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SUMMARY:Santa Cruz Pickwick Club presents: Christie Mysteries
DESCRIPTION:Over the coming year\, Dickens Universe readers and Pickwick Club members will meet for discussions focused on these novels and their lasting influence on the mystery genre. This year’s reading series brings together four landmark works of crime fiction: The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens (Penguin Classics\, 2002)\, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie (William Morrow\, 2021)\, The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie (William Morrow\, 2025)\, and The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie (William Morrow\, 2011). Join Dickens enthusiasts and Pickwick Club members on Zoom for a series of discussions about these beloved books. \nRegister via Zoom \nReading Schedule:  \n\nSept 27: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd\nOct 25: The Pale Horse\nNov 22: The Murder at the Vicarage\nDec 27: The Mystery of Edwin Drood\nJan 24: The Mystery of Edwin Drood\nFeb 28: The Mystery of Edwin Drood\nMar 28: The Mystery of Edwin Drood\nApr 25: TBD\nMay 23: TBD\nJun 27: TBD\n\nRecommended Edition: We recommend the Penguin Classics edition of the novels for its appendices and notes\, but other versions are fine. First-time readers should avoid the Introduction if they don’t want spoilers. Download the novels to read at Gutenburg.org or listen at LibriVox.org. \nThe Santa Cruz Pickwick (Book) Club\, a branch of the Dickens Fellowship\, is a community of local bookworms\, students\, and teachers who meet monthly to discuss a nineteenth-century novel. The Santa Cruz Public Libraries provide support for the reading group.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/santa-cruz-pickwick-club-presents-christie-mysteries/2026-09-27/
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SUMMARY:Exhibition—The Audacity to Create\, works by BIPOC UC Santa Cruz alumni
DESCRIPTION: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. \nADMISSION \n\nAttend in person at the Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery at UC Santa Cruz\nFREE and open to the public.\nGallery hours: Tues.–Sat.\, noon–5:00 p.m.\nGallery accessibility and visitor information here.\n\nFULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS \n\nOngoing exhibition: Thurs.\, Oct. 15–Sat.\, Dec. 5\, noon–5:00 p.m.\nReception: Sat.\, Oct. 17\, 2:00–4:30 p.m.\nArtist talk: Sat.\, Nov. 7\, 2:00–3:30 p.m.\n\nPARKING \n\nLots 124 & 125 are the closest parking lots to the Gallery.\nParking is by permit or Aims Mobile Pay (AMP).\nCore West parking structure and West Remote Lot 127 are free/no permit required on weekends.\nLearn more about parking at UCSC via Transportation & Parking Services (TAPS).\n\n### \nThis program is open to the general public consistent with state and federal law.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/exhibition-audacity/
LOCATION:Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery\, Baskin Service Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Exhibits
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SUMMARY:Santa Cruz Pickwick Club presents: Christie Mysteries
DESCRIPTION:Over the coming year\, Dickens Universe readers and Pickwick Club members will meet for discussions focused on these novels and their lasting influence on the mystery genre. This year’s reading series brings together four landmark works of crime fiction: The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens (Penguin Classics\, 2002)\, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie (William Morrow\, 2021)\, The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie (William Morrow\, 2025)\, and The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie (William Morrow\, 2011). Join Dickens enthusiasts and Pickwick Club members on Zoom for a series of discussions about these beloved books. \nRegister via Zoom \nReading Schedule:  \n\nSept 27: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd\nOct 25: The Pale Horse\nNov 22: The Murder at the Vicarage\nDec 27: The Mystery of Edwin Drood\nJan 24: The Mystery of Edwin Drood\nFeb 28: The Mystery of Edwin Drood\nMar 28: The Mystery of Edwin Drood\nApr 25: TBD\nMay 23: TBD\nJun 27: TBD\n\nRecommended Edition: We recommend the Penguin Classics edition of the novels for its appendices and notes\, but other versions are fine. First-time readers should avoid the Introduction if they don’t want spoilers. Download the novels to read at Gutenburg.org or listen at LibriVox.org. \nThe Santa Cruz Pickwick (Book) Club\, a branch of the Dickens Fellowship\, is a community of local bookworms\, students\, and teachers who meet monthly to discuss a nineteenth-century novel. The Santa Cruz Public Libraries provide support for the reading group.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/santa-cruz-pickwick-club-presents-christie-mysteries/2026-10-25/
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SUMMARY:Health for the Holidays Wellness Challenge for Faculty and Staff
DESCRIPTION:Registration: November 2 – November 23 \nChallenge runs: November 16 – December 13 \nLearn more at the Health for the Holidays website. \nRepresent UCSC in the UC systemwide healthy habits holiday challenge! This lighthearted wellness campaign can help everyone have a healthier\, happier holiday season. As you log daily behaviors you “paint” magical winter scenes from around the world — while building sustainable habits to end the year with more energy and stronger feelings of joy and hope. \nCreate your own team\, use the Wellness Wall to cheer each other on\, and aim to earn 100 inches of snow by the end of the challenge. You’ll have access helpful resources\, interesting articles\, a chance to win prizes\, and more! \nRegister for the UC Healthy for the Holidays challenge starting November 2! \nFor questions\, please contact Health and Well-being Specialist\, Ashley Parker\, at aseparke@ucsc.edu.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/health-for-the-holidays-wellness-challenge-for-faculty-and-staff/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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SUMMARY:Operation Unplug! Pledge to Leave Campus Sustainability this Thanksgiving and Winter Break
DESCRIPTION:UCSC Energy Management and the Sustainability Office are promoting the “Operation Unplug” campaign to conserve energy (and reduce greenhouse gas emissions) during Thanksgiving and winter break. Before leaving your residence hall\, apartment\, or office\, please unplug any fridges or minifridges\, computers and/or monitors\, power strips\, and all other energy intensive appliances or equipment! Take the pledge and/or upload a photo of what you unplugged to the campaign’s google form for raffle entries to win one of two $100 gift certificates. Recruit your friends and coworkers for an additional entry each and try to be the winning building (the building with the most participants is guaranteed one raffle winner)! Operation Unplug is open to all students\, staff\, and faculty. Be the slug that pulls the plug! \nVisit the Operation Unplug website to learn more. \nEleene Olson\, from Staff Human Resources showcases a picture of a cleaned\, defrosted fridge from 2025’s Operation Unplug \n  \n 
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/operation-unplug-pledge-to-leave-campus-sustainability-this-thanksgiving-and-winter-break/2026-11-09/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Competition
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SUMMARY:James Spooner in conversation with Johnny Damm on AFROPUNK\, anger\, and other things
DESCRIPTION:The Institute of the Arts and Sciences invites you to a conversation with filmmaker and graphic novelist James Spooner about his latest graphic novel\, moderated by cartoonist Johnny Damm. It Starts with Anger: A Punk Beginning. An AFROPUNK Ending tells the origin story of the multi-million-dollar AFROPUNK festival—beginning not with big stages or brand sponsorship\, but with one mixed-race teenager’s search for belonging in the nineties New York City punk scene. \nThe conversation will be followed by a book signing by Spooner. Local author and punk historian John Malkin will also be signing his new book\, Punk Spirit! – An Oral History of Punk Rock\, Spirituality\, and Liberation\, and Johnny Damm will have his latest comic\, I’m a Cop: Real Life Horror Comics No. 3 available.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/james-spooner-in-conversation-with-johnny-damm-on-afropunk-anger-and-other-things/
LOCATION:Institute of the Arts and Sciences\, 100 Panetta Ave\, Santa Cruz\, United States
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SUMMARY:International Karaoke Night
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a night of singing\, dancing\, and cultural exchange. Enjoy performances from student organizations and sing your heart out to your favorite international songs. \nThis session is hosted in partnership between College 9/John R. Lewis College Student Life and International Student Services and Programming as part of International Education Week. If you have any questions\, please email chung16@ucsc.edu.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/international-karaoke-night/
LOCATION:Colleges Nine and John R. Lewis College Multi-purpose Room\, 615 College Nine Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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SUMMARY:New Play Festival
DESCRIPTION:New Play Festival is an annual student-run showcase of experimental\, short stage readings that focuses on nurturing and showcasing new playwrights in the UC Santa Cruz Theater Arts Program. This year the festival is uplifting two new playwrights\, supporting them through developmental drafts\, shaping their stories\, and giving them the opportunity to collaborate with actors\, a director\, and designers. The development time culminates in two weekends of staged readings\, open to the public. \n—\nADVISORIES \n\nThe presentation is estimated at 75 minutes\, with no intermission.\n\nADMISSION \n\nAttend in person at Theater Arts Second Stage at UC Santa Cruz.\nAccessibility and visitor resources available here online.\nTickets issued through Eventbrite; Follow the Dept. of Performance\, Play & Design on Eventbrite on Eventbrite for notifications and updates.\nFREE for UCSC undergraduate students (ticket required).\nGeneral admission “Pay What You Like” options $5–20\nA limited number of tickets/seats may be available at the door\, even after online ticket sales end or reach full capacity.\nDoors are scheduled to open 30 minutes prior to event start time.\n\nFULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS \n\nFri.\, Nov. 13\, 2026\, 7:30 p.m.\nSat.\, Nov. 14\, 2026\, 7:30 p.m.\nSun.\, Nov. 15\, 2026\, 2:00 p.m. matinee\nFri.\, Nov. 20\, 2026\, 7:30 p.m.\nSat.\, Nov. 21\, 2026\, 7:30 p.m.\nSun.\, Nov. 22\, 2026\, 2:00 p.m. matinee\n\nPARKING \n\nArts Lot 126 is the closest parking lot to the event and is available via valid UCSC permit or Aims Mobile Pay (AMP).\nThe Core West Parking Structure (Lot 112) is free of charge on weekends.\nLearn more about parking at UCSC via Transportation & Parking Services (TAPS)\n\n###
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/new-play-festival-2026-27/2026-11-13/
LOCATION:Second Stage\, Second Stage\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Performances
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SUMMARY:Barnstorm Presents: meet me in the belly of the whale\, by playwright Gillian O’Leary
DESCRIPTION:Directed by UCSC student Britney Johnson\, Gillian O’Leary’s meet me in the belly of the whale is an original play about the end of the world\, getting swallowed by a whale\, and girls who maybe shouldn’t be friends anymore. With quick-witted dialogue and implausible storylines\, this show navigates the inner workings of young adult friendships and the intestinal tract of a sperm whale’s stomach. \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\nThis production contains loud noises\, violence\, adult language\, and mature themes.\nThe venue has limited seating capacity.\nTicket holders not seated at least 10 minutes before the advertised start time may forfeit their ticket/seat and no refund will be issued.\nThe performance is estimated at 60 minutes with no intermission.\n\nADMISSION \n\nAttend in person at the Theater Arts B100 Studio Theater at UC Santa Cruz.\nAccessibility and visitor resources available here online.\nTickets issued through Eventbrite.\nFollow the Dept. of Performance\, Play & Design on Eventbrite and Barnstorm on Eventbrite for notifications and updates.\nFREE for UCSC undergraduate students (ticket required).\nGeneral admission “Pay What You Like” options $5–20\nA limited number of tickets/seats may be available at the door\, even after online ticket sales end or reach full capacity.\nDoors are scheduled to open 30 minutes prior to event start time.\n\nFULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS \n\nFri.\, Nov. 13\, 2026\, 7:30 p.m.\nSat.\, Nov. 14\, 2026\, 7:30 p.m.\nSun.\, Nov. 15\, 2026\, 2:00 p.m. matinee\nFri.\, Nov. 20\, 2026\, 7:30 p.m.\nSat.\, Nov. 21\, 2026\, 7:30 p.m.\nSun.\, Nov. 22\, 2026\, 2:00 p.m. matinee\n\nPARKING \n\nArts Lot 126 is the closest parking lot to the event with parking via UCSC permit or Aims Mobile Pay (AMP).\nThe Core West Parking Structure (Lot 112) is free of charge on weekends.\nLearn more about parking at UCSC via Transportation & Parking Services (TAPS).
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/barnstorm-mmitbotw/2026-11-13/
LOCATION:Theater Arts B100 Studio Theater\, 453 Kerr Rd\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
CATEGORIES:Performances
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SUMMARY:Volunteer Workday at the UCSC Farm
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a day of harvesting\, cleaning and storing dahlia tubers for the winter. After an incredible season of blooms\, we will have cut back and lifted our dahlias\, but they still need a bit of care and processing to be ready for storage until they are planted again in the spring. Participants will help with all aspects of this process and in exchange will learn about dahlia flower classes\, year round life cycles\, propagation methods\, dividing tuber clusters\, and all that you need to do to store your tubers so that they will be in prime condition for replanting the following year. Please come prepared to join us dressed in layers\, wearing closed toed shoes\, and with gloves if you desire. All other tools will be provided. \nLEARN MORE AND RSVP
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/volunteer-workday-at-the-ucsc-farm-2/
LOCATION:UCSC Farm\, 152 Farm Rd\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Volunteer
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SUMMARY:Carlos Motta: When Time Stands Still
DESCRIPTION: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 difference and marginalization that shape the present. \nThe selection of artworks in the exhibition explore the unsettling experience of living in a time that seems violently stuck on repeat. Archetypal figures from art history (a fool\, a siren\, a witness\, a victim) reappear in the current moment as containers of time\, bringing the past of imperialism\, colonization\, and displacement into a present marked by the rise of anti-immigration politics\, climate injustice\, and other forms of disposability. Some works challenge this violent repetition of time. The clock moves\, if gruelingly\, in an endurance-based video performance\, No One\, 2025. For forty-six minutes\, the artist undertakes to keep his eyes open\, witnessing\, withstanding\, confronting\, and resisting the bombardment of images\, both historical and otherwise\, that normalize harm. In another video work\, Gravity\, 2024\, performers enact rescue carries\, supporting each other until they can’t bear the weight. Together\, the artworks act as a proposal about how to rethink time—how to slow time—with a poetic and aesthetic cadence that might counter the numbing reverberations of living in the present. \nWhen Time Stands Still is organized as part of Visualizing Abolition\, an arts-based initiative that reaches across prison borders to create a future free of prisons. \n\n\n\nCarlos Motta (b. 1978\, Colombia) is a multidisciplinary artist whose work has been shown widely nationally and internationally. Solo exhibitions venues include the Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona; Nikolaj Kunsthal\, Copenhagen; Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá; Wexner Center for the Arts\, Columbus\, OH ; Röda Sten Konsthall\, Gothenburg\, Sweden; Galeria Vermelho\, São Paulo; Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM); Tate Modern\, London; and New Museum\, New York (2012). He has also participated in major biennials\, including the Venice Biennale; Berlin Biennale; Bienal de São Paulo; and the Gwangju Biennale. Motta is Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Art\, Fine Arts Department\, Pratt Institute\, Brooklyn.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/carlos-motta-when-time-stands-still/2026-11-14/
LOCATION:Institute of the Arts and Sciences\, 100 Panetta Ave\, Santa Cruz\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibits
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SUMMARY:Victor ‘Marka27’ Quiñonez: Ni de Aquí\, Ni de Allá
DESCRIPTION:Organized in partnership with the Center for Art and Advocacy\, located in Brooklyn\, New York\, Ni de Aquí\, Ni de Allá (Not From Here\, Not From There) by multidisciplinary artist Victor ‘Marka27’ Quiñonez features a wide range of artworks  that issue a bold declaration of dual belonging\, including altars\, an elaborately immersive botanica\, paintings referencing visual symbolism drawn from textiles\, graffiti and community traditions\, and\, in a series called I.C.E. Scream\, large\, brightly colored resin sculptures in the shape of melting Mexican paletas (popsicles). As the exhibition title suggests (a phrase widely used in bilingual and bicultural communities)\, these artworks reflect the artist’s interest in the experience of living between worlds even as violent notions of nationalism and identity pervade.  \nAccompanying the exhibition\, Elevar la Cultura\, an immersive sculptural installation featuring a twenty-two-foot-tall pyramid built from ice coolers adorned with ancestral textiles\, sacred symbols\, and mural work will be on view at Santa Cruz Barrios Unidos (1817 Soquel) November 7\, 2026- March 7\, 2027. As Quiñonez explains\, this sculpture epitomizes the contradictions of living—and laboring—as an immigrant in the United States:  \n “Most people see the cooler as a tool for leisure…for barbecues\, tailgating\, and celebrations. But for immigrant communities\, the cooler is a tool and symbol for opportunity and independence. In every major city\, you see families and vendors selling fruit\, food\, and water out of these coolers on the streets and in subway stations. They’re a necessity for survival and a way to start an honest living\,” the artist shares. \nThe Institute of Arts and Sciences will be the second venue to successfully present Ni de Aquí\, Ni de Allá to the public. First organized by Boston University Art Galleries and curated by Kate Fowle in September of 2025\, the exhibition debuted to critical acclaim before gaining national attention after its abrupt removal from its second venue\, the University of North Texas\, where it had been installed just one week prior to it being censored.  \nVictor ‘Marka27’ Quiñonez is a renowned international visual artist who is known for his diverse works that intersect contemporary art\, graffiti\, vinyl toys\, fashion and design and art activism. Quiñonez has exhibited globally and collaborated with major brands while creating landmark public art in cities across the U.S. He is a Frieze Los Angeles Impact Prize winner (2025) and a Right of Return and Art for Justice Fellow (2023\, 2024).
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/victor-marka27-quinonez-ni-de-aqui-ni-de-alla/2026-11-14/
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SUMMARY:Aesthetic Breach: Past and Present Struggles for Justice in North African Comics
DESCRIPTION:This exhibition brings together comics and graphic narratives from Egypt\, Tunisia\, Algeria\, and Morocco\, introducing a broad range of contemporary artists while centering the works of Sadri Khiari\, a major figure of the antiracist left in Tunisia and France\, and Salim Zerrouki\, an Algerian cartoonist whose drawings combine ferocious satire and nostalgia. Across different forms\, styles\, and perspectives\, these works engage questions of justice\, memory\, colonial and postcolonial histories\, gender\, migration\, language\, political struggle\, and everyday life. \nThe artwork selected for this exhibition depicts complex social realities and historical trajectories\, while personalizing global issues such as racist violence or societal collapse. Zerrouki’s Rwama chronicles the collapse of Algeria’s post-independence social order through daily life in an Algiers apartment complex. Khiari’s Toussaint est mort dans sa tombe reaches beyond North Africa to trace what happened to the body of Haitian revolutionary leader Toussaint Louverture after his death in French captivity. \nThe exhibition also asks us to pay attention to comics as form—to how these stories are told and why that matters. Speech balloons and panels offer ways to narrate intimate experiences\, everyday life\, and social issues. Indeed\, graphic novels can be an entry into grassroots perspectives and individual experiences of subjection and resistance. Bringing comics into the gallery also draws attention to their visual and material qualities—to drawing and text\, panels and sequences\, composition and rhythm.  \nThe Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery is a teaching gallery at UC Santa Cruz. This exhibition was developed in collaboration with Thomas Serres and the Center for the Middle East and North Africa. Curated by Faculty Director Susana Ruiz\, curatorial intern Annelise Schouten\, and the gallery team\, with Simona Gabrieli as guest co-curator. With support from The Humanities Institute\, Employing Humanities\, and Jim Gunderson. \nReception: Nov 6\, 2026 — 3 to 5pm at the Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery at Cowell College.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/aesthetic-breach-past-and-present-struggles-for-justice-in-north-african-comics/2026-11-14/
LOCATION:Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery\, 11 Cowell Service Rd\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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SUMMARY:New Play Festival
DESCRIPTION:New Play Festival is an annual student-run showcase of experimental\, short stage readings that focuses on nurturing and showcasing new playwrights in the UC Santa Cruz Theater Arts Program. This year the festival is uplifting two new playwrights\, supporting them through developmental drafts\, shaping their stories\, and giving them the opportunity to collaborate with actors\, a director\, and designers. The development time culminates in two weekends of staged readings\, open to the public. \n—\nADVISORIES \n\nThe presentation is estimated at 75 minutes\, with no intermission.\n\nADMISSION \n\nAttend in person at Theater Arts Second Stage at UC Santa Cruz.\nAccessibility and visitor resources available here online.\nTickets issued through Eventbrite; Follow the Dept. of Performance\, Play & Design on Eventbrite on Eventbrite for notifications and updates.\nFREE for UCSC undergraduate students (ticket required).\nGeneral admission “Pay What You Like” options $5–20\nA limited number of tickets/seats may be available at the door\, even after online ticket sales end or reach full capacity.\nDoors are scheduled to open 30 minutes prior to event start time.\n\nFULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS \n\nFri.\, Nov. 13\, 2026\, 7:30 p.m.\nSat.\, Nov. 14\, 2026\, 7:30 p.m.\nSun.\, Nov. 15\, 2026\, 2:00 p.m. matinee\nFri.\, Nov. 20\, 2026\, 7:30 p.m.\nSat.\, Nov. 21\, 2026\, 7:30 p.m.\nSun.\, Nov. 22\, 2026\, 2:00 p.m. matinee\n\nPARKING \n\nArts Lot 126 is the closest parking lot to the event and is available via valid UCSC permit or Aims Mobile Pay (AMP).\nThe Core West Parking Structure (Lot 112) is free of charge on weekends.\nLearn more about parking at UCSC via Transportation & Parking Services (TAPS)\n\n###
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/new-play-festival-2026-27/2026-11-14/
LOCATION:Second Stage\, Second Stage\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Performances
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SUMMARY:Barnstorm Presents: meet me in the belly of the whale\, by playwright Gillian O’Leary
DESCRIPTION:Directed by UCSC student Britney Johnson\, Gillian O’Leary’s meet me in the belly of the whale is an original play about the end of the world\, getting swallowed by a whale\, and girls who maybe shouldn’t be friends anymore. With quick-witted dialogue and implausible storylines\, this show navigates the inner workings of young adult friendships and the intestinal tract of a sperm whale’s stomach. \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\nThis production contains loud noises\, violence\, adult language\, and mature themes.\nThe venue has limited seating capacity.\nTicket holders not seated at least 10 minutes before the advertised start time may forfeit their ticket/seat and no refund will be issued.\nThe performance is estimated at 60 minutes with no intermission.\n\nADMISSION \n\nAttend in person at the Theater Arts B100 Studio Theater at UC Santa Cruz.\nAccessibility and visitor resources available here online.\nTickets issued through Eventbrite.\nFollow the Dept. of Performance\, Play & Design on Eventbrite and Barnstorm on Eventbrite for notifications and updates.\nFREE for UCSC undergraduate students (ticket required).\nGeneral admission “Pay What You Like” options $5–20\nA limited number of tickets/seats may be available at the door\, even after online ticket sales end or reach full capacity.\nDoors are scheduled to open 30 minutes prior to event start time.\n\nFULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS \n\nFri.\, Nov. 13\, 2026\, 7:30 p.m.\nSat.\, Nov. 14\, 2026\, 7:30 p.m.\nSun.\, Nov. 15\, 2026\, 2:00 p.m. matinee\nFri.\, Nov. 20\, 2026\, 7:30 p.m.\nSat.\, Nov. 21\, 2026\, 7:30 p.m.\nSun.\, Nov. 22\, 2026\, 2:00 p.m. matinee\n\nPARKING \n\nArts Lot 126 is the closest parking lot to the event with parking via UCSC permit or Aims Mobile Pay (AMP).\nThe Core West Parking Structure (Lot 112) is free of charge on weekends.\nLearn more about parking at UCSC via Transportation & Parking Services (TAPS).
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/barnstorm-mmitbotw/2026-11-14/
LOCATION:Theater Arts B100 Studio Theater\, 453 Kerr Rd\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
CATEGORIES:Performances
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SUMMARY:Carlos Motta: When Time Stands Still
DESCRIPTION: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 difference and marginalization that shape the present. \nThe selection of artworks in the exhibition explore the unsettling experience of living in a time that seems violently stuck on repeat. Archetypal figures from art history (a fool\, a siren\, a witness\, a victim) reappear in the current moment as containers of time\, bringing the past of imperialism\, colonization\, and displacement into a present marked by the rise of anti-immigration politics\, climate injustice\, and other forms of disposability. Some works challenge this violent repetition of time. The clock moves\, if gruelingly\, in an endurance-based video performance\, No One\, 2025. For forty-six minutes\, the artist undertakes to keep his eyes open\, witnessing\, withstanding\, confronting\, and resisting the bombardment of images\, both historical and otherwise\, that normalize harm. In another video work\, Gravity\, 2024\, performers enact rescue carries\, supporting each other until they can’t bear the weight. Together\, the artworks act as a proposal about how to rethink time—how to slow time—with a poetic and aesthetic cadence that might counter the numbing reverberations of living in the present. \nWhen Time Stands Still is organized as part of Visualizing Abolition\, an arts-based initiative that reaches across prison borders to create a future free of prisons. \n\n\n\nCarlos Motta (b. 1978\, Colombia) is a multidisciplinary artist whose work has been shown widely nationally and internationally. Solo exhibitions venues include the Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona; Nikolaj Kunsthal\, Copenhagen; Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá; Wexner Center for the Arts\, Columbus\, OH ; Röda Sten Konsthall\, Gothenburg\, Sweden; Galeria Vermelho\, São Paulo; Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM); Tate Modern\, London; and New Museum\, New York (2012). He has also participated in major biennials\, including the Venice Biennale; Berlin Biennale; Bienal de São Paulo; and the Gwangju Biennale. Motta is Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Art\, Fine Arts Department\, Pratt Institute\, Brooklyn.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/carlos-motta-when-time-stands-still/2026-11-15/
LOCATION:Institute of the Arts and Sciences\, 100 Panetta Ave\, Santa Cruz\, United States
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SUMMARY:Victor ‘Marka27’ Quiñonez: Ni de Aquí\, Ni de Allá
DESCRIPTION:Organized in partnership with the Center for Art and Advocacy\, located in Brooklyn\, New York\, Ni de Aquí\, Ni de Allá (Not From Here\, Not From There) by multidisciplinary artist Victor ‘Marka27’ Quiñonez features a wide range of artworks  that issue a bold declaration of dual belonging\, including altars\, an elaborately immersive botanica\, paintings referencing visual symbolism drawn from textiles\, graffiti and community traditions\, and\, in a series called I.C.E. Scream\, large\, brightly colored resin sculptures in the shape of melting Mexican paletas (popsicles). As the exhibition title suggests (a phrase widely used in bilingual and bicultural communities)\, these artworks reflect the artist’s interest in the experience of living between worlds even as violent notions of nationalism and identity pervade.  \nAccompanying the exhibition\, Elevar la Cultura\, an immersive sculptural installation featuring a twenty-two-foot-tall pyramid built from ice coolers adorned with ancestral textiles\, sacred symbols\, and mural work will be on view at Santa Cruz Barrios Unidos (1817 Soquel) November 7\, 2026- March 7\, 2027. As Quiñonez explains\, this sculpture epitomizes the contradictions of living—and laboring—as an immigrant in the United States:  \n “Most people see the cooler as a tool for leisure…for barbecues\, tailgating\, and celebrations. But for immigrant communities\, the cooler is a tool and symbol for opportunity and independence. In every major city\, you see families and vendors selling fruit\, food\, and water out of these coolers on the streets and in subway stations. They’re a necessity for survival and a way to start an honest living\,” the artist shares. \nThe Institute of Arts and Sciences will be the second venue to successfully present Ni de Aquí\, Ni de Allá to the public. First organized by Boston University Art Galleries and curated by Kate Fowle in September of 2025\, the exhibition debuted to critical acclaim before gaining national attention after its abrupt removal from its second venue\, the University of North Texas\, where it had been installed just one week prior to it being censored.  \nVictor ‘Marka27’ Quiñonez is a renowned international visual artist who is known for his diverse works that intersect contemporary art\, graffiti\, vinyl toys\, fashion and design and art activism. Quiñonez has exhibited globally and collaborated with major brands while creating landmark public art in cities across the U.S. He is a Frieze Los Angeles Impact Prize winner (2025) and a Right of Return and Art for Justice Fellow (2023\, 2024).
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/victor-marka27-quinonez-ni-de-aqui-ni-de-alla/2026-11-15/
LOCATION:Institute of the Arts and Sciences\, 100 Panetta Ave\, Santa Cruz\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibits
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SUMMARY:New Play Festival
DESCRIPTION:New Play Festival is an annual student-run showcase of experimental\, short stage readings that focuses on nurturing and showcasing new playwrights in the UC Santa Cruz Theater Arts Program. This year the festival is uplifting two new playwrights\, supporting them through developmental drafts\, shaping their stories\, and giving them the opportunity to collaborate with actors\, a director\, and designers. The development time culminates in two weekends of staged readings\, open to the public. \n—\nADVISORIES \n\nThe presentation is estimated at 75 minutes\, with no intermission.\n\nADMISSION \n\nAttend in person at Theater Arts Second Stage at UC Santa Cruz.\nAccessibility and visitor resources available here online.\nTickets issued through Eventbrite; Follow the Dept. of Performance\, Play & Design on Eventbrite on Eventbrite for notifications and updates.\nFREE for UCSC undergraduate students (ticket required).\nGeneral admission “Pay What You Like” options $5–20\nA limited number of tickets/seats may be available at the door\, even after online ticket sales end or reach full capacity.\nDoors are scheduled to open 30 minutes prior to event start time.\n\nFULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS \n\nFri.\, Nov. 13\, 2026\, 7:30 p.m.\nSat.\, Nov. 14\, 2026\, 7:30 p.m.\nSun.\, Nov. 15\, 2026\, 2:00 p.m. matinee\nFri.\, Nov. 20\, 2026\, 7:30 p.m.\nSat.\, Nov. 21\, 2026\, 7:30 p.m.\nSun.\, Nov. 22\, 2026\, 2:00 p.m. matinee\n\nPARKING \n\nArts Lot 126 is the closest parking lot to the event and is available via valid UCSC permit or Aims Mobile Pay (AMP).\nThe Core West Parking Structure (Lot 112) is free of charge on weekends.\nLearn more about parking at UCSC via Transportation & Parking Services (TAPS)\n\n###
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/new-play-festival-2026-27/2026-11-15/
LOCATION:Second Stage\, Second Stage\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Performances
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SUMMARY:Barnstorm Presents: meet me in the belly of the whale\, by playwright Gillian O’Leary
DESCRIPTION:Directed by UCSC student Britney Johnson\, Gillian O’Leary’s meet me in the belly of the whale is an original play about the end of the world\, getting swallowed by a whale\, and girls who maybe shouldn’t be friends anymore. With quick-witted dialogue and implausible storylines\, this show navigates the inner workings of young adult friendships and the intestinal tract of a sperm whale’s stomach. \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\nThis production contains loud noises\, violence\, adult language\, and mature themes.\nThe venue has limited seating capacity.\nTicket holders not seated at least 10 minutes before the advertised start time may forfeit their ticket/seat and no refund will be issued.\nThe performance is estimated at 60 minutes with no intermission.\n\nADMISSION \n\nAttend in person at the Theater Arts B100 Studio Theater at UC Santa Cruz.\nAccessibility and visitor resources available here online.\nTickets issued through Eventbrite.\nFollow the Dept. of Performance\, Play & Design on Eventbrite and Barnstorm on Eventbrite for notifications and updates.\nFREE for UCSC undergraduate students (ticket required).\nGeneral admission “Pay What You Like” options $5–20\nA limited number of tickets/seats may be available at the door\, even after online ticket sales end or reach full capacity.\nDoors are scheduled to open 30 minutes prior to event start time.\n\nFULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS \n\nFri.\, Nov. 13\, 2026\, 7:30 p.m.\nSat.\, Nov. 14\, 2026\, 7:30 p.m.\nSun.\, Nov. 15\, 2026\, 2:00 p.m. matinee\nFri.\, Nov. 20\, 2026\, 7:30 p.m.\nSat.\, Nov. 21\, 2026\, 7:30 p.m.\nSun.\, Nov. 22\, 2026\, 2:00 p.m. matinee\n\nPARKING \n\nArts Lot 126 is the closest parking lot to the event with parking via UCSC permit or Aims Mobile Pay (AMP).\nThe Core West Parking Structure (Lot 112) is free of charge on weekends.\nLearn more about parking at UCSC via Transportation & Parking Services (TAPS).
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/barnstorm-mmitbotw/2026-11-15/
LOCATION:Theater Arts B100 Studio Theater\, 453 Kerr Rd\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
CATEGORIES:Performances
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SUMMARY:Global Learning Give-Aways and Info Table
DESCRIPTION:Interested in studying abroad or away and need some physical media to help get you started? \nStop by the Global Engagement outdoor lobby table to learn more about global learning opportunities and even grab one of our free give-away items! \nThis session is hosted by Global Learning as part of International Education Week. If you have any questions\, please email globallearning@ucsc.edu.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/global-learning-give-aways-and-info-table/
LOCATION:Classroom Unit\, Classroom Unit\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, Select a Country:
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SUMMARY:International Education Week
DESCRIPTION:International Education Week (IEW) is an opportunity to celebrate the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide. This joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education is part of our efforts to promote programs that prepare Americans for a global environment and attract future leaders from abroad to study\, learn\, and exchange experiences. \nEach year\, the Division of Global Engagement partners with departments\, colleges\, and offices across campus to provide our community with a wide range of intercultural\, international\, and globally-themed events during IEW. This is an excellent opportunity to broaden your cultural perspective by sharing with and learning from others. \nVisit our International Education Week website to learn more about this year’s offerings. \nIf you are interested in partnering/promoting an international-themed event during IEW\, please contact iprogramming@ucsc.edu.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/international-education-week/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Meetings & Conferences,Reception,Social Gathering
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SUMMARY:Second Harvest Food Bank Holiday Donation Drive
DESCRIPTION:Take part in the campus-wide holiday drive by donating Slug \nPoints or Flexi Dollars to the Second Harvest Food Bank \nNovember 16 – December 10.  \n100% of your gift will provide \nfood to Santa Cruz County residents. \nWays to Donate: \nStudents can donate up to 50 Slug Points or Flexi Dollars in increments of 5. \nDONATE HERE \n  \nAbout Second Harvest:  \nFor every $1 raised\, Second Harvest Food Bank provides 3 healthy meals thanks \nto their extensive relationships with farmers\, retailers\, food bank networks\, and \ndedicated volunteers and donors. \nSecond Harvest sources over 10 million pounds of food each year and distributes \nit to 150 food pantries\, schools (including UCSC Slug Support\, Student Union \nAssembly\, Family Student Housing\, and campus Basic Needs food pantries)\, soup \nkitchens\, group homes\, youth centers\, and Second Harvest program sites. \n1 in 3 residents are food insecure in Santa Cruz County. The food bank is actively \nreducing food insecurity by reaching 70\,000 people each month through it’s work \nand from contributions from volunteers and donors. \nLearn more about Second Harvest at thefoodbank.org
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/second-harvest-food-bank-holiday-donation-drive-2/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Fundraisers
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SUMMARY:ECE 290 Seminar: "From Stochastic Planning to Safe and Resilient Autonomy: Learning and Control for Robotic Systems"
DESCRIPTION:Presented by: Francesco Trotti\, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow @ University of Bologna\, Italy \nDescription: “Developing autonomous robotic systems capable of operating reliably in uncertain and dynamic environments requires the integration of planning\, learning\, and control while addressing fundamental challenges related to safety\, robustness\, and computational efficiency. This talk will present a research journey from stochastic optimal control and online decision-making to safety-critical learning and real-time robotic autonomy. First\, I will discuss model-based planning methodologies based on Markov Decision Processes and Monte Carlo Tree Search\, with applications to autonomous aircraft guidance\, constrained optimal control\, and decision-making under uncertainty. Building on these foundations\, I will introduce recent advances in safe reinforcement learning\, focusing on the integration of Control Barrier Functions with learning-based policies to improve safety and reduce unnecessary interventions. I will then address computational challenges in predictive safety and collision avoidance\, highlighting approaches aimed at enabling efficient real-time operation. \nFinally\, I will introduce NEMORE\, a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship project investigating energy-aware and morphologically adaptive aerial systems. By integrating hybrid multi-mode control\, regenerative actuation\, and wind-adaptive autonomy\, NEMORE aims to advance resilient and energy-efficient flight. The talk will conclude by discussing open research questions at the intersection of hybrid systems\, optimization\, learning\, and control\, toward autonomous aerial robots capable of adapting safely and efficiently to changing operating conditions.” \nBio: Francesco Trotti is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Bologna\, Italy\, currently conducting the outgoing phase of his fellowship at the University of California\, Santa Cruz\, under the supervision of Prof. Ricardo Sanfelice.\nHe received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Verona\, Italy\, in 2025\, under the supervision of Profs. Riccardo Muradore and Alessandro Farinelli. During his doctoral studies\, he was a visiting researcher at The Ohio State University\, where he worked with Prof. Andrea Serrani on adaptive control. \nHis research interests include stochastic optimal control\, autonomous planning\, reinforcement learning\, safety-critical control\, and robotic systems. His current MSCA project\, NEMORE\, investigates hybrid control\, energy-aware actuation\, and adaptive autonomy for resilient aerial vehicles. \n  \nHosted by: Professor Zhicong Yu & Professor Ricardo Sanfelice\, Electrical & Computer Engineering Department \nWhen: Monday\, November 16th from 10:40 to 11:45 AM PST \nLocation: Classroom E2-194
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/ece-290-seminar-from-stochastic-planning-to-safe-and-resilient-autonomy-learning-and-control-for-robotic-systems/
LOCATION:Engineering 2\, Engineering 2 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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SUMMARY:Optional Practical Training (OPT) Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Optional Practical Training (OPT) workshops are MANDATORY for all F-1 students who will apply for OPT\, and you MUST have attended the OPT workshop within 9 months of applying for OPT. You must attend the full workshop to receive credit. Be sure to arrive on time and stay until the end\, or you will not receive credit and will need to attend another workshop. \nZoom Link \nTo learn more about OPT\, visit the ISSP Optional Practical Training webpage.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/optional-practical-training-opt-workshop-2/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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SUMMARY:Aesthetic Breach: Past and Present Struggles for Justice in North African Comics
DESCRIPTION:This exhibition brings together comics and graphic narratives from Egypt\, Tunisia\, Algeria\, and Morocco\, introducing a broad range of contemporary artists while centering the works of Sadri Khiari\, a major figure of the antiracist left in Tunisia and France\, and Salim Zerrouki\, an Algerian cartoonist whose drawings combine ferocious satire and nostalgia. Across different forms\, styles\, and perspectives\, these works engage questions of justice\, memory\, colonial and postcolonial histories\, gender\, migration\, language\, political struggle\, and everyday life. \nThe artwork selected for this exhibition depicts complex social realities and historical trajectories\, while personalizing global issues such as racist violence or societal collapse. Zerrouki’s Rwama chronicles the collapse of Algeria’s post-independence social order through daily life in an Algiers apartment complex. Khiari’s Toussaint est mort dans sa tombe reaches beyond North Africa to trace what happened to the body of Haitian revolutionary leader Toussaint Louverture after his death in French captivity. \nThe exhibition also asks us to pay attention to comics as form—to how these stories are told and why that matters. Speech balloons and panels offer ways to narrate intimate experiences\, everyday life\, and social issues. Indeed\, graphic novels can be an entry into grassroots perspectives and individual experiences of subjection and resistance. Bringing comics into the gallery also draws attention to their visual and material qualities—to drawing and text\, panels and sequences\, composition and rhythm.  \nThe Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery is a teaching gallery at UC Santa Cruz. This exhibition was developed in collaboration with Thomas Serres and the Center for the Middle East and North Africa. Curated by Faculty Director Susana Ruiz\, curatorial intern Annelise Schouten\, and the gallery team\, with Simona Gabrieli as guest co-curator. With support from The Humanities Institute\, Employing Humanities\, and Jim Gunderson. \nReception: Nov 6\, 2026 — 3 to 5pm at the Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery at Cowell College.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/aesthetic-breach-past-and-present-struggles-for-justice-in-north-african-comics/2026-11-16/
LOCATION:Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery\, 11 Cowell Service Rd\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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SUMMARY:CM Seminar: Dr. Elena Agapie - "Centering Users in Health Technologies: Balancing People’s Practices with Health Interventions in Design"
DESCRIPTION:CMPM 26-27 Seminar \nWelcome to the fourth Computational Media seminar of the fall quarter. Open to all\, class enrollment is not required. Food will be provided. \nPlease join us in-person at E2-280 or via Zoom to learn more about the works of Dr. Elena Agapie: \nTitle: Centering Users in Health Technologies: Balancing People’s Practices with Health Interventions in Design \nPresenter: Dr. Elena Agapie\, Assistant Professor of Informatics\, University of California\, Irvine \nDescription: Over a third of American adults suffer from conditions that are preventable with healthy lifestyle behaviors like exercise\, diet\, and mental well-being behaviors. Although health apps promise to support sustaining these behaviors\, they fall short: most people abandon mental health and lifestyle change apps within the first three weeks or months. In this talk\, I argue that this failure stems from tensions that emerge between technology design\, user practices\, and clinical requirements. I will share insights from interview-based projects with end users\, clinicians and researchers designing health technology. First\, I will show how mental health app interactions conflict with people’s practices of managing mental health in daily life. Second\, I will describe how technology needs to support adaptation to the evolving and disrupted nature of people’s lives. Third\, I will highlight how interdisciplinary teams that innovate health technology interventions prioritize health outcomes over user experiences due to methodological and infrastructural misalignments. I will close with recommendations for centering user practices in the interactions\, features\, and design process itself. \nBio: Elena Agapie is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Informatics at the University of California\, Irvine. She studies\, designs\, and builds technology to support people in pursuing positive health behaviors by drawing on people’s everyday experiences and evidence-based interventions. Agapie’s work has been published and received awards in top HCI venues\, including CHI\, CSCW\, and HCOMP. She received her Ph.D. in Human Centered Design and Engineering from the University of Washington\, and Master degree in Computer Science from Harvard University. Agapie worked on research projects in industry research labs including Microsoft Research\, Fuji Xerox Palo Alto Research Lab\, Intel\, and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab. Her work is supported by the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health.\n \nHosted by: Associate Professor of Computational Media\, Christina Chung \nZoom Link: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/94103955103?pwd=od4ueavRt06ECpwAwqvgofwn5Suyal.1 \nMeeting ID: 941 0395 5103 \nPasscode: 124806
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/cm-seminar-111626/
LOCATION:Engineering 2\, Engineering 2 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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SUMMARY:Fall Slow Seminar: The Range of the River by Iftekhar Iqbal
DESCRIPTION:UCSC’s Center for Southeast Asian Coastal Interactions (SEACoast)  and the  Center for South Asian Studies  invite you to join us for a Slow Seminar to discuss Iftekhar Iqbal’s   The Range of the River: Asia’s Great River Systems and the Making of a Transregional World  on  Monday\, November 16\, 2026 from 3:30-5:00pm PST in Room 210\, Humanities 1. \nSpanning nearly four million square kilometers across eastern South Asia\, mainland Southeast Asia\, and southern China\, the Tibetan river system connects some of Asia’s major waterways\, including the Brahmaputra\, Mekong\, and Yangtze. In The Range of the River\, Iqbal traces the intertwined histories of these rivers and the human and other-than-human forces that have shaped them. The book considers rivers not only as sites of imperial power\, territorial contestation\, and economic activity\, but also as dynamic forces and shared commons that have facilitated movement\, exchange\, commerce\, and cultural encounters across political and geographic boundaries. \nProfessor Anna Tsing (UCSC Anthropology) will facilitate our Slow Seminar to focus on three river systems explored in Iqbal’s book: the Brahmaputra\, Mekong\, and Yangtze. Three scholars including Sanjay Barbora (UCSC Sociology)\, David Biggs (UCR History)\, and Ben Read (UCSC Politics) will offer brief reflections on one river each\, providing distinct disciplinary and regional perspectives before the discussion opens to a broader collective conversation. Our seminar conversation will focus on Chapters 1\, 4\, 6\, and 7 of the book. \nPlease register for the Slow Seminar by filling out this Google Form. Registered guests will receive a PDF copy of selected chapters of The Range of the River via email. \nThis is a Hybrid event. Participants may join in-person at UCSC or by Zoom. The Zoom link will be sent out to registered participants at least 1 hour before the event. \nRegistration will close at midnight on November 15\, 2026. \nNew to Slow Seminars?  Check out SEACoast’s definition here.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/fall-slow-seminar-the-range-of-the-river-by-iftkhar-iqbal/
LOCATION:Humanities 1 Building\, 257 Cowell-Stevenson Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Seminars
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SUMMARY:AM Seminar: Heat Transport and Scalar Dissipation in Turbulent Flows: A Constructive Approach
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Anuj Kumar\, Assistant Professor\, UC Davis \nDescription: Turbulent flows can transport heat and momentum much more efficiently than pure molecular diffusion alone. What flow structures enable this efficient transport and how can they sustain dissipation when diffusivity or viscosity is small? These questions are fundamental to understanding turbulence and have important applications in engineering. In this talk\, I will discuss a constructive approach to these questions through explicitly designed incompressible flows. We will first consider heat transport between walls held at different temperatures. Under a constraint on the power supply\, I will present a three dimensional branching construction that achieves the optimal heat transport scaling. By examining these designs carefully\, we will identify the physical mechanisms responsible for efficient heat transfer and discuss potential applications\, including the pressing problems of cooling in AI data centers. We will then turn to scalar turbulence. I will introduce a universal incompressible flow built from a carefully organized hierarchy of shear flows and explain how these constructions approach the sharp Obukhov–Corrsin regularity threshold for scalar dissipation. These constructions also exhibit eddy-diffusivity effect: advection mimics diffusion of order one even in the transport equation\, where molecular diffusion is entirely absent. Together\, these examples illustrate how the process of constructing flows that achieve sharp scaling laws can also reveal the mechanisms underlying enhanced transport and dissipation\, which are two key features of turbulence. \nAbout the speaker: Anuj Kumar is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of California Davis. His research lies at the intersection of fluid dynamics\, partial differential equations (PDEs) and applied mathematics\, combining computational\, mathematical analysis and theoretical approaches. Prior to joining UC Davis\, he was a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of California Berkeley. He earned my Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from the University of California Santa Cruz in 2023. \nThis seminar is hosted by Professor Pascale Garaud.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/am-seminar-heat-transport-and-scalar-dissipation-in-turbulent-flows-a-constructive-approach/
LOCATION:Jack Baskin Engineering\, Baskin Engineering 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Seminars
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SUMMARY:Statistics: Beyond Simple Models of (Marine) Species on the Move
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Alexa Fredston\, Assistant Professor\, Ocean Sciences\, UC Santa Cruz \nDescription: Why are species found where they are and not elsewhere? What makes them move? Research in the Fredston Lab focuses on the fundamental drivers of species’ geographic ranges\, and the causes and consequences of climate-related shifts. This talk will cover evidence for temperature driving the distribution and abundance of marine fishes across spatial and temporal scales; a range of projects aimed at disentangling multiple drivers of species’ ranges\, with various methods and species; and methods and theory for understanding species on the move. \nAbout the speaker: Alexa Fredston is a quantitative marine ecologist who uses a range of statistical and theoretical methods and all the ocean data she can find to (hopefully) advance foundational ecology\, biodiversity conservation\, and human well-being. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Ocean Sciences at the University of California\, Santa Cruz. Dr. Fredston earned her PhD from the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at the University of California\, Santa Barbara\, and graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University with a B.A. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. You can learn more about her work at www.alexafredston.com. \nThis seminar is hosted by Professor Yunyi Shen.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/statistics-beyond-simple-models-of-marine-species-on-the-move/
LOCATION:Jack Baskin Engineering\, Baskin Engineering 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Seminars
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SUMMARY:Career Coaching in the Courtyard - Drop-in Coaching at Baskin Engineering - Week 8
DESCRIPTION:Do you have any questions or need some insight on your internship/job search? Perhaps you want someone to take a look at your resume or LinkedIn and offer advice? Or maybe you’d just like to explore different career options with a coach? Baskin Engineering’s Career Engagement Specialist\, Erin Busch\, will be hanging out at Baskin Engineering’s courtyard for casual career coaching on Monday\, November 16th from 4:30pm – 5:30pm\, feel free to stop by with any career related question. \nBring a friend! \n  \nIf you need accommodations please email esbusch@ucsc.edu \n  \nYOU BELONG HERE\nPrograms and services 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. To learn more\, please visit UC Nondiscrimination Statement or Nondiscrimination Policy for UC Publications.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/career-coaching-in-the-courtyard-drop-in-coaching-at-baskin-engineering-week-8/
LOCATION:Jack Baskin School of Engineering (E1)\, Baskin Courtyard (main courtyard between JBE & E2)\, Santa Cruz\, California\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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