• Talking Tales of the Undead

    Santa Cruz Public Library

    Exploring the ways monsters and tropes of monstrosity pervade our culture.

    FREE and open to the public
  • Weatherwax, K. (CM) – LoFi to X and Y: Background Media Use as Colloquial Assistive Technology for Neurodivergent People

    Research in media psychology has often framed background media as a distraction that undermines performance. Such perspectives rely on narrow, output-oriented definitions of success and overlook the emotional, mental, social, and environmental needs that shape how people actually work. They also fail to account for neurodivergent experiences, ignoring the diverse ways people engage with media […]

  • Developing Personal Projects & Building Your Brand with Google

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

    Learn directly from successful Googlers about how to highlight the qualities, skills, and talents that describe you as a professional by building a brand profile and mission statement.

  • Threaded Together: AA/PI/SWANA Community Welcome

    Colleges Nine and John R. Lewis College Multi-purpose Room 615 College Nine Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    Join the Asian American/Pacific Islander Resource Center (AA/PIRC) on Thursday, October 9th from 6-8:30pm at the C9/JRLC MPR to celebrate the new school year by connecting with Asian American, Pasifika, […]

  • PMI Silicon Valley Symposium

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

    Project managers today are navigating more change than ever—new technologies, evolving teams, and rising complexity. To lead effectively, PMs must blend emotional intelligence with digital fluency, balancing human connection with […]

    Students should email symposium@pmisv.org for discount code.
  • Resume Review with Google at Career Success

    Hahn Student Services Hahn Student Services, Santa Cruz, CA

    Google reps will be at our Career Success office to give resumes and answer your questions about the hiring process or life at Google.

  • Scoops of Safety

    Cowell Courtyard Santa Cruz, CA 95064

    As Slug Start continues, swing by the Cowell Courtyard for a sweet break and a chance to connect. Enjoy free ice cream scoops, explore resources at the SHOP tabling, and […]

  • La Bienvenida: Lucha, Fuerza, y Esperanza

    For over two decades, El Centro has hosted La Bienvenida as a way to foster belonging for Chicanx, Latine, and multiracial students. This year, Bienvenida expands into a two-day welcome series designed to introduce and connect new and returning students with El Centro, Chicanx and Latine student organizations, and the broader UCSC community. Rooted in […]

  • Orientation to Community Archiving

    Humanities and Social Sciences 420 Hagar Drive, Santa Cruz, CA

    Orientation to Community Archiving for majors and minors in the Humanities Division

  • AM Seminar: Faculty Lightning Talk

    Join us for a fast-paced showcase of applied mathematics faculty research in this week’s AM Seminar, featuring lightning talks that spotlight the department’s wide-ranging interests—from -fluid dynamics and numerical methods […]

  • October Slugs & Steins with Professor Kimberly Lau

    Race and the European Fairy Tale: The Making of a White Genre In this talk, Kimberly Lau offers intertwined readings of several cognate fairy tales that revolve around true and […]

    Free
  • Pride Night with Women’s Soccer

    Join the Cantu Queer Center and Women’s Soccer for a Pride Game on 10/14/25. Game starts at 4pm at East Field. First 50 students will receive a FREE tshirt. There […]

  • How to Optimize Your Career Fair Experience

    Interested in attending an upcoming career fair but not sure what to do once you're there? We can help with that! Join us and hear some quick tips on how […]

  • Respond, Don’t React: Recognizing and Managing Emotional Triggers

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

    In a world of nonstop change and pressure, even the most experienced professionals get triggered in ways that throw us off course—hurting performance and straining relationships. In this presentation by […]

    $2 – $3
  • Creative Interventions (CI) Series

    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 that work to cultivate a just society. The CI Speaker Series raises questions of import to contemporary creative workers in media and technology: – How […]

    FREE and open to UCSC affiliates
Last modified: Oct 17, 2025