Wiki-a-thon Supporting BIPOC Scientists

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

Join us for an afternoon of creating and editing pages for BIPOC scientists, engineers, and technologists! Wikipedia overwhelmingly recognizes the achievements of white people. This wiki-a-thon works to reverse this […]

College Nights

College Night: 831 Night Market

Cowell/Stevenson Dining Hall 520 Cowell-Stevenson Road, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

Cowell and Stevenson Colleges, in collaboration with UCSC Dining, present the first College Night of the year! Join us Thursday, October 23, from 5–8 p.m. at the Cowell/Stevenson Dining Hall […]

Mary Roach – Replaceable You

London Nelson Community Center 301 Center St., Santa Cruz, United States

Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes #1 New York Times bestselling author Mary Roach for a discussion about Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy. In this irrepressible new work, Mary Roach explores the remarkable advances […]

Science & Justice Training Program Informational Meeting

Virtual Event

On Friday, October 24th from 2-3:00pm, on Zoom, join the Science & Justice Research Center for an Informational Meeting on our internationally recognized interdisciplinary Graduate Training and Certificate Program.

Campus Debt is a Labor Issue

Rachel Carson College 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA

Join the Center for Labor and Community for a conversation on campus debt, austerity, and labor organizing in higher education. Drawing from his book, Lend and Rule: Fighting Shadow Financialization […]

free

Elevate Your Interviews: Strategies for Success

Job interviews can be challenging, even for seasoned professionals. Preparation and practice are key. This one-day workshop for the PMI Silicon Valley Chapter, led by communications coach Karen Schiff, will […]

$50

Welcome to the City: East Bay

CityTeam Oakland 722 Washington Street, Oakland, United States

Join us for an Alumni Volunteer Day at CityTeam Oakland.

Barnstorm Presents: 24-Hour Theater

Theater Arts Center 453 Kerr Road, Santa Cruz, CA

Audiences are invited to attend the grand finale of this 24-Hour Theater process.

Free – $20

Echoes on the Hill

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

Join us for a night of live music and campus energy at the JRL MPR Stage! This recurring showcase celebrates the incredible talent of UC Santa Cruz’s student-led bands, bringing […]

BIPOC Outdoors: Fall Garden Tour

Stevenson Community Garden Stevenson College, Santa Cruz, CA

Join the People of Color Sustainability Collective for our annual Fall Garden Tour! This event was created to give students of color an opportunity to explore green spaces around campus […]

AM Seminar: Why do we care about inertial waves on the Sun?

Jack Baskin Engineering, 372

Presenter: Ms. Catherine Blume, University of Colorado-Boulder Description: Recent observations of Rossby waves and other inertial oscillations in the Sun’s convection zone have kindled the hope that such waves might […]

Julian Brave NoiseCat – We Survived the Night

London Nelson Community Center 301 Center St., Santa Cruz, United States

Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes Julian Brave NoiseCat who will share his stunning debut We Survived the Night. Drawing from five years of on-the-ground reporting, We Survived the Night paints a profound […]

2025 Graduate & Professional School Fair (2-DAY)

Stevenson Event Center Stevenson Service Road, Santa Cruz, CA

You’re invited to join us, open to all majors! Undergraduate and graduate students and recent alumni interested in pursuing continuing education opportunities are invited to attend. Get the chance to […]

CSE Colloquium: A Journey from Programming Systems Research to AI Agents

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

Speaker: Koushik Sen, UC Berkeley and Google DeepMind Abstract: Coding has emerged as an important application area for large language models (LLMs), with a proliferation of code-specific models and their […]

Free

Genomics Rooftop Mixer

Anton Pacific Apartments rooftop 800 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

Breakthroughs that transform entire industries often begin quietly in academic labs, years before they make headlines. On October 28, the Genomics Rooftop Mixer will bring together leaders in genomics and biotechnology who are shaping the future of health, science, and technology. Hosted by Santa Cruz Works in collaboration with the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute, this event offers a rare chance to witness the cutting-edge of discovery in one of the fastest-moving fields in the world.

Free – $25

Emeriti Faculty Lecture, Fall 2025

Music Center Recital Hall 400 McHenry Road, Santa Cruz, CA
Hybrid Event

Distinguished Research Professor Diane Gifford-Gonzalez reflects on fifty-five years of zooarchaeology work, studying animal remains from archaeological sites to explore how past people and their kin interacted.

Last modified: Oct 16, 2025