UCLA Chancellor's Society

Men's Basketball Pre-Game Reception
2023-11-15 17:00 - 18:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | James West Alumni Center, 325 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
The UCLA Chancellor’s Society will host a special pre-game reception on November 15. Join your fellow Bruins fans for delicious food and beverages before you go cheer on the Men’s Basketball team as they take on Long Island University at Pauley Pavilion!
Wednesday, November 15, 2023
5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Reception will end 30 minutes before game time.
Please note: Tickets to the basketball game are not included.

UCLA Chancellor’s Society Celebration
2023-06-05 18:30 - 20:30
Chancellor Gene Block and Mrs. Carol Block invite you to a reception exclusively in honor of the Chancellor’s Society—UCLA’s cross-campus leadership annual giving program for dedicated supporters who show an exceptional commitment to UCLA. Join us for a celebration of your impact and connect with other Chancellor’s Society members dedicated to supporting our campus.
RSVP is required for this event. Please click here to reserve your seats.
The registration deadline is Friday, May 26, 2023 at 5:00 p.m. PT.

UCLA Chancellor's Society Orange County Salon
2023-05-23 18:00 - 20:00 | Newport Beach, CA
Please join the Orange County UCLA Chancellor’s Society and fellow alumni, parents, and friends for an exclusive reception and presentation featuring special guest:
Gina Poe
Professor, Integrative Biology & Physiology
Professor, Psychiatry
Director, Maximizing Access to Research Careers U*STAR Program
Eleanor Leslie Chair in Innovative Brain Research
The Relationship Between Sleep, Memory, and Mental Health
Sleep seems to be at the root of cognitive and emotional restoration. In this presentation, we will review the recent findings showing the patterns of brain activity that occur during normal sleep to ensure healthy processing of memories and emotions and what goes wrong in sleep-disturbance related cognitive and mental health problems.
Tuesday, May 23, 2023
6:00 p.m. – Reception
6:45 p.m. – Presentation

UCLA Chancellor's Society Northern California Salon
2023-03-12 10:30 - 12:30 | San Francisco, California, CA
Hosted by the Northern California UCLA Chancellor’s Society. Join fellow UCLA alumni, parents and friends at an exclusive brunch reception and conversation.
Jennifer Jay
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
STAND UP FOR THE EARTH WHILE YOU SIT DOWN TO BRUNCH
Have you ever considered the connections between our food, climate change, and antibiotic resistance in the environment? Globally, food systems–what we eat, where and how we grow it– play a major role in determining our impact on the environment. By considering our food choices, we can find “low hanging fruit” for reducing our “foodprint.” In fact, diet shifts hold great potential for helping us mitigate climate change! In addition, food system changes can help us address a suite of environmental challenges including biodiversity loss, nutrient pollution, and land use change. In this talk we will discuss the complex relationship between food and the environment. We will focus on research regarding the transport of antibiotic resistant bacteria through watersheds in California to the coastal ocean and even to the microbiome of surfers. We will also investigate how knowledge of the carbon footprint of foods can lead to healthier and more sustainable food choices.
SUNDAY, MARCH 12, 2023
10:30 a.m. – Reception
11:15 a.m. – Presentation
ST. FRANCIS YACHT CLUB
99 Yacht Rd
San Francisco, CA 94123

UCLA Chancellor’s Society Bruin Woods Weekend
2022-04-29 - 2022-05-01 | UCLA Lake Arrowhead Lodge
Join us as we mark our return to Bruin Woods! As part of the only cross-campus leadership annual giving program at UCLA, you are invited to attend an exclusive Chancellor’s Society Bruin Woods Weekend*. We’re excited to welcome this dedicated community back to picturesque Lake Arrowhead to relax and reconnect with one another and UCLA, with a special faculty presentation about the innovative work being done on our campus. This year’s featured speaker is UCLA Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Neil Garg, Ph.D., speaking on the philosophies of teaching Organic Chemistry at UCLA, and current initiatives being developed by students.
This all-inclusive three-day getaway boasts stunning Lake Arrowhead views, charming chalet-style accommodations, gourmet meals, and a wealth of activities for all ages—including a fun-filled, kids-only camp chaperoned by trained UCLA student counselors.
RSVP is required for this event. Please visit the Chancellor’s Society Bruin Woods website for more details.
The registration deadline is Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. PT.
*This weekend is offered at exclusive pricing for donors at the Chancellor’s Associates level and above.

San Diego Chancellor's Society Event
2022-04-15 18:00 - 20:00 | La Jolla, California
The UCLA Chancellor’s Society in partnership with the San Diego Regional Chancellor’s Society committee invite you to an exclusive reception and presentation featuring special guest:
Gina Poe
Professor, Integrative Biology & Physiology
Professor, Psychiatry
Director, Maximizing Access to Research Careers U*STAR Program
Eleanor Leslie Chair in Innovative Brain Research
The Relationship Between Sleep, Memory, and Mental Health
Sleep seems to be at the root of cognitive and emotional restoration. In this presentation, we will review the recent findings showing the patterns of brain activity that occur during normal sleep to ensure healthy processing of memories and emotions and what goes wrong in sleep-disturbance related cognitive and mental health problems.
RSVP By invitation only.

Chancellor's Society Virtual Event
2022-03-09 17:30 - 18:30
Please join the UCLA Chancellor’s Society and fellow alumni, parents, and friends for a virtual presentation featuring:
Lynn Vavreck
Marvin Hoffenberg Professor of American Politics
The Bitter End: Why American Politics Feels So Stuck and Whether it Will Change
Does it feel like everything is stuck? Democrats and Republicans seem to disagree about everything. No one in Washington wants to cooperate with the other side. Elections seem closer than ever, outcomes seem to turn on a coin flip, and each side thinks its candidate won. How did we get here – and will it ever end? In this lecture, we’ll explore the long-term trends and short-term shocks that have shaped this political moment, while also entertaining possibilities about what could turn this bitter end into a new beginning.
RSVP is by invitation only.

Chancellor's Society Virtual Event
2021-12-14 17:30 - 18:30
Please join the UCLA Chancellor’s Society and fellow alumni, parents, and friends for a virtual presentation featuring:
Karen Givvin
Researcher & Adjunct Professor, Psychology
The Intersection of Coach Wooden’s Philosophies with Research in Sport and Educational Psychology
Coach Wooden was much admired while he was at UCLA and his great skill as a coach is without question. What’s striking though, when one studies his philosophy is how it holds up against academic research in Sport and Educational Psychology. This discussion will focus on the intersection of Coach’s beliefs with academic research and how that connection is being kept alive by UCLA faculty and students.
RSVP is by invitation only.

UCLA Health Operation Mend: Healing the Visible and Invisible Wounds of War
2021-11-09 18:00 - 20:00 | New York City, New York
Please join the UCLA Chancellor’s Society and fellow alumni, parents, and friends for a special reception and program.
UCLA State of the Campus
Chancellor Gene Block
and a presentation from
UCLA Health Operation Mend:
Healing the Visible and Invisible Wounds of War
Join us for this inspiring evening as we hear from the UCLA Health Operation Mend team along with veterans and caregivers who have experienced this life-changing program at UCLA. Since 2007, Operation Mend has been providing advanced surgical and medical care for post-9/11-era warriors injured during combat operations or while training for service. Since 2016, Operation Mend has provided life-saving intensive treatment and support for the invisible wounds of war, including post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury and co-occurring anxiety, depression and family relationship challenges. The program, including treatment, travel and lodging, is provided at no cost to veterans and their family members.
RSVP is by invitation only.

San Fernando Valley Chancellor's Society Virtual Event
2021-04-08 17:00 - 18:00
The UCLA Chancellor’s Society in partnership with the San Fernando Valley Regional Chancellor’s Society committee invite you to an exclusive presentation featuring special guest:
Jared Diamond
Professor, Geography | UCLA
Pulitzer Prize Winning Author
National Crisis Viewed in the Light of Personal Crisis
Nations experience crises, whose solution requires adopting selective changes, and which some nations are more successful at solving than are other nations. We as individuals also experience personal crises, either associated with certain ages or else triggered by major life events. The solution of a personal crisis also requires adopting selective changes, which some are more successful at accomplishing than others. While using examples from his book Upheaval: How Nations Cope with Crisis and Change, Jared Diamond will examine the extent to which similar considerations help understand the outcomes of recent and impending national crises, and the impending world crisis.
RSVP is by invitation only.

Northern California Chancellor's Society Virtual Event
2021-03-10 17:00 - 18:00
The UCLA Chancellor’s Society in partnership with the Northern California Regional Chancellor’s Society committee invite you to an exclusive presentation featuring Andrea Ghez, 2020 Nobel Prize Winner and Professor of Physics & Astronomy.
From the Possibility to the Certainty of a Supermassive Black Hole

Through the capture and analysis of twenty years of high-resolution imaging, the UCLA Galactic Center Group has moved the case for a supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy from a possibility to a certainty. This was made possible with the first measurements of stellar orbits around a galactic nucleus. Further advances in state-of-the-art of high-resolution imaging technology on the world’s largest telescopes have greatly expanded the power of using stellar orbits to study black holes. This work is providing insight into how black holes grow and the role that they play in regulating the growth of their host galaxies. New measurements of stellar orbits at the Galactic Center hold the promise of improving our understanding of gravity through the tests of Einstein Theory of General Relativity in an unexplored regime.
RSVP is by invitation only.

San Diego Chancellor's Society Virtual Event
2021-01-28 17:00 - 18:00
The UCLA Chancellor’s Society in partnership with the San Diego Regional Chancellor’s Society committee invite you to an exclusive presentation featuring special guest:
Adriana Galván
Dean, Undergraduate Education | UCLA College
​​​​​​Dialogue with the Dean: Unpacking the UCLA Student Experience
Join Adriana Galván, Dean of Undergraduate Education, as she discusses how being a UCLA faculty member and her research on the adolescent brain led to her new role. She will be joined by a panel of UCLA students as they discuss the current climate at UCLA in a year like no other. Hear firsthand how UCLA is working to ensure students have a well-rounded Bruin experience.
RSVP is by invitation only. More details to come.

Orange County Chancellor's Society Virtual Event
2020-11-17 16:30 - 17:30
The UCLA Chancellor’s Society in partnership with the Orange County Regional Chancellor’s Society committee invite you to an exclusive presentation featuring a panel of Startup UCLA entrepreneurs including:
Robert Jadon ’01
Co-founder and Director, Startup UCLA Summer Accelerator
Investor and Entrepreneur
About Startup UCLA
Since its inception in 2012, Startup UCLA has served as the only campuswide resource providing venture consulting to support graduate, undergraduate, professional students, alumni, and faculty launching startups. Startup UCLA’s Summer Accelerator, Blackstone LaunchPad & Techstars, and Faculty Innovation Fellows are interdisciplinary programs working in tandem providing resources to students, alumni, and faculty from all disciplines regardless of experience.
RSVP is by invitation only.

Chancellor's Society Virtual Event
2020-10-07 17:00 - 18:00
The UCLA Chancellor’s Society in partnership with the Institute of American Cultures invites you to an exclusive panel presentation featuring special guests:
Matt Barreto, Ph.D.
Professor of Political Science and Chicana & Central American Studies
Faculty Director, UCLA Voting Rights Project
Shannon Speed, Ph.D.
Director of the American Indian Studies Center
Professor of Anthropology and Gender Studies
Isaac Bryan, M.P.P.
Director of Public Policy
Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies
Natalie Masuoka, Ph.D.
Professor of Political Science and Asian American Studies
Exploring Equitable Voting and Representation
Join experts from UCLA’s four ethnic studies centers — American Indian Studies Center, Asian American Studies Center, Bunche Center for African American Studies, and Chicano Studies Research Center — for a thought provoking panel discussion moderated by Melany De La Cruz-Viesca, Associate Director, UCLA Asian American Studies on how to ensure an accessible and equitable voting system for historically disenfranchised communities.
RSVP is by invitation only.

South Bay Chancellor's Society Virtual Event
2020-09-21 15:00 - 17:00
The UCLA Chancellor’s Society in partnership with the South Bay Regional Chancellor’s Society committee invite you to an exclusive presentation featuring special guest:
Lynn Vavreck
Marvin Hoffenberg Professor of American Politics
Making Sense of the 2020 Election: The Pandemic and Politics
No one will ever forget 2020. Unexpected turns in public health and the economy changed everyone’s lives in an instant — and re​​​shaped a presidential election that was already the focus of heightened attention. How has the pandemic changed the race? Who will voters hold accountable? And will any of this lead to changes in the way America provides health care to citizens? These questions and of course, the latest from the campaign, will fill this lecture.
RSVP is by invitation only.

San Gabriel Valley Chancellor's Society Virtual Event
2020-09-16 17:00 - 19:00
The UCLA Chancellor’s Society and the San Gabriel Valley Regional Committee in partnership with the Wooden Athletic Fund invite you to an exclusive presentation featuring special guest:
Martin Jarmond
The Alice and Nahum Lainer Family Director of Athletics
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UCLA’s rich and historic athletic program has entered a new chapter. Join us for a conversation with new Athletic Director Martin Jarmond as he covers topics including why he chose UCLA, his vision for the athletic program, what we can expect from him as the program’s new leader, and much more.
RSVP is by invitation only.

Metro Los Angeles Chancellor's Society Virtual Event
2020-08-17 17:00 - 19:00
The UCLA Chancellor’s Society in partnership with the Metro LA Regional Chancellor’s Society committee invite you to an exclusive presentation featuring special guest:
Laura Abrams
Professor and Chair, Social Welfare
The Vital Role of Social Workers Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic and Quest for Racial Justice
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic and continued quest for racial justice, social workers still walk Skid Row. They still go to homes where children are in need. They still report to work at hospitals where patients die alone and families need to be located and told. It’s their job – their essential job. Join Laura Abrams, professor and chair of social welfare, as she talks about how the coronavirus pandemic and continued quest for racial justice has affected the social work profession and those working on the front lines with vulnerable clients and communities.
RSVP is by invitation only.

Northern California Chancellor's Society Regional Event
2020-03-01 10:30 - 12:30 | San Francisco, California, CA
Please join the Northern California UCLA Chancellor’s Society and fellow UCLA alumni, parents and friends for an exclusive reception and presentation featuring special guest:
Maryanne Wolf
Director, Center for Dyslexia, Diverse Learners and Social Justice
UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies
The Reading Brain in a Digital World:
Promise and Threats to Critical Analysis and Empathy in the Next Generation
Knowledge about the reading brain in our youth indicates worrisome decreases in comprehension, even as they have increased ability to do multitasking. The future of our democratic society depends on a level of critical analysis and empathy that appear threatened by digital mediums. Join Maryanne Wolf as she describes a proposal for a “biliterate brain” that addresses both the threats and promise of digital culture.
RSVP is by invitation only.

Palm Springs Chancellor's Society Salon
2020-02-29 18:00 - 20:00 | Palm Springs, California
RSVP is by invitation only. Details to come.

Chancellor's Society Cabinet Celebration
2020-02-25 18:00 - 20:00 | UCLA, California
This special annual celebration recognizes the leadership and exceptional commitment to UCLA provided by the Chancellor’s Society Cabinet.
RSVP is by invitation only.

San Diego Chancellor's Society Salon
2020-02-20 18:30 - 20:00
With guest speaker UCLA Professor of Marketing, Aimee Drolet Rossi, PhD. RSVP is by invitation only. Details to come.

Orange County Chancellor's Society Salon
2020-02-04 18:00 - 20:30 | Newport Beach, CA
The Orange County Chancellor’s Cabinet is a regional group of UCLA’s most important supporters. Please join with fellow alumni and friends for an exclusive reception and presentation featuring special guest:
Timu Gallien
Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
UCLA Samueli School of Engineering
Coastal Flood Risk: An Intriguing Story of Beaches, Backshores and Bulldozers
The pressures of urbanization and climate change will dramatically increase coastal flood risk. Traditionally, beach and backshore dune systems have provided critical protection against high water levels and energetic waves. However, Southern California backshores have been fundamentally altered to facilitate transportation, housing and recreational opportunities. Sea level rise will raise beach groundwater levels and propagate wave energy landward, promoting coastal erosion and in turn, jeopardizing infrastructure and necessitating flood mitigation measures. Join Professor Gallien and learn about the complex set of processes in coastal zones where land meets water and how previous measures have significant, and at times, unintended flood risk implications.
RSVP is by invitation only.

San Fernando Valley Chancellor's Society Salon
2020-01-28 18:00 - 20:00 | Toluca Lake, California
Please join the San Fernando Valley UCLA Chancellor’s Society and fellow UCLA alumni, parents and friends for an exclusive reception and presentation featuring special guest:
Lynn Vavreck
Marvin Hoffenberg Professor of American Politics & Public Policy
2020: Battle for the Meaning of America
As we head in to the 2020 presidential election, are Americans more similar or different? What do people care about? Are the parties really different or are there things people agree on? In an unprecedented data collection, researchers at UCLA are interviewing more than 6,000 people every week leading up to the election and using the data to figure out what matters to people as we move closer and closer to this historic presidential election.
RSVP is by invitation only.

West Los Angeles Chancellor's Society Regional Event
2019-11-14 18:30 - 20:00 | UCLA, California
Please join the West Los Angeles Chancellor’s Society for an exclusive reception and presentation featuring special guest:
Dr. Jay Phelan ’85
Professor and Academic Administrator, UCLA Life Sciences Core Education
Finding (and creating) happiness. An evolutionary approach.
Happiness can be fleeting and elusive, but with a perspective grounded in evolutionary biology, we can better understand exactly what it is. And from the surprising answer, we can draw unexpected insights about how to consciously structure our lives to make ourselves (and those around us) happier.
Jay Phelan has been on the faculty of the UCLA Life Sciences Core Program since 1997, specializing in evolutionary biology, human behavior, and genetics. His work has also been featured in USA Today, The Los Angeles Times, MSNBC, a TEDx talk, and Elle magazine. He is the recipient of more than a dozen teaching awards, including UCLA’s Distinguished Teaching Award in 2011.
RSVP is by invitation only.

San Fernando Valley Chancellor's Society Cabinet Salon
2019-11-13 18:00 - 20:00 | Studio City, California
Please join the UCLA Chancellor’s Society and hosts Bill and Missy Calvert for an exclusive Cabinet reception and presentation featuring special guest:
Hal Hershfield
Associate Professor of Marketing and Behavioral Decision Making
UCLA Anderson School of Management
Connecting with our Future Selves
Why do people have such a difficult time exhibiting self-control over time, and what strategies can promote wiser long-term decisions? In this talk, Professor Hershfield will overview his and his team’s 10+ years of work on the barriers that stand between what people say they want to do and what they actually end up doing. He will discuss the tendency to view our future selves as if they are strangers, how this tendency can have serious effects on our choices, as well as solutions that have been demonstrated to help people overcome these tendencies.
RSVP is by invitation only.

South Bay Chancellor's Society Cabinet Salon
2019-11-12 18:00 - 20:00 | Rolling Hills, CA
Join the South Bay UCLA Chancellor’s Society Cabinet Community and fellow UCLA alumni, parents, and friends for an exclusive reception and presentation featuring special guest:
Monica L. Smith
Professor, Department of Anthropology &
Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
Navin and Pratima Doshi Chair in Indian Studies
Build Tall or Add Sprawl? An Age-Old Urban Dilemma
In Los Angeles, we’re confronted with sprawl, traffic, and miles of roadways that connect our city. Yet an archaeological perspective on urbanism shows that even in the first cities 6,000 years ago there were the beginnings of a tug-of-war between vertical and horizontal visions of urbanism. Ancient cities almost all have some forms of monumental architecture that concentrates people and events in built-up centers, and they almost all have some forms of sprawl and spread that are equivalent to our modern suburbs. What can we learn from the configuration of ancient and modern cities that can help us work towards better urban centers in the future?
RSVP is by invitation only.

Northern California Chancellor's Society Cabinet Salon
2019-10-22 18:00 - 20:30 | Portola Valley, CA
This evening’s exclusive reception will feature presentations about the pioneering work being done on our campus through the Depression Grand Challenge; the largest effort of its kind in history, uniting dozens of scientists and scholars around a common goal: cutting the burden of depression in half by 2050 and eliminating it by the end of the century. With:
Dr. Michelle Craske, Ph.D.
Joanne and George Miller and Family Endowed Chair
Director, UCLA Depression Grand Challenge Innovative Treatment Network
Director, UCLA Anxiety and Depression Research Center
Dr. Jonathan Flint, M.D., FRS
Billy and Audrey Wilder Endowed Chair in Psychiatry and Neuroscience
Executive Committee, UCLA Depression Grand Challenge
Senior Scientist, Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics
Dr. Nelson Freimer, M.D.
Maggie G. Gilbert Endowed Chair in Bipolar Disorders
Director, UCLA Depression Grand Challenge
Director, UCLA Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics
RSVP is by invitation only.

Europe Chancellor's Society Event
2019-07-29 19:00 | London, England
The UCLA Chancellor’s Society London will host Chancellor Gene Block and Professor Jonathan Flint for a presentation on UCLA’s Depression Grand Challenge, an ambitious initiative that aims to cut the burden of depression in half globally by 2050. Recently elected a fellow of the Royal Society (FRS), Professor Flint is conducting a series of studies that will enable us to identify the genetic, biological, cognitive, social and environmental factors associated with depression.
For more information, please contact Matthew Daines, executive director of development, Europe at mdaines@support.ucla.edu.

Newport Coast Parent Philanthropy Reception
2019-06-23 14:00 - 16:00 | Newport Coast, CA
Details to come.
RSVP is by invitation only.

Chancellor's Society Celebration
2019-06-10 18:30 - 20:30
Chancellor Gene Block and Mrs. Carol Block invite you to a reception exclusively in honor of the Chancellor’s Society — UCLA’s cross-campus recognition program for dedicated supporters who show an exceptional commitment to UCLA.
6:30 p.m. – Reception
Business attire
Complimentary parking will be available in Parking Structure 7
RSVP is required for this event, which is invitation only. Invitees can RSVP at: http://eventsrsvp.ucla.edu/CSCelebration
