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February 2021

What the Robot Saw
Jan 15, 2021Mar 12, 2021 from 10:00am–5:00pm

What the Robot Saw

Does the Internet suck? Or do just the parts we get to see suck? "What the Robot Saw" is an endless documentary by a social media robot. It’s a Sunday drive through the awkward intersections of performance, surveillance, voyeurism, and robots.

February 2021

People-OnTheGo Webinar - The Remarkable Remote Team
Jan 16, 2021Feb 16, 2021 from 9:30am–12:00pm

People-OnTheGo Webinar - The Remarkable Remote Team

Via Zoom—register on the UC Learning Center; keyword remoteteam

February 2021

Cross-Cultural Center 2021-2022 Intern Hiring DEADLINE EXTENDED
Jan 20, 2021Feb 2, 2021 (All Day)

Cross-Cultural Center 2021-2022 Intern Hiring DEADLINE EXTENDED

Apply to be an Intern at the Cross-Cultural Center for the 2021-2022 year! DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED Week 5, February 2nd, 2021 at 11:59pm PST via email to cccenter@ucsd.edu. For Application and job descriptions visit: ccc.ucsd.edu.

February 2021

People-OnTheGo Webinar - Microsoft Excel PivotTables
Feb 2, 2021Feb 2, 2021 from 10:00am–12:00pm

People-OnTheGo Webinar - Microsoft Excel PivotTables

Via Zoom—register on the UC Learning Center; keyword pivottblwebinar

February 2021

10 Years After Fukushima: How to Implement the Global Energy Policy Renewal
Feb 2, 2021Feb 2, 2021 from 4:30pm–5:30pm

10 Years After Fukushima: How to Implement the Global Energy Policy Renewal

This Japan Zoominar @ UC San Diego is organized by the Japan Forum for Innovation and Technology (JFIT) at the UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy. For more information and recordings of previous Zoominars, please visit jfit.ucsd.edu

February 2021

Pandemics, Protests, and Politics: Privacy in 2021
Feb 3, 2021Feb 3, 2021 from 1:00pm–2:00pm

Pandemics, Protests, and Politics: Privacy in 2021

Campus Privacy Officer, Pegah K. Parsi, talks about privacy issues from the global pandemic to protests to political campaigning & voting.

February 2021

IPE Webinar: Donor 9623 and the Strange Business of Making Babies
Feb 3, 2021Feb 3, 2021 from 4:00pm–5:30pm

IPE Webinar: Donor 9623 and the Strange Business of Making Babies

Law professor and bioethicist Dov Fox examines the case of “Donor 9623,” about the biggest reproductive hoax of our time. He tackles the hardest questions raised by his Audible Original, named the #1 podcast of 2020.

February 2021

Exploring Ethics: The Antibiotic Resistance Crisis
Feb 3, 2021Feb 3, 2021 from 5:30pm–7:00pm

Exploring Ethics: The Antibiotic Resistance Crisis

The steady and alarming rise in antibiotic resistance poses one of the greatest challenges to public health and modern medicine, and has been further aggravated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

February 2021

Dom Flemons | The American Songster
Feb 3, 2021Feb 3, 2021 from 7:00pm–9:00pm

Dom Flemons | The American Songster

GRAMMY award winner, two-time Emmy nominee, and cofounder of GRAMMY award-winning Carolina Chocolate Drops—Dom Flemons has been branded “The American Songster” since his repertoire of music covers over 100 years of early American popular music.

February 2021

Fireside Chat with Michael Greenwald
Feb 4, 2021Feb 4, 2021 from 12:00pm–1:00pm

Fireside Chat with Michael Greenwald

On behalf of the GPS student-led Strategic Studies Group, the Center for Commerce and Diplomacy will be hosting a fireside chat with Atlantic Council Director and former Treasury Attaché to Qatar, Michael Greenwald.

February 2021

Develop Communication Skills at Toastmasters (Via Zoom)
Jan 4, 2021Jul 1, 2021 from 2:00pm–3:00pm

Develop Communication Skills at Toastmasters (Via Zoom)

Do you freeze when called upon in meetings? Do you dread giving presentations? You are not alone! We invite you to join Triton Toastmasters to gain confidence as a speaker and leader. View more dates and times »

February 2021

ThurGood Reads: Are Prisons Obsolete?
Jan 7, 2021Feb 18, 2021 from 3:00pm–4:00pm

ThurGood Reads: Are Prisons Obsolete?

Join the Cross Cultural Center and Thurgood Marshall College for bi-weekly reading and discussions lead by staff for the entire UC San Diego community- staff, students, alumni and faculty. View more dates and times »

February 2021

John Lewis Memorial Tribute with a reading by Wallace G. Bullock
Feb 4, 2021Feb 4, 2021 from 3:30pm–5:00pm

John Lewis Memorial Tribute with a reading by Wallace G. Bullock

John Lewis Memorial Tribute with a reading by Wallace G. Bullock, followed by clips from the film “John Lewis: Good Trouble.”

February 2021

21CCC Webinar: China's Quest to Protect Its Interests Overseas
Feb 4, 2021Feb 4, 2021 from 5:00pm–6:00pm

21CCC Webinar: China's Quest to Protect Its Interests Overseas

Andrea Ghiselli of Fudan University offers insights into the dynamics to China’s foreign policy making and how we understand China's rise.

February 2021

Triton Leaders Conference: Advancing Equity
Feb 5, 2021Feb 6, 2021 from 10:00am–1:15pm

Triton Leaders Conference: Advancing Equity

The work to advance the themes of equity, diversity and inclusion is a collaborative one. Join us February 5–6, for an inspiring weekend of advocacy and empowerment. Learn from dynamic keynote speakers and participate in lively breakout discussions.

February 2021

iCafe—Your Passport to Culture!
Jan 15, 2021Mar 12, 2021 from 12:00pm–1:00pm

iCafe—Your Passport to Culture!

iCafé—Your Passport to Culture is a Friday, lunch-hour, virtual event to relax and explore cultures from around the world, play Travel Trivia (and win a prize!), enjoy the delicious Cook Club and preview sports from other countries or regions. View more dates and times »

February 2021

Perspectives Lecture: The Art and Science of Atmospheric Rivers and the Changing Hydroclimate
Feb 8, 2021Feb 8, 2021 from 6:00pm–7:00pm

Perspectives Lecture: The Art and Science of Atmospheric Rivers and the Changing Hydroclimate

In the first of three virtual lectures dedicated to Scripps Oceanography’s multifaceted work on our changing planet, Scripps Meteorologist Alexander Gershunov will present "The Art and Science of Atmospheric Rivers and the Changing Hydroclimate."

February 2021

JFIT Zoominar Can Entrepreneurship be Taught? Initiatives to Foster Innovation in the U.S. and Japan
Feb 9, 2021Feb 9, 2021 from 4:30pm–5:30pm

JFIT Zoominar Can Entrepreneurship be Taught? Initiatives to Foster Innovation in the U.S. and Japan

This Japan Zoominar @ UC San Diego series brings together new insights, knowledge and opinions on current events in Japan.

February 2021

People-OnTheGo Webinar - Microsoft PowerPoint Techniques
Feb 10, 2021Feb 10, 2021 from 9:30am–11:00am

People-OnTheGo Webinar - Microsoft PowerPoint Techniques

Via Zoom—register on the UC Learning Center; keyword ppttechnwebinar

February 2021

21CCC Webinar: Toward a U.S.-China Trade Policy That Maximizes American Employment
Feb 11, 2021Feb 11, 2021 from 1:00pm–2:00pm

21CCC Webinar: Toward a U.S.-China Trade Policy That Maximizes American Employment

Craig Allen, president of the US-China Business Council, examines the difficult trade-offs that the Biden Administration faces to ensure balanced and effective China policy.

February 2021

Develop Communication Skills at Toastmasters (Via Zoom)
Jan 4, 2021Jul 1, 2021 from 2:00pm–3:00pm

Develop Communication Skills at Toastmasters (Via Zoom)

Do you freeze when called upon in meetings? Do you dread giving presentations? You are not alone! We invite you to join Triton Toastmasters to gain confidence as a speaker and leader. View more dates and times »

February 2021

Chadwick Boseman Memorial Symposium
Feb 11, 2021Feb 11, 2021 from 3:30pm–5:00pm

Chadwick Boseman Memorial Symposium

Chadwick Boseman Memorial Symposium Moderated by Dr. J.R. Osborn, Georgetown University, with the AAASRC Board, featuring films: Black Panther, Get on Up, and Thurgood Marshall

February 2021

iCafe—Your Passport to Culture!
Jan 15, 2021Mar 12, 2021 from 12:00pm–1:00pm

iCafe—Your Passport to Culture!

iCafé—Your Passport to Culture is a Friday, lunch-hour, virtual event to relax and explore cultures from around the world, play Travel Trivia (and win a prize!), enjoy the delicious Cook Club and preview sports from other countries or regions. View more dates and times »

February 2021

Nicole Fleetwood “Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration”
Feb 12, 2021Feb 12, 2021 from 12:00pm–1:30pm

Nicole Fleetwood “Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration”

Fleetwood is a writer, curator, and professor of American Studies and Art History at Rutgers University. She is the author of Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration (2020) and the curator of the exhibition of the same name at MoMA PS1.

February 2021

Cabinet Conversation: Margaret Leinen, Vice Chancellor for Marine Sciences
Feb 16, 2021Feb 16, 2021 from 10:00am–11:00am

Cabinet Conversation: Margaret Leinen, Vice Chancellor for Marine Sciences

Get to know Margaret Leinen, Vice Chancellor for Marine Sciences and Director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography, at the next Cabinet Conversation, hosted by the UC San Diego Staff Association and Campus Human Resources.

February 2021

Food Security Q&A for International and Out of State Students
Feb 16, 2021Feb 16, 2021 from 4:00pm–5:00pm

Food Security Q&A for International and Out of State Students

Are you an international or out of state student? Come learn about the food assistance resources available to you on and off campus. Attendees will be entered into an opportunity drawing for 5 gift cards! Register at bit.ly/ispoxcalfresh!

February 2021

JFIT Zoominar: Japan’s Policies for the Common Man
Feb 16, 2021Feb 16, 2021 from 4:30pm–5:30pm

JFIT Zoominar: Japan’s Policies for the Common Man

This Japan Zoominar @ UC San Diego is organized by the Japan Forum for Innovation and Technology (JFIT) at the UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy.

February 2021

Project Management for Non-Project Managers
Feb 17, 2021Feb 17, 2021 from 11:00am–12:15pm

Project Management for Non-Project Managers

Via Zoom—register on the UC Learning Center; keyword pmnpm Fee: $25 (registration/cancelation deadline 2/15 11am)

February 2021

Return to Learn: Staff Town Hall
Feb 17, 2021Feb 17, 2021 from 1:30pm–2:30pm

Return to Learn: Staff Town Hall

Please join us for the next Return to Learn Staff Town Hall on Wednesday, February 17 at 1:30 p.m. for updates on the Return to Learn program and campus operations during the COVID-19 pandemic.

February 2021

Sexual Barter in Times of Genocide: Reflections on Sexual Violence, Agency, and Sex Work
Feb 17, 2021Feb 17, 2021 from 5:00pm–6:00pm

Sexual Barter in Times of Genocide: Reflections on Sexual Violence, Agency, and Sex Work

Join us for this virtual Holocaust Living History Workshop event featuring Anna Hájková as she examines sex work, sexual violence, and coercion of Jewish women and men in concentration camps, ghettos, and in hiding.

February 2021

StartR Demo Day
Feb 17, 2021Feb 17, 2021 from 5:30pm–7:30pm

StartR Demo Day

ONLINE EVENT! Join us for the pivotal moment when the Rady School of Management's StartR teams present their pitches and startup ideas!

February 2021

Return to Learn: Faculty Town Hall
Feb 18, 2021Feb 18, 2021 from 10:00am–11:00am

Return to Learn: Faculty Town Hall

Please join us for the next Return to Learn Faculty Town Hall. A panel of experts will provide updates on the COVID-19 pandemic, the state of vaccine roll-out, strategies for a safe spring break, and planning for future quarters.

February 2021

Develop Communication Skills at Toastmasters (Via Zoom)
Jan 4, 2021Jul 1, 2021 from 2:00pm–3:00pm

Develop Communication Skills at Toastmasters (Via Zoom)

Do you freeze when called upon in meetings? Do you dread giving presentations? You are not alone! We invite you to join Triton Toastmasters to gain confidence as a speaker and leader. View more dates and times »

February 2021

ThurGood Reads: Are Prisons Obsolete?
Jan 7, 2021Feb 18, 2021 from 3:00pm–4:00pm

ThurGood Reads: Are Prisons Obsolete?

Join the Cross Cultural Center and Thurgood Marshall College for bi-weekly reading and discussions lead by staff for the entire UC San Diego community- staff, students, alumni and faculty. View more dates and times »

February 2021

Afro-Caribbean Dance & Drumming Workshop
Feb 18, 2021Feb 18, 2021 from 3:30pm–5:00pm

Afro-Caribbean Dance & Drumming Workshop

The Afro-Caribbean Dance & Drumming Workshop with Master Percussionist Gene Perry and Musician Fred Thompson, Jr. is an annual event where attendees learn about African and Afro-Cuban dance and drumming. It is a participatory event.

February 2021

iCafe—Your Passport to Culture!
Jan 15, 2021Mar 12, 2021 from 12:00pm–1:00pm

iCafe—Your Passport to Culture!

iCafé—Your Passport to Culture is a Friday, lunch-hour, virtual event to relax and explore cultures from around the world, play Travel Trivia (and win a prize!), enjoy the delicious Cook Club and preview sports from other countries or regions. View more dates and times »

February 2021

Feb 19, 2021Feb 19, 2021 from 4:00pm–6:00pm

Can Bayesianism Accommodate Higher Order Defeat?

Invited speaker Professor Miriam Schoenfield on "Can Bayesianism Accommodate Higher Order Defeat?”

February 2021

Connecting Communities to Improve Educational Equity
Feb 22, 2021Feb 22, 2021 from 10:00am–11:30am

Connecting Communities to Improve Educational Equity

Join the Library for our event celebrating Black History Month: Connecting Communities to Improve Educational Equity.

February 2021

Global Leaders Forum: Mobilizing Climate Financing for a Sustainable Future
Feb 22, 2021Feb 22, 2021 from 4:00pm–5:00pm

Global Leaders Forum: Mobilizing Climate Financing for a Sustainable Future

Please join us for an address by The Most Honourable Andrew Michael Holness, Prime Minister of Jamaica, on "Mobilizing Climate Financing for a Sustainable Future." CCD Director Renee Bowen will moderate the discussion.

February 2021

The Fear Factor: Examining Mistrust and Vaccines
Feb 22, 2021Feb 22, 2021 from 5:00pm–6:00pm

The Fear Factor: Examining Mistrust and Vaccines

The first of five virtual Evenings of Nonconventional Wisdom will feature a discussion of mistrust and negative public perceptions of vaccines, their historical drivers, and more.

February 2021

Global Leaders Forum: The Future of Manufacturing and Global Supply Chains
Feb 23, 2021Feb 23, 2021 from 8:00am–9:00am

Global Leaders Forum: The Future of Manufacturing and Global Supply Chains

The Center for Commerce and Diplomacy's Global Leaders Forum brings world leaders to UC San Diego to share insights on current trends in global business, policy and politics.

February 2021

Privacy 101 Workshop
Feb 23, 2021Feb 23, 2021 from 9:00am–12:00pm

Privacy 101 Workshop

Sessions will discuss privacy issues here on campus and how individuals can best protect themselves and the personal data they handle. Trainings will also discuss recently-enacted privacy laws and how UC San Diego handles personal data.

February 2021

People-OnTheGo Webinar - Microsoft Excel Techniques
Feb 23, 2021Feb 23, 2021 from 11:30am–1:00pm

People-OnTheGo Webinar - Microsoft Excel Techniques

Via Zoom—register on the UC Learning Center; keyword exceltechnqwebinar Fee: $25 (registration/cancelation deadline 2/19 11:30am)

February 2021

In memoriam: Ezra Vogel's
Feb 23, 2021Feb 23, 2021 from 4:30pm–5:30pm

In memoriam: Ezra Vogel's "Japan as No. 1" and its Impact on U.S.-Japan Business and Research

This Japan Zoominar @ UC San Diego is organized by the Japan Forum for Innovation and Technology (JFIT) at the UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy. For more information and recordings of previous Zoominars, please visit jfit.ucsd.edu.

February 2021

Project Management for Non-Project Managers
Feb 24, 2021Feb 24, 2021 from 11:00am–12:15pm

Project Management for Non-Project Managers

Via Zoom—register on the UC Learning Center; keyword pmnpm Fee: $25 (registration/cancelation deadline 2/15 11am)

February 2021

Clarion Winter Writers Series: Writing the Magic and the Real
Feb 24, 2021Feb 24, 2021 from 5:00pm–6:15pm

Clarion Winter Writers Series: Writing the Magic and the Real

Join the Clarion Workshop and the Clarke Center for a conversation between Andrea Hairston, Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi and Sanjena Sathian about how they approach blending elements of realism and the fantastic in their fiction.

February 2021

A Conversation with Kevin Young
Feb 24, 2021Feb 24, 2021 from 5:30pm–6:30pm

A Conversation with Kevin Young

Join us for an engaging virtual event with poet, author and director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, Kevin Young.

February 2021

Conversations for an Engaged San Diego: The Future of High-Skill Migration and Technology in the US
Feb 24, 2021Feb 24, 2021 from 6:00pm–7:30pm

Conversations for an Engaged San Diego: The Future of High-Skill Migration and Technology in the US

As part of the ongoing Conversations for an Engaged San Diego series, the Pacific Leadership Fellows Program welcomes Ambassador Nirupama Rao and Professor William Kerr to discuss high-skill migration and technology in the U.S.

February 2021

Rady Executive Breakfast Series -  Biotech and Innovation
Feb 25, 2021Feb 25, 2021 from 8:00am–9:00am

Rady Executive Breakfast Series - Biotech and Innovation

Please join us for our next Rady Executive Breakfast Series, featuring three Rady Alumni leading in life sciences marketplace: The Future of Investing in Biotech and Innovation after COVID-19.

February 2021

A Deep Look into COVID and a New World of Innovation
Feb 25, 2021Feb 25, 2021 from 12:00pm–1:30pm

A Deep Look into COVID and a New World of Innovation

Join us to discuss insights & innovations in UC San Diego’s Return to Learn program with Chancellor Khosla, scientists leading groundbreaking innovations related to detecting & analyzing SARS-CoV-2, and the industry & government response to COVID-19.

February 2021

21CCC Webinar: Weaponization of Intellectual Property Against China
Feb 25, 2021Feb 25, 2021 from 1:00pm–2:00pm

21CCC Webinar: Weaponization of Intellectual Property Against China

Mark Cohen discusses the weaponization of IP with China under Trump, and how it poses risks and opportunities to the Biden administration.

February 2021

Develop Communication Skills at Toastmasters (Via Zoom)
Jan 4, 2021Jul 1, 2021 from 2:00pm–3:00pm

Develop Communication Skills at Toastmasters (Via Zoom)

Do you freeze when called upon in meetings? Do you dread giving presentations? You are not alone! We invite you to join Triton Toastmasters to gain confidence as a speaker and leader. View more dates and times »

February 2021

Blockchain Demystified: An Introduction to the Cryptocurrency Revolution
Feb 25, 2021Feb 25, 2021 from 6:00pm–8:00pm

Blockchain Demystified: An Introduction to the Cryptocurrency Revolution

A live online workshop on Blockchain Demystified: An Introduction to the Cryptocurrency Revolution.

February 2021

iCafe—Your Passport to Culture!
Jan 15, 2021Mar 12, 2021 from 12:00pm–1:00pm

iCafe—Your Passport to Culture!

iCafé—Your Passport to Culture is a Friday, lunch-hour, virtual event to relax and explore cultures from around the world, play Travel Trivia (and win a prize!), enjoy the delicious Cook Club and preview sports from other countries or regions. View more dates and times »

February 2021

Visual Arts PhD Colloquium
Feb 26, 2021Feb 27, 2021 from 1:30pm–12:30pm

Visual Arts PhD Colloquium

The Colloquium is meant to overcome the privatization of intellectual work, in a forum where the excitement and energy of individual projects can become known inside the local community.

February 2021

UC San Diego's 19th Annual Black History Month Celebration & Scholarship Awards Ceremony
Feb 26, 2021Feb 26, 2021 from 4:00pm–6:00pm

UC San Diego's 19th Annual Black History Month Celebration & Scholarship Awards Ceremony

This free, virtual celebration will feature inspiring keynote talks, a live DJ performance, recognition of Black student scholars at UC San Diego and more.

February 2021

The Neuroscience of Mindfulness-Based Meditation: Mindfulness-Based Improvements of Stress & Health
Feb 27, 2021Feb 27, 2021 from 9:00am–4:00pm

The Neuroscience of Mindfulness-Based Meditation: Mindfulness-Based Improvements of Stress & Health

This innovative all-day workshop will provide an easily digestible description of the latest and most rigorous contemplative science on the health-promoting effects of mindfulness.

February 2021

Walk with a Doc
May 25, 2019Dec 16, 2049 from 10:00am–11:00am

Walk with a Doc

Walk with a Doc is a walking program for everyone interested in taking steps for a healthier lifestyle. What better way to start your weekend than on your feet making strides to help your heart and improving your general health to live longer! View more dates and times »

February 2021

Graduate Open Studios
Feb 27, 2021Feb 27, 2021 from 2:00pm–6:00pm

Graduate Open Studios

This year's Open Studios will be entirely online, with virtual studios put together by the participating artists, along with a series of panel discussions, a screening program, and an online exhibition.