Quality First Coding Contest
This is a programming contest, but with a twist! Instead of scoring you based on your speed and solution accuracy, we score you based on your programming quality and solution […]
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Engineering 2 Engineering 2 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA
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CM Seminar: Edward Wang, “Inventing a New Blood Pressure Monitor”
Silicon Valley Campus 3175 Bowers Avenue, Santa Clara, CA, United StatesPresented by: Edward Wang Description: “What does it actually look like to invent something? In this talk, I trace the decade-long journey of turning a smartphone into a blood pressure monitor, from Seismo, which used smartphone accelerometers to measure pulse transit time, to BPClip, a dollar clip that brought calibration-free oscillometry to the fingertip, to VibroBP, which […]
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This has a name: Witchcraft, suspicion, and circumlocution in Central Angola
Please join us for “This has a name: Witchcraft, suspicion, and circumlocution in Central Angola,” an Anthropology Colloquium with Iracema Dulley (Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon), on April 27th at 3:30.
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Statistics Seminar: Active Learning for Fair and Stable Allocations
Jack Baskin Engineering Baskin Engineering 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CAPresenter: Riddhiman Bhattacharya, Postdoc, UCSC Description: We propose an active learning approach for dynamic fair resource allocation problems. In contrast to prior work that assumes full feedback from all agents on their allocations, we focus on scenarios where feedback is available only from a carefully select subset of agents at each epoch of the online […]
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AM Seminar: Machine Learning in Molecular Simulations: From Free Energy to Vibrational Spectroscopy
Jack Baskin Engineering Baskin Engineering 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CAPresenter: Marcos Calegari Andrade, Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry, UC Santa Cruz Description: In this talk, I will demonstrate how neural networks can represent the high-dimensional potential energy surfaces of many-body systems. By achieving the accuracy of first-principles quantum calculations at a fraction of the computational cost, these models enable atomistic simulations of condensed matter […]
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LinkedIn 101: Create A Great Profile That Gets Noticed!
Hahn Student Services Hahn Student Services, Santa Cruz, CA“Do I really need a LinkedIn profile to get hired?” The answer is YES! Employers and recruiters absolutely use LinkedIn to look for and research candidates. Come to this fast-paced and practical workshop to learn more about the basics of creating a LinkedIn profile that gets noticed and just might help you land your dream job!
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Taming Two Scorpions: Climate Science Tipping Points Meet Finance Tail Risks
Center for Adaptive Optics 7487 Red Hill Road, Santa Cruz, CAWhen two quite different disciplines make eerily similar predictions about the future of the planet and human societies, they deserve notice. Climate scientists warn that we may be heading toward […]
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Landesman Lecture
Music Center Recital Hall 400 McHenry Road, Santa Cruz, CAHybrid EventThis evening blends science, poetry, and storytelling to explore our deepest origins and shared humanity. Tracing the cosmic formation of the elements that make our bodies, we reflect on an ancestry older than nations, borders, and labels. Through verse and story, we connect stellar history with lived experience, inviting us to see how our many identities arise from the same ancestral matter. Together, we explore how storytelling can soften divisions, cross boundaries, and remind us that we are forged from one common origin.
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Karen Tei Yamashita – Questions 27 & 28
Bookshop Santa CruzBookshop Santa Cruz welcomes acclaimed author Karen Tei Yamashita (I Hotel) to celebrate the launch of her new novel Questions 27 & 28—a masterful polyvocal history of Japanese Americans before, during, […]
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FINS: Fisheries Insights Narratives and Stories seminar series featuring Dr. Steve Lindley
Ocean Health Building McAllister Way, Santa Cruz, CAPlease join us for the third talk in the FINS: Fisheries Insights Narratives and Stories seminar series featuring Dr. Steve Lindley giving his talk, “Science in support of salmon conservation in California”.
Steve Lindley worked at NOAA Fisheries’ Southwest Fisheries Science Center for 29 years, retiring in 2025 as director of the Santa Cruz Laboratory and Fisheries Ecology Division, where he led the SWFSC’s salmon and groundfish research programs. A graduate of Duke University and UC Santa Barbara, Steve has broad interests in aquatic ecology, and is currently a member of the Delta Stewardship Council’s Delta Independent Science Board, the Northwest Power and Conservation Council’s Independent Scientific Advisory Board and Independent Scientific Review Group, and researcher at UC Santa Cruz
Preceding the talk please join us for a networking coffee hour (snacks provided) and a student-only lunch after the talk.
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CSE Colloquium – Towards Safe and Resilient Large-scale Distributed Programming
Engineering 2 Engineering 2 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CAPresenter: Philipp Haller, KTH Royal Institute of Technology Abstract: Distributed programming is notoriously difficult. Not only are distributed systems concurrent, they pose additional challenges including data consistency and fault tolerance. At the same time, the share of software systems that are necessarily distributed systems is growing rapidly. As a result, too many software developers are […]
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A Mouthful of Archaeology: Oral Health Disparities During the Early Bronze Age in Anatolia
Social Sciences 1 Social Sciences 1, Santa Cruz, CAPlease join us on April 29th at noon for an Archaeology/Biological Anthropology lunch talk, “A Mouthful of Archaeology: Oral Health Disparities During the Early Bronze Age in Anatolia,” with Dr. Emily Smith.
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Office of Research Faculty Town Hall
Virtual EventPlease join us for an Office of Research Faculty Town Hall with VCR John MacMillan. The Town Hall will be held via zoom on Wednesday, April 29th from 12-1pm. In […]
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Career Success Drop-Ins at the Ethnic Resource Centers – Week 5
Crown Provost House 660 Crown Service Road, Santa Cruz, CAGroup Appointment Drop-in at the Ethnic Resource Centers 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! If you need accommodations please email bridgekk@ucsc.edu YOU BELONG HERE Programs and services are open to all, […]
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Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed
Merrill Cultural Center 200 McLaughlin Dr, Santa Cruz, CAPlease join us as Quinn Slobodian & Ben Tarnoff discuss their new book, Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed (April, 2026). A Financial Times Most Anticipated Nonfiction Book of the Year • […]
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Denim Day Open Mic & Survivor Share-Out
Namaste Lounge 615 College Nine Road, Santa Cruz, CAJoin CARE in closing out Sexual Assault Awareness Month 2026, during Denim Day, for a space where we’ll connect as a community, hand out copies of the new volume of […]
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Stamp it Out: Pasifika Patterns
Terry Freitas Commons 600 McLaughlin Dr. College Nine, Santa Cruz, CAJoin AA/PIRC and Mauna Kea Protectors on Wednesday, April 29th from 6-8pm at Terry Freitas Commons to learn about the cultural significance of different Pasifika patterns and how to respectfully use the designs, […]
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TLC Convocation 2026
Colleges Nine and John R. Lewis College Multi-purpose Room 615 College Nine Road, Santa Cruz, CAHybrid EventThe Opposite of Cheating: Rethinking Instruction in the Age of AI David Rettinger, Applied Professor and Undergraduate Program Director at the University of Tulsa Higher education stands at a crossroads. […]
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Portfolio Workshop for Arts Division Students – all majors
Virtual EventEmployment opportunities in various portions of the Art industry often require a portfolio as part of an application. If you’re unsure how to create a portfolio for an employment application, […]
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Blue Zones: Secrets to Health and Longevity Workshop
Register for the Zoom link. What do some of the world’s longest-living communities have in common? In regions known as Blue Zones, people routinely live longer, healthier lives. Known as […]