Successful Slug Workshops

Successful Slug Workshop: Reading & Notetaking Strategies (on Zoom!)

Virtual Event

Reading & Notetaking Strategies Thursday, November 13, 2:05 p.m.– 2:50 p.m. Location: Zoom Learn reading and note-taking methods and why they work to help you learn. 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 are open to […]

Leveraging UC Resources To Launch Your Biotech Company

Hay Barn 94 Ranch View Road, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

Are you a UCSC faculty member, postdoc, or graduate student with an entrepreneurial mindset? Join us for an insightful panel discussion on how to turn your biotech research into a successful startup. Learn how to tap into the University of California’s robust innovation ecosystem—from research commercialization and funding opportunities to mentorship and startup incubation. Hear […]

Slugs at Sundown — Humanity at the Helm: Thriving in an AI-Driven World

Silicon Valley Campus 3175 Bowers Avenue, Santa Clara, CA, United States

Artificial intelligence is transforming the way we work, live, and connect — but it doesn’t define the future. What matters most are the skills and strengths that only humans bring: creativity, empathy, adaptability, and big-picture thinking. Join fellow UC Santa Cruz alumni for an evening of conversation and connection as we explore how to stay […]

Free
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

BIPOC Outdoors: Arboretum Tour

Arboretum 122 Arboretum Road, Santa Cruz, CA

The People of Color Sustainability Collective presents: BIPOC Outdoor series, Arboretum Tour. This event will take place on November 14th, 2025 from 2:45pm-4:45pm at the UCSC Arboretum. Students will get an opportunity to learn about the space and build relationships with land and one another. PoCSC’s mission for BIPOC Outdoors is to hold educational, inviting, […]

Welcome to the City: San Diego

Jacob and Cushman San Diego Food Bank 9850 Distribution Ave, San Diego, CA, United States

Join us for an Alumni Volunteer Day at the Jacob & Cushman San Diego Food Bank.

Welcome to the City: Los Angeles (Culver City)

Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook 6300 Hetzler Rd, Culver City, United States

Join us for an Alumni Volunteer Day at Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook with the California State Parks Foundation.

Welcome to the City: Santa Cruz

Homeless Garden Project Farm Shaffer Road, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

Join us for a volunteer day at the Homeless Garden Project farm.

Broadsides No.2: Pairing Artworks with Poetry – Poetry Reading & Artist Talk

m.k. contemporary art 703 Front Street, Santa Cruz, United States

Following the success of its 2023 debut, Broadsides No. 2 returns this fall to MK Contemporary Art Gallery with a compelling exploration of the dynamic relationship between poetry and visual art. The exhibition pairs nine nationally recognized poets with nine distinguished visual artists, presenting collaborative works that reveal the unexpected resonances between image and language. The participating […]

Korean Experimental Music Festival—Featuring the National Gugak Center and Del Sol Quartet

Music Center Recital Hall 400 McHenry Road, Santa Cruz, CA

The National Gugak Center, Korea’s premier institution for traditional music, collaborates with the Bay Area’s acclaimed Del Sol String Quartet to present a rare and resonant festival blending Korean musical traditions, Western classical instrumentation, and cutting-edge technology.

FREE and open to the public
The SpongeBob Musical

The SpongeBob Musical

Theater Arts Mainstage 411 Kerr Road, Santa Cruz, CA

The SpongeBob Musical follows SpongeBob and his friends as they race to save Bikini Bottom from an erupting volcano.

$5 – $25

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 […]

Free

Boundaries & Communication: International Grad Student Circle

Graduate Student Commons 420 Hagar Drive, Santa Cruz, CA

Boundaries & Communication: International Grad Student Circle Date: Monday, November 17 Time: 1–3 p.m. Location: Graduate Student Commons (above Cafe Iveta in Quarry Plaza) Description: Join CARE, International Student Services & Programs, and the Grad Student Commons for lunch and conversation about boundaries, culture, and healthy professional relationships. This event centers international graduate students and is […]

AM Seminar: Dynamo Action Inside the Giant Planets

Presenter: Dr. Paula Wulff, UCLA Description: Our solar system hosts six unique planetary magnetic fields. Intrinsic magnetic fields are generated deep inside planets by dynamo action. This process requires regions of electrically conducting material and energy sources to maintain the dynamo. Thus, we can learn about the deep interiors of planets, including their structures and […]

Statistics Seminar: Beyond the Average Treatment Effect: Causal Mediation Methods for Understanding Intervention Mechanisms

Presenter: Hanna Kim, Assistant Professor, Psychology Department, UCSC Description: Understanding how an intervention works is a central question in behavioral and social research, following the demonstration of its overall effect. Traditional mediation analysis techniques often assume a homogeneous mechanism of effects, overlooking both validity concerns and subgroup variation in causal pathways. In this talk, I […]

IEW Kickoff Fair

Namaste Lounge 615 College Nine Road, Santa Cruz, CA

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Last modified: Oct 24, 2025