Korean Experimental Music Festival—Featuring the National Gugak Center and Del Sol Quartet

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

The National Gugak Center, Korea’s premier institution for traditional music, collaborates with the Bay Area’s acclaimed Del Sol String Quartet to present a rare and resonant festival blending Korean musical traditions, Western classical instrumentation, and cutting-edge technology.

FREE and open to the public

Boundaries & Communication: International Grad Student Circle

Graduate Student Commons 420 Hagar Drive, Santa Cruz, CA

Boundaries & Communication: International Grad Student Circle Date: Monday, November 17 Time: 1–3 p.m. Location: Graduate Student Commons (above Cafe Iveta in Quarry Plaza) Description: Join CARE, International Student Services & Programs, and the Grad Student Commons for lunch and conversation about boundaries, culture, and healthy professional relationships. This event centers international graduate students and is […]

AM Seminar: Dynamo Action Inside the Giant Planets

Presenter: Dr. Paula Wulff, UCLA Description: Our solar system hosts six unique planetary magnetic fields. Intrinsic magnetic fields are generated deep inside planets by dynamo action. This process requires regions of electrically conducting material and energy sources to maintain the dynamo. Thus, we can learn about the deep interiors of planets, including their structures and […]

Statistics Seminar: Beyond the Average Treatment Effect: Causal Mediation Methods for Understanding Intervention Mechanisms

Presenter: Hanna Kim, Assistant Professor, Psychology Department, UCSC Description: Understanding how an intervention works is a central question in behavioral and social research, following the demonstration of its overall effect. Traditional mediation analysis techniques often assume a homogeneous mechanism of effects, overlooking both validity concerns and subgroup variation in causal pathways. In this talk, I […]

IEW Kickoff Fair

Namaste Lounge 615 College Nine Road, Santa Cruz, CA

@ucsc_isp

Corporations at Climate Crossroads: Book Talk with Lily Hsueh

Interdisciplinary Sciences Building 7487 Red Hill Road, Santa Cruz, CA

With climate risks growing, climate action facing political headwinds in many countries, and international cooperation increasingly challenged, Lily Hsueh’s Corporations at Climate Crossroads illuminates how and under what conditions the world’s largest corporations have taken proactive action on climate change during the years leading up to and after the Paris Agreement. Drawing on insights from […]

Humanities at Work: Informational Interviewing

Humanities 1 Building 420 Hagar Drive, Santa Cruz, CA

Are you curious about your career options as a humanities student? Wondering how the professionals around you got to where they are? Join this interactive workshop to learn about informational interviewing*, a way you can use your curiosity to explore career possibilities and make meaningful professional connections. You’ll leave ready to reach out, learn from […]

Open House: Oakes Collaborations

Explore Our New Collaborative Spaces in Oakes College! We’re excited to welcome you to the newly expanded spaces in the Oakes Academic Building, now home to a vibrant community of Social Sciences research centers and programs. Connect with colleagues from the Institute for Social Transformation, the Center for Labor and Community, the Right Livelihood Center, […]

Free

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.

BE Climate Connectors

Engineering 2 Engineering 2 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA

Dear Baskin Engineering community, We’re excited to invite you to the kickoff of this year’s BE Climate Connectors series — a monthly gathering designed to bring together faculty, instructors, researchers, graduate students, and key staff working on climate solutions. When: Thursday, October 16 at 5:00 PM Where: E2 599 What: Wine, beer, and light snacks provided These informal monthly […]

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 encouraged to contribute to the altar dedicated to trans lives. RSVP in advance. You Belong Here: The programs and services described here are open to […]

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 sign up new members at 8:45am The Arboretum is located at 120 Arboretum Rd., Santa Cruz, CA  95064 midway between the entrances to the UCSC […]

UCSC Chamber Singers

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

UCSC Chamber Singers

General Admission
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