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SUMMARY:23rd Annual Graduate Research Symposium
DESCRIPTION:This event celebrates and highlights the work of UCSC graduate students in all academic divisions. Any enrolled graduate student is welcome to present either a poster\, talk\, or mixed media presentation. The event is free and open to the public.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/23rd-annual-graduate-research-symposium/
LOCATION:Physical Sciences Building\, Physical Sciences Building\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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SUMMARY:First Saturday Tour at the Arboretum
DESCRIPTION:First Saturday Tours are a wonderful way to introduce yourself to the Arboretum or to deepen your knowledge of the Arboretum’s plant collections. Each tour is a little different depending on the time of year\, the interests of the tour guide\, and the people who join in. For example\, you might learn about the birds and mammals that make this land their home or about the amazing physical adaptations that plants have evolved to better deal with our extreme weather and climate conditions. Tours are free with paid admission. Admission is always free for current UCSC Students and Arboretum members.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/first-saturday-tour-at-the-arboretum/2026-11-07/
LOCATION:Arboretum\, 122 Arboretum Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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SUMMARY:Dia de los Muertos Ceremonia 2026
DESCRIPTION:A space to collectively honor and celebrate the lives of our loved ones. Join us for a night of danza\, prayer\, food\, music\, and community. This cultural and family event is free and open to all\, and is part of the UCSC Family Weekend! Please email elcentro@ucsc.edu for questions or concerns. \nParking and Check-in: \nPlease note that the Quarry Amphitheater is approximately a 0.3-mile (about a 6-minute) walk from the parking areas. The path includes an uphill incline. Please allow sufficient time to arrive at the Quarry Amphitheater. You can follow the directional signs from the base of campus to the parking lots. Parking will be free at Hahn Parking Lot 101. For guests who need accessibility assistance\, a disability van service will be available to transport individuals from Hahn Parking Lot 101 to the Quarry Amphitheater. Overflow parking will be available for free at the East Remote Lot once Lot 101 is full. Doors open at 4 p.m. \nFood:  \nWe will be serving food for our guests starting at 4 p.m. until 5:30 p.m. when the ceremony begins. We encourage you to arrive early. We will serve free tamales\, pan dulce and refreshments starting at 4 p.m. \nCommunity altar: \nWe encourage you to bring an ofrenda to add to the altar (pictures\, food items\, your loved ones’ favorite items\, etc). Please don’t forget to pick up your items from the altar at the end of the event. You may bring candles\, but will be unable to light them due to fire safety.  \nPlease RSVP to indicate your attendance. \nYou Belong Here: The programs and services described here are open to all\, consistent with state and federal law\, as well as the University of California’s nondiscrimination policies. Every initiative—whether a student service\, faculty program\, or community event—is designed to be accessible\, inclusive\, and respectful of all identities. \nTo learn more\, please visit UC Nondiscrimination Statement or Nondiscrimination Policy for UC Publications.  \n 
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/dia-de-los-muertos-ceremonia-2026/
LOCATION:Upper Quarry Amphitheater\, 15 McLaughlin Drive\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Performances
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SUMMARY:Santa Cruz Maker Studios at the Seymour Center
DESCRIPTION:Check out Santa Cruz Maker Studios at the Seymour Center.\nHands-on Activities include: \n\nBuild and test a seawall\nMake a wooden sea creature\nOcean-themed 3D kits\nCreate felt ocean ornamentsActivities included with admission. While supplies last.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/santa-cruz-maker-studios-at-the-seymour-center/2026-11-08/
LOCATION:Seymour Marine Discovery Center\, 100 McAllister Way\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95060
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SUMMARY:Imagining Revolution in the Non-Aligned World with Dr. Jessica Stites Mor
DESCRIPTION:As a part of the Sovereignty & Solidarity Fall Speaker Series\, the Huerta Center is thrilled to host Dr. Jessica Stites Mor from The University of British Columbia. This talk will explore how Cuban photojournalism of the 1960s-1970s functioned as an infrastructure of tricontinental solidarity shaping anti-imperial vocabularies and forging new global networks of struggle. Stites Mor examines how the Cuban Revolution influenced vocabularies\, mobilization strategies and aesthetic practices to advance decolonisation in the heart of the Cold War.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/imagining-revolution-in-the-non-aligned-world/
LOCATION:Charles E. Merrill Lounge\, Rutherford House\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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SUMMARY:AM Seminar: Enhanced Resolution Imaging in Strongly Scattering Media
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Chrysoula Tsogka\, Professor\, Applied Mathematics\, UC Merced \nDescription: In a strongly scattering medium\, waves undergo multiple scattering that is usually seen as an obstacle to imaging. Time-reversal experiments show the opposite: waves re-emitted into the medium refocus on their source more sharply than in a homogeneous medium\, because scattering makes the array appear larger than it is. This effect\, known as super-resolution\, is not available to conventional imaging. Since the medium through which the waves travelled is unknown\, conventional methods back-propagate the data in an approximation of the true background. In this talk I will show how super-resolution can be achieved in imaging when abundant array data are available. The key idea is to learn the Green’s functions of the unknown random medium directly from the data using sparse dictionary learning. The Green’s functions are recovered as unordered columns of the sensing matrix. To associate each column with its location in the imaging window\, we build a graph from cross-correlations of the recovered columns and apply multidimensional scaling to the resulting proxy distances. The learned Green’s functions are then used to form images by back-propagation or by $\ell_2$ and $\ell_1$ methods\, with resolution beyond the homogeneous medium limit. I will also discuss recent extensions: a new dictionary learning algorithm that starts from a random initialization\, imaging on unstructured grids\, and imaging through changing random media. Joint work with M. Moscoso\, A. Novikov\, G. Papanicolaou\, A. Christie\, M. Leibovich and J. Zheng. \nAbout the speaker: Chrysoula Tsogka is a Professor of Applied Mathematics at the University of California\, Merced\, where she also serves as Chair of the Applied Mathematics Graduate Group. She received her Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from the University Paris IX Dauphine and was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University. Before joining UC Merced in 2019\, she was a tenured CNRS researcher at LMA in Marseille\, an Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago\, and a Professor at the University of Crete. Her research focuses on numerical methods for direct and inverse wave propagation problems and on imaging in complex media. Her recent work includes quantitative synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging for the detection and classification of buried landmines\, and data-driven methods\, such as dictionary learning\, for super-resolution imaging in strongly scattering media. She serves on the editorial boards of Inverse Problems\, the Journal of Computational Physics and the Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/am-seminar-enhanced-resolution-imaging-in-strongly-scattering-media/
LOCATION:Jack Baskin Engineering\, Baskin Engineering 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Seminars
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SUMMARY:Matt O’Hara – The Flying Death
DESCRIPTION:Bookshop Santa Cruz and The Humanities Institute present author Matt O’Hara for a reading and signing of The Flying Death—A dramatic tale of explorers of the 1930s racing to find and harvest a poisonous Amazon vine\, and how their work plundered local tribes and spurred the invention of new medicines. \n \nYour RSVP helps us plan for your arrival and keep in touch with any changes. Thank you for registering! \nIn the fall of 1938\, a young\, frail American explorer set off down a river in the western Amazon in search of curare\, a poison he thought might save his life. Richard Gill had learned that local tribes used curare-laced blow darts to kill animals\, but it was also potentially a cure for many ailments\, including his own. He also thought he could make a fortune by connecting the knowledge of two worlds. Obsessed with curare\, he raced to make deals with Indigenous poison masters in the Amazon and pharmaceutical companies back home\, even as his Russian-born rival Boris Krukoff sought to do the same. \nIn The Flying Death\, the historian Matt O’Hara asks who and what we are willing to sacrifice in the name of discovery and profit. O’Hara brings to life Gill’s epic quest\, a stranger-than-fiction true story that moves from unexplored territory in the Amazon to rogue medical trials and cutthroat corporate boardrooms in the United States. Navigating treacherous terrain and politics\, Gill and Krukoff successfully created a veritable curare-industrial complex\, as the plant became a key element in shock therapy\, transformed surgery in the United States and across the globe\, and eventually led to a Nobel Prize. The Flying Death offers a thrilling ride across Indigenous knowledge\, scientific exploration\, and exploitation\, unearthing a story of discovery that poses searching questions about the price of progress\, who pays it\, and who gets credit. \nMatt O’Hara is a professor of history at the University of California\, Santa Cruz. He is the award-winning author of many journal articles and two books\, The History of the Future in Colonial Mexico and A Flock Divided: Race\, Religion\, and Politics in Mexico\, 1749-1857.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/matt-ohara-the-flying-death/
LOCATION:Bookshop Santa Cruz
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SUMMARY:Volunteer at the UCSC Arboretum
DESCRIPTION:Volunteer Information Sessions at the Arboretum \nDo you love gardens and gardening? The UCSC Arboretum & Botanic Garden has a wonderful community of staff\, students\, and volunteers\, ready to welcome you. Opportunities include staffing our gift shop & retail nursery and working to care for our gardens and greenhouses.  \nTo learn more\, join us at one of our monthly information sessions. They go for about 45 minutes and include an easy walk through the gardens.  \nTo attend\, please fill out our simple volunteer interest form at the bottom of our volunteer webpage found here: https://arboretum.ucsc.edu/get-involved/become-a-volunteer/ \nIf you need a different day and/or have mobility issues please let us know in the “Notes” section of the Interest Form. \nThank You!
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/volunteer-at-the-ucsc-arboretum/2026-11-10/
LOCATION:Arboretum\, 122 Arboretum Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Volunteer
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SUMMARY:The World Cafe: Food\, Tea\, and Conversations that Matter
DESCRIPTION:The World Café — food\, tea\, and conversations that matter. \nEvery other Wednesday\, 5–7pm\, RCC Dining Hall. All students welcome\, every college and major. Free with a meal plan\, or pay at the door. \nThis quarter:\nSept 30 — Conversation Café: What conversations matter to you this year?\nOct 14 — Activism Café: How can we be more effective agents of social change?\nOct 28 — Mental Health Café: How can we thrive together?\nNov 11 — Immigration & ICE Café: What do we owe each other when neighbors are at risk? \nHosted by the Right Livelihood Center at UCSC.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/the-world-cafe-food-tea-and-conversations-that-matter/2026-11-11/
LOCATION:Rachel Carson/Oakes Dining Hall
CATEGORIES:Undergraduate
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261112T120000
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SUMMARY:Research Lunch & Learn: Research cybersecurity and compliance attestation
DESCRIPTION:Federal agencies and research sponsors are increasingly requiring institutions to attest to and provide evidence of research security compliance. The stakes go beyond a single grant: a security incident can trigger a review of that attestation\, and granting agencies can pause or revoke funding across an entire program\, not just one award. Join Chief Information Security Officer Brian Hall for a discussion of what attestation requirements mean for UCSC\, where research security risks most commonly arise\, the role researchers and research staff play in helping the campus meet and keep meeting these compliance obligations\, and options we are exploring for researchers to use environments that are secure by default. \nJoin us on November 12\, 2026\, 12-1 p.m. (note different date due to holiday). \nJoin: Zoom link for this session.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/research-lunch-learn-research-cybersecurity-attestation/
CATEGORIES:Training
LOCATION:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/research-lunch-learn-research-cybersecurity-attestation/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261113T180000
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SUMMARY:James Spooner in conversation with Johnny Damm on AFROPUNK\, anger\, and other things
DESCRIPTION:The Institute of the Arts and Sciences invites you to a conversation with filmmaker and graphic novelist James Spooner about his latest graphic novel\, moderated by cartoonist Johnny Damm. It Starts with Anger: A Punk Beginning. An AFROPUNK Ending tells the origin story of the multi-million-dollar AFROPUNK festival—beginning not with big stages or brand sponsorship\, but with one mixed-race teenager’s search for belonging in the nineties New York City punk scene. \nThe conversation will be followed by a book signing by Spooner. Local author and punk historian John Malkin will also be signing his new book\, Punk Spirit! – An Oral History of Punk Rock\, Spirituality\, and Liberation\, and Johnny Damm will have his latest comic\, I’m a Cop: Real Life Horror Comics No. 3 available.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/james-spooner-in-conversation-with-johnny-damm-on-afropunk-anger-and-other-things/
LOCATION:Institute of the Arts and Sciences\, 100 Panetta Ave\, Santa Cruz\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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SUMMARY:New Play Festival
DESCRIPTION:New Play Festival is an annual student-run showcase of experimental\, short stage readings that focuses on nurturing and showcasing new playwrights in the UC Santa Cruz Theater Arts Program. This year the festival is uplifting two new playwrights\, supporting them through developmental drafts\, shaping their stories\, and giving them the opportunity to collaborate with actors\, a director\, and designers. The development time culminates in two weekends of staged readings\, open to the public. \n—\nADVISORIES \n\nThe presentation is estimated at 75 minutes\, with no intermission.\n\nADMISSION \n\nAttend in person at Theater Arts Second Stage at UC Santa Cruz.\nAccessibility and visitor resources available here online.\nTickets issued through Eventbrite; Follow the Dept. of Performance\, Play & Design on Eventbrite on Eventbrite for notifications and updates.\nFREE for UCSC undergraduate students (ticket required).\nGeneral admission “Pay What You Like” options $5–20\nA limited number of tickets/seats may be available at the door\, even after online ticket sales end or reach full capacity.\nDoors are scheduled to open 30 minutes prior to event start time.\n\nFULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS \n\nFri.\, Nov. 13\, 2026\, 7:30 p.m.\nSat.\, Nov. 14\, 2026\, 7:30 p.m.\nSun.\, Nov. 15\, 2026\, 2:00 p.m. matinee\nFri.\, Nov. 20\, 2026\, 7:30 p.m.\nSat.\, Nov. 21\, 2026\, 7:30 p.m.\nSun.\, Nov. 22\, 2026\, 2:00 p.m. matinee\n\nPARKING \n\nArts Lot 126 is the closest parking lot to the event.\nVisitor event parking permits are available in advance on Eventbrite as a ticket purchase “add on” at a discounted rate or via the on-site attendant at the event for the standard visitor price.\nUCSC affiliates may use their valid UCSC permit\, rather than purchase an additional event parking permit; however\, on-site attendants will only issue permits at the standard non-affiliate rate.\nThe Core West Parking Structure (Lot 112) is free of charge on weekends.\nLearn more about parking at UCSC via Transportation & Parking Services (TAPS).\n\n###
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/new-play-festival-2026-27/2026-11-13/
LOCATION:Second Stage\, Second Stage\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Performances
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SUMMARY:Volunteer Workday at the UCSC Farm
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a day of harvesting\, cleaning and storing dahlia tubers for the winter. After an incredible season of blooms\, we will have cut back and lifted our dahlias\, but they still need a bit of care and processing to be ready for storage until they are planted again in the spring. Participants will help with all aspects of this process and in exchange will learn about dahlia flower classes\, year round life cycles\, propagation methods\, dividing tuber clusters\, and all that you need to do to store your tubers so that they will be in prime condition for replanting the following year. Please come prepared to join us dressed in layers\, wearing closed toed shoes\, and with gloves if you desire. All other tools will be provided. \nLEARN MORE AND RSVP
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/volunteer-workday-at-the-ucsc-farm-2/
LOCATION:UCSC Farm\, 152 Farm Rd\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Volunteer
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SUMMARY:Seymour Center's Seaside Storytime
DESCRIPTION:Get ready to set sail on a storybook adventure! 📚 ✨ It’s the ultimate weekend treat to spark big imaginations\, foster a love for nature\, and nurture the next generation of ocean heroes! 🌊 🐚 📖 \nOur friends at Bookshop Santa Cruz have hand-selected a collection of books about the environment that are perfect for young readers. We hope to see you there! \nJoin Seaside Storytime on the second Saturday of every month!
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/seymour-centers-seaside-storytime/2026-11-14/
LOCATION:Seymour Marine Discovery Center\, 100 McAllister Way\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95060
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SUMMARY:International Education Week
DESCRIPTION:International Education Week (IEW) is an opportunity to celebrate the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide. This joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education is part of our efforts to promote programs that prepare Americans for a global environment and attract future leaders from abroad to study\, learn\, and exchange experiences. \nEach year\, the Division of Global Engagement partners with departments\, colleges\, and offices across campus to provide our community with a wide range of intercultural\, international\, and globally-themed events during IEW. This is an excellent opportunity to broaden your cultural perspective by sharing with and learning from others. \nVisit our International Education Week website to learn more about this year’s offerings. \nIf you are interested in partnering/promoting an international-themed event during IEW\, please contact iprogramming@ucsc.edu.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/international-education-week/
CATEGORIES:Meetings & Conferences,Reception,Social Gathering
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261116T104000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261116T114500
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SUMMARY:ECE 290 Seminar: "From Stochastic Planning to Safe and Resilient Autonomy: Learning and Control for Robotic Systems"
DESCRIPTION:Presented by: Francesco Trotti\, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow @ University of Bologna\, Italy \nDescription: “Developing autonomous robotic systems capable of operating reliably in uncertain and dynamic environments requires the integration of planning\, learning\, and control while addressing fundamental challenges related to safety\, robustness\, and computational efficiency. This talk will present a research journey from stochastic optimal control and online decision-making to safety-critical learning and real-time robotic autonomy. First\, I will discuss model-based planning methodologies based on Markov Decision Processes and Monte Carlo Tree Search\, with applications to autonomous aircraft guidance\, constrained optimal control\, and decision-making under uncertainty. Building on these foundations\, I will introduce recent advances in safe reinforcement learning\, focusing on the integration of Control Barrier Functions with learning-based policies to improve safety and reduce unnecessary interventions. I will then address computational challenges in predictive safety and collision avoidance\, highlighting approaches aimed at enabling efficient real-time operation. \nFinally\, I will introduce NEMORE\, a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship project investigating energy-aware and morphologically adaptive aerial systems. By integrating hybrid multi-mode control\, regenerative actuation\, and wind-adaptive autonomy\, NEMORE aims to advance resilient and energy-efficient flight. The talk will conclude by discussing open research questions at the intersection of hybrid systems\, optimization\, learning\, and control\, toward autonomous aerial robots capable of adapting safely and efficiently to changing operating conditions.” \nBio: Francesco Trotti is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Bologna\, Italy\, currently conducting the outgoing phase of his fellowship at the University of California\, Santa Cruz\, under the supervision of Prof. Ricardo Sanfelice.\nHe received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Verona\, Italy\, in 2025\, under the supervision of Profs. Riccardo Muradore and Alessandro Farinelli. During his doctoral studies\, he was a visiting researcher at The Ohio State University\, where he worked with Prof. Andrea Serrani on adaptive control. \nHis research interests include stochastic optimal control\, autonomous planning\, reinforcement learning\, safety-critical control\, and robotic systems. His current MSCA project\, NEMORE\, investigates hybrid control\, energy-aware actuation\, and adaptive autonomy for resilient aerial vehicles. \n  \nHosted by: Professor Zhicong Yu & Professor Ricardo Sanfelice\, Electrical & Computer Engineering Department \nWhen: Monday\, November 16th from 10:40 to 11:45 AM PST \nLocation: Classroom E2-194
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/ece-290-seminar-from-stochastic-planning-to-safe-and-resilient-autonomy-learning-and-control-for-robotic-systems/
LOCATION:Engineering 2\, Engineering 2 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261116T110000
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SUMMARY:Optional Practical Training (OPT) Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Optional Practical Training (OPT) workshops are MANDATORY for all F-1 students who will apply for OPT\, and you MUST have attended the OPT workshop within 9 months of applying for OPT. You must attend the full workshop to receive credit. Be sure to arrive on time and stay until the end\, or you will not receive credit and will need to attend another workshop. \nZoom Link \nTo learn more about OPT\, visit the ISSP Optional Practical Training webpage.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/optional-practical-training-opt-workshop-2/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261116T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261116T170000
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SUMMARY:Fall Slow Seminar: The Range of the River by Iftekhar Iqbal
DESCRIPTION:UCSC’s Center for Southeast Asian Coastal Interactions (SEACoast)  and the  Center for South Asian Studies  invite you to join us for a Slow Seminar to discuss Iftekhar Iqbal’s   The Range of the River: Asia’s Great River Systems and the Making of a Transregional World  on  Monday\, November 16\, 2026 from 3:30-5:00pm PST in Room 210\, Humanities 1. \nSpanning nearly four million square kilometers across eastern South Asia\, mainland Southeast Asia\, and southern China\, the Tibetan river system connects some of Asia’s major waterways\, including the Brahmaputra\, Mekong\, and Yangtze. In The Range of the River\, Iqbal traces the intertwined histories of these rivers and the human and other-than-human forces that have shaped them. The book considers rivers not only as sites of imperial power\, territorial contestation\, and economic activity\, but also as dynamic forces and shared commons that have facilitated movement\, exchange\, commerce\, and cultural encounters across political and geographic boundaries. \nProfessor Anna Tsing (UCSC Anthropology) will facilitate our Slow Seminar to focus on three river systems explored in Iqbal’s book: the Brahmaputra\, Mekong\, and Yangtze. Three scholars including Sanjay Barbora (UCSC Sociology)\, David Biggs (UCR History)\, and Ben Read (UCSC Politics) will offer brief reflections on one river each\, providing distinct disciplinary and regional perspectives before the discussion opens to a broader collective conversation. Our seminar conversation will focus on Chapters 1\, 4\, 6\, and 7 of the book. \nPlease register for the Slow Seminar by filling out this Google Form. Registered guests will receive a PDF copy of selected chapters of The Range of the River via email. \nThis is a Hybrid event. Participants may join in-person at UCSC or by Zoom. The Zoom link will be sent out to registered participants at least 1 hour before the event. \nRegistration will close at midnight on November 15\, 2026. \nNew to Slow Seminars?  Check out SEACoast’s definition here.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/fall-slow-seminar-the-range-of-the-river-by-iftkhar-iqbal/
LOCATION:Humanities 1 Building\, 257 Cowell-Stevenson Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261117T120000
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SUMMARY:Latin American & Latino Studies Ph.D. Program Information Sessions
DESCRIPTION:An interdisciplinary department that centers the interconnected experiences and perspectives of Latin American and Latinx communities.  This program provides rigorous training in disciplinary and interdisciplinary theory and research methods to investigate transnational processes that link the Americas.  \nWe especially invite applications from students interested in: \n\nTransnationalisms\, Migration\, and Displacement\nIntersectionality\, Identities\, and Inequalities\nCulture\, Power\, and Knowledge\nCollective Action\, Social Movements\, and Social Change\n\nSession 1: Tuesday\, September 29\, noon-1pm\n\n\n\nLearn about our interdisciplinary and hemispheric approach and major research areas\nHear from faculty and graduate students about their scholarship\nAsk questions about the program and UC Santa Cruz\n\n\n\nSession 2: Tuesday\, November 17\, noon-1pm\n\n\n\nLearn about the Ph.D. program curriculum and structure\nHear from the Graduate Director and Graduate Program Coordinator\nAsk questions about the application process\n\n\n\nRSVP to one or both sessions using our Google Form >>
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/lals-phd-program-information-sessions/2026-11-17/
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261117T170000
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SUMMARY:Humanities Grad School 101
DESCRIPTION:Are you curious about graduate school in the humanities? Join this Humanities Grad School 101 session\, where we’ll hear from Associate Dean of Research Pranav Anand and stellar UCSC graduate students in History\, Linguistics\, Literature\, and Philosophy. We’ll discuss important considerations for deciding to pursue graduate school and what to look for in an academic program and advisor. You’ll leave knowing how to decide whether grad school is right for you and what you can do now to prepare. \nThis is a hybrid event and will be hosted both in-person in Humanities 1\, Room 210 and on Zoom. Dinner will be provided for those joining in person. \nRegister here \nHosted by the UCSC Humanities Division \nQuestions? Contact hum-career-engagement@ucsc.edu
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/humanities-grad-school-101-2/
LOCATION:Humanities 1 Building\, 257 Cowell-Stevenson Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
CATEGORIES:Training,Undergraduate
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261118T140000
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SUMMARY:Global Cafe: International Education Week
DESCRIPTION: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. \nEach monthly cafe is held on the following Wednesdays from 14:00 – 16:00: \n\nOctober 21\nNovember 18\nDecember 2\n\n 
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/global-cafe-international-education-week/
LOCATION:Classroom Unit\, Classroom Unit\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, Select a Country:
CATEGORIES:Drop-In Support,Social Gathering
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261118T173000
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SUMMARY:Slugs at Sundown - Negotiating for Mutual Gains
DESCRIPTION:Whether 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 career has focused on high-stakes environmental disputes\, the core principles of his “Mutual Gains” approach apply to challenging negotiations of all kinds. \nUsing real-world vignettes from his 35-year practice\, Scott will illuminate key strategies you can apply to your own professional journey\, in conversation with UCSC Alumni Engagement Executive Director Shayna Kent. There will be ample time for an open Q&A and interactive discussion. \nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/slugs-at-sundown-negotiating-for-mutual-gains/
LOCATION:3175 Bowers Avenue Santa Clara\, CA 95054\, 3175 Bowers Avenue\, Santa Clara\, CA\, 95054\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261119T180000
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SUMMARY:Lee Herrick – Morton Marcus Poetry Reading
DESCRIPTION:The 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 Leave You: Asian American Poets on Faith and Spirit and the AGNI Portfolio of Adoptee Writing. His writing appears in anthologies such as Here: Poems for the Planet\, with an introduction by the Dalai Lama; Indivisible: Poems of Social Justice\, with an introduction by Common; and Dear America: Letters of Hope\, Habitat\, Defiance\, and Democracy\, among others. Born in Daejeon\, Korea and adopted to the United States at ten months old\, he lives with his wife and daughter\, and teaches in Fresno\, California. Poet Gary Young\, will host the program\, and the evening will include an announcement of the winner of the Morton Marcus Poetry Prize (recipient receives a $1\,000 prize). \n \nThis event is a part of the Fall UCSC Living Writers course\, which features poets\, novelists\, academics\, curators\, and artists in conversation with one another\, in person\, across genre and media. \nPurchase both Lee Herrick and Gary Young’s works at: www.bookshopsantacruz.com \n\nParking Information \nThe Cultural Center Merrill College is located in Merrill College\, in the northeast corner of the campus core. Those walking or arriving by Metro bus or campus shuttle can take the steep path heading northeast from the Crown/Merrill bus stop. \nFor those driving from the Main Entrance\, stay on Coolidge Drive. Shortly after Coolidge turns left and becomes McLaughlin Drive\, turn right at the sign for Merrill College. At the top of the hill\, veer right. There is parking for “A\,” “B\,” and “C” permits along the right. Parking is provided free of charge courtesy of the Morton Marcus Poetry Commitee. There are two accessible parking spaces if you turn left at the top of the hill and two more if you turn right. Parking attendants will be on site to issue parking permits to event attendees. \n\nThe Morton Marcus Poetry Reading honors poet\, teacher\, and film critic Morton Marcus (1936–2009). Marcus\, a nationally acclaimed poet\, called Santa Cruz his home for more than fifty years. This annual poetry series continues Mort’s tradition of bringing acclaimed poets to Santa Cruz County\, acknowledges the significant role poetry has played in our community’s history\, and works to maintain poetry’s influence in our county’s culture. Marcus was the 1999 Santa Cruz County Artist of the Year and a recipient of the 2007 Gail Rich Award. Among his published works are eleven volumes of poetry\, including The Santa Cruz Mountain Poems\, Pages from a Scrapbook of Immigrants\, Moments Without Names\, Shouting Down the Silence\, Pursuing the Dream Bone and The Dark Figure In The Doorway; a novel\, The Brezhnev Memo; and a literary memoir\, Striking Through the Masks. He taught English and Film at Cabrillo College for thirty years\, was the co-host of the radio program\, The Poetry Show\, and was the co-host of the television film review show\, Cinema Scene. Learn more at: www.mortonmarcus.com \nThe Morton Marcus Poetry Archive is in the Special Collections & Archives at UC Santa Cruz. Mort’s personal papers\, manuscripts\, and recordings reflect his legacy as a poet and educator\, and his collection of poetry books\, broadsides\, literary magazines and correspondence with other poets and writers illuminate his deep involvement in\, and passion for\, the literary art of poetry. \nOrganizing Committee: Farnaz Fatemi\, Donna Mekis\, Teresa Mora\, Mark Ong\, Maggie Paul\, Irena Polić\, David Sullivan\, Jennifer Tseng\, and Gary Young \nMorton Marcus Memorial Poetry Contest: Every year\, the annual reading coincides with the The Morton Marcus Memorial Poetry Prize\, a national poetry contest which honors Morton Marcus\, “whose life and work inspired the writing of many students\, friends\, and emerging poets.” The contest is hosted by The Hive Poetry Collective. The Hive is a group of Santa Cruz poets creating a weekly radio show and live poetry events featuring a diverse roster of poets and seeks to bring a diverse community together in appreciation of all kinds of poetry by all kinds of people. This year’s contest will be judged by Brynn Saito. For more information visit: https://hivepoetry.org/morton-marcus-prize/ \nSupport Poetry in Santa Cruz: The Annual Morton Marcus Poetry Reading is made possible due to campus and community co-sponsorships and generous contributions from members of our community\, like you. To ensure we can continue to offer this poetry reading free and open to the public in honor and memory of Morton Marcus\, and to have our lives deeply enriched by exceptional poetry\, please consider making a gift to The Morton Marcus Poetry Reading Fund: thi.ucsc.edu/projects/morton-marcus-poetry-reading. \nThis event is presented by: The Humanities Institute and co-sponsored by Ow Family Properties; Donna F. Mekis; Side By Side Studios; Bookshop Santa Cruz; Cabrillo College English Department; and the following departments at UC Santa Cruz: Special Collections and Archives\, Merrill College\, Cowell College\, and Porter College. \nIf you have disability-related needs\, please contact us at thi@ucsc.edu or call 831-459-1274 by November 12. 2026. \nThis event is open to all students\, faculty\, staff\, and members of the public consistent with University policy and state and federal law.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/lee-herrick-morton-marcus-poetry-reading/
LOCATION:Cultural Center – Merrill College\, 641 Merrill Rd\, Santa Cruz\, 95064\, United States
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SUMMARY:Vigil in honor of Trans Day of Remembrance and Resistance
DESCRIPTION:Trans Day of Remembrance Vigil 2026: Remember Me As… \nAn 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 to fight for trans lives.   This event is open to all students\, faculty\, staff\, and members of the wider Santa Cruz Community. It is a collaboration between the Cantu Queer Center and The Diversity Center with support from the London Nelson Community Center and Fabrica Santa Cruz. \nDate: Friday\, November 20\, 2026\nTime: 5:30 – 8:00 pm\nLocation: London Nelson Community Center\nAges: All \nRSVP Here \n  \nIn addition to the vigil\, there will be Trans Memorial Quilt Panel Craft Meet-Ups to create a Trans Memorial Quilt honoring the lives of Trans people that will be displayed at the vigil. \nDates:  Friday\, October 2 at the Fabrica and Thursday\, October 22\, 2026 at the Cantu Queer Center\nTime: 6:00 – 9:00 pm\nAges: All\nRSVP Here \n  \n  \nYou Belong Here: The programs and services described here are open to all\, consistent with state and federal law\, as well as the University of California’s nondiscrimination policies. Every initiative—whether a student service\, faculty program\, or community event—is designed to be accessible\, inclusive\, and respectful of all identities. \nTo learn more\, please visit UC Nondiscrimination Statement or Nondiscrimination Policy for UC Publications. 
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/vigil-in-honor-of-trans-day-of-remembrance-and-resistance/
LOCATION:London Nelson Community Center\, 301 Center St.\, Santa Cruz\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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SUMMARY:Seymour Center's Art in the Aquarium
DESCRIPTION:Dive into your creative side and make a splash with us! 🎨🌊 \nBring the whole family and unleash your inner artist while surrounded by fascinating ocean life. Whether you’re a budding painter or just looking for a fun weekend activity\, you’ll leave with your very own sea-inspired masterpiece to take home! 🐠✨ \nJoin us on the third Saturday of every month for a fun art project with a talented Seymour volunteer!
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/seymour-centers-art-in-the-aquarium/2026-11-21/
LOCATION:Seymour Marine Discovery Center\, 100 McAllister Way\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95060
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SUMMARY:Seymour Center's Art in the Aquarium
DESCRIPTION:Dive into your creative side and make a splash with us! 🎨🌊 \nBring the whole family and unleash your inner artist while surrounded by fascinating ocean life. Whether you’re a budding painter or just looking for a fun weekend activity\, you’ll leave with your very own sea-inspired masterpiece to take home! 🐠✨ \nJoin us on the third Saturday of every month for a fun art project with a talented Seymour volunteer!
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/seymour-centers-art-in-the-aquarium-2/2026-11-21/
LOCATION:Seymour Marine Discovery Center\, 100 McAllister Way\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95060
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SUMMARY:Bondar\, G. (AM) - Geometric and Graph Structured Optimal Transport for Learning and Control
DESCRIPTION:We 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)\, have catalyzed significant developments across mathematics. More recently\, theoretical and algorithmic developments in OT and SBP have found myriad applications in stochastic optimal control and generative AI. \nThe connecting theme across the problems studied in this dissertation is the presence of structure which can be exploited in their solution — for our work\, this structure arises from geometry underlying a solution space or from a graph capturing a correlation structure between distributional data. Our original contributions begin with automated verification and discovery of OT regularity\, followed by stochastic learning and control for resource allocation and scheduling in multi-core real-time systems\, where the problem has a natural graph structure. We also formulate and solve the problem of finding an optimal graph structure in a distribution-valued dataset where none is present. \nWhile graph-structured OT is a natural fit for data-driven stochastic learning problems\, the knowledge of system dynamics can impose geometric structure to the problem. In this dissertation\, we establish the equivalence between the stochastic optimal control and path space formulations of SBP over a compact connected Lie group. Additionally\, we develop\, analyze\, and validate a novel numerical solution scheme for the SBP with control-affine dynamics. Finally\, we investigate the application of Gromov-Wasserstein (GW) OT — a variant of the problem allowing for transport between incomparable spaces — for spatial proteomics. We show throughout our work how careful considerations of the underlying geometry and graph-structures can enable bespoke solutions for practical learning and control problems through optimal transport. \nEvent Host: Georgiy Bondar\, Ph.D. Candidate\, Applied Mathematics  \nAdvisor: Abhishek Halder \nZoom: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/96361886043?pwd=U73TbafhzI7kgS7MYAFko3YEPVIxTb.1 \nPasscode: 564490
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/bondar-g-am-geometric-and-graph-structured-optimal-transport-for-learning-and-control/
LOCATION:Engineering 2\, Engineering 2 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Ph.D. Presentations
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SUMMARY:Statistics Seminar: Randomization Posteriors and Generalized Bayesian Inference
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Edric Tam\, Warren Alpert Fellow in AI and Computational Biology\, Department of Biomedical Data Science\, Stanford University \nDescription: 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 to the log-likelihood contributions of individual observations\, thereby averaging inference over random perturbations of the dataset. The resulting posterior updates are governed by a fundamental design choice: the stage at which the randomization is averaged out. Averaging at the log-likelihood level recovers the power posterior for a broad class of weight distributions\, while averaging at the posterior level\, under suitable choices of weights\, recovers the bagged posterior. Averaging at the likelihood level yields a new family of generalized Bayesian updates\, which we term contamination posteriors. These are indexed by the cumulant transform of the randomization law and require a reference density for well-posedness. For Bernoulli weights\, they recover classical Huber-type contamination models\, while Beta and other weight distributions produce new generalized posteriors. We characterize the theoretical properties of randomization posteriors and illustrate their empirical robustness through simulations and experiments. We also discuss connections with bootstrap methods\, coarsened posteriors\, and other generalized Bayesian updating procedures. \nAbout the speaker: Edric (Ed) Tam is a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Biomedical Data Science in Stanford University. His research lies at the intersection of Bayesian statistics\, artificial intelligence\, and biomedical applications. His postdoctoral work has been supported by a Warren Alpert Fellowship and a Croucher Postdoctoral Fellowship. He earned his PhD in Statistical Science from Duke University\, where he worked with David Dunson\, and holds degrees in computer science and biomedical engineering from the University of Chicago\, Yale University\, and Johns Hopkins University. He has also held research and engineering roles at Google\, Meta\, Amazon\, and Apple AIML. \nThis seminar is hosted by Professor Yunyi Shen.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/statistics-seminar-randomization-posteriors-and-generalized-bayesian-inference/
LOCATION:Jack Baskin Engineering\, Baskin Engineering 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Seminars
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SUMMARY:UCSC Orchestra—Copland's Billy the Kid and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5 in E minor\, Op. 64
DESCRIPTION:Audiences are invited on a journey from the American Wild West into the rich depths of late-Romantic darkness\, culminating in a triumphant finale as the UCSC Orchestra performs American composer Aaron Copland ‘s Billy the Kid (Suite from the Ballet)\, composed in 1939\, and Russian composer Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 in E minor\, Op. 64\, composed in 1888. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nADMISSION\n\n\n\n\nAttend in person at the Music Center Recital Hall at UC Santa Cruz.\nAccessibility and visitor resources available here online.\nGeneral admission tickets ($5–$12) available through Eventbrite only.\nFree for UCSC students (ticket required).\nFollow the Music Dept on Eventbrite for notices and updates.\nDoors are scheduled to open 30 minutes prior to event start time.\n\nADVISORIES \n\nTicket holders not seated at least 5 minutes before the advertised start time may forfeit their ticket/seat and no refund will be issued.\nThe presentation is estimated at 1+ hours.\nThere is no intermission scheduled for this event.\nFor more information\, contact the event organizer directly or email artsevents@ucsc.edu.\n\nPARKING \n\nArts Lot #126 is the closest parking lot to the event.\nVisitor event parking permits are available in advance on Eventbrite as a ticket purchase “add on” at a discounted rate or via the on-site attendant at the event for the standard visitor price.\nUCSC affiliates may use their valid UCSC permit\, rather than purchase an additional event parking permit; however\, on-site attendants will only issue permits at the standard non-affiliate rate.\nLearn more about parking at UCSC via Transportation & Parking Services (TAPS).\n\n### \nThis program is open to all members of the public consistent with state and federal law.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/orchestra-fall-2026-27/
LOCATION:Music Center Recital Hall\, 400 McHenry Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Concerts,Performances
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SUMMARY:Thanksgiving Dinner - Host an International Student
DESCRIPTION: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. \n\n\nHow it Works\n\nMatching: We pair international students with UCSC staff or faculty hosts based on mutual preferences\, compatibility\, and availability.\nNotification: Host contact details will be shared with matched students prior to Thanksgiving so guests can reach out\, introduce themselves\, and coordinate arrival times\, dietary needs\, and address details.\nTransportation: Students are expected to arrange their own transportation (via public transit or ride-share) unless alternative arrangements are coordinated directly with their host.\n\nIf you are interested in participating as a host or guest\, please complete the interest form below. \nSign up as a Guest or Host \n 
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/thanksgiving-dinner-host-an-international-student/
CATEGORIES:Volunteer
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