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    2026 Right Livelihood International Conference

    Hybrid Event

    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 […]

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    TLC Convocation 2026

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

    The Opposite of Cheating: Rethinking Instruction in the Age of AI David Rettinger, Applied Professor and Undergraduate Program Director at the University of Tulsa Higher education stands at a crossroads. […]

    Free
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    Planetary Health and Innovation Panel

    Seymour Marine Discovery Center 100 McAllister Way, Santa Cruz, CA

    Join us for an interactive conversation featuring visionary entrepreneurs, investors, and ecosystem experts at the forefront of global sustainability. This panel explores the intersection of environmental stewardship and cutting-edge solutions […]

  • Slugs at Sundown: CEO of Your Own Career

    Silicon Valley Campus 3175 Bowers Avenue, Santa Clara, CA, United States

    Tired of the dreaded question, “So, what do you do?” Join us for a high-impact session designed to help you ditch the “humble brag” and start speaking like the CEO […]

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    Sequence to Survival: Using Genomics to Save Biodiversity

    Cultural Center – Merrill College 641 Merrill Rd, Santa Cruz, United States

    A Free Public Symposium Friday, May 1, 2026 Merrill Cultural Center, UC Santa Cruz Main Campus Doors open at 12:30 PM | Program begins at 1:00 PM Registration is free but required! In the 25 years since the Human Genome Project, scientists have sequenced the DNA of thousands of species. But what can genomics actually […]

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    BME80G Seminar – Katherine Bonini, “Rethinking Familial Risk in Genomic Medicine: Ethical Approaches to Cascade Screening”

    Presenter: Katherine Bonini, Senior Genetic Counselor @ Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai   Description: It has long been argued that families are central to genomic medicine. Genomic risk, diagnosis, and management are rarely confined to a single individual, and separating patients’ interests from those of their relatives is often neither straightforward nor desirable. Despite this, […]

  • First Saturday Tour at the Arboretum

    First Saturday Tour at the Arboretum
    Arboretum 122 Arboretum Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    First Saturday Tours are a wonderful way to introduce yourself to the Arboretum or to deepen your knowledge of the Arboretum’s plant collections. Each tour is a little different depending on the time of year, the interests of the tour guide, and the people who join in. For example, you might learn about the birds […]

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    AM Seminar: Using Math and Experiments to Study the Control of Cell Metabolism

    Presenter: Denis Titov, Assistant Professor, University of California, Berkeley Description: Cells run thousands of chemical reactions simultaneously, and these reactions must be precisely controlled—like a thermostat that prevents overheating. When this control fails, diseases including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and fatty liver disease result. One key control mechanism is allosteric regulation, where a small molecule binds […]

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    May Slugs and Steins with Professor Soraya Murray

    Virtual Event

    TECHNOTHRILLER: Film and the American Imagination In this presentation, visual culture scholar Soraya Murray (Film + Digital Media Department, UCSC) shares her new book, TECHNOTHRILLER: Film and the American Imagination (MIT, Feb 2026). In TECHNOTHRILLER, Soraya Murray reveals how popular American films after the 1960s, in which technology assumes a central role—mainly biotech, military, and computational—channel our cultural […]

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    Living Roots: The Promise of Perennial Foods Book Talk

    Hay Barn 94 Ranch View Road, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

    Join us for a conversation with co-editors Liz Carlisle and Aubrey Streit Krug and contributor Tim Crews about their new book Living Roots: The Promise of Perennial Foods. Following the conversation, we’ll enjoy a tasting of perennial treats, and copies of the book will be available for purchase and signing. Living Roots makes the case for putting […]

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    Learn more about high school health pathways

    Silicon Valley Campus 3175 Bowers Avenue, Santa Clara, CA, United States

    At this interactive info session about our new program for college-bound high schoolers, Dr. Deepthi Nair, senior director of the UC Santa Cruz Premed Postbacc Program, will talk about the UC Santa Cruz High School Health Pathways Summer Academy, a six-week session of transformative learning, in-person, at the Silicon Valley Campus of UC Santa Cruz. Get […]

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    Wang, Q. (STAT) – Modern Statistical Methods for Modeling Spatial and Temporal Processes

    Jack Baskin Engineering Baskin Engineering 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA
    Hybrid Event

    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. A spatial deep learning framework is developed to extend classical geostatistical […]

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    CSE Colloquium – Evaluating AI Agents in the Real World: Lessons from Two Benchmarks

    Presenter: Tanya Roosta, AMD Abstract: Autonomous research and web-navigation agents — OpenAI Deep Research, Gemini Deep Research Max, OpenAI Operator — are now shipping to millions of users. Yet independent evaluation finds leading agents reach less than 68% rubric compliance, and recent work shows that 14+ points of MMLU “performance” disappears once contamination is removed […]

    Free
  • Digital flyer for an “HSI Equity Talk.” The main title in large green text reads: “SERVINGNESS EN ACCIÓN: Nurturing Student Leadership Rooted in Cariño, Cultura, y Comunidad.” On the left are watercolor-style blue flowers and three circular logos: “UCSC HSI Initiatives,” “El Centro Chicanx Latinx Resource Center UC Santa Cruz,” and a banner that says “YOU BELONG HERE – All are welcome to attend” with smaller text “Division of Student Affairs and Success.” On the right is a large illustration of a blue butterfly. At the bottom center are two circular photos of student coordinators. Below the left photo is the name “Joselyn Salgado Lomeli, Lead Student Program Coordinator.” Below the right photo is the name “Giovanna Fernandez, Lead Student Program Coordinator.” The background is light blue with a dark blue border at the bottom.

    Servingness en Acción: Nurturing Student Leadership Rooted in Cariño, Cultura, y Comunidad

    HSI Equity Talks
    Virtual Event

    Presented by El Centro Lead Student Coordinators, Joselyn Salgado Lomeli and Giovanna Fernandez This 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.” El Centro interns are student leaders who draw upon their cultural strengths and lived experiences to […]

  • International Research Opportunities Forum: focus on Latin America

    Please register by Monday, May 4, 2026. If attending virtually, a Zoom link will be shared after you register. Join us for the International Research Opportunities Forum: focus on Latin America, a collaborative hybrid event hosted by the Division of Global Engagement and the Division of Graduate Studies. This forum is intended for faculty and […]

  • Social Movements Across Generations: A Film Screening and Platica with Carmen Perez Jordan

    Cultural Center – Merrill College 641 Merrill Rd, Santa Cruz, United States

    When: Thursday, May 7, 2026 Where: Cultural Center at Merrill, UC Santa Cruz, 641 Merrill Rd, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 Time: 5:00-7:30pm, doors open at 4:30pm Join us for an evening of reflection, storytelling, and dialogue rooted in the legacy and future of social movements. The program will feature a screening of Following Harry, a […]