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Saturday,
Feb 28
California Challenge Cup Location: Irvine, CA
CRAA D1A League Match Location: Tucson, AZ
“Nada somos sí solos caminamos, todo seremos si nuestros pasos caminan junto a otros pasos dignos.” “We are nothing walking alone; we become everything walking alongside dignified steps.” – El Comité Clandestino (1994) Join the Fowler Museum and UCLA students for a community reading of the new publication, (in)visibility. This powerful book features critical essays and artworks by undoc+ artists—individuals exploring the complex realities of undocumentedness, immigration journeys, and hyperdocumentation. Together, participants will read aloud selected excerpts from (in)visibility, engaging in a shared reflection on identity, migration, healing, and solidarity. The reading will offer a collective space to listen, witness, and honor the voices of the undoc+ community. The editor of this volume is a formerly undocumented, first-generation, transnational, Japanese-Mexican immigrant and UCLA doctoral candidate. (in)visibility foregrounds the aesthetic achievements of undoc+ authors and scholars while centering care and protection for participants. This reading is part of a broader commitment to foster community connection through art and storytelling. This program is in partnership with Undoc+ Collective Location: Fowler Museum
Yoga Glow(6:15PM - 7:30PM) Recreation and Wellbeing
Made possible by the John H. Mitchell Television Programming Endowment. Co-presented by the UCLA Asian American Studies Center. n-person: UCLA Professor Karen Umemoto, Helen and Morgan Chu Director of the Asian American Studies Center, and with Brian Niiya, Content Director of Densho, Lily Tung Crystal, Artistic Director, East West Players, and actor Denice Kumagai-Hoy. 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. Originally staged by the East West Players, pioneering author Wakako Yamauchi’s adaptation of her award-winning play, “And the Soul Shall Dance,” for KCET’s Hollywood Television Theatre is a poetic, haunting drama that reveals the hardships Japanese Americans faced during the Great Depression. Set in California’s Imperial Valley, Yamauchi's moving work explores the lives of two farming families as they struggle to make ends meet and assimilate in a so-called land of opportunity defined by systemic racism. Yamauchi’s teleplay unfolds through the eyes of a sensitive girl, Masako (Denice Kumagai), who bears witness to the challenges facing her loving parents (Pat Li, Sab Shimono) and the unraveling lives of a neighboring couple, Emiko (Haunani Minn) and Oka (Yuki Shimoda). Abused by her husband from an arranged marriage, Emiko dreams of a return to Japan to reclaim her past life, far from an inhospitable America. Her profound journey represents an indelible requiem for generations of Issei and Nisei beyond the play’s setting of the 1930s, with Yamauchi herself unjustly incarcerated as a teen at the concentration camp for Japanese Americans in Poston, Arizona, during World War II. Post-screening panel discussion moderated by UCLA Professor Karen Umemoto, Helen and Morgan Chu Director of the Asian American Studies Center,with Brian Niiya, Content Director of Densho, Lily Tung Crystal, Artistic Director, East West Players, and actor Denice Kumagai-Hoy. Before the screening in the lobby, beginning at 6:30 p.m., UCLA Library Audiovisual Project Conservator Maile Chung will display archival materials related to the East West Players from UCLA Library Special Collections. Programmed and notes written by John H. Mitchell Television Curator Mark Quigley. Hollywood Television Theatre: “And the Soul Shall Dance” U.S., 2/7/1978 DCP, color, 90 min. PBS. Production: KCET, Community Television of Southern California. Produced for the stage by East West Players. Executive Producer: Norman Lloyd. Director: Paul Stanley. Writer: Wakako Yamauchi. With: Denice Kumagai, Pat Li, Haunani Minn, Sab Shimono, Yuki Shimoda, DianeTakei. Special Thanks to PBS SoCal, Gerry Bryant, Patrick Yew. Part of: Archive Television Treasures Location: Billy Wilder Theater
Wakako Yamauchi's - And the Soul Shall Dance - Film Screening(7:30PM - 9:30PM) Institute of American Cultures
In person: Q&A with actor Denice Kumagai-Hoy; Brian Niiya, content director, Densho; Lily Tung Crystal, artistic director, East West Players; moderated by UCLA Professor Karen Umemoto, Helen and Morgan Chu director of the Asian American Studies Center. Originally staged by the East West Players, pioneering author Wakako Yamauchi’s adaptation of her award-winning play, “And the Soul Shall Dance,” for KCET’s Hollywood Television Theatre is a poetic, haunting drama that reveals the hardships Japanese Americans faced during the Great Depression. Location: Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum
Sunday,
Mar 1
Women's Ice Hockey vs Red(5:30PM)Ice Hockey
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. Cloak and Dagger U.S., 1946 Director Fritz Lang’s post-war espionage thriller follows Gary Cooper’s nuclear physicist from his lab working on the Manhattan Project to an Italian resistance unit on an OSS mission to rescue a dissident scientist forced to help the Nazis on their own atomic bomb. Lang delivers some outstanding action sequences (no one socks a Nazi quite like Gary Cooper) while later-blacklisted screenwriters, Ring Lardner Jr. and Albert Maltz, put a progressive spin on the film’s nuclear politics — “When are we going to be given a billion dollars to wipe out cancer?” decries Cooper’s physicist — alongside its message that resistance to fascism isn’t only necessary but a moral obligation. 35mm, b&w, 106 min. Director: Fritz Lang. Screenwriters: Ring Lardner Jr., Albert Maltz. With: Gary Cooper, Robert Alda, Lilli Palmer. 35mm restored print courtesy of the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Preservation funding provided by The Film Foundation. Keeper of the Flame U.S., 1942 In this mystery melodrama, the legacy of a “great man” of America is called into question after his sudden death in a suspicious car accident. Spencer Tracy is the grizzled veteran reporter who starts asking all the wrong questions of Katharine Hepburn’s grieving but suspicious widow. Donald Ogden Stewart’s script comes with a few paeans to American exceptionalism — ”You and I are free men today because centuries ago some unknown guy got an idea in his head that he was just as good as the guy who was bossing him” — in a story that decidedly suggests “it can happen here” as homegrown fascists wrap themselves in patriotic imagery and rhetoric. 35mm, b&w, 100 min. Director: George Cukor. Screenwriter: Donald Ogden Stewart. With: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Richard Whorf. —Senior Public Programmer Paul Malcolm Part of: From John Doe to Lonesome Rhodes: Antifacism from the Archive Location: Billy Wilder Theater
Monday,
Mar 2
How to Update Your Homepage After Course Import(11AM - 11:30AM) Bruin Learn Center of Excellence
Resilience Building Skills Session 4: Long-Term Resilience(12PM - 1PM) Resilience In Your Student Experience (RISE) Center
Learn the basics of building resilience skills that will aid you here at UCLA and beyond. Location: RISE Center at Lu Valle Commons Basement Level
Health & Wellbeing Drop-ins(1PM - 3PM) Resilience In Your Student Experience (RISE) Center
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
Breathwork for Energy and Calm(5PM - 6PM) Resilience In Your Student Experience (RISE) Center
Come learn about the connection between breathing and emotions, and how breathwork can bring both a sense of calm and increase energy. In addition to learning some simple breathwork techniques, we will give a taste of SKY Breathing Meditation, which will be taught in the SKY Campus Happiness Retreat next quarter. Location: RISE Center at Lu Valle Commons Basement Level
Tuesday,
Mar 3
Beyond the Tassel: Planning for What's Next(11AM - 12PM) Bruin Resource Center
Join us for a collaborative workshop preparing for your transition after graduation. Financial Wellness Program and Basic Needs at Strathmore will share budget planning, apartment hunting tools, and community basic needs resources. Lunch Provided! Location: Strathmore 106
Health & Wellbeing Drop-ins(11AM - 1PM) Resilience In Your Student Experience (RISE) Center
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
Presented by the UCLA Library and the Jacob Marschak Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Mathematics in the Behavioral Sciences In our 250th year of democracy in America, the country faces numerous challenges. Many public policy problems remain unaddressed. Congress and the state legislatures are unsure about how togovern in the face of rising presidential powers. And the country needs a new generation of political leaders to guide us forward. Professor Craig Volden at the University of Virginia directs the Center for Effective Lawmaking, which seeks to study and promote effective lawmaking in Congress and the states. Volden will describe how the Center measures and scores the effectiveness of each member of Congress and each state legislator. He will discuss the habits of highly effective lawmakers and a series of studies from the Center that highlight how American legislatures can regain their rightful place—comprised of effective lawmakers, strong institutional capacity and the incentive structure needed to address America’s greater public policy challenges. This talk is offered both in person and online. RSVP is requested. Light refreshments will be served. Craig Volden is Co-Director of the Center for Effective Lawmaking. He is a Professor of Public Policy and Politics, with appointments in the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy and the Department of Politics at the University of Virginia. He studies the politics of public policy, with a focus on what policy choices arise within legislative institutions and within American federalism. His work on effective lawmaking includes Legislative Effectiveness in the United States Congress: The Lawmakers, co-authored with Alan Wiseman, which develops a methodology for scoring the lawmaking effectiveness of each member of Congress, identifying how lawmakers could better address the nation’s policy problems. That work won the Fenno Prize for the best book on legislative politics and the Gladys M. Kammerer Award for the best book on U.S. national policy. He has published numerous articles in such journals as: American Political Science Review; American Journal of Political Science; Journal of Politics; Legislative Studies Quarterly; and State Politics and Policy Quarterly. Location: Charles E. Young Research Library, Main Conference Room 11360
Movement and Meditation(1:15PM - 2PM) Resilience In Your Student Experience (RISE) Center
Beginner-friendly stretching and meditation with UCLA Rec Instructor Binny. All equipment provided (yoga mats, blocks). Location: RISE Center at Lu Valle Commons Basement Level
The Practice and Play with EdTech series offers instructors a hands-on opportunity to explore teaching tools and strategies with TLC staff. Each session begins with a brief overview of a tool followed by a guided exercise and time to explore and apply the tool to participants’ own course. In this session, participants will explore how to leverage AI to support aspects of their teaching workflow — from brainstorming lesson plans to drafting assessments or developing grading strategies. Participants will experiment with Google Gemini and practice crafting prompts to support their courses. The session will also include time to critically assess AI-generated responses for accuracy, relevance, and bias. This session is designed for graduate students, TAs, and postdocs. All instructors are welcome to attend. Location: Powell 190
Bruin Love Station(2PM - 5PM) Health Education and Resource Team
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
BNC Body Doubling(3PM - 4PM) Resilience In Your Student Experience (RISE) Center
Come join BNC for Body Doubling at the RISE Center. Body Doubling is a great way to get work done by working in parallel with another person for accountability (and has been shown to work well for individuals with ADHD and/or autism). Feel free to bring any assignments/projects you're working on or study material for any upcoming exams! Location: RISE Center at Lu Valle Commons Basement Level
Wellness Series: Prioritizing Sleep during Exam Season(4PM - 5PM) Resilience In Your Student Experience (RISE) Center
Learn quick tricks to maximize your rest during exam season so you can be an academic weapon AND a well-rested one. RSVP to recieve a sleep kit that will include: sleep mask, essential oil, breathing card, and RISE journal! Location: RISE Center at Lu Valle Commons Basement Level
The Ahmanson Lecture on Clark Library Legacies: Landscape and Legacy(4PM - 5:30PM) Center for 17th- & 18th-Century Studies
The inaugural Ahmanson Lecture at the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library explores how history, design, and stewardship can shape the future of Los Angeles' most meaningful landscapes. Landscape designer Tracy Wolk shares her vision for the Clark’s historic gardens, reimagining their early 20th-century character for a future grounded in sustainability, resilience, and respect for heritage. She will be joined by Landscape Architect Stephanie Landregan, Director of Altadena Green, a community initiative established after the Altadena fires to protect and restore the city’s historic trees. Together, they consider how preservation and innovation can coexist to sustain California’s cultural landscapes in a changing climate. Location: William Andrews Clark Memorial LIbrary
Graduation + Beyond @ the Transfer Center(5PM - 6:30PM) College Academic Counseling
Join College Advisors, College Academic Mentors and Peer Counselors for a workshop intended for graduating seniors who are seeking information regarding graduation, commencement and life beyond UCLA. By attending this workshop, we hope students will walk away feeling more at confident with navigating graduation and the college-to-career transition.
Wednesday,
Mar 4
Spring 2026 Graduate Institutional Student Aid Funds (Excluding monthly stipend awards) will disburse to BruinBill the evening of Wednesday, March 4, 2026.
Winter Quarter Drop-In Dates(9AM - 4PM) Student Legal Services
Come by our office at A239 Murphy Hall or on Zoom to ask legal questions! We provide legal counseling on: *Landlord-Tenant issues *Immigration issues *Employment issues *Family law *Criminal/traffic matters *University-related concerns (Disciplinary; Title IX) *Personal Injury *And more!! Hours: 9:00 am - 11:00 am and 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm Meeting ID: 926 8881 6950 Passcode: 675685 Location: A239 Murphy Hall - https://ucla.zoom.us/j/92688816950?pwd=45MZlA2kz9NIlpGMBizOelKXkhN2ao.1
WINTER CPT WEBINARS (FOR F-1 VISA STUDENTS)(10AM - 11AM) Dashew Center for International Students and Scholars
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
Academic Accommodation Drop-In(10:30AM - 11:30AM) Center for Accessible Education
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
How to Upgrade Your Course Content When Using a UCLA Template(12:30PM - 1PM) Bruin Learn Center of Excellence
Health & Wellbeing Drop-ins(1PM - 3PM) Resilience In Your Student Experience (RISE) Center
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
Ace and Aro Space(3PM - 4:30PM) LGBTQ Campus Resource Center
The Ace and Aro Space is a weekly dialogue and affinity space wanting to build community or learn more about the asexual and/or aromantic spectrums. Location: LGBTQ Campus Resource Center
BNC Body Doubling(4PM - 6PM) Resilience In Your Student Experience (RISE) Center
Come join BNC for Body Doubling at the RISE Center. Body Doubling is a great way to get work done by working in parallel with another person for accountability (and has been shown to work well for individuals with ADHD and/or autism). Feel free to bring any assignments/projects you're working on or study material for any upcoming exams! Location: RISE Center at Lu Valle Commons Basement Level
Drafting Strong Personal Statements for Scholarships(5PM - 6PM) Center for Scholarships & Scholar Enrichment
The personal statement can be an intimidating part of any scholarship application! In this workshop, you’ll learn brainstorming and writing techniques that can help focus and hone your writing skills for well-written scholarship statements and essays. Enrollment closes at 10:50am on the day of the workshop. Enrolled participants can access the Zoom link for this workshop in my.ucla.edu Academics -> Advising and Academic Services -> Workshops: https://be.my.ucla.edu/groupmanager/Events/Event/Reservations PLEASE CHECK YOUR SPAM FOLDER FOR REMINDER EMAILS. At the beginning of the workshop, you must provide your UID number to verify your status as a UCLA student who is on the Workshop Roster. CSSE workshops are protected intellectual property and recording is not allowed.
CripQueers Space(5PM - 6PM) LGBTQ Campus Resource Center
CripQueers welcome people of all abilities and experiences, with the intention of connecting with others, opening dialogues, and offering support. Location: LGBTQ Campus Resource Center
This workshop will give an overview of the main components of a dissertation proposal in the social sciences and cover strategies for writing the research questions, literature review, and methods sections, as well as some tips for getting through this sometimes daunting process. (These strategies should be adapted to your department's and advisor's expectations about the structure and content of your proposal.) If you have preliminary drafts of an abstract or research questions, please bring them.
Nuts & Bolts of Grad School(6PM - 7:30PM) Residential Life
Nuts and Bolts of Grad School is an annual program that Residential Life hosts in collaboration with UCLA's Graduate Division to help students learn about graduate school admissions processes and timelines. This even includes a presentation from the Graduate Admissions team, a panel of current UCLA graduate students, and a dinner to allow students to continue to network with graduate students and FIRs. Location: Carnesale Commons, Hermosa Room
Co-presented with the UCLA Department of Art History as part of the 2025-26 UCLA Art Council Distinguished Scholar Lectureship in Art History An exploration of the significance of Manhattan in Diane Arbus’ seminal work: In this lecture, the esteemed writer, curator, and critic Hilton Als talks not only about the artist's relationship to her place of origin in Manhattan, but how he himself and many other writers, ranging from Walt Whitman to Elizabeth Hardwick, have responded to the island as well. Through this attention to the city, Als opens up a new way of understanding Arbus’ interest in “difference,” seen as a kind of moniker or badge of being a Manhattanite—Arbus’ preferred citizenship. Learn more here: https://hmmr.buzz/als-arbus Location: Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90024
Thursday,
Mar 5
Avoiding Plagiarism Workshop(10AM - 11AM) Office of the Dean of Students
This workshop providesThis 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.
Reflect with RISE: Spring is Here(11AM - 11:30AM) Resilience In Your Student Experience (RISE) Center
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
Health & Wellbeing Drop-ins(11AM - 1PM) Resilience In Your Student Experience (RISE) Center
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
Spread'n Wellness(11AM - 1PM) Bruin Resource Center
Spread’n Wellness is a space for UCLA students to slow down, connect, and care for themselves, together. Join us for an interactive, hands-on gathering where students come together to make spreads while engaging in open conversations about wellness, balance, and navigating student life at UCLA. Location: Student Activities Center (SAC) Room 1
580 Cafe Community Cookout ft. BUS Program(11:30AM - 1PM) Bruin Resource Center
Join us for a Community Cook Out in collaboration with 580 Café. A welcoming space to share food, connection, and conversation. This gathering is about more than just a meal; it’s an opportunity to build community, celebrate our shared experiences, and create moments of joy together. We’ll have delicious food prepared with care, time to meet new people and reconnect with familiar faces, and a chance to learn more about the resources and programs available through UCLA Bruin Underground Scholars and 580 Café. Everyone is invited to come as they are, bring your appetite, your stories, and your community spirit! Location: 580 Cafe
Beadmaking Wellness Workshop(12:30PM - 3:30PM) Bruin Resource Center
The Beadwork Wellness Workshop is a creative and meditative space where participants can engage in beadwork as a form of self-care and mindfulness. This hands-on session fosters relaxation, focus, and cultural appreciation while providing an opportunity for community building. Whether you’re a beginner or experienced in beadwork, this workshop encourages artistic expression and personal reflection through the therapeutic practice of working with beads. Location: Basic Needs @ Strathmore
Scholarly identity is about more than the articles you publish or the projects you share online with your research communities. Scholarly identity includes the many parts of your history and engagement as a researcher, including your education, employment, awards, collaborators and more – and it exists whether you are the one curating it or not. Taking control of your scholarly identity supports your visibility, credibility and transparency as a researcher and plays a crucial role in open scholarly communication. This workshop will cover the importance and impact of creating and managing your scholarly identity with tools like ORCID and Google Scholar, as well as how these tools connect with other network and profile platforms. Other options like Twitter and ResearchGate will also be explored. Instructor: Jason Burton
Secrets to Winning College Cash Part 1(5PM - 5:45PM) Center for Scholarships & Scholar Enrichment
Does the scholarship search confuse you? Do your web searches yield thousands, if not millions, of useless links? Guided by the CSSE’s experts, you’ll learn techniques to help you save time and hone your research skills so you can find the right scholarship opportunities for you! You’ll also learn how to think about your profile and strengths the way scholarship donors do. Enrollment closes at 10:50am PT on the day of the workshop. Enrolled participants can access the Zoom link for this workshop in my.ucla.edu Academics -> Advising and Academic Services -> Workshops: https://be.my.ucla.edu/groupmanager/Events/Event/Reservations PLEASE CHECK YOUR SPAM FOLDER FOR REMINDER EMAILS. At the beginning of the workshop, you must provide your UID number to verify your status as a UCLA student who is on the Workshop Roster. CSSE workshops are protected intellectual property. Recording is not permitted.
GSRC x SwD Teaching Kitchen Collab(5PM - 7PM) Bruin Resource Center
Join us for a virtual cooking class led by a chef from UCLA's Teaching Kitchen! You'll learn a delicious recipe for a quick, family-friendly meal prepared using an air fryer. There will be an opportunity drawing for two SwD’s to win an air fryer (one undergrad & 1 grad will be selected) *Must be in attendance via zoom to be entered into drawing Location: https://sa.ucla.edu/forms/p/TeachingKitchen
Strategies for Writing the Humanities Dissertation Prospectus(5:15PM - 6:30PM) Graduate Writing Center
This workshop is geared towards giving prospectus writers the tools to write their prospectus over the course of two months. We will discuss literature review and argument development as well as how to turn the many different pieces of a prospectus into a coherent document. Please note: this is meant to be an addition to--not a substitution for--serious discussions with your advisor about what is expected of you in your home department.
A Talk with Mellissa Huber, Associate Curator in The Costume Institute at The Metropolitan Museum of Art Immerse yourself in the creative life of Bonnie Cashin (1908-2000), one of the most innovative American fashion designers in the second half of the 20th century, at the biennial Bonnie Cashin Lecture Series, presented by UCLA Library Special Collections. This year’s lecture features Mellissa Huber, Associate Curator in The Costume Institute at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and a fashion historian specializing in 20th-century dress. Book signing and reception following the talk. RSVP is required. Visit www.library.ucla.edu for full talk details and to learn about the Bonnie Cashin Collection of Fashion, Theater and Film Costume Design. Location: Charles E. Young Research Library, Main Conference Room 11360
March Birthday Party!(7PM - 9PM) Residential Life
Let’s celebrate you! Each month, we’ll throw a fun and festive birthday bash to recognize all residents with birthdays that month. Whether it’s your actual birthday or you just want to join the celebration, everyone is welcome to stop by for cake, music, and good vibes. Come build connections and create community, and help us make each birthday feel a little more special. Location: De Neve Plaza Room B
Friday,
Mar 6
In the 2025-26 Core Program conference, historians of the Ottoman, Qing, and Mughal empires revisit the problem of comparison by considering synchronicities and structural parallels across Asia. The second conference, "Empires in Practice," looks at Imperial Operations. How did empires work? What did the mundane, everyday operations of imperial rule look like? Early modern empires confronted the same “great enemy” of distance which severely constrained all actions, from government communications to tax collection. The solutions that the Ottomans, Mughals, and the Qing developed to address these common problems shared some essential features despite their local variations. Organized by Professors Choon Hwee Koh & Meng Zhang (History, UCLA) and Abhishek Kaicker (History, UC Berkeley). Location: William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
BNC Body Doubling(10AM - 12PM) Resilience In Your Student Experience (RISE) Center
Come join BNC for Body Doubling at the RISE Center. Body Doubling is a great way to get work done by working in parallel with another person for accountability (and has been shown to work well for individuals with ADHD and/or autism). Feel free to bring any assignments/projects you're working on or study material for any upcoming exams! Location: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/6657549400
Bring Your Own Syllabus: Co-Working and Consultation Session(1PM - 3PM) Teaching and Learning Center
Are you looking to refresh, rewrite, or rethink your syllabus? Are you designing a new course, and want to learn about best practices for syllabus design? Join the Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) for a co-working and peer review session during which you will look at example syllabi; consider backward design principles for syllabus design; explore strategies to foster belonging in your syllabus; and, finally, create a digitally accessible syllabus. This session is open to all instructors, including TAs and postdocs. Location: Powell 190
Health & Wellbeing Drop-ins(1PM - 3PM) Resilience In Your Student Experience (RISE) Center
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
Queer Fandom Fanatics(2PM - 3PM) LGBTQ Campus Resource Center
Come geek out with others about all things pop culture through a queer lens! Location: LGBTQ Campus Resource Center
Join the UCLA Rubsamen Music Library for a Jam Session with the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance Ensemble. The afternoon will begin with a set by the Ensemble, followed by an open jam session. No RSVP required. All are welcome to participate! Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance Ensemble at UCLA Class of 2027: Nicolaus Gelin - trumpet Nathan Gilbreath - trombone Mwanzi Harriott - guitar Elisee Ngbo - piano Yerin Kim - bass Mailo Rakotonanahary - drums Location: Walter H. Rubsamen Music Library
QTBIPOC Space(4PM - 5PM) LGBTQ Campus Resource Center
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
Secrets to Winning College Cash Part 2(5PM - 5:45PM) Center for Scholarships & Scholar Enrichment
Designed as a follow-up to Secrets to Winning College Cash Part 1, this workshop walks participants through the strategic process of conducting routine online searches for scholarships. Participants who wish to enroll in this workshop must attend Secrets to Winning College Cash 1 prior to this Workshop Date. Enrollment closes at 10:50am PT on the day of the workshop. Enrolled participants can access the Zoom link for this workshop in my.ucla.edu Academics -> Advising and Academic Services -> Workshops: https://be.my.ucla.edu/groupmanager/Events/Event/Reservations PLEASE CHECK YOUR SPAM FOLDER FOR REMINDER EMAILS. At the beginning of the workshop, you must provide your UID number to verify your status as a UCLA student who is on the Workshop Roster. CSSE workshops are protected intellectual property and recording is not allowed.
Theater Season: 2026 Night of Cultura(6PM - 9:30PM) Residential Life
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. Arch of Triumph U.S., 1948 Adapted from Erich Maria Remarque’s novel and directed by Lewis Milestone who also co-wrote, Arch of Triumph finds the City of Lights shrouded in noirish fog and shadow. It’s 1938 and Paris has become the tenuous home for refugees on the run from the Nazis and French immigration to avoid deportation. Among them is Charles Boyer’s doctor who haunts the city’s cafes and recognizes a shared trauma in Ingrid Bergman’s desperate émigré. A tragic romance, Arch of Triumph does double duty dramatizing the cruelty of both facism and an immigration system that would render people stateless by denying them safe haven. 35mm, b&w, 120 min. Director: Lewis Milestone. Screenwriters: Lewis Milestone, Harry Brown. With: Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, Charles Laughton. 35mm restored print courtesy of the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive in cooperation with National Telefilm Associates, Inc., and Richard Rosenfeld; funding by AFI/NEA; special thanks to Richard Dayton for his significant contributions in restoring this film. Voice in the Wind U.S., 1944 In this ultra low-budget B-film produced by Czech émigré Rudolph Monter, Friedrich Torberg plays a Czech concert pianist jailed and tortured by the Nazis for playing “The Moldau,” a symbol of the Czech resistance to their occupation. Escaping his captors and surviving a harrowing journey, he ends up alone on a Caribbean island where his trauma overwhelms him as he longs for his missing wife — dying unbeknownst to him on another part of the island. Imbued with expressionist shadows and told through a series of interwoven flashbacks, Voice in the Wind powerfully expresses the disorientation and despair of European refugees in the wake of fascist violence. DCP, b&w, 85 min. Director: Arthur Ripley. Screenwriter: Friedrich Torberg. With: Francis Lederer, Sigrid Gurie, J. Edward Bromberg. Restoration funded by the George Lucas Family Foundation. Restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and The Film Foundation. —Senior Public Programmer Paul Malcolm Part of: From John Doe to Lonesome Rhodes: Antifacism from the Archive Location: Billy Wilder Theater