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Exhibition—The Audacity to Create, works by BIPOC UC Santa Cruz alumni

Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery Baskin Service Road, Santa Cruz

The Audacity to Create is an alumni exhibition showcasing the work of UC Santa Cruz Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) alumni Alejandra Chavez, Jorge Gomez-Gonzalez , Katie Dorame, Seráb Serabia, Aleya Caballero, Edward Ramirez, Josselyne Morales, and Marceline Valentine. ADMISSION Attend in person at the Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery at UC Santa […]

Free

Grad Path Week: from Exchange to Graduate Studies

Classroom Unit Classroom Unit, Santa Cruz

International Student Services and Programming is excited to partner with UC Santa Cruz faculty members and graduate departments to highlight Ph.D. and Masters programs to international exchange students interested in returning for graduate school. This is a wonderful opportunity for faculty members to showcase their labs and available research opportunities for international students to pursue […]

Ongoing

Produce Pop-Up

Produce Pop-Up

Produce Pop-Up is a twice-weekly organic farmstand open to all members of the UC Santa Cruz community. The program is dedicated to increasing access to fresh, healthy, and affordable organic produce, with offerings sourced from the UCSC Farm and other local organic growers. Academic year hours and locations: Beginning Oct. 2 Wednesdays: 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. […]

Taking Charge of Change: Five Fundamental Truths for Mastering the Chaos of Life

Taking Charge of Change: Five Fundamental Truths for Mastering the Chaos of Life With Jim Hjort  Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026 | Noon PT Virtual via Zoom Hosted by the UCLA Alumni Association, open to all UC alumni Change is the only constant in life, and every day we are called to reckon with this. Today, […]

Free

Grad Path Week: Real Talk – Navigating Grad School Life

Zoom

Wondering what it’s really like to be an international graduate student at UC Santa Cruz? Join our International Graduate Peer Mentors for an informal, candid conversation about navigating grad school life as an international student. Panelists will share their firsthand experiences, insights on adapting to campus culture and life in Santa Cruz, strategies for balancing […]

Carlos Motta: When Time Stands Still

Featured Visualizing Abolition
Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Ave, Santa Cruz

Carlos Motta’s When Time Stands Still, the artist’s second solo show with the IAS, features new and recent installations, videos, and sculptures highlighting the artist’s preoccupation with the historical and aesthetic productions of […]

Global Cafe: BOO-gie Time

Classroom Unit Classroom Unit, Santa Cruz

Join Global Engagement for our monthly Global Cafe. Come stop by the International Lounge in Classroom Unit 101 for coffee, tea, refreshments, and community. This event is open to all […]

Yoga As Healing

Yoga As Healing
Activities Room: Athletics & Recreation Center East Field House 451 E Field Service Road, Santa Cruz

Yoga As Healing is a 6-week trauma-informed yoga series offered by the CARE office for students at UCSC who identify as survivors of interpersonal violence. Led by CARE Advocate, Abbey […]

Free

Film Screening with Isaac Julien – Young Soul Rebels

Upper Quarry Amphitheater 15 McLaughlin Drive, Santa Cruz

Join the Humanities Institute, the Moving Image Lab, and the Quarry Amphitheater for a screening of Isaac Julien’s 1991 film, Young Soul Rebels. Recently restored to its original director’s cut, the film is a coming-of-age thriller set in London in 1977, the year of the Sex Pistols’ debut and Queen Elizabeth II’s Silver Jubilee. It […]

An Evening with Dr. Samuel Waymon — Ganja and Hess

Communications Building 7487 Red Hill Road, Santa Cruz

UC Santa Cruz, in collaboration with The African Connections Research and Education Fund, Inc., presents two very special evenings with Dr. Samuel Waymon Award-winning composer, actor, lecturer, arranger and brother of the legendary Nina Simone Free film screenings and discussions Wednesday, October 21, 2026 at 7:00 p.m Communications Building, Room 150 “Ganja & Hess” ‘…one […]