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SUMMARY:2026 Right Livelihood International Conference
DESCRIPTION:The Right Livelihood International Conference is a five-week global conference exploring how education can strengthen democracy\, collective intelligence\, and just futures. Bringing together Right Livelihood Laureates\, students\, faculty\, and community partners across continents\, the conference combines asynchronous learning with participatory dialogue and collaborative action. Rather than advocating specific outcomes\, the conference positions education as a democratic practice and the Right Livelihood College as a steward of dialogue\, student voice\, and long-term institutional learning. \nRegistration is free and open to the public. Sign up to receive conference updates\, session links\, and participation opportunities.
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CATEGORIES:Film Screening,Lectures & Presentations,Meetings & Conferences,Ph.D. Presentations,Seminars,Social Gathering,Training,Undergraduate,Workshop
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SUMMARY:Wang\, Q. (STAT) - Modern Statistical Methods for Modeling Spatial and Temporal Processes
DESCRIPTION:Modern scientific studies increasingly rely on complex datasets exhibiting spatial and temporal dependence\, particularly in social\, environmental\, and climate applications. This dissertation develops statistical models and computational methods for analyzing such data\, with an emphasis on capturing dependence structures\, nonlinear dynamics\, and uncertainty quantification. \nA spatial deep learning framework is developed to extend classical geostatistical models by incorporating convolutional neural network architectures\, allowing for flexible modeling of complex and nonstationary spatial dependence The proposed approach preserves principled uncertainty quantification alongside improved predictive performance for large and heterogeneous spatial datasets. \nIn the temporal domain\, a Bayesian hierarchical echo state network model is introduced for count-valued time series\, providing a flexible alternative to traditional autoregressive approaches. By embedding reservoir computing within a hierarchical probabilistic framework\, the model accommodates nonlinear temporal dynamics while enabling coherent inference and uncertainty quantification\, which are typically absent in standard neural network approaches. \nAlongside these model-driven developments\, we conduct a data-driven analysis of Northern Hemisphere snow cover using weekly satellite-derived observations from 1972 to 2024. A spatio-temporal modeling framework is developed that combines a seasonal two-state Markov structure for temporal dynamics with a Besag–York–Mollié (BYM) formulation to capture spatial dependence\, allowing both trend and seasonal effects to vary across space. Covariates including temperature\, latitude\, and elevation are incorporated to explain observed patterns. The analysis reveals substantial spatial heterogeneity and pronounced seasonal structure\, including week-specific trends and a coherent wave-like pattern of snow cover changes across continents. \nTogether\, this thesis addresses key limitations of classical approaches to spatial and temporal data analysis\, which often rely on restrictive assumptions that limit their ability to capture complex dependence structures and nonlinear dynamics. By integrating modern machine learning techniques with statistical modeling and complementing these developments with data-driven scientific analysis\, this dissertation provides a flexible and principled framework for understanding complex spatio-temporal processes while maintaining uncertainty quantification. \n  \nEvent Host: Qi Wang\, Ph.D. Candidate\, Statistical Science  \nAdvisor: Paul Parker \nZoom: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/97486222296?pwd=419R7C5I6gLbbB0eLqwMcSVQLTN7bA.1 \nPasscode: 766602
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/wang-q-stat-modern-statistical-methods-for-modeling-spatial-and-temporal-processes/
LOCATION:Jack Baskin Engineering\, Baskin Engineering 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Ph.D. Presentations
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SUMMARY:CSE Colloquium - The Wallenberg AI\, Autonomous Systems and Software Program
DESCRIPTION:Presenters: Prof. Karl-Erik Arzen (Co-Director of WASP and Lund University)\, Dr. Paul Townend (WASP Graduate School management and Umeå University)\, and Carl Magnus Bruhner (Linkoping University) \nAbstract: The Wallenberg AI\, Autonomous Systems\, and Software Program (WASP) is the largest research initiative in Swedish history\, with a budget of over $700M and a research focus AI and autonomous systems acting in collaboration with humans. The program funds over 500 current PhD students\, has recruited over 70 international faculty\, engages with over 80 companies and organizations\, and has formal agreements with academic organizations including Stanford\, UC Berkeley\, MIT\, Caltech\, ETH Zurich\, and Imperial College London. \nAs part of its internationalization efforts\, WASP has organized a visit to the Bay Area for 13 PhD students and 2 faculty – all of whom specialize in Cloud and AI systems and software. Topics studied by the students include modeling and predicting network dynamics\, verification and accountability in agentic AI systems\, using underwater robotic systems to inspect and maintain subsea data infrastructures\, compliance engineering with the EU AI act\, runtime requirements conflict management in AI-driven autonomous systems\, and cloud-native traffic management for mobile networks. \nBio: The talk will be led by Prof. Karl-Erik Arzen (Co-Director of WASP and Lund University)\, Dr. Paul Townend (WASP Graduate School management and Umeå University)\, and Carl Magnus Bruhner (Linkoping University). We will present the program in detail\, and discuss potential opportunities for collaboration and future research visits from our students. More information on WASP can be found at: https://wasp-sweden.org \nHosted by: Professor Alvaro Cardenas \nDate and Time: Wednesday\, May 6 from 11:00 am – 12:15 pm \nLocation: Engineering 2\, Room E2-180 (Refreshments such as fruit\, pastries\, coffee\, and tea will be provided.) \nZoom Option: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/93445911992?pwd=YkJ2TQtF79h0PcNXbEcpZLbpK0coiY.1&jst=3
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/cse-colloquium-the-wallenberg-ai-autonomous-systems-and-software-program/
LOCATION:Engineering 2\, Engineering 2 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Seminars
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SUMMARY:IRB Webinar: Secondary use in research
DESCRIPTION:Join our upcoming IRB webinar exploring key considerations for research involving the secondary use of data\, samples\, and publicly available datasets. During this session we will discuss regulatory\, institutional\, and practical insights. Whether you are new to this type of research or looking to advance your understanding\, this session will offer valuable guidance.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/irb-webinar-secondary-use-in-research/
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SUMMARY:Off-Campus Housing Resource Fair
DESCRIPTION:Join UCSC Community Rentals Wednesday\, May 6\, 12 – 3 p.m. at Cowell Founders Glen to meet local landlords\, learn about the rental process\, and explore off-campus housing & resources! \nDrop by and get info to help your housing search! Housing staff and local landlords/property managers will be on-site to answer questions. \nGet tips about: \n\nSearching for rentals\nMaking your rental application packet\nWhat landlords are looking for\nThe Renters Workshop\, and more!\n\nLearn more by visiting communityrentals.ucsc.edu \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/off-campus-housing-resource-fair-may/
LOCATION:Cowell Founders Glen\, Cowell College Circle\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Drop-In Support
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SUMMARY:Spring Exhibitions at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences
DESCRIPTION:Visit the IAS\, UCSC’s premier art galleries\, for our spring exhibitions. On view April 10–August 16\, 2026 are three diverse and interdisciplinary shows: Libia Posada: Everything is Going Right\, the first US solo exhibition by the Colombia-based artist and medical doctor; Gina Athena Ulysse: A Redwoods Rasanblaj\, a site-specific and immersive exploration of the Haitian kreyol conception of rasanblaj; and Ronaldo V. Wilson: There Are No Words\, But Melodies\, a mixed-media exhibition emerging at the intersections of Black poetics\, performance\, and visual art. \nThe IAS Galleries are open Wednesday-Sunday\, 12 pm – 5 pm. Admission is free to the public. \nLibia Posada: Everything is Going Right\nLibia Posada’s first solo exhibition in the United States features installations\, sculptures\, and drawings meticulously constructed from surgical instruments\, gauze bandages\, crutches\, used books\, and domestic picture frames. The new and existing works in the exhibition powerfully stitch together the personal\, social\, and political disorders and afflictions that currently trouble the world\, from the wars that resonate across the globe to the violences of aging in US prisons.  \nGina Athena Ulysse: A Redwoods Rasanblaj: Origins & Disentanglements\nThe internationally-lauded work of humanities professor Gina Athena Ulysse is on view as a premier Faculty Spotlight Exhibition. The site-specific installation\, produced in community from things collected\, found\, purchased and donated\, centers on the Haitian concept of rasanblaj\, a form of assembly and collage that transcends the formal use of materials to draw together people\, spirits\, and ideas.  \nRonaldo V. Wilson: There Are No Words\, But Melodies\nCollage is both a material practice and a structural interrogation in the Faculty Spotlight Exhibition artworks by literature professor Ronaldo V. Wilson. In video\, painting\, and installation\, layers and folds conceal and reveal\, delving into the experience\, both bodily and emotive\, of living in times of violence.  \n 
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/spring-exhibitions-at-the-institute-of-the-arts-and-sciences/2026-05-06/
LOCATION:Institute of the Arts and Sciences\, 100 Panetta Ave\, Santa Cruz\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibits
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SUMMARY:Visualizing Abolition Screening Series: Beyond Access
DESCRIPTION:On view in the IAS Screening Room is a selection of short films curated by Visualizing Abolition Visiting Faculty Fellow Dr. Pooja Rangan. \nPrisons deny and censor the access of those trapped inside them—to information\, to intimacy\, to community\, to meaningful work\, to nourishment of all kinds\, and perhaps most cruelly\, to care. This program assembles a series of films\, including works by filmmakers incarcerated in California as well as others without that lived experience. Together\, these works confront the debilitating impacts of these restrictions and reveal how the disabling logic of the prison is extended to other institutional spaces (the hospital\, the university)\, turning access into a scarce commodity by enclosing what should be held in common. Questioning the carceral and state-sponsored productions of disability and accessibility\, the short films together reveal the courage of people working despite limitations to produce collective access for one another\, described simply and beautifully by disability justice activist Leah-Lakshmi Piepzna Samarasinha as “revolutionary love without charity.” \nThanh Tran\nDying in Prison\, 2022\nHD Video (color\, sound)\, 3 minutes\nCourtesy of the artist \nCarolyn Lazard\nPre-Existing Condition\, 2019\nHD video (color\, sound)\, 6 minutes\nCourtesy of the artist and Trautwein Herleth3 \nAnthony Alejandrez\nAnother Rainy Day\, 2023\nPhone video (color\, sound)\, 3 minutes\nCourtesy of the artist \nJordan Lord\nAfter…After… (Access)\, 2018\nHD Video (color\, sound)\, 16 minutes\nCourtesy of the artist \nRahsaan “New York” Thomas\nFriendly Signs\, 2023\nVideo (color\, sound) 21 minutes\nCourtesy of Tommy Wickerd\, Empowerment Ave & System Impact Media
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/visualizing-abolition-screening-series-beyond-access/2026-05-06/
LOCATION:Institute of the Arts and Sciences\, 100 Panetta Ave\, Santa Cruz\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibits
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SUMMARY:Rules Are Not Neutral: Play As Sense-Making\, Acts Of Resistance\, And Imagining Otherwise
DESCRIPTION:This exhibition brings together a range of analog games – including board\, card\, role-playing\, and other participatory works – that engage social and political realities in different ways. The works span widely circulated commercial games to independently produced projects\, one-of-a-kind artworks by artists\, faculty\, alumni\, and students\, and materials drawn from UC Santa Cruz Special Collections and Archives. \nIn part\, the exhibition challenges the persistent assumption that games and play are detached from social and political life. On the contrary\, game designers and artists across diverse perspectives and positions have long used play to engage questions of social systems\, lived experience\, and how power operates. This exhibition does not attempt to represent that full spectrum. Instead\, it brings together a particular set of works that foreground how games can make systems visible\, intervene in them\, and imagine alternatives. \nAll games embody values\, whether intentional or not.  \n– Mary Flanagan\, game designer and scholar \nAcross all of these works\, games are not only forms of entertainment\, though they may be that as well. They are encountered in multiple ways: as objects\, as systems\, as artworks\, and as experiences that unfold unpredictably through interaction. In each case\, rules and constraints shape what participants can do. In these different forms\, the works stage systems – such as housing and land ownership\, capitalism\, race and identity\, civil rights and protest\, fascism\, and colonialism – in ways that are simplified and easy to see\, opening space to recognize similar structures beyond the game. In this sense\, the works suggest that rules are not neutral – they organize experience\, distribute power\, and produce meaning. \nGames are the art of agency. \n– C. Thi Nguyen\, philosopher \nThe exhibition is intentionally dense. This abundance reflects the breadth of ways games operate across contexts\, from activism and education to art and everyday life. While it celebrates creativity and difference\, it also asks how these works engage critically with the structures that shape our lives.  \nSome works use rules to model systems\, helping players understand how those systems operate. Others use play to rehearse action\, asking players to practice navigating or challenging those systems. Still others turn toward speculation\, inviting players to imagine alternative futures\, worlds\, and the systems that might shape them.  \nThe imagination is an instrument of change. \n– Ursula K. Le Guin\, author \nThe focus on analog games reflects how they foreground materiality and shared physical presence. Played face-to-face\, handled\, read aloud\, and experienced together\, these works show how rules operate not in abstraction\, but through lived\, embodied experience. \nUltimately\, the exhibition asks us to consider not only how games represent the world\, but how they shape our engagement with it – and how through play\, the social and political systems they model might be understood\, challenged\, and reimagined. \nGames are not apolitical. \n– Kishonna L. Gray\, media scholar \n  \nGallery Reception\nMay 15 from 1 to 4pm at the Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery \n  \nArt Friday\nHands-on art activities drawing from the current exhibition.\nALL ARE WELCOME regardless of skill level. Art supplies and free snacks are provided!
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/rules-are-not-neutral-play-as-sense-making-acts-of-resistance-and-imagining-otherwise/2026-05-06/
LOCATION:Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery\, 11 Cowell Service Rd\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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SUMMARY:Global Cafe: Spring 2026
DESCRIPTION:International Student Services & Programming invites you to our monthly Global Cafe\, a space for all international-minded community members to connect. Swing by for some refreshments and an opportunity to meet other international students and scholars\, as well as Global Engagement staff. Feel free to drop in at any time between 14:00 – 16:00 and stay for as long as you’d like. \nOur spring Global Cafe dates: \n\nWednesday\, April 8\nWednesday\, May 6\nWednesday\, June 3
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/global-cafe-spring-2026/2026-05-06/
LOCATION:Classroom Unit\, Classroom Unit\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, Select a Country:
CATEGORIES:Drop-In Support
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SUMMARY:Servingness en Acción: Nurturing Student Leadership Rooted in Cariño\, Cultura\, y Comunidad
DESCRIPTION:Presented by El Centro Lead Student Coordinators\, Joselyn Salgado Lomeli and Giovanna Fernandez \nThis is the 1st session of a 2-part Student-led HSI Equity Talks Series titled “From Voice to Power: Students as Leaders\, Knowledge Holders\, and Change Agents.” \nEl Centro interns are student leaders who draw upon their cultural strengths and lived experiences to organize impactful programs that foster belonging\, support retention\, and enhance campus climate at UC Santa Cruz. The internship cultivates community\, identity affirmation\, and authentic\, culturally grounded leadership. For 30 years\, interns have advanced the university’s servingness mission while gaining professional skills\, confidence\, and clarity in their goals. \nMost importantly\, the program centers culturally sustaining practices that connect identity to leadership and develop justice-oriented leaders committed to uplifting their communities. This student-led presentation highlights how the internship supports leadership development\, holistic success\, and post-graduation outcomes through frameworks such as Razalogía\, Community Cultural Wealth\, and Authentic Cariño\, positioning interns as co-creators and knowledge holders in advancing servingness. \nPlease register to receive a calendar invitation and Zoom details. \n  \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/servingness-en-accion-nurturing-student-leadership-rooted-in-carino-cultura-y-comunidad/
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CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Undergraduate
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SUMMARY:VMCC Talk with Jaleh Mansoor—Political Agency in The Anthropocene
DESCRIPTION:In this presentation\, Jaleh Mansoor will draw upon recent Italian Marxist Feminist perspectives on ecology and discourses on the Anthropocene to question how Italian feminist analyses of invisible labor came to be elided with the question of a wider\, post anthropocentric ecological horizon. Jaleh Mansoor is a writer and an associate professor of Art History at the University of British Columbia\, Vancouver\, where she teaches modern and contemporary art history with an emphasis on Post WWII European Art. Her areas of interest\, in addition to art and its histories\, include Materialist Formalism and Marxist Feminism. Mansoor’s first monographic book\, Marshall Plan Modernism: Italian Postwar Abstraction and the Beginnings of Autonomia\, was published by Duke UP in 2016.  \nHer latest primary project\, titled after Picabia’s eponymous homage to a passage in Marx’s Philosophical and Economic Manuscripts of 1844\, is Universal Prostitution: A Counter History of Modernism\, published by Duke University Press in May 2025. It traces the historical and structural entwinement of aesthetic and real (or concrete) abstraction—defined as the extraction of labor power valorized by transactional exchange on the market—over 20th-century art to offer a comprehensive account of the political-economic forces that motivated modernist abstraction and the advent of post-humanism.\n \nABOUT THE SERIES\nThe Visual & Media Cultures Colloquium (VMCC) is an annual lecture series that brings cutting-edge scholars to speak on a broad range of subjects related to visual and media culture. The series is co-sponsored with the graduate programs in the History of Art & Visual Culture (HAVC) and the Arts Division.\n—\nADMISSION\n– Attend online.\n– Register here to receive the Zoom link.\n– FREE and open to the public.\n—\nThis program is open to the public  consistent with state and federal law. \n 
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/jaleh-mansoor-political-agency-in-the-anthropocene/
LOCATION:https://ucsc.zoom.us/meeting/register/xdWXvSNUQPqkVlP11dhItg
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SUMMARY:Mental Health and Money with Slug Cents and SHOP
DESCRIPTION:Finances can really affect your mental health. Come join Slug Cents and SHOP to learn about financial wellness\, how to make a budget and stick to it\, and self-compassion around money matters. Chipotle provided with registration! Register via this Google Form. \nThe workshop will be held at the Slug Cents Office at Hahn Student Services\, Room 203\, upstairs next to the Financial Aid Office. \nThis event is supported by Student Health Services for Mental Health Awareness Month. You are invited to engage in a variety of campus-wide activities focused on mental health and wellness. Learn about support services\, discover ways to help a friend in need\, and explore strategies to care for your own well-being. Information is available on the Mental Health Month Event Calendar. \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 Publication.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/mental-health-and-money-with-slug-cents-and-shop/
LOCATION:Hahn Student Services\, Hahn Student Services\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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SUMMARY:Drop-in Figure Drawing
DESCRIPTION:Drop-In Draw provides a live model and room monitor. There is no formal lesson and only dry media is allowed (no paints).\n—\nADVISORIES\n– These events contain mature content and nudity.\n– Drop-In Draw is subject to the possibility of last-minute cancellation without notification\, and sessions are not guaranteed.\n—\nADMISSION\n– FREE and open to the public\n– UCSC Art Department Room M-101\n—\nFULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS\nThis series occurs weekly on Wednesday evenings during spring quarter\, including the following: \nWednesday April 1\, 2026\, 7:00–9:00 p.m.\nWednesday April 8\, 2026\, 7:00–9:00 p.m.\nWednesday April 15\, 2026\, 7:00–9:00 p.m.\nWednesday April 22\, 2026\, 7:00–9:00 p.m.\nWednesday April 29\, 2026\, 7:00–9:00 p.m.\nWednesday May 6\, 2026\, 7:00–9:00 p.m.\nWednesday May 13\, 2026\, 7:00–9:00 p.m.\nWednesday May 20\, 2026\, 7:00–9:00 p.m.\nWednesday May 27\, 2026\, 7:00–9:00 p.m.\n—\nPARKING\n– Parking by permit or ParkMobile.\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– 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/drop-in-draw-spr-2026/2026-05-06/
LOCATION:Elena Baskin Visual Arts Center\, Baskin Service Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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