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  • Professor Yu Zhang

    Statistics Seminar: Learning under Constraints and Extremes: Methods and Applications in Energy Systems

    Jack Baskin Engineering Baskin Engineering 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA

    Presenter: Yu Zhang, Associate Professor, ECE Department of UC, Santa Cruz Description: Modern cyber-physical systems present statistical learning problems that deviate significantly from standard i.i.d. supervised settings. In particular, two challenges frequently arise: (i) learning under hard structural constraints, and (ii) learning under severe distributional imbalance and rare events. In this talk, I present two […]

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    What Could UCSC Be By 2050?

    Cultural Center – Merrill College 641 Merrill Rd, Santa Cruz, United States

    What Could UCSC Be By 2050? Civic Imagination Project Monday, May 11, 2026 5:30 – 8:00 PM Cultural Center at Merrill, UC Santa Cruz Register for the Event | Learn […]

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    Reyna Grande – Migrant Heart

    Bookshop Santa Cruz

    Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes award-winning author Reyna Grande (The Distance Between Us) back to the store to celebrate the release of her newest book Migrant Heart: Essays About Things I Can’t Forget—an ambitious memoir in essays that illuminates the hidden cost of the American Dream and the complex journey of healing that follows survival. Grande will […]

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    Chen, Q. (CSE) – New Approximation and Online Algorithms using Novel Combinatorial Structures

    Engineering 2 Engineering 2 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA
    Hybrid Event

    Most optimization problems face the challenge of computing an optimum solution requiring superpolynomial time. In particular, they are classified as NP-hard problems that have no polynomial-time algorithm to date. Instead, computer scientists turn to find an approximate solution and create numerous elegant algorithms. However, in the modern era, computational environments have changed drastically, and we […]

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    Yoga for Mind and Body Wellness

    Health Center (Student Health Center) 525 McLaughlin Drive, Santa Cruz, CA

    Join us for a trauma-informed yoga practice where you can enjoy slow movements met with guided meditation. The choices you make with your body are honored in this space, beginners are welcome! Hosted by Anna James, CARE Advocate and Trauma Informed Yoga Teacher.  Yoga  will take place at the Cowell Student Health Center Mural Room. […]

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    First-Gen Wellbeing Workshop

    Porter I-Lounge

    Join SHOP in collaboration with Porter College to be in community with other first-gen students and learn how you can thrive at UCSC. Dinner and raffle prizes!  This event is supported by Student Health Services for Mental Health Awareness Month. You are invited to engage in a variety of campus-wide activities focused on mental health […]

  • FINS: Fisheries Insights Narratives and Stories seminar series featuring Melissa Mahoney

    Ocean Health Building McAllister Way, Santa Cruz, CA

    Please join us for the fourth talk in the FINS: Fisheries Insights Narratives and Stories seminar series featuring Melissa Mahoney giving her talk, “The Future of Blue: Co-Creating a Thriving Seafood Economy in Monterey Bay”.

    Melissa Mahoney brings over two decades of experience at the intersection of sustainable seafood, fisheries policy, and marine innovation along the U.S. West Coast. Since August 2022, Melissa has served as Executive Director of the Monterey Bay Fisheries Trust, where she leads initiatives to stabilize local fishing operations, expand community seafood access, and revitalize Monterey Bay’s working waterfront.

    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 – The EU’s Cybersecurity Framework: what it is, what it means

    Engineering 2 Engineering 2 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA

    Presenter: Chris Jay Hoofnagle, Frederik Zuiderveen Borgesius, Lothar Determann, Pieter T.J. Wolters Abstract: The European Union has enacted a comprehensive cybersecurity framework (the “Framework”) that imposes far-reaching obligations on developers of standalone software and connected products. This Article describes the European legislative approach before turning to a description of the Framework. Anchored by the Cyber […]

    Free

  • Research Lunch & Learn: Cost Sharing

    Virtual Event

    Join us on May 13, 2026, 12-1 p.m. for a session led by Deirdre Beach (Executive Director, Sponsored Programs) and Lindsey Demeritt (Executive Director, Research Financial Services), as they discuss […]

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    Ehrlich, D. (CM) – Designing Open Microscopy Tools for Neuroscience Research

    Virtual Event

    Advances in microscopy have transformed our understanding of biological systems, yet the high cost and limited accessibility of commercial imaging platforms continue to re- strict their use in many research settings. This thesis presents the design and development of open hardware microscopy tools for neuroscience research, with a focus on integrating user- centered design principles […]

  • Santa Cruz Launchpad

    Santa Cruz Launchpad Student Startup Competition & Job Fair

    the Grove 400 Beach Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

    The 10th annual Santa Cruz Launchpad event combines a student startup competition with a community career fair, all under one roof! This year’s event takes place at the The Grove at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk (400 Beach St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060) on Wednesday, May 13, 2026. The first half of the day spotlights […]

  • Thriving in Transition: A Mental Fitness Toolkit for What’s Next

    Life After Graduation Series Hosted by UC Davis, open to recent alumni and rising seniors of all UC campuses. The Cal Aggie Alumni Association is kicking off its Life After Graduation Series with an engaging virtual session, “Thriving in Transition,” on Wednesday, May 13 at 1 p.m. (Pacific Time). The transition from college to post-graduate life can bring […]

    Free
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    Career Success Drop-Ins at the Cantú – Week 7

    Cantu Queer Center Crown Lane, Santa Cruz, CA

    Drop-in at the Cantú 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 […]

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    Community Connections Annual Spring Scholarship Presentation

    Arboretum 122 Arboretum Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    Join Community Connections as we present scholarships to local first-year and re-entry students. This event is an opportunity to meet, congratulate, and celebrate with these outstanding students.

    $25.00
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    Building Belonging Program Student Showcase 2026

    Seymour Marine Discovery Center 100 McAllister Way, Santa Cruz, CA

    Join us for the Institute for Social Transformation’s annual student showcase, celebrating the incredible work of our Building Belonging Fellows! This special event highlights the achievements of undergraduate research fellows. Each student will give a 2-minute lightning talk about a research project they worked on with a Social Sciences faculty mentor. The event will be […]

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    Chat with the Chair: Conversations on AI

    Silicon Valley Campus 3175 Bowers Avenue, Santa Clara, CA, United States

    Curious about the newest developments in artificial intelligence? Join us for Chat with the AI Chair, a monthly drop-in conversation designed for professionals who want to stay ahead of emerging […]

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    What is Mythos? Conversations on AI

    Silicon Valley Campus 3175 Bowers Avenue, Santa Clara, CA, United States

    What do we know about Mythos? Anthropic’s Claude Mythos, a next-generation, general-purpose AI model with 10 trillion parameters, is the most powerful AI developed to date. It is highly capable of […]

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    QB3/QBI Pre-Hackathon Mixer

    Rachel Carson College 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA

    Join us for an exciting pre-hackathon mixer at University of California, Santa Cruz! Get ready to mingle, form teams, and start brainstorming ideas for your projects before the QBI Hackathon […]

  • Dr. Peter Hotez

    2026 Robert L. Sinsheimer Distinguished Lecture in Biology: Global Vaccines and Immunizations in a Time of Climate Change, Mega Cities, and Anti-science

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

    Join us for an evening with Dr. Peter Hotez, a world-renowned vaccine scientist, pediatrician, and Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine. A graduate of Yale, Cornell, and Rockefeller University, Dr. Hotez has dedicated his career to global health, co-developing low-cost COVID-19 vaccines administered to over 100 million people […]

  • Flow and Friction: Media Practices Across Global Asias

    Cowell Conference Room 257 Cowell-Stevenson Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    Though flow and friction have their enmeshed problematic of combined colonial and imperial mechanisms, we also believe that they can be useful concepts to think through the transnational and deimperial techniques that Global Asias can offer. Global Asias offer an expansive model to consider the imaginary or symbolic Asia as a series of diasporic interpolations […]

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