• 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 […]

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  • Penunuri, G. (BMEB) – Genomic, Proteomic, and Computational Approaches to the Study of Host-Microbe Systems

    Biomedical Sciences Building 575 McLaughlin Drive
    Hybrid Event

    Host-microbe systems are core to some of biology’s most consequential interactions, from the pathogens that drive infectious disease to symbionts affecting agricultural pest control and vector-borne disease transmission. Yet unlike the model organisms that have driven most of modern molecular biology, the microbes at the center of these interactions are rarely genetically tractable: many cannot […]

  • Become a Special Education Teacher Assistant

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

    Interested in becoming a Special Education Teacher Assistant? Join us for an informative session to explore the courses designed to prepare you for success in inclusive and special education classrooms. We’ll provide an overview of the curriculum, discuss current industry trends and workforce demand, highlight career opportunities, and answer your questions about getting started. Your […]

  • How to Apply to the Premed Postbacc Program

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

    Join UC Santa Cruz Healthcare Pathways for a live online information session to learn about our Premed Postbacc Cohort, Premed and Pre-Health DIY Pathways, and other program offerings. We’ll provide an overview of our programs and cover how to apply for our next admissions cycle, which opens August 7. We’ll also discuss the application process, admissions timeline, […]

  • Nava, A. (AM) – Machine-Learning Methods for Prediction of Biological Systems

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

    Advances in microscopy have enabled the collection of high-quality single-cell datasets, providing new opportunities to identify the mechanisms underlying complex biological processes. In this work, we develop machine-learning frameworks using […]

  • UCSC Farm U-Pick

    UCSC Farm U-Pick
    UCSC Farm 152 Farm Rd, Santa Cruz, CA

    Come enjoy picking your own organic strawberries and/or flowers at the campus farm! When: U-picks will take place on Saturdays from 9am to 12pm, July 11–August 22, or while supplies […]

  • Play Aqua Cruz: The Water Challenge Board Game!

    Seymour Marine Discovery Center 100 McAllister Way, Santa Cruz, CA

    Play Aqua Cruz: The Water Challenge Board Game! Take charge of Santa Cruz’s water future! Join a fun, interactive board game session where every decision counts in the race to […]

  • Empowering humans through AI

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

    Join us for an inside look at how our AI Application Development courses provide hands‑on experience, industry‑driven projects, and the technical foundation you need to advance your career as an ML Engineer, […]

  • Designing for Today’s Digital World

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

    Design digital experiences people love to use. In today’s rapidly evolving tech landscape, organizations need professionals who can combine empathy, usability, and aesthetics to create interfaces that engage and delight […]

  • Bioinformatics: Lead the next wave of innovation

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

    Where biology meets Big Data Join us for an inside look at how our Bioinformatics courses can help you strengthen your skills in data analysis, genomics, and software tools—preparing you […]

  • Bioinformatics: Lead the next wave of innovation

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

    Where biology meets Big Data Join us for an inside look at how our Bioinformatics courses can help you strengthen your skills in data analysis, genomics, and software tools—preparing you […]

  • Where Hardware Meets Intelligence

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

    Embedded Systems: Build the Intelligence Behind the Hardware Join Juergen Kienhoefer to explore the foundations of embedded systems and how firmware powers the devices we use every day—plus get an […]

  • Advance your Career in Medical Device Design & Quality

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

    From discovery to market Join Kiran Gulati, chair of the UCSC Silicon Valley Extension Medical Device Quality and Design program, for an inside look at how our courses provide hands-on training, […]

  • Kramer, A. (BMEB) – Scalable phylo-pangenomics

    Biomedical Sciences Building 575 McLaughlin Drive
    Hybrid Event

    The COVID-19 pandemic generated genomic data at unprecedented scale, with tens of millions of SARS-CoV-2 genomes deposited in public repositories and thousands of new sequences added each day. This dissertation develops methods for analyzing genomic datasets at this scale, unified by the idea that encoding genomes according to their evolutionary relationships can make otherwise intractable […]