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SUMMARY:Exhibition—The One with the Manes\, works by Yasmine Benabdallah
DESCRIPTION:A multimedia exhibition by Yasmine Benabdallah\, Film and Digital Media PhD candidate\, explores a shared history between Morocco\, Brazil\, and Portugal through video installations\, photographs\, and watercolors. More information about the artist. \nAdmission \n– FREE and open to the public.\n– Gallery hours are Mon.–Sat.\, noon–5:00 p.m.\n– More Gallery information here. \nFull schedule of events \n– Ongoing exhibition is Feb. 19–March 14\, 2026.\n– Artist Talk is March 5\, 5:00–6:00 p.m.\n– Closing celebration is March 14\, 2:00–4:00 p.m. \nParking \n– Lot 124 & 125 are the closest parking lots to the event.\n– Parking is by permit or ParkMobile.\n– Refer to TAPS for more parking information. \nThis program is open to the general public consistent with state and federal law
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/exhibition-benabdallah/
LOCATION:Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery\, Baskin Service Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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SUMMARY:Graduate Council Workshop: Future of Graduate Education at UCSC
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Council will be holding a winter 2026 graduate director brown bag workshop on the future of UC Santa Cruz graduate programs\nWhen: Friday\, February 20\, 2026 from 11:30am–2:00pm\nWhere: University Center Alumni Room (this is an in-person only event)\nWho should attend: All current and former graduate program directors. Interested faculty who are not graduate directors may also RSVP to the event\, but space is limited.\nFormat: Brown bag workshop (please bring your own lunch) \nGC’s goal is to learn how graduate programs are affected by the changing financial climate and career landscapes for graduate training\, and to strategize how best to adapt. The workshop will begin with opening remarks from the Senate and Graduate Division\, followed by breakout groups with faculty graduate directors to strategize the changing graduate landscape within their departments. The session will culminate in a collective discussion to define potential action items. \nIn preparation for this workshop\, we ask that you engage in conversation with your departments around the following questions:  \n\nWhat curricular issues\, if any\, are your graduate programs facing? Are creative solutions possible\, such as shared courses across disciplines and/or streamlining of curriculum? Are there other partnerships across disciplines that could assist your program in delivering graduate training?\nWhat innovations have helped to decrease time-to-degree\, particularly for your doctoral programs? What resources would be required to decrease normative time in your different disciplines?\nHow has your program’s training mission changed over the last 5-10 years? What innovations have departments adopted to prepare students for careers? Could your program envision internship/residency as part of graduate training and/or relationships with industry\, the private sector\, or government organizations?\nHow has your program adapted to changes in admissions and/or funding? What novel admissions process ideas could help to stabilize programs? What innovations might help your programs adapt to smaller cohort sizes?\nAre there any initiatives that your program is interested in piloting?\nHow can campus and divisional administrators provide support to help existing students through their programs? What is the administrative role in innovations that will secure the future of graduate education on our campus?\n\nDepartments may also wish to discuss the following reports: \n\nFuture of Doctoral Programs at the University of California: Challenges\, Opportunities\, and Potential Paths Ahead\nSystemwide Academic Senate Task Force on UC Adaptation to Disruptions (UCAD) Interim Report & Recommendations\nImplementation Task Force for Inclusive Excellence in Graduate Education\n\nFaculty may submit questions or issues they would like to discuss at the workshop through the RSVP form.  Please contact Graduate Council at gc@ucsc.edu if you have any questions about the event.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/gc-future-of-grad-edu-ucsc/
LOCATION:University Center\, University Center\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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SUMMARY:Ecology of Presence: Pathways to the Natural World
DESCRIPTION:Norris Center Art + Science Graduate Fellowship Exhibition \nEcology of Presence: Pathways to the Natural World brings together the work of ten graduate students supported by the Kenneth S. Norris Center for Natural History Art + Science Fellowship\, a program dedicated to creative research connecting art with the natural world. Across media – including sound\, moving image\, music\, performance\, installation\, comics\, social practice\, photography\, and storytelling – the artists in Ecology of Presence emphasize relationality and careful attention to place as essential to building relationships with environs. As accelerating environmental change and technological dependency threaten ways of belonging\, the works in this exhibition maintain a steadfast commitment to interdisciplinary approaches that propose kinship with the natural world. By coming together\, Art + Science Fellows artworks and social practices suggest ways of imagining human life in relation to the more-than-human world.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/ecology-of-presence-pathways-to-the-natural-world/2026-02-20/
LOCATION:Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery\, 11 Cowell Service Rd\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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SUMMARY:Fredrickson\, K. (CSE) - Practical Anonymity with Formal Resistance to Traffic Analysis
DESCRIPTION:Anonymous communication systems hide who is talking to whom\, not just what is said. However\, existing systems are either vulnerable to traffic analysis attacks–attacks where adversaries observe and correlate the network traffic of users–or are forced to rely on unrealistic and unenforceable assumptions about how users behave. Worse\, existing theory lacks tools to rigorously model traffic analysis attacks\, much less inform whether if a system is secure against traffic analysis or how to design systems that are. \nWe make several contributions toward our goal of practical anonymity systems that resist traffic analysis. First\, we develop the first formal framework for describing the security of systems against traffic analysis attacks\, allowing us to quantitatively describe and compare the security of all existing works. Second\, leveraging this framework\, we develop a security definition that distinguishes between systems that are and are not susceptible to traffic analysis. We call this property input/output independence. We use this definition to prove that the dominant model of systems–synchronous systems–cannot practically provide input/output independence. We then design a new asynchronous anonymity functionality\, deferred retrieval\, that achieves input/output independence with far more flexible user assumptions and up to 3400 times less traffic overhead for the same latency compared to prior methods. Finally\, we design and implement Sparta\, a family of high-throughput\, scalable instantiations of deferred retrieval using trusted execution environments and oblivious algorithms\, yielding the first practical anonymity systems that are formally resistant to long-term traffic analysis. \nEvent Host: Kyle Fredrickson\, Ph.D. Candidate\, Computer Science and Engineering \nAdvisor: Darrell Long \nZoom – https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/98133127429?pwd=QNICsMrQa6bQUKNPo40PthZyQEQCFl.1 \nPasscode – 242206
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/fredrickson-k-cse-practical-anonymity-with-formal-resistance-to-traffic-analysis/
LOCATION:Engineering 2\, Engineering 2 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Ph.D. Presentations
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SUMMARY:Slugs Go Bowling
DESCRIPTION:Join the Office of Leadership and Involvement\, in collaboration with the Slug Mentor Network and the Services for Transfer\, Re-entry\, and Resilient Scholars (STARRS) Office\, for Slugs Go Bowling — a UCSC student takeover at the Santa Cruz Boardwalk Bowl! \nCelebrate and connect with fellow Banana Slugs during an evening of free bowling\, desserts\, swag\, and community-building. This event is designed to help students mingle\, build connections\, and learn more about campus support services in a fun\, welcoming environment. \nDon’t miss the chance to snap a photo with Sammy the Slug! \nDate: Friday\, February 20 \nTime: 7:00–9:00 p.m. \nLocation: Boardwalk Bowl 115 Cliff St\, Santa Cruz\, CA 95060 \nRSVP HERE \nIf you have questions or need accommodations\, please email involved@ucsc.edu. \nWe can’t wait to see you there! \nYou Belong Here: The programs and services described here are open to all\, consistent with state and federal law\, as well as the University of California’s nondiscrimination policies. Every initiative—whether a student service\, faculty program\, or community event—is designed to be accessible\, inclusive\, and respectful of all identities. \nTo learn more\, please visit UC Nondiscrimination Statement or Nondiscrimination Policy for UC Publications.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/slugs-go-bowling/
LOCATION:Boardwalk Bowl\, 115 Cliff St\, Santa Cruz\, 95060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Social Gathering
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SUMMARY:Barnstorm Presents—"Secret Family" Sketch Comedy
DESCRIPTION:Get ready to laugh with “Secret Family\,” UC Santa Cruz’s home-grown sketch comedy team.\n—\nABOUT BARNSTORM\nUC Santa Cruz students experiment with and create their own innovative theater and gain a sense of operating and creating art in the Barnstorm Theater Company\, a student-run theater arts production company established in 2004.\n—\nADVISORIES\n– Ticket holders not seated at least 10 minutes before the advertised start time may forfeit their ticket/seat and no refund will be issued.\n—\nFULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS\nFri. Feb. 20: 7:30 p.m.\nSat. Feb. 21: 7:30 p.m.\nSun. Feb. 22: 2:00 p.m.\n—\nADMISSION\n– Tickets issued through Eventbrite HERE; Follow the Dept. of Performance\, Play & Design and Barnstorm on Eventbrite for notifications and updates.\n– Free for UCSC undergraduate students (ticket required).\n– General admission “Pay What You Like” options $5–20\n– A limited number of tickets/seats may be available at the door\, even after online ticket sales end or reach full capacity.\n– Doors are scheduled to open 30 minutes prior to event start time.\n—\nPARKING\n– Parking by permit\, ParkMobile\, or $11 cash/credit via the on-site parking attendant\n– Arts Lot #126 is the closest parking lot to the event\n– Visitors with DMV placards or plates may park for free in DMV spaces\, Medical spaces\, or ParkMobile spaces without additional payment\, or in timed zones for longer than the posted time.\n– UCSC affiliates must purchase their permits before arriving at the event in order to receive their discounted UCSC rate. Attendants will only sell the non-affiliate-priced permits.\n– More information provided by UCSC Transportation & Parking Services (TAPS)\n—\nThis program is open to all members of the public consistent with state and federal law.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/barnstorm-presents-secret-family/2026-02-20/
LOCATION:Theater Arts B100 Studio Theater\, 453 Kerr Rd\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
CATEGORIES:Performances
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SUMMARY:Dreamgirls—Presented by the African American Theater Arts Troupe (AATAT)
DESCRIPTION:Move into the spotlight with Dreamgirls\, the electrifying musical sensation that brings the soul\, sparkle\, and spirit of Motown to the stage. Follow the unforgettable journey of three talented young women as they rise from hopeful dreamers to international superstars. With powerful vocals\, stimulating choreography\, and hits like “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going\,” this AATAT production will bursts with passion\, ambition\, and inspiration! \nDirected by Don Williams. \nCo-presented by the African American Theater Arts Troupe (AATAT) and the Department of Performance\, Play & Design (PPD).\n—\nADMISSION\n– General admission with “Pay What You Like” options.\n– Free for UCSC students (ticket required).\n– Tickets issued online here through Eventbrite only.\n– Follow the Dept. of Performance\, Play & Design on Eventbrite for notifications and updates.\n– Doors are scheduled to open 30 minutes prior to event start time.\n– Ticket holders not seated at least 5 minutes before the advertised start time may forfeit their ticket/seat and no refund will be issued.\n—\nFULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS\nDreamgirls is a two-week production\, with seven performances at UC Santa Cruz*\, including the following:\n– Fri.\, Feb. 20\, 7:30 p.m.\n– Sat.\, Feb. 21\, 7:30 p.m.\n– Sun.\, Feb. 22\, 2:00 p.m. matinee\n– Fri.\, Feb. 27\, 7:30 p.m.\n– Sat.\, Feb. 28\, 2:00 p.m. matinee\n– Sat.\, Feb. 28\, 7:30 p.m.\n– Sun.\, Mar. 1\, 2:00 p.m. matinee\n—\nPARKING\n– Parking by permit\, ParkMobile\, or $11 cash/credit via the on-site parking attendant\n– Arts Lot #126 is the closest parking lot to the event\n– Visitors with DMV placards or plates may park for free in DMV spaces\, Medical spaces\, or ParkMobile spaces without additional payment\, or in timed zones for longer than the posted time.\n– UCSC affiliates must purchase their permits before arriving at the event in order to receive their discounted UCSC rate. Attendants will only sell the non-affiliate-priced permits.\n– More information provided by UCSC Transportation & Parking Services (TAPS)\n—\nABOUT AATAT\nFor nearly 35 years\, the African American Theater Arts Troupe (AATAT) at UC Santa Cruz has been a vehicle to create unity\, higher visibility and greater understanding of the multicultural community at UC Santa Cruz and the greater Santa Cruz community. AATAT hope for your continued support for the next 30 years and would appreciate your support of the scholarship fund. Donations are welcome here. AATAT awards a minimum of $5\,000 in scholarships to individuals participating in the program who exhibit exemplary academic performance. Since 1993\, thanks to generous donors\, AATAT has raised over $120\,000 in annual scholarship funding.\n—\nThis program is open to all members of the public consistent with state and federal law.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/dreamgirls/2026-02-20/
LOCATION:Theater Arts Mainstage\, 411 Kerr Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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