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Exhibition—The One with the Manes, works by Yasmine Benabdallah

Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery Baskin Service Road, Santa Cruz

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 […]

FREE and open to the public

BME 280B Seminar: The evolution of structural variation across vertebrate genomes

Physical Sciences Building Physical Sciences Building, Santa Cruz

Presenter: Peter Sudmant, Assistant Professor of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley Description: Structural variants (SVs) contribute substantially to genetic variation and play vital roles in adaptation and disease. However, […]

BE Club Bash – Engineers Week

Jack Baskin Engineering Baskin Engineering 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz

Discover innovation at the Baskin Engineering Club Bash, an event celebrating National Engineers Week! Mark your calendars for Thursday, February 26, 12–2 PM in the BE Courtyard! The BE Club Bash brings together student […]

Black on the Block

Crown Provost House 660 Crown Service Road, Santa Cruz

Join the African American Resource & Cultural Center every Thursday from 1–2 p.m., at the front of the Ethnic Resource Center for Black on the Block, a weekly tabling and […]

Distinguished Teaching Award Lecture — Teaching Week 2026

Merrill Cultural Center 200 McLaughlin Dr, Santa Cruz
Hybrid Event

Join us as Distinguished Teaching Award recipient Laurie Palmer, Professor of Art, shares her insights on teaching. This lecture is one of the key events featured in Teaching Week 2026.
Starting in 2018-2019, the Distinguished Teaching Award recognizes outstanding teaching on our campus. This annual award is an opportunity to acknowledge the pedagogical contributions of our colleagues that include—but also go beyond—any one particular course. It seeks to recognize an instructor that has made significant contributions to educational equity within and beyond UC Santa Cruz.

Free to the public

How promotions actually happen (and why hard work alone isn’t enough)

Silicon Valley Campus 3175 Bowers Avenue, Santa Clara

Most professionals are told a simple formula: work hard, deliver results, and your career will naturally advance. Yet many find that after years of strong performance, progress slows—responsibilities grow without […]

Will Work for Food

Hay Barn 94 Ranch View Road, Santa Cruz

Join us for a conversation on labor, food, and justice with Will Work for Food co-author Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern and regional food production and service workers Veronica Rodriguez (Dole, Soledad), and X (Verve, Santa Cruz). Together, they will explore the often-overlooked role of labor in building a more just food system. Free and open to the public. Translation provided. 

The Madame Mystery Cabaret Magic Show

Stevenson Event Center Stevenson Service Road, Santa Cruz

Madame Mystery: A Night of Magic & Cabaret All the way from Las Vegas to UCSC, experience a fabulous evening of mystery and magic inspired by the glamour of vintage […]

Movies to let you “Think Different”: Just Mercy

Porter/Kresge Dining Hall 411 Porter-Kresge Rd, Santa Cruz

Join Porter College for a screening of Just Mercy  Whether it’s just entertainment and a study break, or you want to let your mind stretch in a different direction from […]

free

Black on the Block

Crown Provost House 660 Crown Service Road, Santa Cruz

Join the African American Resource & Cultural Center every Thursday from 1–2 p.m., at the front of the Ethnic Resource Center for Black on the Block, a weekly tabling and […]

Black on the Block

Crown Provost House 660 Crown Service Road, Santa Cruz

Join the African American Resource & Cultural Center every Thursday from 1–2 p.m., at the front of the Ethnic Resource Center for Black on the Block, a weekly tabling and […]

Black on the Block

Crown Provost House 660 Crown Service Road, Santa Cruz

Join the African American Resource & Cultural Center every Thursday from 1–2 p.m., at the front of the Ethnic Resource Center for Black on the Block, a weekly tabling and […]

Black on the Block

Crown Provost House 660 Crown Service Road, Santa Cruz

Join the African American Resource & Cultural Center every Thursday from 1–2 p.m., at the front of the Ethnic Resource Center for Black on the Block, a weekly tabling and […]

Black on the Block

Crown Provost House 660 Crown Service Road, Santa Cruz

Join the African American Resource & Cultural Center every Thursday from 1–2 p.m., at the front of the Ethnic Resource Center for Black on the Block, a weekly tabling and […]

Black on the Block

Crown Provost House 660 Crown Service Road, Santa Cruz

Join the African American Resource & Cultural Center every Thursday from 1–2 p.m., at the front of the Ethnic Resource Center for Black on the Block, a weekly tabling and […]

Black on the Block

Crown Provost House 660 Crown Service Road, Santa Cruz

Join the African American Resource & Cultural Center every Thursday from 1–2 p.m., at the front of the Ethnic Resource Center for Black on the Block, a weekly tabling and […]

Black on the Block

Crown Provost House 660 Crown Service Road, Santa Cruz

Join the African American Resource & Cultural Center every Thursday from 1–2 p.m., at the front of the Ethnic Resource Center for Black on the Block, a weekly tabling and […]

Black on the Block

Crown Provost House 660 Crown Service Road, Santa Cruz

Join the African American Resource & Cultural Center every Thursday from 1–2 p.m., at the front of the Ethnic Resource Center for Black on the Block, a weekly tabling and […]

Black on the Block

Crown Provost House 660 Crown Service Road, Santa Cruz

Join the African American Resource & Cultural Center every Thursday from 1–2 p.m., at the front of the Ethnic Resource Center for Black on the Block, a weekly tabling and […]