This webinar welcomes incoming science students and families to the Sciences. Meet the Science Excellence team and learn about key summer events, advising support, and resources to prepare for a strong start. We’ll also discuss science majors and how families can support students during the transition. Register here to receive a Zoom link!
Rooted in Nature is more than a camping trip — it’s a intergenerational healing experience to reconnect with land, self, and community.
Building AI-Native Data Centers The Chinese American Semiconductor Professional Association invites you to join its annual all-day Summer Symposium where speakers will focus on Building AI-Native Data Centers: Innovations from Silicon to Software. Panelists will explore advancements across the entire technology stack that are transforming the architecture and capabilities of next-generation data centers. As AI […]
The Dickens Universe is a unique cultural event that brings together scholars, teachers, students, and members of the general public for a week of stimulating discussion and festive social activity on the beautiful Santa Cruz campus of the University of California—all focused on one or two Victorian novels, usually (but not always) one by Charles […]
Come ask our panelists your wildest questions about exoplanets!
Get introduced to ALEKS PPL, an essential online platform for assessing and strengthening your math skills. In this brief session, you’ll learn how ALEKS functions as both a placement assessment and a personalized learning tool. Discover how it can support your academic success in first-year science coursework like chemistry and calculus. For a Zoom link, […]
Decompositions of large-scale networks are central to many applications in graph mining, network science, and algorithm design. Over several decades, a rich body of work has developed techniques to partition networks with various different objectives. However, a noticeable gap persists between methods with strong theoretical guarantees, and those that perform well in practice. Practical algorithms […]
Join us July 25th, 2025 for The Curiosity Gala! Don your finest Victorian attire and enjoy a night of lively entertainment including Victorian dance lessons, casino tables, a raffle, postprandial potations, and a live auction! Purchases from the evening’s activities will support The Dickens Project’s educational programs.
Welcome to the start Session 2! You can add and drop classes until the deadline for each session. Remember, they come up quickly in a five-week course!
Birds and Blooms tours are back for the summer! Bird language coach Jeff Caplan is just back from travels and will lead Arboretum tours about South Africa and Australia. These tours are kid and family friendly, bilingual in English and Spanish. There will be a tour on every Tuesday for the next three weeks, which […]
Join us for a one-hour webinar, Online Surveys in Research: Best Practices for Ethics, Security, and Success, featuring experst from ITS, the IRB, and the research community. Learn how to navigate common challenges with online survey tools, protect participant data, and esnure compliance with institutional and regulatory requirements. This session is ideal for anyone conducting […]
This workshop is full. Join Katie Wolf, creative director of Eothen event and design floral studio, for a morning of creativity and connection. Take what you learn in this workshop and apply these design principles to your next rendezvous with market bunches, garden cuts, and foraged wonders to bring beauty from the outdoors in. We’ll […]
Narrative sandbox games rely heavily on simulation to produce emergent narrative experiences. Instead of featuring pre-authored central narratives, these games provide a play space, a sandbox, of various systems and mechanics players use to produce interesting narrative moments. This dissertation focuses on social simulation games, a subset of narrative sandbox games that drive the narrative […]
Online communities tell stories with the games they play. As continual updates, recurring monetization, and platforms for community discussions have flourished, we have seen a rise in video games using ongoing development to tell stories, and have a community interact with those stories and build upon them. In this dissertation, I study this phenomenon, which […]
The first Tuesday of each month, the Arboretum is open without charge to visitors. See dates and times UC Santa Cruz Arboretum & Botanic Garden is open. NOTE: Due to limited parking at the Arboretum and the popularity of Community Day, we greatly encourage visitors to carpool, bike, walk or use public transportation as much […]
Choosing a major can feel overwhelming, but many science students share a common academic path in their first year. This session breaks down the similarities in core coursework, introduces the range of science majors available, and helps you begin thinking about where your interests align. To receive a Zoom link, register HERE.
T cell receptors (TCRs) mediate antigen-specific immune responses through recognition of peptides presented by major histocompatibility complex (pMHC) molecules. Accurately predicting TCR–pMHC interactions remains a major barrier to TCR-based immunotherapy, due to limitations in current models that fail to generalize beyond common viral epitopes and well-characterized HLA alleles. In this PhD proposal, I outline a […]
Thinking about a career pivot? Join fellow Banana Slugs for an evening of connection, coaching, and confidence. Get practical strategies from pro career coaches, plus inspiration to take your next step—whether it’s planned or unexpected. Bonus: Arrive early for a 15-min 1:1 resume review (4:30–5:30 PM). Don’t miss it! #UCSCAlumni #CareerPivot
The explosive growth of genomic data, driven by advances in sequencing and inference technologies, presents both an opportunity and a challenge for evolutionary biology and public health. Existing visualization and analysis tools often fall short in handling the scale, complexity, and uncertainty of modern genomic datasets—especially in the areas of pathogen surveillance and ancestral recombination […]
Neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disorders (NPDs), such as autism spectrum disorder and schizophrenia, are among the most heritable yet mechanistically complex conditions. While large-scale genomic studies have identified hundreds of high-confidence risk genes, the lack of scalable and integrative platforms has limited our ability to functionally characterize these genes. To address this, I am developing a […]