Barnstorm Presents: 24-Hour Theater
Theater Arts Center 453 Kerr Road, Santa Cruz, CAAudiences are invited to attend the grand finale of this 24-Hour Theater process.
Free – $20
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Santa Cruz Pickwick Club presents: Bleak House
Spontaneous human combustion! Evil lawyers! Detectives! Family intrigue! Join the Pickwick Club for a series of discussions about ‘Bleak House.’
Free
Echoes on the Hill
Colleges Nine and John R. Lewis College Multi-purpose Room 615 College Nine Road, Santa Cruz, CAJoin us for a night of live music and campus energy at the JRL MPR Stage! This recurring showcase celebrates the incredible talent of UC Santa Cruz’s student-led bands, bringing the community together through sound, creativity, and Slug spirit. This edition features Empire Grade, a high-energy punk band making waves in the UCSC music scene. […]
ECE 290 Seminar: Performance Bounds and Bottlenecks for Neuromorphic ML Accelerators
Engineering 2 Engineering 2 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CAPresenter: Jason Yik, PhD Candidate, Harvard SEAS Description: Recent research on neuromorphic accelerators has investigated their efficiency and performance benefits for machine learning (ML) inference at the edge. This talk will focus on the performance implications of the fully-on-chip, manycore-distributed memory architecture used by current neuromorphic accelerators. In conventional architectures, the roofline model is a […]
BIPOC Outdoors: Fall Garden Tour
Stevenson Community Garden Stevenson College, Santa Cruz, CAJoin the People of Color Sustainability Collective for our annual Fall Garden Tour! This event was created to give students of color an opportunity to explore green spaces around campus and be in community with one another. The first part of the day will consist of students taking a walking tour through several campus gardens, […]
Statistics Seminar: Sampling Depth Trade-Off in Function Estimation Under a Two-Level Design
Presenter: Akira Horiguchi, Visiting Assistant Professor, University of California, Davis Description: Many modern statistical applications involve a two-level sampling scheme that first samples subjects from a population and then samples observations on each subject. These schemes often are designed to learn both the population-level functional structures shared by the subjects and the functional characteristics specific […]
AM Seminar: Why do we care about inertial waves on the Sun?
Presenter: Ms. Catherine Blume, University of Colorado-Boulder Description: Recent observations of Rossby waves and other inertial oscillations in the Sun’s convection zone have kindled the hope that such waves might be used as a seismic probe of the Sun’s interior. Here, we present a 3D numerical simulation in spherical geometry that models the Sun’s convection […]
Julian Brave NoiseCat – We Survived the Night
London Nelson Community Center 301 Center St., Santa Cruz, United StatesBookshop Santa Cruz welcomes Julian Brave NoiseCat who will share his stunning debut We Survived the Night. Drawing from five years of on-the-ground reporting, We Survived the Night paints a profound and unforgettable portrait of contemporary Indigenous life, alongside an intimate and deeply powerful reckoning between a father and a son. Soulful, formally daring, indelible work […]
CSE Colloquium: A Journey from Programming Systems Research to AI Agents
Engineering 2 Engineering 2 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CASpeaker: Koushik Sen, UC Berkeley and Google DeepMind Abstract: Coding has emerged as an important application area for large language models (LLMs), with a proliferation of code-specific models and their applications across various domains and tasks such as program repair, performance optimization, debugging, test generation, documentation, and security hardening. In this talk, I will describe […]
Free
2025 Graduate & Professional School Fair (DAY 1)
Stevenson Event Center Stevenson Service Road, Santa Cruz, CAYou’re invited to join us, open to all majors! Undergraduate and graduate students and recent alumni interested in pursuing continuing education opportunities are invited to attend. Get the chance to meet admission representatives seeking to share insight into their respective graduate and professional school programs and discuss ways in which to stand out in the […]
Macroeconomics & International Finance Seminar Series Presents: Zhiguo He
Engineering 2 Engineering 2 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CAMacroeconomics and International Finance Seminar: Zhiguo He
Genomics Rooftop Mixer
Anton Pacific Apartments rooftop 800 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesBreakthroughs that transform entire industries often begin quietly in academic labs, years before they make headlines. On October 28, the Genomics Rooftop Mixer will bring together leaders in genomics and biotechnology who are shaping the future of health, science, and technology. Hosted by Santa Cruz Works in collaboration with the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute, this event offers a rare chance to witness the cutting-edge of discovery in one of the fastest-moving fields in the world.
Free – $25
College Night: Over the Merrill Hill
Cowell/Stevenson Dining Hall 520 Cowell-Stevenson Road, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesMerrill College, in collaboration with UCSC Dining, present Over the Merrill Hill! Join us Tuesday, October 28, from 5–8 p.m. at the Crown/Merrill Dining Hall for a night of activities, fun, community, and a special themed menu. Standard dining hall entry pricing applies, and all students, faculty, and staff are invited. Please note: The dining hall […]
Mark Primack: The Truth in Drawing
Media Theater Experimental Theater, Santa Cruz, CALecture by Mark Primack where he will present “Truth in Drawing”
FREE and open to the public
Yoga as Healing Series
Health Center (Student Health Center) 525 McLaughlin Drive, Santa Cruz, CAYoga as Healing is a 7-week program at UC Santa Cruz for students who identify as survivors of interpersonal violence. Participants are welcome to join any of the sessions, and attendance at the orientation is not required.
Drop-In Figure Drawing
Elena Baskin Visual Arts Center Baskin Service Road, Santa Cruz, CADrop-In Draw provides a live model and room monitor. There is no formal lesson and only dry media is allowed (no paints). — ADVISORIES – These events contain mature content and nudity. – Drop-In Draw is subject to the possibility of last-minute cancellation without notification, and sessions are not guaranteed. — ADMISSION – FREE and […]
FREE and open to the public.
Emeriti Faculty Lecture, Fall 2025
Music Center Recital Hall 400 McHenry Road, Santa Cruz, CA
Hybrid Event
Distinguished Research Professor Diane Gifford-Gonzalez reflects on fifty-five years of zooarchaeology work, studying animal remains from archaeological sites to explore how past people and their kin interacted.
Global Learning Opportunities Fair
Quarry Plaza Student Union, Santa Cruz, CAJoin us in an encouraging space to chat with Global Learning advisors, UCSC peer advisors, and other study abroad providers! Learn about the many global learning opportunities and funding resources available to help you study, explore, and engage with cultures in the U.S. and abroad. Sign up to receive reminders about the event!
2025 Graduate & Professional School Fair (DAY 2)
Stevenson Event Center Stevenson Service Road, Santa Cruz, CAYou’re invited to join us, open to all majors! Undergraduate and graduate students and recent alumni interested in pursuing continuing education opportunities are invited to attend. Get the chance to meet admission representatives seeking to share insight into their respective graduate and professional school programs and discuss ways in which to stand out in the […]
Healthy Relationships Workshop Series
Join CARE this Relationship, Dating, and Domestic Violence Awareness/Action Month for a two-part workshop series on relationships and boundaries. Learn to recognize healthy and unhealthy relationship dynamics and the importance of setting boundaries. Workshops are on 10/15 (Green, Yellow, Red) and 10/29 (Boundaries & Beyond!) from 11:30am–1pm in Kerr Hall, Room 160.