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 […]
The Institute of the Arts and Sciences invites you to a screening of three short films by Patrícia Freitas about women and incarceration in Brazil, followed by a conversation with […]
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 22, 2026 at 7:00 p.m Communications Building, Room 150 “The Amazing Nina Simone” […]
Through motion capture, immersive sound, and real-time digital systems, CHARI performs alongside Harriet, a life-scale avatar carrying a living archive of Black cultural memory. Together, they move through fragments of sound, image, and memory, shaping the world around them as the performance unfolds. Performing Anarchive brings body and technology together in a live exploration of […]
Village murders! Occult conspiracies! A modern mystery tinged with the uncanny! Join the Pickwick Club as we explore Dickens and Christie across four landmark detective novels.
In person and via Zoom (Meeting ID: 978 5545 8946, Passcode: 454736). If you are unable to stream the talk live and need to access a recorded version, please contact Stacy Philpott at sphilpot@ucsc.edu. A UC Santa Cruz email address is required to access the recording. Host: Bo Yang Speaker: Morgan Gilmour, NASA Ames Earth […]
Our panel will discuss the long history of redistricting in the United States, differentiate between racial gerrymandering and partisan gerrymandering, discuss the intersection of race and partisan objectives, highlight the role of recent state independent redistricting commissions and California’s Prop 50, along with exclusionary changes to the Voting Rights Act and recent actions taken by the Supreme Court.
UC Santa Cruz is bringing Science in the Neighborhood to South County! Join us for our first event in Aptos. Are we alone in the universe? Answering that question begins […]
Presented by: Quan Xiao, PhD Candidate @ Cornell University Description: “Agentic AI systems combine large language models with system-level design choices such as post-training data selection, retrieval, tool use, and memory management in augmented inference. Training these systems involves multiple coupled objectives beyond task success, including safety, retrieval quality, and adaptation efficiency. Sequential tuning can cause […]
In person and via Zoom (Meeting ID: 978 5545 8946, Passcode: 454736). If you are unable to stream the talk live and need to access a recorded version, please contact Stacy Philpott at sphilpot@ucsc.edu. A UC Santa Cruz email address is required to access the recording. Host: Stacy Philpott Speaker: Paolina Hwae Kyung Kao Yook […]
Presenter: Enter the speaker’s name, title, and institution at the top of the event Description: Optimal transport (OT) provides a principled way to match, compare, and interpolate distributions, but its computational cost limits its use at realistic scales. I will present our recent work on reducing that cost and on using OT for statistical modeling […]
Presenter: Reza Fazel-Rezai, Senior Science and Education Application Engineer, MathWorks Description: Please join us to learn how to accelerate data analysis using a workflow that spans low-code tools, Generative AI, and Agentic AI. Through live demonstrations and practical examples, you’ll see how to import, explore, visualize, model, and process data using interactive tools that require […]
Are you curious about careers in education? Join a job talk with Faith Delgado, a UCSC literature and education alum!
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 […]
Norma Ibarra, born in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, photographs underrepresented and marginalized skateboarders such as female-identifying skaters across Mexico for her photobook Para Ti (2021), and self-fashioned Indigenous skaters for the […]
This event celebrates and highlights the work of UCSC graduate students in all academic divisions. Any enrolled graduate student is welcome to present either a poster, talk, or mixed media […]
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 […]
As a part of the Sovereignty & Solidarity Fall Speaker Series, the Huerta Center is thrilled to host Dr. Jessica Stites Mor from The University of British Columbia. This talk […]
Presenter: Chrysoula Tsogka, Professor, Applied Mathematics, UC Merced Description: In a strongly scattering medium, waves undergo multiple scattering that is usually seen as an obstacle to imaging. Time-reversal experiments show […]
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 […]