UCLA Chancellor's Society

Northern California Chancellor's Society Event
2019-03-03 10:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | San Francisco, California
The Northern California UCLA Chancellor’s Society and fellow alumni, parents, and friends will gather for an exclusive reception and presentation featuring special guest:
Wayne W.Grody, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Divisions of Medical Genetics and Molecular Diagnostics
Director, Molecular Diagnostic Laboratories and Clinical Genomics Center, UCLA School of Medicine
Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing: Hype vs. Reality
As DNA sequencing and genotyping methodologies have become dramatically faster and cheaper, molecular diagnostics has migrated outside of university-based medical centers. Particularly in the area of molecular genetic testing, which can be done on noninvasive DNA samples such as saliva, we have seen the birth of an expanding industry of internet-based, direct-to-consumer genetic testing and ancestry companies. These entities operate with little regulatory oversight, the results they provide are often frivolous and lack scientific evidence, and their paradigm of anonymous testing in the absence of genetic counseling or health care provider interpretation raises profound ethical questions. This presentation will consider these questions and compare the marketing claims to the reality of the DNA information provided in this curious shadow world of personalized medicine.
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Chancellor's Society Cabinet Celebration
2019-02-27 18:00 - 20:00 | UCLA, California
Details to come.

The event is invite only. RSVP required.

San Diego Chancellor's Society Salon
2019-02-13 18:30 | La Jolla, California
The San Diego UCLA Chancellor’s Society and fellow UCLA alumni , parents and friends will gather for an exclusive reception and presentation featuring Dr. Michelle Craske, as she discusses how the UCLA Depression Grand Challenge is leading groundbreaking research, innovative treatment solutions, and a large-scale student study that is already saving lives.
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West Los Angeles Chancellor's Society Event
2019-02-12 18:30 - 20:00 | Los Angeles, California
The West Los Angeles Chancellor’s Society and fellow UCLA alumni, parents, and friends for an exclusive reception and presentation featuring special guest:
Ali Khademhosseini, Ph.D.
Levi Knight Professor
Department of Bioengineering, Radiology, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Director, Center for Minimally Invasive Therapeutics
Engineering in Precision Medicine
Dr. Khademhosseini, one of the world’s leaders in tissue engineering, will discuss how his work and his lab is integrating engineering and physical science principles with precision medicine to develop various types of materials, cells, and devices that utilize micro- and nanoscale technologies to enable a range of therapies for organ failure, cardiovascular disease, and cancer. Dr. Khademhosseini’s interdisciplinary research has been recognized by over 40 major national and international awards, including the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor given by the US government for early career investigators.

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San Fernando Valley Chancellor's Society Event
2019-02-12 18:00 | Agoura Hills, CA
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 people in our lives who are most important to us. Why is this? Why do well-meaning and loving partners often find themselves in intractable conflicts, despite their best intentions? In this talk, Dr. Karney will review recent research on the sources of conflict in close relationships, and will draw upon this work to offer some strategies for approaching relationship conflicts more effectively.
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UCLA Chancellor's Society Celebration
2018-06-07 18:30 - 20:30 | UCLA, California
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

Orange County Chancellor's Society Regional Event
2018-05-30 18:00 - 20:00 | Newport Beach, CA
UCLA Chancellor’s Society and the Wooden Athletic Fund is partnering for an exciting discussion with some of the new and returning 2018 UCLA Football coaching staff. Our exclusive reception will feature a panel discussion with special guests:

DeShaun Foster ’14, Running Backs Coach
Justin Frye, Offensive Line Coach
Luke Emanuel, Director of Football Operations

Moderated by:
Josh Rebholz, Senior Associate Athletic Director

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San Fernando Valley Chancellor's Society Event
2018-05-24 18:00 - 20:00 | Simi Valley, CA
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 and influence popular beliefs about law, lawyers and the legal system. Illustrating his presentation with entertaining film clips, UCLA Professor of Law Emeritus Paul Bergman will cover such topics as: – The amazing story behind Abraham Lincoln’s most famous murder trial.

The real lawyer who was the basis for defense lawyer Billy Flynn in the film Chicago, which won the Oscar for Best Film in 2003.
The censorship of films in the first half of the 20th century.
The LA lawyer who was one of the most theatrical trial lawyers who ever lived.

The clips will be chosen from films that Professor Bergman writes about in his popular book, Reel Justice: The Courtroom Goes to the Movies. Professor Bergman will be happy to autograph a book should anyone wish to purchase one.
This event is by invitation only.

Orange County Chancellor's Society Cabinet Event
2018-05-14 18:00 - 20:00 | Newport Beach, CA
UCLA Chancellor’s Society Cabinet donors in Orange County are invited to gather to hear a special presentation from:
Owen Witte, MD
Director, UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center
Professor of the University of California
UCLA David Saxon Presidential Chair in Developmental Immunology
UCLA Stem Cell Therapeutics: From Discovery to Treatment
Stem cell therapies are addressing the most complex medical challenges of our time from cancer to genetic diseases. Dr. Owen Witte will discuss cell therapies developed at UCLA that are in or close to clinical trial as well as the evolving relationship between academia and industry. Dr. Witte will be joined by David and Diane Steffy who will share their personal experiences supporting stem cell research at UCLA.
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UCLA Chancellor's Society Bruin Woods Weekend
2018-04-27 - 2018-04-29 | UCLA Lake Arrowhead Conference Center
As part of the only cross-campus leadership annual giving program at UCLA, Chancellor’s Society donors like you are invited to attend an exclusive Chancellor’s Society Bruin Woods Weekend* on April 27-29, 2018. Every year, this dedicated community gathers in 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, we’ll have a special presentation from Dr. Alan Castel, Professor of Psychology and Principal Investigator with the Memory & Lifespan Cognition Lab.
This all-inclusive three-day getaway boasts stunning Lake Arrowhead views, charming chalet-style accommodations, gourmet meals, and a wealth of activities—including a fun-filled camp for children supervised by trained UCLA student counselors.
RSVP is required for this event.
Chancellor’s Society donors at the Associates level and above: Click here to register.
The registration deadline is April 4, 2018 at 5:00 p.m.
*This weekend is offered at exclusive pricing for donors at the Chancellor’s Associates level and above.

San Fernando Valley Chancellor's Society Event
2017-11-07 18:30 - 20:30 | Sherman Oaks, CA
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 over corporate personhood and constitutional protections for business. His upcoming book about this topic “We the Corporations: How American Businesses Won Their Civil Rights” is set to come out in early 2018.
About Adam Winkler
Adam Winkler is a professor at UCLA School of Law, where he specializes in American constitutional law. He is the author of Gunfight: The Battle over the Right to Bear Arms in America (2011) and We the Corporations: How American Businesses Won Their Civil Rights, which will be released in February 2018. His scholarship has been cited by the Supreme Court of the United States and his writing has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, New Republic, Atlantic, Slate, and Scotusblog. He has authored over two dozen scholarly articles; co-edited the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution (2d edition); and published over 80 opinion pieces on legal issues. Prior to joining the UCLA faculty, he clerked on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
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San Diego Chancellor's Society Event
2017-11-02 18:30 - 20:30 | La Jolla, California
Engineering Happiness

Why is happiness so elusive? Are there certain triggers for happiness? Professor Rakesh Sarin has been conducting research on happiness for over a decade. In his book, Engineering Happiness, co-written by Manel Baucells, he offers a new approach to the puzzle of happiness. Drawing upon the latest thinking in areas like behavioral and social science, literature, psychology and economics, Professor Sarin will show how a few major principles can explain how happiness works and why it seems so out of reach. He will explain how to avoid “happiness traps” and discuss the path to ultimately having a content (and happy) life.
About Rakesh Sarin
Rakesh Sharin has been a member of the UCLA Anderson faculty since 1979. He was promoted to associate professor in 1981, to full professor in 1985, and he was awarded the Paine Chair in Management in 1990. He has also held appointments on the faculties of the Indian Institute of Management, Purdue University and Duke University. His theoretical interests include preference theory, decisions under uncertainty and equity and fairness in decision-making. He has developed models that have found applications in project evaluation, new product development decisions, and analyzing risks to human health and the environment.
His recent research has focused on identifying laws that govern happiness. Sarin is currently serving as the editor-in-chief of Decision Analysis, a peer-reviewed journal of INFORMS that bridges the gap between theory and practice and facilitates active communication and exchange of knowledge among decision analysts in academia, business, industry and government. He has also served as a consultant to several private and public organizations.
Apart from his focus on decision sciences, risk analysis and decision-making, Sarin has been conducting research with Manel Baucells at Universitat Pompeu Fabra to determine whether the “key to happiness” can be identified through a mathematical formula. Based on 10 years of research examining worldwide data from surveys, ancient literature and pearls of wisdom from various religions and spiritual practices, Sarin and Baucells have determined that the laws of happiness rest with one fundamental equation: Happiness = Reality – Shifting Expectations. Their findings have been published in their book Engineering Happiness. In it they integrate their research with the latest thinking in the behavioral and social sciences — including management science, psychology and economics — and offer a new approach to the puzzle of happiness.
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Orange County Regional Chancellor's Society Event
2017-11-01 18:30 - 20:30 | Newport Coast, CA
Identity Crisis: The 2016 Presidential Election & the Battle for the Meaning of America
Donald Trump’s election victory stunned the world. How did he pull it off? Was it his appeal to alienated voters in the battleground states? Was it Hillary Clinton and the scandals associated with her long career in politics? Were key factors already in place before the nominees were even chosen? This lecture draws on a unprecedented amount of data from voters and media to make the case that even though the 2016 election appeared to break all political rules—it in fact didn’t. Trump’s victory was foreshadowed by changes in the Democratic and Republican coalitions that were driven by people’s racial and ethnic identities. The campaign reinforced and exacerbated these cleavages as it focused on issues related to race, immigration, and religion. What resulted was an epic battle not just for the White House but about what America is and should be.
About Lynn Vavreck
Lynn Vavreck is a professor of political science and communication at UCLA, a contributing columnist to The Upshot at The New York Times, and co-author of the forthcoming Identity Crisis: The 2016 Presidential Campaign and the Battle for the Meaning of America. Her 2012 award-winning campaign book, The Gamble, was described by Nate Silver as the “definitive account” of the 2012 election and political consultants on both sides of the aisle refer to her work on political messaging as “required reading.” In 2014, she hosted and interviewed Hillary Clinton at UCLA’s Luskin Lecture on Thought Leadership and in 2015 she was awarded an Andrew F. Carnegie Fellowship to investigate the influence of political advertising. Her research has been supported by the National Science Foundation and she has served on the advisory boards of both the British and American National Election Studies. At UCLA she teaches courses on campaigns, elections, and public opinion. Lynn Vavreck holds a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Rochester and held previous appointments at Princeton University, Dartmouth College, and The White House. A native of Cleveland, Ohio, she remains a loyal Browns fan and is a “known equestrian” – to draw on a phrase from the 2012 presidential campaign.
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San Gabriel Valley Chancellor's Society Event
2017-10-11 18:30 - 20:30 | Glendale, California
Please join the San Gabriel Valley Chancellor’s Society and fellow UCLA alumni, parents and friends for an exclusive reception featuring special guest Dr. Rajit Gadh, Director, UCLA Smart Grid Energy Research Center. Dr. Gadh will share how he is helping UCLA lead the charge to build and test innovative smart-grid technologies and electric vehicles that could lead to major breakthroughs for power infrastructure and reliability.
About Rajit Gadh
Dr. Rajit Gadh is a Professor at the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science at UCLA, and the Founding Director of the *UCLA Smart Grid Energy Research Center* or *SMERC*. He is also Founder and Director of the *Wireless Internet for Mobile Enterprise Consortium* or *WINMEC*.
Dr. Gadh’s research interests include Smart Grid Architectures, Smart wireless communications, sense and control for Demand Response, Micro Grids and Electric Vehicle Integration into the Grid, Mobile Multimedia, Wireless and RFID Middleware, RFID and Wireless sensors for Tracking Assets, RF-sensor-control interfaces, and Visualization. He has over 150 papers in journals, conferences and technical magazines, and, 3 patents granted.
He has a Doctorate degree from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), a Masters from Cornell University and a Bachelor’s degree from IIT Kanpur. He has taught as a visiting researcher at UC Berkeley, has been an Assistant, Associate and Full Professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison, and did his sabbatical as a visiting researcher at Stanford University for a year. He has won several awards from NSF (CAREER award, Research Initiation Award, NSF-Lucent Industry Ecology Award, GOAL-I award), SAE (Ralph Teetor award), IEEE (second best student-paper, WTS), ASME (Kodak Best Technical Paper award), AT&T (Industrial ecology fellow award), Engineering Education Foundation (Research Initiation Award), William Wong Fellowship award from University of Hong-Kong, etc., and other accolades in his career. He is on the Editorial board of ACM Computers in Entertainment Publication and the CAD Journal.
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Orange County Chancellor's Society Event
2017-09-17 13:00 - 15:00 | Yorba Linda, CA
Please join the Orange County UCLA Chancellor’s Society and fellow UCLA alumni, parents and friends for an exclusive reception featuring special guest Youlonda Copeland-Morgan, Vice Provost, Enrollment Management, as she discusses UCLA’s competitive admissions process and the variety of scholarships available to students.
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San Diego Chancellor's Society Regional Event
2017-09-14 18:30 - 20:30 | La Jolla, California
Memory and Aging: The Good, The Bad and the Unknown
Memory changes with age, but with age comes wisdom. In this presentation, Dr. Castel will discuss what aspects of memory change (and not just decline!) with age, what memory mechanisms become more or less efficient with age, how goals change with age, how wisdom may enhance memory, and how or why older adults can selectively remember important information. He will also discuss useful mnemonics and retrieval exercises that can help us all remember, and how exercise and testing can enhance memory.
About Dr. Alan Castel
Dr. Castel is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles. His research focus on how cognition changes with age and the degree to which people are aware of their memory ability (a form of metamemory). He is particularly interested in how younger and older adults can selectively remember important information, and how ability is influenced by attentional and metacognitive processes. He conducts research with people across the lifespan, and gains insight about development and cognitive aging from experimental methods, structured and informal interviews, and personal interaction. He has published over 50 research papers and book chapters, was recognized as a “Rising Star” by the Association for Psychological Science, received the Springer Early Career Achievement Award in Research on Adult Development and Aging from the American Psychological Association, and serves on several editorial boards. His work has been featured in various media outlets, including the New York Times and AARP. He received his PhD from the University of Toronto in 2004, completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Washington University in St. Louis, and has been a faculty member in the Department of Psychology at UCLA since 2006. Currently, he is working on a book about “Successful Aging”. He lives, and attempts to successfully age, in Los Angeles, California, with his wife and children.
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Chancellor's Society Celebration
2017-06-08 18:30 - 20:30 | UCLA, California
Chancellor Gene Block and Mrs. Carol Block invite you to the Chancellor’s Society Celebration
Join us for an exclusive reception to celebrate your leadership and commitment to UCLA, and the collective influence of our community of Chancellor’s Society donors
6:30 p.m. Reception
7:00 p.m. Program
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

San Fernando Valley and San Gabriel Valley Chancellor's Society Event at Disney's Grand Central Air Terminal
2017-05-11 18:30 - 20:30 | Glendale, California
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 & Television Archive is responsible for the preservation of more than half-a-million titles. The work of the Archive and the challenges of digital will be discussed in this historic landmark that was Los Angeles’ first commercial airport, highlighted by a few select clips from the Archive’s work.
About Dr. Jan-Christopher Horak
Dr. Jan-Christopher Horak has been Director of UCLA Film & Television Archive and Professor for Critical Studies since 2007. He was previously Director of Archives & Collections at Universal Studios, Director of the Munich Film museum and Senior Curator, George Eastman House. He has held professorships at the University of Rochester, the Munich Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen and the University of Salzburg. His publications include: “Making Images Move: Photographers and Avant-Garde Cinema” (1997) and “Lovers of Cinema: The First American Film Avant-Garde 1919-1945 (1995)”. He has also published over 250 articles and reviews in all manner of film historical subjects in English, German, French, Italian, Dutch, Spanish, Hungarian, Czech, Swedish, Japanese, and Hebrew publications. His latest book is “Saul Bass: Anatomy of Film Design” (2014). He earned his PhD from Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster, Germany, and M.S. from Boston University.

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Invitees can RSVP at: https://eventsrsvp.ucla.edu/SFV_SGV/

West Los Angeles Chancellor's Society Regional Event
2017-05-04 18:30 - 20:30 | UCLA, California
An Evening with Coach Valorie Kondos Field ’87
Pac-12 Coach of the Century and four-time National Coach of the Year Valorie Kondos Field ’87 has lead UCLA women’s gymnastics teams to six NCAA championships: 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, and 2010. Hear from Coach Val on the exciting 2017 season, filled with multiple perfect 10 scores and post-season accolades, and how she helps keep her team motivated. Formerly a professional ballet dancer, she credits her 13-year friendship with mentor John Wooden and his books as inspiration for her unparalleled coaching success.
About Valorie Kondos Field ’87
UCLA head coach Valorie Kondos Field has positioned her Bruins as one of the premier programs in collegiate gymnastics. Not only has she consistently recruited and coached some of the top talent in the world, but she has produced the results.
The Bruins won their first NCAA championship in 1997 under Kondos Field and won again in back-to-back seasons in both 2000-2001 and 2003-2004. In 2010, UCLA won its sixth NCAA title with a 24-for-24 performance in the Super Six. UCLA has remained the Leader of the Pac under Kondos Field’s tenure, winning 13 conference titles, including the inaugural Pac-12 title in 2012, to go along with 17 NCAA Regional titles. In 2015, UCLA won the NCAA Regional title, and senior Samantha Peszek won the NCAA all-around and beam titles, and in 2016, UCLA won the Pac-12 team title, and senior Danusia Francis won a share of the NCAA beam championship.
Kondos Field has been selected by her peers as the NACGC/W National Coach of the Year four times (1996, 1997, 2000 and 2001) and was also named the Pac-12 Coach of the Year in 1995, 2000, 2003 and 2012. In 2010, she became just the second active coach to be inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame. She was honored by the Pac-12 Conference in 2016 as the Pac-12 Gymnastics Coach of the Century.
Kondos Field emphasizes a team concept, but her student-athletes have also found individual success, winning 26 NCAA individual titles during her years as head coach. But even with all of her successes on the court, what gives Kondos Field most satisfaction is seeing her student-athletes succeed in all facets of their lives. Academics is a big part of that equation, and Kondos Field’s teams regularly place members on the Conference All-Academic teams and Scholastic All-American squads and annually contend for the school’s team GPA award. With legendary UCLA basketball coach John Wooden as her role model and cherished friend, Kondos Field’s coaching philosophy stresses balance and integrity.
Kondos Field’s professional journey has been a unique one. A former professional ballet dancer with the Sacramento Ballet, Capital City Ballet and Washington, D.C. Ballet, she initially got her start in gymnastics at Agilites in Carmichael, Calif. by playing the piano for floor exercise music. From there, she became a dance coach, and under the guidance of former University of Minnesota co-head coach Jim Stephenson, learned the fundamentals of the sport.
In 1983, she was hired to be UCLA’s assistant coach and choreographer. While working under head coach Jerry Tomlinson, Kondos Field helped put UCLA Gymnastics on the map with their distinctive choreography and flair. The Bruins earned NCAA runner-up finishes in 1984 and 1989 and won six NCAA individual titles from 1987-89.
Kondos Field was appointed head coach of the Bruins in 1991 and brought in Scott Bull as her co-head coach. The duo earned West Region Co-Coach of the Year honors in 1993 and in 1994. As the sole head coach in 1995, she earned Pac-10 and West Region coaching honors and guided her team to first-place finishes at the Pac-10 and Regional Championships. Just one year later, she led the Bruins to a runner-up finish at the NCAA Championships, and in 1997 she became just the fourth coach in NCAA history to win a national title.
She is recognized as one of the top beam and floor choreographers in the sport. Under her guidance, UCLA has formed a reputation of having the most unique and artistic routines in the nation. Kondos Field has choreographed 18 NCAA championship routines on beam and floor, including an unprecedented three consecutive on floor from Kim Hamilton from 1987-89. She also earned the Choreography of the Year Award at the 2004 Canadian National Championships for Kate Richardson’s floor exercise routine.
A 1987 UCLA graduate in history, Kondos Field is also a freelance choreographer with extensive experience in the entertainment and gymnastics fields. She has helped to create, direct and choreograph Sea World’s Summer Nights shows for the past 25 years, and her Riptide show won a national award for Best Overall Production: $1,000,000 – $2,000,000 or More at the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) 2007 Big “E” Awards. In the summer of 1991, Kondos Field choreographed a summer acrobatic festival held in Lennestadt, Germany.

Chancellor's Society Bruin Woods Weekend
2017-04-28 - 2017-04-30 | UCLA Lake Arrowhead Conference Center
As part of the only cross-campus leadership annual giving program at UCLA, Chancellor’s Society donors like you are invited to attend an exclusive Chancellor’s Society Bruin Woods Weekend* on April 28-30, 2017. Every year, this dedicated community gathers in 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 Andrea Ghez, Lauren B. Leichtman & Arthur E. Levine Chair in Astrophysics, and Director of the UCLA Galactic Center Group.
This all-inclusive three-day getaway boasts stunning Lake Arrowhead views, charming chalet-style accommodations, gourmet meals, and a wealth of activities—including a fun-filled camp for children supervised by trained UCLA student counselors.
Click here to RSVP.
*This weekend is offered at exclusive pricing for donors at the Chancellor’s Associates level and above.

East Coast Chancellor's Society & Parent Philanthropy Event
2017-04-27 06:30 - 20:30 | New York City, New York
John Lennon, New York City & the Rock and Roll Revolution
Hear about the songwriting renaissance of the rock era and the art of making a rock documentary with Peabody Award winning writer/producer/director and now UCLA Professor David Leaf. Travel from Central Park West to Broadway as he explains his road to UCLA, his passion for songwriters—inspired by Brill Building legends—and how he went from fan to collaborator through his innovative teaching approach. Professor Leaf will also share the origin story of “The U.S. vs. John Lennon” including the story of his first visit to the Dakota to meet Yoko Ono. Experience the passionate, visceral storytelling that makes Leaf’s courses so popular at UCLA.
About David Leaf
David Leaf began teaching undergraduate courses at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music in documentary (“Docs That Rock, Docs That Matter”) songwriting (“SONGWRITERS ON SONGWRITING: Killer Hooks, Essential Songs & Songwriters of the Rock Era”) and has served as the intern supervisor for the Music Industry minor. He is a Peabody and WGAW award-winning writer, director and producer best known for his work in feature documentary, live event specials and a series of highly-regarded pop culture profiles and retrospectives.
As a director, Leaf’s critically-acclaimed “The Night James Brown Saved Boston” had its world premiere at the SXSW Film Festival. Distributed outside North America by Fremantle, the film was also an official selection at 2008’s London’s Meltdown Festival and at festivals in Vienna, Prague and Barcelona. His other feature documentaries as a writer/director/producer include “The U.S. vs. John Lennon” (distributed by Lionsgate) which had its world premiere at the 2006 Venice Film Festival and, for Showtime, the Grammy-nominated “BEAUTIFUL DREAMER: Brian Wilson and the Story of SMiLE” which was released theatrically in the UK.
Leaf’s television credits are highlighted by his being one of the Emmy-nominated (and Peabody Award-winning) writers on September, 2001’s landmark all-network telethon “America: A Tribute To Heroes.” That same year, Leaf wrote and produced TNT’s “An-All Star Tribute To Brian Wilson”. Other music-related TV productions include “The Songwriters Hall of Fame” (Bravo), “The Score“ (a series for Trio), A&E’s “Live By Request” series “(four seasons), The Billboard Awards” (nine years, FOX), “Elvis: The Tribute” (ABC), “Carnegie Hall Salutes The Jazz Masters,” “We Love Ella” (PBS’ “Great Performances”), “Farm Aid” (CMT), PBS retrospectives on legendary vocal artists (Frank Sinatra, Nat “King” Cole, Rosemary Clooney, etc.) and the Emmy-nominated “Billy Joel: In His Own Words” (A&E).
As an author, Leaf wrote the best-selling authorized biography of the Bee Gees and the definitive Brian Wilson biography, The Beach Boys & The California Myth. Leaf also edited a book-length history of A&M Records and wrote the Beatles and Beach Boys chapters for Capitol Records 50th anniversary book. Among his other record industry credits, Leaf produced and wrote the book-length liner notes for the Grammy-nominated landmark collection, The Pet Sounds Sessions.
Most recently, Leaf wrote and produced two music pilots (“TUNESMITH: A Life In Song,” and “Sideman”) and, in 2011, wrote and produced the PBS special, “Buddy Holly: Listen to Me.” In 2010, he produced the theatrical release, “Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why is Everybody Talkin’ About Him)?” and in 2009, a four-hour documentary on Norman Lear’s television revolution for Sony’s multi-DVD set, “The Norman Lear TV Collection.” Currently, Leaf is writing a play, has original screenplays in development for film and TV and continues to work on documentary, mockumentary and docu-series projects.

Bay Area Young Alumni Mixer
2017-03-15 18:30 - 20:30 | San Francisco, California, CA
Hosted by UCLA Young Alumni Giving, UCLA young alumni in the San Francisco Bay Area are invited to a mixer. Come ready for delicious food, great conversation, and an opportunity drawing for UCLA items.

New York City Young Alumni Mixer
2017-03-11 20:00 - 23:00 | New York City, New York

UCLA Young Alumni Westwood Bear Crawl
2017-03-11 16:00 - 20:30 | Westwood Village, California
Hosted by the Young Alumni Development Council, the Westwood Bear Crawl is back for the 2nd year in a row! Spend your Saturday evening in Westwood reliving old memories with drink specials, giveaways, and plenty of eight-claps.

San Diego Chancellor's Society Event
2017-02-28 18:00 - 20:00 | La Jolla, California
Under Construction: Understanding the Teenage Brain
During adolescence, the brain is primed to explore the world, seek out new friendships and romantic partners, and pursue independence from caregivers. Exactly how does this happen, and why? Dr. Galván will share her research on the adolescent brain and describe the neurodevelopmental changes that, when coupled with raging hormones, produce the emotional, passionate and inspiring individuals that characterize the teenage years. She will also discuss how her research has informed public policy in the domains of teenage driving, teenage sleep and juvenile justice.
About Dr. Galván
Adriana Galván, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Psychology and faculty member of the Brain Research Institute at UCLA. She is also the Director of the Developmental Neuroscience Laboratory and an executive member of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at UCLA. The overall goal of her laboratory is to understand adolescent behavior by using neuroimaging methods to study the changing adolescent brain. Specifically, she examines the role of stress, sleep habits, puberty, and social relationships on adolescent risk-taking and decision making. Her work has been disseminated broadly in academic journals including The Journal of Neuroscience, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Neuron and funded by the National Institute of Health, National Science Foundation, William T. Grant Foundation, The Jacobs Foundation, and the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Law and Neuroscience. Her research has been featured in several media outlets, in a TEDx talk on the adolescent brain and cited in U.S. Supreme Court cases regarding juvenile justice (Graham v. Florida, 2010; Miller v. Alabama, 2012). Dr. Galván received her B.A in Neuroscience from Barnard College, Columbia University (2001) and her Ph.D. from Cornell Medical School (2006). She conducted her postdoctoral research fellowship at the UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Behavior. She is the recipient of the American Psychological Association Boyd McCandless Young Scholar Award, the Jacobs Foundation Young Scholar Award, a Network Scholar Award of The MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Law and Neuroscience, and the William T. Grant Foundation Scholar Award.

Northern California Chancellor's Society Regional Event
2017-02-26 10:30 - 13:00 | San Francisco, California, CA
The Future of Storytelling: How Emerging Technologies Can Serve Expressive and Social Goals

How can storytellers and other artists not only respond to new technologies, but shape them? How can they capitalize on ever-faster advances to engage their audiences in new ways? Hear from Jeff Burke about how research at UCLA REMAP supported by Google, the National Science Foundation, and others, is pioneering new enriching cultural forms and empowering social situations through the thoughtful interweaving of engineering, the arts and community development.
About Jeff Burke:
Jeff Burke is assistant dean, technology and innovation at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television (UCLA TFT).
Burke is a three-time UCLA alumnus (B.S., M.S., Electrical Engineering; M.F.A., Film, Television and Digital Media) who has produced, managed, programmed and designed experimental performances, short films, new genre art installations and new facility construction internationally for more than 15 years. Burke has been a faculty member since 2001 and today, in addition to his role developing technology and innovation strategy at UCLA TFT, is co-PI and application team lead for the Named Data Networking project, a multi-campus effort supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and an international 25-member consortium to develop a future Internet architecture.
In 2004, Burke co-founded UCLA TFT’s Center for Research in Engineering, Media and Performance (REMAP), a collaboration with the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, which combines research, artistic production and community engagement. At REMAP, Burke’s research has been supported by the NSF and NEA, Intel, Cisco, Google, Trust for Mutual Understanding and the MacArthur Foundation, among others. From 2006-2012, he was area lead for participatory sensing at the NSF Center for Embedded Networked Sensing, helping to define a new application arena for mobile devices. In 2014, he received a three-year Google Focused Award on the “Future of Storytelling,” for work that will explore the intersection of storytelling and coding through research and production of original, interdisciplinary digital media works at UCLA TFT.

San Fernando Valley Chancellor's Society Event
2017-02-23 18:00 - 20:00 | Calabasas, California
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 medical and life science research collection is created. See and even touch a selection of some of the rare archives available at UCLA, such as original letters by Florence Nightingale, medicinal recipe manuscripts, and baby record books.
About Russell Johnson
Russell Johnson has been a librarian at the UCLA Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library for twenty years and curator for Library Special Collections’ History of Medicine & the Sciences division since 2009. He hails from Massachusetts but landed in Los Angeles 35 years ago, first to get an MA in Physiological Psychology (now Behavioral Neuroscience), then an MLS at UCLA’s School of Library and Information Sciences. As the only librarian/archivist in the International Society for the History of the Neurosciences, he hosted two of its meetings at UCLA, including one at the end of his presidency in 2007. Under his leadership, the UCLA Library built the largest historic baby book collection in the world with nearly 1800 baby record books. In 2009 Johnson was named Librarian of the Year by the Librarians Association of the University of California-Los Angeles (LAUC-LA).

UCLA Young Alumni Trivia Night
2017-02-22 19:00 - 21:00 | Westwood Village, California
UCLA Young Alumni Giving invites you to come back to Westwood and participate in rounds of UCLA trivia. Test your Bruin knowledge for a chance to win big with an opportunity to meet fellow UCLA young alumni.

Downtown and Central Los Angeles Chancellor's Society Regional Event
2017-02-21 18:30 - 20:00 | Los Angeles, California
Challenges of Urban Landscapes in 21st Century US Cities: The Role of Urban Design
Despite the flourishing of the urban design field over the last quarter of a century, many of the issues and problems haunting urban environments have not been resolved. New social forces and concerns have appeared that have important spatial and design implications on how we should design and build our cities. These forces range from intensifying globalization and immigration flows to increasing flows of population to urban areas and increasing automobile ownership. Concerns about climate change, terrorism in cities and the epidemic of obesity and sedentary lifestyles have also intensified. Professor Loukaitou-Sideris’s talk will trace the spatial implications of these issues and will also explore the role and potential of urban design in responding to them.
About Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris
Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris is Associate Provost for Academic Planning at UCLA, Associate Dean of the Luskin School of Public Affairs, and a Professor of Urban Planning. She holds a B.A. in architecture from the National Technical University of Athens, Master’s degrees in architecture and in urban planning, and a Ph.D. in urban planning, all from the University of Southern California. Her research focuses on the public environment of the city, its physical representation, social meaning and impact on residents. She has published more than 100 articles and chapters and has co-authored or co-edited five books: Urban Design Downtown: Poetics and Politics of Form; Jobs and Economic Development in Minority Communities; Sidewalks: Conflict and Negotiation over Public Space; Companion to Urban Design; and The Informal American City: Beyond Taco Trucks and Day Labor. Her research projects have been funded by the California Air Resources Board, Caltrans, California Department of Parks and Recreation, Mellon Foundation, Haynes Foundation, Gilbert Foundation, Archstone Foundation, and the Mineta Transportation Institute, while she is about to embark on a project on age-friendly cities funded by the AARP.
Professor Loukaitou-Sideris has served as a consultant to the Transportation Research Board, Federal Transit Administration, Southern California Association of Governments, South Bay Cities Council of Government, Los Angeles Neighborhood Initiative, Project for Public Spaces, Greek Ministry of Education, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, Dutch Technology Foundation STW, and as nominator for the MacArthur (“genius”) awards.

Northern California Chancellor's Society Event
2017-01-29 15:00 - 17:00 | San Francisco, California
The Convergence of Media Art and Mindfulness
How can art enhance, deepen, augment and transform the personal experience and understanding of self and others? Learn more about how lecturer and alumnus Jesse Fleming utilizes media, technology, and social practices to create a hybrid form of artistic-mindfulness practice that can exist as artistic gesture, expression, and a utilitarian instrument to explore, develop, and define self and self-transcendence.
About Jesse Fleming MFA ’16
Jesse Fleming is currently a Lecturer and MFA Alumni of the Design | Media Arts program at UCLA, with an undergraduate degree from the San Francisco Art Institute in New Genres, and a participant of multiple national and international artist residencies. He has over a decade of mindfulness training and practice with a teaching credential from UCLA’s Mindful Awareness Research Center at The Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, has led multiple Mindfulness groups, lectures, and presentations, and is a facilitator for mindfulness pioneer Shinzen Young.
Fleming has exhibited internationally in public spaces, non-profit galleries, commercial galleries, and art institutions including Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, Borusan Contemporary of Istanbul Turkey, National Film Museum of Frankfurt Germany, San Francisco Symphony, Colburn School of Music Los Angeles, University of California at Los Angeles, Hammer Museum Los Angeles, Creative Time New York City, University of Austin Texas, and 356 Mission Road Los Angeles. His work is in the permanent collection of The Whitney Museum of American Art, Borusan Contemporary in Istanbul Turkey, and he was listed as one of the top ten artists of 2014 in Artforum Magazine. As a filmmaker in both New York and Los Angeles, Fleming has directed, edited, and shot numerous projects working with artists such as Sigur Ros, Lykke Li, Explosions In The Sky, David Lynch, Doug Aitken, Matthew Barney, Laura Owens, Cyprien Gaillard, Matthew Richie, Francesco Vezzoli, Natalie Portman, Cate Blanchett, The Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Deborah Hay, and for institutions such as The Museum of Modern Art New York City, The Guggenheim New York City, The Getty Center, The Hammer Museum, and MOCA Los Angeles.
