Trans & Queer Fall Mixer

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

The Trans & Queer Fall Mixer is UCSC’s annual welcome event for new and returning students. Join us to learn more about the Lionel Cantú Queer Resource Center and to […]

OLLI at UCSC Sunday Speaker Series

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

Julie James, Founder Jewel Theatre, presents “Jewel Theater Company: Behind the Curtain” Hosted by OLLI at UCSC (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute). Public invited to join OLLI for a social hour and presentation. […]

ECE 290 Seminar: Biohybrid Electronics Using Extracellular Electron Transfer

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

Presenter: Ben Keitz, Associate Professor, University of Texas at Austin Description: Qualities exhibited by living systems, including self-regulation, self-healing, morphology control, and environmental responsiveness, are highly attractive for sensing and […]

CM Seminar – “Forty-Four Esolangs: The Art of Esoteric Code”

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

Presented by: Daniel Temkin Description: Software art is widely accepted, but can programming languages themselves be art? The new book Forty-Four Esolangs makes this argument, collecting work by a single […]

AM Seminar: Sampling-Based Adaptive Rank Integrators for Multi-scale Kinetic Models.

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

Presenter: Professor Jingmei Qiu, University of Delaware   Description: In this talk, we introduce a sampling-based semi-Lagrangian adaptive rank (SLAR) method, which leverages a cross approximation strategy—also known as CUR or pseudo-skeleton […]

Screening: Cracking the Code

Landmark’s Del Mar Theatre

Please join us for a public screening of “Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution” at the Landmark Theater on Monday, October 20.

CITRIS Aviation Prize Information Session

Join us for this virtual info session on the 2025–26 CITRIS Aviation Prize, an exciting multi-campus student competition inviting teams to design innovative solutions for the future of air mobility across […]

Joshua McFadden, Six Seasons of Pasta

Hay Barn 94 Ranch View Road, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes James Beard Award-winning author Joshua McFadden for a discussion and signing of his highly anticipated new cookbook Six Seasons of Pasta. In his follow-up to Six Seasons: A […]

$48

Enoughness in the Age of Comparison

What does “enough” look like in your life—and who gets to decide? In a world that constantly pushes us to do, earn, and be more, this webinar invites you to […]

Free

Penumbra de la memoria: Brown Bag with Maya Scherr-Willson

Huerta Center Conference Room (Casa Latina) 641 Merrill Rd, Santa Cruz,, CA

During this presentation, Maya Scherr-Willson (PhD Student in the Film and Media Department) will show material and reflect on insights from a research trip that laid the groundwork for Penumbra […]

These Hands Heal: Growing, Planting, and Understanding

College 9 & John R. Lewis College Garden

Join us for These Hands Heal: Growing, Planting, & Understanding on Wednesday, October 22, from 1–4 PM in the College 9 & John R. Lewis College Garden. As part of Relationship, Dating, and Domestic Violence Awareness/Action Month (RDDVAM), UC Santa Cruz students, staff, and faculty are invited to plant seeds, paint messages of support or reflection, and place these symbols of resilience in gardens and shared spaces. Art supplies, snacks, and community provided — co-sponsored by College 9’s CoCurricular Programs Office.

BME 280B Seminar: Computational Models of Biological Systems

Physical Sciences Building Physical Sciences Building, Santa Cruz, CA

Presenter: Chen-Hsiang Yeang, Associate Research Fellow, Institute of Statistical Science of Academia Sinica Description: Computational models are roughly categorized into two types: describing the patterns of the phenomenon or data […]

Elevator Pitch Competition

Are you ready to showcase your communication and persuasion skills? We’re excited to invite you to our Elevator Pitch Competition! Snacks provided!

Deliver a 60-second pitch that wows the judges to compete for amazing prizes!

Prizes: $100 Amazon Gift Card and company swag!

A Conversation on Black Ecologies

Rachel Carson College 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA

Join the Sociology Department together with the Center for Critical Urban & Environmental Studies (CUES), The Black Geographies Lab, and Critical Race and Ethnic Studies in the Rachel Carson College Red Room, to welcome speakers Tianna Bruno and Justin Hosbey (UC Berkeley) for a conversation on Black Ecologies.

Last modified: Oct 17, 2025