The Power of One: A Celebration of Earth Day at UC Santa Cruz
In honor of Earth Day, The Power of One brings together the campus and the community for a unique blend of film, dialogue, and environmental stewardship. The program begins Friday […]
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Merrill Cultural Center 200 McLaughlin Dr, Santa Cruz, CA
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Night of Ideas 2026
Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Ave, Santa Cruz, United StatesEnlightenment, Now! Join us for a nocturnal celebration of art, philosophy, and activism! Enlightenment, Now! As the United States approaches the 250th anniversary of its independence, the 2026 Santa Cruz Night of Ideas invites us not to celebrate the Enlightenment, but to interrogate it. Long associated with democracy, progress, and universal reason, the Enlightenment’s legacy […]
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4th Annual Mother Earth Drag Extravaganza
FeaturedSeymour Marine Discovery Center 100 McAllister Way, Santa Cruz, CAGet ready to slay and celebrate nature’s fierce beauty at the Mother Earth Drag Extravaganza! A student drag show and queer prom! You won’t want to miss the 4th Annual Mother Earth Drag Extravaganza. ABOUT Mother Earth is inherently queer. Come celebrate nature with performances from student drag artists, tabling from queer groups as well […]
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Raíces Y Futuros: Food Justice and Abolition
Hay Barn 94 Ranch View Road, Santa Cruz, CA, United States +1 moreJoin us at the UCSC Farm for an all-day conference on Food Justice and Abolition. We envision this conference as a grounds for cultivating hope and action towards food justice […]
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Noir Faire
Oakes Lower Lawn Oakes College, Santa Cruz, CAThe African American Resource & Cultural Center (AARCC) invites you to the Noir Faire. Come join us for an afternoon of fun and connection in a medieval style! Saturday, April […]
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Native Star Stories Night
FeaturedLick Observatory 7281 Mount Hamilton Road, Mount Hamilton, CANative Star Stories with free private tour for students and their families at Lick Observatory in San Jose.
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Native Star Stories Night
FeaturedLick Observatory 7281 Mount Hamilton Road, Mount Hamilton, CANative Star Stories with free private tour for students and their families at Lick Observatory in San Jose.
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DRAIN – Quarry Amphitheater (April 18th)
FeaturedUpper Quarry Amphitheater 15 McLaughlin Drive, Santa Cruz, CATickets are on sale at quarryamphitheater.com, starting at $55.96 for general admission DRAIN came together in the sleepy, oceanside NorCal climes of Santa Cruz in 2014 when Ciaramitaro met up with guitarist Cody Chavez and drummer Tim Flegal while attending college. “We had no idea or gameplan of what we were trying to do,” says […]
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OLLI at UCSC Sunday Speaker Meeting
Colleges Nine and John R. Lewis College Multi-purpose Room 615 College Nine Road, Santa Cruz, CAJoin OLLI for a social hour and a presentation titled, Are We Alone? Thirty Years of Exoplanet Discovery
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Building Soil with Microbes: Compost as Biological Infrastructure
Keisha Ernst from the Catalyst Bio-Amendments and Compost Academy In Person Location: ISB 221 Zoom Link In this talk, Keisha will explore how biologically focused compost production differs from conventional composting systems designed primarily for waste diversion. She will discuss how microbial communities influence soil structure, nutrient cycling, plant resilience, and water dynamics—and how managing […]
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Waste and Cataclysm, Waste as Catalyst: The Politics of Disposability in New Orleans
Christopher Lang from the UCSC Environmental Studies Department In Person Location: ISB 221 Zoom Link Lang explores the politics of disposability in New Orleans, Louisiana, revealing how pollution intersects with Black community health, waste workers’ lives and livelihoods, and the city’s overall resilience in the face of increasing flood risk. Using a combination of methods […]
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AM Seminar: Variational Inference and Density Estimation with Non-Negative Tensor Train
Presenter: Dr. Xun Tang, Stanford University Description: This talk covers an efficient numerical approach for compressing a high-dimensional discrete distribution function into a non-negative tensor train (NTT) format. The two settings we consider are variational inference and density estimation, whereby one has access to either the unnormalized analytic formula of the distribution or the samples […]
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Statistics Seminar: Hierarchical Clustering with Confidence
Presenter: Snigdha Panigrahi, Associate Professor, Department of Statistics, University of Michigan Description:Agglomerative hierarchical clustering is one of the most widely used approaches for exploring how observations in a dataset relate […]
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Aziz Abu Sarah & Maoz Inon – The Future is Peace
Two lifelong peace activists and guides to Israel/Palestine, both of whom have lost family in the conflict, take readers on a revealing life-changing journey across this holy, bloodstained land and […]
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The Tallest Dwarf—film screening and talk with Julie Wyman
Communications Building 7487 Red Hill Road, Santa Cruz, CAUC Santa Cruz affiliates are invited to a screening and discussion with filmmaker Julie Forrest Wyman. The Tallest Dwarf charts the filmmaker’s quest to find her place within the little people (LP) community at a moment when dwarf identity is poised to radically change. Wyman’s work engages issues of embodiment, body image, and the possibilities […]
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Field Trip to ALBA
MJ Organic Farms 1700 Old Stage Rd, Salinas, CaliforniaJoin us for an opportunity to visit the Agriculture and Land-Based Training Association (ALBA) in Salinas! ALBA is a non-profit whose mission is to create economic opportunity for aspiring organic farmers and ag professionals — many of whom are local field workers and first-generation college students — through land-based education in the heart of the Salinas Valley. […]
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BE Climate & Cookies Student Pop-Up!
Jack Baskin Engineering Baskin Engineering 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CACome get excited about Baskin Engineering Climate Week at our student pop-up! 🌎 Climate Week is a chance to explore how Baskin Engineering is addressing climate challenges through innovative research, teaching, and hands-on projects. Discover the events happening throughout the week and find ways to get involved! Swing by for FREE BE swag, coffee, cookies, […]
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Campus to Career: Job Talk with Communications Manager David Coy
Virtual EventAre you curious about the communications field, but not quite sure what it entails? Join our job talk with UCSC alumnus David Coy, a mission-driven communications professional. David will tell us about his journey into communications work and how he discovered his passion for helping impactful organizations craft compelling content. If you’re interested in careers in communications, development, marketing, or social impact, this event is for you!
All students are welcome. The interview will last approximately 30 minutes, followed by a 15-minute Q&A.
We will provide captions for the presentation. If you have disability-related needs, please contact the Career Success office at mpelrine@ucsc.edu as soon as possible.
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Economics Field Study Info Session
Virtual EventThe Economics field study program offers eligible economics majors an opportunity to earn academic credit while gaining valuable on-the-job experience with a local business or non-profit, or an on-campus administrative office. These internship opportunities allow students to experience how what they’ve learned in the classroom can be applied in real-life situations. The information sessions will explain eligibility requirements and what is needed to obtain an internship and enroll in the field study program.
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A Sacred Place: Film Screening and Conversation with Dr. Dolly Kikon
Please join us for the American premiere of A Sacred Place (2026), by Professor Dolly Kikon (Anthropology). The film tells the story of stones, spirits, and salt springs in Makhel. […]
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