Money and Happiness: Bruin Insights Into Personal Finance Much of life can be consumed thinking about and working towards acquiring money and happiness. However, if we step back to think closely about our motivations in life, these motivations play a significant role in shaping our personal financial philosophies. What actually makes us happy? Does money […]
The Road to the White House: Who's Winning and Why? Who’s ahead and who’s behind in the race for the White House in 2016 — and more importantly why? Is what’s happening this year unusual or are there patterns at play that we’ve seen in past elections? Is this time really different — or does […]
Lincoln's Greatest Speech: The Second Inaugural In the midst of the tumultuous 2016 election season, we will hear from best-selling, award-winning author Ronald White about the speech Lincoln—our most eloquent president—called "his best effort". After four years of unspeakable horror, on March 4, 1865, Abraham Lincoln did not offer the North the victory speech it […]
The Teenage Mind: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Peer Relationships Adolescence is a period of intense biological, cognitive and emotional changes that can confuse teenagers and adults alike. Hear from Dr. Juvonen about a key element to teenage development and hot topic of parent-teen discussions: friendship and peer relationships. Learn more about […]
An Inside Look: How Special Collections Impact the Future of Medicine and Life Sciences The UCLA Library’s rich and diverse historical collections are created, managed, and promoted by a corps of curators with subject knowledge and expertise in rare books, manuscripts, photographs, and printed ephemera. Hear from award-winning curator Russell Johnson about a world-class historical […]
Out of the Past: Film Preservation Today Moving images constitute an integral part of our diverse national culture as works of fiction, art, social document or historical record providing knowledge, inspiration and enjoyment to audiences. As the second largest moving images archive in the United States after the Library of Congress, the UCLA Film & […]
The Secret History of How Corporations Became People Big corporations have had a quiet civil rights movement of their own, and they now possess nearly all the same constitutional rights as ordinary people. Uncovering the roots of Citizens United (2010) and Hobby Lobby (2014), Professor Adam Winkler will explain his research into the two-hundred-year struggle […]
Please join hosts Patty '83 and Harry '82, MS '86, MD '89 Schned, the San Fernando UCLA Chancellor's Society and fellow UCLA alumni, parents and friends for an exclusive reception and presentation featuring special guest: Paul Bergman Professor of Law Emeritus Reel Justice: The Courtroom Goes to the Movies Law-related films and TV shows reflect […]
The San Fernando Valley UCLA Chancellor's Society and fellow UCLA alumni, parents and friends will gather for an exclusive reception and presentation featuring special guest: Benjamin Karney Ph.D. Professor of Social Psychology Listening for a Change: Communication with loved ones and resolving conflicts We often experience our most negative and emotional conflicts with the […]
Chancellor's Society donors from both the San Fernando Valley and the San Gabriel Valley will gather together for a special event at the LA Zoo with Dr. Barbara Natterson-Horowitz about the connection between animal and human health. RSVP for this event is by invitation only.