Summer Courses Listed for 2026
2026-04-08 00:00 - 23:59, 2026-04-09 00:00 - 23:59, 2026-04-10 00:00 - 23:59, 2026-04-11 00:00 - 23:59, 2026-04-12 00:00 - 23:59, 2026-04-13 00:00 - 23:59, 2026-04-14 00:00 - 23:59, 2026-04-15 00:00 - 23:59 (America/Los_Angeles) and 12 more dates | CA
Summer 2026 classes are now posted at summer.ucsc.edu. Explore courses and start planning your summer schedule over winter closure! Days and times will be in the schedule of classes on March 15. Email summer@ucsc.edu with questions.

What's new in AI?
2026-04-08 18:00 - 19:00 | Silicon Valley Campus, 3175 Bowers Avenue, Santa Clara, CA, 95054, United States
Lead innovation as a machine learning engineer
Want to learn what’s new in AI? Join Praveen Krishna, chair of the Artificial Intelligence Application Development certificate program, in an informal discussion about the AI topic of the month and an open Q&A. You’ll get an insider’s look at what you need to know for where you want to go. Bring your questions. Share your experience. Plan your learning.
Every 2nd Wednesday | Online
Visit our program page for a closer look at our AI App Development courses and offerings.
Register.

2026 Right Livelihood International Conference
2026-04-13 08:00 - 2026-05-08 17:00
The Right Livelihood International Conference is a four-week global conference exploring how education can strengthen democracy, collective intelligence, and just futures. Bringing together Right Livelihood Laureates, students, faculty, and community partners across continents, the conference combines asynchronous learning with participatory dialogue and collaborative action. Rather than advocating specific outcomes, the conference positions education as a democratic practice and the Right Livelihood College as a steward of dialogue, student voice, and long-term institutional learning.
Registration is free and open to the public. Sign up to receive conference updates, session links, and participation opportunities.

Engineering Teaching Community (Faculty)
2026-04-15 12:00 - 13:00 | Jack Baskin Engineering, Baskin Engineering 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064
During the chaos of a quarter, is it hard to find time to reflect and improve as an instructor? Would you like to be a part of an inclusive, supportive group of engineering instructors who do this in community? ETC is for sharing teaching experiences, classroom ideas, research on learning, and methods that support instructors and students. All are welcome, and lunch is provided. Please reach out to Jenny Quynn with questions.

Find Your Path! 2026
2026-04-16 12:00 - 14:00, 2026-04-17 12:00 - 16:30 | Digital Arts Research Center, 407 McHenry Rd, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064
Find Your Path! is a two-day professional development event for UC Santa Cruz Arts Division students who are interested in careers in arts and entertainment. Students are invited to network with UC Santa Cruz colleagues, alumni, and creative professionals to find their path to success. Keynote speaker and presentation information to be announced.
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Thurs. April 16, noon–2:00 p.m, UCSC Digital Arts Research Center (DARC) 108 and online (hybrid event)
Fri. April 17, noon–4:30 p.m, UCSC Digital Arts Research Center (DARC) 108 and online (hybrid event)
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ADMISSION
– Attend in person or online (hybrid event)
– Advance registration (link to be announced)
– UC Santa Cruz Arts Division students only
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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)

Policing Belonging: The Politics of Immigration Enforcement
2026-04-22 15:30 - 17:00 | Hay Barn, 94 Ranch View Road, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064, United States
The Legal Studies Program presents: Policing Belonging: The Politics of Immigration Enforcement. This year, we will be hosting Professor Amada Armenta, UCLA Director of Latino Policy and Politics Institute. In this talk, Amada Armenta traces the policy and practice of immigration enforcement in the United States. Drawing on years of qualitative research with police officers, bureaucrats, and undocumented immigrants, she examines how the politics of enforcement are enacted in everyday life—through discretionary decisions, local collaborations, and moral reasoning. Armenta shows how immigration enforcement generates moral tensions for those who carry it out and existential dilemmas for those forced to live within its reach, revealing a system that exposes the uneven burdens of power and belonging.

2026 Distinguished Lecture (1)

Alumni Reunion Weekend 2026
2026-04-24 00:00 - 2026-04-26 23:59 | CA
Join your classmates back at UC Santa Cruz for Alumni Reunion Weekend, April 24–26, 2026. This annual celebration honors the pioneering classes of 1965–1976 and the mark you have left on our campus and the world.
Reconnect with classmates, celebrate your achievements, and enjoy time among the redwoods. Whether you never left or you haven’t returned to Santa Cruz since graduation, we hope to see you there for this spectacular reunion weekend.
Mark your calendar and plan to return to campus, April 24-26, 2026.

DNA Day
2026-04-24 11:00 - 13:00 | Jack Baskin Engineering, Baskin Engineering 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064
Please join the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute for our annual celebration of DNA!
We will be in the Baskin Engineering courtyard from 11am-1pm with swag, music, and activities. This is a fun, family-friendly event and open to the public. Activities will include:

Strawberry DNA Extraction demonstration (WiSE)
Double helix origami
Poster session and resource fair
Face painting
Stickers, bookmarks, pins, and other swag
Double human helix conga line (everyone who participates gets a free shirt!)

Stop by and learn about the amazing molecule that codes all of life. 🧬❤️
Want to be a part of DNA Day? Sign up to:
1. Give a poster presentation
2. Volunteer during DNA day
3. Have your student group or org participate in our resource fair

Spring Plant Sale
2026-04-25 10:00 - 15:00 | Hay Barn, 94 Ranch View Road, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064, United States
Stock your garden with premium organic seedlings while supporting student education! Browse a huge variety of flowers, vegetables, herbs, and strawberries—all grown by UCSC Farm staff, students, and volunteers in our greenhouses. Proceeds support the Center for Agroecology’s hands-on learning programs.
Full list of varieties coming soon.
Special Perks:

Friends of the Farm & Garden members: 10% off all plants + early bird shopping at 9 AM
UCSC students with valid ID: 25% off

Parking and logistics:
Please plan to park across the street from the Hay Barn in parking lot 116. We encourage you to bring a basket, wagon, or other means to carry your plants. We will have a limited number of cardboard boxes available but encourage you to bring your own.
Payment:
We accept cash, checks made out to “UC Regents,” or credit card (we do not have a traditional credit card reader; you will need a smart phone to scan a QR code and then manually enter your credit card number.)
Interested in volunteering in the greenhouses in preparation for our plant sale? Fill out this form!
This event is open to all members of the public consistent with state and federal law.

Santa Cruz Pickwick Club presents: Bleak House
2026-04-26 13:00 - 15:00 | CA
Spontaneous human combustion! Evil lawyers! Detectives! Family intrigue! These all come together in Charles Dickens’s masterwork, Bleak House. This year, we will spend the year reading the 2026 Dickens Universe novel. Join Dickens enthusiasts and Pickwick Club members on Zoom for a series of discussions about this beloved book.
Register via Zoom
Reading Schedule:

OCT 26: Chapters 8-13
NOV 23: Chapters 14-19
DEC 28: No meeting
JAN 25: Chapters 20-25
FEB 22: Chpaters 26-32
MAR 22: Chapters 33-38
APR 26: Chapters 39-46
MAY 24: Chapters 47-53
JUN 28: Chapters 54-67 (End)

Recommended Edition: We recommend the Penguin Classics edition of the novel for its appendices and notes, but other versions are fine. First-time readers should avoid the Introduction if they don’t want spoilers. Download the novel to read at Gutenburg.org or listen to it at LibriVox.org.
The Santa Cruz Pickwick (Book) Club, a branch of the Dickens Fellowship, is a community of local bookworms, students, and teachers who meet monthly to discuss a nineteenth-century novel. The Santa Cruz Public Libraries provide support for the reading group.
