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SUMMARY:Trans & Queer Fall Mixer
DESCRIPTION:The Trans & Queer Fall Mixer is UCSC’s annual welcome event for new and returning students. Join us to learn more about the Lionel Cantú Queer Resource Center and to connect with the rainbow community at UCSC and in Santa Cruz. You’ll have the opportunity to learn about resources\, make new friends\, and enjoy music and drag! Our hope is that you will have the opportunity to interact\, build community\, and experience a sense of belonging.  \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/trans-queer-fall-mixer/
LOCATION:Porter/Kresge Dining Hall\, 411 Porter-Kresge Rd\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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SUMMARY:OLLI at UCSC Sunday Speaker Series
DESCRIPTION:Julie James\, Founder Jewel Theatre\, presents “Jewel Theater Company: Behind the Curtain” \nHosted by OLLI at UCSC (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute). Public invited to join OLLI for a social hour and presentation. \nJulie James has been a member of Actors’ Equity for 28 years and has acted and directed in several plays. She holds a BA in Theatre Arts from Santa Clara University and graduated from the Drama Studio of London at Berkeley. \nOLLI at UCSC is a community of adults from diverse educational\, occupational\, and geographic backgrounds who are devoted to the pursuit of learning. \nCome and bring a friend. Coffee and nibbles will be served. Directions and free parking information found at OLLI at UCSC\, Sunday Speakers.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/olli-at-ucsc-sunday-speaker-series/
LOCATION:Colleges Nine and John R. Lewis College Multi-purpose Room\, 615 College Nine Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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SUMMARY:Innovations in Health Care Virtual Conference
DESCRIPTION:💫 Transform Healthcare with Us! 🧬🏥 \n🌟 5-Day Virtual Summit 2025: “Innovation\, Ethics & the Next Frontier in Healthcare” 🌟 \n🗓️ Oct 20–24 | 9–11AM PST \n💻 100% FREE | Live Online \nMeet visionary leaders shaping the future of healthcare: \n✨ Prof. Henry Greely  \n✨ Dr. James Giordano \n✨ Lisa Berkley\, PhD \n✨ Alice Rathjen \n✨ Christine Von Raesfeld \n✨ Linda MacDonald Glenn\, JD\, LLM \n🤝 Co-hosted by Krzysztof “Kris” Laudanski\, President of @SHCI \nJoin the movement redefining innovation and ethics in modern medicine! 🌍💫 \nRegister at https://www.linkedin.com/company/theshci/posts/ \n💡 #HealthTechRevolution #EthicalInnovation #FutureOfHealthcare #MedTech2025 #SHCI \n🙌 Ready to be part of the change? Drop a comment below!
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/innovations-in-health-care-virtual-conference/2025-10-20/2/
CATEGORIES:Meetings & Conferences
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SUMMARY:ECE 290 Seminar: Biohybrid Electronics Using Extracellular Electron Transfer
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Ben Keitz\, Associate Professor\, University of Texas at Austin \nDescription: Qualities exhibited by living systems\, including self-regulation\, self-healing\, morphology control\, and environmental responsiveness\, are highly attractive for sensing and computing applications. However\, it has been challenging to develop robust and programmable interfaces between living systems and electronic components. Addressing this challenge\, our lab employs techniques from microbiology\, synthetic biology\, and metabolic engineering to control extracellular electron transfer (EET)\, a form of microbial respiration in which extracellular metals and metal oxides are used as terminal electron acceptors. Using the model electroactive bacterium Shewanella oneidensis\, we coopt EET to link cellular metabolism and protein expression to microelectronic device behavior. Specifically\, we show that S. oneidensis can interface with organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) through specific electron transfer machinery. The inclusion of living cells endows single transistors with complex logic\, short-term plasticity\, and other unique properties. We also establish that S. oneidensis can interact with both p-type and n-type conducting polymers to further control transistor performance. Ultimately\, our work demonstrates how unique forms of bacterial respiration can be leveraged to merge the advantages of living and traditional computation. \nBio: Benjamin (Keith) Keitz received his PhD in Chemistry from the California Institute of Technology and completed his postdoctoral training at the University of California\, Berkeley. He is a native of Austin\, TX and is currently an Associate Professor and the Frank A. Liddell Jr. Fellow in Chemical Engineering in the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. Research in the Keitz lab focuses on the engineering of electroactive bacteria and the applications of extracellular electron transfer in biocatalysis\, materials synthesis\, synthetic biology\, and biosensing. His work has received several awards including an NIH Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award\, an NSF CAREER Award\, and an Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Award. \nHosted by: Professor Marco Rolandi\, ECE Department \nZoom Link: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/97975378707?pwd=ljcgaCfhMmhZ88Vt5dqQUBVQRjehOx.1 \nRoom: E2-192
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/ece-290-seminar-biohybrid-electronics-using-extracellular-electron-transfer/
LOCATION:Engineering 2\, Engineering 2 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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SUMMARY:CM Seminar - "Forty-Four Esolangs: The Art of Esoteric Code"
DESCRIPTION:Presented by: Daniel Temkin\n\nDescription: Software art is widely accepted\, but can programming languages themselves be art? The new book Forty-Four Esolangs makes this argument\, collecting work by a single artist who poses code as prayer to the Greek gods\, patterns of empty folders\, or typed in tandem by two programmers\, the rhythm and synchrony of their typing determining commands. Temkin will share projects from the book in the context of thirty plus years of esolangs\, showing the poetic possibilities of this medium. \nBio: Daniel Temkin makes photographic and computational art exploring logic and human irrationality. He began interviewing other esolangers and code artists in 2011\, creating the blog esoteric.codes. ZKM exhibited the blog and commissioned videos of Temkin explaining esolang history for their Open Codes show in 2018–19. Esoteric.codes earned an ArtsWriters.org grant and a residency at New Museum’s NEW INC\, the first museum-led cultural incubator. Temkin has written about esolangs for Hyperallergic and Leonardo\, and his aesthetic theory of the form was published by Digital Humanities Quarterly. You can see his work at danieltemkin.com. \nHosted by: Professor Katherine Isbister \nWhen: Monday\, October 20 from 12:30PM to 1:30PM \nLocation:  \nIN-PERSON @ UCSC Main Campus\, E2-280. \nViewing room @ SVC 3212.  \nLUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED AT BOTH LOCATIONS! Faculty and students are highly encouraged to attend. \n  \nZoom info:  \nhttps://ucsc.zoom.us/j/94577724433?pwd=VgUIkuCxez84skpyuxydEDxbdSfc5k.1 \nMeeting ID: 945 7772 4433 \nPasscode: 545175
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/cm-seminar-forty-four-esolangs-the-art-of-esoteric-code/
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SUMMARY:AM Seminar: Sampling-Based Adaptive Rank Integrators for Multi-scale Kinetic Models.
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Professor Jingmei Qiu\, University of Delaware \n  \nDescription: In this talk\, we introduce a sampling-based semi-Lagrangian adaptive rank (SLAR) method\, which leverages a cross approximation strategy—also known as CUR or pseudo-skeleton decomposition—to efficiently represent low-rank structures in kinetic solutions. The method dynamically adapts the rank of the solution while ensuring numerical stability through singular value truncation and mass-conservative projections. By combining the advantages of semi-Lagrangian integration with low-rank approximations\, SLAR enables significantly larger time steps compared to conventional methods and is extended to nonlinear systems such as the Vlasov-Poisson equations using a Runge-Kutta exponential integrator. Building on this framework\, we further develop the SLAR method for the multi-scale BGK equation\, introducing an asymptotically accurate approach that eliminates the need for low-rank decompositions of the local Maxwellian in the collision operator. To enforce conservation of mass\, momentum\, and energy\, we propose a novel locally macroscopic conservative (LoMaC) technique\, which discretizes the macroscopic system using high-order DIRK methods. Additionally\, a dynamic closure strategy is employed to self-consistently adjust macroscopic moments\, enabling robust simulations across both kinetic and hydrodynamic regimes\, even in the presence of shocks and discontinuities. We validate our method through extensive benchmark tests on linear advection\, unto 3D3V nonlinear Vlasov-Poisson\, and multi-scale kinetic problems\, demonstrating its accuracy\, stability\, and computational efficiency. The Sampling-Based Adaptive Rank framework offers a promising pathway for overcoming the curse of dimensionality in high-dimensional multi-scale kinetic problems. \n  \nBio: Dr. Jingmei Qiu is a Unidel Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Delaware. Her research focuses on the design\, analysis\, and application of high-order structure-preserving computational algorithms for complex systems characterized by multi-scale\, multi-physics\, and high-dimensional features. Dr. Qiu’s work includes developing low-rank tensor approximations for high-dimensional\, time-dependent problems with structure preservation\, as well as Eulerian-Lagrangian high-order numerical methods for fluid and kinetic applications. \n  \nHosted by: Professor Julie Simons \n 
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/am-seminar-sampling-based-adaptive-rank-integrators-for-multi-scale-kinetic-models/
LOCATION:Jack Baskin Engineering\, Baskin Engineering 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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SUMMARY:Statistics Seminar: Distance-to-set regularization for inference under constraints
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Jason Xu\, Associate Professor\, Department of Biostatistics\, UCLA \nDescription: We consider a penalty framework based on regularizing the squared distance to set-based constraints for several core statistical tasks. These distance-to-set penalties provide a simple and flexible way to cast constrained optimization problems in more tractable unconstrained forms. We will see that they often avoid drawbacks that arise from popular alternatives such as shrinkage methods. We discuss a general strategy for eliciting effective algorithms in this framework using majorization-minimization (MM)\, the general principle behind EM that transfers difficult problems onto a sequence of more manageable subproblems. We showcase new progress on classical problems including sparse covariance estimation using this approach\, and discuss connections to Bayesian inference. In particular\, analogous ideas lead to constraint relaxation and generalized profile likelihood to include optimization subproblems\, leading to methods that are amenable to gradient-based posterior computation. \nBio: Jason Xu is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biostatistics at the University of California Los Angeles. Before joining the faculty at UCLA\, he was a faculty member in the Department of Statistical Science at Duke University. Xu’s research program focuses on stochastic modeling and computational challenges in dynamic\, dependent\, and missing data settings\, and he contributes tools at the interface of optimization and Bayesian approaches \nHosted by: Professor Paul Parker
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/statistics-seminar-distance-to-set-regularization-for-inference-under-constraints/
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SUMMARY:Screening: Cracking the Code
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a public screening of “Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution” at the Landmark Theater on Monday\, October 20. The screening will start at 7pm\, with a panel discussion hosted by the UCSC RNA Center to follow. \nThis powerful new documentary chronicles Nobel Laureate Phil Sharp’s discovery of RNA splicing\, a breakthrough that ignited the biotechnology revolution and continues to shape the future of medicine and innovation worldwide. Our city was chosen for a special screening of this film in recognition of UC Santa Cruz’s long-standing leadership in RNA research and its pivotal contributions to understanding RNA metabolism. \nRegister to attend \nMore than a film\, this evening is an opportunity to reflect on Santa Cruz’s place in the future of biotechnology and life sciences innovation. After the screening\, we will host a panel discussion themed “Why Not Santa Cruz?”—exploring how our region\, with its scientific excellence in RNA and Genomics\, entrepreneurial spirit\, and vibrant community\, might cultivate the next generation of discoveries\, companies\, and partnerships. \nWe expect a lively exchange among scientists\, community leaders\, philanthropists\, and innovation builders about how Santa Cruz can play a greater role in shaping the next wave of biotech breakthroughs. \nView trailer here \n 
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/screening-cracking-the-code/
LOCATION:Landmark’s Del Mar Theatre
CATEGORIES:Concerts
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SUMMARY:CITRIS Aviation Prize Information Session
DESCRIPTION:Join us for this virtual info session on the 2025–26 CITRIS Aviation Prize\, an exciting multi-campus student competition inviting teams to design innovative solutions for the future of air mobility across the University of California. \nThe session will cover this year’s competition guidelines\, key dates and requirements\, and available resources. Attendees will also have the opportunity for Q&A with members of the CITRIS Aviation Leadership Committee\, composed of aviation research faculty from UC Berkeley\, UC Davis\, UC Merced\, and UC Santa Cruz. \nRegister here to attend. \nFor any questions\, contact aviationprize@citris-uc.org. \n  \nDate: Tuesday\, October 21 \nTime: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm \nLocation: Zoom (register to attend).
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/citris-aviation-prize-info/
CATEGORIES:Meetings & Conferences
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SUMMARY:Joshua McFadden\, Six Seasons of Pasta
DESCRIPTION:Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes James Beard Award-winning author Joshua McFadden for a discussion and signing of his highly anticipated new cookbook Six Seasons of Pasta. In his follow-up to Six Seasons: A New Way with Vegetables\, McFadden teaches home cooks how to use storebought dried pasta to create seasonal\, restaurant-quality dishes at home. \nGet tickets
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/joshua-mcfadden-six-seasons-of-pasta/
LOCATION:Hay Barn\, 94 Ranch View Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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SUMMARY:CSE Colloquium - The C++11 Concurrency Memory Model: Remaining Challenges
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Hans Boehm\, Google \nAbstract: C++11 extended the language to include threads\, defining a concurrency memory model to specify the semantics of shared variables\, including “atomic” variables that can be accessed without mutual exclusion. Although this followed Posix threads by more than a decade\, and the revision of the Java memory model by a few years\, it still helped to resolve some very fundamental points of confusion about the semantics and validity of compiler optimizations in multi-threaded programs. The C definition largely copied it\, and several other programming languages and systems\, as well as later versions of Java\, built on it. \nThese shared variable semantics provide a clean solution for concurrent programming for which a small amount of extra synchronization-related overhead is acceptable. However\, C++ programmers pride themselves in squeezing out the last bit of performance\, even if it involves living on the edge. Although the C++ memory model attempts to address those cases\, issues remain. In particular\, so-called “relaxed” atomics do not have clean semantics\, for reasons that appear more and more fundamental. And the discovery that well-motivated hardware characteristics are incompatible with the original model required complicating it. On the other hand\, hardware improvements have greatly reduced the need for the now deprecated “memory_order_consume” facility. \nWe’ll start with an overview of the C++ memory model\, and then outline some of the remaining challenges. We’ll give an example to illustrate why “memory_order_relaxed”\, which attempts to just expose machine load and store instructions\, is inherently much harder to define at the programming language level than it is at the hardware level. \nBio: Hans Boehm works primarily on concurrency issues in the Android platform. He was the initial chair of the ISO C++ Concurrency Study Group\, where he led the addition of threads and associated concurrency semantics to the language. He occasionally gets sidetracked into other topics\, including work on arithmetic in the Google Calculator app.\n\nHans is best known as the original primary author of bdwgc\, a garbage collector for C. He has published extensively on memory management and concurrent programming. He holds a Ph.D. from Cornell University. He is a former chair of ACM SIGPLAN\, an ACM Fellow\, and the recipient of the 2020 ACM SIGPLAN Programming Languages Achievement Award.\nHosted by: Professor Mohsen Lesani \nLocation: Engineering 2\, E2-180\n*Refreshments such as coffee 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-the-c11-concurrency-memory-model-remaining-challenges/
LOCATION:Engineering 2\, Engineering 2 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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SUMMARY:Enoughness in the Age of Comparison
DESCRIPTION:What does “enough” look like in your life—and who gets to decide? In a world that constantly pushes us to do\, earn\, and be more\, this webinar invites you to pause and reflect. Join a panel of UC alumni and financial wellness experts for a meaningful conversation about redefining financial success—not as accumulation\, but as alignment with your personal values. Discover practical strategies for building a life of sufficiency\, intention\, and peace of mind. \nHosted by UC Alumni Career Network\, and open to UC alumni at all career stages.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/enoughness-in-the-age-of-comparison/
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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SUMMARY:Penumbra de la memoria: Brown Bag with Maya Scherr-Willson
DESCRIPTION:During this presentation\, Maya Scherr-Willson (PhD Student in the Film and Media Department) will show material and reflect on insights from a research trip that laid the groundwork for Penumbra de la memoria\, a feature documentary to be shot this summer. The project reunites eight women fifty years after they were held as political prisoners together during Argentina’s last military dictatorship to film an adaptation from memory of their prison-era performance of The House of Bernarda Alba by Federico García Lorca. The group\, engaged in collective work\, will be the protagonist of the film that chronicles the political memory that erupts through their creative process.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/penumbra-de-la-memoria-brown-bag-with-maya-scherr-willson/
LOCATION:Huerta Center Conference Room (Casa Latina)\, 641 Merrill Rd\, Santa Cruz\,\, CA\, 95064
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SUMMARY:These Hands Heal: Growing\, Planting\, and Understanding
DESCRIPTION:As part of Relationship\, Dating\, and Domestic Violence Awareness/Action Month (RDDVAM)\, all UC Santa Cruz students\, staff\, and faculty are invited to plant seeds and paint messages of support for survivors—or reflections for themselves. Then\, place these seeds and stones of resilience in your own gardens or shared green spaces for others to discover. Art supplies\, snacks\, and community provided — co-sponsored by College 9’s CoCurricular Programs Office.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/these-hands-heal-growing-planting-understanding-2/
LOCATION:College 9 & John R. Lewis College Garden
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SUMMARY:Global Cafe (Hosted by Global Engagement)
DESCRIPTION:Global Engagement invites you to join us for our monthly Global Cafe. Come swing by our office for some refreshments\, meet new people\, and share international stories with fellow students\, staff\, and faculty members. \nNo RSVP required. If you have any questions\, please contact us at iprogramming@ucsc.edu
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/global-cafe-hosted-by-global-engagement/
LOCATION:Classroom Unit\, Classroom Unit\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, Select a Country:
CATEGORIES:Meetings & Conferences
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SUMMARY:BME 280B Seminar: Computational Models of Biological Systems
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Chen-Hsiang Yeang\, Associate Research Fellow\, Institute of Statistical Science of Academia Sinica \nDescription: Computational models are roughly categorized into two types: describing the patterns of the phenomenon or data (description-driven models) and explaining the phenomenon or data with simpler\, comprehensible rules (explanation-driven models). When building a model\, the choice of the mixture ingredients of these two classes depends on the nature of the problem\, availability of the knowledge and data of the underlying system. In this talk\, I will give an overview of five models with varying combinations of descriptive and explanatory elements on different biological problems. First\, I will introduce a joint model to capture irreversible and reversible drug resistance mechanisms of cancers and a dynamic treatment strategy to tackle drug resistance. Second\, I will introduce a backward deconvolution algorithm based on probabilistic graphical models to unravel the cell type heterogeneity of the RNASeq data. Third\, I will introduce a deep neural network model to integrate direct and indirect associations of genotypes and images with phenotypes. Fourth\, I will introduce an experimental and computational framework to predict protein stability and discover motifs at C-terminals. Fifth\, I will introduce three algorithms to demarcate independent holes of specified dimensions in large networks. These works illustrate how “model selection” should be tailored for specific biological problems. \nBio: Chen-Hsiang Yeang is currently an associate research fellow at the Institute of Statistical Science of Academia Sinica. His research interests focus on several areas in computational biology and data science: 1) cancer genomics\, 2) cancer treatment\, 3) molecular evolution\, 4) network topology\, and 5) machine learning. \nHosted by: Professor Josh Stuart\, BME Department \nRoom: PSB-240
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/bme-280b-seminar-computational-models-of-biological-systems/
LOCATION:Physical Sciences Building\, Physical Sciences Building\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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SUMMARY:Elevator Pitch Competition
DESCRIPTION:Are you ready to showcase your communication and persuasion skills? We’re excited to invite you to our Elevator Pitch Competition\, where you’ll have the chance to: \n\nCraft and practice concise\, compelling\, personal pitches that highlight your skills\, experiences\, and career aspirations – key for acing interviews!\nDeliver a 60-second pitch that wows the judges.\nCompete for amazing prizes\, including gift cards\, exclusive networking opportunities\, & company swag.\nGain valuable feedback and insight into sales from industry professionals.\n\nPrizes: $100 Amazon Gift Card and company swag! \nThis is your chance to show off your skills\, connect with recruiters\, and learn more about our exciting full-time sales opportunities! \nSpace is limited\, so don’t miss out! If you have questions\, feel free to reach out! \nSnacks provided! \nWe can’t wait to see how you pitch! \n  \nWe 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. \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.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/elevator-pitch-competition/
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Meetings & Conferences,Training,Workshop
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SUMMARY:A Conversation on Black Ecologies
DESCRIPTION:Join the Sociology Department together with the Center for Critical Urban & Environmental Studies (CUES)\, The Black Geographies Lab\, and Critical Race and Ethic Studies in the Rachel Carson College Red Room\, to welcome speakers Tianna Bruno and Justin Hosbey (UC Berkeley) for a conversation on Black Ecologies. \nTianna Bruno is an Assistant Professor of Geography at UC Berkeley. \nJustin Hosbey is an Assistant Professor of City & Regional Planning at UC Berkeley. \nLindsey Dillon is an Associate Professor of Sociology at UC Santa Cruz. \nThis event is part of a series co-sponsored by the Center for Critical Urban & Environmental Studies (CUES) together with the Sociology Department\, The Black Geographies Lab\, and Critical Race and Ethnic Studies.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/a-conversation-on-black-ecologies/
LOCATION:Rachel Carson College\, 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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SUMMARY:Behavioral\, Econometrics and Theory Seminar Series Presents: Kevin Chen
DESCRIPTION:Economics Behavioral\, Econometrics\, & Theory Seminar\nDate: Thursday\, October 23\, 2025\nTime: 1:40-3:00 p.m.\nLocation: Engineering 2\, Rm 499\n\n \n\nSpeaker: Kevin Chen \nTitle:  Assistant Professor of Economics \nAffiliation: Stanford University\nHost: Michael Leung\n \nSeminar title: Compound Selection Decisions: An Almost SURE Approach \n \nABSTRACT:  This paper proposes methods for producing compound selection decisions in a Gaussian sequence model. Given unknown\, fixed parameters µ_{1:n} and known σ_{1:n} with observations Yᵢ ∼ 𝒩(μᵢ\, σᵢ²)\, the aim is to select a subset of units S to maximize utility Σ_{i∈S}(μᵢ − Kᵢ) for known costs Kᵢ. Inspired by Stein’s unbiased risk estimate (SURE)\, we introduce an almost unbiased estimator\, ASSURE\, for the expected utility of a proposed decision rule. ASSURE allows a user to choose a welfare-maximizing rule from a pre-specified class by optimizing the estimated welfare\, thereby producing selection decisions that borrow strength across noisy estimates. We show that ASSURE yields decision rules that are asymptotically no worse than the optimal but infeasible rule in the pre-specified class. We apply ASSURE to p-value decision procedures in A/B testing\, selecting Census tracts for economic opportunity\, and identifying discriminating firms.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/behavioral-econometrics-and-theory-seminar-series-presents-kevin-chen/
LOCATION:Engineering 2\, Engineering 2 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Seminars
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SUMMARY:Robots that Know What They Do Not Know: Assured AI-enabled Autonomy in Unknown Environments
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Yiannis Kantaros\, Assistant Professor\, Electrical and Systems Engineering at WashU in St. Louis. \nTitle: Robots that Know What They Do Not Know: Assured AI-enabled Autonomy in Unknown Environments. \nTime: Thursday\, Oct 23rd\, 2025\, 2:00-3:00 pm. \nLocation: E2-553 or Zoom. \nAbstract: Designing robots that navigate unfamiliar environments to execute natural language (NL) commands is a cornerstone of advanced embodied intelligence. While recent AI-enabled architectures have made impressive empirical progress\, they often lack introspection\, leading to systems that act with unwarranted confidence\, unaware of their own limitations or whether they have successfully completed their tasks. As a result\, these systems offer limited performance and safety guarantees\, restricting their deployment in safety-critical settings.\nIn this talk\, I will present an introspective\, neuro-symbolic autonomy architecture that enables robots to complete NL tasks in unknown environments with assurance guarantees by explicitly quantifying their own uncertainty using uncertainty quantification (UQ) tools. The neural component employs large language models (LLMs) to translate NL commands into temporal logic specifications\, while leveraging conformal prediction\, a UQ tool\, to calibrate and quantify prediction uncertainty arising from LLM imperfections and potential NL ambiguity. When uncertainty exceeds user-defined thresholds\, uncertainty-aware feedback is solicited from auxiliary LLMs—or\, if necessary\, from human operators. We provide theoretical guarantees\, supported by empirical case studies\, that the proposed uncertainty-aware translation framework\, called ConformalNL2LTL\, achieves user-specified translation success rates under certain distributional settings. The symbolic component generates plans for mobile robots with AI-enabled perception systems to satisfy temporal logic tasks while explicitly reasoning over perceptual and environmental uncertainty. This allows robots to decide when to proceed confidently and when to actively gather additional sensor data\, ensuring task completion with the desired probability. Notably\, the developed planners are agnostic to specific sensor models or noise characteristics. The talk will conclude with case studies and demonstrations\, followed by a discussion of limitations and open problems. \nSpeaker Bio: Yiannis Kantaros is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering\, Washington University in St. Louis (WashU)\, St. Louis\, MO\, USA. He earned a Diploma in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2012 from the University of Patras\, Greece\, and M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Duke University\, Durham\, NC\, in 2017 and 2018\, respectively. Prior to joining WashU\, he was a postdoctoral associate in the Department of Computer and Information Science\, University of Pennsylvania\, Philadelphia\, PA. His current research interests include machine learning\, distributed control and optimization\, and formal methods with applications in robotics. He received the Best Student Paper Award at the 2nd IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing (GlobalSIP) in 2014 and was a finalist for the Best Multi-Robot Systems Paper at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) in 2024 and a finalist for the Best Paper Award at the ACM/IEEE International Conference on Cyber-physical Systems (CPSWeek-ICCPS) in 2025. He also received the 2017-18 Outstanding Dissertation Research Award from the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science at Duke University and a 2024 NSF CAREER Award.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/assured-ai-enabled-autonomy-in-unknown-environments/
LOCATION:Engineering 2\, Engineering 2 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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SUMMARY:Wiki-a-thon Supporting BIPOC Scientists
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an afternoon of creating and editing pages for BIPOC scientists\, engineers\, and technologists! Wikipedia overwhelmingly recognizes the achievements of white people. This wiki-a-thon works to reverse this trend\, highlighting the often overlooked accomplishments of BIPOC leaders in science and technology\, and ensuring that the next generation can see role models who look like them. \nNO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY – RSVPs appreciated \nWe will provide a list of scientists who don’t yet have pages\, or you can come up with your own! The event will begin with a short training on how to edit Wikipedia\, followed by time to write your own article on a scientist\, engineer\, or technologist of your choice. \nWhen: Thursday\, October 23 from 2-5pm. Come for the whole time or just an hour or two! \nWhere: E2-506 and Zoom (RSVP for link) \nWho: All students\, faculty\, and staff are welcome to attend! \nSnacks and drinks will be provided! \nRead more about our inspiration.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/copy-of-wiki-a-thon-supporting-bipoc-scientists/
LOCATION:Engineering 2\, Engineering 2 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Meetings & Conferences
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SUMMARY:College Night: 831 Night Market
DESCRIPTION:Cowell and Stevenson Colleges\, in collaboration with UCSC Dining\, present the first College Night of the year! Join us Thursday\, October 23\, from 5–8 p.m. at the Cowell/Stevenson Dining Hall for a night of activities\, fun\, community\, and a special themed menu. Standard dining hall entry pricing applies\, and all students\, faculty\, and staff are invited. \nPlease note: The dining hall will be closed from 2–5 p.m. for event preparation. \nLearn more about College Nights at dining.ucsc.edu/events. \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.How to Use the Statement Across Communication Channels
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/college-night-831-night-market/
LOCATION:Cowell/Stevenson Dining Hall\, 520 Cowell-Stevenson Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
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SUMMARY:From Campus to Career - Tara Hernandez VP\, Developer Productivity at MongoDB
DESCRIPTION:Join us this October 23rd for an enlightening conversation with Tara Hernandez\, VP of Developer Productivity at MongoDB! \nIn this casual conversation\, Tara will share lessons learned from their illustrious career in software engineering infrastructure. With stints at companies like Netscape\, Mozilla\, Pixar\, Google\, MongoDB\, and more\, you’ll come away with some highly useful insight on how to navigate a successful career in tech! \nThis is an excellent opportunity to gain valuable perspective from a fellow Slug that has an extraordinary real world perspective. \nDon’t miss this highly informative talk! \nIf you have disability-related needs\, please contact the Career Success office at csuccess@ucsc.edu or (831) 459-4420 as soon as possible. \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.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/from-campus-to-career-tara-hernandez-vp-developer-productivity-at-mongodb/
CATEGORIES:Meetings & Conferences
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SUMMARY:Mary Roach - Replaceable You
DESCRIPTION:Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes #1 New York Times bestselling author Mary Roach for a discussion about Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy. In this irrepressible new work\, Mary Roach explores the remarkable advances and difficult questions prompted by the human body’s failings. When and how does a person decide they’d be better off with a prosthetic than their existing limb? Can a donated heart be made to beat forever? Can an intestine provide a workable substitute for a vagina? \n \nThe body is the most complex machine in the world\, and the only one for which you cannot get a replacement part from the manufacturer. For centuries\, medicine has reached for what’s available–sculpting noses from brass\, borrowing skin from frogs and hearts from pigs\, crafting eye parts from jet canopies and breasts from petroleum by-products. Today we’re attempting to grow body parts from scratch using stem cells and 3D printers. How are we doing? Are we there yet? Irrepressible and accessible\, Replaceable You immerses readers in the wondrous\, improbable\, and surreal quest to build a new you. This event is cosponsored by The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz. \nMary Roach is the author of seven best-selling works of nonfiction\, including Grunt\, Stiff\, and\, most recently\, Fuzz. Her writing has appeared in National Geographic and the New York Times Magazine\, among other publications. She lives in California.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/mary-roach-replaceable-you/
LOCATION:London Nelson Community Center\, 301 Center St.\, Santa Cruz\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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SUMMARY:Science & Justice Training Program Informational Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Join the Science & Justice Research Center on Friday\, October 24th at 2PM on Zoom for an Informational Meeting on our internationally recognized interdisciplinary Graduate Training and Certificate Program. \nRegister at: https://ucsc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u6h-cJvDQBiscaNIJpzVUw. \nOur Science & Justice Training Program (SJTP) is a globally unique initiative that trains doctoral students to work across the disciplinary boundaries of the natural and social sciences\, engineering\, humanities and the arts. Through the SJTP we at UC Santa Cruz currently teach new generations of PhD students the skills of interdisciplinary collaboration\, ethical deliberation\, and public communication. Students in the program design collaborative research projects oriented around questions of science and justice. These research projects not only contribute to positive outcomes in the wider world\, they also become the templates for new forms of problem-based and collaborative inquiry within and beyond the university. \nAs SJTP students graduate they take the skills and experience they gained in the training program into the next stage of their career in universities\, industry\, non-profits\, and government. \nOpportunities include graduate Certificate Program\, experience organizing and hosting colloquia series about the research projects\, mentorship\, potential for additional research funding and training in conducting interdisciplinary research at the intersections of science and society. \nWINTER 2026 / WINTER 2027 COURSE SERIES:\nScience & Justice: Experiments in Collaboration\, taught by Associate Professor of Critical Race Science and Technology Studies Kriti Sharma is scheduled for Tuesday’s 1:00-4:00 pm. Science and Justice Research Seminar will be offered in Winter 2027. Enrollment in the courses is required for participating in the Training Program. Attending the informational meeting is strongly encouraged\, but not required. \nStudents from all disciplines are encouraged to attend. Prior graduate fellows have come from every campus Division and have represented 24 departments. \nPast collaborative research projects have included: \n\nPhysicists working with small scale farmers to develop solar greenhouses scaled to local farming needs.\nColloquia about the social and political consequences of scientific uncertainties surrounding topics such as climate change research\, food studies\, genomics and identity.\nExamining how art can empower justice movements.\nWorking with local publics to improve African fishery science.\n\nFor more information on the Science & Justice Training Program\, visit: https://scijust.ucsc.edu/about-sjrc/sjtp/.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/science-justice-training-program-informational-meeting/
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Meetings & Conferences
LOCATION:Register at: https://ucsc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u6h-cJvDQBiscaNIJpzVUw
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SUMMARY:Campus Debt is a Labor Issue
DESCRIPTION:Join the Center for Labor and Community on Friday\, October 24\, from 2-4pm at the Rachel Carson Red Room for a conversation on campus debt\, austerity\, and labor organizing in higher education. \nDrawing from his book\, Lend and Rule: Fighting Shadow Financialization of Public Universities (2024)\, Jason Wozniak\, of the Debt Collective and the Coalition Against Campus Debt\, will describe how institutional debt drives the erosion of public higher education and disciplines labor. \nThis event is FREE and open to the public. RSVP today!
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/campus-debt-is-a-labor-issue/
LOCATION:Rachel Carson College\, 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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SUMMARY:Preparing for Graduate School Applications
DESCRIPTION:Join us to get an overview of the timeline for applying to graduate school and the common application components. We will share resources on writing personal statements and statements of purpose\, requesting letters of recommendation\, and more. \nWe 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. \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.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/preparing-for-graduate-school-applications/
LOCATION:Bay Tree Building\, Student Union\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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SUMMARY:Elevate Your Interviews: Strategies for Success
DESCRIPTION:Job interviews can be challenging\, even for seasoned professionals. Preparation and practice are key. This one-day workshop for the PMI Silicon Valley Chapter\, led by communications coach Karen Schiff\, will teach you the skills you need to ace your next interview. \nThroughout the day\, you’ll learn how to craft your responses\, both the organization and the content\, so you sound clear and look confident. Practice with your peers and get personalized feedback from Karen in a supportive space. You’ll leave with actionable insights and a toolkit of techniques to set you apart from the competition. \nLearning Outcomes: \n\nStructure. Find out which speaking structures are the most effective for different question types\nContent. Learn the most impressive content to use in your responses to seven key questions.\nPresentation. See how to look and sound your best on video\, phone\, and in person.\n\nRegistration \n\nStudent Discount: UCSC Extension students receive 50% off registration.\nEarly bird registration: $200 for members\, $250 for non-members\nRegular registration: $250 for members\, $300 for non-members\n\nThis event is co-sponsored by the UCSC Silicon Valley Professional Education Project and Program Management certificate program.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/elevate-your-interviews-strategies-for-success/
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Meetings & Conferences,Training
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SUMMARY:Welcome to the City: East Bay
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Welcome to the City in East Bay\, hosted in partnership with CityTeam Oakland. The project will be held Saturday\, October 25 from 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. at 722 Washington St\, Oakland\, CA 94607. Please register in advance to help us and our non-profit partner plan accordingly. \nProject Description: \nSorting and organizing donated clothing for community members in need. \nWelcome 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. \nPlease contact alumni@ucsc.edu with questions.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/welcome-to-the-city-east-bay/
LOCATION:CityTeam Oakland\, 722 Washington Street\, Oakland\, 94607\, United States
CATEGORIES:Social Gathering
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251025T160000
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SUMMARY:Noche de Recuerdos
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Noche de Recuerdos—an evening of remembrance\, celebration\, and community. Enjoy a screening of Coco at 5 p.m.\, Kahoot prizes\, hot chocolate\, pan de muerto\, face painting\, lotería\, ofrendas\, and more! \nAll are welcome. Come together to celebrate life and memory. 💐 \nQuestions or accommodation requests: cwprogra@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/noche-de-recuerdos/
LOCATION:Stevenson Event Center\, Stevenson Service Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Social Gathering
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