Film Screening: Sotong and Against this Messy World
Humanities 1 Building 257 Cowell-Stevenson Road, Santa Cruz
Free
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Week of Events
Monday, April 6, 2026
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April 6, 2026Film Screening: Sotong and Against this Messy World
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April 6, 2026AM Seminar: The Thinking Eye: AI That Sees, Reads, and Reasons in Medicine
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April 6, 2026Statistics Seminar: Some Recent Results on Transfer Learning
Film Screening: Sotong and Against this Messy World
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 […]
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AM Seminar: The Thinking Eye: AI That Sees, Reads, and Reasons in Medicine
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 this evolution across three dimensions: data, models, and evaluation. I will first highlight the shift from limited, unimodal datasets to massive multimodal resources. In particular, […]
Statistics Seminar: Some Recent Results on Transfer Learning
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), a novel approach enabling multi-source transfer through pre-trained models in high-dimensional linear regression. TRADER shrinks target parameters towards a weighted average of source estimates, accommodating […]
Tuesday, April 7, 2026
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April 7, 2026Next Wave of Faculty in Genomics Symposium
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Hybrid EventApril 7, 2026History of Science Lecture with Jennifer Derr
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April 7, 2026Indigenous Language Revitalization
Next Wave of Faculty in Genomics Symposium
The BME Department and Genomics Institute are once again hosting our annual Next Wave of Faculty in Genomics Symposium, which will be held on April 7th from 11:40–1:15 in E2 180. Please join us to hear cutting-edge genomics talks from outstanding postdocs from around the country! A burrito reception catered by Alebrije’s will follow immediately after the talks. Registration is free, but […]
Hybrid Event
History of Science Lecture with Jennifer Derr
The damming of the Nile River transformed agriculture and human health in 20th-century Egypt. While dams enabled year-round irrigation and provided hydroelectricity, the prevalence of parasitic disease also skyrocketed. Professor Derr explores the effects of damming the Nile on the health of Egyptians and the impact of large-scale environmental transformation on the knowledge and practice that made medicine during the 20th century.
FREE and open to the public
Indigenous Language Revitalization
Join the American Indian Resource Center for Indigenous Language Revitalization on April 7, 2026, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Cowell Ranch Hay Barn. This presentation explores the history of land, language, and cultural loss, alongside current efforts in revitalization and everyday practice. We will share perspectives on language curriculum, cultural resurgence, and mechanisms sustaining this […]
Wednesday, April 8, 2026
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April 8, 2026What’s new in AI?
What’s new in AI?
Lead innovation as a machine learning engineer Want to learn what’s new in AI? Join Praveen Krishna, chair of the Artificial Intelligence Application Development certificate program, in an informal discussion […]
Thursday, April 9, 2026
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Hybrid EventApril 9, 2026Ticknor, B. (STAT) – Clustering and Tractable Multivariate Inference for Extremes
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Virtual EventApril 9, 2026Secret STEM Jobs Panel
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April 9, 2026“Words That Impress: Creating a Great Résumé & Cover Letter”
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April 9, 2026Arts Internship Scholarship Info Session
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April 9, 2026Partners Film Screening
Hybrid Event
Ticknor, B. (STAT) – Clustering and Tractable Multivariate Inference for Extremes
Modeling environmental extremes often involves large collections of spatial or temporal records where both clustering similar series and modeling dependence among extremes are challenging tasks. This Ph.D. proposal addresses several […]
“Words That Impress: Creating a Great Résumé & Cover Letter”
Crafting a fantastic Resume and Cover Letter are the key to getting an interview and landing a job! Join us for this informative workshop that will cover best practices for resume and cover letter development. You’ll gain understanding about the perfect format, navigating AI filters, and how to write captivating resume bullet points and engaging cover letter paragraphs. The presentation will be 45 minutes, followed by 15 minutes of optional worktime here in our office with coaches to give you brief input.
Arts Internship Scholarship Info Session
UC Santa Cruz students are invited to an info session to review the Arts Division’s internship scholarship application process and address frequently asked questions. More information about the scholarship here. […]
Partners Film Screening
Join the Center for Labor and Community for a free film screening of the documentary, Partners: How Starbucks Baristas Started a Labor Revolution. Following the screening there will be a […]
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Friday, April 10, 2026
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April 10, 2026Taming Two Scorpions: Climate Science Tipping Points Meet Finance Tail Risks
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April 10, 2026BME 80G Seminar: Sara Ackerman – Doing Ethics From The Inside: Collaboration, Critique, and Contradiction in Team Science
Taming Two Scorpions: Climate Science Tipping Points Meet Finance Tail Risks
When two quite different disciplines make eerily similar predictions about the future of the planet and human societies, they deserve notice. Climate scientists warn that we may be heading toward […]
BME 80G Seminar: Sara Ackerman – Doing Ethics From The Inside: Collaboration, Critique, and Contradiction in Team Science
Presenter: Sara Ackerman, Medical Anthropologist and Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco Description: Team science has been widely promoted as a collaborative, cross-disciplinary approach to […]
Saturday, April 11, 2026
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Sunday, April 12, 2026
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