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This Workshop explores the cultural, religious, and intellectual legacy of Daisetsu Teitaro (D. T.) Suzuki (1870–1966), the preeminent figure who introduced Zen and Mahayana Buddhism to the modern Western world. This event brings together scholars, curators, and practitioners to discuss and reflect on Suzuki’s polymath contributions and their enduring, cross-cultural impact. Discussions will span a broad range of topics, including interpretations and evaluations of Suzuki’s Buddhist philosophy and translations, archival discoveries of his lecture manuscripts and interpersonal correspondence, and his connections with Japanese American communities and local religious institutions. Generously funded by the UCLA Center for Buddhist Studies, this one-day workshop will feature several highlights: a keynote address by Professor Richard M. Jaffe of Duke University; an exhibition of Buddhist archival materials, including artifacts and manuscripts related to Suzuki’s 1950-60s U.S. sojourns preserved in the UCLA Library Special Collections; and a roundtable dialogue bridging academic research with contemporary spiritual practice and community engagement. Location: Charles E. Young Research Library, Main Conference Room

Have a quick question about your finances? UCLA Financial Wellness offers undergraduate drop-in hours to help students navigate their financial well-being. https://financialwellness.ucla.edu/make-an-appointment **Undergraduate drop-ins are for quick, general inquiries. For questions that require more time or individualized support with topics such as budgeting, saving, credit, debt repayment, student loans, or investing basics, students should book a financial coaching appointment.

The conference "William Andrews Clark Jr., California Fine Press, Independent Publishing, and Literary Activity in Los Angeles," organized by Johanna Drucker, Distinguished Professor and Breslauer Professor Emerita, Department of Information Studies (UCLA), explores the connection between William Andrews Clark Jr. and the fine press community that emerged in Southern California in the 1930s, which is evident in the extensive collections assembled in his lifetime and after. This conference reflects on the role of Clark and his Library in the broader range of literary and publishing activity in the decades after its founding. For additional details, please visit the event website. Location: William Andrews Clark Memorial Library

This workshop explores the cultural, religious, and intellectual legacy of Daisetz Teitaro (D. T.) Suzuki (1870-1966), the preeminent figure who introduced Zen and Mahayana Buddhism to the modern Western world. The invited scholars, curators, and practitioners reflect on Suzuki’s wide-ranging contributions and evaluate their enduring cross-cultural impact from various perspectives. The program features a keynote address by Dr. Richard M. Jaffe, professor of religious studies at Duke University; an exhibition of rare Buddhist archives related to D. T. Suzuki from UCLA Library Special Collections; and a roundtable bringing together academic research, lived practice and community engagement. Co-sponsored by UCLA Library, UCLA Center for Buddhist Studies and UCLA Center for the Study of Religion Location: Charles E. Young Research Library, Main Conference Room 11360

Join CRP and SWD for a Sober Tailgate and UCLA Football Game on Friday, November 13th at the Rose Bowl Stadium! Enjoy an afternoon of food, games, community, and football in a recovery-supportive environment. CRP will provide round-trip transportation from campus to the Rose Bowl, and free student tickets will be available through UCLA Athletics. We'll meet on campus, ride together to the Rose Bowl, enjoy a sober tailgate with food, games, and activities before kickoff, and return to UCLA together after the game. Event Schedule 12:15 PM: Check-in at the BRC (SAC B44) 1:00 PM: Bus departs UCLA Approximately 2:30 PM: Arrive at the Rose Bowl Stadium 2:30 PM - 5:30 PM: Sober Tailgate (food, games, and activities) 6:00 PM: UCLA vs. Illinois kickoff 9:45 PM: Return to the bus following the game 10:15 PM: Bus departs the Rose Bowl for UCLA Free Football Tickets for Students Free student tickets will be available through UCLA Athletics beginning Monday, November 9. Tickets must be registered by 5:00 PM on Monday, Visit: uclabruins.com/ucla-football-tickets Click “Buy Now” on nov 13th Game Click “students” on the top of the page. Location: Rose Bowl Stadium

U.S.–China tensions are shaping domestic policy far beyond traditional diplomacy and national security. This conversation examines how initiatives that came to the fore during the China Initiative (2018-2022) continue to shape debates about research security, state laws limiting property ownership, and restrictions on international students and scholarly collaboration. Location: UCLA Law, Room 1457

Let's celebrate together by attending the I'm Going to College Fair hosted at the UCLA Football Game! TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR CURRENTLY ENROLLED UCLA STUDENTS WITH DEPENDENT(S) Children 2 and under DO NOT NEED A TICKET Ticket quantity is limited and available while supplies last 4 tickets max per family, additional tix may be avail based on supply Note: Parking Cost Not Included - Parking Cost $38 online or $44 purchased day of Join us at the UCLA vs. Illinois Game on Nov 13th! I'm Going to College Fair: 3-5p FAIR ACTIVITIES: interactive photobooth, face painting, swag items, arts and crafts, and more! Specific details regarding fair and layout will be provided in the upcoming weeks! Game Start: 6pm Please reach out to swd@saonet.ucla.edu for inquiries Location: Rose Bowl

Friendly Match Location: Intramural Field

Depicting the remarkable chance encounter in Paris of a French nursing home director and a Japanese theater director facing terminal cancer, All of a Sudden is a moving testimony to the power of human empathy. Followed by a conversation with writer-director Ryûsuke Hamaguchi Learn more here: https://hmmr.buzz/C26AOAS Location: Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90024

Scrum by the Sea Location: La Jolla, CA

Battle at Sparta Location: San Jose

You are invited to attend an intimate conversation with Leonard Peltier, an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, a lifelong activist, and a member of the American Indian Movement. In conversation with Shannon Rivers, member of the Akimel O’otham Nation, spiritual leader, human rights activist, and advisor to BRAID, Leonard Peltier will reflect on his life, experience of incarceration, and the vital role of books, literature, and art during his time in prison. Location: UCLA Law, Room 1347

In 1901, Eva Palmer abandoned her life as a privileged New York socialite, moving to Paris with her lover, the writer and salonist, Natalie Barney. The two Americans became the center of a wild tangle of lesbian love affairs and backyard performances based on intentional reimaginings of Sappho’s work and life. A chance encounter led Eva to Greece, where she married Angelos Sikelianos, a visionary poet who would become a Greek national hero. Celebrated American poet Eleni Sikelianos grew up knowing little of these illustrious ancestors, her great grandparents, who, in the early 20th century staged a revival of the ancient Delphic festivals, convinced that it would open a path to world peace. It was not until the age of 20, on her first trip to Greece, that she encountered the breadth of their legacy. In her new book, "Memory Rehearsal" (City Lights, 2026), Sikelianos unearths the story of her search for these pioneering ancestors, in a text that shifts between prose, poetry, imaginary performance texts, fiction, and nonfiction, with archival and family photographs. Eleni will read from and discuss "Memory Rehearsal," which "Kirkus" calls a “moving family memoir and a triumph of cultural archaeology.” Eleni Sikelianos was born into a family of tree workers, bohemians, poets, ne’er-do-wells, visionaries, and smalltime sort-of hustlers. She is a poet, writer, collaborator, and “master of mixing genres.” As a student of the poets of Naropa, she is a lineage-holder in the Outrider poetics family tree. Deeply engaged with ecopoetics, her work takes up urgent concerns of environmental precarity and ancestral work. She has published ten books of poetry (most recently, "Your Kingdom," 2023) and a trilogy of unclassifiable hybrid works, sometimes called nonfiction, sometimes memoirs, sometimes fiction: "The Book of Jon" and "You Animal Machine," and, most recently, "Memory Rehearsal" (City Lights, 2026). "Memory Rehearsal," called “a triumph of cultural archaeology” in a starred Kirkus review and named One of "Publishers Weekly’s" Most Anticipated Books for 2026, is a genre-busting encounter between a poet and her ancestral past documenting a startling intersection of queer history, ancient theater, utopian visions, and modern poetry. Among other honors, she has been awarded two National Endowment for the Arts fellowships, a Fulbright Artists fellowship, and a New York Foundation for the Arts Award in nonfiction. She grew up in earshot of the ocean, in small coastal towns near Santa Barbara, and has since lived in San Francisco, New York, Paris, Athens (Greece), Boulder (Colorado), and Providence. "Memory Rehearsal" will be available for purchase at the event! All major credit cards, Apple Pay, and Google Pay are accepted. Cash is also accepted with exact change only. This program is made possible thanks to the generous support of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). Location: 314 Royce Hall

In person: Q&A with UCLA Asian American Studies Assistant Professors Loubna Qutami and Nour Joudah, moderated by UCLA Comparative Literature Ph.D. student Aciah Abdulsater. Guest speaker Every space hosts the accumulation of time and is thus a repository of memory, one that is active and dynamic. Jean Khalil Chamoun’s Women Beyond Borders (2004) and Theo Panagopoulos’ The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing (2024) were made two decades apart, but together they foster an ongoing conversation at the intersection of identity, memory and place across Lebanon and Palestine. Though distinct in form, the films consider the relationship between people’s lived environments and their individual and collective identities. The films navigate through spaces both historically and presently marked by displacement, violence and resilience. Both offer meditations and testimonies on how these spaces can inhabit a people’s memories, linger into their present realities and influence their futures. Rather than attempting to unearth a singular tradition, this program amplifies an ongoing cinematic conversation across Lebanon and Palestine that is rooted in intertwined histories of occupation and resistance. This conversation is an urgent one to hold today in light of the ongoing aggression against southern Lebanon and historic Palestine that continues to target complete ecosystems. This systematic surge of destruction and harm affects far beyond the physical; it seeks to fracture memory, sever a people’s sense of being and belonging, and jeopardize social relations that places sustain. The moving image as a tool presents an opportunity to forge an alternative place of memory work, one capable of preserving spatial memory, making visible the forms of erasure, and imagining continuities that exceed the violence of occupation and its imposed restriction on bodies and space. Programmed by UCLA Comparative Literature Ph.D. student Aciah Abdulsater and Archive Research and Public Access Coordinator Nicole Ucedo. Notes and concept by Aciah Abdulsater. Location: Billy Wilder Theater

It’s a saxophone Tour de France! From early works by Elsa Barraine, Fernande Decruck and Darius Milhaud to Roger Boutry’s mid-century Divertimento to Vincent David’s exploration of contemporary techniques and wake trails in Sillage – join the UCLA saxophone studio for our fall studio recital!

n person: Pre-screening talk by Laura Horak, author, Trans Cinema: Making Communities, Identities, and Worlds. Post-screening Q&A. Archive Talks pairs leading historians and scholars with screenings of the moving image media that is the focus of their writing and research. Each program will begin with a special talk by the invited scholar that will introduce audiences to new insights, interpretations and contexts for the films and media being screened. This screening will be preceded by a book signing of Trans Cinema: Making Communities, Identities, and Worlds with author Laura Horak beginning at 6 p.m. in the lobby. The Archive first worked with archivist and scholar Laura Horak in 2022 when we presented a series of films unearthed by Horak and her collaborators, Maggie Hennefeld and Elif Rongen-Kaynakçi. Their archival project Cinema’s First Nasty Women celebrated the work of silent comedians who brought an anarchic brand of gender non-conformity to slapstick. Alongside that work, Horak is also the director of the Transgender Media Lab at Carleton University, which created the Transgender Media Portal(opens in a new tab), a database of trans creators, including links to where their work can be seen. Suffice it to say, increasing the visibility and access to the media she studies is an essential element of Horak’s ongoing research project. With her latest book, Trans Cinema: Making Communities, Identities, and Worlds, Horak dives deep into the history, practice and aesthetics of trans artists in the United States and Canada in the 21st century while positioning them within the larger history of trans media production and representation. The Archive is pleased to welcome Horak back to the Billy Wilder Theater for a brief talk about her work followed by a selection of works by trans artists and an on-stage conversation, with more special guests to be announced soon! Part of the Archive’s Legacy Project Screening Series. Support for the screening is provided by the Robert Gore Rifkind Foundation Queer Screening Endowment and The Andrew J. Kuehn Jr. Foundation. Location: Billy Wilder Theater

Join the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music for an evening of chamber music highlighting members of the brass family.

Drop-in Mondays 11 AM - 3 PM: Chat with our team, including a money expert with 20+ years of wealth management experience, play games, complete practical worksheets, win prizes, and more! Location: Strathmore 106

Join us for the second of six workshops as part of the Modal Interchange: Conversations on 21st-Century Performance Practices series with Jonathan Hepfer, percussionist and artistic director of Monday Evening Concerts, who will join Wendy Richman (Academic Lecturer and Director of uclaFLUX at UCLA) in a conversation about how to develop as a working artist. Sisyphus as Artist (Whatever prevents you from doing your work has become your work) Whether navigating complex scores or directing a series, the common denominator is simply problem solving: using one’s sense of logic, aesthetics, ethics, and intuition to figure out how to get from A to B. Every project or piece is completely different, requiring constant reinvention and re-equipping of one’s toolbox. More abstractly, but of equal or greater weight, is the importance of nurturing non-musical artistic and creative interests while we hone our problem-solving skills. Whether performer, presenter, painter, or poet, artists flourish when we connect through our shared goal: to make a lasting impression on the souls of those around us. Bio Jonathan Hepfer is a percussionist, conductor, and concert curator. He began playing classical music at age seventeen after discovering the work of John Cage while studying at SUNY Buffalo. Subsequently, Jonathan attended Oberlin Conservatory, UC San Diego and the Musikhochschule Freiburg (on a DAAD fellowship) where he studied with Michael Rosen, Steven Schick and Bernhard Wulff. ​Since 2015, he has been the Artistic Director of Monday Evening Concerts (MEC) in Los Angeles as well as its resident ensemble ECHOI. At MEC, Jonathan has directed performances of major works by Pierre Boulez, John Cage, Julius Eastman, Morton Feldman, Philip Glass, Gérard Grisey, Sarah Hennies, Yves Klein, Arvo Pärt, Steve Reich, Salvatore Sciarrino, Caroline Shaw, Tyshawn Sorey, Simeon Ten Holt and Iannis Xenakis. As a curator and producer, he has presented works by Georges Aperghis, Pierluigi Billone, Carolyn Chen, Chaya Czernowin, Julius Eastman, David Hammons, Sarah Hennies, György Kurtág, Klaus Lang, Alvin Lucier, Hans Otte, Éliane Radigue, Michael Pisaro-Liu, Caroline Shaw, Wadada Leo Smith, Steven Takasugi, Davóne Tines and Wu Tsang. Jonathan has directed (or co-directed) projects at venues such as the Getty Museum, Harvard University, Hauser & Wirth, Jeffrey Deitch, LACMA, LAXART, Marciano Art Foundation, the Santa Monica Carousel (Frieze), Thomas Mann House and the Pinault Collection in Paris. ​As a percussion soloist, Jonathan has focused extensively on the works of Georges Aperghis, Pierluigi Billone, Julius Eastman, Brian Ferneyhough, Morton Feldman, Vinko Globokar, Helmut Lachenmann, Giacinto Scelsi, Iannis Xenakis and Walter Zimmermann. In this capacity, he has performed widely across the United States, Europe and Asia. Recent independent projects have included serving as artistic director for a portrait of Julius Eastman at the Pinault Collection in Paris (a collaboration with Anaïs Ngbanzo, Dev Hynes and Adam Tendler) and performing the role of conductor in a revival of Deborah Hay’s ‘Solo 2’ at the Getty Museum. Jonathan has also contributed to projects by friends such as Henrik Purienne (‘Tasjaki’ at Galerie Chenel), Vanessa Beecroft and Gustave Rudman (‘Two Shadows’ at Jeffrey Deitch) and Henri Levy Alexandre (Enfants Riches Déprimés S/S ’25). He has published interviews with Meredith Monk (Autre Magazine), Éliane Radigue (Purple Magazine) and Steve Reich (Kaleidoscope Magazine). Jonathan also documented the oral histories of the pioneering generation of percussion soloists (Jan Williams, Christoph Caskel, Sylvio Gualda, Jean-Pierre Drouet, Gaston Sylvestre, Maurizio Ben Omar). Jonathan has served on the faculty at Art Center Pasadena and Cal Arts. He is interested in the ways that music intersects with visual art, literature, architecture, fashion and film. More about Modal Interchange: Conversations on 21st-Century Performance Practices The personality of Los Angeles’s new music scene mirrors its city’s culture and geography as a whole: equal parts diversity and decentralization, in a battle for recognition and relevance that crisscrosses 650 freeway miles. The Modal Interchange series casts a wide net around LA’s new music community, hosting a diverse group of individuals who might not otherwise share the same artistic and academic spaces, in a series of lecture-workshops geared to an audience of performers. Modal Interchange is a series of six workshops through 2026-27. Each workshop focuses on an element of 21st-century performing, programming, and music-making in the world of contemporary music, with special focus on the topics’ relevance in greater LA: histories of experimental music and the avant-garde, commissioning new works, concert programming, listening as an audience member, listening as a performer, score-reading and part-marking, learning and practicing contemporary works, improvisation practices, and arts activism. This series is conceived and hosted by violist Wendy Richman and produced in partnership with the UCLA Center for Musical Humanities. Dr. Richman is Lecturer in Performance Studies, Director of uclaFLUX, and a founding member of the International Contemporary Ensemble. For the full schedule, please visit our website: https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/modal-interchange-conversations-on-21st-century-performance-practices/

Hogarth' "Lost" Annotations, presented by Dr. Zirwat Chowdhury, Assistant Professor of 18th- and 19th-Century European Art, Department of Art History (UCLA), focuses on an annotated copy of The Investigator No. CCCXXII, one of a series of essays published by the 18th-century Scottish painter, Allan Ramsay. The annotations are those of Ramsay’s contemporary, the English painter and printmaker, William Hogarth. A prized document for its contribution to the artists’ important debates on art theory and aesthetic philosophy, the annotated volume has been understood by Hogarth scholars to have been long lost, even though it has been part of the Clark collections since it was acquired by William Andrews Clark Jr. in 1929. This talk will discuss how the annotated volume might expand our understanding of Hogarth’s theory of art, foundational to the history of 18th-century British art and controversially espoused by the artist in 1753 in his treatise on art and aesthetics, The Analysis of Beauty. Location: William Andrews Clark Memorial Library - https://www.youtube.com/@ucla-c1718cs

The UCLA Flute Studio welcomes Rose Lombardo, Principal Flute of the San Diego Symphony, for a guest artist masterclass with Professor Benjamin Smolen’s flute studio. Students Ricky Medina, Minami Mori, Ksenia Mezhenny, Grace Brandes, Amanda Lee, and Daniel Chavez will perform solo flute and flute/piano repertoire for Ms. Lombardo during the studio’s regular Monday class.

Join us for a night of new music composed by UCLA Graduate composition students!   Among one of the most competitive schools for composition in the country, Herb Alpert School of Music boasts performances of music written by ferociously talented and exceptionally gifted young composers.   Please come support their endeavors as we kick off the 2026-27 school year of graduate composers concerts!

Have a quick question about your finances? UCLA Financial Wellness offers undergraduate drop-in hours to help students navigate their financial well-being. https://financialwellness.ucla.edu/make-an-appointment **Undergraduate drop-ins are for quick, general inquiries. For questions that require more time or individualized support with topics such as budgeting, saving, credit, debt repayment, student loans, or investing basics, students should book a financial coaching appointment.

The syllabus is an essential part of instruction that communicates the objectives, expectations, and structure of a course. Is it clear? Is it welcoming? Is it accessible? Leave with practical ideas you can apply to your next syllabus. Presenter: Sammy Solis, Assistant Director for Teaching Development at the Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) Keywords: syllabus, student belonging, expectations, course objective, clear learning goals Each academic quarter, the educational designers and developers of the UCLA Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) offer via Zoom a weekly series of seven pop-up sessions - each just 10 minutes in length - on focused, specific topics related to course design, teaching, learning, and learning assessment. The additional “+10” in the series title refers to an optional 10 minutes that follow each presentation for Q&A and discussion. These 10 + 10 sessions will take place at 10am (PT) every Tuesday in the quarter, from Week 2 through Week 8. 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.

Join us for an interactive workshop to explore AI’s pros and cons, challenge assumptions, and create your personal AI Code of Conduct. Presented by Joy Guey, Director of the Bridge Innovation Studio and Marcos Arranz, Academic Coordinator, Livescu Initiative on Neuro, Narrative and AI and the Institute for Society & Genetics. Location: DataX Impact Forum, 3312 Murphy Hall

Bruin MindFit is a mindful movement and meditation offering that teaches several effective stress management tools and is offered to UCLA faculty, staff, and students at no cost. In person outdoor grounding and revitalizing workshops to reconnect to the earth and walk mindfully on the grass. An opportunity to take a break and reset in the company of other Bruins. Tuesday 11/17/26, 12:15-1:00p, Dickson Court South Location: Dickson Court South

Get guidance on: --Housing and tenant issues --Identifying legal problems --Employment questions --Understanding contracts --Referrals and resources **Open to all graduate students** Location: GSRC (SAC, B-11)

Join Student Legal Services at the Graduate Student Resource Center to get guidance on housing and tenant issues, identifying legal problems, employment questions, understanding contracts, and more! Location: Graduate Student Resource Center (SAC B11)

Stacks Xchange: Field Notes is a graduate student-centered series on tools, methods, practices, and creative data collaborations with researchers across all disciplines. Speakers are invited to spotlight a core technical idea, method or framework, from statistical and computational models to industrial or home-brew LLMs and cutting-edge VR technologies, while attendees can expect not only technical curiosity but also practical how-to field notes from peers. In this talk, Anju Mitchell addresses the call for ethical library metadata creation by offering Patricia Hill Collins' "Black Feminist Epistemology" to critical cataloging practice and theory. Mitchell is currently a Database Maintenance Specialist at the UCLA Library Resource Acquisitions and Metadata Services, as well as a PhD student in the Department of Information Studies. Her research interests are in ethical library metadata representations of marginalized identities and communities. Location: DataX, 3312 Murphy Hall

Join us at the UCLA LGBTQ Campus Resource Center on Tuesday, November 17th, 2026 to meet with an attorney from Student Legal Services at our Legal Gender and Name Change Clinic from 4:30-5:30pm and a gender-affirming care giveaway from 5:30-6:30pm! Get your legal questions ready, bring a friend, and be in community! Location: LGBTQ Campus Resource 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 LuValle Commons Basement Level

Director Lee Chang-dong in person Winner of the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival, Possible Love marks the long-awaited return of Lee Chang-dong (Burning, Poetry), whose infrequent releases make each new film a major—and always ravishing—cinematic event. The precarious existence of a laid-off factory worker and his wife is upended when an affluent documentary filmmaker chooses them as the subjects of her latest project. Featuring an extraordinary ensemble led by Jeon Do-yeon, winner of the Cannes Best Actress prize for Secret Sunshine, the film unfolds as a haunting, slow-burning examination of class disparity, lingering trauma, and the elusive quest for human connection. Probing the mysteries of human behavior, Lee exposes the quiet hypocrisies and unspoken desires that shape how we perceive—and exploit—one another. 2026. South Korea. Written and directed by Lee Chang-dong. With Jeon Do-yeon, Sul Kyung-gu, Cho Yeo-jeong, Zo In-sung. DCP courtesy Netflix. In Korean; English subtitles. 164 min. Learn more here: https://hmmr.buzz/C26PL Location: Hammer Museum

The Gramian-Emrani Center for Iranian Music at UCLA is honored to welcome renowned musician Maestro Khosrow Soltani for a special presentation and performance highlighting a significant recording project dedicated to the preservation of the Radif of Iranian classical music on the Narm-Nay. Maestro Soltani will introduce the project and discuss its artistic vision, historical importance, and contribution to preserving and transmitting Iran’s rich musical heritage to future generations. The event will also feature a live performance of selected works by distinguished Iranian composers Reza Vali and Shahab Paranj, bringing together the traditions of Iranian classical music and the creative voices of contemporary composition.

Join Case Management and the Graduate Student Resource Center for virtual drop-in hours this fall! Discover how case managers support students by exploring options, identifying on-campus resources, and helping students to create a plan for their next steps.

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. While this week's ELC session will take place in person, please note that our program for Fall 2026 will operate on an alternating hybrid schedule. ELC meet virtually during odd weeks (weeks 3, 5, 7, and 9) and in-person during even weeks (weeks 2, 4, 6, and 10.) Please be sure to check the full description before registering. Space is limited to 20 participants per session, and participants are welcome to bring and enjoy their lunch during these meetings. Location: Dashew Center in Bradley Hall 106

Join the Music Library for an introduction to key industry databases supporting research for a variety of music research and performance disciplines. Topics will include music industry data and media resources. Attendees from all disciplinary backgrounds are welcome! This workshop will be offered via Zoom. If you are registered, you will receive the Zoom invitation details the day before the workshop. Instructors: Blair Black, Teaching and Learning Librarian for Arts and Humanities; and Matthew Vest, Open Research and Digital Scholarship Librarian for the Arts and Humanities

Have a quick question about your finances? UCLA Financial Wellness offers undergraduate drop-in hours to help students navigate their financial well-being. https://financialwellness.ucla.edu/make-an-appointment **Undergraduate drop-ins are for quick, general inquiries. For questions that require more time or individualized support with topics such as budgeting, saving, credit, debt repayment, student loans, or investing basics, students should book a financial coaching appointment.

UCLA F-1 visa students, do you want to know more about off-campus employment authorization? Join us on one of our weekly OPT webinars hosted by the Dashew Center staff to learn more! Time: 2 - 3pm (Pacific Time) Location: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/98199114498

Have specific questions about 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: - Getting into research* - Undergraduate research programs/opportunities - Graduate school preparation - Communicating your research *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

A community club focused on resilience, self-care, and personal growth. Location: RISE Center at LuValle Commons Basement Level

International Students and Scholars are invited join us for this informative and engaging event during International Education Week (IEW)! IEW is observed by universities and colleges throughout the country every fall, and is an opportunity to celebrate the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide. Dashew Center staff and other campus partners including Student Legal Services and Federal Relations will provide updates for the international community on Duration of Status, Curricular Practical Training (CPT), Optional Practical Training (OPT), advocacy efforts, and more. Attendees will then have the opportunity to mingle and socialize with fellow international students and scholars, as well as Dashew staff members to ask questions and share concerns. We hope that international students and scholars are able to continue to build community and find support through this event. Registration is not required but is recommended. Light refreshments will be available. Location: De Neve Plaza Room

International Students and Scholars are invited join us for this informative and engaging event during International Education Week (IEW)! IEW is observed by universities and colleges throughout the country every fall, and is an opportunity to celebrate the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide. Dashew Center staff and other campus partners including Student Legal Services and Federal Relations will provide updates for the international community on Duration of Status, Curricular Practical Training (CPT), Optional Practical Training (OPT), advocacy efforts, and more. Attendees will then have the opportunity to mingle and socialize with fellow international students and scholars, as well as Dashew staff members to ask questions and share concerns. We hope that international students and scholars are able to continue to build community and find support through this event. Registration is not required but is recommended. Light refreshments will be available. Location: De Neve Plaza Room

This workshop will give an overview of the dissertation requirement in terms of structure, process, and role in one's career trajectory. The workshop will address the dissertation from multiple angles to deepen attendees' understanding of decisions and choices around the planning and execution of the dissertation.

Interested in research? This Peer-led session will walk students through UCLA's hidden curriculum: office hours, finding a research mentor, emailing professors, and research programs. Dinner Provided! Location: Transfer Student Center

In person: Introductions and pre-screening conversation with author and film historian Howard Gutner and Deborah Nadoolman Landis, founding director and chair of the David C. Copley Center for Costume Design at UCLA. Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive in partnership with the David C. Copley Center for Costume Design at UCLA. Archive Talks pairs leading historians and scholars with screenings of the moving image media that is the focus of their writing and research. Each program will begin with a special talk by the invited scholar that will introduce audiences to new insights, interpretations and contexts for the films and media being screened. This screening will be preceded by a book signing of Banton of Paramount: Haute Couture in Hollywood’s Golden Age with author Howard Gutner beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the lobby. Location: Billy Wilder Theater

Have a quick question about your finances? UCLA Financial Wellness offers undergraduate drop-in hours to help students navigate their financial well-being. https://financialwellness.ucla.edu/make-an-appointment **Undergraduate drop-ins are for quick, general inquiries. For questions that require more time or individualized support with topics such as budgeting, saving, credit, debt repayment, student loans, or investing basics, students should book a financial coaching appointment.

GSRC in collaboration with 580 Cafe presents: Fuel up at Friendsgiving! Fuel up for that last stretch of the quarter at GSRC’s Friendsgiving and join us at the 580 cafe to give thanks with your friends. This is a community-building event for UCLA graduate students featuring food, essential needs mugs, and interactive crafts to encourage connection, resource navigation, creativity, and belonging. If you can’t go home during the break, be sure to spend friendsgiving with us. See you there! Location: 580 Cafe

Join the UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television (UCLA TFT) in collaboration with UCLA Campus Assault Resources & Education (CARE) for a discussion with author Shamus Khan on his book Sexual Citizens: A Landmark Study of Sex, Power, and Assault on Campus. Featured Speaker: Shamus Khan, Co-Author and Willard Thorp Professor of Sociology and American Studies at Princeton University Introduction: Celine Parreñas Shimizu, Dean of UCLA TFT and Distinguished Professor Moderator: Angela Rivera, LCSW and trauma informed clinician on the Compassionate Response (CORE) Team Panelist: Jasmine Trice, UCLA FTVDM Associate Professor and Equity Advisor Location: UCLA TFT's Little Theater, Macgowan Hall

Food studies is a growing interdisciplinary field that examines the cultural, economic, political and environmental dimensions of food. Research resources in food studies are equally broad, and can present a challenge for beginner researchers and experienced researchers alike. This workshop will provide an introductory overview of food studies related resources at UCLA Library and beyond. This workshop is intended for those just getting started in food studies research, as well as experienced researchers interested in exploring beyond their academic specialty. This workshop will be offered via Zoom. If you are registered, you will receive the Zoom invitation details the day before the workshop. Instructors: Alexandra Solodkaya, Rothman Family Food Studies Librarian; Teaching and Learning Librarian for Health Science, Lizeth Ramirez, Librarian/Archivist for Los Angeles Communities and Cultures

CARE Cafe is a space to take a break, connect with others, and explore conversations about relationships, consent, healing, and community. Each gathering features a different topic—from hookup culture and pop culture to friendship and pleasure—alongside casual peer conversation and low-stakes activities. Come as you are, grab a snack, join the conversation, make something, or simply spend some time in community. Location: RISE @ Rieber Hall

Join us for the upcoming book launch of "Seeing like a Supply Chain" by Miriam Posner, PhD. A history of the technology of supply-chain management from punch cards to neural nets, and how the ambiguity built into that technology helps companies and exploits workers. Seeing Like a Supply Chain is a compelling investigation into the hidden networks that drive our global economy. Miriam Posner presents a blow-by-blow account of the technology of supply-chain management from punch cards to neural nets, revealing how the system’s built-in ambiguity shields companies from accountability while exploiting workers. Miriam Posner is an associate professor at UCLA in the Departments of Information Studies and Digital Humanities. A 2023-24 fellow of the National Humanities Center, Miriam has published widely on technology, data, and the humanities, including pieces in Postmodern Culture, Theory & Event, American Quarterly, The Moving Image, Logic, The Guardian, and The New Yorker. Location: DataX, 3312 Murphy Hall

This co-working peer review session will cover syllabus design best practices. Participants will look at example syllabi, consider best practices for student-centered, inclusive, and digitally accessible design, and peer review each other’s materials. Light refreshments will be served. This session is open to all instructors, including faculty, TAs, and postdocs. Please contact gspse@teaching.ucla.edu if you have any questions. Location: Powell Library, room 190

Interested in urban history, housing justice, or how race and gender intersect with policy? Join us and Dr. Prentiss A. Dantzler for an engaging discussion that reveals the history of how housing managers held the power to decide who go to stay and who was pushed out? What to expect? -Explore untold stories from Atlanta's residential past -Discover how policies were shaped and who they were created by -Connect history to today's housing equity and diparity Location: Kaplan Hall, Room 193

Join us for a Neurodiversity Empowerment workshop and learn about cultivating self compassion, discipline, and management skills Location: Lu Valle Commons Basement Level 01

This information session will go over the Resident Assistant position for any new candidates. Location: Northwest Campus Auditorium

What happens when a Minimoog takes center stage in a concerto? British composer and electronic music performer Gabriel Prokofiev brings his answer to UCLA following the U.S. premiere of his Concerto for Minimoog Synthesizer and Orchestra. Prokofiev will be joined by Shapiro Professor of Piano Inna Faliks and Professor Robert Fink, musicologist and chair of the Music Industry Program, for an insightful panel conversation, a live Minimoog synthesizer demonstration, and an interactive audience Q&A exploring the intersection of classical tradition, electronic performance, and contemporary music culture.

On November 19, 2026, join us beneath the moonlight at the Herb Alpert School of Music for a beautiful Loy Krathong Festival, presented by the Ethnomusicology Department and the Music of Thailand Ensemble. Talented students from the Music of Thailand Ensemble (ETHNMUS 91Z and 161M), along with community members, will bring the evening to life with the vibrant sounds and graceful movements of traditional Thai music and dance. Discover the joy of Thai culture through dance workshops and activities for all ages, including crafting colorful paper lotuses, making Thai sweets, and playing games for exciting prizes. Join the circle of dancers and learn traditional steps from expert dancers right here in LA. As the evening draws to a close, we’ll gather by a freshwater pond prepared for the occasion, holding our glowing candles and “lily lotuses.” Together, we’ll gently set them afloat, share good wishes for the new year, and send love to a loved one. May this Full Moon Festival bring you joy, connection, and hope. We look forward to celebrating with you at Inverted Fountain, UCLA, 7-9 PM!

Olivia Wilde out-Albees Edward Albee (and out-LaButes Neil LaBute) in this viciously funny four-hander about a couple who inadvertently spice up their marriage when they invite over their swinging neighbors for a casual dinner party. Deftly adapted by Will McCormack and Rashida Jones from the popular Spanish movie Sentimental, The Invite confirms Wilde as an uncommonly, if unsurprisingly, gifted director of actors, each of whom plays their parts to perfection: the put-upon neurotic wife (Wilde, paying homage to Diane Keaton), the half-hearted husband (Seth Rogan), the Tantric seeker (Ed Norton), and the free-spirited bohemian (Penelope Cruz). 2026. USA. Directed by Olivia Wilde. Screenplay by Will McCormack, Rashida Jones. With Wilde, Penelope Cruz, Edward Norton, Seth Rogen. DCP courtesy A24. 107 min. Learn more here: https://hmmr.buzz/C26TI Location: Hammer Museum