“Meet a Scientist Day” Community Outreach Event
In partnership with Heart of Los Angeles (HoLA), this community outreach event invites elementary students to UCLA where they can meet with graduate students and researchers, conduct interactive science experiments, and tour some of the university lab spaces.
Date: Saturday May 3rd, 2025
Explore Your Universe at UCLA
Mental Wellness Series with the Behavioral Wellness Center
Friendsgiving
Pal-entine’s Day Social
A community-building event, Pal-entine’s Day is an AMEBA-favorite social event to provide UCLA graduate researchers with a space to connect with and bond with peers. This event includes activites for anyone wishing to celebrate friendship, community, and partnership.
Date: February 13th, 2025
First Friday Coffee Hour
Our monthly coffee hours are held on the first Friday (usually) of each month. This series is designed to provide UCLA graduate researchers with a space to connect, commiserate, and reflect with peers. Select coffee hours are also sponsored by the Behavioral Wellness Center at UCLA and provide mental wellness-oriented activities to provide students and researchers with a toolkit for improving their personal mental wellbeing.
Date: First Friday of Each Month | Next Coffee Hour on March 7, 2025
7th Annual Demystifying the Oral Qualifying Exam
An annual event held by AMEBA, this event is designed for first and second-year doctoral students to improve transparency regarding the Oral Qualifying Exam. Students can meet with faculty and graduate students who have advanced to candidacy to understand the expectations, preparation needed for, and outcomes of the Oral Qualifying Exam.
Agenda
4:00pm – Introductions
4:10pm – Group Discussion with Faculty Representatives
4:30pm – Food Break
5:00pm – Group Discussion with PhD Candidates
6:00pm – Happy Hour Social
Date: April 10th, 2025
Dia del Idioma Español Coffee Hour
VOCES in EEB and AMEBA are holding a coffee hour to celebrate el Dia del Idioma Español! Whether you’re a fluent speaker or a conversational spanshlish speaker, all are welcome to join!
Date: Monday, April 21st, 2025
