Younger Lagoon Reserve Tours

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

Take a tour of Younger Lagoon Reserve! This 90-minute, behind-the-scenes hiking tour takes visitors into the 25-acre lagoon and beach area. Come and see what scientists are doing to track local mammals, restore native habitats, and learn about the workings of one of California’s rare coastal lagoons. Younger Lagoon Reserve Beach Tours are free and […]

Free

SEACoast Slow Seminar: “The Urban Grotesque” by Doreen Lee

Humanities 1 Building 420 Hagar Drive, Santa Cruz, CA

Join the Center for Southeast Asian Coastal Interactions (SEACoast) to read and discuss The Urban Grotesque: Jakarta's Financial Lives by Dr. Doreen Lee (Anthropology, Northeastern University). Discussion will be facilitated by Dr. Kirsten Keller (Anthropology/SEACoast UCSC). Dr. Lee will join us in conversation during the last thirty minutes of the event. Please RSVP by and […]

ECE 290 Seminar: From Code to Clinic: How Regulatory Science and Virtual Trials Ensure Trustworthy AI in Medical Imaging

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

Presenter: Dr. Brandon Nelson, Staff Fellow, Division of Imaging, Diagnostics, and Software Reliability (DIDSR), U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) Description: Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming diagnostic and interventional radiology, presenting immense opportunities for improving patient care alongside significant regulatory challenges. As AI/ML-enabled devices proliferate, how do we ensure […]

Student Health Services Open House

Student Health Center 525 McLaughlin Drive, Santa Cruz, CA

Meet us at the Cowell Student Health Center Courtyard to learn about: Insurance and vaccine requirements Medical services Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) Campus Mobile Crisis Team The Center for Advocacy, Resources & Empowerment (CARE) Student Health Outreach & Promotion (SHOP) The Cove Collegiate Recovery Program Enjoy complimentary refreshments and giveaways!

Fundraiser: Film Screening of “The Last Class”

Landmark’s Del Mar Theatre

The UC Santa Cruz Education Department is hosting a screening of the film “The Last Class” at the Del Mar on September 30th. The Last Class documents Robert Reich’s last time teaching his UC Berkeley class on wealth and poverty and has been called Reich’s “love letter to education.” This is currently the only local […]

$18 – $100

Make Your Resume Awesome!

Does your resume need a little help?  Are you unsure about where to start, or about how to make your resume absolutely fantastic?  Join us for this 30-minute workshop to learn about cutting-edge resume best practices, followed by an optional 30 minutes of "resume work time" where you can meet individually with a coach to […]

CSE Colloquium: Enabling scalable GPU computing via efficient virtual memory systems

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

Presenter: Hyeran Jeon, UC Merced Title: Enabling scalable GPU computing via efficient virtual memory systems Abstract: GPUs have become one of the most important accelerators of various emerging workloads. While the massive parallelism makes the GPUs one of the most favorable compute engines, the limited on-device memory capacity hinders their wider adoption. Virtual memory systems […]

Moss Adams x Baker Tilly Info Session

Bay Tree Building Student Union, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

Interested in a career in public accounting? Come chat with our Tax and Audit professionals about our 2026 internship opportunities and learn more about life at Moss Adams x Baker Tilly! Our 2026 internship opportunities are available for current seniors and juniors pursuing a CPA license. Stop by anytime between 11:00AM – 1:00PM and enjoy […]

BME 280B Seminar: Computational Precision Health & Genomic Diversity

Physical Sciences Building Physical Sciences Building, Santa Cruz, CA

Presenter: Dr. Alex Ioannidis, BME Assistant Professor, UCSC Description: N/A Bio: Alex Ioannidis graduated summa cum laude in Chemistry and Physics from Harvard and completed an M.Phil in Computational Biology in the Dept. of Applied Math & Theoretical Physics at Cambridge. He earned his Ph.D. in Computational & Mathematical Engineering at Stanford and M.S. in […]

How to Validate AI Product Ideas and Build a Defensible MVP

Social Sciences 1 Social Sciences 1, Santa Cruz, CA

93% of US companies plan to increase their AI investments; but 80% of AI projects fail. Countless “cool” demos crash and burn; not because the technology failed, but because they solved the wrong problem. In this lesson, we lay out a proven playbook with 5 tactical steps, each a mindset shift or critical decision point, […]

Free

How to Validate AI Product Ideas and Build a Defensible MVP

Social Sciences 1 Social Sciences 1, Santa Cruz, CA

93% of US companies plan to increase their AI investments; but 80% of AI projects fail. Countless “cool” demos crash and burn; not because the technology failed, but because they solved the wrong problem. In this lesson, we lay out a proven playbook with 5 tactical steps, each a mindset shift or critical decision point, […]

Free

Dismantling the Deportation Machine…

Bay Tree Building Student Union, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

Dismantling the Deportation Machine: A Conversation on Migration, Expulsion, and Xenophobia Join Carlos Martinez as he moderates a powerful discussion with Megan Carney, Heide Castañeda, and Gilberto Rosas on the urgent U.S. and global trends shaping the politics of migration, deportation, and xenophobia. As authoritarianism and xenophobia intensify globally, this distinguished panel will offer critical […]

Free

Environmental Health and Justice: Successes and Future Challenges

Stevenson Event Center Stevenson Service Road, Santa Cruz, CA

Please join us for this collaborative, interdisciplinary symposium to highlight and celebrate the important work being done in Global and Community Health at UC Santa Cruz. The symposium will feature talks on environmental determinants of health by faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates,speakers from the community,and will be headlined by environmental health luminary keynote speaker Brenda Eskenazi from UC Berkeley.

Envisioning HSI: Nurturing Sustainable Institutional Change

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

Join the HSI Initiatives Team for an afternoon of reflection, collaboration, and community at UC Santa Cruz’s Fall 2025 Envisioning HSI Session. As a Hispanic-Serving Research Institution, UCSC is committed to creating sustainable systems and structures that strengthen our mission in research, teaching, and service. This session will bring together changemakers from across campus to […]

Free

The NEXTies: Earth & Sea

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

Get ready for an unforgettable evening at our NEXTies spin off event: The NEXTies Earth: & Sea! Join us for a night of celebration, featuring delicious drinks, captivating performances, and the presentation of awards to the environmental pioneers who’ve made Santa Cruz a leader in climate resilience. From innovative waste reduction solutions to groundbreaking scientific […]

$55 – $200

Movie on the Lawn

Oakes Lower Lawn 498-898 Oakes Rd, Santa Cruz, CA

As Slug Start continues, join us for a cozy evening under the stars on Oakes Lawn at 8 PM with a screening of Us. Kick back with free popcorn, candy, and plenty of other snacks while you enjoy the film. It’s a fun, laid-back way to relax, connect, and meet your fellow Slugs.   You […]

Campo-Sano Climate Action Conference

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

Join us October 4th for a regional conference on California Farmworkers and the Environment! The conference will address the challenges of resilience amid the impacts of climate changes and the many other compounding risks farmworkers face. Free and open to the public.

Free

Fall is for Planting!

Arboretum 122 Arboretum Road, Santa Cruz, CA

Join us on the patio at Norrie’s Gift & Garden Shop at the Arboretum & Botanic Garden. The UC Master Gardeners will host a pop-up booth to give information and answer questions about the benefits of planting in the fall and growing Mediterranean climate plants. We know how hard it is to resist a beautiful […]

Last modified: Oct 16, 2025