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Academic Senate Forum: Systemwide UCAD Work Group Interim Report

Virtual Event

Zoom Forum
We invite all faculty to provide comments and questions regarding the Academic Senate Task Force on UC Adaptation to Disruptions (UCAD) Charge, and UCAD Interim Report (July, 2025).
UCAD’s purpose was to develop response strategies that aim to uphold the teaching and education, research and discovery, and public service mission areas of the University of California in the context of disruptive federal executive orders, uncertain federal and state partnerships, and evolving shifts in the higher education landscape. The report makes interim recommendations related to four key categories:
Research Funding Assistance
Academic Personnel Evaluations During Disruptions
Program Resizing and Restructuring
Need for Flexibility in Course Offerings and Modalities

Creative Interventions: “Asymptote” with Nora Khan

Nora Khan explores our personal relationships with computational systems through moments spanning from childhood gaming experiences to contemporary AI. The central metaphor of the “asymptote”—a curve endlessly approaching but never reaching a line—describes both humanity’s pursuit of technological mastery, and the incomputable aspects of experience that resist capture by algorithms and surveillance. Through encounters with […]

FREE and open to UCSC affiliates

Pokémon Makers Market

Porter College Quad

Catch the Pokémon Makers’ Market at Porter Quad! Shop student vendors, enjoy performances, join a cosplay contest, trade Pokémon cards, and compete in tournaments. Celebrate creativity and community with food, activities, and prizes. Presented by: UCSC Women’s Center, Cantu Queer Center, and Jack Baskin Engineering You Belong Here: The programs and services described here are […]

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Humanities Grad School 101

Hybrid Event

Are you an undergraduate student curious about graduate school in the humanities? Join this session to learn how to decide whether grad school is right for you and what you can do to prepare.

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Queer Emergent: Scandalous Stories from Twilight of AIDS in Peru: Book Celebration and Conversation with Professor Justin Perez

Charles E. Merrill Lounge Rutherford House, Santa Cruz, CA

Join us as Huerta Center Faculty Awardee Professor Justin Perez (Latin America and Latino Studies Department) presents his new book, Queer Emergent: Scandalous Stories from Twilight of AIDS in Peru. In Queer Emergent, Justin Perez explores how advances in HIV prevention work alongside broader economic and political shifts in global health to shape queer subjectivities.

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ABC Movie Night

Porter/Kresge Dining Hall 411 Porter-Kresge Rd, Santa Cruz, CA

Spend your Wednesday night at ABC Movie Night enjoying the film Sinners by Black filmmaker Ryan Coogler Wednesday, October 29 at 8:30 p.m. Porter/Kresge Dining Hall Free popcorn, refreshments, and prizes from Black-owned businesses! Come hang out, celebrate Black filmmaking, creativity, and enjoy spooky season with us. For accommodations email netaylor@ucsc.edu _________________________________________________________________________________________________ You Belong Here: […]

2025 USPA Postdoc Symposium

2025 USPA Postdoc Symposium

The UC Santa Cruz Postdocs Association (USPA) is excited to announce the 8th Annual UCSC Postdoc Symposium, happening Thursday, October 30, 2025, at the Cultural Center at Merrill College. (See attached flyer for details) We invite department chairs, administrative staff, and faculty to please help us spread the word – share widely within your groups […]

Free
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Bridging Practices: Deepening Collaboration in Community-engaged Research and IRB Process

Namaste Lounge 615 College Nine Road, Santa Cruz, CA

Building on last April’s Bridging Perspectives: Navigating Community-Engaged Research and IRB Requirements, this Building Practices colloquium event continues the conversation between researchers, administrators, and the IRB with a focus on answering the pressing questions raised by our community. Together, we will explore: Involving undergraduates in community-engaged research Navigating IRB requirements in ways that respect cultural, social, […]

Magy Seif El-Nasr and Minghui Hu

When Human-Centered AI Encountered Digital Humanities: A Dialogue between Magy Seif El-Nasr and Minghui Hu

What happens when the ethical and interpretive frameworks of the humanities meet the algorithmic and interactive architectures of artificial intelligence? This dialogue brings together two leading voices from distinct yet converging fields: Magy Seif El-Nasr, a pioneer in human-centered AI, game analytics, and interactive narrative design, and Minghui Hu, a historian and digital humanist, explores the cultural, […]

An Evening with Alice Waters

Rio Theater 1205 Soquel Avenue, Santa Cruz, United States

Bookshop Santa Cruz and The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz are delighted to welcome award-winning chef and food activist Alice Waters for a discussion about A School Lunch Revolution, “A blueprint for the ways in which we should feed our kids organic foods, both at home and at school.” (Epicurious) In this wonderful, multigenerational […]

Fright Night 2025

Oakes Learning Center

Head to the Oakes Learning Center for games, costume contests, and the chilling Fright Walk—plus meet campus resource centers along the way! You 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, […]

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Celebrate Halloween at the University Center Bistro!

University Center Bistro

Join us for a special themed menu, served 11:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. Reservations are recommended but not required — save your spot at dining.ucsc.edu/ucen-bistro. You 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 […]

Welcome to the City: San Francisco

Candlestick Point SRA 500 Hunters Point Expy, San Francisco, United States

Join us for an Alumni Volunteer Day at Candlestick Point SRA with the California State Parks Foundation.

Fiesta on the Hill

Merrill Cultural Center 200 McLaughlin Dr, Santa Cruz, CA

Join Merrill and Crown Programs Offices for an evening of food, fun, and community. Enjoy tamales, Mexican corn, music, and piñata fun while connecting with fellow Slugs. This festive event also features “Slugs Go Slow,” an initiative focused on making safe choices and building meaningful connections. Come for the food and celebration—stay for the community […]

Día de los Muertos Ceremonia

Día de los Muertos Ceremonia

When: Sunday, November 2, 2025 Where: Quarry Amphitheater, UC Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, CA 95064 Time: 5:30-7:30pm, doors open at 4:00pm El Centro and the Quarry Amphitheater present Día de los Muertos Ceremonia. A space to collectively honor and celebrate the lives of our loved ones. Join us for a night of danza, prayer, […]

FREE

ECE 290 Seminar: Reinforcement Learning for Large-Scale Games

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

Presenter: Dr. Joao Hesphanha, Distinguished Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara Description: This talk addresses the use of reinforcement learning in two-player zero-sum Markov games with finite but large state spaces, for which the goal is to find minimax policies with “modest”’ computation. We use the qualifier “modest” to mean that we seek to certify […]

Info Session: Global Seminar Latin American Spain

Location: Zoom Date: Nov 03, 2025 12:00 pm PST to Nov 03, 2025 01:00 pm PST Event Description: Learn more at our upcoming Information Session: Monday, November 3rd, 2025 at 12:00-1:00 pm via Zoom. Zoom link is listed here. Earn 6 units on a summer program on the UCSC Global Seminar: Latin American Spain in Madrid this summer. This program is […]

CM Seminar – “Building SimCity: How to Put the World in a Machine”

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

  Presented by: Chaim Gingold   Description: As play is intrinsic to humanity, it should come as no surprise that the history of computing is veined with playful simulations and games of all kinds. From the Balinese cockfight to Los Alamos’s Monte Carlo simulations, play and games, in all their kaleidoscopic glory, reflect the diverse […]

Last modified: Oct 20, 2025