Need to talk? We’re here to listen! Drop in for a confidential chat with a professional counselor who can provide support, advice and information. Where: UCSC Cantú Queer Center, 633 Crown Rd, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 Facilitator: Dean Khambatta, LMFT (831) 459-5346 You Belong Here: The programs and services described here are open to all, consistent with […]
A 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, […]
Join us from 4-5pm on 5/28 to toast our new student-curated exhibition about the history of Shakespeare Santa Cruz! The exhibition is now open in McHenry’s 3rd floor hallway. The items in these cases were chosen by four student interns, working under the direction of Sean Keilen (Professor, Literature). The students are Makayla Buckholz, a […]
The panel will be at UCSC’s Graduate Student Commons Co-organized by the GSA and Graduate Division Part of Housing Santa Cruz County Affordable Housing Month Co-sponsored by UCSC’s Humanities Institute, Graduate Division and Community Relations (University Advancement) Zoom Link: Join via Zoom RSVP: Google Form Panelists: Steve McKay & Ankit Sharma (Department of Sociology, Center for Labor […]
Enjoy the first live music show at Iveta Cafe on campus. A lineup of UCSC songwriters and musicians will perform original songs and covers. The cafe will stay open for the show, and food and drinks will be available for purchase.
Oakes and Rachel Carson Colleges, in collaboration with UCSC Dining, present a Sanrio-themed college night. Join us Thursday, May 21, from 5–8 p.m. at the Rachel Carson/Oakes Dining Hall for a night of fun, community, and a special themed menu. Standard dining hall entry pricing applies, and all students, faculty, and staff are invited. Please […]
Transform 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 […]
Blending Euripides’ classic Medea with Mexican folklore, Luis Alfaro examines the tragedy behind America’s immigration system and the destiny of one family caught in its grip.
A 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 […]
Need to talk? We’re here to listen! Drop in for a confidential chat with a professional counselor who can provide support, advice and information. Zoom Meeting Link Meeting ID: 635 182 8273 Passcode: 231831 Facilitator: Mitchell Rees, PhD (831) 459-2628 You Belong Here: The programs and services described here are open to all, consistent […]
This dissertation investigates how to make modern AI systems safer as they grow more capable. It addresses two central sources of risk: malicious misuse, in which adversarial users coerce models […]
Calling all graduating seniors! ✨🎓 Get creative and celebrate your achievements at our Grad Cap Decorating event hosted by El Centro, AA/PIRC, and AARCC! 💙 Supplies, pizza, and cake will be provided while they last! 🍕🎂 📍 Crown Provost House 📅 Friday, May 29th ⏰ Drop in anytime from 11 AM – 3 PM You […]
Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) is the workhorse measurement behind lithium-ion battery diagnostics, biosensing, and corrosion science — yet no integrated circuit has ever delivered the complete capability of a benchtop […]
Climate change is reshaping every system it touches. This panel examines one that most people haven’t much considered in climate terms: insurance. When the industry built to share risk retreats […]
Visit the IAS, UCSC’s premier art galleries, for our spring exhibitions. On view April 10–August 16, 2026 are three diverse and interdisciplinary shows: Libia Posada: Everything is Going Right, the first US solo exhibition by the Colombia-based artist and medical doctor; Gina Athena Ulysse: A Redwoods Rasanblaj, a site-specific and immersive exploration of the Haitian […]
This exhibition brings together a range of analog games – including board, card, role-playing, and other participatory works – that engage social and political realities in different ways. The works span widely circulated commercial games to independently produced projects, one-of-a-kind artworks by artists, faculty, alumni, and students, and materials drawn from UC Santa Cruz Special […]
In this workshop, you will: Learn study strategies and why making it hard for yourself supports durable learning. The Successful Slug Workshop series, hosted by Learning Support Services Peer Coaches, […]
Presenter: Katherine Bonini, Senior Genetic Counselor @ Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Description: It has long been argued that families are central to genomic medicine. Genomic risk, diagnosis, and […]
This 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 […]
CHAOS, 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 – forecasting the weather is a notorious example. Recently, we have understood that chaos plays a central role in the behavior of black holes, some of […]