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Sessions can cover resume/cover letter development and review, help with job/internship search, or interview preparation. Location: Bruin Resource 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

Presenter: Marilyn Gray, Graduate Writing Center Director This workshop will describe literature reviews across multiple contexts and genres. The workshop will also cover strategies and best practices for note-taking, preparatory steps, writing process issues, and organization.

Join Bruins for Recovery student org in our new Marijuana Student Recovery Meeting on Tuesdays from 5:30-6:30pm. -All meetings are free and anonymous. No registration required - just show up! -Student recovery meetings are open to students in or interested in recovery / sobriety / abstinence. -Students who identify as allies are welcome to attend all meetings. *Student Recovery Meetings are peer to peer support meetings, they do not take place of mental health therapy, groups or other medical services.* Location: CRP Lounge (within Bruin Resource Center) SAC B44B

Dr. Tanya Luhrmann will talk about her research on voices and spiritual experiences. Food will be provided! "They are strange experiences—a voice whispered in the wind, a god who speaks from on high—but far more common than we think. At the beginning of most great religions lies a voice. Who hears such voices? I have spoken to hundreds of people, in many countries, who have heard voices, some only once, some more often. Most of these people are not psychiatrically ill. Some are. In this talk I will discuss what we know about the difference between mad voices and sane voices, and the evidence that the way we think about voices changes our experience of them—and may soften the impact of psychosis. Most fundamentally, I will argue that voices teach us something about consciousness: about how we humans feel our thoughts, about our contradictory intuitions about our own thoughts, and how these contradictions—and the way they are elaborated or ignored by local culture—lie at the heart of the voice experience." Location: Haines Hall 352

Join BruinsVote, UCLA Campus Life, and CSUN ACT Now for a special Democracy Workshop on decoding deep fakes, disinformation, and political bias. Guest speaker Yi Ding, a Los Angeles County Commission for Women Commissioner and UC National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement Fellow, will explore the intersection between AI and democracy. Free Gogobop dinner provided. RSVP TODAY! Location: Carnesale Commons Hermosa Room

Join "The Cleaving" editors Isabelle Thuy Pelaud, Lan P. Duong, and Viet Thanh Nguyen, alongside contributors Lan Cao and Le Ly Hayslip in conversation about their craft and how their work has been shaped and received by mainstream culture and their own communities. Location: Kaplan Hall 135

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! Upcoming Dates (spring 2025): April 16, 2025 Location: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/95322790676

Are you looking for a safe and supportive space to practice your English conversation skills? Check out Dashew Center's English Language Circle (ELC)! Here you will have an opportunity to practice your English with other language learners. The circle is led by a native English speaker, who will help you become more confident in your speaking skills and who can answer your language and grammar questions. All of our ELC sessions will take place on Zoom this spring 2025. Space is limited to 20 participants per session. Participants are welcome to enjoy their lunch during these sessions. Location: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/97498782432?pwd=YwF8TeS9L2hV7aRGSoGKOzZ19Xb5px.1

The Hammer's curatorial department leads free, insightful, short discussions about artists every Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. This talk on Mona Hatoum is led by Curatorial Assistant Nyah Ginwright. Location: hammer museum

In this talk by Gabriel Rossman, he attempts to explain the development of Christianity over its first six centuries from a highly localized charismatic sect to a hierarchical structure spanning much of the world. Rossman conceives of the formation of the Catholic Church as an illustrative case of large social structures forming in three overlapping stages. In the first stage, an organizational form diffuses via imitation, as with the Greek-speaking churches of Acts and the epistles. In the second stage, what had been horizontal relations develop hierarchies, but only of local scope, in this case the “monarchical bishops” of the early second century attested in Ignatius. In the third stage, local hierarchies themselves concatenate into a hierarchy of hierarchies, with the Christian case being metropolitan bishops and eventually the pope having authority over other bishops. Rossman compares the Church to other large-scale organizations that developed more recently via a similar pattern, such as the Federalist Party, the Guadalajara Cartel, and the National Food Truck Association. He will also discuss his attempt to digitize the Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, a dataset from which he estimates the number of dioceses over time. Location: Kaplan Hall, 365 - https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/mwaD8kPJRb6U5WCGwnVbwQ#/registration

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. Nadine is a RISE Health and Wellbeing Coordinator Specialist who supports neurodivergent students across UCLA. If you would like to have a chat with her, are seeking support, and/or would like to be connected to resources, please come visit in person or on Zoom. Whatever feels most comfortable for you! Meeting ID: 918 3367 1204 Passcode: 051779 Location: RISE Center at Lu Valle Commons Basement Level - https://ucla-hipaa.zoom.us/j/91833671204?pwd=ZGQADrjzt6JBLhR43FWyallrXU5HsG.1

During Disability Specialist Check-Ins, various Disability Specialists will be available to answer quick questions about accommodations, registration with the CAE, accessibility of courses, and any non-confidential questions you would like addressed. To join these sessions, you can use the Zoom link included here or use the Zoom Meeting ID 966 7564 1305. Location: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/96675641305

Join Bruins for Recovery student org on Wednesdays for our Community AA Desire to Stop meetings from 2:30-4pm. Meeting is open to community members as well. How to get there: From Bruin Plaza, go through the bookstore, take the elevator to the second level and it’s the first meeting room on the left, across the ballroom.-All meetings are free and anonymous. No registration required - just show up! -Student recovery meetings are open to students in or interested in recovery / sobriety / abstinence. -Students who identify as allies are welcome to attend all meetings. *Student Recovery Meetings are peer to peer support meetings, they do not take place of mental health therapy, groups or other medical services.* Location: Ackerman Union Room #2410

UCLA Spring 2025 Health School Fair Wednesday, April 16th, 2025 from 4:00 - 7:00 PM at Ackerman Grand Ballroom Interested in applying for Health/Medical School? Then this fair is for you. Meet with some of the top Institutions in the country and find out about the best programs and admission details, such as: Ask in-depth questions about the application and selection process Learn about financial support options Network with admissions representatives Save on travel costs by comparing schools side-by-side *Don't miss the additional events taking place during Pre-Health Application Week (PHAW) on Monday, April 14th thru Friday April 18th!* Location: Ackerman Grand Ballroom

Presenter: Marilyn Gray, Graduate Writing Center Director. This workshop will cover strategies for writing longer literature reviews for theses, dissertations, proposals, and review papers. The workshop will also address organizational approaches and writing process issues.

Attend this workshop to learn the basics of investing and building generational wealth. Whether you're a beginner or looking for a refresher, this event is perfect for you. Don't miss out on this opportunity to enhance your financial knowledge! Lunch provided to registrants. Space is limited. Location: Strathmore Building Room 106

Discover how to leverage iClicker and Google Forms—both UCLA-approved technologies—to make your classes more interactive. Learn practical strategies to spark conversations, increase student engagement, and elevate discussions using these tools in your labs and sections! This event includes an optional hands-on session from 1-2 p.m. to practice using the tools, explore their features, or work with TLC staff to set them up for a course. Light refreshments will be served. Please feel free to bring your own lunch. Location: Powell 190

Create a unique study guide for assignments or exams! All supplies provided. Location: Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library

CAPS Drop-In Hours provide free, confidential, brief consultations for UCLA undergraduate and graduate students that identify as undocumented or come from mixed-status families. During the visit, a specialized counselor can help you to explore resources, assess your mental health, and when needed, connect you to ongoing CAPS counseling, and other services. Location: Undocumented Student Program office - Student Activities Center B52

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

Bruin Love Station is a mobile cart that offers free safer sex supplies, Narcan, fentanyl test strips and opportunities for students to converse with trained peers and professional staff. Brought to you by the Health Education and Resource Team (HEART), a program of The Ashe Center. Location: Bruin Walk

This richly textured and collaboratively written memoir brings Michael "Mike" Wilson's experiences to life. Joining Wilson as coauthor, José Antonio Lucero adds political and historical context to Wilson's personal narrative. Together they offer a highly original portrait of an O'odham life across borders that sheds light on the struggles and resilience of Native peoples across the Americas. Location: UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library, Presentation Room 11348

Co-sponsored by the UCLA Library, the Undergraduate Writing Center and the Undergraduate Research Center–Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. Want to learn the most effective search strategies? There’s much more to search than Google! Become a savvy searcher and learn more about the best places to search for the information you need. Join us for this workshop with library instructors to learn all about finding sources. For more information about the Cornerstone Research Workshop series, visit the Undergraduate Research Workshops Center. This event will be offered both in person and over Zoom. If you would like to attend this workshop in person, the event will be held in Powell Library Classroom C, Room 320C. Please register in advance to attend in person or virtually. Want to take this workshop now online? The workshop is also available asynchronously on our Writing Instruction + Research Education (WI+RE) website. Location: Powell Library Classroom C, Room 320C - https://www.library.ucla.edu/visit/events-exhibitions/finding-sources-at-the-ucla-library-04-17-25/

Are you a first- or second-generation immigrant struggling with feelings of guilt - even when you can’t always explain why? Join us at the RISE Center for an open conversation about navigating immigrant guilt. Enter a raffle for highly-acclaimed But What Will People Say? Navigating Mental Health, Identity, Love, and Family Between Cultures just for attending! Location: RISE Center at Lu Valle Commons Basement Level

Learn about community & UCLA childcare resources, participate in an interactive workshop learning how to apply to childcare subsidies, and hear important updates about CCAMPIS

Are you interested in learning more about psychiatry as a career? Interested to hear how psychiatry services work at UCLA? Join us for this Q&A workshop! Location: RISE Center at Lu Valle Commons Basement Level

We are excited to be hosting our next Program Meeting on Thursday, April 17th from 5-6pm in the CRP Lounge located in the BRC (SAC B44B). Dinner will be provided! We encourage you to bring a friend who may be interested in joining CRP/B4R as well! Please RSVP below by Wednesday (4/16) using the Google form so we can get a head count for food. Location: CRP Lounge (within Bruin Resource Center) SAC B44B

Pre-health undergraduates come to network with professionals of their aspiring career paths and are exposed to new career options as well. There will also be multiple workshops, panels, and professional school application advising to further offer undergraduates opportunities to gain insight on various healthcare fields. Location: Carnesale Palisades, Hermosa, Venice, Malibu

In collaboration with UCLA’s Academic Advancement Program (AAP), this workshop explores how your brain influences the way you spend, save, and manage money. From loss aversion and herd mentality to sunk cost fallacy and lifestyle inflation, we’ll break down six common cognitive biases that shape financial decisions—often without us even realizing it. You'll walk away with practical strategies to recognize these patterns and take back control of your money habits. Location: Campbell Hall 1224

Join Bruins for Recovery student org in our new General Student Recovery Meeting on Thursdays from 6-7pm. -All meetings are free and anonymous. No registration required - just show up! -Student recovery meetings are open to students in or interested in recovery / sobriety / abstinence. -Students who identify as allies are welcome to attend all meetings. *Student Recovery Meetings are peer to peer support meetings, they do not take place of mental health therapy, groups or other medical services.* Location: CRP Lounge (within Bruin Resource Center) SAC B44B

During Disability Specialist Check-Ins, a Disability Specialist will be available to answer quick questions about accommodations, registration with the CAE, accessibility of courses, and any non-confidential questions you would like addressed. To join these sessions, you can use the Zoom link included here or use the Zoom Meeting ID 966 7564 1305. Location: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/96675641305

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 Film & Television Archive In-person: director Deniz Gamze Ergüven. 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. Mustang France/Turkey, 2015 Mustang is a coming-of-age drama that follows five orphaned sisters in rural Turkey whose carefree summer triggers a harsh backlash. As the girls resist increased restrictions, their close-knit bond fuels powerful resilience. Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s visually pristine directorial debut is an act of defiance against patriarchal norms that deftly captures adolescent rebellion and awakening. It earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film in 2016. DCP, color, 97 min. Director: Deniz Gamze Ergüven. Screenwriter: Deniz Gamze Ergüven, Alice Winocour. With: Günes Sensoy, Doga Doguslu, Elit Iscan, Tugba Sunguroglu, Ilayda Akdogan. Cuties Les Mignonnes, France, 2020 Based on interviews with young dancers in Paris, Cuties explores identity and rebellion through 11-year-old Amy, a French-Senegalese girl navigating cultural pressures at home and at school. When the film became enveloped in a right-wing fueled controversy, a group of women filmmakers, including Mary Harron and Julie Dash, defended(opens in a new tab) it as “a sensitive portrayal of the emergent sexuality of young girls.” Ultimately, Cuties critiques, not endorses, the hypersexualization of girlhood today, compelling deeper reflection on outdated societal norms. DCP, color, 136 min. Director/Screenwriter: Maïmouna Doucouré. With: Fathia Youssouf, Médina El Aidi-Azouni, Esther Gohourou, Ilanah Cami-Goursolas, Maïmouna Gueye. —Public Programmer Beandrea July Location: Billy Wilder Theater

GEEX 2025: UCLA’s premier Gaming & Esports Expo returns for two days of tournaments, panels, and immersive gaming experiences! In partnership with ASUS Republic of Gamers, join us for exclusive industry panels, attendee competitions, a cosplay contest, raffles, and more. All experience levels are welcomed. Come connect, play, and celebrate gaming culture with the UCLA community! Don't miss out—queue up and level up at GEEX! Location: Bradley Hall 300

Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive, UCLA School of Education and Information Studies and UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies In-person: Q&A with filmmaker Elizabeth Ai, moderated by UCLA Assistant Professor Thuy Vo Dang. Book signing with Ai for the film’s companion publication, “New Wave: Rebellion and Reinvention in the Vietnamese Diaspora,” will begin at 6:30 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. New Wave U.S., 2024 For a group of young, rebellious Vietnamese Americans in the 1970s and 1980s, the struggle to find identity took root in a community of musicians with big hair, vibrant fashion, and synthesized beats. A culture clash was born, playing out in the careers and lives of New Wave musicians, documented in Elizabeth Ai’s kinetic film that skillfully weaves together the challenges of intergenerational understanding in the search for the American dream. The anchor of this mesmerizing film is its use of archival materials, a portal into a changing community grappling with transformation. Ai’s role as filmmaker and subject reveals raw personal questions from the aftermath of the Vietnam War, joining a growing artistic and archival response to retelling a community’s experiences and histories. DCP, color, 88 min. Director: Elizabeth Ai. With: Lynda Trang Ðài, Ian “DJ BPM” Nguyen. Special thanks to the UCLA Center for Study of Women and UCLA Asian American Studies Center for their support. Location: Billy Wilder Theater

Q&A with filmmaker Elizabeth Ai, moderated by UCLA Assistant Professor Thuy Vo Dang. Book signing with Ai for the film’s companion publication, “New Wave: Rebellion and Reinvention in the Vietnamese Diaspora.” Admission is free. No advance reservations. Location: Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum

Step into the galleries of Alice Coltrane, Monument Eternal every Sunday for special performances on a stage designed for the exhibition by artist GeoVanna Gonzalez. Each performance is presented in celebration of Coltrane’s legacy as a musical innovator and as an ode to her Sunday services at the Sai Anantam Ashram. This event takes place inside of the galleries, and seating is strictly limited. To attend this performance, tickets will be issued on a first come, first served basis. Ticket line will queue outside of the Alice Coltrane galleries starting at 4PM. Entry is not guaranteed. Location: hammer museum

Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive 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. Leave No Trace U.S., 2018 Leave No Trace is a meditative story that embraces silence and slow revelation. Set in Oregon’s lush woods, it follows a teenage girl (Thomasin McKenzie) and her PTSD-stricken father (Ben Foster) as they live off the grid. The forest, more than just a backdrop, becomes a vital character in the film. Debra Granik offers a fresh take on feminine coming-of-age while also exploring veteran suicide and houselessness, and casting local first-time actors for authenticity.—Public Programmer Beandrea July DCP, color, 109 min. Director/Screenwriter: Debra Granik. With: Ben Foster, Thomasin McKenzie, Jeff Kober, Dale Dickey. Location: Billy Wilder Theater

During this drop-in, CAE Housing Accommodations staff are happy to meet with students to answer any questions or concerns you may have about accommodated housing at UCLA. Location: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/3826085082

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

Chelsea Cervantes (Case Management Services) will present about how to identify students in need of assistance; what resources are available to students; how to approach students in distress and assist them in getting connected with resources; emergency procedures; and how to reach professional staff for consultation regarding distressed or distressing students. This training was co-created by CAPS/RISE and Case Management Services. All instructors, TAs, postdocs, and instructional support staff are welcome to attend.

This workshop introduces students to research in the sciences, how to find a faculty research mentor, and opportunities for student researchers after joining a lab. Download a copy of our slide deck and learn more about our workshops here. Location: https://ucla.in/3YEnzmB

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

College Board leverages test-taker data to help colleges recruit students. In the 1980s, College Board “Geomarkets” became an input for two recruiting products. Using Census data and public records requests, Ozan examines which students are included and excluded by Geomarkets. Introduction by Safiya Noble. Location: 3312 Murphy Hall

Join us in a workshop hosted by RISE in the RISE Center to discuss self-care on April 21st from 5-6pm. Students will meet at the Bruin Resource Center (SAC B44) to walk over to the LuValle Commons at 4:45pm or meet us directly there. Free light dinner provided, make sure to RSVP by April 17th! Location: RISE Center LuValle Commons