BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Center for Education, Innovation, and Learning in the Sciences - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://ceils.ucla.edu X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Center for Education, Innovation, and Learning in the Sciences REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20210314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20211107T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20220313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20221106T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20230312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20231105T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20240310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20241103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20260308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20261101T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251211T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251211T133000 DTSTAMP:20260418T081825 CREATED:20250908T195806Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251016T183510Z UID:9182-1765456200-1765459800@ceils.ucla.edu SUMMARY:2025 CEILS Teaching Table for STEM Classrooms DESCRIPTION:Reflecting Together on the Fall Quarter\nCome celebrate the end of the quarter with us and share your wins as well as the challenges you experienced in the Fall quarter. \nAbout Teaching Tables\nTeaching Tables is a space for all UCLA instructors to come together each month and share their joys and frustrations of teaching. We will also guide conversation around a selected resource (e.g.\, article\, podcast\, short video) on topics related to teaching STEM courses at UCLA\, such as getting to know your students in this day and age\, making space for everyone in your class\, and more. We will explore each session’s resources and topics by tapping into your experiences and those of the community. Whether you’re a seasoned professor or you’ve just started your teaching journey\, you’ll find strategies to try in your own classroom and a community to explore them with!  \nJoin us in creating a communal space for faculty\, teaching staff\, postdocs\, and graduate students to discuss\, learn\, and consider teaching strategies that support themselves and their students in the classroom.  \nDrop in for one or come for them all\, we hope to see you there! \nRSVP for Teaching Tables Fall 2025 URL:https://ceils.ucla.edu/event/2025-ceils-teaching-table-for-stem-classrooms-3/ LOCATION:CEILS Office Hershey Hall 230 CATEGORIES:On Campus Event,Online Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251203T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251203T150000 DTSTAMP:20260418T081825 CREATED:20250908T195724Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250924T192555Z UID:9180-1764770400-1764774000@ceils.ucla.edu SUMMARY:2025 CEILS Journal Club DESCRIPTION:Paper we will discuss on Dec 3:\nYuriev\, Elizabeth\, et al. “Integrating Generative AI in Chemistry Education: Enhancing Career-Ready Writing Skills in Pharmaceutical Science.” Journal of Chemical Education 102.5 (2025): 1991-2001. \nCEILS Journal Club for STEM Education\nAbout Journal Club: Are you interested in learning about the latest STEM education research but not sure where to start? Or feeling overwhelmed by the sheer quantity of literature out there and what it means for your teaching? Come to the CEILS journal club!  \nWe will pick key recent papers from the STEM education research literature and provide a one-page summary to facilitate discussion. Our goal is to make it easier for instructors to explore relevant STEM education research literature and reflect on its implications for their courses in community with other instructors.  \nAll UCLA instructors including faculty\, graduate students and postdocs are welcome to participate!  \nRSVP for Journal Club Fall 2025 URL:https://ceils.ucla.edu/event/2025-ceils-journal-club/ LOCATION:Terasaki Rm 1100 | Zoom option available CATEGORIES:On Campus Event,Online Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251113T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251113T133000 DTSTAMP:20260418T081825 CREATED:20250908T195546Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251016T183344Z UID:9177-1763037000-1763040600@ceils.ucla.edu SUMMARY:2025 CEILS Teaching Table for STEM Classrooms DESCRIPTION:Cultivating attention amidst distraction\nLaptops and cell phone use is extremely common in college classrooms now and there are growing concerns about students’ attention spans. What are some ways we might be able to help our students pay attention in the classroom? We invite you to share strategies that you have used to cultivate attention and learn from each other. \nResource: Resilient Pedagogy podcast. Episode: Distracted with James Lang  \nAbout Teaching Tables\nTeaching Tables is a space for all UCLA instructors to come together each month and share their joys and frustrations of teaching. We will also guide conversation around a selected resource (e.g.\, article\, podcast\, short video) on topics related to teaching STEM courses at UCLA\, such as getting to know your students in this day and age\, making space for everyone in your class\, and more. We will explore each session’s resources and topics by tapping into your experiences and those of the community. Whether you’re a seasoned professor or you’ve just started your teaching journey\, you’ll find strategies to try in your own classroom and a community to explore them with!  \nJoin us in creating a communal space for faculty\, teaching staff\, postdocs\, and graduate students to discuss\, learn\, and consider teaching strategies that support themselves and their students in the classroom.  \nDrop in for one or come for them all\, we hope to see you there! \nRSVP for Teaching Tables Fall 2025 URL:https://ceils.ucla.edu/event/2025-ceils-teaching-table-for-stem-classrooms-2/ LOCATION:CEILS Office Hershey Hall 230 CATEGORIES:On Campus Event,Online Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251009T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251009T160000 DTSTAMP:20260418T081825 CREATED:20250908T194852Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251007T181930Z UID:9173-1760022000-1760025600@ceils.ucla.edu SUMMARY:2025 CEILS Teaching Table for STEM Classrooms DESCRIPTION:Creating a more inclusive classroom for neurodivergent students\nAbout 20-30% of college students are neurodivergent. In this Teaching Tables gathering\, we invite you to share your experiences with neurodiversity in and outside the classroom and discuss how we can all better support our neurodivergent students. \nResource: Autism Goes to College Podcast. Episode 42: What professors need to know? \nAbout Teaching Tables:\nTeaching Tables is a space for all UCLA instructors to come together each month and share their joys and frustrations of teaching. We will also guide conversation around a selected resource (e.g.\, article\, podcast\, short video) on topics related to teaching STEM courses at UCLA\, such as getting to know your students in this day and age\, making space for everyone in your class\, and more. We will explore each session’s resources and topics by tapping into your experiences and those of the community. Whether you’re a seasoned professor or you’ve just started your teaching journey\, you’ll find strategies to try in your own classroom and a community to explore them with!  \nJoin us in creating a communal space for faculty\, teaching staff\, postdocs\, and graduate students to discuss\, learn\, and consider teaching strategies that support themselves and their students in the classroom.  \nDrop in for one or come for them all\, we hope to see you there! \nRSVP: RSVP for Teaching Tables Fall 2025 URL:https://ceils.ucla.edu/event/2025-ceils-teaching-table-for-stem-classrooms/ LOCATION:CEILS Office Hershey Hall 230 CATEGORIES:On Campus Event,Online Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251009T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251009T150000 DTSTAMP:20260418T081825 CREATED:20250908T194258Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250930T235431Z UID:9170-1760011200-1760022000@ceils.ucla.edu SUMMARY:2025 CEILS Pop-in Party DESCRIPTION:Come celebrate our new office space and connect with the team! The Center for Education Innovation and Learning in the Sciences (CEILS) invites you to pop-in and check out our new workspace located in Hershey Hall 230. We are excited to welcome you into our space\, share what we have been working on\, and offer ways to strengthen and support you and your department. \nEnjoy some light refreshments and fun activities including a Goal-Setting Station for the new academic year and an Instructor Collaboration Wall where you can share your thoughts\, questions and project ideas related to teaching and learning\, and gather insights from your colleagues\, sparking new collaborations.  \nWe’d be glad to have you visit and connect with us in person! \nRSVP: RSVP for CEILS Pop In Party  URL:https://ceils.ucla.edu/event/2025-ceils-pop-in-party/ LOCATION:CEILS Office Hershey Hall 230 CATEGORIES:On Campus Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231025T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231025T160000 DTSTAMP:20260418T081825 CREATED:20231006T224009Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231006T224009Z UID:8055-1698246000-1698249600@ceils.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Ed Talks @CEILS: Academic Experiences of Queer\, Trans\, Black\, Indigenous\, Students of Color at UCLA DESCRIPTION:Manuel Ramirez\nOctober 25 | 3:00pm – 4:00pm PDT\nAcademic Experiences of Queer\, Trans\, Black\, Indigenous\, Students of Color at UCLA \nRegister here \nUsing qualitative interview data from the UCLA LGBTQ+ Campus Resource Center’s 2023 QTBIPOC Student Experiences Project\, we highlight the unique experiences that our QTBIPOC students face on our campus and how to address it. \nManuel is a second year doctoral student in the psychology program studying stigma and health processes among sexual and gender minorities. Currently\, he works at the UCLA LGBTQ Campus Resource Center as a student researcher for the QTBIPOC Student Experiences Project\, a qualitative needs assessment of the experiences of UCLA’s lesbian\, gay\, bisexual\, transgender\, queer\, asexual\, aromantic\, and intersex (LGBTQIA+) graduate and undergraduate Black\, Indigenous\, Students of Color (BIPOC). \nFor more information\, please visit: https://lgbtq.ucla.edu/qtbipoc-experiences URL:https://ceils.ucla.edu/event/ed-talks-ceils-academic-experiences-of-queer-trans-black-indigenous-students-of-color-at-ucla/ LOCATION:Terasaki Life Sciences 1100 CATEGORIES:CEILS Sponsored,Journal Club,On Campus Event,Online Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231018T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231018T160000 DTSTAMP:20260418T081825 CREATED:20231006T223840Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231006T223840Z UID:8053-1697641200-1697644800@ceils.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Ed Talks @CEILS: Interdisciplinary approaches to advancing anti-racist pedagogies in biology higher education DESCRIPTION:Benjamin Hà\nOctober 18 | 3:00 – 4:00pm PDT\nInterdisciplinary approaches to advancing anti-racist pedagogies in biology higher education \nRegister Here \nThis 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 and perspectives are transferable across STEM disciplines \nBenjamin Hà is a recent PhD graduate from UCLA in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology with a passion for improving student success in STEM higher education \nFor more information\, please visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benandrewha URL:https://ceils.ucla.edu/event/ed-talks-ceils-interdisciplinary-approaches-to-advancing-anti-racist-pedagogies-in-biology-higher-education/ LOCATION:Terasaki Life Sciences 1100 CATEGORIES:CEILS Sponsored,Journal Club,On Campus Event,Online Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230912T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230912T163000 DTSTAMP:20260418T081825 CREATED:20230525T210440Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230909T020253Z UID:7765-1694509200-1694536200@ceils.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Faculty Workshop on Best Equitable Practices in Teaching: Transitioning to the “Post-Pandemic” Classroom DESCRIPTION:Faculty Workshop on Best Equitable Practices in Teaching: Transitioning to the “Post-Pandemic” Classroom\nTuesday\, September 12\, 2023 | Hershey Hall\, Room 158\n9am – 4:30 pm followed by Reception\nSessions will feature faculty and student guest speakers\n \nWe are now in the midst of a transition to a “new normal” in what many refer to as the “post-pandemic classroom”. This year\, CEILS has put together a series of workshops to help you support your students and yourself through the transition to the new learning environments of the current day. Topics Include: \n\nCentering Community and Inclusivity in our Classrooms from Day 1\nAddressing Pandemic Effects on Students’ Academic Progress & Learning \nBite-sized Teaching Options that Support Learning and Your Wellness \nTime Saving Strategies For You and Your TAs \n\nPlus breakout sessions\, reception\, and resource sharing. View our agenda here: September 2023 Agenda \nAbout the Faculty Workshop \nThis annual\, all-day faculty workshop addresses select topics in science and math education. This workshop is appropriate for everyone—new or veteran teachers—interested in learning more about equitable teaching practices based on education research. We especially encourage instructors who either are relatively new to college teaching or who have instructional responsibilities in large enrollment gateway courses for science\, technology\, engineering\, and math (STEM) majors. \nTopics include effective course design as well as student-centered teaching strategies that incorporate active learning and create equitable and inclusive classroom environments. Many of the instructional techniques focus on facilitating peer learning and other collaborative and group activities designed to support student success in large enrollment classes. \nThe format and emphasis of this day-long event has been modified from previous years\, so even if you have participated in this workshop before\, you might consider attending again and learning something new! URL:https://ceils.ucla.edu/event/faculty-workshop-on-best-equitable-practices-in-teaching-transitioning-to-the-post-pandemic-classroom/ LOCATION:Hershey Hall 158 CATEGORIES:CEILS Sponsored,CEILS Workshop,On Campus Event,UCLA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230719 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230721 DTSTAMP:20260418T081825 CREATED:20230502T211647Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230502T211647Z UID:7729-1689724800-1689897599@ceils.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Systemic Change for an Inclusive and Diverse Faculty DESCRIPTION:“Systemic Change for an Inclusive and Diverse Faculty” \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us at the NSF Eddie Bernice Johnson INCLUDES Aspire Alliance Summit. \n  \nAre you striving for a more diverse and inclusive faculty at your institution? Is your research or project focused on these issues? If so\, then join us at the NSF Eddie Bernice Johnson INCLUDES Aspire Alliance Summit on July 19 – 20\, 2023. \nThe theme of the summit is Systemic Change for an Inclusive and Diverse Faculty. The Summit\, held at UCLA’s Luskin Center\, will convene members of the broader STEM ecosystem to explore key issues in advancing faculty diversity and inclusion through the sharing of emergent research and promising practices\, community dialogue and collaboration\, and intentional network building. We welcome any scholar\, practitioner\, or institutional decision-maker to join us. We are especially interested in evidence-based practices from the NSF INCLUDES Aspire Alliance community\, and the broader NSF INCLUDES\, AGEP\, and ADVANCE communities. This is an opportunity for us to think together about how we might advance a more inclusive and diverse higher education faculty at 2 and 4-year institutions. We look forward to learning more about your work at the Aspire Summit. \nView the full agenda and register here. \nContact Jess Gregg\, CEILS Senior Associate Director and one of the PI’s for the Aspire Alliance\, at jessgregg@ceils.ucla.edu with any questions or for additional information. You can learn more about the Aspire Alliance here. URL:https://ceils.ucla.edu/event/systemic-change-for-an-inclusive-and-diverse-faculty/ LOCATION:UCLA Luskin Center CATEGORIES:On Campus Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230602T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230602T130000 DTSTAMP:20260418T081825 CREATED:20230502T211033Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230502T211033Z UID:7721-1685700000-1685710800@ceils.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Creating Connections Symposium on Writing Pedagogy - Generating Text: Teaching\, Writing\, and Learning in the Age of AI DESCRIPTION:June 2\, 10am-1pm PT in Powell 186 (in-person): Creating Connections Symposium on Writing Pedagogy – Generating Text: Teaching\, Writing\, and Learning in the Age of AI by Writing Programs/Graduate Certificate in Writing Pedagogy (RSVP coming soon) \n  \nThe 6th annual Creating Connections symposium on writing pedagogy will take place Friday\, June 2nd. Our theme for this year is Generating Text: Teaching\, Writing\, and Learning in the Age of AI\, and this event is intended as a follow-up to the campus-wide “AI in Action” event on May 12th. Our half-day symposium will feature interactive workshops on using ChatGPT and similar technologies throughout the writing process as well as a roundtable discussion on the practical and ethical questions surrounding use of ChatGPT in the writing classroom. The 2023 symposium is intended as an in-person event\, but we will provide a Zoom link for those who would like to watch remotely. URL:https://ceils.ucla.edu/event/creating-connections-symposium-on-writing-pedagogy-generating-text-teaching-writing-and-learning-in-the-age-of-ai/ LOCATION:Powell 186 CATEGORIES:On Campus Event,UCLA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230601T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230601T183000 DTSTAMP:20260418T081825 CREATED:20230418T183544Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230522T223017Z UID:7666-1685640600-1685644200@ceils.ucla.edu SUMMARY:An Evening with Heather McGhee: Exploring Racism's Price Tag and Building a Prosperous Future Together DESCRIPTION:Dear Colleagues\,\n\nI’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 most insightful and influential thinkers offers a powerful exploration of inequality and the lesson that generations of Americans have failed to learn: Racism has a cost for everyone—not just for people of color”.\n\nThe book talk\, followed by Q & A with the author\, will take place at the UCLA California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) on Thursday\, June 1st at 5:30 – 6:30 followed by a reception.\n\nIn preparation for this book talk\, the Center for Education Innovation and Learning in the Sciences (CEILS) is hosting a book club to discuss The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together. We will read and discuss the book in four sections. Please feel free to drop in as your schedule allows. The book club dates are:\n\n\nTuesday\, May 2\, Noon – 1pm | Chapters 1-3 | Terasaki Life Sciences 5100\nThursday\, May 11\, Noon – 1pm | Chapters 4 & 5 | Terasaki Life Sciences 1100\nFriday\, May 19\, Noon – 1pm | Chapters 6-8 | Terasaki Life Sciences 1100\nFriday\, May 26\, Noon – 1pm | Chapters 9 & 10 | Terasaki Life Sciences 1100\n\n\nTo RSVP for the May book club dates and book talk\, please click here.\n\nWe invite you to use the Discussion Guide as you read the book: DISCUSSION GUIDE | Heather McGhee.\n\nWe look forward to having you join us for this exciting visit.\n\nBest wishes\,\nTracy\n*************************************************\nTracy Johnson\nKeith and Cecilia Terasaki Presidential Endowed Chair\nProfessor\, Molecular\, Cell and Developmental Biology\nDean\, Life Sciences\, UCLA College\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Heather McGhee\nHeather designs and promotes solutions to inequality in America. Over her career in public policy\, Heather has crafted legislation\, testified before Congress and helped shape presidential campaign platforms. Her book The Sum of Us: WhatRacism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together spent 10 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and was longlisted for the National Book Award and Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction. The New York Times called it\, “The book that should change how progressives talk about race.” and the Chicago Tribune said\, “Required reading to move thecountry forward…”. It is a Washington Post and TIME Magazine Must-Read Book of 2021. The paperback version will be out in February 2022. The Sum of Us will be adapted into a Spotify podcast by Higher Ground\, the production company of Barack and Michelle Obama in June 2022\, and into a young adult readers’ version by Random House Children’s in 2023.\n\nHeather is an educator\, serving currently as a Visiting Lecturer in Urban Studies at the City University of New York’s School of Labor and Urban Studies. She has also held visiting positions at Yale University’s Brady-Johnson Grand Strategy Program andthe University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics. She is the recipient of honorary degrees from Muhlenberg College\, Niagara University\, and CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy.\n\nFor nearly two decades\, Heather helped build the non-partisan “think and do” tank Demos\, serving four years as president.Under McGhee’s leadership\, Demos moved their original idea for “debt-free college” into the center of the 2016 presidential debate\, argued before the Supreme Court to protect voting rights in January 2018\, helped win pro-voter reforms in five states over two years\, provided expert testimony to Congressional committees\, including a Supreme Court confirmation hearing in 2017\, and led the research campaigns behind successful wage increases for low-paid workers on federal contracts\, as well as at McDonalds\, Walmart and other chain retailers.\n\nAs an executive\, McGhee transformed Demos on multiple levels. She led a successful strategic planning and rebranding process. She designed a Racial Equity Organizational Transformation which led to an increase in staff racial diversity (from27 percent people of color to 60 percent in four years)\, an original racial equity curriculum for staff professional development and a complete overhaul of the organization’s research\, litigation and campaign strategies using a racial equity lens. McGhee also nearly doubled the organizational budget in four years. A strong coalition-builder and trustedcross-movement leader\, McGhee deepened Demos’ influence through new networks and collaborations inside and outside the Beltway.\n\nAn influential voice in the media and a former NBC contributor\, McGhee regularly appears on NBC’s Meet the Press andMSNBC’s Morning Joe\, Deadline White House and All In. Her 2020 TED talk is entitled “Racism Has a Cost for Everyone”. She has shared her opinions\, writing and research in numerous outlets\, including the Washington Post\, New York Times\, Wall Street Journal\, USA Today\, Politico and National Public Radio. McGhee’s conversation on a C-SPAN program in 2016with a white man who asked for her help to overcome his racial prejudice went viral\, receiving more than 10 million views and sparking wide media coverage that included a New York Times op-ed\, a New Yorker piece and a CNN town hall. Inspring 2018\, Starbucks founder Howard Schultz asked McGhee to advise the company as it designed an anti-bias training for 250\,000 employees in the wake of the unjust arrest of two black men in a Philadelphia store. McGhee wrote a report with recommendations for how Starbucks can apply a racial equity lens to their businesses\, and how other companies both large and small can benefit from doing the same.\n\nMcGhee also played a leadership role in steering the historic Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act\, and was one of the key advocates credited for the adoption of the Volcker Rule.\n\nShe holds a B.A. in American Studies from Yale University and a J.D. from the University of California at Berkeley School of Law\,. McGhee is the chair of the board of Color Of Change\, the nation’s largest online racial justice organization\, and alsoserves on the boards of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund\, the Open Society Foundations’ US Programs and Demos.\n\nFor more information\, please visit www.heathermcghee.com and follow Heather on Twitter: @hmcghee and Instagram and Facebook: @HeatherCMcGhee URL:https://ceils.ucla.edu/event/heather-mcghee-book-talk/ LOCATION:California NanoSystems Institute CATEGORIES:CEILS Sponsored,Journal Club,On Campus Event,UCLA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230526T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230526T170000 DTSTAMP:20260418T081825 CREATED:20230525T213001Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230525T213001Z UID:7773-1685116800-1685120400@ceils.ucla.edu SUMMARY:UCLA Life Sciences-wide LGBTQQIP2SAA Mixer DESCRIPTION: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 (one’s sexual or gender identity)\, intersex\, two-spirit\, asexual/aromantic/agender/androgynous\, or other related identities (i.e.\, LGBTQIA+). \nWe ask that everyone please RSVP for the event if you plan on attending so we can get an accurate estimate for food and drinks. The RSVP link is below and is available via QR code in the attached flyer. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to me (jcurti3@g.ucla.edu) or Katie Dixie (kdixie@ceils.ucla.edu) if you have any questions. \n  \nRSVP Link:  \nhttps://tinyurl.com/spring2023mixer\n \n  URL:https://ceils.ucla.edu/event/ucla-life-sciences-wide-lgbtqqip2saa-mixer/ LOCATION:Hershey Hall South Courtyard CATEGORIES:CEILS Sponsored,On Campus Event,UCLA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230526T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230526T130000 DTSTAMP:20260418T081825 CREATED:20230418T184730Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230418T184730Z UID:7678-1685102400-1685106000@ceils.ucla.edu SUMMARY:The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together | Book Club\, Chapters 9 & 10 DESCRIPTION:Dear Colleagues\,\n\nI’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 most insightful and influential thinkers offers a powerful exploration of inequality and the lesson that generations of Americans have failed to learn: Racism has a cost for everyone—not just for people of color”.\n\nThe book talk\, followed by Q & A with the author\, will take place at the UCLA California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) on Thursday\, June 1st at 5:30 – 6:30 followed by a reception.\n\nIn preparation for this book talk\, the Center for Education Innovation and Learning in the Sciences (CEILS) is hosting a book club to discuss The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together. We will read and discuss the book in four sections. Please feel free to drop in as your schedule allows. The book club dates are:\n\n\nTuesday\, May 2\, Noon – 1pm | Chapters 1-3 | Terasaki Life Sciences 5100\nThursday\, May 11\, Noon – 1pm | Chapters 4 & 5 | Terasaki Life Sciences 1100\nFriday\, May 19\, Noon – 1pm | Chapters 6-8 | Terasaki Life Sciences 1100\nFriday\, May 26\, Noon – 1pm | Chapters 9 & 10 | Terasaki Life Sciences 1100\n\n\nTo RSVP for the May book club dates and book talk\, please click here.\n\nWe invite you to use the Discussion Guide as you read the book: DISCUSSION GUIDE | Heather McGhee.\n\nWe look forward to having you join us for this exciting visit.\n\nBest wishes\,\nTracy\n*************************************************\nTracy Johnson\nKeith and Cecilia Terasaki Presidential Endowed Chair\nProfessor\, Molecular\, Cell and Developmental Biology\nDean\, Life Sciences\, UCLA College\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Heather McGhee\nHeather designs and promotes solutions to inequality in America. Over her career in public policy\, Heather has crafted legislation\, testified before Congress and helped shape presidential campaign platforms. Her book The Sum of Us: WhatRacism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together spent 10 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and was longlisted for the National Book Award and Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction. The New York Times called it\, “The book that should change how progressives talk about race.” and the Chicago Tribune said\, “Required reading to move thecountry forward…”. It is a Washington Post and TIME Magazine Must-Read Book of 2021. The paperback version will be out in February 2022. The Sum of Us will be adapted into a Spotify podcast by Higher Ground\, the production company of Barack and Michelle Obama in June 2022\, and into a young adult readers’ version by Random House Children’s in 2023.\n\nHeather is an educator\, serving currently as a Visiting Lecturer in Urban Studies at the City University of New York’s School of Labor and Urban Studies. She has also held visiting positions at Yale University’s Brady-Johnson Grand Strategy Program andthe University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics. She is the recipient of honorary degrees from Muhlenberg College\, Niagara University\, and CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy.\n\nFor nearly two decades\, Heather helped build the non-partisan “think and do” tank Demos\, serving four years as president.Under McGhee’s leadership\, Demos moved their original idea for “debt-free college” into the center of the 2016 presidential debate\, argued before the Supreme Court to protect voting rights in January 2018\, helped win pro-voter reforms in five states over two years\, provided expert testimony to Congressional committees\, including a Supreme Court confirmation hearing in 2017\, and led the research campaigns behind successful wage increases for low-paid workers on federal contracts\, as well as at McDonalds\, Walmart and other chain retailers.\n\nAs an executive\, McGhee transformed Demos on multiple levels. She led a successful strategic planning and rebranding process. She designed a Racial Equity Organizational Transformation which led to an increase in staff racial diversity (from27 percent people of color to 60 percent in four years)\, an original racial equity curriculum for staff professional development and a complete overhaul of the organization’s research\, litigation and campaign strategies using a racial equity lens. McGhee also nearly doubled the organizational budget in four years. A strong coalition-builder and trustedcross-movement leader\, McGhee deepened Demos’ influence through new networks and collaborations inside and outside the Beltway.\n\nAn influential voice in the media and a former NBC contributor\, McGhee regularly appears on NBC’s Meet the Press andMSNBC’s Morning Joe\, Deadline White House and All In. Her 2020 TED talk is entitled “Racism Has a Cost for Everyone”. She has shared her opinions\, writing and research in numerous outlets\, including the Washington Post\, New York Times\, Wall Street Journal\, USA Today\, Politico and National Public Radio. McGhee’s conversation on a C-SPAN program in 2016with a white man who asked for her help to overcome his racial prejudice went viral\, receiving more than 10 million views and sparking wide media coverage that included a New York Times op-ed\, a New Yorker piece and a CNN town hall. Inspring 2018\, Starbucks founder Howard Schultz asked McGhee to advise the company as it designed an anti-bias training for 250\,000 employees in the wake of the unjust arrest of two black men in a Philadelphia store. McGhee wrote a report with recommendations for how Starbucks can apply a racial equity lens to their businesses\, and how other companies both large and small can benefit from doing the same.\n\nMcGhee also played a leadership role in steering the historic Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act\, and was one of the key advocates credited for the adoption of the Volcker Rule.\n\nShe holds a B.A. in American Studies from Yale University and a J.D. from the University of California at Berkeley School of Law\,. McGhee is the chair of the board of Color Of Change\, the nation’s largest online racial justice organization\, and alsoserves on the boards of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund\, the Open Society Foundations’ US Programs and Demos.\n\nFor more information\, please visit www.heathermcghee.com and follow Heather on Twitter: @hmcghee and Instagram and Facebook: @HeatherCMcGhee URL:https://ceils.ucla.edu/event/the-sum-of-us-what-racism-costs-everyone-and-how-we-can-prosper-together-book-club-chapters-9-10/ LOCATION:Terasaki Life Sciences 1100 CATEGORIES:CEILS Sponsored,Journal Club,On Campus Event,UCLA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230519T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230519T130000 DTSTAMP:20260418T081825 CREATED:20230418T184530Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230418T184530Z UID:7676-1684497600-1684501200@ceils.ucla.edu SUMMARY: The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together | Book Club\, Chapters 6 - 8 DESCRIPTION:Dear Colleagues\,\n\nI’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 most insightful and influential thinkers offers a powerful exploration of inequality and the lesson that generations of Americans have failed to learn: Racism has a cost for everyone—not just for people of color”.\n\nThe book talk\, followed by Q & A with the author\, will take place at the UCLA California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) on Thursday\, June 1st at 5:30 – 6:30 followed by a reception.\n\nIn preparation for this book talk\, the Center for Education Innovation and Learning in the Sciences (CEILS) is hosting a book club to discuss The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together. We will read and discuss the book in four sections. Please feel free to drop in as your schedule allows. The book club dates are:\n\n\nTuesday\, May 2\, Noon – 1pm | Chapters 1-3 | Terasaki Life Sciences 5100\nThursday\, May 11\, Noon – 1pm | Chapters 4 & 5 | Terasaki Life Sciences 1100\nFriday\, May 19\, Noon – 1pm | Chapters 6-8 | Terasaki Life Sciences 1100\nFriday\, May 26\, Noon – 1pm | Chapters 9 & 10 | Terasaki Life Sciences 1100\n\n\nTo RSVP for the May book club dates and book talk\, please click here.\n\nWe invite you to use the Discussion Guide as you read the book: DISCUSSION GUIDE | Heather McGhee.\n\nWe look forward to having you join us for this exciting visit.\n\nBest wishes\,\nTracy\n*************************************************\nTracy Johnson\nKeith and Cecilia Terasaki Presidential Endowed Chair\nProfessor\, Molecular\, Cell and Developmental Biology\nDean\, Life Sciences\, UCLA College\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Heather McGhee\nHeather designs and promotes solutions to inequality in America. Over her career in public policy\, Heather has crafted legislation\, testified before Congress and helped shape presidential campaign platforms. Her book The Sum of Us: WhatRacism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together spent 10 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and was longlisted for the National Book Award and Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction. The New York Times called it\, “The book that should change how progressives talk about race.” and the Chicago Tribune said\, “Required reading to move thecountry forward…”. It is a Washington Post and TIME Magazine Must-Read Book of 2021. The paperback version will be out in February 2022. The Sum of Us will be adapted into a Spotify podcast by Higher Ground\, the production company of Barack and Michelle Obama in June 2022\, and into a young adult readers’ version by Random House Children’s in 2023.\n\nHeather is an educator\, serving currently as a Visiting Lecturer in Urban Studies at the City University of New York’s School of Labor and Urban Studies. She has also held visiting positions at Yale University’s Brady-Johnson Grand Strategy Program andthe University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics. She is the recipient of honorary degrees from Muhlenberg College\, Niagara University\, and CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy.\n\nFor nearly two decades\, Heather helped build the non-partisan “think and do” tank Demos\, serving four years as president.Under McGhee’s leadership\, Demos moved their original idea for “debt-free college” into the center of the 2016 presidential debate\, argued before the Supreme Court to protect voting rights in January 2018\, helped win pro-voter reforms in five states over two years\, provided expert testimony to Congressional committees\, including a Supreme Court confirmation hearing in 2017\, and led the research campaigns behind successful wage increases for low-paid workers on federal contracts\, as well as at McDonalds\, Walmart and other chain retailers.\n\nAs an executive\, McGhee transformed Demos on multiple levels. She led a successful strategic planning and rebranding process. She designed a Racial Equity Organizational Transformation which led to an increase in staff racial diversity (from27 percent people of color to 60 percent in four years)\, an original racial equity curriculum for staff professional development and a complete overhaul of the organization’s research\, litigation and campaign strategies using a racial equity lens. McGhee also nearly doubled the organizational budget in four years. A strong coalition-builder and trustedcross-movement leader\, McGhee deepened Demos’ influence through new networks and collaborations inside and outside the Beltway.\n\nAn influential voice in the media and a former NBC contributor\, McGhee regularly appears on NBC’s Meet the Press andMSNBC’s Morning Joe\, Deadline White House and All In. Her 2020 TED talk is entitled “Racism Has a Cost for Everyone”. She has shared her opinions\, writing and research in numerous outlets\, including the Washington Post\, New York Times\, Wall Street Journal\, USA Today\, Politico and National Public Radio. McGhee’s conversation on a C-SPAN program in 2016with a white man who asked for her help to overcome his racial prejudice went viral\, receiving more than 10 million views and sparking wide media coverage that included a New York Times op-ed\, a New Yorker piece and a CNN town hall. Inspring 2018\, Starbucks founder Howard Schultz asked McGhee to advise the company as it designed an anti-bias training for 250\,000 employees in the wake of the unjust arrest of two black men in a Philadelphia store. McGhee wrote a report with recommendations for how Starbucks can apply a racial equity lens to their businesses\, and how other companies both large and small can benefit from doing the same.\n\nMcGhee also played a leadership role in steering the historic Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act\, and was one of the key advocates credited for the adoption of the Volcker Rule.\n\nShe holds a B.A. in American Studies from Yale University and a J.D. from the University of California at Berkeley School of Law\,. McGhee is the chair of the board of Color Of Change\, the nation’s largest online racial justice organization\, and alsoserves on the boards of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund\, the Open Society Foundations’ US Programs and Demos.\n\nFor more information\, please visit www.heathermcghee.com and follow Heather on Twitter: @hmcghee and Instagram and Facebook: @HeatherCMcGhee URL:https://ceils.ucla.edu/event/the-sum-of-us-what-racism-costs-everyone-and-how-we-can-prosper-together-book-club-chapters-6-8/ LOCATION:Terasaki Life Sciences 1100 CATEGORIES:CEILS Sponsored,Journal Club,On Campus Event,UCLA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230516T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230516T170000 DTSTAMP:20260418T081825 CREATED:20230502T211317Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230502T211317Z UID:7725-1684252800-1684256400@ceils.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Special Seminar: Research In Chemical Education And STEM Pedagogy: Dr. Jennifer Casey DESCRIPTION:Special Seminar: Research In Chemical Education And STEM Pedagogy: Dr. Jennifer Casey\nYou are invited to join this upcoming seminar by Dr. Jennifer Casey on Research in Chemical Education and STEM Pedagogy. This event will take place on May 16\, 2023 from 4-5pm in the Mani L. Bhaumik Centennial Collaboratory (click link for map). Additional details about the talk are forthcoming and will be available here. We hope to see you there! URL:https://ceils.ucla.edu/event/special-seminar-research-in-chemical-education-and-stem-pedagogy-dr-jennifer-casey/ LOCATION:Mani L. Bhaumik Centennial Collaboratory CATEGORIES:On Campus Event,UCLA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230511T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230511T170000 DTSTAMP:20260418T081825 CREATED:20230418T184259Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230418T184259Z UID:7673-1683820800-1683824400@ceils.ucla.edu SUMMARY:The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGhee | Book Club\, Chapters 4 & 5 DESCRIPTION:Dear Colleagues\,\n\nI’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 most insightful and influential thinkers offers a powerful exploration of inequality and the lesson that generations of Americans have failed to learn: Racism has a cost for everyone—not just for people of color”.\n\nThe book talk\, followed by Q & A with the author\, will take place at the UCLA California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) on Thursday\, June 1st at 5:30 – 6:30 followed by a reception.\n\nIn preparation for this book talk\, the Center for Education Innovation and Learning in the Sciences (CEILS) is hosting a book club to discuss The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together. We will read and discuss the book in four sections. Please feel free to drop in as your schedule allows. The book club dates are:\n\n\nTuesday\, May 2\, Noon – 1pm | Chapters 1-3 | Terasaki Life Sciences 5100\nThursday\, May 11\, Noon – 1pm | Chapters 4 & 5 | Terasaki Life Sciences 1100\nFriday\, May 19\, Noon – 1pm | Chapters 6-8 | Terasaki Life Sciences 1100\nFriday\, May 26\, Noon – 1pm | Chapters 9 & 10 | Terasaki Life Sciences 1100\n\n\nTo RSVP for the May book club dates and book talk\, please click here.\n\nWe invite you to use the Discussion Guide as you read the book: DISCUSSION GUIDE | Heather McGhee.\n\nWe look forward to having you join us for this exciting visit.\n\nBest wishes\,\nTracy\n*************************************************\nTracy Johnson\nKeith and Cecilia Terasaki Presidential Endowed Chair\nProfessor\, Molecular\, Cell and Developmental Biology\nDean\, Life Sciences\, UCLA College\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Heather McGhee\nHeather designs and promotes solutions to inequality in America. Over her career in public policy\, Heather has crafted legislation\, testified before Congress and helped shape presidential campaign platforms. Her book The Sum of Us: WhatRacism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together spent 10 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and was longlisted for the National Book Award and Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction. The New York Times called it\, “The book that should change how progressives talk about race.” and the Chicago Tribune said\, “Required reading to move thecountry forward…”. It is a Washington Post and TIME Magazine Must-Read Book of 2021. The paperback version will be out in February 2022. The Sum of Us will be adapted into a Spotify podcast by Higher Ground\, the production company of Barack and Michelle Obama in June 2022\, and into a young adult readers’ version by Random House Children’s in 2023.\n\nHeather is an educator\, serving currently as a Visiting Lecturer in Urban Studies at the City University of New York’s School of Labor and Urban Studies. She has also held visiting positions at Yale University’s Brady-Johnson Grand Strategy Program andthe University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics. She is the recipient of honorary degrees from Muhlenberg College\, Niagara University\, and CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy.\n\nFor nearly two decades\, Heather helped build the non-partisan “think and do” tank Demos\, serving four years as president.Under McGhee’s leadership\, Demos moved their original idea for “debt-free college” into the center of the 2016 presidential debate\, argued before the Supreme Court to protect voting rights in January 2018\, helped win pro-voter reforms in five states over two years\, provided expert testimony to Congressional committees\, including a Supreme Court confirmation hearing in 2017\, and led the research campaigns behind successful wage increases for low-paid workers on federal contracts\, as well as at McDonalds\, Walmart and other chain retailers.\n\nAs an executive\, McGhee transformed Demos on multiple levels. She led a successful strategic planning and rebranding process. She designed a Racial Equity Organizational Transformation which led to an increase in staff racial diversity (from27 percent people of color to 60 percent in four years)\, an original racial equity curriculum for staff professional development and a complete overhaul of the organization’s research\, litigation and campaign strategies using a racial equity lens. McGhee also nearly doubled the organizational budget in four years. A strong coalition-builder and trustedcross-movement leader\, McGhee deepened Demos’ influence through new networks and collaborations inside and outside the Beltway.\n\nAn influential voice in the media and a former NBC contributor\, McGhee regularly appears on NBC’s Meet the Press andMSNBC’s Morning Joe\, Deadline White House and All In. Her 2020 TED talk is entitled “Racism Has a Cost for Everyone”. She has shared her opinions\, writing and research in numerous outlets\, including the Washington Post\, New York Times\, Wall Street Journal\, USA Today\, Politico and National Public Radio. McGhee’s conversation on a C-SPAN program in 2016with a white man who asked for her help to overcome his racial prejudice went viral\, receiving more than 10 million views and sparking wide media coverage that included a New York Times op-ed\, a New Yorker piece and a CNN town hall. Inspring 2018\, Starbucks founder Howard Schultz asked McGhee to advise the company as it designed an anti-bias training for 250\,000 employees in the wake of the unjust arrest of two black men in a Philadelphia store. McGhee wrote a report with recommendations for how Starbucks can apply a racial equity lens to their businesses\, and how other companies both large and small can benefit from doing the same.\n\nMcGhee also played a leadership role in steering the historic Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act\, and was one of the key advocates credited for the adoption of the Volcker Rule.\n\nShe holds a B.A. in American Studies from Yale University and a J.D. from the University of California at Berkeley School of Law\,. McGhee is the chair of the board of Color Of Change\, the nation’s largest online racial justice organization\, and alsoserves on the boards of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund\, the Open Society Foundations’ US Programs and Demos.\n\nFor more information\, please visit www.heathermcghee.com and follow Heather on Twitter: @hmcghee and Instagram and Facebook: @HeatherCMcGhee URL:https://ceils.ucla.edu/event/the-sum-of-us-what-racism-costs-everyone-and-how-we-can-prosper-together-by-heather-mcghee-book-club-chapters-4-5/ LOCATION:Terasaki Life Sciences 1100 CATEGORIES:CEILS Sponsored,Journal Club,On Campus Event,UCLA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230503T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230503T163000 DTSTAMP:20260418T081825 CREATED:20230418T182817Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230418T182817Z UID:7663-1683126000-1683131400@ceils.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Freedom to Learn: Banned Book Reading for the National Day of Action DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday\, May 3rd\, join CEILS for Freedom to Learn: Banned Book Reading for the National Day of Action from 3 – 4:30pm in Boyer 159. We will be reading excerpts from Stamped (For Kids) by Jason Reynolds & Ibram X. Kendi and This is Your Time by Ruby Bridges and discussing the impact of banned books on our current and future students. Light refreshments to follow. URL:https://ceils.ucla.edu/event/freedom-to-learn-banned-book-reading-for-the-national-day-of-action/ LOCATION:Boyer 159 CATEGORIES:CEILS Sponsored,On Campus Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230502T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230502T130000 DTSTAMP:20260418T081825 CREATED:20230418T183957Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230418T183957Z UID:7670-1683028800-1683032400@ceils.ucla.edu SUMMARY:The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGhee | Book Club\, Chapters 1 - 3 DESCRIPTION:Heather McGhee Book Talk\n& CEILS Book Club\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDear Colleagues\,\n\nI’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 most insightful and influential thinkers offers a powerful exploration of inequality and the lesson that generations of Americans have failed to learn: Racism has a cost for everyone—not just for people of color”.\n\nThe book talk\, followed by Q & A with the author\, will take place at the UCLA California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) on Thursday\, June 1st at 5:30 – 6:30 followed by a reception.\n\nIn preparation for this book talk\, the Center for Education Innovation and Learning in the Sciences (CEILS) is hosting a book club to discuss The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together. We will read and discuss the book in four sections. Please feel free to drop in as your schedule allows. The book club dates are:\n\n\nTuesday\, May 2\, Noon – 1pm | Chapters 1-3 | Terasaki Life Sciences 5100\nThursday\, May 11\, Noon – 1pm | Chapters 4 & 5 | Terasaki Life Sciences 1100\nFriday\, May 19\, Noon – 1pm | Chapters 6-8 | Terasaki Life Sciences 1100\nFriday\, May 26\, Noon – 1pm | Chapters 9 & 10 | Terasaki Life Sciences 1100\n\n\nTo RSVP for the May book club dates and book talk\, please click here.\n\nWe invite you to use the Discussion Guide as you read the book: DISCUSSION GUIDE | Heather McGhee.\n\nWe look forward to having you join us for this exciting visit.\n\nBest wishes\,\nTracy\n*************************************************\nTracy Johnson\nKeith and Cecilia Terasaki Presidential Endowed Chair\nProfessor\, Molecular\, Cell and Developmental Biology\nDean\, Life Sciences\, UCLA College\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Heather McGhee\nHeather designs and promotes solutions to inequality in America. Over her career in public policy\, Heather has crafted legislation\, testified before Congress and helped shape presidential campaign platforms. Her book The Sum of Us: WhatRacism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together spent 10 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and was longlisted for the National Book Award and Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction. The New York Times called it\, “The book that should change how progressives talk about race.” and the Chicago Tribune said\, “Required reading to move thecountry forward…”. It is a Washington Post and TIME Magazine Must-Read Book of 2021. The paperback version will be out in February 2022. The Sum of Us will be adapted into a Spotify podcast by Higher Ground\, the production company of Barack and Michelle Obama in June 2022\, and into a young adult readers’ version by Random House Children’s in 2023.\n\nHeather is an educator\, serving currently as a Visiting Lecturer in Urban Studies at the City University of New York’s School of Labor and Urban Studies. She has also held visiting positions at Yale University’s Brady-Johnson Grand Strategy Program andthe University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics. She is the recipient of honorary degrees from Muhlenberg College\, Niagara University\, and CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy.\n\nFor nearly two decades\, Heather helped build the non-partisan “think and do” tank Demos\, serving four years as president.Under McGhee’s leadership\, Demos moved their original idea for “debt-free college” into the center of the 2016 presidential debate\, argued before the Supreme Court to protect voting rights in January 2018\, helped win pro-voter reforms in five states over two years\, provided expert testimony to Congressional committees\, including a Supreme Court confirmation hearing in 2017\, and led the research campaigns behind successful wage increases for low-paid workers on federal contracts\, as well as at McDonalds\, Walmart and other chain retailers.\n\nAs an executive\, McGhee transformed Demos on multiple levels. She led a successful strategic planning and rebranding process. She designed a Racial Equity Organizational Transformation which led to an increase in staff racial diversity (from27 percent people of color to 60 percent in four years)\, an original racial equity curriculum for staff professional development and a complete overhaul of the organization’s research\, litigation and campaign strategies using a racial equity lens. McGhee also nearly doubled the organizational budget in four years. A strong coalition-builder and trustedcross-movement leader\, McGhee deepened Demos’ influence through new networks and collaborations inside and outside the Beltway.\n\nAn influential voice in the media and a former NBC contributor\, McGhee regularly appears on NBC’s Meet the Press andMSNBC’s Morning Joe\, Deadline White House and All In. Her 2020 TED talk is entitled “Racism Has a Cost for Everyone”. She has shared her opinions\, writing and research in numerous outlets\, including the Washington Post\, New York Times\, Wall Street Journal\, USA Today\, Politico and National Public Radio. McGhee’s conversation on a C-SPAN program in 2016with a white man who asked for her help to overcome his racial prejudice went viral\, receiving more than 10 million views and sparking wide media coverage that included a New York Times op-ed\, a New Yorker piece and a CNN town hall. Inspring 2018\, Starbucks founder Howard Schultz asked McGhee to advise the company as it designed an anti-bias training for 250\,000 employees in the wake of the unjust arrest of two black men in a Philadelphia store. McGhee wrote a report with recommendations for how Starbucks can apply a racial equity lens to their businesses\, and how other companies both large and small can benefit from doing the same.\n\nMcGhee also played a leadership role in steering the historic Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act\, and was one of the key advocates credited for the adoption of the Volcker Rule.\n\nShe holds a B.A. in American Studies from Yale University and a J.D. from the University of California at Berkeley School of Law\,. McGhee is the chair of the board of Color Of Change\, the nation’s largest online racial justice organization\, and alsoserves on the boards of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund\, the Open Society Foundations’ US Programs and Demos.\n\nFor more information\, please visit www.heathermcghee.com and follow Heather on Twitter: @hmcghee and Instagram and Facebook: @HeatherCMcGhee\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nConnect with UCLA’s Center\nfor Education Innovation &\nLearning in the Sciences\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFor more information about CEILS events and resources\, including a list of STEM education events from previous mailers\, please visit the CEILS website at www.ceils.ucla.edu or stop by our CEILS office in 222 Hershey Hall.  If you wish to be added to the CEILS mailing list for future newsletters and special announcements\, please send your request to media@ceils.ucla.edu or sign up here. URL:https://ceils.ucla.edu/event/the-sum-of-us-what-racism-costs-everyone-and-how-we-can-prosper-together-by-heather-mcghee-book-club-chapters-1-3/ LOCATION:Terasaki Life Sciences 5100 CATEGORIES:CEILS Sponsored,Journal Club,On Campus Event,UCLA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230428 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230430 DTSTAMP:20260418T081825 CREATED:20230320T183137Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230320T183137Z UID:2811-1682640000-1682812799@ceils.ucla.edu SUMMARY:“Reimagined Critical Pedagogy: Resistance and Solidarity in Language Classrooms” conference DESCRIPTION:“Reimagined Critical Pedagogy: Resistance and Solidarity in Language Classrooms” conference \nThe Excellence in Pedagogy and Innovative Classrooms (EPIC) Program\, an initiative from the UCLA Division of Humanities\, is pleased to host the “Reimagined Critical Pedagogy: Resistance and Solidarity in Language Classrooms” conference focused on language pedagogy. Conference sessions will be held both in person and remotely on Friday\, April 28th and remotely on Saturday\, April 29th\, 2023. The keynote speaker will be Professor Henry A. Giroux (McMaster University Chair for Scholarship in the Public Interest in English and Cultural Studies\, Paulo Freire Distinguished Scholar in Critical Pedagogy). \nMore information can be found on the website. The deadline for submissions is Thursday\, March 31\, 2023. For questions\, please contact epic@humnet.ucla.edu. URL:https://ceils.ucla.edu/event/reimagined-critical-pedagogy-resistance-and-solidarity-in-language-classrooms-conference/ CATEGORIES:On Campus Event,Online Event,UCLA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230426T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230426T170000 DTSTAMP:20260418T081825 CREATED:20230320T184355Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230320T184355Z UID:2817-1682510400-1682528400@ceils.ucla.edu SUMMARY:CIRTL@UCLA presents Teaching-As-Research Day DESCRIPTION:CIRTL@UCLA is excited to announce the first ever Teaching as Research Day held on April 26 from 12-5pm PST. TAR Day will include several events including a watch party luncheon for the CIRTL Network TAR Presentations from 12-1:30\, a social\, games\, and conversation hour from 1:30-3\, and a series of lightning talks followed by a poster session and happy hour reception from 3-5. You are welcome to come for some of the time or stay the whole day- whatever works with your schedule! RSVP here! \nIf you would like to present your TAR project\, there are 3 possible ways you could do it (AND you can do all three if you want!) \n\nSign up for the all-network presentations (12-1:30). You can learn more and sign up here.\nPresent a poster at the CEILS Ed Talks Poster Session (4-5).\nPresent a lightning talk before the poster session (3-4). If you are presenting a poster\, you also have the option to present a 5-10 minute talk before the session starts to garner interest in your project and invite folks to visit and engage with more questions. Ideally folks presenting a lightning talk will also present a poster\, but if you are unable to make the poster session and still want to present to an audience at UCLA\, you are welcome to give a lightning talk. Register to present a poster and/or lightning talk here. URL:https://ceils.ucla.edu/event/cirtlucla-presents-teaching-as-research-day/ LOCATION:UCLA CATEGORIES:CIRTL Casts,On Campus Event,UCLA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230420T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230420T203000 DTSTAMP:20260418T081825 CREATED:20230418T220447Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230418T220447Z UID:7682-1682017200-1682022600@ceils.ucla.edu SUMMARY:Eudaimonia Awards 2023 Ceremony presented by the UCLA Semel Healthy Campus Initiative Center & the MindWell Team DESCRIPTION:The Semel Healthy Campus Initiative Center at UCLA & the MindWell team invites you to our annual Eudaimonia Awards 2023 Ceremony! \nApril 20 | 5:00pm – 7:00pm \nFood and refreshments will be served! \nJames West Alumni Center (Collins Conference Room and Patio)\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095). \nRSVP HERE \n  \nDr. Dacher Keltner will receive a special Eudaimonia Award and share a keynote address about Awe – Connecting to the Greater Good.  Dr. Keltner is a professor of psychology at the University of California\, Berkeley\, and the faculty director of UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center. A renowned expert in the science of human emotion\, Dr. Keltner studies compassion and awe\, how we express emotion\, and how emotions guide our moral identities and search for meaning. His research interests also span issues of power\, status\, inequality\, and social class. He is the author of The Power Paradox and the bestselling book Born to Be Good\, and the coeditor of The Compassionate Instinct. His latest book\, Awe\, is a national bestseller. Dr. Keltner’s address will be followed by a Q&A session\, and an award ceremony\, during which we will learn about the work of UCLA Bruins who have reflected the ideals of Eudaimonia by living a life of purpose and meaning with commitment to the greater good. URL:https://ceils.ucla.edu/event/eudaimonia-awards-2023-ceremony-presented-by-the-ucla-semel-healthy-campus-initiative-center-the-mindwell-team/ LOCATION:James West Alumni Center CATEGORIES:On Campus Event,UCLA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230419T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230419T180000 DTSTAMP:20260418T081825 CREATED:20230320T185714Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230411T223910Z UID:2826-1681916400-1681927200@ceils.ucla.edu SUMMARY:"A Justice Partnership for Course Innovation" featuring Siobhan Braybrook and the Life Sciences Liberation Team | Ed Talks & Happy Hour DESCRIPTION:In this project\, we are working to imagine and create a more liberated introductory life science classroom. We chose to take a radical path to inclusive course design by engaging in an authentic and meaningful approach we call a Justice Partnership; our team\, Life Sciences Liberation (‘LS Lib’)\, centers and empowers Black womxn-identifying students. Our process is a pedagogical partnership and is grounded in principles of design justice. Come hear about our process and ongoing work! \nPedagogical partnerships: Instructor-student partnerships that draw on student experiential knowledge to challenge institutional norms & practices\, while also helping them navigate such a system (Cook-Sather et al\, 2020). \nDesign justice: an approach to design that centers marginalized communities and aims explicitly to challenge\, rather than reproduce\, structural inequalities (Costanza-Chock\, 2020). \n\n\n\nFollowing the Ed Talks\, we will be having Happy Hour in the Hershey Hall Front Courtyard at 4pm! URL:https://ceils.ucla.edu/event/ed-talks-ceils-learning-community-meetings-speakers-siobhan-braybrook-the-ls-liberation-team/ LOCATION:UCLA CATEGORIES:CEILS Sponsored,Journal Club,On Campus Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220907T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220907T120000 DTSTAMP:20260418T081825 CREATED:20220614T180100Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220629T200939Z UID:1959-1662543000-1662552000@ceils.ucla.edu SUMMARY:BRUIN LEARN Prep Session for Fall Quarter DESCRIPTION:BRUIN LEARN Prep Session for Fall Quarter\nSeptember 7\, 2022\n9:30am – Noon | Hershey Hall 158\n\nRSVP Today\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin CEILS and UCLA’s Online Teaching and Learning Instructional Designers\, and additional members of the LMS transition team to get specialized support building and designing your course on Bruin Learn — UCLA’s new learning management system (Canvas). During this session we will be offering time and space to work on your course with support staff present and available to pull up a chair and answer questions and offer recommendations. Our goal is to help you walk away with near fully developed Week 0 and Week 1 course modules\, and a much greater comfort level using Bruin Learn.\n\nDate and Time: Wednesday\, September 7th | 9:30am – Noon\nLocation: Hershey Hall 158\n\nAgenda:\n\n9:30 – 10:00 Quick Orientation to Bruin Learn (Presentation)\n10:00 – 12 noon: Work on your course; staff will be available to help you and answer questions at any point.\ni