Name: Karen Russell – The Antidote
Start: 2026-03-16T19:00:00-07:00
End: 2026-03-16T20:00:00-07:00
Location: Bookshop Santa Cruz

March 2026
Penguin Random House Info Session for UC Santa Cruz Undergraduates

March 4 @ 12:00 pm

Virtual Event

Looking to break into the publishing field? Join us for an insightful information session with an experienced recruiter at Penguin Random House!
The UC Santa Cruz Kraw Lecture Series presents: Unmasking cancer’s complete genetic code

March 4 @ 5:30 pm The UC Santa Cruz Kraw Lecture Series

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

In this Kraw lecture, Angela Brooks will discuss her work on cancer research. Current cancer research focuses almost entirely on finding errors—mutations—in DNA. This has given us incredible tools like […]
Undiscovered Shakespeare: The Two Noble Kinsmen – Episode I

March 4 @ 7:00 pm

Shakespeare returns to the characters and themes of A Midsummer Night’s Dream in what may have been the last play he had a hand in writing: The Two Noble Kinsmen. This time, however, […]
Traveling Film Southasia – Film Screening Festival Launch

March 5 @ 5:00 pm

Communications Building 7487 Red Hill Road, Santa Cruz, CA

Located in Communications 150, Studio C Join the Center for South Asian Studies (CSAS) for a celebratory film screening event to launch Travelling Film Southasia, a mobile film festival highlighting […]
UCSC Wind Ensemble—Spirits and Legends

March 6 @ 7:30 pm

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

UCSC Wind Ensemble concert

Free – $12
UCSC Grad Slam Final – March 7th

March 7 @ 6:30 pm

Kuumbwa Jazz Center 320-2 Cedar St, Santa Cruz, United States

What is Grad Slam? Three Minutes. One Slide. Thousands of Dollars in Prizes! Grad Slam is a communication contest hosted by the UC Santa Cruz Graduate Division that highlights graduate […]

Free
The Trial of Spock—An Opera Workshop

March 8 @ 4:00 pm The Trial of Spock

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

The creators of The Trial of Spock—An Opera In Three Acts present concert performances of five scenes from an opera-in-progress at the UC Santa Cruz Music Center Recital Hall. Captain […]

FREE and open to the public
Research Lunch & Learn: PI Eligibility and the Exception to Policy (ETP) Process

March 11 @ 12:00 pm

Virtual Event

Join us on March 11, 2026, 12-1 p.m. for a session led by Deirdre Beach, Executive Director of the Office of Sponsored Projects, and others as they discuss and review […]
What’s new in AI?

March 11 @ 6:00 pm

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

Chat with the AI chair Lead innovation as a machine learning engineer Want to learn what’s new in AI? Join Praveen Krishna, chair of the Artificial Intelligence Application Development certificate […]
Undiscovered Shakespeare: The Two Noble Kinsmen – Episode II

March 11 @ 7:00 pm

Shakespeare returns to the characters and themes of A Midsummer Night’s Dream in what may have been the last play he had a hand in writing: The Two Noble Kinsmen. This time, however, […]
Success as a digital content creator: From passion to profession

March 12 @ 6:00 pm

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

Want to turn your creativity into a career? This session explores how to succeed as a digital content creator — whether on YouTube, TikTok, podcasts, or blogs. Learn how to […]
UCSC Jazz Combos

March 12 @ 7:30 pm

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

UCSC Jazz Combos present a fall quarter concert

Free – $12
Winter 2026 Open Studios

March 13 @ 12:00 pm

Elena Baskin Visual Arts Center Baskin Service Road, Santa Cruz, CA

Art Department students exhibit their art work throughout studios and classrooms at the Elena Baskin Visual Arts Center at UC Santa Cruz. The Open Studios event features student art work […]

FREE and open to the public.
UCSC Concert Choir

March 13 @ 7:30 pm

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

UCSC Choir

Free – $12
UCSC Chamber Singers

March 14 @ 7:30 pm

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

UCSC Chamber Singers

Free – $12
Summer Live in the Schedule of Classes

March 15 Summer Live in the Schedule of Classes

The Summer Session Schedule of Classes goes live today. Explore course descriptions, prerequisites, and meeting times to start planning early for summer enrollment. Email summer@ucsc.edu with questions or call 831-459-5373.
Summer Live in the Schedule of Classes

March 15 Summer Live in the Schedule of Classes

Summer Quarter courses are now live in the Schedule of Classes. Students can browse offerings, check prerequisites, and begin planning for summer enrollment.
UCSC Jazz Big Band

March 15 @ 3:00 pm

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

UCSC Jazz Big Band

Free – $12
AM Seminar: The Thinking Eye: AI That Sees, Reads, and Reasons in Medicine

March 16 @ 4:00 pm

Presenter: Yuyin Zhou, Assistant Professor, UCSC Description: Medical AI is undergoing a profound transformation, evolving from simple pattern recognition to systems capable of complex clinical reasoning. This talk will chart […]
Karen Russell – The Antidote

March 16 @ 7:00 pm

Bookshop Santa Cruz

Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes bestselling author Karen Russell (Swamplandia!) for a discussion about her latest novel The Antidote, which will be available in paperback on the night of the event. “The Antidote […]

March 2026