Exploring Your Universe 2013

UPDATE! The date of EYU has been changed to SUNDAY, November 17th! We hope you can still make it!

Get ready for the most exciting day of science all year, the fourth annual Exploring Your Universe! EYU 2013 will take place on Sunday, November 17th, 2013 from 12 - 5 pm (with possible nighttime activities to follow) at UCLA's campus (see Visitor Info link above for general directions and scroll down on this page for a detailed campus map specific to this event). This event is FREE of charge to the public and FAMILY-FRIENDLY!

This year we have even more activities and groups than ever, including outside groups like the STAR Eco Station. We will feature many activities and demonstrations open to the general public (including students), and we have added even more than last year! Activities for all ages include workshops, faculty and graduate student talks, planetarium shows, solar telescope viewing, comet making, weather tours, dinosaur fossils, physics demos and much more!

This event includes participation from Astronomy Live!, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, the Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology, ESSN, SMACS, Alpha Chi Sigma, BEAM, IEEE, and OSA/SPIE. It is sponsored by the Department of Physics and Astronomy, UCLA Center for Student Programming, and each of the departments listed above. This event was developed by graduate students, faculty, and staff in each of the these departments.

Exploring Your Universe will still be held even if there is rain. All outdoor activities will be moved into the Math Sciences Building, the Geology Building, and the Physics and Astronomy Building. The Info Booth will be at the Math Sciences Building. So rain or shine plan on coming, but maybe bring an umbrella just in case!

Event Schedule

The primary event will take place in the Court of Sciences with activities and demos at the Physics and Astronomy Building, Mathematical Sciences Building, Geology Building, and near Kinsey Pavilion. You are welcome to come for any or all of the festivities! Feel free to pick workshops and activities you are interested in attending.

DAYTIME ACTIVITIES
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We would like to thank the Groups and Departments involved in Exploring Your Universe 2011: Astronomy Live!, Physics and Astronomy Department, Earth and Space Sciences, Atmospheric Sciences, UC CEIN, CNSI High School NanoScience Program, ESSN, SMACS, Alpha Chi Sigma, OSA/SPIE, and BEAM.

Information for Visitors

Purchasing Food:

In the Ackerman Student Union, which is very close to the Court of Sciences, there is food for purchase.

Carl's Jr. -- A Level -- 8:30am - 6pm
Jamba Juice -- A Level -- 11am - 6pm
Kerckhoff Coffee House -- 2nd Floor -- 8am - 6pm
Sbarro -- 1st Floor --10:30am - 6pm
Panda Express -- 1st Floor -- 10:30am - 6pm
Rubio's -- 1st Floor -- 10:30am - 5pm
Rx Candy Store -- 1st Floor -- 11am - 5pm
Wetzel's Pretzels -- 1st Floor -- 11am - 5pm

Driving and Parking Information:

There are several places to park on campus. If you are driving up Hilgard Avenue, turn left at Manning Drive and then right into Lot 2 at the Pay-By-Space parking. In Pay-By-Space parking it is $11 for all day. If you are driving up Westwood Blvd. there is a parking kiosk where you can buy an all day pass for parking in Lot 8 or you can continue past the kiosk and park in the Pay-By-Space in Lot 6.

Bus Information:

Metro: http://www.metro.net/
       Recommended Routes: # 761, 2/302, 305

Big Blue Bus (Santa Monica): http://www.bigbluebus.com/
       Recommended Routes: # 1, 2, 3, 8, 12

Culver City Bus: http://www.culvercity.org/bus/
       Recommended Routes: # 6

Parking for Non-City Buses:

There is free bus parking available near the Fowler Museum. To reach this designated bus zone, enter campus from Sunset Blvd. at Westwood Plaza. Take the first right onto Charles Young Drive and park along the right side of the street, across from the athletic fields.