• Small Steps, Big Impact: Starting Your Fitness Journey Workshop

    Faculty & Staff Health and Well-being Program
    This beginner-friendly session will break down the fundamentals of fitness, including goal setting, different types of exercise, and how to build a routine that fits movement into your life.

  • Opera Scenes: Musical Settings of the Orpheus Myth by Monteverdi, Gluck, and Anaïs Mitchell

    Music Center Recital Hall 400 McHenry Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    Members of the UCSC Opera Workshop class present scenes from opera and musical theater with Greek themes. Luke Shepherd accompanies on piano. — ADMISSION – Open seating/admission; no tickets or registration required. – FREE and open to the public. — PARKING – Parking by permit or ParkMobile. – Arts Lot #126 is the closest parking […]

    FREE and open to the public.
  • Ellen Bass: Morton Marcus Poetry Reading

    Merrill Cultural Center 200 McLaughlin Dr, Santa Cruz, CA

    Join us for the 15th annual Morton Marcus Poetry Reading, featuring honored guest Ellen Bass. Poet Gary Young will host the program, and the evening will include an announcement of the winner of the Morton Marcus Poetry Contest (recipient receives a $1,000 prize). Ellen Bass’s most recent collection, Indigo, was published by Copper Canyon Press in […]

  • Torres, S. (ECE) – An Integrated Platform for Real-time Monitoring and Support of 3D Tissue Growth

    Virtual Event

    Organoids are three-dimensional tissue cultures that model real organs and serve as valuable tools for studying development, disease, and treatment response. Traditional methods, which rely on manual handling and incubators, limit consistency and real-time monitoring. To address these issues, we developed a modular microfluidic platform that integrates automated feeding, live fluorescence imaging, and environmental control […]

  • Fall Academic Senate Meeting

    Stevenson Event Center Stevenson Service Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    Agenda and information coming soon.

  • Trans Day of Remembrance Vigil: The Sound of Holding On

    Resource Center for Nonviolence 612 Ocean Street, Santa Cruz, CA

    A healing evening featuring trans/nonbinary artists, dancers, and musicians to honor the trans and nonbinary lives lost to violence in the last 12 months—short reception to follow. Allies welcome. Attendees […]

  • UCSC Wind Ensemble

    Music Center Recital Hall 400 McHenry Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    UCSC Wind Ensemble concert

    General Admission
  • Holiday Gift & Wreath Sale Fundraiser

    Arboretum 122 Arboretum Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    Holiday Gift & Wreath Sale Fundraiser at the UCSC Arboretum and Botanic Garden Saturday, November 22, 10am – 4pm Early entrance for Arboretum members: 9am-10am Staff will be available to […]

  • UCSC Chamber Singers

    Music Center Recital Hall 400 McHenry Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    UCSC Chamber Singers

    General Admission
  • Barn Dance at the Hay Barn

    Barn Dance at the Hay Barn

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

    The UCSC Celtic Music Ensemble performs live during a beginner-friendly, gender-neutral, darn good barn dance. Attendees are invited to dance, and partners are not needed. — ADMISSION – Open admission; […]

    FREE and open to UCSC affiliates
  • Dried Wreath Workshop

    Learn how to create beautiful, long-lasting dried flower holiday wreaths with instructor Beth Benjamin. She will demonstrate the mechanics of putting everything together and will have a couple examples to guide your inspiration. Personal artistic style is highly encouraged! You’ll be able to choose from a wide selection of dried materials from the UCSC Farm […]

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  • When Less is More: Applications of Type-Based Underapproximate Reasoning

    Presenter: Suresh Jagganathan, Purdue University Abstract: Unlike program verifiers, symbolic execution and property-based testing tools underapproximate program behavior: they aim to report only real bugs (no false positives), at the cost of potentially missing some (false negatives). Recent work has sought to place such tools on a more formal footing, primarily through the development of incorrectness […]

    Free
  • Learn about the Educational Therapy Certificate Program

    Virtual Event

    Transform learning. Join Educational Therapy certificate program chair Sharmila Roy for a thoughtful program overview and hear how the uniquely designed curriculum empowers educators and professionals to make a lasting impact– in the classroom and beyond. As one of the few AET-approved programs, you’ll learn to assess learning challenges and apply effective, research-based interventions. Empower […]

  • Barnstorm Presents: Musical Theater Showcase

    Step into the spotlight with Barnstorm’s musical theater showcase—an intimate, cabaret-style evening featuring standout performances by our talented students. From beloved Broadway tunes to hidden gems, this lively celebration of song and story is not to be missed. — ADMISSION – General admission $5–$20 “Pay What You Like” – Free for UCSC undergrads (ticket required). […]

    Free – $20
  • Summer Courses Listed for 2026

    Summer 2026 classes are now posted at summer.ucsc.edu. Explore courses and start planning your summer schedule over winter closure! Days and times will be in the schedule of classes on March 15. Email summer@ucsc.edu with questions.

Last modified: Oct 09, 2025