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CSE Colloquium: Enabling scalable GPU computing via efficient virtual memory systems

CSE Colloquium: Enabling scalable GPU computing via efficient virtual memory systems

Engineering 2 Engineering 2 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA

Presenter: Hyeran Jeon, UC Merced Title: Enabling scalable GPU computing via efficient virtual memory systems Abstract: GPUs have become one of the most important accelerators of various emerging workloads. While the massive parallelism makes the GPUs one of the most favorable compute engines, the limited on-device memory capacity hinders their wider adoption. Virtual memory systems […]

How to Validate AI Product Ideas and Build a Defensible MVP

How to Validate AI Product Ideas and Build a Defensible MVP

Social Sciences 1 Social Sciences 1, Santa Cruz, CA

93% of US companies plan to increase their AI investments; but 80% of AI projects fail. Countless “cool” demos crash and burn; not because the technology failed, but because they solved the wrong problem. In this lesson, we lay out a proven playbook with 5 tactical steps, each a mindset shift or critical decision point, […]

Free
Dismantling the Deportation Machine...

Dismantling the Deportation Machine…

Bay Tree Building Student Union, Santa Cruz, CA

Dismantling the Deportation Machine: A Conversation on Migration, Expulsion, and Xenophobia Join Carlos Martinez as he moderates a powerful discussion with Megan Carney, Heide Castañeda, and Gilberto Rosas on the urgent U.S. and global trends shaping the politics of migration, deportation, and xenophobia. As authoritarianism and xenophobia intensify globally, this distinguished panel will offer critical […]

Free
Environmental Health and Justice: Successes and Future Challenges

Environmental Health and Justice: Successes and Future Challenges

Stevenson Event Center Stevenson Service Road, Santa Cruz, CA

Please join us for this collaborative, interdisciplinary symposium to highlight and celebrate the important work being done in Global and Community Health at UC Santa Cruz. The symposium will feature talks on environmental determinants of health by faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates,speakers from the community,and will be headlined by environmental health luminary keynote speaker Brenda Eskenazi from UC Berkeley.

Campo-Sano Climate Action Conference

Campo-Sano Climate Action Conference

Colleges Nine and John R. Lewis College Multi-purpose Room 615 College Nine Road, Santa Cruz, CA

Join us October 4th for a regional conference on California Farmworkers and the Environment! The conference will address the challenges of resilience amid the impacts of climate changes and the many other compounding risks farmworkers face. Free and open to the public.

Free
Celine Grenier Retrospective Exhibition

Opening Celebration—Celine Grenier Retrospective Exhibition

Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery Baskin Service Road, Santa Cruz, CA

2025 marks Céline Grenier’s 50th graduation anniversary from the Art Department at UC Santa Cruz. This retrospective celebrates the Santa Cruz-based alumna’s vast body of work in a diverse range of media. Grenier is both inspired by the beauty of life closely examined and horrified by man’s trajectory. She works from a large mental catalog […]

FREE and open to UCSC affiliates
Fall-Planted Cut Flowers Workshop

Fall-Planted Cut Flowers Workshop

Hay Barn 1008 Ranch View Road, Santa Cruz, CA

Join us for a jump on your spring garden for next year! In this fall planting class, we’ll discuss the perennials that can be grown for cutting, as well as fall-planted annuals. This class will help you understand the many benefits of over-wintering cut flowers, allowing you to bring color to your vase earlier and […]

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Dy Farm Tomato Field Day

Dy Farm Tomato Field Day

Hay Barn 1008 Ranch View Road, Santa Cruz, CA

Researchers from UC Santa Cruz and the University of Oregon are studying the environmental conditions and plant traits that support successful dry-farmed tomato production on 10 different varieties. Join us for a Field Day focused on research that aims to help small-scale organic farmers adapt to our changing climate. We will be recruiting three growers […]

Free

AI Frontier: Data, Agents & Robots at TechWeek SF

Join us for an immersive SF Tech Week experience hosted by the Silicon Valley AI Pioneer Club and UC Santa Cruz GenAI Center — where AI builders, investors, innovators and top researchers converge to explore the technologies shaping tomorrow. Details and reservations are available at https://partiful.com/e/OtqKL1z4hvYDLMk0uP8w

free
Familiar Touch Screening

Familiar Touch Screening

Communications Building 7487 Red Hill Road, Santa Cruz, CA

This is a public screening and discussion of FAMILIAR TOUCH. Ruth (Kathleen Chalfant), a retired cook, prepares breakfast in her sunny and cozy kitchen — a dish she seems to have made many times before, although small and puzzling errors now punctuate her comfortable routine. When her son (H. Jon Benjamin) arrives to dine with […]

Complimentary ticket for UCSC students
US - India: Normalization or Reset?

US – India: Normalization or Reset?

Silicon Valley Campus 3175 Bowers Avenue, Santa Clara, CA

The US–India relationship stands at a crossroads balancing strategic pragmatism with shared democratic values. Recent tensions over trade, tariffs, and technology have raised questions about whether the partnership is being recalibrated or simply cooling. The 8th annual AIMA US–India Conference examines how the two countries can review their priorities and either restore normalcy or redefine […]

Free
CSE Colloquium: Can Great Programmers Be Taught?

CSE Colloquium: Can Great Programmers Be Taught?

Engineering 2 Engineering 2 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA

Presenter: John Ousterhout, Stanford University Abstract: People have been programming computers for more than 80 years, but there is little agreement on how to design software or even what a good design looks like. As a community, we talk a lot about tools and processes, but hardly at all about design. In this talk I […]

Resume Workshop with Google

Resume Workshop with Google

Engineering 2 Engineering 2 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA

Are you submitting applications for internships and full-time opportunities this semester? Join us for this resume workshop to find out how the format, structure, and detailed content of your resume could maximize your chances of receiving an interview opportunity with Google. Don't forget to bring a copy of your most updated resume with you!

Talking Tales of the Undead

Talking Tales of the Undead

Santa Cruz Public Library

exploring the ways monsters and tropes of monstrosity pervade our culture.

FREE and open to the public
Understanding the Technical Interview Process at Google

Understanding the Technical Interview Process at Google

Engineering 2 Engineering 2 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA

Curious of how the technical interview process at Google works? Are you gearing up for technical interviews this fall? Whether you’re Interested in their internships or full-time roles, you may want to brush up on those interview skills. Join us for mock questions and tips!

Developing Personal Projects & Building Your Brand with Google

Engineering 2 Engineering 2 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA

Learn directly from successful Googlers about how to highlight the qualities, skills, and talents that describe you as a professional by building a brand profile and mission statement.

PMI Silicon Valley Symposium

PMI Silicon Valley Symposium

Silicon Valley Campus 3175 Bowers Avenue, Santa Clara, CA

Project managers today are navigating more change than ever—new technologies, evolving teams, and rising complexity. To lead effectively, PMs must blend emotional intelligence with digital fluency, balancing human connection with AI-driven insights. Join UCSC Silicon Valley partner, the Project Management Institute Silicon Valley Chapter (PMISV), at this year’s symposium as industry leaders explore how modern […]

Students should email symposium@pmisv.org for discount code.

Indigenous People’s Day

Quarry Plaza Student Union, Santa Cruz, CA

Indigenous People's Day began as a counter-celebration held on the same day as the U.S. federal holiday of Columbus Day. It is celebrated as an alternative to Columbus Day, citing the lasting harm Indigenous tribes suffered because of Columbus's contributions to the European colonization of the Americas. The event will consist of Indigenous food, music, […]

How to Optimize Your Career Fair Experience

How to Optimize Your Career Fair Experience

Interested in attending an upcoming career fair but not sure what to do once you're there? We can help with that! Join us and hear some quick tips on how to work a career fair. Some of the discussion topics will include: What should you do to prepare in advance? How should you engage with […]

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Respond, Don’t React: Recognizing and Managing Emotional Triggers

Silicon Valley Campus 3175 Bowers Avenue, Santa Clara, CA

In a world of nonstop change and pressure, even the most experienced professionals get triggered in ways that throw us off course—hurting performance and straining relationships. In this presentation by the Silicon Valley chapter of the NHRA, we’ll explore what’s really happening when emotions take over, why it matters, and what we can do about […]

$2 – $3
Festival of Monsters 2025

Festival of Monsters 2025

Digital Arts Research Center 407 McHenry Rd, Santa Cruz, CA

exploring the ways monsters and tropes of monstrosity pervade our culture.

$225 – $275
Campus to Career: Job Talk with Kristen Amicone

Campus to Career: Job Talk with Kristen Amicone, Education Program Specialist

Are you curious about careers in education or nonprofits? Join this job talk with UCSC Humanities alum Kristen Amicone, a doctoral student with expertise in nonprofits, educational programming, and leadership. Kristen will share insights from her academic and professional experience, from being a transfer student, to making career transition decisions, to navigating an online graduate […]

Eat Well, Live Well: Preventing Prediabetes & Type 2 Diabetes

If preventing or delaying prediabetes or type 2 diabetes is a top priority for you—you are not alone. We know that carbs are key players when it comes to controlling blood sugar, but did you know that healthy fats and lean proteins are also just as important when it comes to managing blood sugar? Join […]

Sesnon Salon: History of Art & Visual Culture

Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery Baskin Service Road, Santa Cruz, CA

The Arts Division welcome students, faculty, staff, and the general community to a salon-style gathering presenting the work of UC Santa Cruz's History of Art and Visual Culture (HAVC) Department. The event will take place outdoors by the Porter Koi Pond. Light refreshments will be served. — ADMISSION Free and open to the public. — […]

FREE and open to the public
Festival of Monsters: Oh

Festival of Monsters: Oh, the Horror!

Bookshop Santa Cruz

exploring the ways monsters and tropes of monstrosity pervade our culture.

Registration Required; FREE and open to the public
Last modified: Sep 24, 2025