• ECE Special Seminar: “Bilevel Optimization for Agentic AI: From Theory to Retrieval-augmented Agentic Reinforcement Learning”

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

    Presented by: Quan Xiao, PhD Candidate @ Cornell University Description: “Agentic AI systems combine large language models with system-level design choices such as post-training data selection, retrieval, tool use, and memory management in augmented inference. Training these systems involves multiple coupled objectives beyond task success, including safety, retrieval quality, and adaptation efficiency. Sequential tuning can cause […]

  • Statistics Seminar: Sliced Optimal Transport: From Acceleration to Bayesian Modeling

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

    Presenter: Enter the speaker’s name, title, and institution at the top of the event Description: Optimal transport (OT) provides a principled way to match, compare, and interpolate distributions, but its computational cost limits its use at realistic scales. I will present our recent work on reducing that cost and on using OT for statistical modeling […]

  • AM Seminar: Data Analysis Workflow from Low-Code Tools to Generative and Agentic AI

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

    Presenter: Reza Fazel-Rezai, Senior Science and Education Application Engineer, MathWorks Description: Please join us to learn how to accelerate data analysis using a workflow that spans low-code tools, Generative AI, and Agentic AI. Through live demonstrations and practical examples, you’ll see how to import, explore, visualize, model, and process data using interactive tools that require […]

  • Welcome to the City Santa Clara

    Welcome to the City 2026
    Barebottle Brewing Co. – Santa Clara 2520 Augustine Dr, Santa Clara, CA, United States

    Join us at Barebottle Brewing in Santa Clara and meet other Silicon Valley Slugs! RSVP and your first drink is on us. Wherever you’ve landed post-graduation, your UCSC community is […]

    Free
  • Welcome to the City East Bay

    Welcome to the City 2026
    Temescal Brewing 4115 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA, United States

    Join us at Temescal Brewing in Oakland and meet other East Bay Slugs! RSVP and your first drink is on us. Wherever you’ve landed post-graduation, your UCSC community is still […]

    Free
  • Optional Practical Training (OPT) Workshop

    Zoom

    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 […]

  • Reckoning with Redress: The Legacy of Japanese American Incarceration

    Cultural Center – Merrill College 641 Merrill Rd, Santa Cruz, United States

    Forty-five years ago, survivors and descendants of the WWII Japanese American incarceration, testified before the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC), helping set in motion what would become one of the largest reparations efforts in U.S. history. This year’s Peggy Downes Baskin Ethics lecture marks that anniversary with the launch and premiere […]

  • 23rd Annual Graduate Research Symposium

    Physical Sciences Building Physical Sciences Building, Santa Cruz, CA

    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.

  • Dia de los Muertos Ceremonia 2026

    Upper Quarry Amphitheater 15 McLaughlin Drive, Santa Cruz, CA

    Our Día de los Muertos Ceremonia is 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! RSVP here! Doors open at 4:00pm! You Belong Here: The programs and […]

    Free
  • First Saturday Tour at the Arboretum

    Arboretum 122 Arboretum Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    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 […]

  • Imagining Revolution in the Non-Aligned World with Dr. Jessica Stites Mor

    Sovereignty and Solidarity Fall Speaker Series
    Charles E. Merrill Lounge Rutherford House, Santa Cruz, CA

    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. […]

  • AM Seminar: Enhanced Resolution Imaging in Strongly Scattering Media

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

    Presenter: Chrysoula Tsogka, Professor, Applied Mathematics, UC Merced Description: 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 […]

  • Matt O’Hara – The Flying Death

    Bookshop Santa Cruz

    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. Your RSVP helps us plan […]

  • Volunteer at the UCSC Arboretum

    Volunteer at the UCSC Arboretum
    Arboretum 122 Arboretum Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    Volunteer Information Sessions at the Arboretum Do you love gardens and gardening? The UCSC Arboretum & Botanic Garden has a wonderful community of staff, students, and volunteers, ready to welcome […]

  • Research Lunch & Learn: Research cybersecurity and compliance attestation

    Virtual Event

    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 […]