Creative Interventions (CI) is a community colloquium in contemporary creativity and creative practices that addresses the interconnected work of artists, designers, activists, and knowledge workers—and the intrinsic and transformative capacity of that work to cultivate a just society. The CI Speaker Series raises questions of import to contemporary creative workers in media and technology: – How […]
Creative Interventions (CI) is a community colloquium in contemporary creativity and creative practices that addresses the interconnected work of artists, designers, activists, and knowledge workers—and the intrinsic and transformative capacity of […]
Presenter: Chen-Hsiang Yeang, Associate Research Fellow, Institute of Statistical Science of Academia Sinica Description: Computational models are roughly categorized into two types: describing the patterns of the phenomenon or data (description-driven models) and explaining the phenomenon or data with simpler, comprehensible rules (explanation-driven models). When building a model, the choice of the mixture ingredients of […]
Are you ready to showcase your communication and persuasion skills? We’re excited to invite you to our Elevator Pitch Competition! Snacks provided!
Deliver a 60-second pitch that wows the judges to compete for amazing prizes!
Prizes: $100 Amazon Gift Card and company swag!
Join the Sociology Department together with the Center for Critical Urban & Environmental Studies (CUES), The Black Geographies Lab, and Critical Race and Ethnic Studies in the Rachel Carson College Red Room, to welcome speakers Tianna Bruno and Justin Hosbey (UC Berkeley) for a conversation on Black Ecologies.
Economics Behavioral, Econometrics and Theory Seminar: Kevin Chen
Campus Community & Student Success Thursday, October 23, 2:05 p.m.– 2:50 p.m. Location: Zoom Learn how to get involved with the campus community and how it supports student success. Successful Slug Workshop Series Join Learning Support Services (LSS) for Successful Slug Workshops on Mondays at 11:40 a.m. and Wednesdays at 2:05 p.m. These 45-minute workshops […]
Speaker: Yiannis Kantaros, Assistant Professor, Electrical and Systems Engineering at WashU in St. Louis. Title: Robots that Know What They Do Not Know: Assured AI-enabled Autonomy in Unknown Environments. Time: Thursday, Oct 23rd, 2025, 2:00-3:00 pm. Location: E2-553 or Zoom. Abstract: Designing robots that navigate unfamiliar environments to execute natural language (NL) commands is a cornerstone of advanced embodied intelligence. […]
Join us for an afternoon of creating and editing pages for BIPOC scientists, engineers, and technologists! Wikipedia overwhelmingly recognizes the achievements of white people. This wiki-a-thon works to reverse this trend, highlighting the often overlooked accomplishments of BIPOC leaders in science and technology, and ensuring that the next generation can see role models who look […]
Cowell and Stevenson Colleges, in collaboration with UCSC Dining, present the first College Night of the year! Join us Thursday, October 23, from 5–8 p.m. at the Cowell/Stevenson Dining Hall for a night of activities, fun, community, and a special themed menu. Standard dining hall entry pricing applies, and all students, faculty, and staff are […]
Join us this October 23rd for an enlightening conversation with Tara Hernandez, VP of Developer Productivity at MongoDB! In this casual conversation, Tara will share lessons learned from their illustrious career in software engineering infrastructure. With stints at companies like Netscape, Mozilla, Pixar, Google, MongoDB, and more, you’ll come away with some highly useful insight on how to navigate a successful […]
Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes #1 New York Times bestselling author Mary Roach for a discussion about Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy. In this irrepressible new work, Mary Roach explores the remarkable advances and difficult questions prompted by the human body’s failings. When and how does a person decide they’d be better off with a prosthetic than their […]