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  • May 2026

  • Sat 16

    Rules Are Not Neutral: Play As Sense-Making, Acts Of Resistance, And Imagining Otherwise

    May 16 @ 12:00 pm Rules Are Not Neutral: Play As Sense-Making, Acts Of Resistance, And Imagining Otherwise
    Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery 11 Cowell Service Rd, Santa Cruz, CA

    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 […]

    Free
  • Sat 16
    people looking at art in a red room

    Opening Celebration for Visions from Within: Resilience

    May 16 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Visualizing Abolition
    Santa Cruz Barrios Unidos 1817 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz, United States

    Join us at Santa Cruz Barrios Unidos for the opening celebration of Visions from Within: Resilience. Visions From Within is a continued series of art exhibitions dedicated to uplifting and […]

  • Sat 16

    Who Can I Run To?, by Alyssa Windom—2026 Dharma Grace Creative Writing Award and Theatrical Production

    May 16 @ 7:30 pm Who Can I Run To?, by Alyssa Windom—2026 Dharma Grace Creative Writing Award and Theatrical Production
    Second Stage Second Stage, Santa Cruz, CA

    Through their belief in Ifá and the divine, three generations of women grow their relationships with each other and navigate living within their African diasporic identities.

  • Sat 16
    Mariachi ensemble on stage

    La Alegria del Mariachi with guest artist Lupita Infante

    May 16 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
    Music Center Recital Hall 400 McHenry Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    UCSC Music Ensemble

    Free – $12
  • Sun 17

    OLLI at UCSC Sunday Speaker Meeting

    May 17 @ 10:00 am
    Colleges Nine and John R. Lewis College Multi-purpose Room 615 College Nine Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    Join OLLI for a social hour and a presentation with Michael Hutchinson, Distinguished Professor Emeritus,
    Department of Economics at UC Santa Cruz.

    Free
  • Sun 17
    UCSC Powwow flyer, may 17, 2026, doors open at 10:30 AM-6:00 PM

    UCSC Powwow: Sophia Robles-Garcia Memorial Powwow 2026

    May 17 @ 10:30 am – 6:00 pm
    Kaiser Permanente Arena 140 Front St, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

    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.

    To learn more, please visit UC Nondiscrimination Statement or Nondiscrimination Policy Statement for University of California Publications Regarding Student-Related Matters.

  • Sun 17
    2 people looking at artwork of a map

    Spring Exhibitions at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences

    May 17 @ 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm Spring Exhibitions at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences
    Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Ave, Santa Cruz, United States

    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 […]

  • Sun 17
    film still

    Visualizing Abolition Screening Series: Beyond Access

    May 17 @ 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm Visualizing Abolition
    Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Ave, Santa Cruz, United States

    On view in the IAS Screening Room is a selection of short films curated by Visualizing Abolition Visiting Faculty Fellow Dr. Pooja Rangan. Prisons deny and censor the access of […]

  • Sun 17

    Who Can I Run To?, by Alyssa Windom—2026 Dharma Grace Creative Writing Award and Theatrical Production

    May 17 @ 2:00 pm Who Can I Run To?, by Alyssa Windom—2026 Dharma Grace Creative Writing Award and Theatrical Production
    Second Stage Second Stage, Santa Cruz, CA

    Through their belief in Ifá and the divine, three generations of women grow their relationships with each other and navigate living within their African diasporic identities.

  • Sun 17
    grad student

    D.M.A. Student Recital—Maisha Lani

    May 17 @ 3:00 pm
    Music Center Recital Hall 400 McHenry Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    Graduate student Maisha Lani debuts new compositions composed over the course of two years in the D.M.A. Music Composition program at UC Santa Cruz. The pieces range in instrumentation and style: from a blues to a post-tonal work, consisting of vibraphone and stringed instruments, to afrobeat inspired compositions, to graphic scores and improvisation. Audiences are […]

    FREE and open to the public
  • Mon 18

    Rules Are Not Neutral: Play As Sense-Making, Acts Of Resistance, And Imagining Otherwise

    May 18 @ 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm Rules Are Not Neutral: Play As Sense-Making, Acts Of Resistance, And Imagining Otherwise
    Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery 11 Cowell Service Rd, Santa Cruz, CA

    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 […]

    Free
  • Mon 18

    The Sensory Arcade: Food as Language

    May 18 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
    Graduate Student Commons 420 Hagar Drive, Santa Cruz, CA

    Are you looking for a unique way to connect with your peers and experience art and food together? Our team is thrilled to invite you to a special, immersive event hosted by your fellow international graduate students: The Sensory Arcade: Food as Language. When & Where: Date: Monday, May 18 Time: 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. Location: Graduate Student […]

  • Mon 18
    Leafy greens

    Seminar Series | Is the Farm a Digital Factory?: Labor, Leafy Greens, and the Limits of Automation with Summer Sullivan

    May 18 @ 1:25 pm – 2:30 pm
    Interdisciplinary Sciences Building 7487 Red Hill Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    Host:Madeleine Fairbairn Silicon Valley investors, entrepreneurs, and engineers are increasingly interested in agriculture as a site to disrupt and improve upon with their technologies. The nearby Salinas Valley – known as the Salad Bowl of the World – might be considered a “ground zero” for these operations of technological introduction, with some calling it the […]

  • Mon 18
    Two sammy slug illustrations sit down at a desk to have a chat. One is wearing a pink t-shirt and is holding a UCSC-themed water bottle. The other one in a blue shirt listens intently, with a plant in the background and a placard on the desk that says "CAPS". In the top left is "Let's Talk!" with trees that can be seen out of the window.

    Let’s Talk

    May 18 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
    Virtual Event

    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: 870 […]

  • Mon 18
    photo of speaker, Peng Ding

    Statistics Seminar: Unifying Regression-Based and Design-Based Causal Inference in Time-Series Experiments and Crossover Experiments

    May 18 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
    Jack Baskin Engineering Baskin Engineering 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA

    Presenter: Peng Ding, Associate Professor, UC Berkeley Description: I will present some recent results on unifying regression-based and design-based causal inference in time-series experiments and crossover experiments. Part I: Time-series experiments, also called switchback experiments or N-of-1 trials, play increasingly important roles in modern applications in medical and industrial areas. Under the potential outcomes framework, […]

  • Mon 18
    Seminar speaker, Dr. David A. Knowles

    AM Seminar: Dissecting Complex Disease Mechanisms with Causal Inference and Deep Learning

    May 18 @ 4:00 pm
    Jack Baskin Engineering Baskin Engineering 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA

    Presenter: Dr. David A. Knowles, New York Genome Center & Columbia University Description: Many human diseases have a substantial genetic component, which association studies are increasingly capable of characterizing, empowered by ever-growing sample sizes. These associations have the potential to elucidate complex disease biology and prioritize therapeutic interventions. However, it is challenging to determine the […]

  • Tue 19
    Close-up abstract image of a circuit board with glowing lines and interconnected pathways.

    Paul Pena, D. (CSE) – Efficient Pattern Counting in Sparse Graphs and Hypergraphs

    May 19 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
    Engineering 2 Engineering 2 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA
    Hybrid Event

    Pattern counting is a fundamental problem in computer science with applications in many domains. For a fixed small pattern H, we are given a large graph G and we are asked to count the number of subgraphs or homomorphisms (edge-preserving maps) of H in G. For practical applications where the input graph can be very […]

  • Tue 19
    Picture of Cindy Cohn and Privacy's Defender book cover

    Privacy’s Defender: Fight Against Digital Surveillance with Cindy Cohn

    May 19 @ 12:00 pm
    Humanities 1 Building 257 Cowell-Stevenson Road, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

    Privacy’s Defender Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) Executive Director Cindy Cohn’s Journey Inside the Privacy Battles That Shaped Today’s Internet Cindy Cohn has devoted her life to the fight for digital rights. She’s tangled with federal officials to keep our online conversations secure from the government’s prying eyes, fought to ensure that you are told when […]

  • Tue 19

    Rules Are Not Neutral: Play As Sense-Making, Acts Of Resistance, And Imagining Otherwise

    May 19 @ 12:00 pm Rules Are Not Neutral: Play As Sense-Making, Acts Of Resistance, And Imagining Otherwise
    Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery 11 Cowell Service Rd, Santa Cruz, CA

    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 […]

    Free
  • Tue 19
    Two sammy slug illustrations sit down at a desk to have a chat. One is wearing a pink t-shirt and is holding a UCSC-themed water bottle. The other one in a blue shirt listens intently, with a plant in the background and a placard on the desk that says "CAPS". In the top left is "Let's Talk!" with trees that can be seen out of the window.

    Let’s Talk

    May 19 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
    Virtual Event

    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. Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 831 […]

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