Course Design Opportunities with AI

Online

Course Design Opportunities with AI Join us to explore some of the ways to leverage AI to find resources, design assignments, give students feedback and improve student writing. This event is one of many events hosted during the month of May on "AI in Action: Exploring AI's Potential in Teaching and Learning". Monday, May 16th, [...]

A Conversation with AI: Hands-on Demonstration of ChatGPT and Other AI Tools

Online

Session Information Date: Wednesday, May 17 Time: 12pm - 1pm PT Location: Zoom (Register for Zoom link) Session Description Many of us have come across AI assisted technology from time to time, like spelling and grammar checks and the suggested words on your smartphone while texting. And some may have used the suggestions from the [...]

AI Writing Detection: What You Need to Know

Online

Session Information Date: Thursday, May 18 Time: 10am - 11am PT Location: Zoom (Register for Zoom link)  Session Description As generative AI has become more sophisticated, new tools have emerged aiming to detect its use. Join us to learn about some of these AI detection tools, their flaws, and why UCLA has not yet embraced [...]

Designing Transparent AI Assignments

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Session Information Date: Friday, May 19 Time: 11am - 12pm PT Location: Zoom (Register for Zoom link) Session Description In this interactive workshop, participants will learn about the importance of transparency in designing assignments that use generative AI. We’ll explore practical strategies for incorporating ethical considerations and ensuring fairness in AI-based assignments while promoting student [...]

 The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together | Book Club, Chapters 6 – 8

Terasaki Life Sciences 1100

Dear Colleagues, I’d like to invite you to join me in welcoming Heather McGhee to our beautiful campus for a thought-provoking evening, including a discussion of her book, The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together. This New York Times Bestseller, longlisted for the National Book Award has been called “One of today’s [...]

The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together | Book Club, Chapters 9 & 10

Terasaki Life Sciences 1100

Dear Colleagues, I’d like to invite you to join me in welcoming Heather McGhee to our beautiful campus for a thought-provoking evening, including a discussion of her book, The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together. This New York Times Bestseller, longlisted for the National Book Award has been called “One of today’s [...]

UCLA Life Sciences-wide LGBTQQIP2SAA Mixer

Hershey Hall South Courtyard

The LS-wide LGBTQQIP2SAA Mixer is Friday, March 26th from 4 - 5 PM at the Hershey Hall South Courtyard. This event is co-sponsored by the UCLA EEB Department, the LS Division, and CEILS.  This event is meant for faculty, staff, grad students and postdocs in Life Sciences division who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning [...]

An Evening with Heather McGhee: Exploring Racism’s Price Tag and Building a Prosperous Future Together

California NanoSystems Institute

Dear Colleagues, I’d like to invite you to join me in welcoming Heather McGhee to our beautiful campus for a thought-provoking evening, including a discussion of her book, The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together. This New York Times Bestseller, longlisted for the National Book Award has been called “One of today’s [...]

Faculty Workshop on Best Equitable Practices in Teaching: Transitioning to the “Post-Pandemic” Classroom

Hershey Hall 158

Faculty Workshop on Best Equitable Practices in Teaching: Transitioning to the “Post-Pandemic” Classroom Tuesday, September 12, 2023 | Hershey Hall, Room 158 9am - 4:30 pm followed by Reception Sessions will feature faculty and student guest speakers We are now in the midst of a transition to a “new normal” in what many refer to [...]

Ed Talks @CEILS: Interdisciplinary approaches to advancing anti-racist pedagogies in biology higher education

Terasaki Life Sciences 1100

Benjamin Hà October 18 | 3:00 – 4:00pm PDT Interdisciplinary approaches to advancing anti-racist pedagogies in biology higher education Register Here This talk will review the course structure and pedagogical strategies applied when teaching an undergraduate seminar titled “The History and Racism of Biology Research.” While this course covered broad biology disciplines, many of the strategies [...]