• Movie Night Under the Stars: Screening โ€œSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verseโ€

    Stevenson College Stevenson Service Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    The DSAS Center for Leadership and Involvement and Summer Edge invite you to join us for our Movie Night Under the Stars event screening โ€œSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verseโ€: Date: Tuesday, July 28th Screening Time: Event entry begins at 7:30 p.m. | Movie starts at 8:00 p.m. Location: Stevenson College Knoll *Bring your own blanket! Limited […]

    Free
  • Wildlife Cameras and Other Methods for Assessing Backyard Biodiversity

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

    Home gardens, small farms, and wildland-agricultural interfaces can often be areas of increased water, food, and habitat resources for wildlife. Many people are interested in seeing wildlife on their properties, from the common visitors to the elusive wanderers. Come learn about how to monitor for wildlife in your own backyard, as well as the ecology, […]

    $20 โ€“ $30
  • Le, A. (STAT) – Bayesian Nonparametric Analysis of Densities for Replicated Point Patterns

    Virtual Event

    Many scientific applications produce repeated point pattern realizations across subjects, regions, or time. While such point patterns exhibit individual variation, we assume they arise from related point processes that share a common distributional structure. This dissertation develops a Bayesian nonparametric modeling framework built around an interpretable baseline. We work with Poisson processes, such that the […]

  • Weekend with Shakespeare

    Dig deeply into this seasonโ€™s Shakespeare productions with a special weekend of lectures, discussions and hands-on activities. In partnership with UCSCโ€™s Shakespeare Workshop and The Humanities Institute, this is a […]

  • Seymour Center’s Seaside Storytime

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

    Get ready to set sail on a storybook adventure! ๐Ÿ“š โœจ Itโ€™s the ultimate weekend treat to spark big imaginations, foster a love for nature, and nurture the next generation of ocean heroes! ๐ŸŒŠ ๐Ÿš ๐Ÿ“– Our friends at Bookshop Santa Cruz have hand-selected a collection of books about the environment that are perfect for […]

  • Weekend With Shakespeare

    Dig deeply into this seasonโ€™s Shakespeare productions with a special weekend of lectures, discussions and hands-on activities. In partnership with UCSCโ€™s Shakespeare Workshop and The Humanities Institute, this is a wonderful opportunity to learn more about each play during the day and then enjoy the production that same evening. This year, Weekend with Shakespeare will […]

  • Zhao, Z. (CSE) – TOWARD VERIFIABLE REASONING IN LLMS

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

    Chain-of-thought (CoT) prompting can improve final-answer performance, but it does not guarantee that intermediate reasoning steps are faithful, valid, or checkable. This proposal studies how formal methods can make natural-language reasoning more reliable by translating CoT rationales into Lean artifacts, checking the resulting theorem statements and proofs, and using compiler feedback to diagnose and repair […]

  • August Slugs and Steins with Professor Barbara Rogoff

    Virtual Event

    Learning to be Community-Minded How do children learn to be part of a community, attentive to whatโ€™s going on around them and pitching in to help out? Barbara Rogoff builds on her 50+ years researching and participating with a Mayan community in Guatemala to make the case that people everywhere can learn from Indigenous cultural […]

  • Research Lunch & Learn: Researcher roadmap: resources for faculty preparing grant proposals

    Virtual Event

    Tune into this session with the Research Development team as we discuss resources and guides we gathered for the Office of Researchโ€™s inaugural Research Leaders Academy in Winter 2026. We will address topics such as securing buy-in from leadership, team-building, partnerships, graphic design support, and developing an elevator pitch. This session provides a great resource […]

  • Prepare for the Fair: Resume & Recruiter Insights

    Online via Zoom – Register to receive Zoom details Preparing for an upcoming career fair or networking event? Join us for this virtual session onย Wednesday, August 12, at 12:00 noon (Pacific Time), designed to help participants make the most of their next opportunity to connect with employers. Featuring talent acquisition leader and UC Davis alumnus […]

    Free
  • Chat with the AI Chair

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

    AI is advancing faster than ever. Joinย Praveen Krishna, chair of the AI Program Advisory Board, for a discussion of the latest developments shaping the field, from Agentic AI and AI orchestration to enterprise deployment, emerging regulations, local AI models, and breakthrough innovations. This is a monthly conversation series. Each session highlights timely trends and concludes […]

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    Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery Baskin Service Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery August 13-September 19, 2026 Opening celebration and Artist Talk Saturday, August 15, 2-4:30 p.m Light refreshments will be served. Summer Gallery Hours: Thursday-Saturday, 1-5pm ReView: […]

  • Working Hard Isnโ€™t Enough: The Unspoken Rules That Shape Your Career

    Working Hard Isnโ€™t Enough: The Unspoken Rules That Shape Your Career With Ricky Koo Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026 | Noon PT Virtual via Zoom Hosted by UCLA Alumni Association, open to all UC alumni As a first-generation immigrant, career coach Ricky Koo was taught to work hard, stay humble, and let results speak. Sound familiar? […]

    Free
  • Return to the Redwoods 2026

    John R. Lewis College College Ten Road, Santa Cruz, CA +1 more

    Get ready to Return to the Redwoods! Reconnect with friends, family, and fellow alumni as you explore the beauty of UC Santa Cruz. From the kick-off party and Stars & Sโ€™mores to hikes, workshops, and family-friendly fun, this weekend offers something for everyone. Ticket, housing, and registration details will be shared in early 2026โ€”stay tuned! […]

  • Krishnaswamy, L. (CSE) – Network Load Balancing for Geographically Distributed Datacenters

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

    As datacenters scale up and become more geographically distributed, wide-area network inter-datacenter traffic, which typically consists of data-heavy tasks, has become increasingly prevalent. Some of the noteworthy challenges raised by the coexistence and interaction between inter- and intra-datacenter traffic are the differences in their QoS requirements, link utilization, and round-trip times. To the best of […]

  • Aliamooei Lakeh, S. (ECE) – Optimization and Decision-Support Frameworks for Resilient Power Systems Under Large-Scale Electrification

    Virtual Event

    The rapid electrification of transportation is creating new interdependencies between power and transportation systems, particularly during extreme events and disasters. As electric vehicle (EV) adoption increases, evacuation-related charging demand, infrastructure disruptions, and limited access to energy resources introduce challenges that conventional power system planning and operation frameworks were not designed to address. Wildfires provide a […]

  • Seymour Center’s Art in the Aquarium

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

    Dive into your creative side and make a splash with us! ๐ŸŽจ๐ŸŒŠ Bring the whole family and unleash your inner artist while surrounded by fascinating ocean life. Whether you’re a budding painter or just looking for a fun weekend activity, you’ll leave with your very own sea-inspired masterpiece to take home! ๐Ÿ โœจ Join us on […]

  • Graduate Preparation Program

    The Graduate Preparation Program (GPP) is a four-week intensive non-credit course offered in person on the main campus prior to the fall quarter, which is open to all current and […]

    $1275
  • Condon, C. (BMEB) – Genomic conflict across scales

    Biomedical Sciences Building 575 McLaughlin Drive

    Genomes are often viewed as cooperative systems in which genes work together to support organismal function. Yet genetic elements can also act in ways that favor their own transmission or persistence, creating conflict within the genome. In this talk, I examine the evolutionary and functional consequences of such genomic conflict across three systems. First, I […]