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SUMMARY:Optional Practical Training (OPT) Awareness Week
DESCRIPTION:Join us for OPT Awareness Week at UC Santa Cruz\, a supportive and informative series designed to help international students learn about and confidently prepare for Optional Practical Training. You’ll learn application steps\, key timelines\, and employment rules while connecting with advisors and peers who are here to help you succeed. Whether you’re just starting to explore OPT or ready to apply\, this week offers the tools and clarity you need to move forward with confidence. \nVisit our website to explore the different workshops and sessions.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/optional-practical-training-opt-awareness-week/
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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SUMMARY:ECE 290 Seminar: Precision Nuclear Medicine: Engineering Solutions from Acquisition to Analysis
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Spencer L. Bowen\, Assistant Professor in the Departments of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering\, UT Southwestern Medical Center \nDescription: The Bowen Lab focuses on the development of tools for positron emission tomography (PET) and hybrid systems (e.g. PET/CT)\, to advance precision imaging for the care and study of oncology\, neurology\, and cardiology patients. Quantitative metrics from PET are integral to both patient workup and clinical research. However\, current approaches to enable quantitative imaging have substantial performance limitations that can compromise study conclusions\, fail to generalize across exams and scanners\, expose patients to additional ionizing radiation\, or necessitate invasive procedures. To address these key barriers\, Dr. Bowen and his team investigate advanced acquisition techniques\, image reconstruction algorithms\, and post-processing methods. Their studies span from digital simulations to human subjects research. This lecture will cover recent developments by the Bowen Lab\, including 1) advanced PET data correction methods for low-dose and standalone exams\, 2) non-invasive fully quantitative imaging\, and 3) leveraging topical sensors to detect faulty radiotracer injections. \nBio: Spencer L. Bowen\, Ph.D.\, is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He earned his doctorate in biomedical engineering from University of California\, Davis\, where he developed hardware and algorithmic solutions to enable quantification with a breast PET/CT scanner. Dr. Bowen then worked as a research fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital on precision PET imaging methods for combined PET/MR. Prior to joining the UT Southwestern faculty in 2020\, he served as a research assistant professor at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech-Carilion. Dr. Bowen’s research program is funded by both industry and the NIH. His work has been featured on the cover of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine and detailed by the press. \nHosted by: Professor Soumya Bose\, ECE Department \nZoom Link: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/97975378707?pwd=ljcgaCfhMmhZ88Vt5dqQUBVQRjehOx.1
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/ece-290-seminar-precision-nuclear-medicine-engineering-solutions-from-acquisition-to-analysis/
LOCATION:Engineering 2\, Engineering 2 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Seminars
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SUMMARY:CM Seminar - "From Sibelius to Game: Crafting Adaptive Music for 'Kingdom Come: Deliverance'"
DESCRIPTION:Presented by: Adam Sporka \nDescription: “This talk explores the technical and creative processes behind the music of Kingdom Come: Deliverance II\, where I served as a music programmer\, and soundtrack contributor. Using our proprietary Sequence Music Engine and music logic module\, we authentically scored the game’s 1400s Bohemia setting with segment-based adaptive music driven by in-game variables. Our workflow centers around the notation program Sibelius and our custom tool Converdi\, which streamlines the production by converting the score symbols to preliminary MIDI streams per individual VSTs and by extracting the precise timing data necessary for the segment transitions. This enabled us to spend more time on the creative aspects of music and less time on production and implementation.” \nThe key takeaways from the talk are as follows: \n* Production should start with a complete score\, and not just the MIDI exports therefrom\n* Custom automation tools can streamline the music creation workflow and reduce the production time\n* Resequencing is more suitable for classical and medievalesque music than layering\n* Rapid music prototyping allows for early testing of adaptive music directly in the game \nBio: Adam Sporka is a software developer by trade\, a musician by domain\, and a scientist by approach. As a researcher\, developer\, and educator in game audio\, he places a special focus on interactive music. He has served as the technical music director for Kingdom Come: Deliverance II (Warhorse Studios) and is the author of the Sequence Music Engine\, a proprietary adaptive music middleware used in both games. As a composer\, he contributed to the soundtrack of both Kingdom Come: Deliverance games\, writing some of the most memorable medievalesque and early renaissance pieces on the soundtrack. Currently\, he teaches game audio at the University of California\, Santa Cruz. He received his Ph.D. and habilitation in human-computer interaction from the Czech Technical University (Czech Republic) and was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Trento (Italy). He has published more than 50 articles in the proceedings of international conferences and academic journals. Adam is currently appointed as a principal engineer at Embody\, a Sunnyvale-based game audio software company focused on the commercial applications of the head-related transfer function. \nHosted by: Professor Christina Chung \nWhen: March 2\, 2026 from 12:30PM to 1:30PM \nLocation:  \nIN-PERSON @  SVC 3212. \nViewing room @ UCSC Main Campus\, E2-280. \nLUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED AT BOTH LOCATIONS! Faculty and students are highly encouraged to attend. \nZoom info: \nhttps://ucsc.zoom.us/j/98763397019?pwd=XUG5pnMjgFgCEOlpunV41oRjNMZiO6.1 \nMeeting ID: 987 6339 7019\nPasscode: 273556
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/cm-seminar-from-sibelius-to-game-crafting-adaptive-music-for-kingdom-come-deliverance/
LOCATION:Silicon Valley Campus\, 3175 Bowers Avenue\, Santa Clara\, CA\, 95054\, United States
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SUMMARY:Statistics Seminar: Decoding Phytoplankton Responses to a Changing Ocean
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Francois Ribalet\, Research Associate Professor\, School of Oceanography\, University of Washington \nDescription: François Ribalet will present new observational technologies and computational approaches for studying phytoplankton responses to ocean warming. Using SeaFlow\, a custom-built automated flow cytometer deployed on over 100 research cruises\, his team has collected nearly 850 billion cell measurements across global oceans. Matrix population models applied to these data reveal how temperature affects phytoplankton division rates and biomass. The research shows that Prochlorococcus\, the ocean’s most abundant photosynthetic organism\, experiences sharp declines in growth above 28°C. Climate projections incorporating these metabolic constraints predict a 40-60% decrease in Prochlorococcus production in tropical regions by 2100\, with Synechococcus partially compensating through a 20-40% increase. These shifts between dominant phytoplankton groups will likely disrupt ocean food webs and carbon cycling\, raising questions about whether tropical ecosystems can adapt to warming oceans. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBio: François Ribalet is a research associate professor at the University of Washington studying phytoplankton and their role in ocean food webs and carbon cycling. He combines field observations with statistical models to understand how environmental changes affect the growth and community dynamics of these microscopic organisms. \nHosted by: Statistics Department
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/statistics-seminar-decoding-phytoplankton-responses-to-a-changing-ocean/
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Seminars
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SUMMARY:AM Seminar: The Evolving Landscape of AI for Science and Engineering: Bridging Simulation\, Experiment\, and Multi-scale Dynamics
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Aditi Krishnapriyan\, Assistant Professor\, UC Berkeley \nDescription: Recent advances in large-scale scientific datasets are creating new opportunities for machine learning (ML) methods to more effectively capture scientific phenomena with greater accuracy and reach. In this talk\, I will discuss how these advances are both shifting ML design paradigms and enabling new scientific inquiries. This includes investigations into understanding if neural networks can autonomously discover fundamental physical relationships from data\, and demonstrating how more flexible machine learning modeling design choices enable capturing physical dynamics across multiple scales. I will also explore how generative modeling approaches rooted in statistical physics can be applied to accelerate the sampling of dynamic pathways\, and as a framework to align and bridge the gap between simulated data and experimental observations. \nBio: Aditi Krishnapriyan is an Assistant Professor at UC Berkeley where she is part of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering\, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences\, and Berkeley AI Research; as well as a faculty scientist in the Applied Mathematics division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. She holds a PhD from Stanford University\, supported by the DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship\, was the Luis W. Alvarez Fellow in Computing Sciences at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory\, and is a recipient of the Department of Energy Early Career Award and RCSA Scialog. Her research focuses on developing physics-inspired machine learning methods that bridge machine learning with physical science applications to capture phenomena across multiple length and timescales. \nHosted by: Applied Mathematics
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/am-seminar-the-evolving-landscape-of-ai-for-science-and-engineering-bridging-simulation-experiment-and-multi-scale-dynamics/
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Seminars
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SUMMARY:Free Coffee\, Snacks\, & Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy a cup of coffee\, cocoa\, or tea\, and a breakfast snack with Merrill Provost McGuinness. Stay and chat with him and Poppy the Merrill Chihuahua\, or take it go.  \nSee you outside of the Merrill College office\, across from the Merrill Mailroom.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/free-coffee-snacks-conversation/2026-03-03/
LOCATION:Merrill College Office\, 641 Merrill Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Social Gathering
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SUMMARY:UCSC Orchestra—Bravada and Tchaikovsky
DESCRIPTION:Join the UC Santa Cruz Orchestra\, conducted by Bruce Kiesling\, for a winter concert\, featuring Flagello’s Bravada and selections from Tchaikovsky\, including the Overture–Fantasy from Romeo and Juliet and Solemn Overture from The Year 1812.\n—\nADMISSION\n– General admission\n– Free for UCSC students (ticket required).\n– Tickets will be available here online through Eventbrite only.\n– Follow the Music Dept on Eventbrite for notices and updates.\n– Doors are scheduled to open 30 minutes prior to event start time.\n– Ticket holders not seated at least 5 minutes before the advertised start time may forfeit their ticket/seat and no refund will be issued.\n—\nPARKING\n– Parking by permit\, ParkMobile\, or $11 cash/credit via the on-site parking attendant\n– Arts Lot #126 is the closest parking lot to the event\n– 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.\n– More information provided by UCSC Transportation & Parking Services (TAPS)\n—\nThis program is open to all members of the public consistent with state and federal law.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/orchestra-winter-2025-26/
LOCATION:Music Center Recital Hall\, 400 McHenry Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Concerts,Performances
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SUMMARY:CSE Colloquium - Improving Efficiency and Reliability of Foundation Models in Clinical AI
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Vasiliki “Vicky” Bikia\, PhD\, Stanford Department of Biomedical Data Science and Institute for Human-Centered AI (HAI) \nAbstract: \nDeploying foundation models in health requires both computational efficiency and reliable generation. In this talk\, I present two studies that address these dimensions separately but with a shared goal of real-world clinical deployment. The first study focuses on reduced-resolution distillation for multimodal clinical data\, particularly medical imaging. As model and input sizes increase\, inference cost and memory constraints become major barriers to deployment. We investigate how high-capacity teacher models can transfer structured knowledge to compact student models trained on downsampled images\, using embedding-space supervision to preserve clinically meaningful representations while reducing computational footprint. The second study examines the reliability of AI-generated clinical text. Foundation models are increasingly used to produce discharge summaries and patient-facing explanations\, yet fluency does not guarantee safety. We develop a structured evaluation framework grounded in clinical error taxonomies and clinician-calibrated metrics to quantify hallucinations\, omissions\, and semantic misalignment. Together\, these studies emphasize that scalable clinical AI requires not only smaller and faster models\, but also rigorous evaluation of generative reliability before deployment. \nBio: \nVasiliki Bikia is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Stanford University\, affiliated with the Department of Biomedical Data Science and the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI). She received an Advanced Diploma in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki\, and a Ph.D. in Bioengineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL). Her research focuses on medical foundation models\, structured representations of health data\, and the evaluation of generative systems in clinical settings. Previously\, she was a Machine Learning Scientist at the Mussallem Center for Biodesign at Stanford University\, where she developed software pipelines to improve data accessibility and interoperability in digital health applications. Vasiliki was selected as an MIT Rising Star in EECS (2025) and as an Emerson Consequential Scholar (2025)\, and is actively engaged with the Silicon Valley entrepreneurial ecosystem through collaborations at the intersection of research\, industry\, and healthcare. She is an organizing member of the Conference on Health\, Inference\, and Learning (CHIL) and serves as Unconference Chair for the 2025 and 2026 editions\, where she leads the design and execution of the entrepreneurship-focused track bridging academic research and real-world deployment. Her work has appeared in venues including IEEE journals\, npj Digital Medicine\, Nature Communications\, and leading AI conferences\, and she has contributed to multiple funded research proposals and clinical studies at the intersection of AI\, medicine\, and translational impact. \nHosted by: Professor Nikos Tziavelis \nLocation: Engineering 2\, E2-180 (*Refreshments such as coffee\, tea\, fresh fruit\, and pastries will be provided) \nZoom: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/93445911992?pwd=YkJ2TQtF79h0PcNXbEcpZLbpK0coiY.1&jst=3
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/cse-colloquium-improving-efficiency-and-reliability-of-foundation-models-in-clinical-ai/
LOCATION:Engineering 2\, Engineering 2 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Seminars
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SUMMARY:Penguin Random House Info Session for UC Santa Cruz Undergraduates
DESCRIPTION:Looking to break into the publishing field? Join us for an insightful information session with an experienced recruiter at Penguin Random House! \nThis session is exclusively for UCSC students and will provide an overview of pathways within publishing and careers at Penguin Random House. You will learn about their dynamic internship program and get insider tips for navigating the recruitment process. Don’t miss this opportunity to ask questions and hear directly from a publishing professional! \nRegister here \nYOU BELONG HERE\nPrograms 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. \nFind more Humanities Division career events and other resources at Humanities Career Engagement
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/penguin-random-house-info-session-for-uc-santa-cruz-undergraduates/
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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SUMMARY:Shields\, S. (CM) - Procedural\, Player-Centric Game Balancing
DESCRIPTION:Game balance is a term widely used among players\, researchers\, and designers of games. It is a concept that feels vitally important to how we make and play games – but when we try to define it or implement it\, we seldom get the same definition twice. Balance appears differently to whoever is judging it\, but as researchers and designers we still must translate this element of game design into technical practice. It also is an expensive and time-consuming subject\, one that requires a constant loop of playtesting and design iteration through nearly the entirety of the game development process. \nThis work seeks to focus our understanding of balance while offering procedural methods to either increase speed or improve quality when performing balancing tasks in game design and research. It accomplishes this by offering a taxonomy of balance alongside a generic design framework that can be used to apply balancing strategies to any game context. It additionally provides a catalog of balancing methods\, allowing designers to use common patterns to apply procedural balancing to their games. Finally\, I offer three technical examples using the taxonomy and framework\, putting theoretical knowledge of balance into concrete technical systems. \nBalance ultimately helps us design games that make us feel fairness in our play. By sharpening and optimizing our understanding of the term\, we improve the games we make and open new doors in game systems design. \nEvent Host: Sam Shields\, Ph.D. Candidate\, Computational Media  \nAdvisor: Edward F. Melcer \nZoom- https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/98956788669?pwd=ao7DzYQebCeS3SJ4PsGaZeGYhYMVNI.1 \nPasscode- 713173
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/shields-s-cm-procedural-player-centric-game-balancing/
LOCATION:Merrill College\, College Office\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Ph.D. Presentations
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SUMMARY:Sonic Icons: Relation\, Recognition\, and Revival in a Syriac World
DESCRIPTION:Talk Abstract: To the extent that Middle Eastern Christians register in Euro-American political imaginaries at all\, they are usually invoked to make a political point about the need for Western military intervention in places like Iraq or Syria\, or they are cited as an exemption to anti-Islamic immigration policies because of an assumption that their Christianity makes them easily assimilable in the so-called “Judeo-Christian” West. Sonic Icons argues that these views work against the very communities they are meant to benefit by tracking a diasporic network of Syriac Orthodox Christians—also known as Assyrians\, Aramaeans\, and Syriacs—in the Netherlands who intertwine religious practice with political activism to “save” Syriac Christianity from the twin threats of political violence in the Middle East and cultural assimilation in Europe. \nComing of age in a historical moment when much of their tradition has been destroyed or forgotten by war\, dispossession\, displacement\, and genocide—their story of self-discovery is a story of survival\, revival\, and reinvention. Their activism is oriented toward seeking a complex form of recognition for what they understand to be the ethical core of Christian kinship in an ethnic as well as in a religious sense\, despite living in societies that do not recognize this unhyphenated form of ethnoreligious identity as a politically legitimate mode of public identity. Drawing on both theological and linguistic theories of the icon\, Sonic Icons rethinks foundational theoretical accounts of ethnicization\, racialization\, and secularization by examining how kinship gets made\, claimed\, and named in the global politics of minority recognition. \n  \nSpeaker Bio: A cultural anthropologist by training (UCSC ’13)\, Dr. Sarah Bakker Kellogg is a sensory ethnographer whose research and writing documents minor traditions of knowledge\, care\, and relational world-making. Known for her methodological creativity\, her work centers questions of reproduction\, ethics\, and justice at the intersection of religious studies\, gender studies\, migration studies\, and political economy. The author of Sonic Icons: Relation\, Recognition\, and Revival in a Syriac World published by Fordham University Press (2025)\, she has also won numerous awards\, research grants\, and fellowships\, including the SSRC’s International Dissertation Research Fellowship\, the Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship\, and the Wenner Gren Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowship. Her new research project is an ethnographic and historical investigation of interfaith activist traditions organized around immigration\, racial reparations\, and economic justice.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/sonic-icons-relation-recognition-and-revival-in-a-syriac-world/
LOCATION:Social Sciences 1\, Social Sciences 1\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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SUMMARY:Ways to Wellness
DESCRIPTION:Join the Asian American/Pacific Islander Resource Center on Wednesday 3/4 from 5:30-7:00pm at Namaste Lounge to learn about Tai Chi and Yoga\, as we highlight Asian wellness tools that can be used to help relieve stress and discuss how cultural wellness practices can help us connect to our communities. Feel free to bring your own yoga mat\, towel\, or blanket! \nRSVP at bit.ly/aapirc-wellness \nYou Belong Here: The programs and services described here 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. \nTo learn more\, please visit UC Nondiscrimination Statement or Nondiscrimination Policy for UC Publications.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/ways-to-wellness/
LOCATION:Namaste Lounge\, 615 College Nine Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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SUMMARY:The UC Santa Cruz Kraw Lecture Series presents: Unmasking cancer's complete genetic code
DESCRIPTION:In this Kraw lecture\, Angela Brooks will discuss her work on cancer research. \nCurrent cancer research focuses almost entirely on finding errors—mutations—in DNA. This has given us incredible tools like precision oncology\, matching patients with targeted drugs. But cancer cells almost always develop drug resistance\, causing treatments to fail and limiting patient survival. An often-overlooked aspect of cancer genes is the messenger RNA\, which is copied from DNA\, then translated into protein to do the work of the cell. Over 95% of human genes have isoforms\, which are different versions of the RNA message created through a process called RNA splicing. These different messages lead to slightly different proteins\, and we believe our lack of knowledge of different isoforms is a missing cause of treatment failure. \n\nIn-Person Reception: 5:30 p.m.\nLecture: 6–7 p.m.\n\nREGISTER
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/the-uc-santa-cruz-kraw-lecture-series-presents-unmasking-cancers-complete-genetic-code/
LOCATION:Silicon Valley Campus\, 3175 Bowers Avenue\, Santa Clara\, CA\, 95054\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260304T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260304T193000
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SUMMARY:Unexpected Returns: The Historic Entanglements of Fire\, Settlement\, and Stewardship in the Santa Cruz Mountains
DESCRIPTION:March 4th\, 2026 from 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Miriam Greenberg and Andrew Matthews will present the findings of UCSC researchers who have spent three years studying the ecological\, social\, and political economic processes that have set the stage for contemporary wildfires\, in what has become known as the “Wildland Urban Interface” (WUI). Come and learn about the deeper histories of indigenous burning\, settler ranching\, fire suppression\, extractive industries and urbanization that have produced fire prone landscapes in the Santa Cruz Mountains. \nThis event is presented as part of An Aesthetics of Resilience\, a collaborative research initiative of the Institute of the Arts and Sciences and the Friedlaender Lab at UC Santa Cruz. The project brings scientists\, artists\, humanists\, and activists together to examine multiple experiences of vulnerability in the face of climate change and is supported by a University of California Office of the President California Climate Action Seed Grant\, with additional support from the Coha Nowark Art + Science Fund.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/unexpected-returns-the-historic-entanglements-of-fire-settlement-and-stewardship-in-the-santa-cruz-mountains-2/
LOCATION:Institute of the Arts and Sciences\, 100 Panetta Ave\, Santa Cruz\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260304T190000
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SUMMARY:Undiscovered Shakespeare: The Two Noble Kinsmen - Episode I
DESCRIPTION:Shakespeare returns to the characters and themes of A Midsummer Night’s Dream in what may have been the last play he had a hand in writing: The Two Noble Kinsmen. This time\, however\, the story of Theseus and Hippolyta\, the disorienting experience of adolescent sexual desire\, and the conflict of duties to sovereigns\, parents\, friends\, and spouses are no laughing matter. It’s over-shadowed by the play’s source text — Chaucer’s Knight’s Tale\, in which chance foils Theseus’s best efforts to create order out of chaos and meaning out of loss — and by Shakespeare’s own experience writing tragedy and tragicomedy. \n \nThomas Luxon is Professor of English\, Emeritus at Dartmouth College\, where he was also the inaugural Cheheyl Professor and Director of the Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning. His teaching and scholarship focus on literature of the English Renaissance and Reformation\, with a particular interest in John Milton\, John Bunyan\, John Dryden\, and 17th-century English religion and politics. In his revelatory book\, Single Imperfection: Milton\, Marriage\, and Friendship (Duquesne UP\, 2005)\, Professor Luxon explores the impact of ancient theories of friendship on Milton’s conception of Reformation marriage\, and during the pandemic\, he contributed a lecture about the rivalry of friendship and marriage in Two Noble Kinsmen to Ian Doescher’s Shakespeare 2020 Project. \nUndiscovered Shakespeare is a public arts and humanities series co-produced by Santa Cruz Shakespeare\, UCSC Shakespeare Workshop\, and The Humanities Institute. It brings professional actors and scholars together with the public for a staged reading and discussion of works by Shakespeare that are rarely produced.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/undiscovered-shakespeare-the-two-noble-kinsmen-episode-i/
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SUMMARY:BME 280B Seminar: Artificial intelligence systems to advance engineered T cell immunotherapy designs
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Zinaida Good\, Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Immunology and Rheumatology and the Division of Computational Medicine\, Stanford University \nDescription: T cell immunotherapies have reshaped the treatment landscape for hematologic malignancies and are rapidly extending to solid tumors\, autoimmune diseases\, and transplant tolerance. Yet durable benefit remains inconsistent\, and toxicities remain clinically significant. The current discovery proceeds one edit at a time\, and existing preclinical models do not represent patient biology\, which often results in failure upon clinical translation. Overcoming these challenges to improve patient outcomes and reduce toxicities requires a systems-level understanding of the multiscale factors governing T cell function and toxicity in patients. Artificial intelligence (AI) approaches offer an exciting opportunity to tackle this problem by learning unified representations from diverse data types spanning molecular\, cellular\, and clinical modalities. I will provide an overview on our team’s approaches building AI systems that harness primary patient datasets to directly inform advanced T cell designs optimized for clinical outcomes\, with validation in preclinical models. \nBio: Zinaida Good\, Ph.D.\, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Immunology and Rheumatology and the Division of Computational Medicine at Stanford University. She also serves as the Director of the Stanford Center for Cancer Cell Therapy Data Hub. The goal of her research program is to understand and enhance engineered T cell immunotherapies for cancer and immune-mediated diseases through innovative computational approaches and systems immunology. Her lab leverages innovation in machine learning and clinical multiomic datasets to build artificial intelligence systems for advanced T cell therapy design. Dr. Good earned her Ph.D. in Computational & Systems Immunology from Stanford University. Her work includes 4 first-author papers (Nature Medicine 2018 & 2022\, Nature Biotechnology 2019\, Trends in Immunology 2019)\, 18+ co-authored papers (including Nature 2019\, 2022\, 2024\, Science 2021\, Nature Methods 2016\, 2022\, and NEJM 2024)\, and an initial senior author papers (ICML 2025\, NeurIPS 2025\, Frontiers in Immunology 2025). Her research is supported by the NIH/NCI Pathway to Independence Award\, NIH/OD Multimodal AI Initiative Award\, NIH/NCI Program Project Grant\, and the Weill Cancer Hub West. Dr. Good has been named an Arthur & Sandra Irving Cancer Immunology Fellow in 2022\, Parker Bridge Fellow in 2023\, and an AACR-Woman in Cancer Research Scholar in 2024. \nHosted by: Professor Vanessa Jonsson\, BMEbe Department
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/bme-280b-seminar-artificial-intelligence-systems-to-advance-engineered-t-cell-immunotherapy-designs/
LOCATION:Biomedical Sciences\, Biomedical Sciences Building Red Hill Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Seminars
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SUMMARY:Teach For America Information Session
DESCRIPTION:Interested in launching a career rooted in service\, learning\, and community impact? Join Teach For America staff members for an upcoming informational session where you’ll learn more about the paid opportunities we offer\, the issue we are trying to tackle together\, and how you can get involved. \nTeach For America offers paid full-time and part-time roles that range from virtual tutoring\, internships\, summer fellowships\, and full-time teaching positions in historically under-resourced schools. Participants gain valuable leadership\, communication\, and professional skills while supporting student success and educational equity. \nDuring this session\, you’ll learn: \n– Available opportunities and role types; \n– Eligibility and application timelines; \n– What support Teach For America provides to participants; \n– How to get involved\, regardless of major; \n  \nWe can 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. \n  \nYOU BELONG HERE\nPrograms 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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nContact information\nJames Crawford\, Recruiter\n\n\nLocation\nJack Baskin School of Engineering (E1)\, 156\, Santa Cruz\, California\, United States 
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/teach-for-america-information-session/
CATEGORIES:Meetings & Conferences,Undergraduate
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260305T150000
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SUMMARY:Xu\, Y. (CSE) - Right Place\, Right Time: Accelerating Edge Computation on Modern Heterogeneous SoCs
DESCRIPTION:Modern edge computing increasingly relies on heterogeneous System-on-Chip (SoC) architectures. These chips tightly integrate general-purpose CPUs with various specialized accelerators\, including GPUs\, FPGAs\, and AI accelerators\, all under a shared memory architecture. Although these shared-memory SoCs enable more efficient communication and data sharing between different processing units\, they are notoriously difficult to program and tune due to architectural diversity across vendors and asymmetric compute capabilities within each SoC. \nThis dissertation introduces Redwood and BetterTogether\, two frameworks that rethink CPU-accelerator collaboration on heterogeneous SoCs. Redwood targets a class of algorithms termed traverse–compute\, that combine irregular tree traversals with dense leaf-level computation\, e.g.\, Nearest-Neighbor Search and Barnes–Hut algorithm. \nIt addresses the efficient mapping of these algorithms onto heterogeneous systems by exploiting the architectural strengths of CPUs\, GPUs\, and FPGAs. BetterTogether extends this methodology to a different class of edge workloads\, specifically multi-stage pipelines and neural networks commonly used in computer vision tasks. Furthermore\, it introduces interference-aware analysis and scheduling techniques tailored for mobile SoCs. Finally\, to broaden the scope of heterogeneous acceleration\, we evaluated emerging domain-specific accelerators. We provide a preliminary analysis of Tensor Processing Units and Tensor Cores within the context of modern programming abstractions. \nEvent Host: Yanwen Xu\, Ph.D. Candidate\, Computer Science and Engineering \nAdvisor: Tyler Sorensen \nZoom- https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/5354629158?pwd=0CVhbwLuXDMX5fAGZd63tcfNqDWp0t.1 \nPasscode- 114514
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/xu-y-cse-right-place-right-time-accelerating-edge-computation-on-modern-heterogeneous-socs/
LOCATION:Engineering 2\, Engineering 2 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Ph.D. Presentations
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SUMMARY:Planting Oceania and Healing Communities
DESCRIPTION:Planting Oceania is a Oceanian/Indigenous Pacific Islander community organization that plants traditional foods in two gardens located at Filoli Historic House and Gardens in Woodside and at the UC Giltract Farms in Albany. Members of Planting Oceania will share stories about growing plants and stewarding the Land as an important cultural practice for building Oceania/Pacific Islander communities in California. Panelists will discuss being good guests and building good relations with Native California tribal leaders and communities — the Indigenous stewards of the Land — protocols they center in their land-based work. \nSpeakers: Windsor Taro (Belauan)\, John Holt (Kanaka Maoli/Native Hawaiian)\, Loa Niumeitolu (Tongan)\, Fuifuilupe Niumeitolu (Tongan)\, Andria Takesy (Belauan and Chuukese)\, Leila Tamale (Tongan)\, & Sitiveni Heimuli (Tongan) \nSponsored by: Rachel Carson College\, Center for Racial Justice\, Critical Race Ethnic Studies\, Asian American/ Pacific Islander Resource Center\, American Indian Resource Center\, People of Color Sustainable Collective\, & Mauna Kea Protectors \n For more info fniumeit@ucsc.edu \nYou Belong Here: The programs and services described here 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. \nTo learn more\, please visit UC Nondiscrimination Statement or Nondiscrimination Policy for UC Publications.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/planting-oceania-and-healing-communities/
LOCATION:Namaste Lounge\, 615 College Nine Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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SUMMARY:Traveling Film Southasia - Film Screening Festival Launch
DESCRIPTION:Located in Communications 150\, Studio C \nJoin the Center for South Asian Studies (CSAS) for a celebratory film screening event to launch Travelling Film Southasia\, a mobile film festival highlighting 19 exceptional nonfiction productions of the last two years\, originally screened at Film Southasia 2024 in Kathmandu. This year’s festival encapsulates a range of experiences on the Subcontinent with films from Nepal\, Bangladesh\, India\, Pakistan and Myanmar\, including CSAS Faculty Director Dolly Kikon’s recent film\, Abundance. \nFilm Southasia (FSA) is a biennial festival that began in 1997 with the goal of popularizing documentary films so that they entertain\, inform\, and change lives. In addition to the festival that takes place in Kathmandu every two years\, FSA organizes screenings\, discussions\, and workshops to promote Southasian non-fiction within the Subcontinent and around the world. Film Southasia believes that film is a powerful medium that not only helps better represent the region internationally\, but also contributes immensely to introspection and to initiatives that bring change at the local level. \nFor more information: Traveling FSA 2025. \nAfter the March 5 film festival launch event\, the festival films will be available for streaming until March 20. Link and instructions for viewing to follow. \nThis event is open to all students\, faculty\, staff\, and members of the public consistent with University policy and state and federal law. \nPresented by the Center for South Asian Studies and co-sponsored by the Department of Film and Digital Media and The Humanities Institute.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/traveling-film-southasia-film-screening-festival-launch/
LOCATION:Communications Building\, 7487 Red Hill Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260306T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260306T190000
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SUMMARY:Weather and the Whale Book Launch and Closing Party
DESCRIPTION:March 6\, 2026 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. The IAS will host a Celebration of the release of the Weather and the Whale catalog with an after-hours viewing of the exhibition and a conversation with three of the exhibition collaborators and catalog contributors: Guillermo Delgado-P\, Kailani Polzak and Zac Zimmer. \nDistributed by University of Minnesota Press\, Weather and the Whale is an exciting interdisciplinary catalog combining artworks\, critical and creative texts\, and new scientific research about whales and other marine mammals to both sound a warning of the irreversible consequences of the collapsing climate and offer alternative possibilities for living during these challenging times.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/weather-and-the-whale-book-launch-and-closing-party/
LOCATION:Institute of the Arts and Sciences\, 100 Panetta Ave\, Santa Cruz\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260306T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260306T220000
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SUMMARY:Lila Downs in Quarry Amphitheatre (March 6th)
DESCRIPTION:Tickets are on sale at quarryamphitheater.com\, starting at $67.50 for general admission\, and $118.26 VIP seating. \n  \nBorn in 1968\, Lila Downs is one of Latin America’s most influential voices\, an artist with a singular sound and magnetic stage presence. Rooted in Oaxaca and shaped between Mexico and the United States\, she weaves Mexican tradition with jazz\, cumbia\, folk\, and contemporary rhythms. Her music is both celebration and conscience; she’ll turn the redwood backdrop into a gathering—intimate\, fearless\, and deeply human—where culture is honored\, stories are reclaimed\, and audiences are invited to feel\, dance\, and remember.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/lila-downs-in-quarry-amphitheatre/
LOCATION:Upper Quarry Amphitheater\, 15 McLaughlin Drive\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Concerts,Performances
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260306T193000
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED—UCSC Wind Ensemble—Spirits and Legends
DESCRIPTION:Event update: this event is cancelled as of 6:30PM on Friday\, March 6. Ticket holders will receive refunds automatically via Eventbrite. Please contact artsevents@ucsc.edu with questions or concerns. \n— \nUCSC Wind Ensemble presents Spirits and Legends; a concert featuring music for Wind Ensemble on themes of past or present legends or spirit journeys. Featuring music from “Spirited Away” by Joe Hisaishi\, “The Dream of Angus” by Rolf Rudin\, “Sound and Smoke” by Viet Cuong\, and music by Carlos Chavez\, Julie Giroux\, and Richard Wagner.\n—\nADMISSION\n– General admission.\n– Free for UCSC students (ticket required).\n– Tickets available online through Eventbrite only HERE.\n– Follow the Music Dept on Eventbrite for notices and updates.\n– Doors are scheduled to open 30 minutes prior to event start time.\n– Ticket holders not seated at least 5 minutes before the advertised start time may forfeit their ticket/seat and no refund will be issued.\n—\nPARKING\n– Parking by permit\, ParkMobile\, or $11 cash/credit via the on-site parking attendant\n– Arts Lot #126 is the closest parking lot to the event\n– 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.\n– UCSC affiliates must purchase their permits before arriving at the event in order to receive their discounted UCSC rate. Attendants will only sell the non-affiliate-priced permits.\n– More information provided by UCSC Transportation & Parking Services (TAPS)\n—\nThis program is open to all members of the public consistent with state and federal law.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/ucsc-wind-ensemble-2/
LOCATION:Music Center Recital Hall\, 400 McHenry Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Concerts,Performances
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SUMMARY:UCSC Grad Slam Final - March 7th
DESCRIPTION:What is Grad Slam?\n\nThree Minutes. One Slide. Thousands of Dollars in Prizes!\nGrad Slam is a communication contest hosted by the UC Santa Cruz Graduate Division that highlights graduate student research. Participants have a maximum of three minutes to explain their graduate research or artistic endeavor to a general audience. \nFirst Place\, Grad Slam Champion: $3000 \nSecond Place: $1500 \nPeople’s Choice*: $750 \n*decided by text message voting\, one vote per audience member\, both those in person and watching the live stream \nCome join the fun and vote for your favorite presentation.  \nSaturday\, March 7th at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center. Doors open at 6:30\, talks begin at 7PM \nAll ten UC Grad Slam champions\, 1 from each campus\, compete in the UC Office of the President’s Grad Slam. The UC system-wide Grad Slam will take place on Wednesday\, April 22\, at the UC Center Sacramento.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/ucsc-grad-slam-final-march-7th/
LOCATION:Kuumbwa Jazz Center\, 320-2 Cedar St\, Santa Cruz\, 95060\, United States
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SUMMARY:After Hours: MIKE Live at the Quarry (Student-Only Concert)
DESCRIPTION:MIKE headlines an exclusive hip hop concert for UC Santa Cruz students on Saturday\, March 7 at the Quarry Amphitheater. Presented by the Division of Student Affairs and Success (DSAS) Leadership and Involvement Team\, this event is part of the new After Hours series\, created to expand opportunities for student connection\, creativity\, and engagement beyond traditional campus hours. \nSpecial guest Lil Kayla opens the show. \nDoors: 7 p.m. | Show: 8 p.m. \nTickets: $10 (UCSC students only\, while supplies last) \nLocation: Quarry Amphitheater \nFollow @ucsc.dsas on Instagram for updates. \nQuestions: involved@ucsc.edu \n  \nYou Belong Here: The programs and services described here 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. \nTo learn more\, please visit UC Nondiscrimination Statement or Nondiscrimination Policy for UC Publications.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/after-hours-mike-live-at-the-quarry-student-only-concert/
LOCATION:Upper Quarry Amphitheater\, 15 McLaughlin Drive\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Concerts,Performances
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SUMMARY:Family-friendly and Bilingual Bird Walk at the UCSC Arboretum
DESCRIPTION:Beginner Bird Walk / Paseando con los Pájaritos \nJoin the Bird School Project as they help kick-off the celebrations for Hummingbird Month in the beautiful gardens of the UCSC Arboretum & Botanic Garden. This bird walk is beginner and family-friendly. Bring binoculars if you have them\, if not\, binoculars or a monocular will be provided for you during the walk. The group will meet up at the entrance of the Australianum Garden right next to the large cypress tree in the middle of the parking lot. A Bird School Instructor will be leading the walk and will alternate speaking English and Spanish as needed. We encourage you to arrive at least 15 minutes early if you need to borrow binoculars. \nÚnase a la Escuela de Aves para celebrar el Mes del Colibrí. Este paseo de aves es para principiantes y apto para familias. Traiga binoculares si los tiene\, si no\, se le proporcionarán binoculares o un monocular durante la caminata. El grupo se reunirá en la entrada del Jardín Australia\, justo al lado del gran ciprés en el medio del estacionamiento. Un instructor de la Escuela de Aves liderará la caminata y alternará hablando en inglés y español según sea necesario. Le recomendamos que llegue al menos 15 minutos antes si necesita pedir prestados binoculares. \nEvent is free with paid admission. Adults $10\, Seniors $8\, Youth 4-17 $5 \nBeginner and family-friendly bird walk at the UCSC Arboretum by the Santa Cruz Bird School Project in English and Spanish.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/family-friendly-and-bilingual-bird-walk-at-the-ucsc-arboretum/2026-03-08/
LOCATION:Arboretum\, 122 Arboretum Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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SUMMARY:Jewels in the garden: A Darwinian natural history of humming birds with UCSC Professor Emeritus Bruce Lyon
DESCRIPTION:This presentation promises to be a super fun exploration of hummingbird natural history\, evolution\, and social behavior\, full of fascinating scientific information and colorful images of local and exotic hummingbirds from here and abroad. Though now officially a Professor Emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at UC Santa Cruz\, we are lucky that Dr. Bruce Lyon has little inclination to stop studying bird ecology and evolution in ‘retirement’! During his rich career teaching and conducting research\, Bruce’s work continues to include the Lyon Lab’s 18+ year-long project studying golden-crowned sparrows at the Arboretum. \nBruce will give his entertaining presentation and slideshow in the Arboretum’s Hort 2 Meeting Hall and then take interested folks outside to one of the Arboretum’s “hummingbird hotspots” for an informal (humming)-birdwatching session and Q&A. 
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/jewels-in-the-garden-a-darwinian-natural-history-of-humming-birds-with-ucsc-professor-emeritus-bruce-lyon/
LOCATION:Arboretum\, 122 Arboretum Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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SUMMARY:The Trial of Spock—An Opera Workshop
DESCRIPTION:The creators of The Trial of Spock—An Opera In Three Acts present concert performances of five scenes from an opera-in-progress at the UC Santa Cruz Music Center Recital Hall.  \nCaptain Christopher Pike is gravely injured. Lieutenant Spock is behaving strangely. Charged with protecting Pike in his state of extreme need\,Vulcan Commodore T’or suspects that Lieutenant Spock—once Captain Pike’s science officer—is up to no good. Spock’s Captain\, James T. Kirk\, doesn’t see the trouble until far too late\, and soon Spock holds all of them prisoner aboard a ship destined for the “forbidden planet” Talos IV. He refuses to say a word about their fate—not until his superiors agree to give him his trial. Under oath\, and with strange evidence\, Spock tells the story of Captain Pike’s first visit to Talos IV\, where illusion and artificial experiences plunge Pike and fellow captive Vina into uncharted dimensions of their memories\, and their concepts of self. \nJoin sopranos Nicole Koh\, Sheila Willey\, and Emily Sinclair; tenors Alex Boyer and Nicolas Vasquez-Gerst\, baritones Joseph Calzada and Michael Kuo\, and the Del Sol Quartet\, as they distort the myth of Orpheus\, in order to re-think our presumed relationships to freedom and reality\, and its augmentations. \nMusic by Ben Leeds Carson; libretto by Perre DiCarlo & Ben Leeds Carson and Lincoln & Lee Taiz; with contributions from John de Lancie\, based on teleplays by Gene Roddenberry. \n—\nADMISSION\n– FREE and open to the public\n– Tickets required and available online through Eventbrite\n– Follow the Music Dept on Eventbrite for notices and updates.\n– Doors are scheduled to open 30 minutes prior to event start time.\n– Ticket holders not seated at least 5 minutes before the advertised start time may forfeit their ticket/seat and no refund will be issued.\n—\nPARKING\n– Parking by permit\, ParkMobile\, or $11 cash/credit via the on-site parking attendant\n– Arts Lot #126 is the closest parking lot to the event\n– 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.\n– UCSC affiliates must purchase their permits before arriving at the event in order to receive their discounted UCSC rate. Attendants will only sell the non-affiliate-priced permits.\n– More information provided by UCSC Transportation & Parking Services (TAPS)\n—\nFULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS\nFri\, March 8\, 4:00 p.m.\, UC Santa Cruz Music Center Recital Hall\nThe Trial of Spock—An Opera Workshop\n—\nFri\, March 13\, 7:00 p.m.\, Kuumbwa Jazz Center\nHow to Live Long and Prosper—Lessons from a Star Trek Opera\n—\nThis program is open to all members of the public consistent with state and federal law. \n  \n 
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/trial-of-spock/
LOCATION:Music Center Recital Hall\, 400 McHenry Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Fundraisers,Performances
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SUMMARY:"The Cigarette Surfboard" screening with filmmaker Ben Judkins (Kresge '17)
DESCRIPTION:Join Banana Slug alumni filmmaker Ben Judkins (Kresge ’17\, film and digital media) and “ciggy board” creator Taylor Lane for a screening of their award-winning documentary\, The Cigarette Surfboard (presented by the California Coastal Commission‘s Whale Tail Grant). \n5:00-6:00 PM | alumni meet & greet with light refreshments\n6:00-7:35 PM | film screening\n7:35-8:30 PM | filmmaker discussion\n8:30-9:00 PM | mingle \nREGISTER\nABOUT THE FILM\nAfter a young designer realizes that a surfboard – which he crafted from thousands of littered cigarette butts picked up off California beaches – could captivate the eyes of millions across the globe\, he decides to use it as the impetus to do something more. The Cigarette Surfboards become a platform to spark ocean stewardship and the symbol of a campaign to hold Big Tobacco accountable for their toxic\, plastic waste. Surfing is the medium\, but the message is universal. \nSmall decisions and actions\, like littering a cigarette butt\, cumulatively can have a large impact\, for better or for worse. This immersive documentary provides viewers an up close experience of the ocean through surfers’ eyes\, to amplify a message of urgency and possibility regarding the ocean’s wellbeing. As our ocean faces mounting threats\, and surfing continues to grow\, we as surfers have a responsibility to protect it. \nABOUT THE FILMMAKER\nRaised in Northern California\, at age eight\, Ben Judkins found an old camcorder and discovered the medium to explore and create. After years of videotaping friends skateboarding and surfing\, Ben landed at the University of California\, Santa Cruz\, majoring in Film & Digital Media. His senior film “Marshall” earned the Dean’s Award\, and also won “Best Locally-Produced Work” at the 2017 Santa Cruz Film Festival. Ben is an avid surfer who believes in the power of visual storytelling to move people to action. The Cigarette Surfboard documentary is an opportunity to inspire a generation of surfers to be stewards of the sea.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/the-cigarette-surfboard-screening-with-filmmaker-ben-judkins-kresge-17/
CATEGORIES:Screening
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SUMMARY:Hendawy\, M. (CM) - Autonoming Child Online Safety in the Age of AI: From Control to Digital Co-Agency Across Cultures
DESCRIPTION:Children’s lives are now inextricably linked with AI-driven digital systems that shape learning\, social interaction\, and development. This has elevated child online safety to a central concern for families\, policymakers\, and educators. This makes Child online safety a wicked socio-technical problem\, emerging from the complex interplay of social norms\, platform incentives\, cultural expectations\, and rapidly evolving technologies. Dominant control-based paradigms—monitoring\, blocking\, and surveillance—undermine children’s developmental capacity\, erode family trust\, and foreclose the iterative cycles of self regulated learning necessary for digital resilience. This proposal advances digital co-agency as a new paradigm for child online safety. It reframes safety from an outcome of unilateral control to a shared\, relational practice distributed across children\, caregivers\, technologies\, and governance structures. To be effective\, digital co-agency must be grounded in a clear normative standard. I define this standard as ethical safety: protection is legitimate only when it is rights-respecting and developmentally supportive. Within this boundary\, the dissertation proposes autonoming as a design stance for AI-mediated safety systems. Autonoming systems act as developmental mentors that support children’s judgment over time through explanation\, negotiation\, and graduated support that can fade as competence grows. Autonoming is grounded in Self-Regulated Learning (SRL) as the developmental mechanism for durable safety capacity. SRL models learning as cyclical forethought (planning)\, performance (in-the-moment regulation)\, and reflection (evaluating outcomes). The dissertation adopts a socio-technical interpretivist stance and a Design Science Research orientation to produce actionable artifacts that are theoretically grounded and evaluable.. Its core methodological contribution is localization-first comparative design across Cairo and Berlin. This comparative structure helps distinguish between: localized variables (culturally specific norms regarding authority\, privacy\, risk\, norms\, expectations\, and legitimacy conditions that must be adapted to) from ethical invariants (accountability\, contestability\, proportionality that should hold across contexts). \nEvent Host: Mennatullah Hendawy\, Ph.D. Student\, Computational Media  \nAdvisor: Magy Seif El-Nasr \nZoom- https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/93831600031?pwd=hsnX574bcXVQRZa16sKbX0u7OuaMlu.1 \nPasscode-459844
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/hendawy-m-cm-autonoming-child-online-safety-in-the-age-of-ai-from-control-to-digital-co-agency-across-cultures/
CATEGORIES:Ph.D. Presentations
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