Weekly Dinners
When: Mondays 6:00-7:00 PM
Where: Mathematical Sciences 5233
Join us to discuss a new article each week, eat good food, and make new friends! Additionally, on select weeks we will have special events such as conference application sessions and guest speaker events. Join the newsletter to see what we're up to each week!
Moral Circle Journal Club
When: Thursdays 4:00-5:00 PM Where: Pritzker Hall 7525
Join other EA members, along with members of the Rational Altruism Lab at UCLA, to discuss the psychology of moral circle expansion and moral learning! Indicate your interest here. Open to all members.
Arete Fellowship
When: Spring Quarter
Where: Mathematical Sciences 5233
If you're interested in learning more about Effective Altruism, especially the philosophy, join the Arete Fellowship!
It's a 7 week program with a 2 hr/week time committment:
- 1 hour reading
- 1 hour discussion
View our curriculum here!
Applications will open in the spring, but feel free to reach out to us in the Discord to indicate interest!
Longtermism Fellowship
When: Spring Quarter
Where: Kerckhoff Coffee Shop
If you have already completed the Arete fellowship or equivalent and would like to dive deeper into how your actions may affect the far future (and implications thereof), we encourage you to apply to our Longtermism Fellowship!
It's a 6 week program with a 2 hr/week time committment:
- 1 hour reading
- 1 hour discussion
View our curriculum here!
Fill out our interest form
Membership
Membership requirements:
- Complete one long-term engagement with the club each quarter. You can satisfy this requirement by:
- Coming to 6 weekly meetings OR
- Completing a fellowship OR
- Completing a project / journal club / other advanced option
- Have a 1-1 with a board member! This helps us understand what you want to get out of the club and how we can make it happen.
Membership perks:
- Invitations to retreats and cross-university socials.
- Access to 1-1 help with applications for EA conferences, career advising, and internships.
- Eligibility to join the board.
- Merch :)
Fill out our membership form to confirm your membership!
Newsletter
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Signup form: https://mailchi.mp/a035f07ff2df/ea-ucla-newsletter-signup-form
Discord
Chat with us on Discord!
Invite: https://discord.gg/BqRrBmBtPq
Calendar
Picnic and Frisbee
Date: Saturday, March 16 (Week 10)
Time: 11 AM – 1 PM
Place: Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden
Join us to relax and play frisbee before finals. Complementary catering from Falafel Inc. will be provided.
Weekly Breakfast
Join us to hang out, drink coffee, and have breakfast at the Kerckhoff Coffeehouse
Board Game Night
Date: Saturday, March 9 (Week 9)
Time: 7 – 10 PM
Place: By RSVP
Join us for dinner and to play board games.
Weekly Breakfast
Join us to hang out, drink coffee, and have breakfast at the Kerckhoff Coffeehouse
Weekly Breakfast
Join us to hang out, drink coffee, and have breakfast at the Kerckhoff Coffeehouse
80K Advising Application Session
Date: Wednesday, February 28 (Week 8)
Time: 6:30 – 8 PM
Place: John Wooden Center, Main Conference Room
Join us to learn about 80K’s career coaching serviced and a detailed walkthrough and coworking session for the application.
Weekly Breakfast
Join us to hang out, drink coffee, and have breakfast at the Kerckhoff Coffeehouse
GPI Paper Discussion
Date: Thursday, February 22 (Week 7)
Time: 9:30 – 10:30 AM
Place: Kerckhoff Coffeehouse
Join us to discuss David Thorstad’s paper ”Three Mistakes in the Moral Mathematics of Existnetial Risk” criticizing longtermist arguments for existential risk mitigation.
Fermi Estimation Competition
Date: Monday, February 12 (Week 6)
Time: 6:30 – 8 PM
Place: Student Activities Center, Conference Room 1
Join us to learn more about the art and science of making back-of-the-envelope estimates, as well as a competition to test your estimation skills and compete for some effective altruism books.
Weekly Breakfast
Join us to hang out, drink coffee, and have breakfast at the Kerckhoff Coffeehouse
Picnic and Frisbee
Date: Saturday, February 10 (Week 5)
Time: 11 AM – 1 PM
Place: Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden
Join us to hang out and talk about effective altruism with complementary catering from Falafel Inc. and frisbee.
Weekly Breakfast
Join us to hang out, drink coffee, and have breakfast at the Kerckhoff Coffeehouse
Weekly Breakfast
Join us to hang out, drink coffee, and have breakfast at the Kerckhoff Coffeehouse
Tofu Tuesday
George studied the craft of tofu making under Luo Zhongda, a fifth-generation tofu master from Guizhou, China. The experience was eye-opening. Having grown up with conventional American tofu, he hadn’t realized there were 27+ other varieties! His current work involves promoting Chinese tofus that taste like cheese, fish cakes, bread, and more to Westerners. Learn more about George’s research and writing at www.brokencuisine.com.
Join us for a talk and tofu tasting event by George Stiffman! Please RSVP here for the location of the event (you will not receive the location immediately after RSVPing).
Weekly Breakfast
Join us to hang out, drink coffee, and have breakfast at the Kerckhoff Coffeehouse
General Meeting
Join us for a brief meeting introducing effective altruism, accomplishments of the effective altruism movement, and outlining the goals and planned events of Effective Altruism at UCLA. Please RSVP for the General Meeting here.
EA at UCLA Intro Talk
Join us to learn more about Effective Altruism and how to get involved this quarter. Register here!
Winter Quarter Gatheround
Gatheround is a great platform to get to know your fellow EA at UCLA members! Event attendees will be paired into 5-min breakout rooms with a list of carefully selected questions to get the conversation going. We’ll end with a gratitude game that’s sure to leave you feeling warm and fuzzy. We hope to see you there!
Board Game Night
Join us for a fun evening of board games! Add the event to your calendar here.
Choosing an Impactful Career: An Intro to Effective Altruism
Join us for an introductory talk on Effective Altruism and an info session about ways you can get involved in our club. The intro talk will be by Kuhan from Stanford Effective Altruism as they talk about the impact we can each have with our career, After Kuhan’s talk, we’ll discuss our plans for Fall Quarter and ways you can get involved!
Link: eaucla.org/zoom
Enormous Activities Fair
Come visit us at UCLA’s Enormous Activities Fair at Royce Plaza, the Sunken Gardens, and Wilson Plaza!