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This is a weekly workshop series designed to lead participants in an exploration of various mindfulness themes. The program incorporates a blend of instructive sessions on mindfulness concepts, engaging mindfulness exercises, and interactive open discussions.

First To Go will be hosting a virtual workshop for First-Generation students looking to gather information in navigating graduate school. This is a safe space for students to ask questions to first-generation graduate students and staff about the graduate process as a first-generation student.

Generative AI is having a moment. As tools like ChatGPT, Bing and DALL-E grow in popularity, how can we cut through the hype and engage them critically? In this workshop, we will explore how consumer-facing AI tools perpetuate bias and discrimination, discuss strategies for ethical use and challenge the inevitability of robot overlords. The workshop is open to learners of all backgrounds and experience. This workshop will be offered via Zoom. If you're registered, you'll receive the Zoom invitation information the day of the workshop. Instructors: Shelby Hallman, Physical Science and Engineering Librarian; Alexandra Solodkaya, Rothman Family Food Studies Librarian; Ashley Peterson, Research & Instruction Librarian, Media and Data Literacy

Feel free to drop by and chat with RISE staff! 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.

Happy Valentine's Day, Bruins! Join the UCLA Library for a gaming pop-up, Valentine's-style! To get into the holiday spirit we're placing an emphasis on the friendships that can be fostered through gaming. Come, bring a friend and join us for some multiplayer fun with a variety of video games, board games and tabletop role playing. As always, our button making station will be open for creating personalized and limited-edition buttons and stickers will be available to students who come with a friend. All levels of experience are welcome!

Learn how to plan your project from start to finish! The Cornerstone Research Workshop series supports you in all stages of the research process, from developing a research question to presenting your work! Explore more Cornerstone Research Workshops here: https://hass.ugresearch.ucla.edu/getting-started/workshops/.

Keep your stress levels down while pursuing your research interest! You'll learn how to create a timeline for your project and manage challenges while staying on track toward your goal. 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, virtually or join via Zoom. Want to take this workshop now online? The workshop is also available asynchronously on our Writing Instruction + Research Education (WI+RE) website.

This workshop helps caregiver students learn how to identify their own stressors and stress warning signs; learn the difference between self-soothing and self-care; break down the different aspects of caring for oneself and reflect on what they do for rest, to restore, and care for themselves. Students will also learn about compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma, and the physical, behavioral, and psychological warning signs of the two.

Join the Dashew Center and the UCLA international community at our Community Social for all international students/scholars and dependents! Complimentary dinner will be provided for the first 75 attendees on a first come, first serve basis. Registration is recommended but not required. UCLA International Community Connections is both a network and event series for members of our UCLA community and their spouses, partners, and families who have relocated to the Los Angeles area. These events seek to facilitate connections and build meaningful relationships between folks. Joining is a great way to create a new network of friends! All are welcome, but we particularly encourage attendance of: UCLA international students and scholars with dependents, spouses and partners of UCLA international students or scholars, families and children of UCLA international students or scholars. We hope to see you there!Date: Thursday, February 15th, 2023 Time: 5 - 6:30 PM Where: Community Center at UCLA University Village ApartmentsAddress: 3200 Sawtelle Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90066, United States Contact: [email protected] Cost: Free

Join us for a conversation with TFT Faculty about their published books. A series of 4 panels will conclude with a roundtable discussion. A light lunch will kickoff the event. Speakers include: Michelle Liu Carriger, Suk-Young Kim, Sean Metzger, Kriss Ravetto-Biagioli and Amy Villarejo The event is sponsored by the TFT Dean's Office

Feel free to drop by and chat with RISE staff! 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.

UCLA Financial Aid and Scholarships is hosting a workshop for students to learn more about Financial Aid and the FAFSA/CADAA changes implemented by the Department of Education for the 24-25 Academic Year. Students will also receive guidance and assistance in completing their application.

Jazz saxophone great David Murray will be featured in a Q & A with Global Jazz Studies faculty members Steven Loza and Salim Washington. Since he arrived in NY in 1975, David Murray established himself as one of the prominent saxophone players and leaders of jazz. He has released over 200 albums under his own name, working with the likes of Max Roach, Randy Weston, Pharoah Sanders, McCoy Tyner, Taj Mahal, Mal Waldron, Amiri Baraka, Jerry Garcia, Doudou N’daye Rose, Cassandra Wilson, Jason Moran, Macy Gray, Omara Portuando, Saul Williams, Vijay Iyer, Quest Love, Black Thought, and Gregory Porter to name a few. He is also a founding member of the groundbreaking World Saxophone Quartet which toured and recorded for 40 years. As well as being a well-known bandleader, he is a noteworthy composer and arranger providing memorable melodies and harmonies. His approach to improvisation is instantly recognizable. Even in its freest flights, he acknowledges the gravity of a tradition he honors more than most, combining all the influences he grew out of: gospel, jazz, free/avant-garde jazz, rhythm’n blues, R&B and, in his associations with writers, poetry. The great Cecil Taylor compared him to his greatest predecessors who had signature sounds: “You stick your ear in the door, you know it’s David!” David Murray goes down as a worthy successor for some of the biggest names in jazz, and he is now contributing to the rise of many young talents acclaimed by the critics. His new quartet album will be released in May 2024: Luke Stewart on bass, Marta Sanchez on the piano, and Russell Carter on drums! “David Murray, the master saxophonist who has reconciled the whole history of jazz tenor, from swing to free, during a wildly prolific career.” NYTimes “Several of his recordings are among the benchmark achievements in the postmodern era and others attest to a consistency that is rare in any era […] No musician personifies better than David Murray the dilemma of reconciling jazz’s family values and the claims of autonomy.” Gary Giddins

The Roundtable Tea Party is a safe space for students to have a discussion about a topic highly relevant to their lives. Students will engage in thoughtful conversations with their peers about a variety of topics, including de-stressing techniques.

Jazz saxophone great David Murray will be featured in a solo concert. Since he arrived in NY in 1975, David Murray established himself as one of the prominent saxophone players and leaders of jazz. He has released over 200 albums under his own name, working with the likes of Max Roach, Randy Weston, Pharoah Sanders, McCoy Tyner, Taj Mahal, Mal Waldron, Amiri Baraka, Jerry Garcia, Doudou N’daye Rose, Cassandra Wilson, Jason Moran, Macy Gray, Omara Portuando, Saul Williams, Vijay Iyer, Quest Love, Black Thought, and Gregory Porter to name a few. He is also a founding member of the groundbreaking World Saxophone Quartet which toured and recorded for 40 years. As well as being a well-known bandleader, he is a noteworthy composer and arranger providing memorable melodies and harmonies. His approach to improvisation is instantly recognizable. Even in its freest flights, he acknowledges the gravity of a tradition he honors more than most, combining all the influences he grew out of: gospel, jazz, free/avant-garde jazz, rhythm’n blues, R&B and, in his associations with writers, poetry. The great Cecil Taylor compared him to his greatest predecessors who had signature sounds: “You stick your ear in the door, you know it’s David!” David Murray goes down as a worthy successor for some of the biggest names in jazz, and he is now contributing to the rise of many young talents acclaimed by the critics. His new quartet album will be released in May 2024: Luke Stewart on bass, Marta Sanchez on the piano, and Russell Carter on drums! “David Murray, the master saxophonist who has reconciled the whole history of jazz tenor, from swing to free, during a wildly prolific career.” NYTimes “Several of his recordings are among the benchmark achievements in the postmodern era and others attest to a consistency that is rare in any era […] No musician personifies better than David Murray the dilemma of reconciling jazz’s family values and the claims of autonomy.” Gary Giddins

LA CTF is an annual Capture the Flag (CTF) cybersecurity competition hosted by ACM Cyber at UCLA & Psi Beta Rho. LA CTF is open to all skill levels of cybersecurity! Whether you are tackling your first exploit or have professional experience, there will be challenges just right for you! There will be a variety of events ranging from the competition containing jeopardy-style cybersecurity challenges to talks from UCLA professors to fun events and demos in-person! If you are interested in attending, visit our website to join the Discord to stay up to date with the latest information about LA CTF!

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. To the Unknown U.S., 2017 While reading Kenneth Koch’s metaphysical poem “To the Unknown,” Michael Almereyda weaves together everyday images of movement — people waiting for food, playing in a park, a sky — while focusing on a cat walking around, as best it can. Digital file, color, 6 min. Director: Michael Almereyda. Umberto D. Italy, 1952 On the surface, Umberto D. is a simple story of an older gentleman trying to pay his rent, accompanied by his dog, Flike, in postwar Italy. As Umberto tries to cobble together just enough money until his next pension check, he is met with no real solution, stuck in a limbo that magnifies his old age and pending poverty. Hailed as a masterpiece of neorealist cinema, Vittorio De Sica’s film becomes an emotionally devastating story of losing one's dignity, while trying to simply get by. Here, the relationship with Flike becomes all the more emotional as it provides the only caring, sentimental and hopeful relationship that Umberto has left. 35mm, b&w, 89 min. Director: Vittorio De Sica. Writer: Cesare Zavattini. With: Carlo Battisti, Maria Pia Casilio.

Join us for the String Area's annual Vivaldi concert, featuring first year students as soloists in the historic Schoenberg Hall. UCLA Camarades (“The Music of Friends”) is the title given to the chamber music program that is guided and driven by the String Department. It offers superior coaching to all ensembles incorporating strings, from trios to octets, with a special consideration to the rich string quartet literature. These endeavors of study and instruction are crowned by quarterly concerts and form the basis of the group’s essential experience on stage.

Golden State Invitational

Golden State Invitational

CRAA D1A League Match

The "Big Hall Party" and consists of dance performances, food, games, skits, and overall collaboration of the two cultures.

Admission is free. No advance reservations. Your seat will be assigned to you when you pick up your ticket at the box office. Seats are assigned on a first come, first served basis. The box office opens one hour before the event. The Passing U.S., 2023 A love letter to the end of life, The Passing follows a house call veterinarian to his neighbor’s home, where she must say goodbye to her cherished four-legged companion. DCP, color, 17 min. Please note: this film depicts animal death. Heart of a Dog U.S., 2015 The first feature film by the multimedia artist Laurie Anderson is a layered, emotional, thoughtful documentary that examines the connection between love and death, specifically the love and death of her beloved rat terrier, Lolabelle. Narrated by Anderson, the film feels as though it expands and contracts with the narrator, following thoughts on dreams, surveillance and the emotional and intellectual intelligence of dogs. Often humorous, Heart of a Dog poetically captures the relationship between living creatures, the grief that comes with great love, and offers a reflective perspective on the transience of life. DCP, color, 75 min. Director: Laurie Anderson. Writer: Laurie Anderson. Watership Down U.K., 1978 In this animated classic, a group of rabbits are on a perilous journey to find a new home after one of them has a terrifying premonition of their warren being detroyed. Adapted by Martin Rosen from Richard Adams’s cherished allegorical novel, Watership Down is an adored “children’s” film that does not shy away from the dangers and violence that occurs within the animal kingdom. With beautiful, naturalistic hand-drawn animation and incredible voice acting that includes John Hurt, Ralph Richardson, Richard Briers and Denholm Elliott, Watership Down is a grounded allegory about freedom amid political turmoil and oppression. DCP, color, 91 min. Director: Martin Rosen. Writer: Martin Rosen, Richard Adams. With: John Hurt, Ralph Richardson, Richard Briers. Please note: this film depicts animal death.

Golden State Invitational

Live musical accompaniment by Cliff Retallick. Reklamfilm Pub Greta Garbo Sweden, 1921 This short is a compilation of two Swedish commercials shown in Stockholm theaters, showing Garbo (still Gustafsson at the time) modeling hats for a department store and eating pastries at a café. 35mm, b&w, silent with Swedish intertitles and live English translations, 4 min. Director: Lasse Ring. The Saga of Gösta Berling Gösta Berlings saga, Sweden, 1924 A pioneer in the Swedish film industry, Mauritz Stiller discovered the young Greta Gustafsson and effectively initiated her transformation into the screen goddess known as “Garbo.” Based on a novel by Selma Lagerlöf, The Saga of Gösta Berling features Garbo in her first leading role as a countess whose love for the titular protagonist, a disgraced minister (Lars Hanson), redeems him. Louis B. Mayer apparently saw this breakthrough film and invited both director and ingénue to Hollywood. Garbo flourished at MGM and became a superstar; Stiller struggled and soon returned to Sweden, where he died prematurely in 1928. 35mm, b&w, silent with Swedish intertitles and live English translations, 183 min. Director: Mauritz Stiller. Screenwriters: Mauritz Stiller, Ragnar Hyltén-Cavallius. With: Lars Hanson, Gerda Lundequist, Greta Garbo.

The Graduate Student Resource Center is proud to present a week long artistic live collaboration with the graduate student community. In honor of social justice week, we bring you the theme of "Visualizing a world free from boundaries and aggression." Join us for a collaborative arts teach-in. Bring your own art or use supplies provided. We will have community guidelines posted so that this space remains safe and free of aggression.

Come to the RISE Center for a moment of stillness. Grab a cup of tea, meet community members, and practice mindfulness, spirituality, thoughtfulness, and stillness.

UCLA Financial Aid and Scholarships is hosting a workshop for students to learn more about Financial Aid and the FAFSA/CADAA changes implemented by the Department of Education for the 24-25 Academic Year. Students will also receive guidance and assistance in completing their application.

Come view this exclusive selection of works on paper from the UCLA Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts that comprises more than 45,000 prints, drawings, photographs, and artists' books dating from the Renaissance to the present. View the displayed works by artists who engaged with themes of social justice, such as Charles White, Betye Saar, and Sister Corita Kent.

Take some time to relax, stretch, and breathe through movement and meditation.

During First-Gen Awareness week First To Go is collaborating with the Career Center for this virtual workshop. This is a safe space to ask questions to better prepare for an internship.

"Seriously Unserious:" Ridiculousness and the Art of Black Popular Music Remixing Jasmine Henry (she/her) is an assistant professor of musicology and Wolf Humanities Center fellow at the University of Pennsylvania. Her research interests include Black electronic dance music, independent music production, and Afrofuturism. Her current book project focuses on the history of Black urban club music and party cultures in Newark, New Jersey and how contemporary participants navigate the transhistorical cultural politics of Black club music production and performance on local, regional, and global levels. Henry's recent articles and reviews on popular music, race, and production appear in the Journal of the American Musicological Society, Journal of the Society for American Music, and Popular Culture Studies Journal. Henry’s scholarly practices are deeply informed by her own music production background. As a live sound engineer, she has entertained international audiences through her work on critically acclaimed productions such as the Blue Man Group, HBO’s The Newsroom, and Broadway’s Chicago the Musical. From 2017 to 2022, she served as the Media Lab Director at the Newark School of the Arts, where she provided youth from historically marginalized backgrounds with access to music technologies and industry knowledge. This year's Distinguished Lecture Series has been curated by the second year Musicology PhD cohort with the goal of spotlighting innovative, interdisciplinary scholarship and work taking place across the sonic spectrum. The DLS strives to offer opportunities to discuss cultural practices and approaches that may be excluded from traditional conversations within the music academy. Organizing committee: Morgan Bates (they/them/theirs) Emmie Head (she/her/hers) Michele Yamamoto (she/her/hers)

In honor of social justice week the UCLA Student Health Advisory Committee (SHAC) and the Graduate Student Resource Center have partnered to bring you a dialogue discussing graduate student healthcare. LEARN HOW GRAD STUDENTS CAN EFFECT CHANGE IN THE STUDENT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM VOICE COMMENTS & CONCERNS ABOUT STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES AT UCLA WORKSHOP WAYS TO INCREASE INCLUSIVITY OF CARE & TRANSPARENCY OF UCSHIP BENEFITS

The graduate-level students of the UCLA Department of Music Composition Area showcase their latest works. Join us for a variety of creative, unique, and emotive pieces. This event is made possible by the David and Irmgard Dobrow Fund. Classical music was a passion of the Dobrows, who established a generous endowment at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music to make programs like this possible. We are proud to celebrate this program as part of the 2023 - 24 Dobrow Series

Faculty, TAs, student leaders, and staff members play a critical role in a student's university experience and are in a position to notice and respond when a student is in distress. This presentation will help participants understand 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 can be co-presented with Case Management Services and was co-created with CAPS/RISE & Case Management Services. Zoom details: Meeting ID: 984 2474 2071 Passcode: 871135

Take some time to relax, stretch, and breathe through movement and meditation.

During First Gen Awareness week, First To Go is partnering with the UCLA Commuter Program to celebrate First-Gen Commuter students. The UCLA Commuter Program will be providing a warm breakfast for students. Make sure to RSVP and join us to celebrate the First-Gen identity. RSVP: http://tinyurl.com/2024FGAW

Do you have legal immigration questions, and want to get professional answers? The UCLA Legal Services partners with the Dashew Center on a monthly basis to offer free legal services. This is a free consultation with an immigration lawyer hosted via Zoom. No RSVP required. When? February 21st, from 10-12pm . Zoom Meeting ID: 98924654582 Passcode: 526311 Contact: [email protected] Cost: Free

UCLA Financial Aid and Scholarships is hosting a zoom workshop for students to learn more about Financial Aid and the FAFSA/CADAA changes implemented by the Department of Education for the 24-25 Academic Year. Students will also receive guidance and assistance in completing their application.

In this interactive series, we’ll discuss strategies for delivering meaningful responses to behavioral interview questions and practice developing our responses. During each session, we will focus on one category of questions and share insights on how to organize and deliver answers that highlight your skills and experiences. Join us to practice building persuasive answers to commonly asked interview questions. Feb 21 - Initiative Feb 28 - Logistics Mar 6 - Closing Registration opens two weeks before the event date and is limited to graduate students and postdoctoral scholars.

In partnership with Dr. Lauren Clark’s course “Care Work: Disability Justice and Health Care,” enrolled students will host the Momentum Refresh Accessible Restroom, the first mobile resource in the USA providing dignity, full inclusion, and accessibility with quality restrooms in the community.

Brought to you by The Common Experience, Students with Dependens Program, and the Graduate Student Resource Center. Let’s talk about Intersectional Environmentalism: a framework for sustainable justice Stopy by to conversate about the how intersectional environmentalism impacts parenthood and caregiving responsibilities while enjoying free cookies, coffee & a book!

Jeremiah Lockwood will discuss his book from UC Press, Golden Ages: Hasidic Singers and Cantorial Revival in the Digital Era. Golden Ages is an ethnographic study of young singers in the contemporary Brooklyn Hasidic community who base their aesthetic explorations of the culturally intimate space of prayer on the gramophone-era cantorial golden age. Jeremiah Lockwood proposes a view of their work as a nonconforming social practice that calls upon the sounds and structures of Jewish sacred musical heritage to disrupt the aesthetics and power hierarchies of their conservative community, defying institutional authority and pushing at normative boundaries of sacred and secular. Beyond its role as a desirable art form, golden age cantorial music offers aspiring Hasidic singers a form of Jewish cultural productivity in which artistic excellence, maverick outsider status, and sacred authority are aligned. A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Learn more at University of California Press.

The William Andrews Clark Lecture on Oscar Wilde by Joseph Bristow, Distinguished Professor of English, University of California, Los Angeles, sheds fresh light on the forty-six-year-old Oscar Wilde’s early death from encephalomeningitis at the shabby Hôtel d’Alsace on Friday, November 30, 1900, in the Latin Quarter of Paris. By drawing on documents held at the Clark Library that have seldom been consulted before, Professor Bristow will look closely at the rapid turns of events that impacted Wilde’s final hours. The lecture is free to attend with advance registration. It will be held in-person at the Clark Library and livestreamed on the Center’s YouTube Channel. No registration is required to watch the livestream.

First To Go is excited to host the First Gen Student Celebration during First Gen Awareness Week. Our goal is to create a space for students to strengthen and connect with other First Gen Student Community members. Feel free to RSVP and we are looking forward to seeing you all there! RSVP: http://tinyurl.com/2024FGAW

In honor of Social Justice Week, UCLA’s Graduate Student Resource Center and Center for Accessible Education are teaming up to present our “Power in Disability” event! Featuring a student panel, join us for an engaging and insightful conversation on uplifting disabled voices and integrating more inclusivity and accessibility in our advocacy efforts.

This event focuses on empowering leaders to foster resilience and healthy growth within their teams. Through workshops and discussions, participants will learn the importance of empathetic leadership, emphasizing the value of understanding and supporting team members on an emotional level. Additionally, the event highlights the significance of adaptability in navigating change and uncertainty, providing practical strategies for leaders to promote flexibility and innovation within their teams