• 23rd Annual Graduate Research Symposium

    Physical Sciences Building Physical Sciences Building, Santa Cruz, CA

    This event celebrates and highlights the work of UCSC graduate students in all academic divisions. Any enrolled graduate student is welcome to present either a poster, talk, or mixed media […]

  • Dia de los Muertos Ceremonia 2026

    Upper Quarry Amphitheater 15 McLaughlin Drive, Santa Cruz, CA

    A space to collectively honor and celebrate the lives of our loved ones. Join us for a night of danza, prayer, food, music, and community. This cultural and family event […]

    Free
  • Marine Science Fest: Ms. Blue Returns

    Seymour Marine Discovery Center 100 McAllister Way, Santa Cruz, CA

    Ms. Blue Returns at Marine Science Fest:  Join KQED and the Seymour Marine Discovery Center to celebrate the return of our 87-foot blue whale skeleton.  Make a day of ocean […]

    $10 – $15
  • AM Seminar: Enhanced Resolution Imaging in Strongly Scattering Media

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

    Presenter: Chrysoula Tsogka, Professor, Applied Mathematics, UC Merced Description: In a strongly scattering medium, waves undergo multiple scattering that is usually seen as an obstacle to imaging. Time-reversal experiments show […]

  • SciCAM M.S. Virtual Information Session

    Virtual Event

    Join the UC Santa Cruz Baskin School of Engineering for a virtual information session on our Scientific Computing and Applied Mathematics (SciCAM) M.S. program. Discover our curriculum, research opportunities, application […]

    Free
  • Matt O’Hara – The Flying Death

    Bookshop Santa Cruz

    Bookshop Santa Cruz and The Humanities Institute present author Matt O’Hara for a reading and signing of The Flying Death—A dramatic tale of explorers of the 1930s racing to find […]

  • New Play Festival

    New Play Festival
    Second Stage Second Stage, Santa Cruz, CA

    New Play Festival is an annual student-run showcase of experimental, short stage readings at Theater Arts Second Stage at UC Santa Cruz.

    Free – $20
  • Barnstorm Presents: meet me in the belly of the whale, by playwright Gillian O’Leary

    Theater Arts B100 Studio Theater 453 Kerr Rd, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

    An original play about the end of the world, getting swallowed by a whale, and girls who maybe shouldn’t be friends anymore. Presented by the UCSC student-led Barnstorm Theater Company at Theater Arts B100 Studio Theater.

    Free – $20
  • Volunteer Workday at the UCSC Farm

    UCSC Farm 152 Farm Rd, Santa Cruz, CA

    Please join us for a day of harvesting, cleaning and storing dahlia tubers for the winter. After an incredible season of blooms, we will have cut back and lifted our […]

  • International Education Week

    International Education Week (IEW) is an opportunity to celebrate the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide. This joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department […]

  • Optional Practical Training (OPT) Workshop

    Zoom

    Optional Practical Training (OPT) workshops are MANDATORY for all F-1 students who will apply for OPT, and you MUST have attended the OPT workshop within 9 months of applying for OPT. You […]

  • Fall Slow Seminar: The Range of the River by Iftekhar Iqbal

    Humanities 1 Building 257 Cowell-Stevenson Road, Santa Cruz, CA, United States +1 more

    UCSC’s Center for Southeast Asian Coastal Interactions (SEACoast) and the Center for South Asian Studies invite you to join us for a Slow Seminar to discuss Iftekhar Iqbal’s The Range […]

    Free
  • Statistics Seminar: Evolutionary Analysis of Biobank-Scale Data to Study Population History, Mutation Rates, Natural Selection, and the Genetics of Complex Traits

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

    Presenter: Joshua Schraiber, Research Scientist, University of Southern California and Cornell University Description: The advent of biobank data has presented an unprecedented opportunity to understand the evolutionary history of the […]