• Blueberries for the Home Garden and Small Farm

    Hay Barn 94 Ranch View Road, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

    Learn about varietal selection, site selection, planting, pruning and general care of blueberries in the home garden Join UC Santa Cruz Farm Garden Manager Christof Bernau as he covers the […]

    Sliding scale
  • Ben Verdery, classical guitarist—with the UCSC Guitar Ensemble

    Music Center Recital Hall 400 McHenry Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    Audiences are invited to Some Towns and Cities, a concert with internationally-recognized classical guitarist, composer, and educator Benjamin Verdery. The concert includes original compositions such as “Ellis Island,” featuring the UCSC Classical Guitar Ensemble, directed by Chris Mallett, and the world premiere of a composition called “Santa Cruz,” with William Coulter and Chris Mallett. Learn […]

    FREE and open to the public
  • CM Seminar – “The ‘Social’ Side of Social Virtual Reality”

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

    Presented by: Bree McEwan Description: One of the potential use cases of virtual reality is to create spaces where humans can interact with each other or virtual agents across distances. However, […]

  • Li, X. (CSE) – Compute-Efficient Scaling of Fully-Open Visual Encoders

    Virtual Event

    Vision encoders have demonstrated significant performance gains in visual generation and multimodal reasoning. These improvements are primarily attributed to the scaling of data, model capacity, and compute. However, this progress is becoming less accessible due to a lack of transparency in data curation and training recipes. In combination with the high compute requirements of foundation-scale […]

  • AM Seminar: Data Driven Modeling for Scientific Discovery and Digital Twins

    Presenter: Dongbin Xiu, Professor, Ohio State University Description:We present a data-driven modeling framework for scientific discovery, termed Flow Map Learning (FML). This framework enables the construction of accurate predictive models for complex systems that are not amenable to traditional modeling approaches. By leveraging data and the expressiveness of deep neural networks (DNNs), FML facilitates long-term […]

  • Building Brotherhood with the Khalil Center

    Join AA/PIRC, SWANA, & the Khalil Center for a conversation about mental health for men in the Southwest Asian & North African (SWANA) community. This event centers SWANA men & is open to […]

  • February Slugs and Steins with Distinguished Professor Emeritus John Brown Childs

    Virtual Event

    Kings of Infinite Space: Courageous Compassion Among Men in Soledad Prison “I could be bounded in a nutshell, and count myself king of infinite space…” –Hamlet When I reflect on the expansively creative, compassionate, and transformational minds and actions of the incarcerated men with whom I have worked as a volunteer teacher of what I […]

  • 2026 Pre-Health School Fair

    Colleges Nine and John R. Lewis College Multi-purpose Room 615 College Nine Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    If you are interested in pursuing a career in medicine or other health professions, then take advantage of this opportunity to meet recruiters from health professional schools. Learn more about their respective health professional programs, including medical schools, and discuss ways in which to stand out in the application process.

  • International Grad Workers Chat Lounge Session #2

    Graduate Student Commons 420 Hagar Drive, Santa Cruz, CA

    Come by Graduate Student Commons on Friday, 2/6 and Tuesday, 2/10 afternoon to grab snacks and chat with fellow international grads. Join our grad peer mentors to discuss specific topics […]

  • Continuing Student Housing Info Session

    Continuing Student Housing Info Sessions
    Virtual Event

    Interested in university housing for next year? Join us for an information session about university housing options for the 2026-27 academic year. Led by knowledgeable housing staff, this is a great opportunity to learn about the different housing options available, the housing application and Room Selection processes, ways to improve your chances of getting a space, […]

  • CSE Colloquium: Incentivized Alignment for Strategic Agents (Human and Otherwise)

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

    Presenter: Grant Schoenebeck, University of Michigan Abstract: Advances in machine learning enable new forms of human-AI collaboration, but collaborative settings typically involve agents with divergent objectives and private information. This will become […]

    Free
  • Research Lunch & Learn: NAGPRA, CalNAGPRA, and UC Repatriation policy overview

    Virtual Event

    This presentation provides an overview of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and UCSC’s responsibilities in compliance with federal law, CalNAGPRA state-specific law, and the UCOP policy regarding repatriation. Join Victoria Jennings, UCSC’s Repatriation and Tribal Collaborations Coordinator, on February 11, 2026, 12-1 p.m., to learn more about where NAGPRA intersects with […]

  • Meet a Roomie: Oakes/Rachel Carson

    Meet a Roomie
    Oakes Learning Center

    Looking for roommates for next year? Hoping to add a roommate to a group or to join a group? Attend a Meet a Roomie event to connect with other continuing […]

  • AI Application Development – A monthly conversation with the Chair

    Silicon Valley Campus 3175 Bowers Avenue, Santa Clara, CA, United States

    Lead Innovation as a Machine Learning Engineer. As AI becomes central to products and services across industries, there’s a growing demand for professionals who can design, build and deploy intelligent […]

  • Pasifika: Map it Out

    Porter Hitchcock Lounge 411 Porter-Kresge Rd, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

    Learn about Pasifika identities and how to get involved with the Pasifika community at UCSC and beyond on Wednesday, February 11th from 6-7:30pm at the Porter Hitchcock Lounge. RSVP at bit.ly/aapirc-map! You […]