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Alex Ioannidis

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
Artist Talk

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...

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

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

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

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!

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 […]

Celebrate Sustainably: A Fall Field Day

This school year, PoCSC is implementing a new quarterly field day program where each quarter we come together for a fun, community-bonding day of activities, food, and conversation. This series is an informal educational opportunity for the UCSC community to engage with each other while learning about different themes within environmentalism, such as inclusive sustainability.  […]

Celebrate Sustainably: A Fall Field Day

Social Sciences Lawn 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz

Celebrate sustainably at PoCSC’s Fall Field Day with food, music, and eco-friendly activities for the UCSC community.

Celine Grenier Retrospective Exhibition

Opening Celebration—Celine Grenier Retrospective Exhibition

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

2025 marks Céline Grenier’s 50th graduation anniversary from the Art Department at UC Santa Cruz. This retrospective celebrates the Santa Cruz-based alumna’s vast body of work in a diverse range of media. Grenier is both inspired by the beauty of life closely examined and horrified by man’s trajectory. She works from a large mental catalog […]

FREE and open to UCSC affiliates

Spotlight Santa Cruz – Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors at City Lights Theater

Use the Banana Slug alumni promo code "SLUGS" to purchase discounted tickets to City Lights Theater Company's October 4 performance of Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors, directed by UCSC alumna Caitlin Lawrence Papp (Crown '24, M.A. '25, theater arts).   Caitlin will be available to meet the UC Santa Cruz alumni in attendance at an […]

$40
Free Guided Tour of the UCSC Farm

Free Guided Tour of the UCSC Farm

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

Take a free, guided tour of the 30-acre organic UCSC Farm. Visitors can enjoy touring the organically managed greenhouses, hand-worked garden beds, orchards, row crop fields, and children’s garden, while learning about the history of the site and the basic concepts of organic farming and gardening. Perched on a meadow near the campus entrance, the […]

ECE 290 Seminar: Operational Cybersecurity of Modern Power Systems

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

Presenter: Dr. Daniel Arnold, Lead Power Systems Engineer, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory   Description: The adoption of new types of generation and loads, such as data centers, small modular reactors, and electric vehicles servicing equipment presents many challenges for system operators who are tasked with maintaining the safety and efficiency of the power grid.  New consumption […]

SF Tech Week

AI Frontier: Data, Agents & Robots at TechWeek SF

Join us for an immersive SF Tech Week experience hosted by the Silicon Valley AI Pioneer Club and UC Santa Cruz GenAI Center — where AI builders, investors, innovators and top researchers converge to explore the technologies shaping tomorrow. Details and reservations are available at https://partiful.com/e/OtqKL1z4hvYDLMk0uP8w

free
Printing Party flyer

Printing Party in McHenry Library

McHenry Library 1156 High St, Santa Cruz, CA

On Monday, 10/6, Special Collections and Archives is bringing our BookBeetle (a mini replica Gutenberg-era common press) into the 3rd floor hallway of McHenry Library for a printing party! Participants will:✔️ learn the mechanics of early printing in the West✔️ decorate the cover of a notebook that’s yours to take home! Very casual; just drop […]

CM Seminar – Tracing and Shaping Paths in Design Space

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

Presenter: Max Kreminski   About: It’s notoriously difficulty to evaluate interfaces intended to support creative work – but as software creative tools proliferate, the importance of understanding whether and how these tools support user creativity continues to grow. In this talk, I discuss several related approaches to making sense of user interactions with creativity support […]

Max Kreminski

Tracing and Shaping Paths in Design Space

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

Presented by Max Kreminski Description: It’s notoriously difficulty to evaluate interfaces intended to support creative work – but as software creative tools proliferate, the importance of understanding whether and how these tools support user creativity continues to grow. In this talk, I discuss several related approaches to making sense of user interactions with creativity support tools. […]

Last modified: Oct 17, 2025