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Wednesday,
Apr 1
GPSAW: Adopt a Bruin Buddy - Keychain EditionGraduate Student Resource Center
Stop by to pick up a Bruin Buddy keychain you can carry with you wherever you go! 1st distribution: 10 AM 2nd distribution: 1 PM We will be giving away 300+ little buddies. *While supplies last **RSVP does not guarantee a bear Location: GSRC, Student Activities Center (SAC), Room B-11
This comprehensive career retrospective, presented entirely on 35mm film, covers the director's key contributions to the jidai-geki samurai genre as well as his contemporary gendai-geki dramas. Location: Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, 6067 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036
Spring Quarter Drop-In Dates(9AM - 4PM) Student Legal Services
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!! Come by our office at A239 Murphy Hall or on Zoom to ask legal questions. Meeting ID: 926 8881 6950 Passcode: 675685 9 am - 11 am and 1:30 pm - 4 pm Location: A239 Murphy Hall - https://ucla.zoom.us/j/92688816950?pwd=45MZlA2kz9NIlpGMBizOelKXkhN2ao.1
GPSAW: South Campus Pastries and Coffee(1PM - 3PM) Graduate Student Resource Center
Come by South Campus to pick up a sweet treat and coffee! *While supplies last **RSVP does not guarantee a pastry/coffee Location: Court of Sciences
URC-Sciences Office Hours with Dr. David Gray(2PM - 3PM) Undergraduate Research Center - Sciences
Have specific questions about UCLA Undergraduate Research Week or your research journey? Join the Undergraduate Research Center for the Sciences for office hours with one of our directors. These sessions are open to undergraduates who would like to discuss topics such as: Writing a STEM Abstract* Getting into research** Undergraduate research programs/opportunities Graduate school preparation Communicating your research *If your question is about writing your Showcase abstract, we recommend watching our Writing a STEM Abstract workshop before attending our office hours. **If your question is about how to get started in research, we recommend watching our Getting into Research workshop before attending our office hours.
URC-Sciences Office Hours with Dr. David Gray(2PM - 3PM) Undergraduate Research Center – Sciences
Have specific questions about UCLA Undergraduate Research Week or your research journey? Join the Undergraduate Research Center for the Sciences for office hours with one of our directors. These sessions are open to undergraduates who would like to discuss topics such as: Writing a STEM Abstract* Getting into research** Undergraduate research programs/opportunities Graduate school preparation Communicating your research *If your question is about writing your Showcase abstract, we recommend watching our Writing a STEM Abstract workshop before attending our office hours. **If your question is about how to get started in research, we recommend watching our Getting into Research workshop before attending our office hours. Location: Life Sciences Building, Room 2120
Graduate & Professional Student Spring Mixer(3:30PM - 5PM) Teaching and Learning Center
Join the Teaching and Learning Center for our Graduate & Professional Student Spring Mixer during National Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week. Connect with peers and learn about campus teaching and professional development programs to start the quarter with a strong community. Build your own ice cream float and participate in Networking Bingo for a chance to win a prize. Open to all graduate and professional students. RSVP by March 30 at 12pm. Location: Royce 306
Thursday,
Apr 2
GPSAW: Breakfast Burritos Day 2(10AM - 11AM) Graduate Student Resource Center
Savor a delicious burrito to energize your day! There will be vegetarian and vegan options available as well. *While supplies last **RSVP does not guarantee a burrito Location: Student Activities Center (SAC), Room 4
AAP "Community of Scholars" Orientation(12PM - 1PM) AAP (Academic Advancement Program)
This is the "official" AAP New Student Orientation Workshop - mandatory for students interested in becoming members of AAP. Late arrivals will not be admitted.
UCLA Affordability Workshop(12PM - 1PM) Financial Aid and Scholarships
Join UCLA Financial Aid & Scholarships for a one-hour interactive workshop designed to help newly admitted students and their families better understand their financial aid offer and estimated net cost of attendance. During this hands-on session, a UCLA financial aid expert will walk you through the key parts of your Bruin Financial Aid Letter, explain the different types of aid offered, and demonstrate how to calculate what attending UCLA may actually cost after grants, scholarships, and other support. Please complete the RSVP form below to join us!
Co-sponsored by the UCLA Library, the Undergraduate Writing Center and the Undergraduate Research Center – Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. Learn all about the research process and research opportunities at UCLA, as well as how to find a faculty mentor and earn course credit for doing research. All spring quarter Cornerstone workshops will be held on Zoom.
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.
April Birthday Bash(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,
Apr 3
In person: Introduction, including a brief talk, by Artel Great, associate professor, San Francisco State University School of Cinema, and author of The Black Pack: Comedy, Race, and Resistance. Q&A with actor Anne-Marie Johnson and Spring Mooney, daughter of comedian and actor Paul Mooney. Location: Billy Wilder Theater
Saturday,
Apr 4
Botanical Garden Tour(10AM - 11AM) Mathias Botanical Garden
Join a Garden Guide for a free tour on April 4 at 10 am. Explore our living museum featuring collections of plants from around the globe! You'll hear stories of selected plants in the Garden and their relevance to human society. All ages are welcome. Tours meet at La Kretz Garden Pavilion at the northern end of the Garden and are given a grace period of 5 minutes. This event is free and open to the public, no RSVP required. Location: La Kretz Garden Pavilion, 707 Tiverton Drive
Nature Play Day(10AM - 1PM) Mathias Botanical Garden
Join the Garden on Saturday, April 4 from 10 am to 1 pm for a day of outdoor fun! Explore scenic trails, discover local plants and wildlife, and participate in our Pollinators in Action activity to learn about pollinators. Don't miss the Carnivorous Plant Encounter to meet insect-eating plants, and take part in our nature scavenger hunt for a chance to win a prize. Whether your child is a nature enthusiast or just looking for a fun day out, this event offers an exciting way to connect with the outdoors! This event is free and open to the public, no RSVP required! Location: La Kretz Garden Pavilion, 707 Tiverton Drive
In recognition of Second Chance Month, the Bruin Underground Scholars End-of-Year Picnic is a joyful celebration that brings together our community of formerly incarcerated, system-impacted, and justice-involved Bruins, along with their families, allies, and supporters. This gathering marks the end of another successful academic year and honors the resilience, accomplishments, and growth of our students. Location: UCLA Family Housing, 3200 Sawtelle Blvd, Los Angeles CA 90066
Celebrate Several Eternities in a Day: Form in the Age of Living Materials and other new exhibitions with galleries open late and music in the courtyard. Food and drink will be available for purchase all night. Learn more here: https://hmmr.buzz/springopen26 This event is free and open to the public. The party starts early for Members! Become a Hammer Member and receive priority entry beginning at 7PM. Members at the Impact level and above ($500+) are also invited to attend the Director’s Reception, prior to the public celebration, featuring cocktails and bites. Join today. Location: Hammer Museum
Sunday,
Apr 5
Mark the occasion of the opening of Several Eternities in a Day: Form in the Age of Living Materials with talks by artists Edgar Calel and Raven Chacon, and two sound ceremonies with artist Guadalupe Maravilla. Schedule 12pm Edgar Calel artist talk 1:30pm Raven Chacon artist talk 3:00pm Sound Healing Ceremony with Guadalupe Maravilla* 6:00pm Sound Healing Ceremony with Guadalupe Maravilla* *The sound bath ceremony will last for one hour. Audiences are welcome to sit or lie down. A limited number of yoga blankets will be provided, but bringing your own yoga mat and/or blanket is suggested. Chairs will be made available on a limited basis, upon request. Bios Edgar Calel (b. 1987, Chi Xot, San Juan Comalapa, Guatemala) engages with topics related to the rich cultural heritage and rituals of Guatemala’s midwestern highlands, where he resides. Hailing from a family of Maya-Kaqchikel artists and artisans, Calel works across drawing, installation, painting, performance, and sculpture. His practice engages with sites and traditions around his hometown of Chi Xot as creative touchstones for works that meticulously interconnect localities, at home and internationally. The artist’s primary concerns include exploring the complexities of Indigenous experiences and representing the Maya-Kaqchikel worldview to new audiences. Recent solo exhibitions have taken place at Desapê, São Paulo (2023) and SculptureCenter, Queens, New York (2023). Selected group exhibitions have been held at Tate Modern, London (2025); Armada Galería, Mexico City (2024); the 35th São Paulo Biennial (2023); and Galeria de Artistas, São Paulo (2023). His work is included in the collections of Fundación TEOR/ética; Kadist Art Foundation; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía; Museum of Contemporary Art and Design, San José, Costa Rica; National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; Rijksmuseum; the Hammer Museum; and Tate Modern. Raven Chacon (b. 1977, Fort Defiance, Arizona) received a BFA from the University of New Mexico (2001) and an MFA from the California Institute of the Arts (2004). He is a Diné composer and artist who creates musical experiences that explore relationships among sound, space, and people. Chacon’s experimental practice cuts across the boundaries of visual art, performance, and music, breaking open musical traditions. The artist divides his time between New York and New Mexico. From 2009 to 2018, he was a member of the art collective Postcommodity, and is a recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship (2023) and the Pulitzer Prize in Music (2022). His work has been presented at numerous venues and festivals including SITE SANTA FE (2024); the Whitney Biennial, New York (2022); the Borealis festival in Bergen, Norway (2021); the Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (2021); the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (2020); the Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago (2020); the Vancouver Art Gallery (2019); and the San Francisco Electronic Music Festival (2013). Guadalupe Maravilla (b. 1976, San Salvador, El Salvador) is a transdisciplinary visual artist, choreographer, and healer currently based in New York. At the age of eight, Maravilla was part of the first wave of unaccompanied, undocumented children to arrive at the United States border in the 1980s as a result of the Salvadoran Civil War. In 2008, he became a US citizen and adopted the name Guadalupe Maravilla in solidarity with his father. The artist grounds his practice in the historical and contemporary contexts of undocumented and cancer communities. He has performed and presented his work at the Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York (2018); the Drawing Center, New York (2019, 2020); the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami (2024, 2021); the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (2023, 2014); and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2024, 2019, 2018), among others. His work is in the permanent collections of the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía; the Hammer Museum; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; and Whitney Museum of American Art, among others. Location: Hammer Museum
A Depression era-set Southern Gothic thriller, The Night of the Hunter tells an adult story through the eyes of children. Actor-turned-director Charles Laughton described it as a “fairy tale of the Big Bad Wolf’s pursuit of the Little Pigs.” Robert Mitchum stars as the wolf in preacher’s clothing pursuing the two children of a widow (Shelley Winter) who know about a stash of ill-gotten loot. A dream-like work thanks in part to the unique cinematography by Stanley Cortez, it turns feverishly on dualities — heaven and hell, good versus evil, the sacred and profane — while paying homage to the silent era with Lillian Gish also starring.—Theater Manager Lauren Brown Director: Charles Laughton. Screenwriters: James Agee, Charles Laughton. With: Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish. Location: Billy Wilder Theater
Monday,
Apr 6
Sex Week 2026 Trivia for Treats: Bruin Consent Coalition(11AM - 3PM) Health Education and Resource Team
@bruinconsentcoalitionucla 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM | Bruinwalk Answer trivia about sexual assault resources to win free cookies. Location: Bruinwalk
Sex Week 2026 Colors and Connections: CARE & RISE(4PM - 5PM) Health Education and Resource Team
@uclacareprogram @risecenterucla 4:00 – 5:00 PM | RISE Center Connect with others through coloring, thought- provoking exercises, and rich conversations about sex. Location: RISE Center
How to Request Letters of Recommendation for Scholarships(5PM - 5:45PM) Center for Scholarships & Scholar Enrichment
Say you need a letter of recommendation for a scholarship or research opportunity, who do you ask? How do you ask? (And how should you *not* ask?) Learn effective strategies for approaching professors and requesting letters of recommendation via email for scholarship applications. 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.
Tuesday,
Apr 7
This session offers a method for addressing a common challenge in environmental health courses: connecting complex scientific concepts with students' lived experiences and motivating them to think critically about public health solutions. It focuses on the implementation of a case-based learning guest lecture technique in three UCLA undergraduate and graduate courses to help students apply environmental health frameworks to real-world case studies involving air pollution and to foster critical thinking and discussion around environmental justice and vulnerable populations. Presenter: Yuan Yao, Postdoctoral Scholar in Environmental Health Sciences #makingconnections #criticalthinkingskills #casebasedlearning #environmentalhealth 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.
The Executive Function(11AM - 2PM) Center for Accessible Education
Join CAE, the GSS LLC, and other campus partners for The Executive Function, a resource fair focused on support for neurodivergent students. There are so many wonderful resources at UCLA that exist to support students in their academic, professional, and personal growth. But, from a student perspective all these separate avenues of support can be daunting. The prospect of bouncing from office to office in search of the person or program that is right for them can exhaust students before they start.   Herein lies the role of The Executive Function!, a resource fair aiming to address this problem in two key ways: (1) Connect students directly with campus resource representatives that can best address their needs, and (2) Start the application/intake process right then and there!  Named after the common ADHD symptom of executive dysfunction, The Executive Function! is an acknowledgment that students know what they need, they may even know where to start, but the process of taking those first steps can feel insurmountable. Thankfully, one of the most effective techniques for addressing executive dysfunction is community support. Providing the space and time to fill out an intake form or book an appointment can make a world of difference. Location: Kerckhoff Patio
Sex Week 2026 Tabling & Resource Fair(11AM - 3PM) Health Education and Resource Team
11:00 AM – 3:00 PM | Bruin Plaza Campus orgs, free HIV testing, safer sex supplies, and free ice cream. Location: Bruin Walk
AAP "Community of Scholars" Orientation(12PM - 1PM) AAP (Academic Advancement Program)
This is the "official" AAP New Student Orientation Workshop - mandatory for students interested in becoming members of AAP. Late arrivals will not be admitted.
UCLA Affordability Workshop(12PM - 1PM) Financial Aid and Scholarships
Join UCLA Financial Aid & Scholarships for a one-hour interactive workshop designed to help newly admitted students and their families better understand their financial aid offer and estimated net cost of attendance. During this hands-on session, a UCLA financial aid expert will walk you through the key parts of your Bruin Financial Aid Letter, explain the different types of aid offered, and demonstrate how to calculate what attending UCLA may actually cost after grants, scholarships, and other support. Please complete the RSVP form below to join us!
Presented by the UCLA Library and the Jacob Marschak Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Mathematics in the Behavioral Sciences Social and political turbulence in the United States and Western Europe has been rising over the past decade. Cliodynamics, the new transdisciplinary field, which combines analysis of historical data with the tools of complexity science, has identified the deep structural forces that work to undermine societal stability and resilience to internal and external shocks. In this talk, Peter Turchin will look beneath the surface of day-to-day contentious politics and social unrest, and focus on the negative social and economic trends that explain our current “Age of Discord.” One of the most important, but little appreciated, such hidden forces is a perverse “wealth pump” that transfers wealth from the “99 percent” to “1 percent.” If allowed to run unchecked, the wealth pump results in both relative impoverishment of most people and increasingly desperate competition among elites. Since the number of power positions in a society remains more or less fixed, the overproduction of elites inevitably leads to frustrated elite aspirants, who harness popular resentment to turn against the established order. In America, the wealth pump has been operating full blast for two generations. In historical terms, our current cycle of elite overproduction and popular immiseration is far along the path to violent political rupture. In fact, today the USA finds itself in a situation that fits the definition of revolution, although, so far, fortunately a relatively non-violent one. The current focus of Turchin's research team is, how do we navigate our Age of Discord without descending into a hot civil war? Location: Charles E. Young Research Library, Main Conference Room 11360 - https://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_C6cjvr5MTAKsry8XGFuVEA#/registration
Colors and Connections : Art(4PM - 5PM) Resilience In Your Student Experience (RISE) Center
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
4:00 – 6:00 PM | Broad Art Center Lawn Design and decorate a dream-themed pillow with personal messages while engaging in guided discussion on relationships, intimacy, and self- reflection. Free food provided. Location: Broad Art Center Lawn
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.
Nacho Average Transfer: A Non-Trad Social(6PM - 7PM) Transfer Student Center
Calling all Transfer Students who are 24+! Join us for nachos & new connections. Location: Kerckhoff 128
Technology & Innovation LLC: Tech Fest(6PM - 8PM) Residential Life
Tech Fest is an event designed to showcase UCLA’s Technology and Innovation Living Learning Community. The event highlights the creativity, entrepreneurial spirit, and technical talent across UCLA while connecting students with organizations, resources, and companies focused on innovation. Location: De Neve Plaza Room