• Mark Primack: The Truth in Drawing

    Media Theater Experimental Theater, Santa Cruz, CA

    Lecture by Mark Primack where he will present “Truth in Drawing”

    FREE and open to the public
  • Emeriti Faculty Lecture, Fall 2025

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

    Distinguished Research Professor Diane Gifford-Gonzalez reflects on fifty-five years of zooarchaeology work, studying animal remains from archaeological sites to explore how past people and their kin interacted.

  • Global Learning Opportunities Fair

    Quarry Plaza Student Union, Santa Cruz, CA

    Join us in an encouraging space to chat with Global Learning advisors, UCSC peer advisors, and other study abroad providers! Learn about the many global learning opportunities and funding resources […]

  • 2025 Graduate & Professional School Fair (DAY 2)

    Stevenson Event Center Stevenson Service Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    You’re invited to join us, open to all majors! Undergraduate and graduate students and recent alumni interested in pursuing continuing education opportunities are invited to attend. Get the chance to […]

  • In-person Info Session – Japan Research Fellowships (JSPS)

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

    Are you interested in funding for research, collaboration, and travel opportunities in Japan? Representatives from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) will be on campus for an in-person info session: When:  Wednesday, October 29, 2025  |  1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Where: […]

  • Academic Senate Forum: Systemwide UCAD Work Group Interim Report

    Virtual Event

    Zoom Forum
    We invite all faculty to provide comments and questions regarding the Academic Senate Task Force on UC Adaptation to Disruptions (UCAD) Charge, and UCAD Interim Report (July, 2025).
    UCAD’s purpose was to develop response strategies that aim to uphold the teaching and education, research and discovery, and public service mission areas of the University of California in the context of disruptive federal executive orders, uncertain federal and state partnerships, and evolving shifts in the higher education landscape. The report makes interim recommendations related to four key categories:
    Research Funding Assistance
    Academic Personnel Evaluations During Disruptions
    Program Resizing and Restructuring
    Need for Flexibility in Course Offerings and Modalities

  • Creative Interventions (CI) Series

    Creative Interventions (CI) is a community colloquium in contemporary creativity and creative practices that addresses the interconnected work of artists, designers, activists, and knowledge workers—and the intrinsic and transformative capacity of […]

    FREE and open to UCSC affiliates
  • Creative Interventions: “Asymptote” with Nora Khan

    Nora Khan explores our personal relationships with computational systems through moments spanning from childhood gaming experiences to contemporary AI. The central metaphor of the “asymptote”—a curve endlessly approaching but never […]

    FREE and open to UCSC affiliates
  • Pokémon Makers Market

    Porter College Quad

    Catch the Pokémon Makers’ Market at Porter Quad! Shop student vendors, enjoy performances, join a cosplay contest, trade Pokémon cards, and compete in tournaments. Celebrate creativity and community with food, […]

  • Humanities Grad School 101

    Hybrid Event

    Are you an undergraduate student curious about graduate school in the humanities? Join this session to learn how to decide whether grad school is right for you and what you can do to prepare.

  • Queer Emergent: Scandalous Stories from Twilight of AIDS in Peru: Book Celebration and Conversation with Professor Justin Perez

    Charles E. Merrill Lounge Rutherford House, Santa Cruz, CA

    Join us as Huerta Center Faculty Awardee Professor Justin Perez (Latin America and Latino Studies Department) presents his new book, Queer Emergent: Scandalous Stories from Twilight of AIDS in Peru. In Queer Emergent, Justin Perez explores how advances in HIV prevention work alongside broader economic and political shifts in global health to shape queer subjectivities.

  • ABC Movie Night

    Porter/Kresge Dining Hall 411 Porter-Kresge Rd, Santa Cruz, CA

    Spend your Wednesday night at ABC Movie Night enjoying the film Sinners by Black filmmaker Ryan Coogler Wednesday, October 29 at 8:30 p.m. Porter/Kresge Dining Hall Free popcorn, refreshments, and […]

  • 2025 USPA Postdoc Symposium

    The UC Santa Cruz Postdocs Association (USPA) is excited to announce the 8th Annual UCSC Postdoc Symposium, happening Thursday, October 30, 2025, at the Cultural Center at Merrill College. (See […]

    Free
  • Human Acceptance of Autonomous Systems

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

    Speaker: Sina Nordhoff, Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Transportation Studies at UC Davis. Title: Human Acceptance of Autonomous Systems. Time: Thursday, Oct 30th, 2025, 2:00-3:00 pm. Location: E2-506 or Zoom. Abstract: […]

  • An Evening with Alice Waters

    Rio Theater 1205 Soquel Avenue, Santa Cruz, United States

    Bookshop Santa Cruz and The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz are delighted to welcome award-winning chef and food activist Alice Waters for a discussion about A School Lunch Revolution, […]

  • Fright Night 2025

    Oakes Learning Center

    Head to the Oakes Learning Center for games, costume contests, and the chilling Fright Walk—plus meet campus resource centers along the way! You Belong Here: The programs and services described […]

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