Events

Neolithic by Sea: the social ecology of the spread of farming in the Adriatic - a view from Dalmatia
2025-11-12 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Social Sciences 1, Social Sciences 1, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064
Prof. Sarah B. McClure (UC Santa Barbara) will present Neolithic by Sea: the social ecology of the spread of farming in the Adriatic – a view from Dalmatia at the Archaeology and Biological Anthropology (Arch/BioAnth) Lunch Talk on Wednesday, November 12th at noon in 261, Social Sciences 1.
Presentation Abstract: The last 20 years of research have provided new insights on Mesolithic foragers and early Neolithic farmers in the Adriatic. Excavations, material analyses, and the application of new methodologies have characterized a diversity of late Mesolithic and early Neolithic lifeways and the role of trans-Adriatic interactions for the spread of farming. Discoveries of underwater sites have also highlighted some of the taphonomic challenges for Mesolithic and Neolithic sites presented by post-glacial environmental change. This presentation highlights our current understanding of the Mesolithic to Neolithic transition in the Adriatic and the roles played by foraging populations, social interactions, and environment for the spread of farming beginning 8,000 years ago. Our research on the Dalmatian coast of Croatia seeks to characterize Neolithic farming societies and ultimately explore the processes underlying the eventual dominance of domestic plant and animal-based subsistence in the region.
About the Presenter: Sarah B. McClure is a Professor of Anthropology, Director of the Mediterranean Prehistory and Paleoecology Laboratory, and Associate Dean in the Division of Undergraduate Education at UC Santa Barbara. She is also a National Geographic Explorer and Public Voices Fellow of the OpEd Project and UCSB.

Words That Impress: Creating a Great Résumé & Cover Letter
2025-11-12 12:15 - 13:15 | Career Success Student Lounge (125 Hahn), 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064, United States
Crafting a fantastic Resume and Cover Letter are the key to getting an interview and landing a job! Join us for this informative workshop that will cover best practices for resume and cover letter development. You’ll gain understanding about the perfect format, navigating AI filters, and how to write captivating resume bullet points and engaging cover letter paragraphs. The presentation will be 30 minutes, followed by 30 minutes of optional worktime here in our office with coaches to give you brief input.
We will provide captions for the presentation. If you have disability-related needs, please contact the Career Success office at csuccess@ucsc.edu or (831) 459-4420 as soon as possible.
YOU BELONG HERE
Programs and services are open to all, consistent with state and federal law, as well as the University of California’s nondiscrimination policies. Every initiative—whether a student service, faculty program, or community event—is designed to be accessible, inclusive, and respectful of all identities. To learn more, please visit UC Nondiscrimination Statement or Nondiscrimination Policy for UC Publications.

Humanities Career Skills Workshop: Networking and LinkedIn
2025-11-12 12:30 - 13:30 | Humanities 1 Building, 420 Hagar Drive, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064
Have you heard that networking is important, but don’t know how to begin? Are you wondering how to articulate the skills you’ve learned from your humanities coursework? Join this interactive, hands-on workshop where you’ll learn the basics of how, where, and why to network and see how LinkedIn can help. At the end of the workshop, you’ll be ready to connect with professionals on and offline and to start building community for your career!
Register on Handshake here

Visiting Theater Artists 2-Day Residency with Torange Yeghiazarian and Evren Odcikin from MENA
2025-11-12 15:00 - 16:30 | Digital Arts Research Center, 407 McHenry Rd, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064
Visiting theater artists from MENA Theater Makers Alliance—Torange Yeghiazarian and Evren Odcikin—and the Department of Performance, Play & Design’s IRIS LAB invite attendees to participate in the 2-day residency, including a conversation with the artists and a workshop. MENA’s mission is to amplify the voices of Middle Eastern and North African theater makers and expand how stories from and about these communities are told on U.S. stages.
Wed. Nov. 12, 3:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
DARC 108 (Digital Arts Research Center at UC Santa Cruz)
“MENA Theater Makers Modeling Possibility and Resistance”
– An Intergenerational conversation with Playwright, Director, Arts Leader Torange Yeghiazarian and Director, Playwright, and Arts Leader Evren Odcikin
– Moderated by Lisa Marie Rollins, Assistant Professor of Playwriting & Black Drama, Department of Performance Play and Design and Artistic Director of The Iris Lab
– This event will be live streamed for those who would prefer to attend online.
Thur. Nov 13, 1:30–3:30 p.m.
DARC 108 (Digital Arts Research Center at UC Santa Cruz)
“Master Class: Theatrical Play, Staging Language and Poetry Creative workshop”
– for theater makers and interdisciplinary performance researchers with Torange Yeghiazarian and Evren Odcikin .
ADMISSION
– FREE and open to the public
– Donations to the IRIS LAB are welcomed and appreciated
– Registration required (link to be announced)
PARKING
– Parking by permit or ParkMobile
– Arts Lot #126 is the closest parking lot to the event
– Visitors with DMV placards or plates may park for free in DMV spaces, Medical spaces, or ParkMobile spaces without additional payment, or in timed zones for longer than the posted time.
– More information provided by UCSC Transportation & Parking Services (TAPS)
—
This program is open to all members of the public consistent with state and federal law.

Book Talk with Winnie Wong—VMCC Series
2025-11-12 16:00 - 17:30 | Porter College, D-Building, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064
In this public talk, Winnie Wong presents and discusses her most recent book, The Many Names of Anonymity: Portraitists of the Canton Trade. She explores two countervailing urgencies in contemporary cultural politics: the drive to recognize all individuals as artists so that they may be granted the rights and privileges of authorship; and, at the same time, the inadequacy of the modern figure of “the artist” to contain the ingenuity, imagination, and originality of anonymous workers. It does so by focusing on a long marginalized but ubiquitous genre of painting: portraits produced by Chinese artisans in the port of Guangzhou for European merchants at the height of the Qing dynasty. In this relationship, makers are anonymized, while merchants’ lives are preserved in vivid detail, but portraiture occasions the empirical scene of their encounter. This book charts a framework for understanding visual production and trade across overlapping imperial spaces, and demonstrates how contemporary art historical inquiry can yet decouple authorial names from authorial works, a step necessary to looking anew at anonymity, multiplicity, and the ingenuity of nameless artisans.
Winnie Wong is a professor of rhetoric at the University of California, Berkeley. She is an art historian with a special interest in fakes, forgeries and counterfeits.
This event is presented as part of the Visual & Media Cultures Colloquium (VMCC) series.
—
ADMISSION
– Open seating/admission (no ticket or registration required)
– FREE and open to the public.
– Located at Porter College D245
—
FULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
– Wed., Nov 12: Book Talk with Winnie Wong
– Additional dates to be announced
—
PARKING
– Lot 124 & 125 are the closest parking lots to the event
– Parking by permit or ParkMobile
– TAPS provides additional parking information
—
ABOUT THE SERIES
This event is presented as part of the Visual & Media Cultures Colloquium (VMCC), an annual lecture series that brings cutting-edge scholars to speak on a broad range of subjects related to visual and media culture. The series is co-sponsored with the graduate programs in the History of Art & Visual Culture (HAVC) and the Film & Digital Media departments. Each year, the students and a faculty coordinator are responsible for selecting, inviting and hosting speakers from a list of suggested names submitted by their peers and HAVC faculty. Together they share the unique challenge and opportunity of creating a program that brings to campus an array of cutting-edge scholars to speak on a broad spectrum of subjects.
—
Image Credit: Peabody Essex Museum
—
This program is open to all members of the public consistent with state and federal law.

Women In Academia
2025-11-12 16:00 - 18:00 | Rachel Carson College Red Room
Join the UCSC Women’s Center for Women in Academia featuring Dr. Cindy Wong (Global & Community Health, Merrill College). This event highlights Dr. Wong’s journey as a woman of color into academia, her path to becoming a lecturer, and her ongoing research in planetary health, sustainability, and community-based public health. Through her story, students will gain insight into nontraditional academic pathways and the impact of women scholars shaping inclusive and applied research.
RSVP By: November 10th
Please email: srostami@ucsc.edu for accommodations and questions.

Haunting Interruptions: Race, Infrastructural Violence, and Spatial Memory in Ferguson, Missouri
2025-11-13 12:00 - 13:15 | Rachel Carson College, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064
On Thursday, November 13th from 12:00-1:15pm, join the Sociology Department together with the Center for Critical Urban & Environmental Studies (CUES), The Black Geographies Lab, Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, and History in the Rachel Carson College Red Room, to welcome speaker Rashad Timmons (UC PPFP) for a discussion on Race, Infrastructural Violence, and Spatial Memory in Ferguson, Missouri moderated by Camilla Hawthorne (UC Santa Cruz).
This presentation engages the racial politics of infrastructural violence and spatial memory in Ferguson, Missouri—the historically-white suburb of St. Louis and site of the tragic police killing of Black, 18-year-old Michael Brown, Jr. in August 2014. It critically examines the use of blockades, space-based protests, and other forms of infrastructural disruption by Black subjects in Ferguson before and after Michael Brown Jr.’s execution, paying specific attention to the mnemonic work these practices perform. It argues that Black subjects in Ferguson deploy these tactics of spatial intervention not only to claim space in Ferguson’s suburban landscape but to haunt its collective memory. These disruptive practices—what I call “haunting interruptions”—disturb or interfere with the normative function of infrastructures such as roads and highways to reveal, indict, and account for the historical racist logics underlying (sub)urban life. The presentation grounds haunting interruptions in an examination of historical and contemporary protests in the notorious apartment complex where Michael Brown Jr. perished and finds that Black subjects use protest and blockage as spatial tactics not simply to force state, institutional, or corporate entities to act but to surface the memory of persistent racial suffering that exceeds reparation and is acutely sedimented in the suburban geography.
Rashad Arman Timmons (he/him) is a community builder, musician, writer, scholar, and educator from Detroit, Michigan, the ancestral and present homelands of the Anishinaabeg. The proud son of factory workers, he teaches and writes broadly about race, urban infrastructure, mobility, and power in the midwestern United States, es Black people’s longstanding use of the built environment to imagine a freer and more just world. Rashad earned his Ph.D. in African American and African Diaspora Studies from the University of California, Berkeley, where he researched the violent and racist history of infrastructural development (e.g., railways, roads, telecommunications) and policing in Ferguson, Missouri. Rashad is currently a University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellow in Black Studies at UC Santa Barbara, where he is writing a book about the plunder and persistence of Black geographies in Ferguson.
Alongside his scholarly work, Rashad serves and organizes with the Michael Brown Sr. Chosen for Change Organization to uplift the life and legacy of Michael “Mike Mike” Brown Jr. In this role, Rashad leads public history and community engagement projects dedicated to uncovering and preserving Black history in Ferguson and St. Louis. He also writes grants to support the Brown family’s healing and racial justice efforts throughout the St. Louis metropolitan area. As lead grant writer, Rashad has secured more than a half a million dollars of direct funding to the family’s non-profit organization.
Rashad currently lives in Oakland, California—the unceded lands of the Lisjan Ohlone—where he delivers political education to Bay Area youth and supports organizations working to end police terrorism in the U.S. and abroad.
This event is co-sponsored by the Center for Critical Urban & Environmental Studies (CUES) together with The Black Geographies Lab, the Sociology Department, Critical Race and Ethic Studies, and History.

Campus to Career: Job Talk with Kim Angulo, Assistant Public Defender
2025-11-13 12:30 - 13:30 | Humanities 1 Building, 420 Hagar Drive, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064
Interested in an impact-driven career in law, public policy, or politics? Come hear from UCSC Humanities alum Kim Angulo, an Assistant Public Defender with experience in both law and public policy work. You’ll gain insights into how to enter these fields, considerations for knowing whether they’re a good fit for you, and ideas for how to put your humanistic training to work for public service.
This is a hybrid event and will be hosted both in-person in Humanities 1, Room 210 and on Zoom.
Register on Handshake here
Learn more about Kim:
Kim Angulo (she/her) graduated from UCSC in 2013 with her BA in Feminist Studies. She worked in the California State Capitol on public policy and politics for three years, focusing on courts, criminal justice, and human services. Kim attended UC Davis Law School from 2016 to 2019, gaining experience in Public Defense, Workers’ Rights, and Civil Rights. Kim has been an Assistant Public Defender representing people who cannot afford to hire an attorney for six years. She has represented hundreds of clients facing criminal charges and conducted misdemeanor and felony jury trials. She currently works in Mental Health Diversion.

Leveraging UC Resources To Launch Your Biotech Company
2025-11-13 16:30 - 19:00 | Hay Barn, 94 Ranch View Road, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064, United States
Are you a UCSC faculty member, postdoc, or graduate student with an entrepreneurial mindset?
Join us for an insightful panel discussion on how to turn your biotech research into a successful startup. Learn how to tap into the University of California’s robust innovation ecosystem—from research commercialization and funding opportunities to mentorship and startup incubation.
Hear firsthand from UC-affiliated founders, investors, and innovation experts who have successfully navigated the path from lab discovery to market launch. Stay afterward for a networking reception to connect with peers, panelists, and campus innovation partners.
Open to: UCSC faculty, postdocs, and graduate studentsLight refreshments provided.
Registration requested: https://luma.com/2gmhjlbo

Slugs at Sundown -- Humanity at the Helm: Thriving in an AI-Driven World
2025-11-13 17:30 - 19:00 | Silicon Valley Campus, 3175 Bowers Avenue, Santa Clara, CA, 95054, United States
Artificial intelligence is transforming the way we work, live, and connect — but it doesn’t define the future. What matters most are the skills and strengths that only humans bring: creativity, empathy, adaptability, and big-picture thinking. Join fellow UC Santa Cruz alumni for an evening of conversation and connection as we explore how to stay relevant, resilient, and future-ready in an AI-driven world.

Info Session: UCEAP Summer at University College London
2025-11-14 12:00 - 13:00
Thinking about studying abroad this summer?
Discover what it’s like to spend your summer at University College London (UCL)—one of the world’s leading universities, located in the heart of London.
Join us for a special info session on the UCEAP Summer at University College London program! Hear from Charlotte Murphy, Senior Student Recruitment and Partnerships Officer at UCL.
Friday, November 14
12:00 – 1:00 PM
Classroom Unit Building, 101 (Global Engagement Conference Room)
Sign Up to Attend
Why attend?

Get the inside scoop from a UCL Summer School representative
Learn about the different course options
Find out how to apply and make it happen
Connect with Global Learning advisors and start planning your summer abroad

Whether you’re just curious or ready to go, this is your chance to get inspired and take the next step toward studying abroad at University College London!
Questions? Contact us at globallearning@ucsc.edu.

BIPOC Outdoors: Arboretum Tour
2025-11-14 14:45 | Arboretum, 122 Arboretum Road, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064
The People of Color Sustainability Collective presents: BIPOC Outdoor series, Arboretum Tour. This event will take place on November 14th, 2025 from 2:45pm-4:45pm at the UCSC Arboretum. Students will get an opportunity to learn about the space and build relationships with land and one another. PoCSC’s mission for BIPOC Outdoors is to hold educational, inviting, and reflective activities in the outdoors in order to build community, facilitate cultural exchange, and encourage a sense of belonging and care for nature.

Korean Experimental Music Festival—Featuring the National Gugak Center and Del Sol Quartet
2025-11-14 17:00 - 19:00 | Music Center Recital Hall, 400 McHenry Road, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064
The National Gugak Center—Korea’s foremost institution for traditional music—joins forces with the Bay Area’s acclaimed Del Sol String Quartet to offer California audiences a rare and resonant experience. The festival blends traditional Korean musical practices, Western classical instrumentation, and cutting edge music technology in the world premiere of a over 20 newly commissioned works by faculty and graduate student composers from UC Santa Cruz, UC Berkeley, and Stanford University.
Two concerts on Fri., Nov. 14 feature a first-of-its-kind ensemble pairing two gayageums—Korea’s zither-like string instrument—with a Western string quartet. In two additional performances on Sat., Nov. 15, traditional Korean wind instruments—the piri, saenghwang, and daegeum—are transformed through real-time computer sound processing into a striking electroacoustic experience.
The festival culminates a two-year collaboration among the National Gugak Center, the UC Santa Cruz Music Department, UC Berkeley’s Center for New Music and Audio Technologies (CNMAT), and Stanford’s Department of Music and Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA). We hope you enjoy these concerts of new works shaped by deep intercultural dialogue and inspired by the enduring legacy of traditional Korean music.
—
ADMISSION
– Open admission/first-come, first-served seating (no ticket required)
– Free and open to the public
– Doors are scheduled to open 30 minutes prior to event start time
—
FULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Korean Experimental Music Festival includes two-days of events at UC Santa Cruz, each with two back-to-back concerts, including:
KEMF: Traditional Korean Gayageum with String Quartet Part I
Fri. Nov. 14, 5:00 p.m., UCSC Music Center Recital Hall
New works for Korean gayageums—traditional zither-like stringed instruments—and Western string quartet, by Maisha Lani, Ben Dorfan, Michael J. Fleming, Nina Barzegar, Siamak Barghi, Chris Everingham, and Jinwei Sun. Featuring musicians from the National Gugak Center in Seoul, and San Francisco’s Del Sol Quartet.
—
KEMF: Traditional Korean Gayageum with String Quartet Part II
Fri. Nov. 14, 8:00 p.m., UCSC Music Center Recital Hall
New works for gayageums—traditional zither-like stringed instruments—and Western string quartet, by UC Santa Cruz Professor Ben Leeds Carson, and by UC Berkeley faculty Cindy Cox, Edmund Campion, and Jean Ahn. Featuring musicians from the National Gugak Center in Seoul, and San Francisco’s Del Sol Quartet.
—
KEMF: Korean Winds and Electronics Part I
Sat. Nov. 15, 5:00 p.m., UCSC Music Center Recital Hall
Music for traditional Korean wind Instruments, including piri (a traditional Korean double-reed instrument similar to a shawm or oboe), saenghwang (a traditional Korean free-reed mouth organ, like a large, complex harmonica), and daegeum (a large, traditional transverse bamboo flute)—all of which are combined with experimental electronics. New works by UC Santa Cruz Professor Emeritus David Evan Jones, and by composers Michael J. Fleming, Mat Muntz, and Dion Nataraja. Featuring musicians from the National Gugak Center in Seoul.
—
KEMF: Korean Winds and Electronics Part II
Sat. Nov. 15, 8:00 p.m., UCSC Music Center Recital Hall
Music for traditional Korean wind Instruments, including piri (a traditional Korean double-reed instrument similar to a shawm or oboe), saenghwang (a traditional Korean free-reed mouth organ, like a large, complex harmonica), and daegeum (a large, traditional transverse bamboo flute)—all of which are combined with experimental electronics. New works by UC Santa Cruz Professors Matt Schumaker and David Evan Jones; UC Berkeley Professors Ken Ueno and Edmund Campion; and Stanford Professor Jarosław Kapuściński. Featuring musicians from the National Gugak Center in Seoul.
—
Additional events at Stanford and at UC Berkeley Nov. 7–12
—
VISITOR PARKING AT UCSC
– Parking by permit, ParkMobile, or $5 cash/credit via the on-site parking attendant
– Arts Lot #126 is the closest parking lot to the event
– Visitors with DMV placards or plates may park for free in DMV spaces, Medical spaces, or ParkMobile spaces without additional payment, or in timed zones for longer than the posted time.
– More information provided by UCSC Transportation & Parking Services (TAPS)
—
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
The festival is the culmination of a two-year collaboration between the National Gugak Center, the UC Santa Cruz Music Department, UC Berkeley’s Center for New Music and Audio Technologies (CNMAT) and the Department of Music at UC Berkeley, and Stanford’s Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA).
The Korean Experimental Music Festival is supported by: The National Gugak Center; the UC Santa Cruz Music Department; The Hellman Fellows Program; The Arts Research Institute, UC Santa Cruz; Porter College, UC Santa Cruz; the Center for New Music and Audio Technologies, UC Berkeley; the UC Berkeley Music Department; CCRMA at Stanford University, and others.
This program is open to all members of the public consistent with state and federal law.

Welcome to the City: San Diego
2025-11-14 18:00 - 20:00 | Jacob and Cushman San Diego Food Bank, 9850 Distribution Ave, San Diego, CA, 92121, United States
Join us for Welcome to the City in Santa Diego, hosted in partnership with the Jacob and Cushman San Diego Food Bank. The project will be held Friday, November 14 from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. at the Food Bank (9850 Distribution Avenue, San Diego, CA 92121). Please register in advance to help us and our non-profit partner plan accordingly.
Project Description:
Volunteers primarily work at the Food Bank’s warehouse, completing a variety of essential tasks, most of which involve inspecting, sorting, and packing food for distribution.
Welcome to the City is an annual series of regional events which help graduates connect with their local UCSC community. While the program is designed with recent grads in mind, all are welcome to participate.
Please contact alumni@ucsc.edu with questions.

The SpongeBob Musical
2025-11-14 19:30 - 21:30 | Theater Arts Mainstage, 411 Kerr Road, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064
The SpongeBob Musical is a Broadway production based on the popular animated series, SpongeBob SquarePants. It premiered in Chicago in 2016 and then debuted on Broadway in 2017, receiving 12 Tony Award nominations. The musical tells the story of SpongeBob and his friends in Bikini Bottom as they face the potential destruction of their town by a volcano, with songs written by David Bowie, Cyndi Lauper, The Flaming Lips, and more.
Directed by Rebecca Wear, assistant professor
Musical Direction by Luke Shepherd, lecturer
Choreography by Cid Pearlman, lecturer
Read more about this production on Lookout Santa Cruz.
—
AUDIENCE ADVISORIES
– Ticket holders not seated at least 5 minutes before the advertised start time may forfeit their ticket/seat and no refund will be issued.
—
ADMISSION
– Free for UCSC undergrads (ticket required).
– General admission “Pay What You Like” tickets $5–25
– Tickets issued online through Eventbrite only.
– Follow the Dept. of Performance, Play & Design on Eventbrite for notifications and updates.
– Doors are scheduled to open 30 minutes prior to event start time.
—
FULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
This is a two-week production with nine performances, including :
Fri. Nov. 14: 7:30 p.m.
Sat. Nov. 15: 2:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
Sun. Nov. 16: 2:00 p.m.
Thu. Nov. 20: 7:30 p.m.
Fri. Nov. 21: 7:30 p.m.
Sat. Nov. 22: 2:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
Sun. Nov. 23: 2:00 p.m.
—
PARKING
– Parking by permit, ParkMobile, or $5 cash/credit via the on-site parking attendant
– Arts Lot #126 is the closest parking lot to the event
– Visitors with DMV placards or plates may park for free in DMV spaces, Medical spaces, or ParkMobile spaces without additional payment, or in timed zones for longer than the posted time.
– More information provided by UCSC Transportation & Parking Services (TAPS)
—
DONATIONS welcome!
—
This program is open to all members of the public consistent with state and federal law.

Barnstorm Presents—1972: The Future of Sex
2025-11-14 19:30 - 21:30 | Theater Arts Center, 453 Kerr Road, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064
It is 1972: an era of possibility and polyester and pubic hair. While Ziggy Stardust is on Top of the Pops, Penny is writing an essay on Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Christine is watching Deep Throat and Brian is confused. Devised by The Wardrobe Ensemble, 1972: The Future of Sex incorporates the company’s trademark theatricality, irreverent humour and ensemble ingenuity to tell the story of three couples having sex for the first time—and a country on the brink of a sexual awakening. Commissioned by Shoreditch Town Hall, the play was first seen there in 2014, before a UK tour in 2015, including performances at Bristol Old Vic and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. It was revived at the Bristol Old Vic in 2019.
—
ADMISSION
– General admission “Pay What You Like” options $5–20
– Free for UCSC undergraduate students (ticket required).
– Tickets issued through Eventbrite; Follow the Dept. of Performance, Play & Design on Eventbrite for notifications and updates.
– Doors are scheduled to open 30 minutes prior to event start time.
– Ticket holders not seated at least 10 minutes before the advertised start time may forfeit their ticket/seat and no refund will be issued.
– A limited number of tickets/seats may be available at the door, even after online ticket sales end or reach full capacity.
—
FULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
This production runs for two weekends and includes six performances:
Fri. Nov. 14: 7:30 p.m.
Sat. Nov. 15: 7:30 p.m.
Sun. Nov. 16: 3:00 p.m.
Thu. Nov. 20: 7:30 p.m.
Fri. Nov. 21: 7:30 p.m.
Sat. Nov. 22: 7:30 p.m.
Sun. Nov. 23: 3:00 p.m.
—
PARKING
– Parking by permit or ParkMobile.
– Arts Lot #126 is the closest parking lot to the event.
– Visitors with DMV placards or plates may park for free in DMV spaces, Medical spaces, or ParkMobile spaces without additional payment, or in timed zones for longer than the posted time.
– More information provided by UCSC Transportation & Parking Services (TAPS)
—
This program is open to all members of the public consistent with state and federal law.

Welcome to the City: Los Angeles (Culver City)
2025-11-15 09:00 - 12:00 | Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook, 6300 Hetzler Rd, Culver City, 90232, United States
Join us for Welcome to the City in Los Angeles (Culver City), hosted in partnership with the California State Parks Foundation at Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook. The project will be held Saturday, November 15 from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. at Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook (6300 Hetzler Rd, Culver City, CA 90232). Please register in advance to help us and our non-profit partner plan accordingly.
Project description:
Join California State Parks Foundation and their partners at Nature Nexus Institute to support ongoing habitat restoration efforts at the park! Volunteers will help remove invasive plants and plant native species. Additional tasks may be completed as needed, including seed collection, seed cleaning, transplanting plants, and fixing plant basins. Ages 12 and older are welcome (minors must be accompanied by an adult and have waivers signed by their guardian).
Welcome to the City is an annual series of regional events which help alumni connect with their local UCSC community. While the program is designed with recent grads in mind, all are welcome to participate.
Please contact alumni@ucsc.edu with questions.

Welcome to the City: Santa Cruz
2025-11-15 10:00 - 12:00 | Homeless Garden Project Farm, Shaffer Road, Santa Cruz, CA, 95060, United States
Join us for Welcome to the City in Santa Cruz, hosted in partnership with the Homeless Garden Project. The project will be held Saturday, November 15 from 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. at the Homeless Garden Project Natural Bridges Farm (Shaffer Rd, Santa Cruz, CA 95060). Please register in advance to help us and our non-profit partner plan accordingly.
Project description:
Participants will receive a tour of the farm and then assist with some farm tasks.
Welcome to the City is an annual series of regional events which help alumni connect with their local UCSC community. While the program is designed with recent grads in mind, all are welcome to participate.
Please contact alumni@ucsc.edu with questions.

Broadsides No.2: Pairing Artworks with Poetry - Poetry Reading & Artist Talk
2025-11-15 16:00 - 18:00 | m.k. contemporary art, 703 Front Street, Santa Cruz, 95060, United States
Following the success of its 2023 debut, Broadsides No. 2 returns this fall to MK Contemporary Art Gallery with a compelling exploration of the dynamic relationship between poetry and visual art. The exhibition pairs nine nationally recognized poets with nine distinguished visual artists, presenting collaborative works that reveal the unexpected resonances between image and language.
The participating artists are celebrated for their ability to capture imagery with clarity and nuance, each recognized nationally for their contributions to contemporary art. The poets featured in Broadsides No. 2 are equally accomplished literary voices, with deep connections to the Santa Cruz community and beyond. Many are associated with the Morton Marcus Poetry Reading, an annual event honoring the legacy of one of Santa Cruz’s most beloved poets. This year’s reading takes place on Thursday, November 20 at UC Santa Cruz and features writer and poet Ellen Bass.
The exhibition is curated by Donna Mekis (poetry) and Rose Sellery (visual art), with broadside design by Gary Young, Director of the Cowell Press at UC Santa Cruz. Broadsides No. 2 is presented with support from The Humanities Institute and Special Collections & Archives at UC Santa Cruz.

Exhibition Events

Opening Reception with Poetry Reading & Artist Talk: Saturday, November 15, 4:00-6:00
First Friday Receptions: November 7 & December 5, 6:00-8:00

Visual Artists

Randy Beckelheimer
Glenn Carter
Linda Christensen
David Fleming
Melissa Kreisa
Quinn Peck
Margaret Rinkovsky
Rose Sellery
Bobby Williams

Poets

Killarney Clary
Nancy Miller Gomez
Lee Herrick
Stephen Kessler
Robin Magowan
Tom Meschery
Magdalena Montagne
Ayaz Pirani
Todd Turnidge

Image credit: Twirl by Quinn Peck

International Education Week 2025
2025-11-17 00:00
International Education Week (IEW) is an opportunity to celebrate the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide. Each year, the Division of Global Engagement partners with departments, colleges, and offices across campus to provide our community with a wide range of intercultural, international, and globally-themed events during IEW. This is an excellent opportunity to broaden your cultural perspective by sharing with and learning from others.

Click here to see the full IEW schedule.

If you are interested in partnering/promoting an international-themed event during IEW, please contact iprogramming@ucsc.edu.

Info Session: Global Seminar Mediterranean France in Marseille
2025-11-17 11:00 - 12:00
Learn more at our upcoming Information Session: Monday, November 17th, 2025 at 11:00 am-12:00 pm via Zoom.
Zoom link is listed here.
Earn 10 units on a summer program on the Global Seminar Mediterranean France in Marseille this summer. This program is taught by Muriam Davis, Associate Professor of History and Thomas Serres, Associate Professor of Politics.
Quick Facts:

Locations: Marseille, France
Courses:
His 170 C: France and its Empire in the 20th century (5 credits)
POLI 166: Politics of Migration (5 credits)
Led by: Muriam Davis and Thomas Serres
Eligibility: Good academic and disciplinary standing, Min Age: 18, Minimum GPA- 2.3 cumulative GPA or higher at the time of application and every quarter prior to departure, 45 units completed by the time of departure
Dates: Summer Session 1 (Exact dates to be announced)
Finances: Financial aid applies, and scholarships are available! Budget will be posted on the website when it is available.
How to apply: Visit here for instructions. Applications open on December 1 and close on March 2.
Get in touch: Email your questions to globallearning@ucsc.edu.

Program Description: Students will study French history and politics in Marseille, a port city that has a rich tradition of immigration, activism, and cultural production. By meeting with urbanists, musicians, activists, historians, and filmmakers, they will reflect on how the diverse communities have shaped French culture and politics. They will also study the lingering effects of French colonialism and immigration policy through visits to the many museums and archives located in and around Marseille. Read about Marseille here or watch this Anthony Bourdain clip here.

CM Seminar: "Playful Design to Empower Climate Adaptation - What are we missing for real-life impact?"
2025-11-17 12:30 - 13:30 | Engineering 2, Engineering 2 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064
Presented by: Linda Hirsch

Description: “Games and playful interventions have been researched to increase awareness of climate change impacts and educate about mitigation and adaptation measures. However, besides increased awareness, what real-life impact and adapted behaviors can we actually observe from such interventions? In this talk, I will reflect on the differences between short-term and long-term community empowerment through playful interventions and discuss three outstanding research directions for designing real-life climate adaptation.”
Bio: Linda Hirsch is a postdoctoral researcher at Computational Media, UCSC, under the supervision of Katherine Isbister. She holds a magna cum laude doctoral degree in Media Informatics from LMU Munich, Germany. Her research focuses on exploring, conceptualizing, and creating meaningful human-environment interactions to strengthen communities toward increased climate resilience. Linda Hirsch has been an elected executive committee member of the German group “Be-greifbare Interaktion” since 2021, an expert research group within the German Society of Information Technology regarding topics for tangible and embedded interfaces.

Hosted by: Professor Katherine Isbister
When: Monday, November 17, 2025 from 12:30PM to 1:30PM
Location:
IN-PERSON @ UCSC Main Campus, E2-280.
Viewing room @ SVC 3212.
LUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED AT BOTH LOCATIONS! Faculty and students are highly encouraged to attend.

Zoom info:
https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/97750591512?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 977 5059 1512
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Boundaries & Communication: International Grad Student Circle
2025-11-17 13:00 - 15:00 | Graduate Student Commons, 420 Hagar Drive, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064
Boundaries & Communication: International Grad Student Circle
Date: Monday, November 17
Time: 1–3 p.m.
Location: Graduate Student Commons (above Cafe Iveta in Quarry Plaza)
Description: Join CARE, International Student Services & Programs, and the Grad Student Commons for lunch and conversation about boundaries, culture, and healthy professional relationships. This event centers international graduate students and is a space for all UCSC graduate students to come together and have conversations about culture, communication, & professional boundaries. Catered lunch from At Thai Recipe will be provided, and RSVP is encouraged! For any questions or accommodation requests, please email care_pec@ucsc.edu
RSVP: tinyurl.com/GradCircle25

AM Seminar: Dynamo Action Inside the Giant Planets
2025-11-17 16:00 - 17:00
Presenter: Dr. Paula Wulff, UCLA
Description: Our solar system hosts six unique planetary magnetic fields. Intrinsic magnetic fields are generated deep inside planets by dynamo action. This process requires regions of electrically conducting material and energy sources to maintain the dynamo. Thus, we can learn about the deep interiors of planets, including their structures and dynamics, by investigating their magnetic fields. In this talk, I’ll explore some of the interesting questions and possible answers about planetary interiors that have come from studies of planetary magnetism, in particular through 3-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic simulations.
Bio: Paula Wulff completed her PhD with Uli Christensen at the Max-Planck-Institute for Solar System Science, in Goettingen, Germany, after her undergrad at Cambridge (UK). While working with Uli, she studied zonal flows on Gas Giants, in particular on Jupiter. She used the gravity measurements made by Juno to infer their depth, and numerical modelling to investigate their truncation mechanism at depth. After her PhD, she moved to California to work with Hao Cao and Jon Aurnou at UCLA’s EPSS department. During the postdoc she has continued to work on 3-D MHD modelling to study the dynamo mechanisms in the interiors of various planets in our solar system.
Hosted by: Professor Julie Simons

Statistics Seminar: Beyond the Average Treatment Effect: Causal Mediation Methods for Understanding Intervention Mechanisms
2025-11-17 16:00 - 17:00
Presenter: Hanna Kim, Assistant Professor, Psychology Department, UCSC
Description: Understanding how an intervention works is a central question in behavioral and social research, following the demonstration of its overall effect. Traditional mediation analysis techniques often assume a homogeneous mechanism of effects, overlooking both validity concerns and subgroup variation in causal pathways. In this talk, I present a series of developments in causal mediation methods aimed at identifying and estimating natural direct and indirect effects, addressing challenges such as unobserved confounding and heterogeneity across subpopulations. I illustrate these approaches using data from early childhood education programs and online course participation, showing how causal mediation analysis can reveal diverse mechanisms of change. The talk concludes with current directions for integrating mixture modeling and clustered data analysis with causal inference to enhance both robustness and interpretability at the interface of statistics and applied research.
Bio: Hanna Kim is an Assistant Professor of Quantitative Psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Her research centers on advancing causal inference and mediation methods to investigate how educational programs influence child development and how effects differ across subpopulations. She also integrates latent variable modeling with dyadic data analysis to study interpersonal dynamics. Her work bridges psychology and statistics to address methodological challenges in applied research, with publications in Psychological Methods, Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment, and the Asian Journal of Education.

Hosted by: Professor Paul Parker

IEW Kickoff Fair
2025-11-17 19:00 - 20:30 | Namaste Lounge, 615 College Nine Road, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064
We are kicking off International Education Week with a bang. Come swing by the Namaste Lounge at C9/JRL to celebrate our campus’s global diversity with our fair. Win drinks from around the world, enjoy international treats, and enter to win raffle prizes.
This session is hosted in partnership with the College 9/John R. Lewis College Student Life team and is a part of International Education Week 2025. Learn more on the IEW website here.

Info Session: Global Seminar Mokuhanga Printmaking in Japan
2025-11-18 12:00 - 13:00
Learn more at our upcoming Information Session: Tuesday, November 18th, 2025 at 12:00-1:00 pm in Seminar Room D101 in the Art Department.
Earn 6 units on a summer program on the Global Seminar Mokuhanga Printmaking in Japan this summer. This program is taught by Jimin Lee, Professor of Art.
Quick Facts:

Locations: Tokyo, Japan; Tokushima, Japan; Kyoto, Japan
Course:
ART 161J Mokuhanga: UCSC Printmaking in Japan (6 units)
Led by: Jimin Lee
Eligibility: Good academic and disciplinary standing, Min Age: 18, 45 units completed at time of departure. Minimum GPA- 2.3 cumulative GPA or higher at the time of application and every quarter prior to departure, Completion of Art 20G
Application requirement: Portfolio of 10 images
Dates: Summer Session 2 (Exact dates to be announced)
Finances: Financial aid applies, and scholarships are available! Budget will be posted on the website when it is available.
How to apply: Visit here for instructions. Applications open on December 1 and close on March 2.
Get in touch: Email your questions to globallearning@ucsc.edu.

Program Description: Immerse yourself in the world of Mokuhanga, the celebrated Japanese woodblock printmaking technique of Ukiyo-e, and journey from timeless tradition to cutting-edge creative exploration. Study how traditional relief printmaking techniques fuse with emerging technologies, book arts, and animation, while engaging with Japan’s vibrant cultural landscape through hands-on washi papermaking, museum and gallery visits, and exchanges with master printmakers and Tokyo Zokei University students. Through studio practice, cultural exploration, and creative collaboration, you’ll gain advanced artistic skill, deep cultural insight, and a fresh perspective on the possibilities of print media in today’s visual culture.

Faculty Community Network - Asian American / Pacific Islander
2025-11-18 12:00 - 13:30 | Baskin Engineering, E2-215, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064, United States
The Faculty Community Networks program was created to provide structures for faculty community, development, and support. Originally created through a grant from the UC Office of the President, the program now continues with funding from the CP/EVC.
Each group is open to any interested faculty (including Senate faculty, lecturers, and other faculty titles), with a goal of engaging faculty across ranks and disciplines, to improve faculty retention and success. Groups meet roughly once per month and meetings vary between in-person, remote, and hybrid. Lunch is provided to groups meeting in person.
This program complies with federal and state non-discrimination laws, is applicable to living our values, and is open to all members of the faculty.
RSVP Form

Corporations at Climate Crossroads: Book Talk with Lily Hsueh
2025-11-18 17:00 - 18:30 | Interdisciplinary Sciences Building, 7487 Red Hill Road, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064
With climate risks growing, climate action facing political headwinds in many countries, and international cooperation increasingly challenged, Lily Hsueh’s Corporations at Climate Crossroads illuminates how and under what conditions the world’s largest corporations have taken proactive action on climate change during the years leading up to and after the Paris Agreement.
Drawing on insights from economics, political science, and management, the author uncovers how corporations and their leaders are key players in a nested structure of climate change governance. Hsueh shows that corporate leaders’ climate actions are shaped by bottom-up and top-down institutions and incentives involving firm, regulatory, and global governance. To navigate uncertainty, corporate responses to the climate challenge are therefore an interplay of internal firm leadership, complementary capabilities in adjacent areas, and strategic and proactive engagement with regulatory process and global governance. Sophisticated large-N statistical analyses of global businesses’ climate mitigation and performance from 2011 to 2020 and illustrative company case studies substantiate the demand for, and supply of, global businesses’ climate mitigation, across sectors, and in developed and developing countries.
Please join us for this book talk in-person at the Interdisciplinary Sciences Building (ISB 102). Open to all.
Sponsored by
Institute for Social Transformation and Earth Futures Institute
About the author: Dr. Lily Hsueh, PhD
Lily Hsueh is Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy at Arizona State University, where she is also a Senior Global Futures Scientist at the ASU Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory. She is an affiliate scholar at the Stanford Woods
Institute for the Environment. She is the author of Corporations at Climate Crossroads: Multilevel Governance, Public Policy, and Global Climate Action (MIT Press, 2025), and numerous scholarly articles on business and public policy, environmental economics, policy, and governance, and political economy. Her work has been featured in the Financial Times, Fortune, PBS NewsHour, among other media outlets. Before academia, she was a Senior Analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco where she was part of the team that prepared briefings for the Fed’s Federal Open Market Committee meetings. She holds a B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, a master’s degree from University College London, and a Ph.D. from the University of Washington.
Book discout codes

Use code MITP30 on PenguinRandomHouse.com on September 2 (publication day) to receive 30% off Corporations at Climate Crossroads.
Use code READMIT20 on PenguinRandomHouse.com anytime after publication to receive 20% off Corporations at Climate Crossroads.

Crown/Merrill Peer Advising Presents . . . DROP IN ZOOM
2025-11-18 19:30 - 21:00 | https://events.ucsc.edu/event/crown-merrill-peer-advising-presents-drop-in-zoom/2025-11-18/
Questions about Winter enrollment? Drop into the Peer Advisors’ Zoom to get some Minty Cool advise!
