Join the Center for the Middle East and North Africa for a reading and talk with award-winning poet and translator Fady Joudah. In Exhibit G: Fady Joudah writes from the split perspective of a Palestinian American physician caring for the sick while watching the destruction of Gaza from the United States, a nation complicit in that destruction. […]
Get into the Halloween spirit with International Student Services and Programming (ISSP)! Join fellow international graduate students for a festive evening of pumpkin painting, cozy Halloween snacks and drinks, and a screening of the classic 80s Santa Cruz vampire film, The Lost Boys. Whether you want to show off your pumpkin-decorating skills or just relax […]
Many participants are involved in the Exploratory Reading Groups and the Research Pathways program in Baskin Engineering as well as in the Physical and Biological Sciences.
You’re invited to join us, open to all majors!
Undergraduate and graduate students and recent alumni interested in pursuing continuing education opportunities are invited to attend. Get the chance to meet admission representatives seeking to share insight into their respective graduate and professional school programs and discuss ways in which to stand out in the application process.
The Staff Advisory Board enthusiastically invites you to attend their Fall Forum with Chancellor Larive on Thursday, October 29, 2026 from noon to 1pm. The purpose of the SAB-supported forums is to provide staff with an opportunity to ask questions of campus leadership. We are grateful to continue to provide the opportunity to make your […]
UC Santa Cruz is bringing Science in the Neighborhood to South County! Join us for our first event in Aptos. Are we alone in the universe? Answering that question begins surprisingly close to home. Earth has been many different planets over its long history, offering clues about how life begins, evolves, and ultimately transforms the […]
Calling all homeschool families! Join the Seymour Center on Friday, October 30, at 10 a.m. for a morning of hands-on science investigations, aquarium feeds, a scavenger hunt, and lots more. • Enjoy hands-on science investigations, crafts, and a scavenger hunt. • Make an enormous whale skeleton appear in front of your eyes, then walk inside it with our […]
Presented by: Quan Xiao, PhD Candidate @ Cornell University Description: “Agentic AI systems combine large language models with system-level design choices such as post-training data selection, retrieval, tool use, and memory management in augmented inference. Training these systems involves multiple coupled objectives beyond task success, including safety, retrieval quality, and adaptation efficiency. Sequential tuning can cause […]
Explore the daily struggles and heartbreaks of a failing movie theater in central Massachusetts in this production presented by the UCSC student-led Barnstorm Theater Company at Theater Arts B100 Studio Theater.
Undergraduate Admissions invites California community college counselors to connect with UC Santa Cruz admissions staff, campus partners, and counselor colleagues from across the state. We’ll share updates and resources to help you support students considering UC Santa Cruz. During the summit, counselors will have the opportunity to: Hear the latest UC Santa Cruz transfer admission […]
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 Stacy Philpott at sphilpot@ucsc.edu. A UC Santa Cruz email address is required to access the recording. Host: Stacy Philpott Speaker: Paolina Hwae Kyung Kao Yook […]
Presenter: Enter the speaker’s name, title, and institution at the top of the event Description: Optimal transport (OT) provides a principled way to match, compare, and interpolate distributions, but its computational cost limits its use at realistic scales. I will present our recent work on reducing that cost and on using OT for statistical modeling […]
Presenter: Reza Fazel-Rezai, Senior Science and Education Application Engineer, MathWorks Description: Please join us to learn how to accelerate data analysis using a workflow that spans low-code tools, Generative AI, and Agentic AI. Through live demonstrations and practical examples, you’ll see how to import, explore, visualize, model, and process data using interactive tools that require […]
Are you curious about careers in education? Join a job talk with Faith Delgado, a UCSC literature and education alum!
Optional Practical Training (OPT) workshops are MANDATORY for all F-1 students who will apply for OPT, and you MUST have attended the OPT workshop within 9 months of applying for OPT. You must attend the full workshop to receive credit. Be sure to arrive on time and stay until the end, or you will not receive credit […]
Join us at Barebottle Brewing in Bernal Heights and meet other San Francisco Slugs! RSVP and your first drink is on us. Wherever you’ve landed post-graduation, your UCSC community is still here for you. Join us in your city for a casual happy hour to connect with fellow Slugs in your local community. Welcome to […]
Norma Ibarra, born in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, photographs underrepresented and marginalized skateboarders such as female-identifying skaters across Mexico for her photobook Para Ti (2021), and self-fashioned Indigenous skaters for the Museum of Vancouver 2021-22 exhibition, Skate for Change. This presentation focuses on the latter, articulating how Ibarra’s collaboration with her participants circulate the decolonial potential […]
The C9/JRLC CoCurricular Programs Office, Cantú Queer Resource Center, and Asian American/Pacific Islander Resource Center present: Creative Roots – a collective care workshop to explore ancestral veneration Date: Wednesday 11/4 Location: Terry Freitas Commons Time: 5:30-7:30pm Who are our ancestors? Who are ancestors including and beyond the biological? What messages do they want to share with us? Learn and […]
The Program in Biomedical Sciences & Engineering (PBSE) invites prospective PhD students to a virtual Open House, where they can learn about faculty, research, and opportunities at UCSC through conversations with faculty members and current students. 11-11:30am: PBSE Overview 11:30-12pm: Track overviews 12-1pm: Faculty/Program Drop-Ins Register here: https://forms.gle/oxP5Ef1zjTndrNVMA PBSE Website: https://pbse.ucsc.edu/
Stop by the Career Success Drop-ins and get professional advice from our Peer Coaches – now available across campus! 📝 Peers will rotate between McHenry and the Science & Engineering Library courtyards from Week 4 through Week 10 this quarter. Drop in for resume and cover letter support, job searching advice, grad school prep, and […]