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  • Statistics Seminar: Rotated Mean-Field Variational Inference and Iterative Gaussianization

    Presenter: Sifan Liu, Assistant Professor, Department of Statistical Science, Duke University Description:Mean-field variational inference (MFVI) approximates a target distribution with a product distribution in the standard coordinate system, offering a scalable approach to Bayesian inference but often severely underestimating uncertainty due to neglected dependence. We show that MFVI can be greatly improved when performed along […]

  • College Night: Camp Snoopy

    College Nights
    Crown/Merrill Dining Hall

    Merrill College, in collaboration with UCSC Dining, present Peanuts (not the food) college night. Join us Monday, February 23, 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 […]

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    Transform Your Future Pop-Up (Cookies Included!)

    Jack Baskin Engineering Baskin Engineering 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA

    Join Baskin Engineering to celebrate National Engineers Week with a sweet stop at the Transform Your Future Pop-Up (Cookies Included!) 🍪☕ This year’s Engineers Week theme, Transform Your Future, is a powerful reminder that engineering doesn’t just shape our world—it shapes our opportunities, our communities, and the futures we can imagine for ourselves. Swing by […]

  • Disability Resource Center Open House

    Kerr Hall Kerr Hall Kerr Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    Join us at the UCSC Disability Resource Center (DRC) for an Open House. Meet DRC staff, learn about disability services on campus, and tour our space in Kerr Hall. Lunch will be provided. Date: Tuesday, February 24 Time: 11:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. Location: Kerr Hall, Basement Level, Room 54 Questions? Email drc@ucsc.edu.

  • Arts Division – Application and Interview Skills That Will Get You A Great Job!

    Virtual Event

    Having a stand-out application and exceptional interview skills are essential for landing a great job! Join us for this fast-paced and interactive one-hour online workshop where we’ll explore how to submit an application that makes an employer WANT to interview you, as well as top-notch tips and techniques to prepare for and answer interview questions with intentionality, confidence, and skill.

  • Venezuela: Contradictions of Regime Change Without a Change of Regime, A Discussion with Dr. Gabriel Hetland

    Stevenson Event Center Stevenson Service Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    Following the January 3 US attack and kidnapping of its president, Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela has been transformed into something approaching a protectorate of the US. In this bizarre regime change without a change of regime, Maduro’s former vice president, Delcy Rodriguez, is allied -under explicitly coercive threats- with Donald Trump in his brazenly neocolonial plunder […]

  • Teaching Symposium — Teaching Week 2026

    Teaching Symposium — Teaching Week 2026

    Merrill Cultural Center 200 McLaughlin Dr, Santa Cruz, CA

    This is the kick-off event for Teaching Week 2026. The symposium will showcase the work of instructors (including grads, lecturers, senate faculty) presenting on a teaching innovation, activity, program, or […]

    Free
  • Neta Haiby

    AI and Security 101

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

    Join us for an informative conversation with Neta Haiby, Head of Product | AI Security at Microsoft! Artificial Intelligence is transforming both cyber defense and cyber offense. It creates unique risks in how we build, deploy, and operate AI apps and Agents. This session examines how AI can be attacked or misused – through techniques […]

  • Expanding the Narrative

    Terry Freitas Commons 600 McLaughlin Dr. College Nine, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

    Join AA/PIRC and USS on Tuesday, February 24th from 6:30-8pm at Terry Freitas Commons for a teach-in and art build exploring how different Asian communities are affected by U.S. immigration policies. We will talk about the diversity of Asian experiences with immigration, how fictions like the “model minority myth” and “perfect immigrant narrative” harm Asian communities, […]

  • Drop-In Figure Drawing

    Drop-In Figure Drawing
    Elena Baskin Visual Arts Center Baskin Service Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    Drop-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.

  • Successful Slug Workshop: Productive Struggle & Study Skills

    Successful Slug Workshops
    Academic Resources Center (ARC) 408 McHenry Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    Productive Struggle & Study Skills Wednesday, February 25, 2:45–3:30 p.m. Location: ARCenter 203 Learn study strategies and why making it hard for yourself supports durable learning. Successful Slug Workshop Series Join Learning Support Services (LSS) for Successful Slug Workshops on Tuesdays at noon and Wednesdays at 2:45 p.m. These 45-minute workshops are open to all UCSC […]

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    Exploring Research Pathways at Baskin Engineering

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

    Curious how being part of a research lab can supercharge your experience as a Baskin Engineer?   Join us for this informative event to learn about opportunities to solve open-ended problems, […]

  • Course Reading Solutions and Challenges: A Half-Day Symposium — Teaching Week 2026

    McHenry Library 1156 High St, Santa Cruz, CA

    Join us for a half-day symposium dedicated to course readings. Hear from UCSC faculty who re-envisioned the role of readings in their courses in order to improve student success and lower student course costs, followed by small group discussions on key topics including homework platforms, selecting materials, student insights on their reading experience, and what […]

  • BME 280B Seminar: The evolution of structural variation across vertebrate genomes

    Physical Sciences Building Physical Sciences Building, Santa Cruz, CA

    Presenter: Peter Sudmant, Assistant Professor of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley Description: Structural variants (SVs) contribute substantially to genetic variation and play vital roles in adaptation and disease. However, SVs are poorly captured by short read sequencing and thus are understudied, particularly in non-model organisms. Here, taking advantage of recently generated haplotype-resolved genome assemblies […]

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    BE Club Bash – Engineers Week

    Jack Baskin Engineering Baskin Engineering 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA

    Discover innovation at the Baskin Engineering Club Bash, an event celebrating National Engineers Week! Mark your calendars for Thursday, February 26, 12–2 PM in the BE Courtyard! The BE Club Bash brings together student […]