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BME 280B Seminar: Computational Models of Biological Systems

Physical Sciences Building Physical Sciences Building, Santa Cruz, CA

Presenter: Chen-Hsiang Yeang, Associate Research Fellow, Institute of Statistical Science of Academia Sinica Description: Computational models are roughly categorized into two types: describing the patterns of the phenomenon or data (description-driven models) and explaining the phenomenon or data with simpler, comprehensible rules (explanation-driven models). When building a model, the choice of the mixture ingredients of […]

Elevator Pitch Competition

Are you ready to showcase your communication and persuasion skills? We’re excited to invite you to our Elevator Pitch Competition! Snacks provided!

Deliver a 60-second pitch that wows the judges to compete for amazing prizes!

Prizes: $100 Amazon Gift Card and company swag!

A Conversation on Black Ecologies

Rachel Carson College 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA

Join the Sociology Department together with the Center for Critical Urban & Environmental Studies (CUES), The Black Geographies Lab, and Critical Race and Ethnic Studies in the Rachel Carson College Red Room, to welcome speakers Tianna Bruno and Justin Hosbey (UC Berkeley) for a conversation on Black Ecologies.

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Successful Slug Workshops

Successful Slug Workshop: Campus Community & Student Success (on Zoom!)

Virtual Event

Campus Community & Student Success Thursday, October 23, 2:05 p.m.– 2:50 p.m. Location: Zoom Learn how to get involved with the campus community and how it supports student success. Successful Slug Workshop Series Join Learning Support Services (LSS) for Successful Slug Workshops on Mondays at 11:40 a.m. and Wednesdays at 2:05 p.m. These 45-minute workshops […]

Yiannis Kantaros

Robots that Know What They Do Not Know: Assured AI-enabled Autonomy in Unknown Environments

Engineering 2 Engineering 2 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA

Speaker: Yiannis Kantaros, Assistant Professor, Electrical and Systems Engineering at WashU in St. Louis. Title: Robots that Know What They Do Not Know: Assured AI-enabled Autonomy in Unknown Environments. Time: Thursday, Oct 23rd, 2025, 2:00-3:00 pm. Location: E2-553 or Zoom. Abstract: Designing robots that navigate unfamiliar environments to execute natural language (NL) commands is a cornerstone of advanced embodied intelligence. […]

UCSC Community Connections Fall Gathering

Wiki-a-thon Supporting BIPOC Scientists

Engineering 2 Engineering 2 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA

Join us for an afternoon of creating and editing pages for BIPOC scientists, engineers, and technologists! Wikipedia overwhelmingly recognizes the achievements of white people. This wiki-a-thon works to reverse this trend, highlighting the often overlooked accomplishments of BIPOC leaders in science and technology, and ensuring that the next generation can see role models who look […]

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College Nights

College Night: 831 Night Market

Cowell/Stevenson Dining Hall 520 Cowell-Stevenson Road, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

Cowell and Stevenson Colleges, in collaboration with UCSC Dining, present the first College Night of the year! Join us Thursday, October 23, from 5–8 p.m. at the Cowell/Stevenson Dining Hall for a night of activities, fun, community, and a special themed menu. Standard dining hall entry pricing applies, and all students, faculty, and staff are […]

From Campus to Career – Tara Hernandez VP, Developer Productivity at MongoDB

Jack Baskin School of Engineering 506 – Engineering 2 (E2) Engineering 2, 1156 High St, Santa Cruz, United States

Join us this October 23rd for an enlightening conversation with Tara Hernandez, VP of Developer Productivity at MongoDB! In this casual conversation, Tara will share lessons learned from their illustrious career in software engineering infrastructure. With stints at companies like Netscape, Mozilla, Pixar, Google, MongoDB, and more, you’ll come away with some highly useful insight on how to navigate a successful […]

Mary Roach – Replaceable You

London Nelson Community Center 301 Center St., Santa Cruz, United States

Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes #1 New York Times bestselling author Mary Roach for a discussion about Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy. In this irrepressible new work, Mary Roach explores the remarkable advances and difficult questions prompted by the human body’s failings. When and how does a person decide they’d be better off with a prosthetic than their […]

Innovations in Health Care Virtual Conference

Innovations in Health Care Virtual Conference

💫 Transform Healthcare with Us! 🧬🏥 🌟 5-Day Virtual Summit 2025: “Innovation, Ethics & the Next Frontier in Healthcare” 🌟 🗓️ Oct 20–24 | 9–11AM PST 💻 100% FREE | Live Online Meet visionary leaders shaping the future of healthcare: ✨ Prof. Henry Greely  ✨ Dr. James Giordano ✨ Lisa Berkley, PhD ✨ Alice Rathjen […]

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Produce Pop-Up

Produce Pop-Up

Affordable produce from the campus farm and local farmers market for students and the community! Fall 2025 Schedule Wednesdays: 11am–3pm at Quarry Plaza Fridays: 11am–3pm outside the Science & Engineering Library

Science & Justice Training Program Informational Meeting

Virtual Event

On Friday, October 24th from 2-3:00pm, on Zoom, join the Science & Justice Research Center for an Informational Meeting on our internationally recognized interdisciplinary Graduate Training and Certificate Program.

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Campus Debt is a Labor Issue

Rachel Carson College 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA

Join the Center for Labor and Community on Friday, October 24, from 2-4pm at the Rachel Carson Red Room for a conversation on campus debt, austerity, and labor organizing in higher education. Drawing from his book, Lend and Rule: Fighting Shadow Financialization of Public Universities (2024), Jason Wozniak, of the Debt Collective and the Coalition […]

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Preparing for Graduate School Applications

Bay Tree Building Student Union, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

Join us to get an overview of the timeline for applying to graduate school and the common application components. We will share resources on writing personal statements and statements of purpose, requesting letters of recommendation, and more. We will provide captions for the presentation. If you have disability-related needs, please contact the Career Success office […]

Elevate Your Interviews: Strategies for Success

Elevate Your Interviews: Strategies for Success

Job interviews can be challenging, even for seasoned professionals. Preparation and practice are key. This one-day workshop for the PMI Silicon Valley Chapter, led by communications coach Karen Schiff, will teach you the skills you need to ace your next interview. Throughout the day, you’ll learn how to craft your responses, both the organization and […]

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Road Trip! Light in the American West, from Baja to the Yukon

Road Trip! Light in the American West, from Baja to the Yukon

Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery 11 Cowell Service Rd, Santa Cruz, CA

The photographs in this exhibition, made between 2004 and 2025, span across the American West from the Baja California Peninsula in Mexico to The Yukon territory in Canada. Paul Schoellhamer’s (Cowell ‘69) color photographs invite us to travel with him and reflect on our relationship to land, the light that shapes it, and the freedom […]

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Welcome to the City: East Bay

CityTeam Oakland 722 Washington Street, Oakland, United States

Join us for an Alumni Volunteer Day at CityTeam Oakland.

Noche de Recuerdos

Stevenson Event Center Stevenson Service Road, Santa Cruz, CA

Join us for Noche de Recuerdos—an evening of remembrance, celebration, and community. Enjoy a screening of Coco at 5 p.m., Kahoot prizes, hot chocolate, pan de muerto, face painting, lotería, ofrendas, and more! All are welcome. Come together to celebrate life and memory. 💐 Questions or accommodation requests: cwprogra@ucsc.edu You Belong Here: The programs and […]

Barnstorm Presents: 24-Hour Theater

Theater Arts Center 453 Kerr Road, Santa Cruz, CA

Audiences are invited to attend the grand finale of this 24-Hour Theater process.

Free – $20
Last modified: Oct 24, 2025