Lounge ‘n Lei
Join AA/PIRC and APISA on Wednesday, May 27th from 6:30-8pm at Terry Freitas Commons to learn about the significance of different leis in Pasifika culture before making your own candy, ribbon, […]
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Terry Freitas Commons 600 McLaughlin Dr. College Nine, Santa Cruz, CA
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Yang, D. (CSE) – Inner Monologue: a Pathway to Human-Like Reasoning for Complex Tasks
Silicon Valley Campus 3175 Bowers Avenue, Santa Clara, CA, United StatesHybrid EventA central goal on the path toward general AI is to build systems capable of deliberative reasoning before action. Such systems should inspect what they know, identify what they need, […]
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Educational Therapy Program Info Session
Silicon Valley Campus 3175 Bowers Avenue, Santa Clara, CA, United StatesTransform learning Join Diana Black Kennedy, chair of UCSC Silicon Valley’s Educational Therapy certificate program, to learn how this distinctive program prepares educators and professionals to create meaningful, lasting impact. As one of the few programs approved by the Association of Educational Therapists (AET), it equips you with the skills to assess learning differences and implement research-based, […]
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UCSC Opera—Orpheus in the Underworld
Music Center Recital Hall 400 McHenry Road, Santa Cruz, CAA rollicking and irreverent spoof of the Orpheus myth, Jacques Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld is most famous as the origin of the “gallop infernal”—the music now strongly associated with the can-can dance. This operetta follows the unhappy (and unfaithful) union of Orpheus and Eurydice, as the latter’s love affair with the god of the […]
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Zhu, R. (ECE) – From Neuromorphic Principles to Efficient Neural Language Architectures
Engineering 2 Engineering 2 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CAHybrid EventThis dissertation investigates how neuromorphic and brain-inspired principles can guide the design of efficient neural language architectures. It addresses two central limitations of modern Transformer-based language models: memory growth with […]
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STANLEY FLATTÉ MEMORIAL LECTURE: CHAOS, BLACK HOLES, AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
The 418 Project 155 River St S, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesCHAOS, BLACK HOLES, AND QUANTUM MECHANICS The world is a chaotic place. Even if we know the rules of nature, we often find it difficult to predict the future – […]
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Making an Exoneree Showcase
Digital Arts Research Center 407 McHenry Rd, Santa Cruz, CAAudiences are invited to Making an Exoneree, a reception and film screening featuring the premiere of five student-made short documentaries that reveal the facts—and falsehoods—of wrongful conviction cases from around […]
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UCSC MEIP XXIII, May 29, 30, and 31st, at 7:00 PM in the Stevenson Event Center-Performances in French, Japanese and Spanish. FREE-ALL WELCOME
Stevenson Event Center Stevenson Service Road, Santa Cruz, CAfully-staged performances in French, Japanese, and Spanish, with English super-titles projected above the stage. The program will be directed by Language lecturers and performed by Language students.
French: Dur dur la torture (Pure Torture), written by the students, directed by Renée Cailloux.
Japanese: “きぼうのうた” (Song of Hope), directed by Naoko Yamamoto.
Spanish: “Noble campaña” (A Lofty Cause), Based on a short story by Gregorio López y Fuentes directed by Carolina Castillo-Trelles and Sandra Malone.
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Rooted in Identity — Mixed Identity Retreat
Crown Provost House 660 Crown Service Road, Santa Cruz, CAJoin the Asian American/Pacific Islander Resource Center on Saturday 5/30 from 10:30am-1:30pm at the Ethnic Resource Centers (located at the Crown Provost House) to explore the unique experiences of those with mixed racial and cultural identities within […]
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Herbs and Tending the Inner Garden
UCSC Farm 152 Farm Rd, Santa Cruz, CAThe way to care for humans and gardens have lots of similarities. We will explore the realm of self care, health maintenance and disharmony management through the lens of herbal medicine and metaphors of organic garden management. This class will be an herb walk where we will visit common garden plants, “weeds” and medicinal plants […]
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Office Hours Under the Sea
Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Ave, Santa Cruz, United StatesJoin Ronaldo Wilson and special guests for a site-specific, endurance performance as part of there are no words, but melodies. The exhibition emerges at the intersections of Black poetics, performance, and visual art toshuttle between verbal and non-verbal forms of language, rendering the boundaries of identity and meaning slippery. Drop in and visit Wilson’s office […]
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Go Bananas! Carnival
Upper East FieldGet ready to turn the field yellow! Presented by the Division of Student Affairs and Success Leadership and Involvement Team Join us for the ultimate end-of-year bash as we celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Banana Slug as our official mascot. We’re transforming the East Field into a high-energy carnival packed with thrills, food, and […]
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Arts Staff Live!
Digital Arts Research Center 407 McHenry Rd, Santa Cruz, CAUCSC Arts Staff Live! 2
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Lavender Graduation Celebration
Hay Barn 94 Ranch View Road, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesFor over 20 years, The Lionel Cantú Queer Resource Center has proudly honored the accomplishments of graduating students at UCSC. At the annual Lavender Graduation Celebration, graduates of all academic […]
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The Deep Read – A Conversation with Merlin Sheldrake
Upper Quarry Amphitheater 15 McLaughlin Drive, Santa Cruz, CAJoin us for a free, public conversation with British mycologist and author, Merlin Sheldrake, at UC Santa Cruz’s Quarry Amphitheater on May 31, 2026. He’ll discuss his New York Times bestseller, Entangled […]
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Book Talk: Learning to Lead with Dr. Veronica Terriquez
Rachel Carson College Red RoomThe Center for Labor and Community and UCSC Sociology Department welcome Dr. Veronica Terriquez for a discussion on her recently published book, Learning to Lead: Youth Organizing in Immigrant Communities. […]
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Seminar Series | What you may not know about groundwater management in California with Ruth Langridge
Interdisciplinary Sciences Building 7487 Red Hill Road, Santa Cruz, CAHost: ENVS Personnel Committee Groundwater is a critical source of California’s water supply. Many basins in critical overdraft are now being managed under the 2015 Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) to support state goals of sustainable and equitable management. However, court adjudicated basins that encompass over 8,000 square miles and are home to nearly 11 […]
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AM Seminar: Using Math and Experiments to Study the Control of Cell Metabolism
Jack Baskin Engineering Baskin Engineering 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CAPresenter: Denis Titov, Assistant Professor, University of California, Berkeley Description: Cells run thousands of chemical reactions simultaneously, and these reactions must be precisely controlled—like a thermostat that prevents overheating. When this control fails, diseases including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and fatty liver disease result. One key control mechanism is allosteric regulation, where a small molecule binds […]
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Chamber Music Concert with UCSC Music Ensembles —Percussion, Celtic, Classical Guitar, Horns, Central Asian, Experimental
Music Center Recital Hall 400 McHenry Road, Santa Cruz, CAAudiences are invited to a free spring quarter chamber music concert featuring a variety of student ensembles. — ADMISSION – Attend in person at the Music Center Recital Hall at UC Santa Cruz – UCSC Affiliates only – Open seating (no ticket required). – Doors are scheduled to open 30 minutes prior to event start […]
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Kordonowy, S. (CS) – The Role of Circuits in Near-Term Quantum Computation
Engineering 2 Engineering 2 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CAHybrid EventAs quantum computing transitions from theory to practice, understanding which algorithms suit near-term devices becomes critical. Current quantum computers are severely constrained by limited qubit counts, short coherence times, and high error rates that quickly degrade computation into noise. This thesis addresses two interconnected questions: what non-trivial computational tasks can near-term devices execute and how […]