Special Event
The 2025 Pritzker Lunch & Learn
UCLA Faculty Club · Hacienda Room
Events
On Campus
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Science and Suds, Event 6
Hosted by CDLS and Los Angeles Ale Works
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,…
Special Event
The 2025 Pritzker Lunch & Learn
A conversation with this year’s Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award finalists
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…
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…
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…
PAST EVENTS
Panel Discussion: Biodiversity in the Anthropocene
Biodiversity is undergoing tremendous change at the hands of humanity. As some habitats disappear and many wild organisms face extinction, other species flourish in novel ecosystems. Join us for an expert panel discussion which will examine the current state of biodiversity and the narratives which shape related public opinion and policy as we ask the question: how can we successfully coexist with nature on an increasingly technological planet?
Our National Parks at 100: Confronting Change & Committing to Science
Please join us for our 8th public lecture as Dr. Ray Sauvajot, science director for the US National Park Service discusses the NPS on its 100th birthday. Ray will be joined by Dr. David Szymanski in what promises to be an exciting exploration of how the Service uses science to confront and meet the challenges they face in protecting our most important natural resources— our parks.
Climate Change Town Hall
On April 21, 2017, Rep. Adam Schiff held a town hall on climate change at Caltech’s Beckman Auditorium. Center for Climate Science Director Alex Hall joined the panel, along with…
Parks, Pollution and Obesity
Greening environmental justice communities: Addressing incompatible land-use in Los Angeles
World Water Day Symposium
Confirmed panelists include: Dr. Stephanie Pincetl and Dr. Erik Porse | UCLA California Center for Sustainable Communities Tim Becker | Theodore Payne Foundation Janet Hartin | University of California Division of…
