On November 29, 2023, the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Creative Activities (ORCA) and the Institute of American Cultures (IAC) held a reception at Royce Hall to honor UCLA Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellows (external link) and the UCLA recipients of the Racial and Social Justice (RSJ) (external link) and Latinx Studies Seed (LSS) (external link) Grants.
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On November 7, 2023, Vice Chancellor for Research & Creative Activities (ORCA) Roger M. Wakimoto and Faculty Chair of the Safety Oversight Committee Craig A. Merlic, informed Principal Investigators (PI) their obligation to ensure they do not leave hazardous materials or abandon their animals in the vivarium following their lab shutdown.
The Livescu Initiative on Neuro, Narrative and AI (link is external) at UCLA presents:
"Can Humans Think? Philosophy, Neuroscience, Artificial Intelligence, Humanities" with Special Guests, Matthew Jones and Chris Wiggins, Authors of “How Data Happened” (W.W. Norton, 2023).
In the upcoming year, UCLA Technology Development Group will be hosting the 12th Annual UCLA MedTech Partnering Conference and the Los Angeles Bioscience Ecosystem Summit Twenty24 (LABEST).
On October 24, 2023, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs & Personnel Michael S. Levine, made a call for nominations for the 2023-2024 Dickson Emeritus Professorship Award and the Carole E. Goldberg Emeriti Service Award. Per year, departments are limited to one nomination for each award.
The California Office of Planning and Research is seeking Coordinating Lead Authors to develop Regional Synthesis Reports for nine regions of California as part of California’s Fifth Climate Change Assessment. The deadline to apply is November 17, 2023.
On October 9, 2023, Norman and Armena Powell University Librarian Virginia Steel announced UCLA Library’s Fall Digital Technologies Workshops.
The UC Systemwide NAGPRA Committee is seeking nominees for two vacancies – one UC representative (must be affiliated with a Native American studies program) and one Tribal representative (must be from a federally recognized Tribe).
Vice Chancellor for Academic Personnel Michael S. Levine and Vice Chancellor for Research & Creative Activities Roger Wakimoto sent reminders to all eligible faculty members to use the UC Outside Activity Tracking System (OATS) to request prior approval and report outside professional activities performed.
On July 31, 2023, Interim Chief Information Security Officer Drake Chang advised faculty and staff to take precaution when sharing UCLA data with ChatGPT and other generative AI tools.
