• Statistics Seminar: Active Learning for Fair and Stable Allocations

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

    Presenter: Riddhiman Bhattacharya, Postdoc, UCSC Description: We propose an active learning approach for dynamic fair resource allocation problems. In contrast to prior work that assumes full feedback from all agents on their allocations, we focus on scenarios where feedback is available only from a carefully select subset of agents at each epoch of the online […]

  • AM Seminar: Machine Learning in Molecular Simulations: From Free Energy to Vibrational Spectroscopy

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

    Presenter: Marcos Calegari Andrade, Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry, UC Santa Cruz Description: In this talk, I will demonstrate how neural networks can represent the high-dimensional potential energy surfaces of many-body systems. By achieving the accuracy of first-principles quantum calculations at a fraction of the computational cost, these models enable atomistic simulations of condensed matter […]

  • Coffee with Provost Aims

    Coffee with Provost Aims

    Warm greetings and hot coffee are served by Provost Aims and Poppy the Merrill Chihuahua each Tuesday in April. Breakfast snacks, tea, and cocoa too.

    Stop by and say “hi”

    Free
  • LinkedIn 101: Create A Great Profile That Gets Noticed!

    Hahn Student Services Hahn Student Services, Santa Cruz, CA

    “Do I really need a LinkedIn profile to get hired?” The answer is YES! Employers and recruiters absolutely use LinkedIn to look for and research candidates. Come to this fast-paced and practical workshop to learn more about the basics of creating a LinkedIn profile that gets noticed and just might help you land your dream job!

  • Taming Two Scorpions: Climate Science Tipping Points Meet Finance Tail Risks

    Center for Adaptive Optics 7487 Red Hill Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    When two quite different disciplines make eerily similar predictions about the future of the planet and human societies, they deserve notice. Climate scientists warn that we may be heading toward a Hothouse Earth “inhospitable to … human societies,” with “increasingly catastrophic impacts” possibly “worldwide societal breakdown.”       Finance and actuarial science emphasize the importance of tail […]

    Free
  • Landesman Lecture

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

    This evening blends science, poetry, and storytelling to explore our deepest origins and shared humanity. Tracing the cosmic formation of the elements that make our bodies, we reflect on an ancestry older than nations, borders, and labels. Through verse and story, we connect stellar history with lived experience, inviting us to see how our many identities arise from the same ancestral matter. Together, we explore how storytelling can soften divisions, cross boundaries, and remind us that we are forged from one common origin.

    FREE and open to the public
  • Karen Tei Yamashita – Questions 27 & 28

    Bookshop Santa Cruz

    Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes acclaimed author Karen Tei Yamashita (I Hotel) to celebrate the launch of her new novel Questions 27 & 28—a masterful polyvocal history of Japanese Americans before, during, […]

  • FINS: Fisheries Insights Narratives and Stories seminar series featuring Dr. Steve Lindley

    Ocean Health Building McAllister Way, Santa Cruz, CA

    Please join us for the third talk in the FINS: Fisheries Insights Narratives and Stories seminar series featuring Dr. Steve Lindley giving his talk, “Science in support of salmon conservation in California”.

    Steve Lindley worked at NOAA Fisheries’ Southwest Fisheries Science Center for 29 years, retiring in 2025 as director of the Santa Cruz Laboratory and Fisheries Ecology Division, where he led the SWFSC’s salmon and groundfish research programs. A graduate of Duke University and UC Santa Barbara, Steve has broad interests in aquatic ecology, and is currently a member of the Delta Stewardship Council’s Delta Independent Science Board, the Northwest Power and Conservation Council’s Independent Scientific Advisory Board and Independent Scientific Review Group, and researcher at UC Santa Cruz

    Preceding the talk please join us for a networking coffee hour (snacks provided) and a student-only lunch after the talk.

  • CSE Colloquium – Towards Safe and Resilient Large-scale Distributed Programming

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

    Presenter: Philipp Haller, KTH Royal Institute of Technology Abstract: Distributed programming is notoriously difficult. Not only are distributed systems concurrent, they pose additional challenges including data consistency and fault tolerance. At the same time, the share of software systems that are necessarily distributed systems is growing rapidly. As a result, too many software developers are […]

    Free
  • Office of Research Faculty Town Hall

    Virtual Event

    Please join us for an Office of Research Faculty Town Hall with VCR John MacMillan. The Town Hall will be held via zoom on Wednesday, April 29th from 12-1pm. In this Town Hall, the VCR and OR leadership will provide updates on the federal landscape, the centralization of research accounting, and compliance and PI responsibilities. […]

  • Career Success Drop-Ins at the Ethnic Resource Centers – Week 5

    Crown Provost House 660 Crown Service Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    Group Appointment Drop-in at the Ethnic Resource Centers with Career Coach & Engagement Specialist Bridge Kennedy to discuss career exploration, job search strategy, interview prep, grad school prep, or whatever’s on your mind related to your career success! If you need accommodations please email bridgekk@ucsc.edu   YOU BELONG HERE Programs and services are open to all, […]

  • Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed

    Merrill Cultural Center 200 McLaughlin Dr, Santa Cruz, CA

    Please join us as Quinn Slobodian & Ben Tarnoff discuss their new book, Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed (April, 2026). A Financial Times Most Anticipated Nonfiction Book of the Year • A Kirkus Most Anticipated Nonfiction Book of Spring 2026• A Literary Hub Most Anticipated Book of the Year A pyrotechnic examination of Elon Musk as a symptom and avatar […]

    Free – Registration link below
  • Denim Day Open Mic & Survivor Share-Out

    Namaste Lounge 615 College Nine Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    Join CARE in closing out Sexual Assault Awareness Month 2026, during Denim Day, for a space where we’ll connect as a community, hand out copies of the new volume of the CARE Art Zine, and hold an open mic and survivor share-out, open to all UCSC survivors, their supporters, and allies! Food and refreshments provided, […]

  • Stamp it Out: Pasifika Patterns

    Terry Freitas Commons 600 McLaughlin Dr. College Nine, Santa Cruz, CA

    Join AA/PIRC and Mauna Kea Protectors on Wednesday, April 29th from 6-8pm at Terry Freitas Commons to learn about the cultural significance of different Pasifika patterns and how to respectfully use the designs, before creating your own linocut stamps. The ink will work for both paper and cloth, so bring any old clothes you may want to upcycle! […]

  • TLC Convocation 2026

    Hybrid Event

    The Opposite of Cheating: Rethinking Instruction in the Age of AI David Rettinger, Applied Professor and Undergraduate Program Director at the University of Tulsa Higher education stands at a crossroads. Generative AI is a powerful and flawed tool that may render traditional assessments obsolete and call fundamental pedagogical assumptions into question across all disciplines. Yet […]

    Free
  • Portfolio Workshop for Arts Division Students – all majors

    Virtual Event

    Employment opportunities in various portions of the Art industry often require a portfolio as part of an application.  If you’re unsure how to create a portfolio for an employment application, or what should be included in it, this workshop is for you!  We will focus on best practices that apply broadly to almost all portfolio […]

  • Blue Zones: Secrets to Health and Longevity Workshop

    Register for the Zoom link. What do some of the world’s longest-living communities have in common? In regions known as Blue Zones, people routinely live longer, healthier lives. Known as centennials, they often reach 90 or even 100 with vitality. In this workshop, we’ll explore: Take away small and realistic changes they can apply to […]

  • Get Certified in CPR, First Aid, and AED!

    Scotts Valley Center

    Location: Scotts Valley Center Register for the training. This Adult First Aid/CPR/AED blended learning course equips you to recognize and care for various first aid breathing and cardiac emergencies involving adults. It is designed for individuals who need a certification that satisfies OSHA workplace or other regulatory requirements. This class is taught in a blended […]

  • UC Santa Cruz Police Accountability Board (PAB) Spring 2026 Public Meeting

    Virtual Event

    The UC Santa Cruz Police Accountability Board (PAB) invites students, staff, faculty, and community members to its Spring 2026 Public Meeting on Thursday, April 30 from 3–4 p.m. via Zoom. This is an opportunity to learn about the PAB’s role in providing civilian oversight of the UC Santa Cruz Police Department, hear updates on complaint […]