Humanities Grad School 101
Hybrid Event
Curious about graduate school in the humanities? Join this event to learn important considerations and what to look for in a program.
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Humanities 1 Building 257 Cowell-Stevenson Road, Santa Cruz, CA, United States
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Global Cafe: International Education Week
Classroom Unit Classroom Unit, Santa Cruz, CA, Select a Country:Join Global Engagement for our monthly Global Cafe. Come stop by the International Lounge in Classroom Unit 101 for coffee, tea, refreshments, and community. This event is open to all students, staff, faculty, and community members. Each monthly cafe is held on the following Wednesdays from 14:00 – 16:00: October 21 November 18 December 2 […]
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Slugs at Sundown – Negotiating for Mutual Gains
3175 Bowers Avenue Santa Clara, CA 95054 3175 Bowers Avenue, Santa Clara, CA, United StatesWhether you are aiming to land a new job, advocate for a promotion, navigate a complex workplace dynamic, or secure resources for your latest project, negotiation is a universal skill essential for every stage of your career. Join fellow Banana Slug Scott McCreary for an interactive session designed for early and mid-career professionals. While Scott’s […]
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Drop-in Career Success Peer Coaching Across Campus – McHenry
McHenry Library 1156 High St, Santa Cruz, CAStop by the Career Success Drop-ins and get professional advice from our Peer Coaches – now available across campus! 📝 Peers will rotate between McHenry and the Science & Engineering Library courtyards from Week 4 through Week 10 this quarter. Drop in for resume and cover letter support, job searching advice, grad school prep, and […]
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Rachel Carson/Oakes College Night: Nintendo
Rachel Carson/Oakes Dining HallLevel up at the Rachel Carson and Oakes College Night on Thursday, Nov. 19, from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Rachel Carson/Oakes Dining Hall. Featuring a Nintendo theme, the event includes a specially themed menu and fun activities. Join in for a night of food, gaming-inspired fun, and community.
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Lee Herrick – Morton Marcus Poetry Reading
Cultural Center – Merrill College 641 Merrill Rd, Santa Cruz, United StatesThe Humanities Institute is proud to present The Seventeenth Annual Morton Marcus Poetry Reading featuring California Poet Laureate, Lee Herrick. Lee Herrick is the first California Poet Laureateto be reappointed to a second term. He is the author of four books, most recently In Praise of Late Wonder: New and Selected Poems (2024). He co-edited The World I […]
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Demystifying Failure: The Necessity of Mistakes
Academic Resources Center (ARC) 408 McHenry Road, Santa Cruz, CAIn this workshop, you will: In this workshop, you will: Move from “failing” to “flourishing” by learning to reframe setbacks and build resilience in academia. The Successful Slug Workshop series, hosted by Learning Support Services Peer Coaches, are open to all UCSC undergraduate students and focus on academic skills and tools to support your success […]
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Vigil in honor of Trans Day of Remembrance and Resistance
London Nelson Community Center 301 Center St., Santa Cruz, United StatesTrans Day of Remembrance Vigil 2026: Remember Me As… An evening exploring memory, legacy, and our shared LGBTQ+ lineage to honor trans, 2 Spirit, non-binary, and gender expansive lives lost in the last year. Featuring community-made fabric art installations, an intergenerational lineup of performances, and more to explore our community’s strength and cement our commitment […]
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UCSC Wind Ensemble
Music Center Recital Hall 400 McHenry Road, Santa Cruz, CAThe UC Santa Cruz Wind Ensemble returns for their annual fall concert. — ADMISSION Attend in person at the Music Center Recital Hall at UC Santa Cruz. Accessibility and visitor resources available here online. General admission tickets ($5–$12) available through Eventbrite only. Free for UCSC students (ticket required). Follow the Music Dept on Eventbrite for […]
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New Play Festival
Second Stage Second Stage, Santa Cruz, CANew Play Festival is an annual student-run showcase of experimental, short stage readings at Theater Arts Second Stage at UC Santa Cruz.
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Barnstorm Presents: meet me in the belly of the whale, by playwright Gillian O’Leary
Theater Arts B100 Studio Theater 453 Kerr Rd, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesAn original play about the end of the world, getting swallowed by a whale, and girls who maybe shouldn’t be friends anymore. Presented by the UCSC student-led Barnstorm Theater Company at Theater Arts B100 Studio Theater.
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Bondar, G. (AM) – Geometric and Graph Structured Optimal Transport for Learning and Control
Engineering 2 Engineering 2 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CAHybrid EventWe motivate, formulate, and solve several structured optimal transportation (OT) problems for learning and control. The field of OT had its inception in 1781, when Gaspard Monge sought the optimal map to transport mass from a given initial distribution to a desired terminal distribution. Both OT and its entropy-regularized variant, the Schrödinger bridge problem (SBP), […]
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Statistics Seminar: Randomization Posteriors and Generalized Bayesian Inference
Jack Baskin Engineering Baskin Engineering 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CAPresenter: Edric Tam, Warren Alpert Fellow in AI and Computational Biology, Department of Biomedical Data Science, Stanford University Description: A longstanding question in Bayesian analysis concerns the role of randomization. We introduce randomization posteriors, a class of generalized Bayesian updates obtained by averaging over an auxiliary randomization law. A particularly relevant instance assigns random weights […]
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UCSC Orchestra—Copland’s Billy the Kid and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64
Music Center Recital Hall 400 McHenry Road, Santa Cruz, CAThe UCSC Orchestra performs Copland ‘s Billy the Kid (Suite from the Ballet) and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 at the UCSC Music Center Recital Hall.
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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 open to the public. […]
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Thanksgiving Dinner – Host an International Student
Every year, International Student Services and Programming invites faculty and staff to host international students for Thanksgiving dinner. This wonderful opportunity allows our UCSC faculty and staff community to share traditions and help our international students experience the warmth and diversity of this American holiday. How it Works Matching: We pair international students with UCSC staff […]
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Barn Dance at the Hay Barn
Hay Barn 94 Ranch View Road, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThe UCSC Celtic Music Ensemble performs live during a beginner-friendly, gender-neutral barn dance—partners not required—at the UCSC Cowell Ranch Hay Barn.
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Environmental Studies Seminar Series | Exit Talk: The little things that run the world: how local communities and ants impact tropical forest restoration
Interdisciplinary Sciences Building 7487 Red Hill Road, Santa Cruz, CAIn person and via Zoom (Meeting ID: 978 5545 8946, Passcode: 454736). If you are unable to stream the talk live and need to access a recorded version, please contact Stacy Philpott at sphilpot@ucsc.edu. A UC Santa Cruz email address is required to access the recording. Host: Karen Holl Speaker: Christina Blebea, UC Santa Cruz, […]
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Statistics Seminar: Robustness, Model Checking and Hierarchical Models
Jack Baskin Engineering Baskin Engineering 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CAPresenter: Rafael Cabral, Member of Technical Staff, Axiom Math Description: Latent Gaussian models (LGMs) are among the most widely used classes of statistical models, with applications ranging from biostatistics to spatial modeling. Their central assumption, that the latent variables are Gaussian, is nevertheless rarely checked. Many datasets contain sudden jumps or local spikes that a […]
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Bike Helmet & Light Distributions
McHenry Library 1156 High St, Santa Cruz, CAGet a free bike helmet and/or set of lights every Tuesday at McHenry Library from 9am to 4pm. Sign up in advance to streamline your pick-up.