Celebrate the wild acrobats of hummingbirds during their courtship & territorial displays in the gardens! Visit our website for special event updates throughout March! arboretum.ucsc.edu/visit/events
Introducing the new High School Health Pathways Summer Academy! 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, […]
In today’s rapidly evolving tech landscape, organizations need professionals who can combine empathy, usability, and aesthetics to create interfaces that engage and delight users. Join Nicole Sharratt, instructor and chair of the UCSC Silicon Valley Extension User Experience and Web Design program, for an inside look at how design specialists are using AI and the latest tools to […]
Join Philip Ziman, former HR executive and chair of the Human Resource Management program at UCSC Silicon Valley Extension, in exploring how the world of work is transforming and what does it mean for the future of human resources? We’ll discover the MORPH framework, a strategic planning tool that assesses, measures, and builds employee readiness for […]
Please note that this event has been moved to Thursday, March 26. Advance your career in the global clinical research industry. As the demand for safe, effective therapies grows, so does the need for professionals who can lead clinical trials with scientific precision and regulatory expertise. Learn how experts design and manage studies that bring […]
An info session about the growing field of embedded systems. Join Juergen Kienhoefer, an instructor in the Embedded Systems program at UCSC Silicon Valley Extension, in exploring how Edge AI brings powerful machine learning to low-power embedded devices. In his course, AI-Driven Embedded Systems, students prepare to build and deploy visual, audio, and lightweight language AI […]
Presenter: Lisa Fauci, Professor, Tulane University Description: The motion of waving or rotating filaments in a fluid environment is a common element in many biological and engineered systems. Examples at […]
Join the Cantu Queer Center and the Diversity Center for an intergenerational Trans Day of Visibility gathering rooted in euphoria, joy, and sacred witnessing. Trans, nonbinary, Two-Spirit, and gender-expansive people of all ages are invited to share their stories, create art, and witness each other’s full humanity in a moment of dangerous hypervisibility and harm […]
Please join us for the first talk in the FINS: Fisheries Insights Narratives and Stories seminar series featuring Fulbright Fellow Dr. Randi Solhjell. Her talk, “Managing a Fishy Business: Norway’s foreign aid and its impact on global fisheries governance” will discuss how Norwegian actors shape global fisheries policy through diplomacy, regulatory innovation and engagement in international institutions such as the UN FAO. She will also discuss how she studies fisheries from a social/political science lens. Preceding the talk please join us for a networking coffee hour (snacks provided) and a student-only lunch after the talk.
Presenter: Christopher Fletcher, UC Berkeley Abstract: It is difficult to escape the hype of agentic coding. Is the hype real? Are we still living in ~Summer 2025 — when AI coding would […]
Maggie Cao lecture
Transform your workplace with practical AI skills. Explore how to lead with AI—whether you want to build it or apply it. In this information session, discover two dynamic pathways: AI Business Practices, for professionals seeking practical AI tools to boost productivity without coding, and AI Engineer, for those ready to design and deploy production-ready AI […]
Presenter: Dr. Suchetana (Tuli) Mukhopadhyay, Professor, Indiana University Description: N/A Bio: Suchetana “Tuli” Mukhopadhyay, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Biology at Indiana University, Bloomington. She received her […]
The culminating exhibition of the Environmental Art and Social Practice (EASP) M.F.A. program at UC Santa Cruz presents new projects—Picking up Shells Amid a Tsunami 쓰나미가 밀려오는데, 조개나 줍고 있네—developed through concentrated inquiry over a two-year period and offers a window into the artists’ unique long-term research projects that expand beyond the gallery space. — FULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS […]
Explore the expanding career opportunities in semiconductors The modern economy is powered by silicon and the demand for skilled professionals in semiconductor design and engineering continues to grow. In this live-online discussion with Jignesh Shah, principal STA & CAD engineer and UCSC Extension instructor, we’ll explore how Timing Closure in Silicon IC Design prepares engineers […]
Presenter: Vaso Rahimzadeh, Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine Description: As humans venture farther into outer space, new scientific discovery awaits including in genomics; but so do new ethical dilemmas. […]
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 April 6, 2026, the Graduate Training in Southeast Asia (GETSEA) consortium and UCSC’s Center for Southeast Asian Coastal Interactions will host two short films highlighting the challenges to art and expression in Malaysia’s complex political, legal, and societal landscape. Sotong follows four fierce local drag queens who were part of the 2022 Halloween party raided […]
Presenter: Yuyin Zhou, Assistant Professor, UCSC Description: Medical AI is undergoing a profound transformation, evolving from simple pattern recognition to systems capable of complex clinical reasoning. This talk will chart […]
Presenter: Oscar Hernan Madrid Padilla, Assistant Professor, University of California, Los Angeles Description: In the first part of the talk, I will introduce TRansfer leArning via guideD horseshoE prioR (TRADER), […]