• AM Seminar: Sliced Optimal Transport: From Acceleration to Bayesian Modeling

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

    Presenter: Enter the speaker’s name, title, and institution at the top of the event Description: Optimal transport (OT) provides a principled way to match, compare, and interpolate distributions, but its computational cost limits its use at realistic scales. I will present our recent work on reducing that cost and on using OT for statistical modeling […]

  • Welcome to the City Santa Clara

    Welcome to the City 2026
    Barebottle Brewing Co. – Santa Clara 2520 Augustine Dr, Santa Clara, CA, United States

    Join us at Barebottle Brewing in Santa Clara and meet other Silicon Valley Slugs! RSVP and your first drink is on us. Wherever you’ve landed post-graduation, your UCSC community is still here for you. Join us in your city for a casual happy hour to connect with fellow Slugs in your local community. Welcome to […]

    Free
  • Welcome to the City East Bay

    Welcome to the City 2026
    Temescal Brewing 4115 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA, United States

    Join us at Temescal Brewing in Oakland and meet other East Bay Slugs! RSVP and your first drink is on us. Wherever you’ve landed post-graduation, your UCSC community is still here for you. Join us in your city for a casual happy hour to connect with fellow Slugs in your local community. Welcome to the […]

    Free
  • Community Tuesday at the UCSC Arboretum

    Community Tuesday at the UCSC Arboretum
    Arboretum 122 Arboretum Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    The Arboretum opens its gates to the community free of charge the first Tuesday of every month. Come enjoy our gardens and wildlife. Don’t forget to stop by Norrie’s, our wonderful gift shop and plant nursery (Open Tues-Sun 10 am-4 pm). Community Days are popular, please consider carpooling or using alternative transportation. Current Arboretum members […]

  • Optional Practical Training (OPT) Workshop

    Zoom

    Optional Practical Training (OPT) workshops are MANDATORY for all F-1 students who will apply for OPT, and you MUST have attended the OPT workshop within 9 months of applying for OPT. You […]

  • Welcome to the City San Francisco

    Welcome to the City 2026
    Barebottle Brewing Co. – Bernal Heights 1525 Cortland Ave, San Francisco, United States

    Join us at Barebottle Brewing in Bernal Heights and meet other San Francisco Slugs! RSVP and your first drink is on us. Wherever you’ve landed post-graduation, your UCSC community is still here for you. Join us in your city for a casual happy hour to connect with fellow Slugs in your local community. Welcome to […]

    Free
  • Produce Pop-Up

    Produce Pop-Up

    Produce Pop-Up is a twice-weekly organic farmstand open to all members of the UC Santa Cruz community. The program is dedicated to increasing access to fresh, healthy, and affordable organic […]

  • Yoga As Healing

    Yoga As Healing
    Activities Room: Athletics & Recreation Center East Field House 451 E Field Service Road, Santa Cruz, United States

    Yoga As Healing is a 6-week trauma-informed yoga series offered by the CARE office for students at UCSC who identify as survivors of interpersonal violence. Led by CARE Advocate, Abbey Wise, participants will practice gentle body movement, breathwork, meditation, and other activities from a survivor-centered, trauma-informed lens. Students with no yoga experience are welcome! Attending […]

    Free
  • Productive Struggle & Study Skills

    Successful Slug Workshops
    Academic Resources Center (ARC) 408 McHenry Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    In this workshop, you will: Learn study strategies and why making it hard for yourself supports durable learning. The Successful Slug Workshop series, hosted by Learning Support Services Peer Coaches, are open to all UCSC undergraduate students and focus on academic skills and tools to support your success as a student. At each workshop, you […]

  • Reckoning with Redress: The Legacy of Japanese American Incarceration

    Cultural Center – Merrill College 641 Merrill Rd, Santa Cruz, United States

    Forty-five years ago, survivors and descendants of the WWII Japanese American incarceration, testified before the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC) — helping set in motion what would become one of the largest reparations efforts in U.S. history. This year’s Peggy Downes Baskin Ethics Lecture marks the 45th anniversary of the 1981 […]

  • Produce Pop-Up

    Produce Pop-Up

    Produce Pop-Up is a twice-weekly organic farmstand open to all members of the UC Santa Cruz community. The program is dedicated to increasing access to fresh, healthy, and affordable organic […]

  • 23rd Annual Graduate Research Symposium

    Physical Sciences Building Physical Sciences Building, Santa Cruz, CA

    This event celebrates and highlights the work of UCSC graduate students in all academic divisions. Any enrolled graduate student is welcome to present either a poster, talk, or mixed media presentation. The event is free and open to the public.