Family Weekend 2025

We’re excited to announce Nov. 7-9 as the dates for UCSC’s second annual Family Weekend, bringing families together to experience UC Santa Cruz’s vibrant campus life and community spirit. The […]

AM Seminar: Structure-Preserving Discretizations and their Applications

Jack Baskin Engineering Baskin Engineering 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA

Presenter: Andy Wan, Assistant Professor, University of California, Merced   Description: Many models from science and engineering possess fundamental structures which are important to preserve in order for accurate and stable long-term […]

Drop-In Figure Drawing

Drop-In Figure Drawing

Elena Baskin Visual Arts Center Baskin Service Road, Santa Cruz, CA

Drop-In Draw provides a live model and room monitor. There is no formal lesson and only dry media is allowed (no paints). — ADVISORIES – These events contain mature content […]

FREE and open to the public.

Visual & Media Cultures Colloquium (VMCC) Series

Porter College D-Building, Santa Cruz, CA

The Visual & Media Cultures Colloquium (VMCC) is an annual lecture series that brings cutting-edge scholars to speak on a broad range of subjects related to visual and media culture. […]

FREE and open to the public
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

Work for California – Your State Career

The Work for California — Your State Career presentation will give you an opportunity to learn about the benefits of California state service, the range of career opportunities with the […]

Free

Book Talk with Winnie Wong—VMCC Series

Porter College D-Building, Santa Cruz, CA

In this public talk, Winnie Wong presents her latest book, The Many Names of Anonymity: Portraitists of the Canton Trade, which examines the tension between recognizing individuals as artists with rights of authorship and the limitations of the modern “artist” concept.

FREE and open to the public.

Haunting Interruptions: Race, Infrastructural Violence, and Spatial Memory in Ferguson, Missouri

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 speaker Rashad Timmons (UC PPFP) for a discussion on Race, Infrastructural Violence, and Spatial Memory in Ferguson, Missouri moderated by Camilla Hawthorne (UC Santa Cruz).

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 […]

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 […]

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
Last modified: Oct 23, 2025