 p.m. 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. Archive Talks pairs leading historians and scholars with screenings of the moving image media that is the focus of their writing and research. Each program will begin with a special talk by the invited scholar that will introduce audiences to new insights, interpretations and contexts for the films and media being screened. Between 1955 and 1964, filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock and composer Bernard Herrmann collaborated on eight films, including Vertigo (1958), North by Northwest (1959), Psycho (1960) and The Birds (1963), that reshaped American cinema. As the Cold War set in, censorship regimes loosened and television took its toll on the box office, Hitchcock responded to the times with stories and images that pushed Hollywood’s boundaries to attract new, younger audiences to the big screen. In Herrmann, Hitchcock found an erudite composer willing to take chances with him. Indeed, Hitchcock so trusted Herrmann's insights into the medium and music's role in it that he would adjust editing and even dialogue in key sequences to accommodate Herrmann’s scoring. In background and temperament they were unlikely partners but their work together produced some of the most enduring, visionary and influential cinema of the last century. Award-winning filmmaker and film historian Steven C. Smith dives deep into their creative relationship and the forces that shaped it in his latest book, Hitchcock and Herrmann: The Friendship and Film Scores That Changed Cinema. As part of this program, Smith will deliver an illustrated talk about these visionary collaborators before a screening of their iconic work on Psycho (1960) and a post-screening Q&A. Psycho U.S., 1960 Paramount was so unnerved by the concept for Psycho — loosely based on a magazine article about serial killer Ed Gein — that Alfred Hitchcock agreed to front the cost of production himself to get it made. By the time Hitchcock brought a rough cut to Bernard Herrmann, however, even the director had lost faith in the project. “He was crazy,” Herrmann later recalled. “He didn’t know what he had.” But the composer had “some ideas.” Herrmann’s groundbreaking minimalist score of stabbing, sweeping strings elevates the stripped down dread of Hitchcock’s images in a visionary fusion like no other. Herrmann’s score made Psycho work and then Psycho changed cinema history. DCP, b&w, 109 min. Director: Alfred Hitchcock. Screenwriter: Joseph Stefano. With: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles. Programmed and notes written by Paul Malcolm. Part of: Archive Talks Location: Billy Wilder Theater

UCLA Financial Aid & Scholarships will be closed on Monday, February 16, 2026 in Observance of the President's Day Holiday. We will resume to regular operating hours on Tuesday, February 17, 2026. Location: A129 Murphy Hall

Beginning Winter 2026, Student Experiences of Teaching (SET) will offer virtual drop-in hours with Cassidy Alvarado, Program Manager of Student Experience Initiatives. Instructors, Teaching Assistants, and Evaluation Coordinators can get support navigating Blue (UCLA’s course feedback platform), accessing reports, and more. Instructors and Teaching Assistants Mondays: 3–4 p.m. Fridays: Noon–1 p.m. Evaluation Coordinators and Department Staff Tuesdays: 2–3 p.m. Fridays: 9–10 a.m. Location: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/8763761751

In the age of generative AI, ensuring that students accomplish the first-year writing seminar learning objectives of defining their perspective and understanding writing as a process presents a unique concern. Taking the example of the first writing seminar "Los Angeles: City of Contradictions," this interactive talk presents a method of engaging students in a discovery process of the limits of AI and invites participants to experience it first hand. Presenter: Avery Weinman, Ph.D Candidate in History #taandpostdocteachingconferenceflashtalk #gamifyingGenAI #writingasaprocess Each academic quarter, the UCLA Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) hosts a weekly series of 10+10 Pop-Up sessions on Zoom. These brief, 10-minute presentations focus on specific topics related to course design, teaching, learning, and assessment, and are led by instructional designers and developers from TLC and campus partners. The “+10” refers to an optional 10-minute discussion following each presentation, where participants can ask questions and share insights. These sessions are open to all UCLA instructors—including faculty, lecturers, instructors of record, graduate student instructors, and postdoctoral scholars. Please direct any inquiries to instructorsupport@teaching.ucla.edu.

UCLA Financial Aid & Scholarships will be hosting a series of workshops for assistance with the 26-27 FAFSA/CADAA. Join us for a FREE in-person workshop in partnership with UCLA Basic Needs at Strathmore to receive tips and tricks on how to complete your Financial Aid application by the Priority Filing Deadline of March 2, 2026 (9pm PST)! The UCLA Basic Needs at Strathmore is located between the Luskin Center and UCPD on Westwood Blvd and in the same building as the Career Center. No RSVP required. Location: 555 Westwood Plaza Strathmore Building, Room 106

Feel free to drop by and chat with RISE Health and Wellbeing Coordinator! Whether you want to discuss campus mental health resources, get connected to CAPS, manage academic stress, or just need someone to talk to, we're here for you. Location: RISE Center at Lu Valle Commons Basement Level

Beginning Winter 2026, Student Experiences of Teaching (SET) will offer virtual drop-in hours with Cassidy Alvarado, Program Manager of Student Experience Initiatives. Instructors, Teaching Assistants, and Evaluation Coordinators can get support navigating Blue (UCLA’s course feedback platform), accessing reports, and more. Instructors and Teaching Assistants Mondays: 3–4 p.m. Fridays: Noon–1 p.m. Evaluation Coordinators and Department Staff Tuesdays: 2–3 p.m. Fridays: 9–10 a.m. Location: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/8763761751

The Bruin Love Station (BLS) is mobile cart that offers free safer-sex supplies, Narcan, fentanyl test strips and opportunities for students to converse with trained peers and professional staff. Students are free to stop by to pick up any of our supplies. Location: Intramural Field Southeast Gates

Come join RISE for a free, one-hour workshop from Project UnLonely that bridges creative expression with meaningful connection-building! Location: RISE Center at Lu Valle Commons Basement Level

Graduate school is more than coursework and research—it’s an immersive experience shaped by expectations, relationships, and unwritten rules. This workshop will help uncover the “hidden curriculum” of academia and navigate the challenges of graduate study with confidence. Participants will learn: -The “why” behind graduate education and how to best align personal goals with institutional expectations -Critical keys for success, including building relationships, managing time, and understanding the apprenticeship model -How to navigate funding, financial wellness, and employment roles as both student and employee -Strategies for communicating effectively with advisors and departments, and building a supportive network -Tools for resilience and well-being, including planning for breaks and embracing a growth mindset Whether you’re just starting your program or preparing for candidacy, this workshop offers practical insights and resources to help you thrive and succeed in graduate school. Location: https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/PyLARND3T_edkrnIUAoIrA

What does it truly mean to be a man? Join us for a special screening of When We Free the World, the powerful directorial debut of GRAMMY®-nominated poet, acclaimed author, and Tupac Shakur biographer Kevin Powell. Please join us for a reception before the film; screening will be followed by a conversation with filmmaker Kevin Powell and moderator Dr. Marcus Hunter. Reception 5:30 PM, Screening 6:30 PM Location: Broad Art Center Room 2160E

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! Location: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/95322790676

Grad school is stressful so it’s important to take care of yourself. Join us for Adopt a Bruin Buddy to pick out a little plush partner for those tough times. We will also be giving away self-care goodie bags to support you throughout the Winter quarter. Location: Graduate Student Resource Center, Student Activities Center, Room B-11

Drop in for students or faculty to request support for an academic accommodation concern. These sessions are held by a CAE Disability Specialist who may or may not be a student's assigned Disability Specialist and therefore who may need to follow up with a student's assigned Disability Specialist for the specific question or concern in mind. Location: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/98542923648

Join us for a community workshop on sound and scents as tools for relaxation. Make your own relaxing playlist and engage with calming essential oil blends. Location: RISE Center at Lu Valle Commons Basement Level

UCLA Financial Aid & Scholarships will be hosting a series of workshops for assistance with the 26-27 FAFSA/CADAA. Join us for a FREE virtual workshop to receive tips and tricks on how to complete your Financial Aid application by the Priority Filing Deadline of March 2, 2026 (9pm PST)! Meeting ID: 927 1312 6507 Passcode: 469741 No RSVP required. Location: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/92713126507?pwd=shiMgvgdb5T20SEtkKwWpKXvIyGgQ1.1

Feel free to drop by and chat with RISE Health and Wellbeing Coordinator! Whether you want to discuss campus mental health resources, get connected to CAPS, manage academic stress, or just need someone to talk to, we're here for you. Location: RISE Center at Lu Valle Commons Basement Level

Are you a student interested in applying for the Library Prize for Undergraduate Research? Stop by in person or via Zoom during this drop-in session for help or to ask any questions! Location: Powell Library Room 238 - https://ucla.zoom.us/j/4673502029#success

This workshop provides graduate students—particularly those in mentee or advisee relationships—with tools to recognize early warning signs of disrespect, boundary violations, and power imbalances within academic settings. Participants will learn how to identify concerning behaviors, understand their rights to a safe and respectful learning environment, and explore strategies for self-advocacy. A CARE Advocate will offer guidance on navigating difficult interactions, accessing confidential support, and utilizing campus resources when concerns arise. Through discussion and scenario-based learning, this session empowers graduate students to promote safety, foster mutual respect, and advocate for their well-being within their academic relationships. Location: https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/0iGyN8QDRXCuDi4YrZrKfw

Join us for an engaging presentation on mental, physical, and emotional wellness, where we’ll explore practical ways to care for our whole selves. Following the presentation, participants will work together to build everyday hygiene kits for students to take home. This hands-on activity is a great opportunity to learn, give back, and support student well-being in a meaningful way. We look forward to seeing you there! Location: Student Activities Center (SAC), Conference Room 4

Love books? Care about mental health? Crave good convos with great people? You’re in the right place! Books and Bonding is a weekly club that meets to discuss ideas around improving resilience and create a community of resilient Bruins. Location: RISE Center at Lu Valle Commons Basement Level

CripQueers welcome people of all abilities and experiences, with the intention of connecting with others, opening dialogues, and offering support. This will be a hybrid offering. Please RSVP via the interest form to receive the link for virtual attendance. Location: LGBTQ Campus Resource Center

Join the GSRC in picking up food to help you get through the week. Location: Student Activities Center (SAC), Conference Room 4

Join us for a beginner friendly guided meditation. Take some time to breathe, meet community, and practice mindfulness, spirituality, and stillness. Location: RISE Center at Lu Valle Commons Basement Level

Feel free to drop by and chat with RISE Health and Wellbeing Coordinator! Whether you want to discuss campus mental health resources, get connected to CAPS, manage academic stress, or just need someone to talk to, we're here for you. Location: RISE Center at Lu Valle Commons Basement Level

Belongings: Changing Hands and Shifting Meanings in African Art explores the layered lives of African objects as they journeyed from their places of origin to the Fowler Museum. Rather than focusing solely on original use or function, this exhibition reveals the many transitions, hands, and histories these works have passed through from their early ownership in Africa to colonial collectors, European markets, and eventually UCLA. Together, we’ll consider how objects carry multiple meanings across time and space, and how museums can invite new voices and perspectives on the stories they tell. Erica P. Jones is the senior curator of African arts and manager of curatorial affairs at the Fowler Museum at UCLA. Her curatorial work has engaged such themes as the legacy of colonialism in Africa, historical royal arts, and resonances between Africa and its diasporas. Exhibitions she has curated or co-curated include: The House Was Too Small: Yoruba Sacred Arts from Africa and Beyond (2023); Inheritance: Recent Video Art from Africa (2019); On Display in the Walled City: The Nigerian Pavilion at the British Empire Exhibition 1924–1925 (2019); and Meleko Mokgosi: Bread, Butter, and Power (2018). Jones is on the board of African Arts journal; serves as a co-chair of the steering committee for the Collaboration, Collections, and Restitution Best Practices Working Group; and in 2024, led the Fowler Museum’s repatriation of seven looted objects to the Asante Kingdom in Ghana. Her publishing has been concentrated on colonial-era collecting, provenance, and the arts and museums of the Cameroon Grassfields. Jones holds a Ph.D. and an M.A. in art history from UCLA and a B.A. in art history and anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania. Location: Fowler Museum

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. Instructor: Shelby Hallman

The Collegiate Recovery Program is excited to be collaborating with UCLA's RISE Center for our Imposter Feelings Workshop on Thursday, February 19th from 1-2:30pm located in RISE Center (Lu Valle Commons Basement). Join us in listening in on the RISE Team and learn how to combat imposter syndrome! Free snacks and refreshments provided. RSVP by Tuesday, February 17th. Location: RISE Center (Lu Valle Commons Basement)

This suicide prevention training includes step-by-step techniques to help a student at risk, life-promoting skills, and community resources. This training is appropriate for all members of the UCLA community, including campus partners, staff, faculty, and students who wish to better understand suicide and assist with its prevention outside of mental health settings. RSVP Required Location: RISE Center at Lu Valle Commons Basement Level

Come chat with UCLA advanced degree alumni who work in advocacy-related jobs. Build professional relationships and learn more about the industry through tables built for career conversations. Dinner provided! Location: Strathmore Building, Room 200 (2nd Floor)