Events

On Campus

UCLA-wide sustainability events calendar

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UPCOMING EVENTS

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CDLS Community Coffee Hour

Hosted by CDLS staff Alex and Susana

Please bring yourselves, a buddy, and a reusable cup for warm beverages. All are welcome to attend, but we kindly request that you please RSVP for location details. October 9…

Flyer featuring a picture of Ben Novak that reads: “The UCLA La Kretz Center 14th Annual Public Lecture. Biotechnology for Conservation Success: From Black-footed Ferrets to Passenger Pigeons. Saturday, October 11th, 2025. UCLA Boyer Hall, Room 159. 3pm - 5pm. Free Entry for All Ages. Ben Novak—Lead Scientist at Revive & Restore: Genetic rescue of endangered and extinct species.”

Lecture Series

The 14th Annual La Kretz Center Public Lecture

This year’s topic is Biotechnology for Conservation

The UCLA La Kretz Center of California Conservation Science is excited to be hosting the 14th Annual La Kretz Center Public Lecture on Saturday, October 11th, 2025, at Boyer Hall on the UCLA main…

Close-up of a teal fountain pen resting on a manuscript with cursive writing, symbolizing historical records and agreements.

Special Event

Reparations: A Transatlantic Conversation

Examining histories, debates and futures of repair

Event Overview Join us for a one-hour panel exploring how reparations are debated and practiced across different contexts, from Britain’s legacy of slavery to the United States’ ongoing struggle over…

Flyer for UCLA’s Día de los Muertos event. Text reads: ‘11.1.25, 11AM–1PM, UCLA Mathias Botanical Garden. Día de los Muertos. Mourning and Remembering Through Ecological Change. Altars, speakers, performances, pastries, drinks.’ Design shows a monarch butterfly, tree-ring pattern behind the text, and vibrant Día de los Muertos imagery: a skeleton figure in an ornate black dress with floral headpiece, surrounded by colorful marigolds, pink and red blossoms, sugar skulls, butterflies, and cactus.

Special Event

Día de los Muertos

Mourning & Remembering through Ecological Change. Altars, live music, guest speakers & traditional food in a community celebration of memory & ecology

Event Overview Join us at the UCLA Mathias Botanical Garden for a community celebration of Día de los Muertos: Mourning and Remembering through Ecological Change. The event will feature altars,…

PAST EVENTS

CDLS Community Coffee Hour

Please bring yourselves, a buddy, and a reusable cup for warm beverages. All are welcome to attend, but we kindly request that you please RSVP for location details. October 9…

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The 2025 Pritzker Lunch & Learn

Event Overview Join us for a special Lunch & Learn with the finalists of the Ninth Annual Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award. This event offers a rare opportunity to hear…

The 2025 Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award Ceremony

The Ninth Annual Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award ceremony will honor three finalists advancing solutions across conservation, sustainability and human–wildlife coexistence. The winner, who will receive a $100,000 prize, will…

Wide-shot of the 2024 Pritzker ceremony, held in Hershey Hall's Grand Ballroom at UCLA, featuring the guest seated at circular dinner tables while Tony Pritzker shares remarks behind a brown podium. Bistro lights in the room create a warm yellow glow.

Science and Suds, Event 6

We believe science belongs in community spaces — not just classrooms and conferences. That’s why we’re teaming up with Los Angeles Ale Works – Culver City for Science & Suds,…

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Science & Suds, Event 5

We believe science belongs in community spaces — not just classrooms and conferences. That’s why we’re teaming up with Los Angeles Ale Works – Culver City for Science & Suds,…

Two speaker profiles for Science & Suds 9825