• UCSC Farm U-Pick

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

    Come enjoy picking your own organic produce at the campus farm! When: U-picks will take place on Saturdays from 9am to 12pm while supplies last. What: Enjoy farm fresh corn, […]

  • Free Guided Tour of the UCSC Farm

    UCSC Farm 152 Farm Rd, Santa Cruz, CA

    Take a free, guided tour of the 30-acre organic UCSC Farm. Visitors can enjoy touring the organically managed greenhouses, hand-worked garden beds, orchards, row crop fields, and children’s garden, while learning about the history of the site and the basic concepts of organic farming and gardening. Perched on a meadow near the campus entrance, the […]

  • First Saturday Tour at the Arboretum

    Arboretum 122 Arboretum Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    First Saturday Tours are a wonderful way to introduce yourself to the Arboretum or to deepen your knowledge of the Arboretum’s plant collections. Each tour is a little different depending on the time of year, the interests of the tour guide, and the people who join in. For example, you might learn about the birds […]

  • Race the Flame – A Wildfire Preparedness Run/Walk

    Upper East Field

    Race Details Entry Fee: Adults are $20 and kids 12 and under are $15 Date: Oct. 17, 2026 Start Time: 8:00 AM Location: East Upper Field, UCSC Learn more about Race the Flame and […]

    $20
  • Environmental Studies Seminar Series | Siyu Luo, UC Santa Cruz

    Interdisciplinary Sciences Building 7487 Red Hill Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    In person and via Zoom (Meeting ID: 978 5545 8946, Passcode: 454736).  If you are unable to stream the talk live and need to access a recorded version, please contact […]

  • Under the Mantle of an Idocile Dream: Film Screening and Conversation with Denise Carrascosa and Gina Dent

    Visualizing Abolition
    Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Ave, Santa Cruz, United States

    The Institute of the Arts and Sciences invites you to a screening of the video-performance Under the Mantle of an Idocile Dream (Bruna Castro, Brasil, 2026), followed by a conversation between Denise Carrascosa and Gina Dent around the historical, political and spiritual relations between Afro-Brazilian ancestrality, visual arts and abolition feminism in Brazil. Denise Carrascosa is a writer, […]

  • Understanding & Using Your Syllabus

    Successful Slug Workshops
    Academic Resources Center (ARC) 408 McHenry Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    In this workshop, you will: Break down, understand, and use your syllabus as a tool for success. The Successful Slug Workshop series, hosted by Learning Support Services Peer Coaches, are open to all UCSC undergraduate students and focus on academic skills and tools to support your success as a student. At each workshop, you will […]

  • Bruce H. Jennings in conversation with Mayor Fred Keeley

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

    Join us and Santa Cruz Mayor Fred Keeley for a conversation with Author Bruce H. Jennings about his new book, Revolutionary Science: The Struggle for Agroecology in the Americas. About the book As the climate crisis becomes more urgent and issues of social inequality intensify, Revolutionary Science: The Struggle for Agroecology in the Americas shows how agroecology […]

    Free
  • AA/PI/SWANA Community Welcome: Hatch Into Your Next Chapter!

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

    Hatch into your next chapter on Thursday, October 8th from 6-8:30pm at the College 9 and John R. Lewis College Multipurpose Room (MPR) ⋆.˚⟡ ࣪ ˖ Connect with students, staff, and faculty from various Asian American, Pacific Islander, and/or Southwest Asian & North African (AA/PI/SWANA) student organizations and campus departments over food, activities, tabling, and […]

  • Afrobeats Nite at the IAS

    Visualizing Abolition
    Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Ave, Santa Cruz, United States

    Join us for a night of dancing, joy, and community organized by Afrobeats Nite Santa Cruz featuring DJ Mai Girl and DJ Monk Earl. In addition to music, there will be vendors, food trucks, and late night showings of the exhibitions Victor “Marka27” Quiñonez: Ni de Aquí, Ni de Allá and Carlos Motta: When Time Stands Still. […]