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 […]
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 & […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. This event is invite only. RSVP required.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]