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SUMMARY:SEACoast Slow Seminar: A History of Families: Bosses\, Bullies\, and Dictators in the Modern Philippines
DESCRIPTION:The Center for Southeast Asian Coastal Interactions (SEACoast) invites you to join us for our winter Slow Seminar\, “A History of Families: Bosses\, Bullies\, and Dictators in the Modern Philippines\,” on February 5\, 2026 from 11:00 am – 1:00pm. \nProfessor Steve McKay (Sociology) will facilitate our conversation focused on a selection of classic and contemporary scholarship on regional politics in the Philippines. With the present Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. presidency and the International Criminal Court case against former president Rodrigo Duterte in mind\, we look forward to a critical discussion of historical and contemporary Southeast Asian politics \nPlease register for the Slow Seminar by filling out this Google Form. Registered guests will receive copies of the selected readings via email. \nThis is a Hybrid event. Participants may join in-person or by Zoom. The Zoom link will be sent out to registered participants at least 1 hour before the event. \nNew to Slow Seminars? Check out SEACoast’s definition here.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/seacoast-slow-seminar-a-history-of-families-bosses-bullies-and-dictators-in-the-modern-philippines/
LOCATION:Humanities 1 Building\, 257 Cowell-Stevenson Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Center for Southeast Asian Social Interactions":MAILTO:seacoast@ucsc.edu
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SUMMARY:Pre-College Program Info Session
DESCRIPTION:Learn more about our Pre-College Programs\nDiscover what’s possible in Summer 2026! Join us for a one-hour info session to learn about our Pre-College programs\, including courses\, eligibility\, and how students can get a head start on college and career pathways. \nSpecial offer\nReceive an application fee waiver when you enroll and attend the session. \nClaim your seat.  \n 
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/pre-college-program-info-session-2/
LOCATION:Silicon Valley Campus\, 3175 Bowers Avenue\, Santa Clara\, CA\, 95054\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Meetings & Conferences,Training
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SUMMARY:Regulatory Affairs Info Session
DESCRIPTION:Lead regulatory strategy in the evolving medical device industry.\nAs global regulations become increasingly complex\, professionals who can navigate FDA\, EU\, and international requirements are in high demand. Learn how to design and execute regulatory strategies\, manage premarket submissions using tools like the FDA’s eSTAR\, leverage AI-driven platforms for regulatory intelligence\, and ensure compliance across device lifecycles. \nSpeaker\nJoin Kiran Gulati\, chair of the UCSC Silicon Valley Extension Regulatory Affairs program\, for a detailed overview of how our courses provide practical\, hands-on training and industry-aligned skills to advance your career in regulatory affairs\, quality assurance\, and medical device compliance. \nStart exploring\nCheck out our Regulatory Affairs certificate program page for a closer look at upcoming courses and offerings. \nClaim your seat. 
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/regulatory-affairs-info-session/
LOCATION:Silicon Valley Campus\, 3175 Bowers Avenue\, Santa Clara\, CA\, 95054\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Meetings & Conferences,Training
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SUMMARY:Kraw Lecture: Learning Earth's Biodiversity via Space and eDNA
DESCRIPTION:The California DNA Program (CALeDNA)\, launched from the University of California in 2017\, has been tackling the massive disconnection in scales of measuring nature from satellite-based sensing down to DNA in a gram of soil or water. Through dozens of collaborative projects around the world\, CALeDNA lab scientists have harmonized different ways of observing biodiversity from microbes to plants and mammals. UC Santa Cruz’s Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology\, where CALeDNA is headquartered\, now houses over 50\,000 CALeDNA environmental sample collections\, a thriving startup partnership\, and an eDNA service and R&D lab that serves most national and CA state agencies that monitor nature. In this presentation\, Rachel Meyer will demonstrate the challenges of connecting the microscopic to regional scales across all kingdoms of life for two central purposes: monitoring sensitive habitat change and estimating habitat ‘health’.\n \n\n\nIn-Person Reception: 5:30 p.m.\nLecture: 6–7 p.m.\n\nRegister Now
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/kraw-lecture-learning-earths-biodiversity-via-space-and-edna/
LOCATION:3175 Bowers Avenue Santa Clara\, CA 95054\, 3175 Bowers Avenue\, Santa Clara\, CA\, 95054\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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SUMMARY:College Night: Winter Wonderland – Celebration of the Arts!
DESCRIPTION:Kresge College\, in collaboration with UCSC Dining\, present “Winter Wonderland – Celebration of the Arts!” . Join us Wednesday\, February 4 from 5–7 p.m. at the Porter/Kresge Dining Hall for a night of activities\, fun\, community\, and a special themed menu. Standard dining hall entry pricing applies\, and all students\, faculty\, and staff are invited. \nPlease note: The dining hall will be closed from 2–5 p.m. for event preparation. \nLearn more about College Nights at dining.ucsc.edu/events. \n__________________________________________________________________________________________________ \nYou Belong Here: 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. \nTo learn more\, please visit UC Nondiscrimination Statement or Nondiscrimination Policy for UC Publications.How to Use the Statement Across Communication Channels
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/college-night-winter-wonderland-celebration-of-the-arts/
LOCATION:Porter/Kresge Dining Hall\, 411 Porter-Kresge Rd\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Social Gathering
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260204T160000
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SUMMARY:VMCC Series: Yiman Wang
DESCRIPTION:In a lecture delivered by UC Santa Cruz Professor Yiman Wang\, this talk delves into Mao-era moving image culture that featured experimentation with public health\, horticulture\, and animal husbandry to unpack what cinematic experiments were developed\, how scientific experiments were conducted\, and in what ways they were intended to intertwine with the nation-wide experiment with rebuilding the new socialist human’s psyche and a new socio-political world. The talk also explores why such conjoined experiments often fell apart\, what one might gain by recentering the unruly human and more-than-human “raw material” that were experimented on\, and ultimately\, how the environmental turn in media studies could benefit from a study of socialist trifold cinematic-scientific-socio-political experimentations.\n—\nABOUT THE SPEAKER\nYiman Wang (Ph.D.\, Graduate Program in Literature\, Duke University) is Professor and Chair of Film & Digital Media at University of California\, Santa Cruz. She is author of Remaking Chinese Cinema: Through the Prism of Shanghai\, Hong Kong and Hollywood (University of Hawaii Press 2013)\, and To Be an Actress: Labor and Performance in Anna May Wong’s Cross-Media World (University of California Press 2024). She has published numerous articles in journals and edited volumes on topics of socialist environmental media\, feminist media histories\, ethnic border-crossing stardom\, eco-cinema\, Chinese cinema\, independent documentary\, film remakes and adaptations. She is editor of a special issue of Feminist Media Histories on Asian Feminist Media (2019)\, co-editor of an InFocus Dossier on Queering Asian Media in Journal of Cinema and Media Studies (2023)\, co-editor of Chinese Animation: Multiplicities in Motion (2025)\, associate editor of Journal of Chinese Cinemas\, and co-editor of the Global East Asian Screen Cultures book series published by Bloomsbury.\n—\nADMISSION\n– FREE and open to the public\n– Located in Porter College Rm. D245\n—\nPARKING\n– Lot 124 & 125 are the closest parking lots to the event.\n– Parking is by permit or ParkMobile.\n– Refer to TAPS for more parking information.\n—\nThis program is open to all members of the public consistent with state and federal law. \n 
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/vmcc-series-yiman-wang/
LOCATION:Porter College\, D-Building\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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SUMMARY:Career Success Drop-In Coaching at the Ethnic Resource Center - Winter 2026
DESCRIPTION:Drop-in with Career Coach & Engagement Specialist Bridge Kennedy to discuss Career Exploration\, Job Search Strategy\, Interview Prep\, Grad School Prep\, or whatever’s on your mind related to your career success! \nTime: 1:30pm – 3:00pm \nDates: Wednesdays\, Weeks 2 & 5 of Winter Quarter 2026 \n1/14/2026 & 2/4/2026 \nLocation: Crown Provost House / Ethnic Resource Centers Lounge \nYOU BELONG HERE\nPrograms and services 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 for UC Publications.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/career-success-drop-in-coaching-at-the-ethnic-resource-center-winter-2026/2026-02-04/
LOCATION:Crown Provost House\, 660 Crown Service Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Drop-In Support
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SUMMARY:Ecology of Presence: Pathways to the Natural World
DESCRIPTION:Norris Center Art + Science Graduate Fellowship Exhibition \nEcology of Presence: Pathways to the Natural World brings together the work of ten graduate students supported by the Kenneth S. Norris Center for Natural History Art + Science Fellowship\, a program dedicated to creative research connecting art with the natural world. Across media – including sound\, moving image\, music\, performance\, installation\, comics\, social practice\, photography\, and storytelling – the artists in Ecology of Presence emphasize relationality and careful attention to place as essential to building relationships with environs. As accelerating environmental change and technological dependency threaten ways of belonging\, the works in this exhibition maintain a steadfast commitment to interdisciplinary approaches that propose kinship with the natural world. By coming together\, Art + Science Fellows artworks and social practices suggest ways of imagining human life in relation to the more-than-human world.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/ecology-of-presence-pathways-to-the-natural-world/2026-02-04/
LOCATION:Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery\, 11 Cowell Service Rd\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
ORGANIZER;CN="Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery":MAILTO:epsgal@ucsc.edu
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SUMMARY:Two Spirit Luncheon
DESCRIPTION:The American Indian Resource Center and Lionel Cantú Queer Center present: Two Spirit Luncheon! Join us on February 4th\, 2026  from 12:00PM to 2:00PM at the Alumni Room in College 9 / John R. Lewis for a presentation and interactive luncheon celebrating\, affirming\, and raising awareness about Two Spirit identities. \nLunch will be served – RSVP is kindly requested. Please email cantu@ucsc.edu or airc@ucsc.edu for accommodations / questions. \nLink to RSVP.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/two-spirit-luncheon/
LOCATION:College Nine and John R. Lewis Dining Hall
CATEGORIES:Social Gathering
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260204T130000
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SUMMARY:Statistics Seminar: Statistical Inference for Multi-Modality Data in the AI Era
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Qi Xu\, Postdoctoral Researcher\, Department of Statistics & Data Science\, Carnegie Mellon University \nDescription: Multi-modality data are increasingly common across science medicine and technology\, such as imaging\, text\, sensors\, and genomics. These modalities are often high dimensional or unstructured and naturally exhibit blockwise (nonmonotone) missingness where different samples observe different subsets of modalities. Such missingness creates a major obstacle for statistical analyses since classical methods either discard large portions of data or rely on strong modeling assumptions. Recent advances in AI make it possible to generate or predict unobserved modalities from observed ones\, opening new opportunities for data integration. In this talk\, I will focus on statistical inference for blockwise-missing multi-modality data\, while rigorously incorporating modern AI tools. Rooted in semiparametric theory\, there is a long-term open problem that theoretically optimal estimating function under non-monotone missingness is computationally intractable\, even under the missing completely at random mechanism. I introduce a tractable approximation to the optimal estimating equation through a novel Restricted ANOVA hierarchY or RAY decomposition and its almost-eigen-operator property. This leads to a new class of estimators that leverage predictive or generative AI models to borrow information across datasets while remaining unbiased and asymptotically normal. Motivated by the property of the RAY estimator\, we extend the RAY estimator to a class of unbiased\, consistent\, and computationally tractable estimators. The most efficient estimator in this class is then derived\, named as Adaptive RAY estimator\, which optimally integrating all available data and prediction from AI. Simulation studies and a single cell multi-omics application demonstrate that the proposed framework enables stable and efficient inference for complex multi modality data in the AI era. This is a joint work with Lorenzo Testa\, Jing Lei and Kathryn Roeder\, and the paper is available on arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.24158 \nBio: Qi Xu is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Statistics & Data Science at Carnegie Mellon University. His research interests lie broadly in statistics and machine learning\, especially in data integration and AI for statistics\, with their applications in genomics and mobile health. He received his Ph.D. from the Department of Statistics at University of California\, Irvine\, and the Master degree from University of Illinois Urbana Champaign\, and the Bachelor degree (with honors) from Tongji University. \nHosted by: Statistics Department \nZoom link: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/91740050783?pwd=joK9hfwvM7FZ48acaiow8OY4ZlBDXA.1
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/statistics-seminar-statistical-inference-for-multi-modality-data-in-the-ai-era/
LOCATION:https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/91740050783?pwd=joK9hfwvM7FZ48acaiow8OY4ZlBDXA.1
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Seminars
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SUMMARY:Engineering Teaching Community (Faculty)
DESCRIPTION:During the chaos of a quarter\, is it hard to find time to reflect and improve as an instructor? Would you like to be a part of an inclusive\, supportive group of engineering instructors who do this in community? ETC is for sharing teaching experiences\, classroom ideas\, research on learning\, and methods that support instructors and students. All are welcome\, and lunch is provided. Please reach out to Jenny Quynn with questions.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/engineering-teaching-community-faculty/2026-02-04/
LOCATION:Jack Baskin Engineering\, Baskin Engineering 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Meetings & Conferences,Training
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SUMMARY:Mentors Needed: Dickens Day of Writing
DESCRIPTION:The Dickens Project is seeking volunteer writing mentors for our to support Santa Cruz-area high school juniors and seniors during a one-day writing retreat and competition at the Museum of Art and History! \nNo prior writing or teaching experience is necessary. Anyone who enjoys working in a creative environment is welcome. For more information about The Dickens Day of Writing please visit https://teachers.ucsc.edu/dickens-day-of-writing/ \nTo register as a mentor\, please fill out the following Google form by January 31st\, 2026.\nhttps://forms.gle/qPK2bMXu7vo4bXwL9
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/mentors-needed-dickens-day-of-writing/
LOCATION:Museum of Art & History\, 705 Front St\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260203T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260203T210000
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SUMMARY:Drop-In Figure Drawing
DESCRIPTION:Drop-In Draw provides a live model and room monitor. There is no formal lesson and only dry media is allowed (no paints).\n—\nADVISORIES\n– These events contain mature content and nudity.\n– Drop-In Draw is subject to the possibility of last-minute cancellation without notification\, and sessions are not guaranteed.\n—\nADMISSION\n– FREE and open to the public\n– UCSC Art Department Room L-101\n—\nSCHEDULE OF EVENTS\nThis series occurs weekly on Tuesday evenings during winter quarter\, including the following:\nTuesday January 6\, 2026\, 7:00–9:00 p.m.\nTuesday January 13\, 2026\, 7:00–9:00 p.m.\nTuesday January 20\, 2026\, 7:00–9:00 p.m.\nTuesday January 27\, 2026\, 7:00–9:00 p.m.\nTuesday February 3\, 2026\, 7:00–9:00 p.m.\nTuesday February 10\, 2026\, 7:00–9:00 p.m.\nTuesday February 17\, 2026\, 7:00–9:00 p.m.\nTuesday February 24\, 2026\, 7:00–9:00 p.m.\nTuesday March 3\, 2026\, 7:00–9:00 p.m. \nAdditional dates to be announced for spring quarter.\n—\nPARKING\n– Parking by permit or ParkMobile.\n– Arts Lot #126 is the closest parking lot to the event.\n– Visitors with DMV placards or plates may park for free in DMV spaces\, Medical spaces\, or ParkMobile spaces without additional payment\, or in timed zones for longer than the posted time.\n– More information provided by UCSC Transportation & Parking Services (TAPS).\n—\nThis program is open to all members of the public consistent with state and federal law.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/drop-in-figure-drawing-winter/2026-02-03/
LOCATION:Elena Baskin Visual Arts Center\, Baskin Service Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Exhibits
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SUMMARY:George Saunders - Vigil
DESCRIPTION:Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes George Saunders\, recipient of the 2025 National Book Foundation’s Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters\, for a discussion about his wise\, playful\, electric novel Vigil\, which takes place at the bedside of an oil company CEO in the twilight hours of his life as he is ferried from this world into the next. \n \nNot for the first time\, Jill “Doll” Blaine finds herself hurtling toward earth\, reconstituting as she falls\, right down to her favorite black pumps. She plummets towards her newest charge\, yet another soul she must usher into the afterlife\, and lands headfirst in the circular drive of his ornate mansion. She has performed this sacred duty 343 times since her own death. Her charges\, as a rule\, have been greatly comforted in their final moments. But this charge\, she soon discovers\, isn’t like the others: the powerful K. J. Boone will not be consoled\, because he has nothing to regret. He lived a big\, bold life\, and the world is better for it. Isn’t it? \nVigil transports us\, careening\, through the wild final evening of an epic\, complicated life. Crowds of people and animals—worldly and otherworldly\, alive and dead—arrive\, clamoring for a reckoning. Birds swarm the dying man’s room\, a black calf grazes on the love seat\, a man from a distant\, drought-ravaged village materializes\, two oil-business cronies from decades past show up with chilling plans for Boone’s postdeath future. \nGeorge Saunders is the author of thirteen books\, including the novel Lincoln in the Bardo\, which won the Man Booker Prize\, and five collections of stories\, including Tenth of December\, which was a finalist for the National Book Award\, and the recent collection Liberation Day (selected by former President Obama as one of his ten favorite books of 2022). Three of Saunders’s books—Pastoralia\, Tenth of December\, and Lincoln in the Bardo—were chosen for The New York Times’s list of the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. Saunders hosts the popular Story Club on Substack\, which grew out of his book on the Russian short story\, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain. In 2013\, he was named one of the world’s 100 Most Influential People by Time. He teaches in the creative writing program at Syracuse University. \n\nThis event is cosponsored by The Humanities Institute.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/george-saunders-vigil/
LOCATION:Rio Theater\, 1205 Soquel Avenue\, Santa Cruz\, 95062\, United States
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SUMMARY:Ecology of Presence: Pathways to the Natural World
DESCRIPTION:Norris Center Art + Science Graduate Fellowship Exhibition \nEcology of Presence: Pathways to the Natural World brings together the work of ten graduate students supported by the Kenneth S. Norris Center for Natural History Art + Science Fellowship\, a program dedicated to creative research connecting art with the natural world. Across media – including sound\, moving image\, music\, performance\, installation\, comics\, social practice\, photography\, and storytelling – the artists in Ecology of Presence emphasize relationality and careful attention to place as essential to building relationships with environs. As accelerating environmental change and technological dependency threaten ways of belonging\, the works in this exhibition maintain a steadfast commitment to interdisciplinary approaches that propose kinship with the natural world. By coming together\, Art + Science Fellows artworks and social practices suggest ways of imagining human life in relation to the more-than-human world.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/ecology-of-presence-pathways-to-the-natural-world/2026-02-03/
LOCATION:Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery\, 11 Cowell Service Rd\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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SUMMARY:Advance with Northeastern: Graduate Opportunities
DESCRIPTION:Join the Northeastern University Bay Area recruiters for an essential information session on graduate programs offered here in the Bay Area. Our master’s degree programs in computing\, engineering\, public policy\, game design and more professional studies are designed to fit your professional aspirations and schedule\, helping you advance or change your career trajectory. \nYOU BELONG HERE\nPrograms and services 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 for UC Publications.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/advance-with-northeastern-graduate-opportunities/
LOCATION:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/advance-with-northeastern-graduate-opportunities/
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SUMMARY:Community Day: Free Admission at the Arboretum
DESCRIPTION:The first Tuesday of each month\, the Arboretum is open without charge to visitors. See dates and times UC Santa Cruz Arboretum & Botanic Garden is open. NOTE: Due to limited parking at the Arboretum and the popularity of Community Day\, we greatly encourage visitors to carpool\, bike\, walk or use public transportation as much as possible.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/community-day-free-admission-at-the-arboretum/2026-02-03/
LOCATION:Arboretum\, 122 Arboretum Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260203T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260203T110000
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SUMMARY:Coffee and Convo with Provost Aims
DESCRIPTION:Stay for the engaging conversation or grab it to go. Either way\, it’s hot and free. Featuring Alta Organic Roasting Company coffee\, a fair trade locally women owned company.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/coffee-and-convo-with-provost-aims/2026-02-03/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Social Gathering
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260202T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260202T200000
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SUMMARY:Gregory O' Malley - The Escapes of David George
DESCRIPTION:Bookshop welcomes prize-winning historian and UC Santa Cruz professor Gregory O’Malley for a discussion about his new book The Escapes of David George: An Odyssey of Slavery\, Freedom\, and the American Revolution—the dramatic story of a Black man’s relentless search for freedom in Revolutionary America. \nThis book tells the story of David George who in 1762 at the age of 19 escaped from a plantation in Virginia thus becoming a fugitive enslaved person. Using archival records and David’s own brief account of his life\, which is the earliest written testimony by a fugitive enslaved person in North America\, the book tells the story of David George’s relentless search for freedom in Revolutionary-era America and presents a unique perspective on our nation’s origins\, principles\, and contradictions. \nPiecing together archival records and David George’s own brief account of his life—the earliest written testimony by a fugitive enslaved person in North America—Gregory O’Malley presents a thrilling narrative and a unique perspective on our nation’s origins\, principles\, and contradictions. \nGregory E O’Malley is professor of history at UC Santa Cruz and the author of The Escapes of David George: An Odyssey of Slavery\, Freedom\, and the American Revolution. His first book\, Final Passages: The Intercolonial Slave Trade of British America\, 1619-1807\, won the Forkosch\, Rawley\, Owsley\, and Elsa Goveia awards. He is a key contributor to the SlaveVoyages.org\, consulted on The 1619 Project\, and lectures widely on the slave trade and related subjects. \nCosponsored by The Humanities Institute
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/gregory-o-malley-the-escapes-of-david-george/
LOCATION:Bookshop Santa Cruz
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SUMMARY:Grad Slam Divisional Semi-Finals
DESCRIPTION:What is Grad Slam?\n\nGrad Slam is a communication contest hosted by the UC Santa Cruz Graduate Division that is open to all graduate students (except those who have won 1st place in a previous Grad Slam. Currently enrolled graduate students who have won 2nd or the people’s choice in a prior Grad Slam may enter again.). Participants have a maximum of three minutes to explain their graduate research or artistic endeavor to a general audience. \nUCSC Divisional Semi-Finals: \nFebruary 2: Engineering \nFebruary 3: Social Sciences \nFebruary 4: Arts & Humanities \nFebruary 5: Physical and Biological Sciences \nWinners will compete in the UCSC Grand Final at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center on March 7\, 2026 for cash prizes: \n1st place $3000\, 2nd place $1500\, People’s choice award $750 \nOne student will be selected to represent UCSC at the UC-system-wise competition on April 22 in Sacramento.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/grad-slam-divisional-semi-finals/
LOCATION:Graduate Student Commons\, 420 Hagar Drive\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260202T160000
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SUMMARY:AM Seminar: Are Graph Learning Methods Actually Learning?
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Seshadhri Comandur\, Professor of Computer Science\, UCSC \nDescription: There has been a lot of literature on graph machine learning over the past few years\, and a bewildering array of new methods. This talk is based on a series of results making a provocative argument. Maybe many graph machine learning methods are not really that effective\, and the progress we are seeing is an artifact of experimental design and measurement. I will talk about some results showing that low-dimensional embeddings with dot product similarity (arguably the most common graph ML technique) cannot capture salient aspects of real-world graphs. Follow-up work demonstrates that simple benchmarks seem to outperform fancier methods\, and that there are significant shortcomings in existing accuracy measurement. \nBio: C. Seshadhri (Sesh) is a professor of Computer Science at the University of California\, Santa Cruz and an Amazon scholar. Prior to joining UCSC\, he was a researcher at Sandia National Labs\, Livermore in the Information Security Sciences department\, during 2010-2014. His primary interest is the theoretical study of algorithms\, especially those with a mix of graphs and randomization. By and large\, Sesh works at the boundary of theoretical computer science (TCS) and data mining. His work spans many areas: sublinear algorithms\, graph algorithms\, graph modeling\, scalable computation\, and data mining. In the theory world\, his work has resolved numerous open problems in monotonicity testing and graph property testing. A number of his papers in the interface of TCS and applied algorithms have received paper awards at KDD\, WWW\, ICDM\, SDM\, and WSDM. He received the 2019 SDM/IBM Early Career Award for Excellence in Data Analytics. Sesh got his Ph.D from Princeton University and spent two years as a postdoc in IBM Almaden Labs. \nHosted by: Ashesh Chattopadhyay\, Applied Mathematics Department
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/am-seminar-are-graph-learning-methods-actually-learning/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Seminars
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260202T143000
DTSTAMP:20260403T164604
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SUMMARY:Info Session: Global Seminar Art in a Globalized World: UK
DESCRIPTION:Learn more at our upcoming Information Session: Monday\, February 2 at 1:30-2:30 p.m. \nRegister Here  \nEarn 6 units on a summer program on the Global Seminar: Art in a Globalized World: UK. The program is taught by Dee Hibbert-Jones\, Professor of Art\, Digital Art and New Media. \nQuick Facts: \n\nLocation: Falmer\, Brighton and Hove\, United Kingdom\nCourses:  ART 186 Art and Globalization (6 units)\nDates: June 29-July 17\, 2026\nEligibility: Open to students who are an Art Major or Minor (or with special instructor approval)\, have completed at least 45 units by the time of departure and have at least a 2.3 GPA.\nFinances: Financial aid applies\, and scholarships are available! Budget with program fees and expenses are posted on the website.\nHow to apply: Visit here. Applications open on December 1 and close on March 2.\nGet in touch: Email your questions to globallearning@ucsc.edu\n\nProgram Description: In this studio art\, students create site-responsive artworks across media created in response to our visits to museums\, galleries\, sites\, and exhibitions in London and Brighton\, UK. Studio work and research explore what it means to make art in a global art world (sculpture\, drawing\, zines\, graphic works\, animation\, photography\, installation\, and/or performance). We will work in the new media studios at the University of Sussex\, and students will live on campus at the University. This class includes art making\, lectures\, docent tours\, museum visits\, discussions\, and critique by UK artists and a final gallery exhibition on campus. More information can be read here.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/info-session-global-seminar-art-in-a-globalized-world-uk-2/
LOCATION:CA
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SUMMARY:Ecology of Presence: Pathways to the Natural World
DESCRIPTION:Norris Center Art + Science Graduate Fellowship Exhibition \nEcology of Presence: Pathways to the Natural World brings together the work of ten graduate students supported by the Kenneth S. Norris Center for Natural History Art + Science Fellowship\, a program dedicated to creative research connecting art with the natural world. Across media – including sound\, moving image\, music\, performance\, installation\, comics\, social practice\, photography\, and storytelling – the artists in Ecology of Presence emphasize relationality and careful attention to place as essential to building relationships with environs. As accelerating environmental change and technological dependency threaten ways of belonging\, the works in this exhibition maintain a steadfast commitment to interdisciplinary approaches that propose kinship with the natural world. By coming together\, Art + Science Fellows artworks and social practices suggest ways of imagining human life in relation to the more-than-human world.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/ecology-of-presence-pathways-to-the-natural-world/2026-02-02/
LOCATION:Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery\, 11 Cowell Service Rd\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260202T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260202T130000
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SUMMARY:Statistics Seminar: Mathematical Foundations for Machine Learning from a Nonlinear Time Series Perspective
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Jiaqi Li\, William H. Kruskal Instructor\, University of Chicago \nDescription:Modern machine learning (ML) algorithms achieve remarkable empirical success\, yet providing rigorous statistical guarantees remains a major challenge\, particularly in distributional theory and online inference methods. In this talk\, we will introduce a novel framework to provide mathematical foundations for ML by bringing powerful tools in nonlinear time series. First\, we focus on the stochastic gradient descent (SGD) with constant learning rates. By interpreting the SGD sequence as a nonlinear AR(1) process\, we can establish the geometric moment contraction (GMC) for SGD regardless of initializations. By this GMC property\, we can derive refined asymptotic theory of SGD and its averaging variant\, including general moment convergence\, quenched central limit theorems\, quenched invariance principles\, and sharp Berry- Esseen bounds. Then\, we extend this theoretical framework to SGD with dropout regularization\, a widely used but theoretically underexplored technique in deep learning. By establishing GMC under explicit learning-rate and dimensional scaling regimes\, we obtain asymptotic normality and invariance principles for dropout SGD and its averaged version. These results enable online inference\, for which we introduce a fully recursive estimator of the long-run covariance matrix appearing in the limiting distributions. The proposed online confidence intervals with asymptotically correct coverage can be generalized to many other ML algorithms. Overall\, viewing online learning algorithms as nonlinear time series provides a powerful toolkit for deriving statistical guarantees in modern ML\, with implications for high-dimensional stochastic optimization and real-time uncertainty quantification. \nBio:Jiaqi Li is a William H. Kruskal Instructor in the Department of Statistics at the University of Chicago. She obtained her PhD in Statistics from Washington University in St. Louis in 2024. Her research focuses on developing theoretical guarantees and statistical inference methods for machine learning algorithms. She also works on time series data\, especially in the high- dimensional settings with complex temporal and cross-sectional dependency structures. She also\ncollaborates with neuroscientists on applications in fMRI and EEG data. \nHosted by: Statistics Department \nZoom link: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/96647674332?pwd=rCHfeGpKslaGS5iIPP5Jh29mQiMJID.1
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/statistics-seminar-mathematical-foundations-for-machine-learning-from-a-nonlinear-time-series-perspective/
LOCATION:https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/96647674332?pwd=rCHfeGpKslaGS5iIPP5Jh29mQiMJID.1
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Seminars
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260202T114500
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SUMMARY:ECE Seminar: Advanced Packaging as the Engine of the AI Systems Era
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Tolga Acikalin\, System and Package Architect\, Lumilens \nDescription: The rapid rise of artificial intelligence and machine learning—most notably recent breakthroughs in large language models—is reshaping the trajectory of the semiconductor industry and ushering in a new era of system innovation. As performance scaling at the device level slows\, heterogeneous integration (HI) has emerged as a foundational technology to sustain advances in computing and communication. By integrating separately manufactured components with diverse functions into a single system\, HI enables new levels of functionality\, performance\, and efficiency that are no longer achievable through traditional scaling alone. \nRealizing the full potential of heterogeneous systems demands a shift toward holistic system-level co-design\, with advanced packaging assuming a central and strategic role. This talk will briefly review the evolution of packaging technologies and then focus on advanced packaging architectures that enable heterogeneous integration.Topics will include advances in 2D and 3D interconnect technologies\, the introduction of novel packaging materials such as glass substrates\, and the growing role of photonic links\, including co-packaged optics enabled by silicon photonics. The talk will conclude with a discussion of power delivery and thermal management as system-level challenges and opportunities that will shape the next generation of high-performance\, energy-efficient systems. \nBio: Tolga Acikalin received his Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Middle East Technical University in Ankara\, Turkey\, and his Master of Science and Ph.D. degrees from Purdue University in West Lafayette\, Indiana. \nHe joined Intel in 2007 as a Research and Development Engineer\, working on assembly and test pathfinding projects within the Technology and Manufacturing Group in Chandler\, Arizona. From 2013 to 2025\, he was a Principal Engineer at Intel Labs in Santa Clara\, California\, where he led and influenced innovative strategies for heterogeneous system integration\, spanning package- to wafer-scale solutions\, with a strong emphasis on next-generation interconnect technologies. Tolga is currently a System and Package Architect at Lumilens\, where he focuses on next-generation photonic interconnect solutions\, ranging from near-packaged optics to co-packaged optics. \nHis technical interests include co-packaged optics and silicon photonics\, optical and sub-THz to THz RF high-speed interconnects and the associated advanced package architectures\, novel advanced packaging solutions such as glass substrates\, and optical computing. Tolga has authored or co-authored more than 15 peer-reviewed journal and conference publications in leading APS\, ASME\, and IEEE venues\, including best paper awards at IEEE RFIC and JSCC. He holds nine issued patents and more than 27 additional patent filings. \nHosted by: Professor Soumya Bose\, ECE Department \nZoom Link: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/97975378707?pwd=ljcgaCfhMmhZ88Vt5dqQUBVQRjehOx.1
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/ece-seminar-advanced-packaging-as-the-engine-of-the-ai-systems-era/
LOCATION:Engineering 2\, Engineering 2 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Seminars
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SUMMARY:Connect To Your Roots: BIPOC Herbalism
DESCRIPTION:The People of Color Sustainability Collective invites you to Connect To Your Roots! \nWe will be sharing and connecting with generational knowledge and empowering BIPOC to take control of their own food systems\, particularly medicinal herbs\, through a variety of educational hands-on activities. We aim for this event to enhance BIPOC visibility on campus\, and cultural awareness and preservation. Light refreshments provided! \n\n\nSalve making\nDIY tea/scent bags\nRecycled plant propagation\nNative plant bundling\n\nJoin us Sunday\, February 1st\, 2026 from 12:00PM to 3:00PM at the Community Herb Garden within UCSC Farm. \n\n\n\nFor accommodations or questions: pocsc@ucsc.edu \nRSVP at bit.ly/BIPOCHerbalism
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/connect-to-your-roots-bipoc-herbalism/
LOCATION:UCSC Farm\, 152 Farm Rd\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Social Gathering,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260131T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260131T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T164604
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SUMMARY:Ecology of Presence: Pathways to the Natural World
DESCRIPTION:Norris Center Art + Science Graduate Fellowship Exhibition \nEcology of Presence: Pathways to the Natural World brings together the work of ten graduate students supported by the Kenneth S. Norris Center for Natural History Art + Science Fellowship\, a program dedicated to creative research connecting art with the natural world. Across media – including sound\, moving image\, music\, performance\, installation\, comics\, social practice\, photography\, and storytelling – the artists in Ecology of Presence emphasize relationality and careful attention to place as essential to building relationships with environs. As accelerating environmental change and technological dependency threaten ways of belonging\, the works in this exhibition maintain a steadfast commitment to interdisciplinary approaches that propose kinship with the natural world. By coming together\, Art + Science Fellows artworks and social practices suggest ways of imagining human life in relation to the more-than-human world.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/ecology-of-presence-pathways-to-the-natural-world/2026-01-31/
LOCATION:Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery\, 11 Cowell Service Rd\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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SUMMARY:Creating a LinkedIn Profile
DESCRIPTION:Join us to learn why having a LinkedIn profile is beneficial to advance your career and gain tips on how to create or update your LinkedIn profile. This session is for students who are new to LinkedIn or have not updated their profile in a while. The session will have a presentation and time for Q&A. \nWe will provide captions for the presentation. If you have disability-related needs\, please contact the Career Success office at csuccess@ucsc.edu or (831) 459-4420 as soon as possible. \nYOU BELONG HERE\nPrograms and services 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 for UC Publications.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/creating-a-linkedin-profile/
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CATEGORIES:Workshop
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SUMMARY:Ecology of Presence: Pathways to the Natural World
DESCRIPTION:Norris Center Art + Science Graduate Fellowship Exhibition \nEcology of Presence: Pathways to the Natural World brings together the work of ten graduate students supported by the Kenneth S. Norris Center for Natural History Art + Science Fellowship\, a program dedicated to creative research connecting art with the natural world. Across media – including sound\, moving image\, music\, performance\, installation\, comics\, social practice\, photography\, and storytelling – the artists in Ecology of Presence emphasize relationality and careful attention to place as essential to building relationships with environs. As accelerating environmental change and technological dependency threaten ways of belonging\, the works in this exhibition maintain a steadfast commitment to interdisciplinary approaches that propose kinship with the natural world. By coming together\, Art + Science Fellows artworks and social practices suggest ways of imagining human life in relation to the more-than-human world.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/ecology-of-presence-pathways-to-the-natural-world/2026-01-30/
LOCATION:Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery\, 11 Cowell Service Rd\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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SUMMARY:AI Workshop Series: AI in the Semiconductor Industry
DESCRIPTION:Explore how artificial intelligence is transforming the semiconductor industry—from design to manufacturing. \nIn this AI workshop\, students will examine how AI is being applied to chip design\, Electronic Design Automation (EDA)\, and production workflows\, with a focus on real-world use cases and emerging industry trends. Through expert insights and practical examples\, this session highlights how generative AI and advanced analytics are improving efficiency\, yield\, and innovation across the semiconductor lifecycle. \n\nApply AI tools to modern semiconductor design and manufacturing\nIdentify high-impact generative AI use cases in chip development\nUnderstand how AI is reshaping Electronic Design Automation (EDA)\nLeverage AI for yield improvement\, defect detection\, and process optimization\nStay informed on key trends shaping the future of AI in semiconductors\n\nFormat:\nThis is a hybrid course\, offered both in person and via Zoom. Participants are expected to attend and actively engage during the scheduled class time. Remote attendees are encouraged to keep cameras on to support an interactive learning experience. In-person participants should bring a laptop to each class session. \nThis course is part of the Winter 2026 AI Workshop series. \nEnroll in this workshop.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/ai-workshop-series-ai-in-the-semiconductor-industry/
LOCATION:Silicon Valley Campus\, 3175 Bowers Avenue\, Santa Clara\, CA\, 95054\, United States
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