Lectures & Presentations

May 2026

• Tue 5

  • 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm

    The 60th Faculty Research Lecture, featuring Professor Patty Gallagher, department of Performance, Play & Design

    Free

• Wed 6

  • 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

    Hybrid Event

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

• Thu 7

  • 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

    International Research Opportunities Forum: focus on Latin America

  • 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm

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

  • 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

    Rasanblaj as Spirit Turn: Gina Athena Ulysse in Conversation with Jennifer González

• Fri 8

  • 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm

    The Annual Maya K. Peterson Memorial Lecture

• Mon 11

  • 8:00 am – 10:00 am

    Hybrid Event

    Johns, M. (CMPM) – Playing Together in a Co-Designed Future: Building Resilience Through Community-Centered Gameful Design

  • 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

    AM Seminar: Column Subset Selection: Theory, Structure, and Algorithms

• Tue 12

  • 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

    Hybrid Event

    Chen, Q. (CSE) – New Approximation and Online Algorithms using Novel Combinatorial Structures

• Wed 13

  • 10:30 am – 12:00 pm

    FINS: Fisheries Insights Narratives and Stories seminar series featuring Melissa Mahoney

  • 11:00 am – 12:15 pm

    CSE Colloquium – The EU’s Cybersecurity Framework: what it is, what it means

    Free
  • 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

    Virtual Event

    Ehrlich, D. (CM) – Designing Open Microscopy Tools for Neuroscience Research

  • 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

    Thriving in Transition: A Mental Fitness Toolkit for What’s Next

    Free
  • 3:00 pm – 5:30 pm

    Building Belonging Program Student Showcase 2026

  • 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

    Chat with the Chair: Conversations on AI

  • 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

    What is Mythos? Conversations on AI

• Thu 14

  • 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

    2026 Robert L. Sinsheimer Distinguished Lecture in Biology: Global Vaccines and Immunizations in a Time of Climate Change, Mega Cities, and Anti-science

• Fri 15

  • 8:00 am – 6:00 pm

    Flow and Friction: Media Practices Across Global Asias

    FREE and open to UCSC affiliates
  • 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

    UCSC Graduate Research Symposium

    FREE
  • 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

    Featured 2026 Graduate Research Symposium

    FREE