Events

LGBTQIA+ Abroad Series: Intersectionality Abroad: Navigating Your LGBTQIA+ Identity in Your New Community
2026-04-09 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Come join Lionel Cantú Queer Resource Center and Global Learning for a pre-departure series on navigating your LGBTQIA+ identities abroad during your upcoming Global Learning program.
Register Here
Session 1: Intersectionality Abroad: Navigating Your LGBTQIA+ Identity in Your New Community
Date: April 9, 2026
Time: 12:00-12:50 p.m.
Modality: Zoom
Description: Learn more about navigating your LGBTQIA+ identity abroad with Lionel Cantú Queer Center’s Director, delfín bautista. This is an informational presentation as well as an interactive session focused on celebrations, challenges, resources, and questions about navigating your global learning experience as an LGBTQIA+ person.

"Words That Impress: Creating a Great Résumé & Cover Letter"
2026-04-09 12:00 - 13:00 | Career Success Student Lounge (125 Hahn), 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064, United States
Crafting a fantastic Resume and Cover Letter are the key to getting an interview and landing a job! Join us for this informative workshop that will cover best practices for resume and cover letter development. You’ll gain understanding about the perfect format, navigating AI filters, and how to write captivating resume bullet points and engaging cover letter paragraphs. The presentation will be 45 minutes, followed by 15 minutes of optional worktime here in our office with coaches to give you brief input.
We will provide captions for the presentation. If you have disability-related needs, please contact the Career Success office at csuccess@ucsc.edu or (831) 459-4420 as soon as possible.
YOU BELONG HERE
Programs and services are open to all, consistent with state and federal law, as well as the University of California’s nondiscrimination policies. Every initiative—whether a student service, faculty program, or community event—is designed to be accessible, inclusive, and respectful of all identities. To learn more, please visit UC Nondiscrimination Statement or Nondiscrimination Policy for UC Publications.

Black on the Block
2026-04-09 13:00 - 14:00 | Crown Provost House, 660 Crown Service Road, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064
Join the African American Resource & Cultural Center every Thursday from 1–2 p.m., at the front of the Ethnic Resource Center for Black on the Block, a weekly tabling and engagement space.
Stop by to learn about campus resources, upcoming programs, and ways to get involved. It’s a casual, welcoming space to ask questions, make connections, and build community. All are welcome.
You 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.
To learn more, please visit UC Nondiscrimination Statement or Nondiscrimination Policy for UC Publications.

Arts Internship Scholarship Info Session
2026-04-09 16:00 - 17:00 | Digital Arts Research Center, 407 McHenry Rd, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064
UC Santa Cruz students are invited to an info session to review the Arts Division’s internship scholarship application process and address frequently asked questions. More information about the scholarship here.
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ADMISSION
– This event is for currently enrolled UC Santa Cruz Arts Division students only
– Attend in person or online
– In-person attendance limited to the first 15 students
– Pizza provided to those attending in-person
– Register here

AA/PIRC's Asian Student Coalition Meeting
2026-04-09 18:00 - 19:30 | Rachel Carson College Red Room
The Asian American/Pacific Islander Resource Center is holding its Asian Student Coalition’s first meeting open to ALL organizations that work closely with the Asian diaspora! We will have an open discussion on how AA/PIRC can support your org through funding, promoting events, and resources AA/PIRC can provide for you! It will be a great way to connect with other Asian organizations on campus and share both obstacles and strategies that have worked for your org throughout the school year. Free food and drinks will be provided! We hope to see you there!
Thursday, April 9th
Time: 6-7:30 PM
Rachel Carson’s Red Room
RSVP at bit.ly/aapirc-coalition
You 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.
To learn more, please visit UC Nondiscrimination Statement or Nondiscrimination Policy for UC Publications.

Partners Film Screening
2026-04-09 18:00 - 20:00 | Oakes Learning Center
Join the Center for Labor and Community for a free film screening of the documentary, Partners: How Starbucks Baristas Started a Labor Revolution. Following the screening there will be a discussion with unionized Starbucks baristas. RSVP here

Taming Two Scorpions: Climate Science Tipping Points Meet Finance Tail Risks
2026-04-10 08:00 - 17:00
When two quite different disciplines make eerily similar predictions about the future of the planet and human societies, they deserve notice. Climate scientists warn that we may be heading toward a Hothouse Earth “inhospitable to … human societies,” with “increasingly catastrophic impacts” possibly “worldwide societal breakdown.” Finance and actuarial science emphasize the importance of tail risk (rare adverse events). Planning and preparing for them is essential to the survival of insurance companies, pension funds, banks, and the entire financial system. In Climate Salon 6, Economist Dan Friedman and Environmental Sociologist Andy Szasz team up to show how these disciplinary perspectives interconnect and what they say about the path forward.
Tues Apr 28 3:30-5 pm, Center for Adaptive Optics Atrium or via zoom (free and open to the public!)
Dan Friedman is Distinguished Professor of Economics Emeritus at UCSC. The author of 6 books, over 100 research articles and the recipient of 14 National Science Foundation grants, Dan has begun to apply his expertise in finance and evolutionary game theory to issues in environmental economics.
Andrew Szasz is Professor Emeritus of Environmental Studies. At UCSC he taught courses on Classical and Contemporary Social Theory, Environmental Sociology and Environmental Justice. He has written books and articles on environmental regulation, the grassroots toxics movement, green consuming, environmental justice and climate change.
CO-SPONSORED by UCSC Climate Action Now, the Earth Futures Institute, and Baskin Engineering.

Visualizing Abolition Screening Series: Beyond Access
2026-04-10 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-04-11 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-04-12 12:00 - 17:00 | Institute of the Arts and Sciences, 100 Panetta Ave, Santa Cruz, United States
On view in the IAS Screening Room is a selection of short films curated by Visualizing Abolition Visiting Faculty Fellow Dr. Pooja Rangan.
Prisons deny and censor the access of those trapped inside them—to information, to intimacy, to community, to meaningful work, to nourishment of all kinds, and perhaps most cruelly, to care. This program assembles a series of films, including works by filmmakers incarcerated in California as well as others without that lived experience. Together, these works confront the debilitating impacts of these restrictions and reveal how the disabling logic of the prison is extended to other institutional spaces (the hospital, the university), turning access into a scarce commodity by enclosing what should be held in common. Questioning the carceral and state-sponsored productions of disability and accessibility, the short films together reveal the courage of people working despite limitations to produce collective access for one another, described simply and beautifully by disability justice activist Leah-Lakshmi Piepzna Samarasinha as “revolutionary love without charity.”
Thanh Tran
Dying in Prison, 2022
HD Video (color, sound), 3 minutes
Courtesy of the artist
Carolyn Lazard
Pre-Existing Condition, 2019
HD video (color, sound), 6 minutes
Courtesy of the artist and Trautwein Herleth3
Anthony Alejandrez
Another Rainy Day, 2023
Phone video (color, sound), 3 minutes
Courtesy of the artist
Jordan Lord
After…After… (Access), 2018
HD Video (color, sound), 16 minutes
Courtesy of the artist
Rahsaan “New York” Thomas
Friendly Signs, 2023
Video (color, sound) 21 minutes
Courtesy of Tommy Wickerd, Empowerment Ave & System Impact Media

Spring Exhibitions at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences
2026-04-10 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-04-11 12:00 - 17:00, 2026-04-12 12:00 - 17:00 | Institute of the Arts and Sciences, 100 Panetta Ave, Santa Cruz, United States
Visit the IAS, UCSC’s premier art galleries, for our spring exhibitions. On view April 10–August 16, 2026 are three diverse and interdisciplinary shows: Libia Posada: Everything is Going Right, the first US solo exhibition by the Colombia-based artist and medical doctor; Gina Athena Ulysse: A Redwoods Rasanblaj, a site-specific and immersive exploration of the Haitian kreyol conception of rasanblaj; and Ronaldo V. Wilson: There Are No Words, But Melodies, a mixed-media exhibition emerging at the intersections of Black poetics, performance, and visual art.
The IAS Galleries are open Wednesday-Sunday, 12 pm – 5 pm. Admission is free to the public.
Libia Posada: Everything is Going Right
Libia Posada’s first solo exhibition in the United States features installations, sculptures, and drawings meticulously constructed from surgical instruments, gauze bandages, crutches, used books, and domestic picture frames. The new and existing works in the exhibition powerfully stitch together the personal, social, and political disorders and afflictions that currently trouble the world, from the wars that resonate across the globe to the violences of aging in US prisons.
Gina Athena Ulysse: A Redwoods Rasanblaj: Origins & Disentanglements
The internationally-lauded work of humanities professor Gina Athena Ulysse is on view as a premier Faculty Spotlight Exhibition. The site-specific installation, produced in community from things collected, found, purchased and donated, centers on the Haitian concept of rasanblaj, a form of assembly and collage that transcends the formal use of materials to draw together people, spirits, and ideas.
Ronaldo V. Wilson: There Are No Words, But Melodies
Collage is both a material practice and a structural interrogation in the Faculty Spotlight Exhibition artworks by literature professor Ronaldo V. Wilson. In video, painting, and installation, layers and folds conceal and reveal, delving into the experience, both bodily and emotive, of living in times of violence.

Getting Involved in Your Campus Community
2026-04-10 13:00 - 13:45 | Academic Resources Center (ARC), 408 McHenry Road, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064
In this workshop, you will: Learn how to get involved with the campus community and how it supports student success.
The Successful Slug Workshop series, hosted by Learning Support Services Peer Coaches, are open to all UCSC undergraduate students and focus on academic skills and tools to support your success as a student. At each workshop, you will be introduced to a topic, engage in active learning, be given resources to begin implementing the same day, and have an opportunity to learn more if you are interested.
You 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.
To learn more, please visit UC Nondiscrimination Statement or Nondiscrimination Policy for UC Publications.

BME 80G Seminar: Sara Ackerman - Doing Ethics From The Inside: Collaboration, Critique, and Contradiction in Team Science
2026-04-10 13:20 - 14:25 | Jack Baskin Auditorium, 191 Baskin Cir, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064
Presenter: Sara Ackerman, Medical Anthropologist and Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco
Description: Team science has been widely promoted as a collaborative, cross-disciplinary approach to addressing key scientific questions, yet power differences and epistemic hierarchies persist. This talk explores "embedded ethics"—a model in which social scientists and ethicists work directly with scientific research teams. Drawing on findings from an empirical ethics project embedded in a multi-year clinical genomics study, I demonstrate how qualitative methods and participatory design can shift the researcher-participant dynamic toward greater reciprocity and attention to enrolled families’ experiences. At the same time, ethicists and social scientists can find themselves in an uncomfortable and even paradoxical position, expected to facilitate project goals—such as recruitment of historically underrepresented groups—while simultaneously critically assessing the very categories of difference and measures being used. In the future, team science collaborations can result in more just and broadly beneficial science if social science, humanities and community partners are able to meaningfully contribute to the research agenda itself.
Bio: Sara Ackerman, PhD, MPH, is a medical anthropologist and Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco. Her research draws on ethnographic methods and public engagement to examine how genomics, artificial intelligence and other emerging medical technologies affect the lives of patients and caregivers and shape conceptions of health, illness and the public good. Sara teaches courses on community-engaged research, qualitative methods, and research ethics at UCSF. As Director of the Bioethics and Regulatory Support Program for UCSF’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute, she is working to increase patient and public participation in decisions about the use of AI in clinical care and the sharing of patients’ clinical data for research.
Hosted by: Professor Karen Miga, BME Department

Celebration of Spring Exhibitions at the IAS
2026-04-10 17:00 - 20:00 | Institute of the Arts and Sciences, 100 Panetta Ave, Santa Cruz, United States
Join us to celebrate the opening of three new exhibitions at the IAS:
Libia Posada: Everything is Going Right, the first US solo exhibition by the Colombia-based artist and medical doctor; Gina Athena Ulysse: A Redwoods Rasanblaj, a site-specific and immersive exploration of the Haitian kreyol conception of rasanblaj; and Ronaldo V. Wilson: There Are No Words, But Melodies, a mixed-media exhibition emerging at the intersections of Black poetics, performance, and visual art.
The artists will be in attendance. The event will also feature music by DJ Monk Earl and empanadas from Fonda Feliz. The exhibitions and opening event are free and open to the public.

Younger Lagoon Reserve Tours
2026-04-11 10:30 - 12:00 | Seymour Marine Discovery Center, 100 McAllister Way, Santa Cruz, CA, 95060
Younger Lagoon Reserve tours are free and open to the public. Space is limited to 18 participants. Call 831-459-3800 or sign-up online. Virtual tours are available online.

It’s California Native Plant Month!
2026-04-12 11:00 - 14:00 | Arboretum, 122 Arboretum Road, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064
Join us at Norrie’s Gift and Garden Shop at the UCSC Arboretum & Botanic Garden for a pop up information booth about California’s Native Plants.
Here at the Arboretum, we like to say: if you plant it, they will come, and that is a fact we have seen borne out again and again in our gardens. Bring your questions about growing natives to the experts from the UC Master Gardeners and learn why when it comes to habitat, California natives do it best!
The Arboretum’s retail nursery will have lots of native plants for you to add to your garden to create waterwise habitats that capture the true essence of California!

Student Recital—Maddison Ramirez, soprano
2026-04-12 15:00 | Music Center Recital Hall, 400 McHenry Road, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064
Maddison Ramirez, soprano, presents their Bachelor of Music (B.M.) recital, with music from Renaissance, Romantic, and Modern eras. Accompanied by Luke Shepherd, piano; Faith Lanam, harpsichord, Denali Zia, cello, and various additional vocalists. Download and share the event flyer here.
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ADMISSION
– Attend in person at the Music Center Recital Hall at UC Santa Cruz.
– FREE and open to the public.
– Doors open 30 min. before the scheduled event start time.
– Reception directly follows the recital.
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PARKING
– Parking by UCSC permit, ParkMobile, or $11 cash/check/credit via the on-site parking attendant at the event.
– 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)
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This program is open to all members of the public consistent with state and federal law.

Roller Skating Day
2026-04-12 19:00 - 21:00 | Santa Cruz Roller Palladium, 1606 Seabright Ave, Santa Cruz, 95062, United States
Join DSAS Leadership and Involvement and KZSC for a night of music, moves, and retro vibes at the Santa Cruz Roller Palladium! Whether you’re a pro on eight wheels or just trying not to hit the floor, we want to see you there.
When: Sunday, April 12
Time: 7 – 9 p.m.
Where: Santa Cruz Roller Palladium
Cost: FREE!
Don’t miss the ultimate skate party. RSVP here to reserve your spot! Space is limited.

2026 Right Livelihood International Conference
2026-04-13 08:00 - 2026-05-15 17:00
The Right Livelihood International Conference is a five-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.

ECE 290 Seminar: Speaker Dr. Josh Star-Lack - Photon Counting Detectors for X-Ray Computed Tomography
2026-04-13 10:40 - 11:45 | Engineering 2, Engineering 2 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064
Presenter: Dr. Josh Star-Lack, Principal Scientist and Research Manager, Varex Imaging Inc
Description: X-ray computed tomography (CT) provides rapid, detailed 3D imaging of internal organs, bones, and vasculature. By enabling the swift diagnosis of cancer, cardiac disease, neurological disorders, and other pathologies, CT has revolutionized medicine—reducing the need for invasive exploratory surgeries and facilitating precise treatment planning. Despite the technology’s maturity, the clinical demand for higher spatial resolution, increased sensitivity, and lower ionizing radiation doses remains high. This presentation reviews the fundamental principles of CT, traces its evolution since its invention 50 years ago, and describes a new technology, photon-counting x-ray detection, as a transformative solution to current clinical challenges.
Bio: Josh Star-Lack received his B.S. in Applied and Engineering Physics from Cornell University and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from U.C. Berkeley. He has worked on the development of medical imaging technologies, including X-ray computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging, for his entire professional career. He is currently a Principal Scientist and Research Manager at Varex Imaging Inc, the world’s largest manufacturer of X-ray detectors and tubes. He has co-authored over 150 publications and holds over 50 patents.
Hosted by: Professor Soumya Bose, ECE Department
Zoom Link: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/97975378707?pwd=[REDACTED]

BME 80G Seminar: Speaker Dr. Mohammed Mostajo-Radji - How Close Are We to Consciousness in a Dish?
2026-04-13 13:20 - 14:25 | Jack Baskin Auditorium, 191 Baskin Cir, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064
Presenter: Dr. Mohammed Mostajo-Radji, Associate Research Scientist, Genomics Institute UCSC
Description: We can now grow small pieces of human brain tissue in the lab, known as brain organoids. These models show many features of early brain development, including different types of neurons and coordinated electrical activity. This progress raises a fascinating question: how close are we to consciousness in a dish? In this talk, I will explain what brain organoids are, what we mean by consciousness, and why answering this question is more complex than it may seem. I will end by introducing the idea of neurorights, and why thinking about the rights and protections of minds matters as brain science and technology continue to advance.
Bio: Dr. Mohammed Mostajo-Radji is an Associate Research Scientist at the Genomics Institute UCSC. He is part of the Braingeneers group, a multidisciplinary collective of geneticists, neuroscientists, and engineers focused on the human brain’s specification and function. His research explores neuronal specification and fate plasticity in the cerebral cortex using brain organoid models. Additionally, he leads the Live Cell Biotechnology Discovery Lab, which develops cloud-based experimental science education technologies. Dr. Mostajo-Radji earned his PhD in Molecular and Cellular Biology from Harvard University and completed postdoctoral training at UCSF. He also co-leads the Data Coordination Center for the SSPsyGene Consortium, an NIH initiative to characterize genetic mutations associated with neuropsychiatric disorders.
Hosted by: Professor Karen Miga, BME Department

Ants Play Rock, Paper Scissors: Implications for Pest Control in Coffee Farms
2026-04-13 13:25 - 14:30
Ivette Perfecto from the University of Michigan
In Person Location: ISB 221
Zoom Link
The question of how species coexist in ecological communities has fascinated ecologists since the time of Darwin. Historically, it has been assumed that ecological communities dominated by competitive interactions exhibit transitive competition. This means there is a hierarchy of competitive strength ranging from the most dominant to the most submissive species. However, if this assumption is taken to its extreme, it logically leads to the conclusion that the community would collapse, resulting in the dominance of a single species. Yet, this is not what we observe in nature. In this talk, I address this question by proposing that intransitive competition—similar to the dynamics of the rock-paper-scissors game—plays a crucial role in promoting coexistence among highly competitive ant communities. I will first present evidence for an intransitive loop involving three dominant species found in coffee farms in Puerto Rico. Afterward, I will analyze two models that could enhance species richness. Finally, we will discuss the implications of this intransitivity for pest control.

AM Seminar: Genetically Admixed Groups as a Laboratory for Mathematical Modeling and Discovery
2026-04-13 16:00 - 17:00 | Jack Baskin Engineering, Baskin Engineering 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064
Presenter: Dr. Aw, Department of Genetics, University of Pennsylvania
Description: Admixed groups consist of individuals descended from two or more historically separated ancestral populations, and they are underrepresented in biomedical studies. Admixed individuals are unique in that they carry mosaics of ancestral segments within their genome, so their genetic information is typically summarized as a pair of genotype and local ancestry data matrices. I will present two research projects on admixed groups: one applying statistical models to study genetic architecture and polygenic risk, and another using biomedical data analysis to motivate combinatorial and probabilistic questions. In the “math to genetics” direction, we describe structural causal models that show local and global genetic ancestry are instruments for epistasis. These models of genetic architecture imply that certain polygenic scores can differentiate between cis and trans epistases, and highly similar cross-ancestry genetic effects do not rule out pervasive gene-gene or gene-environment interactions. In the “genetics to math” direction, we study the enumeration of genotype and local ancestry data matrices — which we call admixed arrays — subject to constraints that arise naturally in biomedical applications. Using saddle-point approximation and complex martingale techniques, we show that admixed arrays admit a different independence heuristic than the closely related binary contingency tables (e^(–1/4) vs e^(–1/2) correction factor). If time permits, we will discuss ongoing work on designing algorithms for performing exact and approximate enumeration.
About the speaker: Alan Aw is a mathematical scientist specializing in human statistical and population genomics. He is currently a postdoctoral researcher with the Department of Genetics at the University of Pennsylvania, having obtained a PhD in Statistics at UC Berkeley and studied Applied Mathematics as an undergraduate. His research centers on the genetics and mathematical modeling of underrepresented groups. This includes statistical modeling and analyses of Biobank-scale admixed cohorts to better understand the genetic architecture of biomedical traits and improve genetic risk prediction, developing non-parametric hypothesis testing methods for genomics, and interdisciplinary approaches to studying European demographic history inclusive of indigenous Siberians. He is a member of the PRIMED Consortium and a trainee under a National Institutes of Health T32 Grant in Genomic Medicine.
Hosted By: Applied Mathematics

Statistics Seminar: Calibration Weighting-Style Diagnostics for Nonlinear Bayesian Hierarchical Models
2026-04-13 16:00 - 17:00
Presenter: Dr. Ryan Giordano, UC Berkeley Statistics
Description: Multilevel Regression with Post-stratification (MrP) has become a workhorse method for estimating population quantities using non-probability surveys, and is the primary alternative to traditional survey calibration weights, e.g.~ as computed by raking. For simple linear regression models, MrP methods admit “equivalent weights”, allowing for direct comparisons between MrP and traditional calibration weights (Gelman 2006). In the present work, we develop a more general framework for computing and interpreting “MrP local equivalent weights” (MrPlew), which admit direct comparison with calibration weights in terms of important diagnostic quantities such as covariate balance, frequentist sampling variability, and partial pooling. MrPlew is based on a local approximation, which we show in theory and practice to be accurate and meaningful for the target diagnostics. Importantly, MrPlew can be easily computed based on existing MCMC samples and conveniently wraps standard MrP software implementations.
Bio: Dr. Ryan Giordano is currently an assistant professor of statistics at UC Berkeley. Dr. Ryan Giordano earned a PhD in Statistics from UC Berkeley advised by Michael Jordan, Tamara Broderick, and Jon McAuliffe, an MSc with distinction in econometrics and mathematical economics from the London School of Economics, and undergraduate degrees in mathematics and engineering mechanics from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Ryan Giordano has worked as a postdoctoral researcher at MIT under Tamara Broderick, as an engineer for Google and HP, and served for two years as an education volunteer in the US Peace Corps in Kazakhstan. Dr. Ryan Giordano’s research interests include machine learning, variational inference, Bayesian methods, robustness quantification, and what it even means to do statistics at all.
Hosted by: Statistics Department

Creative Interventions: Technology + Organizing for Women in Hip Hop
2026-04-13 16:00 - 17:35 | Digital Arts Research Center, 407 McHenry Rd, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064
Azmera Hammouri-Davis, akua naru, and Edd Wheeler come together in conversation, offering a critical and creative dialogue that sets the stage for the evening ahead. This talk precedes the live NOIZ performance.
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ADMISSION
– FREE and open to UCSC affiliates
– IN PERSON at DARC 108
– VIRTUAL OPTION: must RSVP HERE
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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)
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This program is open to all UC Santa Cruz affiliates consistent with state and federal law.

Job Search - Tap into the Hidden Job Market
2026-04-13 17:00 - 18:00 | https://events.ucsc.edu/event/job-search-tap-into-the-hidden-job-market/
This workshop will help you develop a strategy to improve the effectiveness of your job search. We will discuss why networking is important for your job search and how to get started. We will cover effective ways to search for positions. We will provide tips and resouces to help you tailor your resume.
We will provide captions for the presentation. If you have disability-related needs, please contact the Career Success office at csuccess@ucsc.edu or (831) 459-4420 as soon as possible.
YOU BELONG HERE
Programs and services are open to all, consistent with state and federal law, as well as the University of California’s nondiscrimination policies. Every initiative—whether a student service, faculty program, or community event—is designed to be accessible, inclusive, and respectful of all identities. To learn more, please visit UC Nondiscrimination Statement or Nondiscrimination Policy for UC Publications.

NOIZ: An Evening of Words, Sounds + Ideas
2026-04-13 18:00 - 20:00 | Digital Arts Research Center, 407 McHenry Rd, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064
Hosted by Assistant Professor and hip hop artist akua naru, the evening features live student performances, a DJ set, and an intimate conversation with guest artist/performer Edd Wheeler: pioneering Brazilian rapper, founding member of As Damas do Rap, the first female Hip Hop group in Rio de Janeiro, and practicing lawyer and organizer whose life and work embody the transformative power of the emcee as witness, visionary, and change agent. NOIZ invites the community into a night of sound, story, and radical thought.
These events are made possible through a dynamic collaboration across the UC Santa Cruz community, bringing together Creative Technologies, the Department of Music, the Hip Hop Lab, the Office for DEI, and Porter College.
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ADMISSION
– FREE and open to UCSC affiliates
– MUST RSVP HERE
– IN PERSON at DARC 108
– VIRTUAL OPTION via RSVP
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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)
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This program is open to all UC Santa Cruz affiliates consistent with state and federal law.

April Slugs and Steins with Professor Gregory O'Malley
2026-04-13 18:30 - 20:00
The Escapes of David George: An Odyssey of Slavery, Freedom, and the American Revolution
The Escapes of David George: An Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom in the Revolutionary Era describes the life of a man born enslaved in colonial Virginia, whose repeated escape attempts made his life a remarkable odyssey. He survived enslavement on Virginia and Carolina plantations, stints hiding in backcountry Carolina settlements, captivity in Native American communities, battlefields of the American Revolution, and evacuation as a refugee from the emerging United States. Along the way, he formed a family, became a preacher, and founded the first Black Baptist congregation in what became the United States. His surviving narrative offers the earliest known firsthand account of escaping slavery in North America. And because his struggle against slavery spanned the revolutionary era, his story offers a counterweight to the many biographies of white “founding fathers.” Instead of a fight for political freedom from Britain and monarchy, George’s life revealss a parallel quest for freedom from American slavery. To achieve his independence, George fled the United States in the moment of its creation.
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