• Your path to medical school starts here.

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

    Are you considering medical school and seeking a clear, supportive path forward? Join the University of California, Santa Cruz, for a free online informational session to learn more about our […]

  • University Center Bistro Special Valentine Menu

    University Center Bistro

    Celebrate Valentine’s Day early at the University Center Bistro Thursday & Friday, February 12–13 the Bistro will feature a special Valentine’s Day–themed menu served from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Reservations are recommended.  The Bistro accepts Slug Points, Flexi Dollars, and credit cards. Treat yourself — or someone special — to lunch at the Bistro!

  • Continuing Student Housing Info Session

    Continuing Student Housing Info Sessions
    Virtual Event

    Interested in university housing for next year? Join us for an information session about university housing options for the 2026-27 academic year. Led by knowledgeable housing staff, this is a great opportunity to learn about the different housing options available, the housing application and Room Selection processes, ways to improve your chances of getting a space, […]

  • Honoring Our Relatives: Amah Mutsun Botanical Illustrations

    Museum of Art & History 705 Front St, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

    Join us Friday February 13th at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History from 6:00-8:00pm for the opening reception of Honoring Our Relatives, Amah Mutsun Botanical Illustrations, an exhibition celebrating kinship with plants and people, with plant artwork from an intergenerational cohort of Amah Mutsun tribal members and UCSC student artists.

    Free
  • Info Session: Global Seminar Travel Writing and Podcasting in Ireland

    Learn more at our upcoming Information Session: Friday, February 13, 2026, from 7:00-8:00 p.m. via Zoom. Register Here. Earn 11 units on a summer program on the Global Seminar Travel Writing and Podcasting in Dingle, Ireland this summer. This program is taught by Steve Coulter, Writing Program Continuing Lecturer, and Rachel Anne Goodman, Community Studies Lecturer.  Quick […]

  • BAAITS Powwow

    Cardiff House 114 Carriage House Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    BAAITS Powwow is an opportunity for students to engage with Native American/First Nations/indigenous cultures firsthand. Many students have never been to a powwow before. The American Indian Resource Center & the Cantù Queer Center invite you to join us for a day of fun & celebrating culture! One meal and transportation will be provided. Space […]

  • Honoring Our Relatives: The Teachings of Plants

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

    Join us Saturday February 14th for the Norris Center’s 12th annual natural history symposium at the UC Santa Cruz Hay Barn from 1-4:30pm. This year, our symposium will include a keynote presentation from renowned herbalist, healer, and teacher Sage LaPena, a panel discussion with local Amah Mutsun tribal stewards, herbal tea-making, and an opportunity to […]

    Free
  • OLLI at UCSC Sunday Speaker Meeting

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

    Join OLLI for a social hour and presentation with Professor Benjamin Storm, “Remembering and Forgetting in the Digital Age,” as we discuss how new technologies have the potential to greatly enhance and expand the functioning of human memory, but they can also carry unintended consequences.

    Free
  • Queer Agroecology Day

    UCSC Farm 152 Farm Rd, Santa Cruz, CA

    Do you like… Queer joy? Food? Making plant dyed crafts? Dancing outside? Discussing intersections between agroecology and queer identity? Join us for the third annual Queer Agroecology Day, an event […]

  • Of Body and Soul: Politics and Eschatology in the Pre-Modern Mediterranean

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

    This seminar explores how pre-modern debates over body and soulshaped political and eschatological thought in the Mediterranean. Each panel brings Jewish, Christian, and Islamic voices into dialogue, with Dante Alighieri’s oeuvre as a recurring point of comparison. Our aim is to situate questions of embodiment, psychology, soteriology, and collective destiny in light of their historical […]

  • Meet a Roomie: University Town Center

    Meet a Roomie
    University Town Center 1101 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA

    Looking for roommates for next year? Hoping to add a roommate to a group or to join a group? Attend a Meet a Roomie event to connect with other continuing students who are interested in living at University Town Center for the 2026-27 academic year. This is a casual, in-person opportunity to meet potential roommates […]

  • Creative Interventions: “Empathy in the Archives” with Irene Lusztig

    Creative Interventions (CI) Series
    Virtual Event

    Across a range of projects, filmmaker/artist, archival researcher, and UC Santa Cruz Film + Digital Media Professor Irene Lusztig discusses her creative practice working with archival materials to reanimate hidden, forgotten, and unsettled histories in this talk, organized as part of the Creative Interventions speaker series. — ADMISSION – Attend online – FREE and open […]

    FREE and open to UCSC affiliates
  • Fetishized Book Talk with author Kaila Yu

    Namaste Lounge 615 College Nine Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    Join AA/PIRC on Wednesday, February 18th from 5-7pm at Namaste Lounge for a conversation with Kaila Yu, former model and author of Fetishized, to discuss her experience being an object of Asian fetish and how media, pop culture, and colonialism contribute to the oversexualization of Asian women. AA/PIRC will be giving out 20 copies of Fetishized at our event, where you […]

  • Lunar New Year Celebration

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

    Celebrate Lunar New Year at UCSC at our annual celebration hosted by ISSP and C9/JRL.