Advance your career in medical device design and quality. As healthcare technology evolves, professionals who understand global regulatory standards, risk management, and quality systems are in high demand. Learn how to design, document, and validate medical devices, digital health solutions, and AI/ML-based devices while ensuring compliance with FDA, ISO, and EU MDR requirements. Speaker Join Kiran […]
Design digital experiences people love to use. In today’s rapidly evolving tech landscape, organizations need professionals who can combine empathy, usability, and aesthetics to create interfaces that engage and delight users. Learn how UX and web design specialists use research‑driven methods, prototyping tools, and inclusive design principles to build seamless digital experiences across platforms. Your […]
Cardiff Open House is an opportunity for campus partners and the greater community to visit the American Indian Resource Center's new shared location with the Women's Center at the Cardiff House near the base of campus. Stay connected with our centers and the resources we offer by visiting with us & touring our space.
Join us on January 14, 2026, 12-1 p.m., for an overview of evolving research security expectations and how they affect proposal development, award management, and ongoing project compliance. Led by Jeffrey Weekley, Director of Research IT, Nutan Mellegers, OSP Associate Director, and Csilla Csaplár, AVC Research, this virtual session will discuss the Research Security Training […]
Cardiff House Winter Welcome Open House is an opportunity for new and returning students, and campus partners, including staff, and faculty to visit the American Indian Resource Center and the Women’s Center at the Cardiff House near the base of campus. Stay connected with our centers and the resources we offer by visiting with us […]
Start a meaningful career shaping young minds. With early learning programs in growing demand, educators who understand child development, curriculum design, and classroom dynamics are essential. The UCSC Silicon Valley Extension Early Childhood Education: Associate Teacher certificate builds foundational expertise in teaching infants through preschool‑age children, developing age‑appropriate curriculum, and collaborating with families and communities. […]
Join us January 14 from 7 – 8 PM for our Virtual Information Session. Learn more about our program, based at the UCSC Silicon Valley Campus, where you can earn […]
The Office of Risk Services has partnered with OHSU’s Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Services to provide mental health support training to UCSC supervisors and managers. This evidence based program teaches leaders: To identify employee mental health struggles Appropriate ways to respond to employee warning signs Practical strategies to reduce employee stress Employees whose managers […]
Interviews are no longer just about resumes. In this section with PK Agarwal, dean of UCSC Silicon Valley Extension, we will dive into behavioral questions, storytelling techniques, virtual interview etiquette, and ways to stand out with authenticity and confidence. Learn to craft memorable responses to behavioral interview questions using proven storytelling frameworks. Understand what sets […]
Do you need a job? Learn how to find jobs on campus and how Career Success can help you through the process! All students are welcome. The presentation will last 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 […]
This workshop will focus on fruit tree care and management, especially for those who are looking to establish and/or care for their fruit trees using organic methods. Although we will be demonstrating on a home garden scale, the techniques and methods are applicable at multiple scales—the basics are the same. This hands-on workshop will cover: […]
Join us for a screening of How Long is Long Enough: The Excessive Sentencing of Quntos & Layla, a short documentary created by Natalie Decena, Sarina Bozorgnia, Veler Brown, and Aiden Olivier from UC Santa Cruz with support from Michael Ademaro from Georgetown Law School as part of the Making an Exoneree initiative. Quntos Wilson and […]
Learn more at our upcoming Information Session: Tuesday, January 20th, 2026 at 12:00-1:00 pm via Zoom. Register Here Earn 10 units on a summer program on the Global Seminar Eco-Entrepreneurship in the Netherlands in Amsterdam this summer. This program is taught by Nada Miljkovic, Entrepreneurship Instructor and Program Manager for UCSC’s Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurial Development. Quick […]
Learn more at our upcoming Information Session: Tuesday, January 20, at 2:00-3:00 p.m. via Zoom. Register Here Earn 6 units on a summer program on the Global Seminar Agroecology Practicum in Guatemala this […]
JOIN US as we celebrate two distinguished members of our UCSC community and their new books. We’ll be discussing Danilyn Rutherford’s Beautiful Mystery: Living in a Wordless World (Duke University […]
Transform your workplace with practical AI skills. In an era of rapid digital change, non‑technical professionals need to know how to deploy AI tools and strategies efficiently—without needing to code. This specialization shows how you can streamline tasks like document and presentation creation, reporting, and project coordination using generative AI, intelligent agents, and automation. Speaker […]
Presenter: Loris D’Antoni, UC San Diego Abstract: Language models excel at producing fluent text, but in domains like code and math, fluency isn’t enough — outputs must obey strict syntactic and semantic rules. A new wave of research is rethinking decoding itself: not as a process of sampling words, but as a negotiation between probability, structure, and […]
How can flying robots help us track the air we breathe and the pollutants we can’t see? In this talk, Assistant Professor Javier González-Rocha will share how his team uses […]
The Santa Cruz County Office of Education coordinates the Elementary (grades 4-6) and Junior High (grades 7-9) County Spelling Bee Competition.
Inspired by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Bruce Lee, and the Hong Kong protestors, join artist A. Laurie Palmer and in collaboration with Cid Pearlman and Ilia Dolgov to practice moving together as a body of water, walking west from the IAS along Delaware Avenue to the ocean. On the way we will imagine and explore how […]