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SUMMARY:AM Seminar: Variational Inference and Density Estimation with Non-Negative Tensor Train
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Dr. Xun Tang\, Stanford University \nDescription: This talk covers an efficient numerical approach for compressing a high-dimensional discrete distribution function into a non-negative tensor train (NTT) format. The two settings we consider are variational inference and density estimation\, whereby one has access to either the unnormalized analytic formula of the distribution or the samples generated from the distribution. In particular\, the compression is done through a two-stage approach. In the first stage\, we use existing subroutines to encode the distribution function in a tensor train format. In the second stage\, we use an NTT ansatz to fit the obtained tensor train. For the NTT fitting procedure\, we use a log barrier term to ensure the positivity of each tensor component\, and then utilize a second-order alternating minimization scheme to accelerate convergence. In practice\, we observe that the proposed NTT fitting procedure exhibits drastically faster convergence than an alternative multiplicative update method that has been previously proposed. Through challenging numerical experiments\, we show that our approach can accurately compress target distribution functions. \nBio: Xun Tang is a postdoc in Stanford University\, department of mathematics\, hosted by Prof. Lexing Ying. Xun works on tensor network methods for scientific computing and data science\, and Xun also works on optimal transport algorithms. Xun will join HKUST department of mathematics in August 2026 as an incoming assistant professor. \nHosted by: Applied Mathematics Department
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/am-seminar-variational-inference-and-density-estimation-with-non-negative-tensor-train/
LOCATION:Jack Baskin Engineering Building\, 372
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Seminars
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SUMMARY:Statistics Seminar: Hierarchical Clustering with Confidence
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Snigdha Panigrahi\, Associate Professor\, Department of Statistics\, University of Michigan \nDescription:Agglomerative hierarchical clustering is one of the most widely used approaches for exploring how observations in a dataset relate to each other. However\, its greedy nature makes it highly sensitive to small perturbations in the data\, often producing different clustering results and making it difficult to separate genuine structure from spurious patterns. In this talk\, I will show how randomizing hierarchical clustering can be useful not just for measuring stability but also for designing valid hypothesis testing procedures based on the clustering results. We propose a simple randomization scheme to construct valid p-values at each node of a hierarchical clustering dendrogram\, quantifying evidence against greedy merges while controlling the Type I error rate. Our method applies to any linkage without case-specific derivations\, is substantially more powerful than existing selective inference approaches\, and provides an estimate of the number of clusters with a probabilistic guarantee on overestimation. \nBio:Snigdha Panigrahi is an Associate Professor of Statistics at the University of Michigan\, where she also holds a courtesy appointment in the Department of Biostatistics. She received her PhD in Statistics from Stanford University in 2018 and has been a faculty member at Michigan since then. Her research focuses on converting purely predictive machine learning algorithms into principled inferential methods. She is an elected member of the International Statistical Institute\, and her work has been recognized with an NSF CAREER Award and the Bernoulli New Researcher’s Award. Her editorial service\, past and present\, includes Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics\, Bernoulli\, and Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series B. \nHosted by: Statistics Department
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/statistics-seminar-hierarchical-clustering-with-confidence/
LOCATION:Jack Baskin Engineering Building\, 156
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SUMMARY:Aziz Abu Sarah & Maoz Inon – The Future is Peace
DESCRIPTION:Two lifelong peace activists and guides to Israel/Palestine\, both of whom have lost family in the conflict\, take readers on a revealing life-changing journey across this holy\, bloodstained land and discover the mythic\, political\, and personal history that divides but also binds them and their peoples. \nIn The Future Is Peace\, Sarah and Inon take readers on a transformative weeklong journey across a sacred and bloodstained land. Facing competing narratives\, they explore how compassion and unity can pull humanity back from the precipice of blind hatred. Throughout their travels\, they have been constantly asked: In the face of so much loss\, how can we ever find hope? Their answer is always the same. One cannot find hope. We must create it. \n \nAziz Abu Sarah is Co-CEO of InterAct International\, a nonprofit dedicated to Middle East Peace. He is a peacebuilder\, entrepreneur\, National Geographic Explorer\, TED Fellow\, and renowned speaker and trainer on conflict resolution and responsible travel. Aziz is the co-founder of MEJDI Tours\, a travel company on a mission to transform tourism into a global force of citizen diplomacy. He has won numerous awards\, including from the United Nations\, Institute of International Education\, and The Explorers Club. Aziz is consistently named one of the world’s 500 most influential Muslims by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre in Jordan. He has written opinion pieces for The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, Al-Quds\, and Haaretz. \nMaoz Inon is Co-CEO of InterAct International\, a nonprofit dedicated to Middle East Peace. He is an Israeli peace activist and entrepreneur. He was honored with the prestigious Franco-German Human Rights Prize and the Shared Living Award from Abraham Initiatives. He has spoken on Capitol Hill\, at U.S. universities\, and the European Parliament. He has written pieces for The Washington Post\, Al Jazeera\, Haaretz\, and more. He has founded several peace-focused initiatives within Israel and the Middle East\, including the Jesus Trail\, Fauzi Azar Inn\, and Abraham Hostel & Tour brands. \nDouglas Abrams is a multiple New York Times-bestselling author\, as well as an editor\, literary agent\, and film producer. He is the founder and president of Idea Architects\, a creative book and media agency helping visionaries create a wiser\, healthier\, and more just world. He co-wrote The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World with the Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu which inspired the film MISSION: JOY. Doug served as the interviewer in the film as well as an Executive Producer. As an editor and literary agent\, he has also worked with other Nobel Laureates including Nelson Mandela\, Jody Williams\, and Elizabeth Blackburn and worked with many visionary scientists including Stephen Hawking.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/aziz-abu-sarah-maoz-inon-the-future-is-peace/
LOCATION:Holy Cross Parish Hall\, 170 High St # A\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Tallest Dwarf—film screening and talk with Julie Wyman
DESCRIPTION:UC Santa Cruz affiliates are invited to a screening and discussion with filmmaker Julie Forrest Wyman. The Tallest Dwarf charts the filmmaker’s quest to find her place within the little people (LP) community at a moment when dwarf identity is poised to radically change. Wyman’s work engages issues of embodiment\, body image\, and the possibilities and problematics of media spectatorship—all informed by her experience of living with hypochondroplasia dwarfism. Julie Wyman will be in conversation after the screening with Pooja Rangan (Professor of English and Film and Media Studies at Amherst College and Visiting Scholar of Visualizing Abolition) and Cynthia Ling Lee (Associate Professor of Performance\, Play & Design\, UC Santa Cruz). \nCo-organized/co-sponsored by the Arts Division’s Film & Digital Media Department\,  “Abolition Medicine and Disability Justice“—a collaborative initiative of five UC campuses\, including Riverside\, Irvine\, Los Angeles\, Santa Cruz\, and San Francisco\, to addresses health disparities in institutions and policy—and The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz.\n—\nADMISSION\n– Free and open to UC Santa Cruz affiliates only\n– Attend in person at Communications Studio C\n—\nPARKING\n– Parking via UCSC permit or ParkMobile\n– Core West is the lot closest to the event\n—\nABOUT THE FILM\nAs Wyman unpacks the rumors of “partial dwarfism” in her family\, she finds that hers is the last of a body type she has inherited. She joins forces with a group of dwarf artists to confront the legacy of being fetishized and put on display. Together they create films that reclaim a complicated history and speak back to the echoes of eugenics in the newly emerging pharmaceutical interventions that make little people taller. Through its personal and expanding perspective\, the film invites audiences to a new way of seeing.\n—\nABOUT THE FILMMAKER\nJulie Forrest Wyman’s 2012 documentary STRONG! premiered at AFI Silverdocs and was broadcast nationally on PBS’s Emmy award-winning series\, Independent Lens\, where it won the series’ Audience Award. Wyman’s work has been awarded support from Sundance\, Sandbox\, IDA\, SF Film Society\, Points North\, ITVS\, the Creative Capital Foundation\, The Princess Grace Foundation\, California Humanities\, and NEH. She has been a fellow at the UC Davis Feminist Research Institute and a resident of SF Film Society’s Filmhouse\, Siena Art Institute\, Logan Nonfiction and Points North. Her films\, including FatMob (2016)\, Buoyant (2005)\, and A Boy Named Sue (2000)\, have aired on Showtime\, MTV’s LOGO-TV\, and have been exhibited on five continents. She serves as Associate Professor of Cinema and Digital Media at UC Davis.\n—\nDownload and share the event flyer here.\n—\nphotographer credit: Gabriella Garcia-Pardo; image description: A group of six LP (little people) performers regard their paper body cut outs on the wall. \n 
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/film-wyman/
LOCATION:Communications Building\, 7487 Red Hill Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Film Screening,Lectures & Presentations,Screening
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SUMMARY:BE Climate & Cookies Student Pop-Up!
DESCRIPTION:Come get excited about Baskin Engineering Climate Week at our student pop-up! 🌎 \nClimate Week is a chance to explore how Baskin Engineering is addressing climate challenges through innovative research\, teaching\, and hands-on projects. \nDiscover the events happening throughout the week and find ways to get involved! \nSwing by for FREE BE swag\, coffee\, cookies\, Climate Week stickers\, and more—first come\, first served! \nWhere: BE Courtyard\nWhen: Tuesday\, April 21\, 10:00-11:30 a.m. \nWe hope to see you there!
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/be-climate-week-pop-up-2026/
LOCATION:Jack Baskin Engineering\, Baskin Engineering 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Social Gathering
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SUMMARY:Campus to Career: Job Talk with Communications Manager David Coy
DESCRIPTION:Are you curious about the communications field\, but not quite sure what it entails? Join our job talk with UCSC alumnus David Coy\, a mission-driven communications professional. David will tell us about his journey into communications work and how he discovered his passion for helping impactful organizations craft compelling content. If you’re interested in careers in communications\, development\, marketing\, or social impact\, this event is for you! \n  \nAll students are welcome. The interview will last approximately 30 minutes\, followed by a 15-minute Q&A. \nWe will provide captions for the presentation. If you have disability-related needs\, please contact the Career Success office at mpelrine@ucsc.edu  as soon as possible. \n  \nLearn more about David: \nDavid Coy is a communications professional with a focus on the non-profit\, social enterprise\, and philanthropy sectors. He is currently Communications Manager for The Bar Association of San Francisco\, where he leads communication strategy and supports fundraising efforts. Prior to joining BASF\, David worked with mission-driven organizations in investment and philanthropy\, conservation\, and education. David graduated from UCSC in 2008 with a BA in History.\nYOU BELONG HERE\nPrograms and services are open to all\, consistent with state and federal law\, as well as the University of California’s nondiscrimination policies. Every initiative—whether a student service\, faculty program\, or community event—is designed to be accessible\, inclusive\, and respectful of all identities. To learn more\, please visit UC Nondiscrimination Statement or Nondiscrimination Policy for UC Publications.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/campus-to-career-job-talk-with-communications-manager-david-coy/
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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SUMMARY:A Sacred Place: Film Screening and Conversation with Dr. Dolly Kikon
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for American premiere of A Sacred Place (2026)\, by Professor Dolly Kikon (Anthropology). The film tells the story of stones\, spirits\, and salt springs in Makhel. The film focuses on intergenerational storytellers and their relationship with the land. It integrates visual ethnography\, oral tradition\, and geological features of Makhel to center Indigenous pedagogy\, community history\, and ecology. After the screening\, Professor Clementine Bordeaux (HAVC) will provide comments and facilitate a conversation with Kikon and audience member participants. \nMakhel in Mao Naga language means a sacred place. Can sacredness exist amid ecocide in our times? Seeking an answer\, the film follows life as it unfolds in the mountains of Makhel\, a Naga village in northern Manipur. These mountains are composed of sandstones\, shales\, and siltstones. The sandstone monoliths across the landscape are symbols of ancient alliance and kinship between spirits and humans. The story of the land is also stored in the salt springs\, ancient seawater retained in shale soil\, a geological feature of these mountains. Geographically part of the Eastern Himalayas\, the salt springs of Makhel were formed through sedimentation under an ancient equatorial ocean around 50 million years ago. Naga ancestors regarded these geological features as abodes for spirit custodians and cared for them. A Sacred Place is the story of land narrated by Naga storytellers\, as humans prioritize relentless development forgetting their relationship with human and other beings. \nLearn more about A Sacred Place.  \n \nThis screening is a hybrid event. Remote participants will receive a link to the film before the event to watch on their own. They may join the conversation via Zoom. \nPlease RSVP to register for this event. Register here. Any questions can be directed to seacoast@ucsc.edu \nThis event is graciously co-sponsored by UCSC’s Center for Southeast Asian Coastal Interactions\, Center for South Asian Studies\, Indigenous Faculty Network\, and The Humanities Institute. 
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/a-sacred-place/
LOCATION:Communications Building\, 7487 Red Hill Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Film Screening
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SUMMARY:CSE Colloquium - Robust Machine Learning for Biomedical Data: Efficiency\, Reliability\, and Generalizability
DESCRIPTION:Presenter\nChenyu You\, Stony Brook University \nAbstract\nIn the rapidly growing area of machine learning\, there is profound promise in crafting intelligent\, data-driven methods for diverse real-world applications. Yet\, in safety-critical domains like healthcare\, some fundamental challenges remain: (1) The insufficiency of raw biomedical data emphasizes the need for data-efficient and robust learning approaches. (2) The imperative of safety and stability necessitates a cohesive framework that unifies learning with theoretical guarantees. (3) The inherent heterogeneity and distribution shifts in real-world clinical data call for robust and generalizable learning methods. To address these challenges\, there are several major directions I have explored: (i) (Robust) Machine Learning for Imperfect Medical Data: The development of machine learning models\, particularly in the context of label scarcity\, increasingly necessitates the collection of substantial annotated medical data. Moreover\, medical data often display a long-tailed class distribution\, which consequently results in notable imbalance issues. To this end\, there are several growing interests in training machine learning models jointly across imbalanced class distributions and limited annotations. I have developed novel\, efficient\, statistically consistent algorithms to improve empirical performance for biomedical image analysis. (ii) Learning with Theoretical Guarantees: As machine learning methods have become ubiquitous in clinical decision-making\, their reliability and interpretability have become important. This is particularly crucial in the field of biomedical image analysis\, where decision outcomes can have profound implications. I have developed novel machine learning algorithms that enable provably accurate anatomical modeling with theoretical guarantees. (iii) Generalize across Diverse Biomedical Data: The development of medical foundation models often requires massive and diverse biomedical data. To this end\, I have developed various foundation models for biomedical imaging data and explored novel applications of these models. I have also developed novel medical AI Agents that lead to the scalable and accurate predictive modeling\, particularly for distribution shift problems. \nSpeaker Bio\nChenyu You is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Applied Mathematics & Statistics and Department of Computer Science at Stony Brook University. He is also the core faculty member of the CVLab\, AI institute\, and affiliated with the Institute for Advanced Computational Science. His research focuses on both fundamental and applied problems in computer vision and machine learning\, often with a focus on generalization\, and making machine learning more reliable. Our applied research includes applications to healthcare\, biomedical imaging\, and cognitive neuroscience. He received his Ph.D. in 2024 from Yale University under the advisement of James S. Duncan\, his M.S. in 2019 from Stanford University under the advisement of Daniel Rubin\, and his B.S. in 2017 from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute under the advisement of Ge Wang\, all in electrical engineering. He has also spent wonderful time at Facebook AI Research (FAIR)\, as well as Google Research. He serves on the Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention Society (MICCAI)\, and the SUNY AI Symposium Planning Committee\, and as associate editors for IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging\, Medical Image Analysis\, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems\, Pattern Recognition\, and Transactions on Machine Learning Research. He has received AAAI’26 New Faculty Highlights\, CPAL’26 Rising Stars Award\, Tinker Research Grant Award\, Lambda Research Grant Award\, ICML’25 Oral Presentation Award\, EMBC’25 Top Paper Award\, MICCAI’25 NIH Registration Grant Award\, IEEE TMI’25 Distinguished Associate Editor Certificate of Excellence Award\, and Yale George P. O’Leary Graduate Fellowship\, and has been ranked as the World’s Top 2% most-cited scientists by Stanford University since 2024\, is a member of the Sigma Xi scientific research society\, and received the Excellence in Teaching Award for Spring and Fall 2025. For more information\, please check his website: https://chenyuyou.me/. \nHosted by: Professor Yuyin Zhou \nLocation: Engineering 2\, Room E2-180 (Refreshments such as fruit\, pastries\, coffee\, and tea will be provided.) \nZoom Option: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/93445911992?pwd=YkJ2TQtF79h0PcNXbEcpZLbpK0coiY.1&jst=3
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/cse-colloquium-robust-machine-learning-for-biomedical-data-efficiency-reliability-and-generalizability/
LOCATION:Engineering 2\, Engineering 2 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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SUMMARY:HireNew York Multi-University Alumni Career Fair
DESCRIPTION:Calling University of California Alumni in the tri-state area! \nAre you ready for your next career move? Join fellow alumni and professionals at the HireNew York Multi-University Alumni Career Fair\, a unique opportunity to connect directly with top employers hiring across a wide range of industries. \nThis expo-style career event brings together alumni\, graduate students\, and doctoral candidates from multiple universities to meet 60+ employers actively recruiting talented professionals in the tri-state area.  \nEvent Details \nHireNew York Multi-University Alumni Career Fair\n📅 Wednesday\, April 22\, 2026\n⏰ 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM\n📍 Prince George Ballroom\, 15 E 27th St.\, NYC \nWhy Attend \n\nMeet 60+ companies actively hiring\nBuild meaningful connections with recruiters and hiring managers\nExplore opportunities across industries and career levels\nFree to attend for alumni\n\nWhether you’re exploring a career transition\, returning to the workforce\, or seeking your next leadership role\, the HireNew York Career Fair offers a powerful opportunity to expand your network and discover new possibilities. \nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/hirenew-york-multi-university-alumni-career-fair/
LOCATION:Prince George Ballroom\, 15 E 27th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibits
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SUMMARY:UCSC Dining Tasting Fair
DESCRIPTION:UCSC Dining Tasting Fair\nGet your taste buds ready! Join us for a fun afternoon of delicious discoveries at the 12th annual UCSC Dining Tasting Fair. This is your chance to sample a wide variety of food and drinks from our premium quality suppliers and our very own talented culinary team. \n\nEvent Details\nWhen: Wednesday\, April 22 \nTime: 11:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. \nWhere: College Nine/John R. Lewis Dining Hall Multipurpose Room \nCost: FREE! \n\nYou Belong Here: The programs and services described here are open to all\, consistent with state and federal law\, as well as the University of California’s nondiscrimination policies. Every initiative—whether a student service\, faculty program\, or community event—is designed to be accessible\, inclusive\, and respectful of all identities. \nTo learn more\, please visit UC Nondiscrimination Statement or Nondiscrimination Policy for UC Publications.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/ucsc-dining-tasting-fair/
LOCATION:Colleges Nine and John R. Lewis College Multi-purpose Room\, 615 College Nine Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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SUMMARY:Navigating SWANA Grief and Joy
DESCRIPTION:The Asian American/Pacific Islander Resource Center is celebrating SWANA Heritage Month with a series of events! Join us on Wednesday\, April 22nd at the Cardiff House for a community space to process\, unpack\, and discuss struggles within respective SWANA communities — facilitated by the Khalil Center. The Khalil Center is a wellness center that integrates Islamic spiritual approaches into professional psychology to help achieve optimal\, holistic health by providing a wide variety of mental health services. All are welcome. \nYou Belong Here: The programs and services described here are open to all\, consistent with state and federal law\, as well as the University of California’s nondiscrimination policies. Every initiative—whether a student service\, faculty program\, or community event—is designed to be accessible\, inclusive\, and respectful of all identities. \nTo learn more\, please visit UC Nondiscrimination Statement or Nondiscrimination Policy for UC Publications.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/navigating-swana-grief-and-joy/
LOCATION:Cardiff House\, 114 Carriage House Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260422T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260422T170000
DTSTAMP:20260405T085207
CREATED:20260206T171155Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260206T171155Z
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SUMMARY:Policing Belonging: The Politics of Immigration Enforcement
DESCRIPTION:The Legal Studies Program presents: Policing Belonging: The Politics of Immigration Enforcement. This year\, we will be hosting Professor Amada Armenta\, UCLA Director of Latino Policy and Politics Institute. In this talk\, Amada Armenta traces the policy and practice of immigration enforcement in the United States. Drawing on years of qualitative research with police officers\, bureaucrats\, and undocumented immigrants\, she examines how the politics of enforcement are enacted in everyday life—through discretionary decisions\, local collaborations\, and moral reasoning. Armenta shows how immigration enforcement generates moral tensions for those who carry it out and existential dilemmas for those forced to live within its reach\, revealing a system that exposes the uneven burdens of power and belonging. \n  \n2026 Distinguished Lecture (1) \n 
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/policing-belonging-the-politics-of-immigration-enforcement/
LOCATION:Hay Barn\, 94 Ranch View Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Undergraduate
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260422T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260422T210000
DTSTAMP:20260405T085207
CREATED:20260312T234855Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260312T234855Z
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SUMMARY:Women of Color Environmentalists panel 2026
DESCRIPTION:Join the UCSC People of Color Sustainability Collective for a panel that celebrates the efforts\, voices\, and visions of women of color environmentalists. These panelists have worked in various fields\, from irrigation systems\, marine research\, agroecology\, and more! \n\n\nCome learn about opportunities you can take part in as an undergrad\, graduate opportunities and programs\, and community-building. \n\n\n\n\nFor questions/accommodations\, email: pocsc@ucsc.edu \n\n\n\n\nRSVP in advance. \n\n\nYou Belong Here: The programs and services described here are open to all\, consistent with state and federal law\, as well as the University of California’s nondiscrimination policies. Every initiative—whether a student service\, faculty program\, or community event—is designed to be accessible\, inclusive\, and respectful of all identities. \nTo learn more\, please visit UC Nondiscrimination Statement or Nondiscrimination Policy for UC Publications.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/women-of-color-environmentalists-panel-2026/
LOCATION:Cultural Center – Merrill College\, 641 Merrill Rd\, Santa Cruz\, 95064\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Meetings & Conferences
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260423T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260423T170000
DTSTAMP:20260405T085207
CREATED:20260403T215527Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260403T220700Z
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SUMMARY:Climate Tech & Sustainability Showcase
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a Climate Tech & Sustainability Showcase\, where students\, faculty\, climate and sustainability-focused companies\, founders\, and community organizations come together to share their work and ideas. The event is part of Baskin Engineering Climate Week\, focused on raising awareness of climate issues and sustainability research and teaching. \nExplore a range of interactive demos\, poster presentations\, and tabling displays highlighting innovative research\, emerging technologies\, and real-world solutions to climate challenges. Baskin Engineering student organizations will also be on hand to share their climate friendly projects! \nCome network\, promote your organization\, and meet up-and-coming talent alongside other passionate\, like-minded members of the climate and sustainability community. \nWhere: BE Courtyard\nWhen: 2:00-5:00 p.m.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/climate-tech-sustainability-showcase/
LOCATION:Jack Baskin Engineering\, Baskin Engineering 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260423T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260423T173000
DTSTAMP:20260405T085207
CREATED:20260401T183254Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260401T183254Z
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SUMMARY:Pawl\, E. (STAT) - Flexible and Scalable Mixtures of Experts for Oceanographic Flow Cytometry Data
DESCRIPTION:Flow cytometry is a valuable technique in microbial research used to measure the optical properties of single-celled organisms at high throughput. Oceanographers often deploy flow cytometers on research cruises in order to study the characteristics of phytosynthetic microbes—called phytoplankton—in regions and times with diverse environmental conditions. Because cytometers cannot distinguish between subpopulations\, researchers typically cluster observations into subpopulations and subsequently analyze cluster characteristics. This two-stage workflow is often manual\, difficult to reproduce\, and fails to account for uncertainty in cluster assignments when relating subpopulation behavior to environmental conditions. To address these shortcomings\, statistical mixture models are gradually being introduced as alternatives to manual flow cytometry data analysis. However\, existing models either cannot use covariates or make restrictive assumptions about the relationships between cluster characteristics and covariates. Additionally\, they are designed to analyze individual cruises and consequently characterize local\, rather than global\, patterns in phytoplankton behavior. We propose to develop computationally efficient mixtures of experts which account for the complex dependency structures in oceanographic flow cytometry data. In this framework\, cells are probabilistically assigned to latent subpopulations\, while cluster-specific regressions relate each subpopulation’s optical properties and relative abundance to environmental conditions. Our first project develops a mixture of random weight neural network experts which can estimate arbitrary nonlinear regressions at low computational cost\, without a priori specification of functional forms. In the second project\, we develop a variational Bayesian mixture of experts which automatically selects variables without requiring cross-validation for hyperparameter selection. The final project incorporates spatial and temporal dependence\, allowing joint inference on data collected from multiple research cruises conducted at different locations and times. \nEvent Host: Ethan Pawl\, Ph.D. Student\, Statistical Science \nAdvisors: Sangwon Hyun & Paul Parker \nZoom- https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/96353239941?pwd=a4PJ94EMSD6D0SJ75S3WYzrPbYsBtn.1 \nPasscode- 244463
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/pawl-e-stat-flexible-and-scalable-mixtures-of-experts-for-oceanographic-flow-cytometry-data/
LOCATION:Engineering 2\, Engineering 2 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Ph.D. Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260423T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260423T180000
DTSTAMP:20260405T085207
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SUMMARY:Artist Roundtable for EASP M.F.A. Exhibition—"Picking up Shells Amid a Tsunami"
DESCRIPTION:The culminating exhibition of the Environmental Art and Social Practice (EASP) M.F.A. program at UC Santa Cruz presents new projects—Picking up Shells Amid a Tsunami 쓰나미가 밀려오는데\, 조개나 줍고 있네—developed through concentrated inquiry over a two-year period and offers a window into the artists’ unique long-term research projects that expand beyond the gallery space.\n—\nFULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS\n– Ongoing Exhibition: Thurs..\, April 2–Sat.\, May 2\, 2026\n– Opening Celebration: Thurs.\, April 2\, 5:00–7:00 p.m.\n– Artist Roundtable: Thurs.\, April 23\, 5:00–6:00 p.m.\n—\nADMISSION\n– FREE and open to the public\n– Gallery hours are Tues.–Sun.noon–5:00 p.m (closed Mondays)\n—\nPARKING\n– Lot 124 & 125 are the closest parking lots to the event.\n– Parking is by permit or ParkMobile.\n– Refer to TAPS for more parking information.\n—\nABOUT THE EXHIBITION\n– More exhibition information here.\n—\nThis program is open to all members of the public consistent with state and federal law.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/roundtable-easp-mfa-2026/
LOCATION:Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery\, Baskin Service Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Exhibits,Lectures & Presentations,Social Gathering
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260423T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260423T181500
DTSTAMP:20260405T085207
CREATED:20260402T211703Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260402T212222Z
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SUMMARY:Careers in Climate Tech & Sustainability
DESCRIPTION:Ready to explore career pathways that matter? \nAttend our very special Careers in Climate Tech & Sustainability Panel—celebrating Baskin Engineering Climate Week—for an inside look at careers that will help build a sustainable future. Panelists representing different roles and organizations will share their career journeys and offer practical insights into working in climate tech. There will also be a catered networking reception that follows—don’t miss it! \nGet informed\, inspired\, and discover your path to a career in sustainability! \nThis event is part of Baskin Engineering’s Climate Tech Day featuring a community fair where students\, faculty\, climate and sustainability tech companies\, and community organizations will showcase their works through demonstrations\, poster presentations\, tabling\, and more.  \nWhere: E2-180\nWhen: Thursday\, April 23\, 5:00-6:15 p.m. \nRegister via Handshake. \nIf you have disability-related needs\, please contact the Career Success office at csuccess@ucsc.edu or (831) 459-4420 as soon as possible. \nYOU BELONG HERE\nPrograms and services are open to all\, consistent with state and federal law\, as well as the University of California’s nondiscrimination policies. Every initiative—whether a student service\, faculty program\, or community event—is designed to be accessible\, inclusive\, and respectful of all identities. To learn more\, please visit UC Nondiscrimination Statement or Nondiscrimination Policy for UC Publications.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/careers-in-climate-tech-sustainability/
LOCATION:Engineering 2\, Engineering 2 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260423T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260423T193000
DTSTAMP:20260405T085207
CREATED:20260402T192714Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260403T222851Z
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SUMMARY:Artist Talk with Federico Cuatlacuatl
DESCRIPTION:We invite you to join us for a film screeening and discussion with artist Federico Cuatlacuatl. This will be the west coast premiere of  QUEMAR LAS PATAS DEL IMPERIO (to burn the feet of the empire)\, Cuatlacuatl’s newest work. \nFederico Cuatlacuatl (b. San Francisco Coapan\, Cholula\, Puebla -México) is Horace W. Goldsmith Distinguished Teaching Associate Professor in the Humanities in the Department of Art at the University of Virginia and currently a research Fellow at the University of Heidelberg in Germany. Cuatlacuatl’s aesthetic oeuvre addresses Nahua Indigenous immigration\, social art practice\, and cultural sustainability. Building on his own experience as formerly undocumented immigrant and DACA holder\, his creative practice collides Indigeneity\, immigration\, and temporalities. At the core of his most recent research and artistic production is the intersection of transborder Indigeneity\, Nahua diasporic resilience\, and Nahua futurisms. His work has been featured in international film festivals and exhibitions globally including: the Max Ernst Museum\, the Kode Museum of Art in Norway\, the KINDL Centre for Contemporary Art in Berlin\, the BFI London Film Festival\,  the Larnaca Biennale in Cyprus\, the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City\, the Museum of Art Såo Paulo in Brazil\, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art\, the Sculpture Center in Ohio\, the Contemporary Arts Center in New Orleans\, and the Tucson Museum of Art. Cuatlacuatl is a co-founder of the UNDOC+Collective and the founder of the Rasquache Artist Residency in Puebla\, México.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/artist-talk-with-federico-cuatlacuatl/
LOCATION:Institute of the Arts and Sciences\, 100 Panetta Ave\, Santa Cruz\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film Screening,Lectures & Presentations,Screening
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260423T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260423T193000
DTSTAMP:20260405T085207
CREATED:20260402T213440Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260402T222539Z
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SUMMARY:Climate Week Tech Connect: Energy Solutions
DESCRIPTION:Join Baskin Engineering to explore the frontier of power engineering\, where the rapid rise of electrification and digital infrastructure is creating an unprecedented demand for next-generation talent and a critical opportunity for sustainability.  \nThis networking event bridges the gap between the classroom and the field\, offering students and faculty a front-row seat to the trends and high-impact career opportunities shaping our energy future. The event is part of Baskin Engineering Climate Week\, focused on raising awareness of climate issues and sustainability research and teaching. \nWhere: BE Courtyard\nWhen: Thursday\, April 23\, 6:00-7:30 p.m. \nWe hope to see you there!
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/climate-week-tech-connect-energy-solutions/
LOCATION:Jack Baskin Engineering\, Baskin Engineering 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Meetings & Conferences
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260424T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260427T005959
DTSTAMP:20260405T085207
CREATED:20251119T184335Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260305T171412Z
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SUMMARY:Alumni Reunion Weekend 2026
DESCRIPTION:Join your classmates back at UC Santa Cruz for Alumni Reunion Weekend\, April 24–26\, 2026. This annual celebration honors the pioneering classes of 1965–1976 and the mark you have left on our campus and the world. \nReconnect with classmates\, celebrate your achievements\, and enjoy time among the redwoods. Whether you never left or you haven’t returned to Santa Cruz since graduation\, we hope to see you there for this spectacular reunion weekend. \nMark your calendar and plan to return to campus\, April 24-26\, 2026.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/alumni-reunion-weekend-2026/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260424T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260424T130000
DTSTAMP:20260405T085207
CREATED:20260210T203327Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260402T212342Z
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SUMMARY:DNA Day
DESCRIPTION:Please join the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute for our annual celebration of DNA! \nWe will be in the Baskin Engineering courtyard from 11am-1pm with swag\, music\, and activities. This is a fun\, family-friendly event and open to the public. Activities will include: \n\nStrawberry DNA Extraction demonstration (WiSE)\nDouble helix origami\nPoster session and resource fair\nFace painting\nStickers\, bookmarks\, pins\, and other swag\nDouble human helix conga line (everyone who participates gets a free shirt!)\n\nStop by and learn about the amazing molecule that codes all of life. 🧬❤️ \nWant to be a part of DNA Day? Sign up to: \n1. Give a poster presentation\n2. Volunteer during DNA day\n3. Have your student group or org participate in our resource fair
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/dna-day/
LOCATION:Jack Baskin Engineering\, Baskin Engineering 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Undergraduate
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260425T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260425T150000
DTSTAMP:20260405T085207
CREATED:20260202T223235Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260211T002936Z
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SUMMARY:Spring Plant Sale
DESCRIPTION:Stock your garden with premium organic seedlings while supporting student education! Browse a huge variety of flowers\, vegetables\, herbs\, and strawberries—all grown by UCSC Farm staff\, students\, and volunteers in our greenhouses. Proceeds support the Center for Agroecology’s hands-on learning programs. \nFull list of varieties coming soon. \nSpecial Perks: \n\nFriends of the Farm & Garden members: 10% off all plants + early bird shopping at 9 AM\nUCSC students with valid ID: 25% off\n\nParking and logistics: \nPlease plan to park across the street from the Hay Barn in parking lot 116.  We encourage you to bring a basket\, wagon\, or other means to carry your plants. We will have a limited number of cardboard boxes available but encourage you to bring your own. \nPayment: \nWe accept cash\, checks made out to “UC Regents\,” or credit card (we do not have a traditional credit card reader; you will need a smart phone to scan a QR code and then manually enter your credit card number.) \nInterested in volunteering in the greenhouses in preparation for our plant sale? Fill out this form! \nThis event is open to all members of the public consistent with state and federal law.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/cfa-spring-plant-sale/
LOCATION:Hay Barn\, 94 Ranch View Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260425T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260425T180000
DTSTAMP:20260405T085207
CREATED:20260223T210328Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260223T210328Z
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SUMMARY:Chemistry and Biochemistry symposium
DESCRIPTION:On April 25\, the department will hold its Annual Chemistry Symposium. This year\, we will host the Bunnett Organic Chemistry Seminar\, the Fink Biomedical Chemistry Seminar\, and the Crews Diversity in Science Lecture\, all on the same day. In addition\, we will include a lecture focused on Physical Chemistry and Materials Research.\nWe hope to see you in April\, more information here.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/chemistry-and-biochemistry-symposium/
LOCATION:Jack Baskin Auditorium\, 191 Baskin Cir\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260425T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260425T180000
DTSTAMP:20260405T085207
CREATED:20260331T222834Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260331T222834Z
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SUMMARY:Chemistry and Biochemistry symposium
DESCRIPTION:On April 25\, the department will hold its Annual Chemistry Symposium. This year\, we will host the Bunnett Organic Chemistry Seminar\, the Fink Biomedical Chemistry Seminar\, and the UCSC Phillip Crews Symposium: Powered by Chemistry\, Strengthened by Discovery Science Lecture\, all on the same day. In addition\, we will include a lecture focused on Physical Chemistry and Materials Research.\nWe hope to see you in April\, more information and to register  here.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/chemistry-and-biochemistry-symposium-2/
LOCATION:Jack Baskin Auditorium\, 191 Baskin Cir\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260425T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260425T150000
DTSTAMP:20260405T085207
CREATED:20260402T200519Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260403T222629Z
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SUMMARY:Artist Tour with Libia Posada
DESCRIPTION:We are thrilled to invite you to join Libia Posada\, a multidisciplinary artist as well as a physician\, for this artist-led tour of Everything is Going Right\, the premiere solo exhibition of her work in the United States. With artworks influenced by her medical training\, Posada will discuss how she engages the body as a site for the staging of human experience\, both individual and collective\, and a territory closely connected to the geopolitical. \nLibia Posada’s work has been shown broadly internationally\, including at the Museum of Modern Art of Medellín; Musée Les Abattoirs\, Toulouse\, France; National Museum of Colombia; and the Havana Biennial.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/artist-tour-with-libia-posada/
LOCATION:Institute of the Arts and Sciences\, 100 Panetta Ave\, Santa Cruz\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibits,Lectures & Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260428T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260428T150000
DTSTAMP:20260405T085207
CREATED:20260311T203216Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260311T203216Z
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SUMMARY:LinkedIn 101: Create A Great Profile That Gets Noticed!
DESCRIPTION:“Do I really need a LinkedIn profile to get hired?”  The answer is YES! Employers and recruiters absolutely use LinkedIn to look for and research candidates.  Come to this fast-paced and practical workshop to learn more about the basics of creating a LinkedIn profile that gets noticed and just might help you land your dream job! \n  \nAll students are welcome. The presentation will last about 45 minutes\, followed by a 15-minute Q&A. \nWe 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. \n  \nYOU BELONG HERE\nPrograms and services are open to all\, consistent with state and federal law\, as well as the University of California’s nondiscrimination policies. Every initiative—whether a student service\, faculty program\, or community event—is designed to be accessible\, inclusive\, and respectful of all identities. To learn more\, please visit UC Nondiscrimination Statement or Nondiscrimination Policy for UC Publications.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/linkedin-101-create-a-great-profile-that-gets-noticed/
LOCATION:Hahn Student Services\, Hahn Student Services\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Meetings & Conferences
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SUMMARY:Landesman Lecture
DESCRIPTION: Ancestral Matter\, Shared Humanity\, Beyond Borders and Labels\nThis evening blends science\, poetry\, and storytelling to explore our deepest origins and shared humanity. Tracing the cosmic formation of the elements that make our bodies\, we reflect on an ancestry older than nations\, borders\, and labels. Through verse and story\, we connect stellar history with lived experience\, inviting us to see how our many identities arise from the same ancestral matter. Together\, we explore how storytelling can soften divisions\, cross boundaries\, and remind us that we are forged from one common origin. \nRegister to attend in-person or virtual\nDoors open at 5:30 p.m. for guests attending in person\nLecture: 6 p.m.\nFollowed by a reception for in-person guests\nFree and open to the public\nParking is $6 \nPresented by the UC Santa Cruz Emeriti Association \n  \n  \n \nEnrico Ramirez-Ruiz studies some of the most powerful explosions since the birth of the universe by looking not at the heavens but at computer models. Eager to understand our origins\, he uses simulations to explore the cataclysmic death of stars that give rise to many of the elements of the periodic table. His work tests ideas at the edge of human experience\, challenging how we imagine the universe and our place within it. \n \nJasmine Schlafke\, better known by her stage name Queen Jasmeen\, is a poet\, slam coach\, diversity trainer\, and a doula from Santa Cruz\, CA. Her first book\, Crowned\, published in 2019 by Bay Company Books\, is a widely respected expression of the complexity of compounded identities\, reflecting on mental health\, race\, teen parenting\, womanhood\, ministry\, and so much more. Currently\, she works as a privately contracted poetry and performance coach and is a proud single mother of two grown children. \n 
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/landesman-lecture/
LOCATION:Music Center Recital Hall\, 400 McHenry Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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SUMMARY:Karen Tei Yamashita – Questions 27 & 28
DESCRIPTION:Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes acclaimed author Karen Tei Yamashita (I Hotel) to celebrate the launch of her new novel Questions 27 & 28—a masterful polyvocal history of Japanese Americans before\, during\, and after World War II. Yamashita will be in conversation with Alice Yang\, Professor of History and Critical Race and Ethnic Studies at UC Santa Cruz. \nIn February 1942\, shortly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor\, Franklin D. Roosevelt issued an executive order authorizing the secretary of war to remove 120\,000 Japanese Americans from their homes on the West Coast and corral them into inland concentration camps. \n \nQuestions 27 & 28 reaches backward and forward from the time of the questionnaire\, chronicling the individuals who arrived in the US from Japan at the turn of the century\, their children who came of age during war and incarceration\, and their descendants who lived in its aftermath. Yamashita mixes fact with fiction and layers genres from James Bond movies to haiku to oral history\, transfiguring an enormity of archival research into a chorus of stories. With her signature wit and aplomb\, she gives voice to laborers\, artists\, scholars\, informants\, and activists who\, over three generations\, defined an immigrant community. \nKaren Tei Yamashita is the author of nine books\, including I Hotel\, finalist for the National Book Award. Recipient of the National Book Foundation’s 2021 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters\, she is Professor Emerita of literature and creative writing at the University of California\, Santa Cruz. In 2024 Yamashita was inducted as a Literature Fellow in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. \nAlice Yang is Professor of History and Critical Race and Ethnic Studies at the University of California\, Santa Cruz. She received her Ph.D. in history from Stanford University and currently co-directs the Center for the Study of Pacific War Memories. She specializes in memories of the Pacific War\, Asian American history\, race\, gender\, oral history\, historical memory\, and twentieth-century America. Her publications include Historical Memories of the Japanese American Internment and the Struggle for Redress (2007)\, Major Problems in Asian American History (2003\, 2017) and What Did the Internment of Japanese Americans Mean? (2000). Her exhibit\, Never Again is Now: Japanese American Women Activists and the Legacy of Mass Incarceration\, appeared at UC Santa Cruz\, the Watsonville Public Library and the Japanese American Museum of San Jose. She also has served as chair of the UCSC History Department and provost of Stevenson College at UCSC. \nMore information at: Bookshop Santa Cruz – Karen Tei Yamashita \n\nCo-sponsored by The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/karen-tei-yamashita-questions-27-28/
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SUMMARY:CSE Colloquium - Towards Safe and Resilient Large-scale Distributed Programming
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Philipp Haller\, KTH Royal Institute of Technology \nAbstract: \nDistributed programming is notoriously difficult. Not only are distributed systems concurrent\, they pose additional challenges including data consistency and fault tolerance. At the same time\, the share of software systems that are necessarily distributed systems is growing rapidly. As a result\, too many software developers are asked to become distributed systems experts. Thus\, tools and techniques for ensuring the correctness of distributed systems are urgently needed in order to leave this unsustainable trajectory. This talk presents research results towards the design and implementation of programming systems that support emerging applications and workloads; provide reliability and trust; and embrace simplicity and accessibility. Concretely\, the presented work focuses on two directions. \nThe first direction explores a distributed programming model that provides consistency while enabling high availability for workloads operating on join-semilattices without sacrificing partition tolerance. We propose a new consistency protocol\, called observable atomic consistency protocol (OACP)\, which leverages on-demand coordination to support both coordination-free operations as well as totally-ordered operations on replicated data types. We present a formal\, mechanized model of OACP in rewriting logic and verify key correctness properties using the model checking tool Maude. Furthermore\, we present the evaluation of a prototype implementation of OACP based on Akka\, a widely-used actor-based middleware. The second direction explores a programming system that aims to reconcile the scalability and fault tolerance of stream processing systems with the flexibility of the actor concurrency model. The programming system ensures a failure-transparency property\, effectively masking failures through transparent recovery. Our work is the first to formalize failure transparency using a small-step operational semantics\, and to provide proofs of failure transparency for stateful dataflow streaming and a fault-tolerant actor-based programming model. \nBio: \nPhilipp Haller is an Associate Professor in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm\, Sweden. His main research interests are in the design and implementation of programming languages\, type systems\, concurrency\, and distributed programming. He was part of the team that received the 2019 ACM SIGPLAN Programming Languages Software Award for the development of the Scala programming language. Prior to KTH\, he was an early employee at Akka (previously Lightbend\, Inc.)\, a start-up company developing and supporting Scala as well as frameworks for large-scale distributed programming. Prior to Akka\, he was a post-doctoral fellow at Stanford University\, USA\, and at EPFL\, Switzerland. In 2010 he received his PhD in computer science from EPFL\, including a nomination for the 2010 EPFL Doctorate Award. In 2006 he received his Dipl.-Inform. degree from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (previously University of Karlsruhe)\, Germany. \nHosted by: Professor Mohsen Lesani \nLocation: Engineering 2\, Room E2-180 (Refreshments such as fruit\, pastries\, coffee\, and tea will be provided.) \nZoom Option: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/93445911992?pwd=YkJ2TQtF79h0PcNXbEcpZLbpK0coiY.1&jst=3
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/cse-colloquium-towards-safe-and-resilient-large-scale-distributed-programming/
LOCATION:Engineering 2\, Engineering 2 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Seminars
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SUMMARY:Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed
DESCRIPTION:Please join us as Quinn Slobodian & Ben Tarnoff discuss their new book\, Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed (April\, 2026). \nA Financial Times Most Anticipated Nonfiction Book of the Year • A Kirkus Most Anticipated Nonfiction Book of Spring 2026• A Literary Hub Most Anticipated Book of the Year\n\nA pyrotechnic examination of Elon Musk as a symptom and avatar of our postliberal age \nEveryone’s got an Elon take. He’s a messiah. A menace; a genius; a clown. The verdicts differ\, but they share one theme: they treat him as an individual. Muskism argues otherwise. Elon Musk isn’t a glitch in the system—he is the system. His worldview promises sovereignty through technology: plug in\, power up\, and become self-reliant. But the more you connect\, the more he owns you.\nIf Fordism defined the capitalism of the twentieth century\, Muskism may define the twenty-first. Fordism helped build the welfare state. Musk undoes it. He thrives on dependence while preaching freedom. His cars run on subsidies; his satellites run the battlefield; his social networks train the AI that trains us. Muskism sells itself as the future but entrenches age-old hierarchies. It offers autonomy for some and exclusion for others. It’s pro-natalist but anti-immigrant\, futurist but reactionary. It speaks of humanity but warns against empathy. Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff cut through the hype and the hate to reveal what Musk really represents: a new political economy\, where to be “free” means to serve a Technoking. Muskism isn’t about the man. It’s about the machine that made him—and the world he’s making next. \nQuinn Slobodian is professor of international history at Boston University\, and the author or editor of seven books translated into ten languages including\, Hayek’s Bastards: Race\, Gold\, IQ and the Capitalism of the Far Right\, Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World without Democracy\, and Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism. \nBen Tarnoff is a writer and technologist based in Massachusetts and is the author of Internet for the People and the co-author of Voices from the Valley: Tech Workers Talk About What They Do—And How They Do It. He is a frequent contributor to the New York Review of Books\, and has also written for the New York Times\, The New Yorker\, and the New Republic\, among other publications.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/muskism-a-guide-for-the-perplexed/
LOCATION:Merrill Cultural Center\, 200 McLaughlin Dr\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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