Events
February 9, 2010 - 7:30pm
The James Bridges Theater, Melnitz Hall, UCLA
Based on a true story, North Face is a gripping adventure drama about a competition to climb the most dangerous rock face in the Alps. In July of 1936 - less than a year after the most recent and fatal attempt, two top German mountaineers take up...
February 10, 2010 - 10:00am
Conference Room 4, Student Activities Center
February 10, 2010 - 5:30pm
Ackerman Viewpoint Lounge: A201-A
Forum is the governing assembly of the Graduate Students Association, and comprises the representatives of the 13 Academic Councils, 2 votes from the Student Interest Board, and 2 votes from the Housing Associations.
Forum is chaired by the GSA Vice...
February 11, 2010 - 4:00pm
Student Activities Center, Conference Room 4
Publishing a Graduate Student Journal
Thursday, February 11; 4 - 6 p.m.
Student Activities Center, Conference Room 4
This workshop is designed for UCLA graduate students involved with or interested in publishing an academic journal who
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February 11, 2010 - 7:30pm
The James Bridges Theater, Melnitz Hall, UCLA
Capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kinshasa is Africa's third largest city and the second sub-Saharan megalopolis. Mweze Ngangura's latest documentary observes the vulnerable communities of people struggling to survive on the fringes...
February 12, 2010 - 12:00pm
Conference Room 4, Student Activities Center
What is the difference between "who" and "whom"? Is "politics" singular or plural? What is a dangling modifier, and how do I avoid it? Designed for both native and non-native speakers of English, this workshop will review pronoun use, tricky...
February 13, 2010 - 1:30pm
Griffth Observatory (2800 East Observatory Road, Los Angeles, CA 90027)
The Graduate Students Association (GSA) invites you to visit the Griffith Observatory, an icon of Los Angeles, a national leader in public astronomy and one of southern California's most popular attractions. Come explore a cultural gem of Los...
February 16, 2010 - 7:30pm
The James Bridges Theater, Melnitz Hall, UCLA
Shorts International and Magnolia Pictures present the Oscar Nominated Live Action and Animated short films. Included in tonight's program are all the animated Academy Award Nominated Short Films from 2010. These films come from all over the globe...
February 17, 2010 - 10:00am
Conference Room 4, Student Activities Center
February 18, 2010 - 5:00pm
Conference Room 4, Student Activities Center
This workshop will focus on techniques for outlining, building, and presenting an effective 10-20 minute oral/video (e.g., PowerPoint) presentation as typically presented in the social sciences. We will discuss strategies for converting a written...
February 18, 2010 - 5:00pm
UCLA Law School, Room 1357
The purpose of our proposed program is to discuss Civil Rights issues and progress from the death of Vincent Chin on June 19, 1982 to today’s post-racial society. On the evening of June 19, 1982, Vincent Chin and his friends went to a local bar to...
February 18, 2010 - 7:30pm
The James Bridges Theater, Melnitz Hall, UCLA
Shorts International and Magnolia Pictures present the Oscar Nominated Live Action and Animated short films. Included in tonight's program are all the live action Academy Award Nominated Short Films from 2010. These films come from all over the...
February 19, 2010 - 12:00pm
Conference Room 4, Student Activities Center
Does a comma always go before "and"? What is the difference between "which" and "that"? This workshop will review commas, semicolons, colons, parallel structure, and restrictive and non-restrictive clauses. Participants will also practice editing...
February 23, 2010 - 7:30pm
The James Bridges Theater, Melnitz Hall, UCLA
Condemned to six years in prison, Malik el Djebena, cannot read or write. Arriving at the jail entirely alone, he appears younger and more fragile than the other convicts. He is 19 years old. Cornered by the leader of the Corsican gang currently...
February 24, 2010 - 9:00am
UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies
This event, organized by the Information Studies Doctoral Colloquium student group, will present a lecture by researcher and scholar Ronald E. Day from the School of Library and Information Science at the Indiana University at Bloomington. For the...
February 24, 2010 - 10:00am
Conference Room 4, Student Activities Center
February 24, 2010 - 5:30pm
Kerckhoff Hall Room 316
The GSA Cabinet is comprised of the four elected officers -- President, VP Internal, VP External and VP Academic -- and appointed members who are responsible for specific areas of GSA activity.
The Cabinet carries out the day to day business of the...
February 25, 2010 - 5:00pm
UCLA James Bridges Theater, Melnitiz Hall
This event aims to bring a rare and important film to UCLA film students, film lovers, and the wider campus community. This is a beautiful print that is rarely shown. To honor the event, there will be a live piano score to accompany film.
February 25, 2010 - 5:00pm
Conference Room 4, Student Activities Center
The purpose of this workshop is to present strategies for writing a conference paper from scratch or transforming an already existing document to fit a particular call for papers. From titles to opening up for questions, we will discuss different...
February 26, 2010 - 12:00pm
Conference Room 4, Student Activities Center
I've been told that my writing is "dense" and "passive" and that my sentences don't "flow." How can I fix these problems? This workshop will help participants improve the clarity and cohesion of their sentences and paragraphs. They will also...
February 26, 2010 - 6:00pm
Royce 314
The Italian Department has sponsored Carnevale for the last nine years. This year is no exception and the Italian Club will use funds dispersed from the Department earlier in the school year. This program has provided past students with an insight...
March 1, 2010 - 12:15pm
UCLA Law School, Room 1357
Description of Kieu:
Kiều portrays the experience of a massage parlor worker in San Francisco’s Tenderloin District who balances faith in the face of contradictions daily. The film follows her life in a 24 hour time period, including her work as a...
March 2, 2010 - 12:00pm
CHS 13-041
The primary purpose is to discuss ethics. The focus will be on ethics in the context of dentistry, and hence the target audience would be dental students, but the topic of ethics is applicable and pertinent to all professions. We are presenting...
March 2, 2010 - 7:30pm
The James Bridges Theater, Melnitz Hall, UCLA
Anna Wintour, the legendary Editor-in-Chief of Vogue magazine for twenty years, is the most powerful and polarizing figure in fashion. With unprecedented access, filmmaker R.J. Cutler's new documentary does for fashion what The War Room (which...
March 3, 2010 - 10:00am
Conference Room 4, Student Activities Center
March 3, 2010 - 5:30pm
Ackerman Viewpoint Lounge: A201-A
Forum is the governing assembly of the Graduate Students Association, and comprises the representatives of the 13 Academic Councils, 2 votes from the Student Interest Board, and 2 votes from the Housing Associations.
Forum is chaired by the GSA Vice...
March 4, 2010 - 5:00pm
Conference Room 4, Student Activities Center
This workshop will cover the principles of the 10- minute talk in the context of biomedical sciences. We will discuss how to condense your research into PowerPoint, and how to effectively present it within the allotted timeframe. We will cover...
March 4, 2010 - 7:30pm
The James Bridges Theater, Melnitz Hall, UCLA
Hye-ja is a devoted single parent to her simple-minded son, Do-joon. Walking home alone one night, he encounters a young girl who he follows for a while before she disappears into a dark alley. The next morning, she is found dead and Do-joon is soon...
March 4, 2010 - 8:00pm
Humanities 250
Professor Adriana Craciun (University of California, Riverside) will present his work on British Romantic literature, and graduate students will have an opportunity to offer their responses, criticisms, and questions. Light refreshments and non-...