Food For Thought
Join People of Color Sustainability Collective for Food for Thought! This event will be focused on food sovereignty and connecting our community with local organizations involved in related work. The […]
Join People of Color Sustainability Collective for Food for Thought! This event will be focused on food sovereignty and connecting our community with local organizations involved in related work. The […]
Join the People of Color Sustainability Collective for a fun, community-centered day of activities, shared food, and meaningful conversation. This gathering creates an informal, educational space for the UCSC community […]
Presenter: Liam Stanton, Professor, San Jose State University Description: In this talk, I will present a multiscale model for cellular membranes, which is trained on molecular dynamics simulations. The model is constructed within the formalism of dynamic density functional theory and can be extended to include features such as the presence of proteins and membrane […]
Presenter: Sifan Liu, Assistant Professor, Department of Statistical Science, Duke University Description:Mean-field variational inference (MFVI) approximates a target distribution with a product distribution in the standard coordinate system, offering a scalable approach to Bayesian inference but often severely underestimating uncertainty due to neglected dependence. We show that MFVI can be greatly improved when performed along […]
Join Baskin Engineering to celebrate National Engineers Week with a sweet stop at the Transform Your Future Pop-Up (Cookies Included!) 🍪☕ This year’s Engineers Week theme, Transform Your Future, is […]
Join us at the UCSC Disability Resource Center (DRC) for an Open House. Meet DRC staff, learn about disability services on campus, and tour our space in Kerr Hall. Lunch […]
Having a stand-out application and exceptional interview skills are essential for landing a great job! Join us for this fast-paced and interactive one-hour online workshop where we’ll explore how to submit an application that makes an employer WANT to interview you, as well as top-notch tips and techniques to prepare for and answer interview questions with intentionality, confidence, and skill.
Following the January 3 US attack and kidnapping of its president, Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela has been transformed into something approaching a protectorate of the US. In this bizarre regime change […]
This is the kick-off event for Teaching Week 2026. The symposium will showcase the work of instructors (including grads, lecturers, senate faculty) presenting on a teaching innovation, activity, program, or […]
Join us for an informative conversation with Neta Haiby, Head of Product | AI Security at Microsoft! Artificial Intelligence is transforming both cyber defense and cyber offense. It creates unique risks in how we build, deploy, and operate AI apps and Agents. This session examines how AI can be attacked or misused – through techniques […]
Machine unlearning addresses the “right to be forgotten” under GDPR and enables privacy, copyright, and safety compliance in large language models. Training-based unlearning can remove targeted behavior on benchmarks, but it scales poorly, can degrade utility, and can fail under adversarial prompting that recovers supposedly forgotten content. This prospectus proposes inference-time behavioral unlearning: rather than […]
This panel explores ways to foster a classroom culture of inclusivity across the divisions by addressing questions of accessibility, grounded in both Disabilities Studies and in classroom experience. RSVP here
Curious how being part of a research lab can supercharge your experience as a Baskin Engineer? Join us for this informative event to learn about opportunities to solve open-ended problems, build deeper technical skills, and learn how to think like an engineer. We’ll kick things off with a quick overview of the kinds of research […]
Join us for a half-day symposium dedicated to course readings. Hear from UCSC faculty who re-envisioned the role of readings in their courses in order to improve student success and lower student course costs, followed by small group discussions on key topics including homework platforms, selecting materials, student insights on their reading experience, and what […]
Discover innovation at the Baskin Engineering Club Bash, an event celebrating National Engineers Week! Mark your calendars for Thursday, February 26, 12–2 PM in the BE Courtyard! The BE Club Bash brings together student organizations across all engineering disciplines to showcase their projects, demos, and interactive activities. Stop by to: Explore hands-on booths and demonstrations from student organizations Learn about engineering opportunities on […]
Are you interested in writing, fashion, or sustainability? Join us for a job talk with Elizabeth Segran, a successful fashion reporter and author.
Join us as Distinguished Teaching Award recipient Laurie Palmer, Professor of Art, shares her insights on teaching. This lecture is one of the key events featured in Teaching Week 2026.
Starting in 2018-2019, the Distinguished Teaching Award recognizes outstanding teaching on our campus. This annual award is an opportunity to acknowledge the pedagogical contributions of our colleagues that include—but also go beyond—any one particular course. It seeks to recognize an instructor that has made significant contributions to educational equity within and beyond UC Santa Cruz.
In today’s world, influence isn’t just for celebrities — it’s a career asset. Whether you’re a job seeker, entrepreneur, or industry expert, building your personal brand online can open doors. […]
Join us for a conversation on labor, food, and justice with Will Work for Food co-author Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern and regional food production and service workers Veronica Rodriguez (Dole, Soledad), and X (Verve, Santa Cruz). Together, they will explore the often-overlooked role of labor in building a more just food system. Free and open to the public. Translation provided.
Bookshop Santa Cruz Presents Kitchen Counterculture: A Conversation About Jerry Garcia, the Grateful Dead, and the Food that Fueled a Revolution,” featuring award-winning food writer Gabi Moskowitz and journalist, teacher, […]