GDAC Portfolio Workshop
Part of the GDA Conference on campus – come and learn best practices for creating a portfolio to use in the gaming industry!
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Cultural Center – Merrill College 641 Merrill Rd, Santa Cruz, United States
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Interview Preparation Workshop
Career Success Student Lounge (125 Hahn) 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesReady to sharpen your interview skills? Join Career Success for an interactive workshop on Interview Best Practices, followed by Mock Interview Practice! We will provide captions for the presentation. If you have disability-related needs, please contact the Career Success office at csuccess@ucsc.edu or (831) 459-4420 as soon as possible. YOU BELONG HERE Programs and services are open […]
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Yang, J. (CSE) – Towards Controllable and Compositional Generative Vision
Virtual EventDiffusion-based text-to-image models can generate impressive images, but they largely treat an image as a single, flat output, which makes precise editing of individual elements difficult. This proposal studies layered generative representations that align with professional editing workflows, enabling users to manipulate foreground objects while preserving the rest of the scene. A central focus is […]
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Lunar New Year First Friday with Santa Cruz Mahjong Club
Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Ave, Santa Cruz, United StatesCelebrate the Year of the Horse on Friday, February 6, at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences for a night of student-led craft activities and (beginner-friendly) mahjong play hosted by the Santa Cruz Mahjong Club. Craft materials and light refreshments will be provided at this family friendly event. — ADMISSION – FREE and open to […]
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Blueberries for the Home Garden and Small Farm
Hay Barn 94 Ranch View Road, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesLearn about varietal selection, site selection, planting, pruning and general care of blueberries in the home garden Join UC Santa Cruz Farm Garden Manager Christof Bernau as he covers the fundamental information you need to know to successfully grow and harvest blueberries in the home garden. Beginning in the Hay Barn at UCSC, Christof will […]
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Ben Verdery, classical guitarist—with the UCSC Guitar Ensemble
Music Center Recital Hall 400 McHenry Road, Santa Cruz, CAAudiences are invited to Some Towns and Cities, a concert with internationally-recognized classical guitarist, composer, and educator Benjamin Verdery. The concert includes original compositions such as “Ellis Island,” featuring the […]
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ECE Seminar: Integrated Micro- and Nanosystems for Biosensing, Neural Therapy, and Nanotoxicity
Engineering 2 Engineering 2 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CAPresenter: Dr. Ke Du, Associate Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Riverside Description: Miniaturized micro- and nanofluidic systems, integrated with biochemistry, microscopy, nanomaterials, and computer vision algorithms, […]
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CM Seminar – “The ‘Social’ Side of Social Virtual Reality”
Engineering 2 Engineering 2 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CAPresented by: Bree McEwan Description: One of the potential use cases of virtual reality is to create spaces where humans can interact with each other or virtual agents across distances. However, […]
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Li, X. (CSE) – Compute-Efficient Scaling of Fully-Open Visual Encoders
Virtual EventVision encoders have demonstrated significant performance gains in visual generation and multimodal reasoning. These improvements are primarily attributed to the scaling of data, model capacity, and compute. However, this progress is becoming less accessible due to a lack of transparency in data curation and training recipes. In combination with the high compute requirements of foundation-scale […]
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AM Seminar: Data Driven Modeling for Scientific Discovery and Digital Twins
Presenter: Dongbin Xiu, Professor, Ohio State University Description:We present a data-driven modeling framework for scientific discovery, termed Flow Map Learning (FML). This framework enables the construction of accurate predictive models […]
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Building Brotherhood with the Khalil Center
Join AA/PIRC, SWANA, & the Khalil Center for a conversation about mental health for men in the Southwest Asian & North African (SWANA) community. This event centers SWANA men & is open to […]
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February Slugs and Steins with Distinguished Professor Emeritus John Brown Childs
Virtual EventKings of Infinite Space: Courageous Compassion Among Men in Soledad Prison “I could be bounded in a nutshell, and count myself king of infinite space…” –Hamlet When I reflect on the expansively creative, compassionate, and transformational minds and actions of the incarcerated men with whom I have worked as a volunteer teacher of what I […]
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2026 Pre-Health School Fair
Colleges Nine and John R. Lewis College Multi-purpose Room 615 College Nine Road, Santa Cruz, CAIf you are interested in pursuing a career in medicine or other health professions, then take advantage of this opportunity to meet recruiters from health professional schools. Learn more about their respective health professional programs, including medical schools, and discuss ways in which to stand out in the application process.
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International Grad Workers Chat Lounge Session #2
Graduate Student Commons 420 Hagar Drive, Santa Cruz, CACome by Graduate Student Commons on Friday, 2/6 and Tuesday, 2/10 afternoon to grab snacks and chat with fellow international grads. Join our grad peer mentors to discuss specific topics […]
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Continuing Student Housing Info Session
Virtual EventInterested 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, […]
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CSE Colloquium: Incentivized Alignment for Strategic Agents (Human and Otherwise)
Engineering 2 Engineering 2 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CAPresenter: Grant Schoenebeck, University of Michigan Abstract: Advances in machine learning enable new forms of human-AI collaboration, but collaborative settings typically involve agents with divergent objectives and private information. This will become […]
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Research Lunch & Learn: NAGPRA, CalNAGPRA, and UC Repatriation policy overview
Virtual EventThis presentation provides an overview of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and UCSC’s responsibilities in compliance with federal law, CalNAGPRA state-specific law, and the UCOP policy […]
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On the Margins of Empire: The Archaeology of Social Complexities in Lower Akinyele, Southwest Nigeria Ca. 18th- 20th centuries
Social Sciences 1 Social Sciences 1, Santa Cruz, CAPlease join February’s Archaeology and Biological Anthropology Lunch Talk, “On the Margins of Empire: The Archaeology of Social Complexities in Lower Akinyele, Southwest Nigeria Ca. 18th- 20th centuries,” presented by Boluwaji Ajayi (Anthropology, UC Santa Cruz).
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Centering the Experiences of Undocumented Transfer Students at HSIs: A Brown Bag Presentation by Valeria Alonso Blanco
Huerta Center Conference Room (Casa Latina) 641 Merrill Rd, Santa Cruz,, CAThe Huerta Center is proud to present a brown bag presentation by Graduate Student Research Awardee Valeria Alonso Blanco. She will present on a qualitative study that explores how undocumented Latinx transfer students navigate institutional support, belonging, and barriers at a four-year Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI). Findings reveal gaps between institutional commitments and student […]
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Faculty Forum — The Residential College System and the First-Year Student Experience
Stevenson Event Center Stevenson Service Road, Santa Cruz, CAFaculty Forum: The Residential College System and the First-Year Student Experience UC Santa Cruz was founded on a residential college system that combines living and learning. A core goal of our […]