Events

2025 Student Employment & Work-Study Fair
2025-09-24 10:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Quarry Plaza, Student Union, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064
Here is a chance to meet on-campus recruiters in person!
Looking for an on-campus and/or work-study role? Network with on-campus departments actively searching for new student employees, including a key focus on employers offering work-study positions. Students from all class levels and disciplines are encouraged to attend.
PLEASE NOTE: You are encouraged to check in at the student registration table in order to participate in the career fair. Bring your student ID.
Want more support?

Visit a peer coach during drop-in hours
Schedule a career coaching appointment with a Career Engagement Specialist
Stay in the loop by following Career Success on Instagram

You will receive registration and additional information in your email from Career Success via Handshake. Please make sure to check your junk/spam folder if you are not receiving any communication.
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.
Questions? Send to csuccess@ucsc.edu or visit Career Success at Hahn 125 East Entrance.
Need accessibility support? Let us know at slugtalent@ucsc.edu at least two weeks prior to the fair date.

Get Experience: Student Employment and Work-Study Fair
2025-09-24 10:00 | Quarry Plaza, Student Union, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064
Looking for an on-campus and/or work-study role? Network with on-campus departments actively searching for new student employees, including a key focus on employers offering work-study positions. Students from all class levels and disciplines are encouraged to attend.
Please contact slugtalent@ucsc.edu if you need accessibility support at least two weeks prior to the fair date.
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.

International Fall Welcome
2025-09-24 20:00 | Colleges Nine and John R. Lewis College Multi-purpose Room, 615 College Nine Road, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064
Celebrate the start of the year with our international community! All students, scholars, staff, and faculty are welcome to join us for an evening of activities and refreshments. Student organizations will also be present to connect with new students.
No RSVP needed.

First Day of School Photos
2025-09-25 09:00
Staff from the Division of Student Affairs and Success will be out on campus to celebrate the first day of classes with treats and photo opportunities. Stop by one of the locations below to grab a sweet treat and take your First Day of School photo!

Science & Engineering Library and general Science Hill area
Humanities/Cowell/ Stevenson Area
Quarry Plaza/Classroom Unit 2
McHenry Library
Kresge Academic Building

Tailor Your Resume for Success (Drop-in Session)
2025-09-25 10:00
Join us to receive feedback on your resume and gain tips on tailoring it for success. You will get 1-on-1 feedback from our Career Success team. If you don't already have a resume, join us to learn how to get started.
While you're here, you can enjoy snacks in our open house to learn more about programs and services that support your career journey from day one. It’s never too early to start planning for your future.
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 280B Seminar: Applying a translational research framework to understand PFAS exposures and health risks
2025-09-25 11:40 | Physical Sciences Building, Physical Sciences Building, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064
Presenter: Dr. Max Aung, Assistant Professor of Environmental Health, USC Keck School of Medicine
Description: Per and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of industrial chemicals that are ubiquitous in the environment and in humans. The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, have identified PFAS as an important environmental risk factor for various chronic health conditions, including cancer and metabolic disorders. Contaminated drinking water is one source of human PFAS exposure, specifically for communities within East and South Los Angeles (LA) that have multiple point sources of PFAS (e.g. metal plating facilities and textile industries). Importantly, the CalEnviroScreen 4.0 indicates that many neighborhoods in East and South LA have high pollution burden overlapping with high PFAS contamination in public water systems.
This presentation will highlight key translational environmental health projects in our USC ShARP Superfund Research Center that have been instrumental for increasing knowledge of PFAS exposures and health risks and strengthening community engagement for science and policy translation. I will outline how our team has utilized basic experimental models to complement epidemiologic studies, leveraging multi-omics data integration to uncover biological mechanisms. Building on this, I will illustrate how we have developed community and multi-sector partnerships to inform exposure assessment and science translation to address local PFAS contamination.
Bio: Max Aung is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Health at the USC Keck School of Medicine. He holds leadership roles as Director of the Translational Research Core in the USC Southern California Environmental Health Sciences Center and as Director of Community Engagement in the USC ShARP Superfund Research Center and the USC Center for Translational Exposomics Research. He is also a current Harvard JPB Environmental Health Fellow. Max’s research program focuses on investigating biological mechanisms linking environmental exposures to maternal and child health outcomes. He uses translational approaches to advance environmental health research, including experimental models, epidemiological studies, community-engagement, and science communication and policy translation.
Hosted by: Marina Ramon, Director of Genomics Training Programs for the Genomics Institute

3 Intention-Setting Strategies to Unlock Greater Career Fulfillment and Success
2025-09-25 12:00
Join this energizing and interactive webinar designed to help you reconnect with your professional purpose and take the next step—whatever that looks like for you. Whether you’re exploring new paths, navigating burnout, or seeking more fulfillment, this session offers tools and insights to spark clarity and confidence.
Hosted by UC Davis, and open to UC alumni at all career stages.

UCSC Politics Ph.D Program Info Session with Q&A
2025-09-25 14:30
Join us for an engaging information session about the UCSC Politics Ph.D. Program!
This is your chance to discover what makes our program unique, hear from the Graduate Director and Coordinator, and get answers to your burning questions.
What to Expect: -Interactive Q&A session with the Graduate Director and Program Coordinator -Insights into our curriculum, research opportunities, and community -A chance to learn more about our admission FAQ
https://ucsc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_BSb3WnesTaSB5-fYGT61vQ

Boardwalk Frolic 2025
2025-09-26 18:00 | Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
A beloved UCSC tradition, Boardwalk Frolic gives students exclusive access to the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. Tickets are $20 for new students (last 5 digits of your student ID required at checkout) and $30 for returning students. Admission includes unlimited rides (with 18 rides open), free arcade play in Casino Arcade, Neptune’s Kingdom, and Funland Arcade (excluding redemption games), as well as free mini golf, laser tag, Fright Walk, and the laser maze. Each ticket also comes with a $10 MyBoardwalk Card valid for food, games, and retail, plus free parking and bike valet.

Younger Lagoon Reserve Tours
2025-09-27 10:30 | Seymour Marine Discovery Center, 100 McAllister Way, Santa Cruz, CA, 95060
Take a tour of Younger Lagoon Reserve! This 90-minute, behind-the-scenes hiking tour takes visitors into the 25-acre lagoon and beach area. Come and see what scientists are doing to track local mammals, restore native habitats, and learn about the workings of one of California’s rare coastal lagoons.
Younger Lagoon Reserve Beach Tours are free and open to the public. Space is limited to 18 participants. Call 831-459-3800 or book online
Younger Lagoon Reserve also offers a virtual tour in both English and Spanish.

Santa Cruz Pickwick Club presents: Bleak House
2025-09-28 13:00
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 for a series of discussions about this beloved book.
Reading Schedule:

SEPT 28: Chapters 1-7
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.

SEACoast Slow Seminar: “The Urban Grotesque” by Doreen Lee
2025-09-29 10:00 | Humanities 1 Building, 257 Cowell-Stevenson Road, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064, United States
Join the Center for Southeast Asian Coastal Interactions (SEACoast) to read and discuss The Urban Grotesque: Jakarta's Financial Lives by Dr. Doreen Lee (Anthropology, Northeastern University). Discussion will be facilitated by Dr. Kirsten Keller (Anthropology/SEACoast UCSC). Dr. Lee will join us in conversation during the last thirty minutes of the event.
Please RSVP by and filling out this form.
This is a Hybrid event. Participants may join in-person or by Zoom. The Zoom link will be sent out at least 1 hour before the event.
Participants are required to read the book in advance.

ECE 290 Seminar: From Code to Clinic: How Regulatory Science and Virtual Trials Ensure Trustworthy AI in Medical Imaging
2025-09-29 10:40 | Engineering 2, Engineering 2 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064
Presenter: Dr. Brandon Nelson, Staff Fellow, Division of Imaging, Diagnostics, and Software Reliability (DIDSR), U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH)
Description: Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming diagnostic and interventional radiology, presenting immense opportunities for improving patient care alongside significant regulatory challenges. As AI/ML-enabled devices proliferate, how do we ensure they are safe, effective, and perform robustly across the diverse patient populations and imaging hardware seen in clinical practice?
This talk will introduce the FDA’s role in device evaluation and address the urgent need for new scientific methods to keep pace with the rapid evolution of AI-based technologies. The presentation will focus on the critical role of regulatory science—the discipline of creating novel tools and methodologies to assess the safety, efficacy, and performance of these complex, data-driven systems.
I will detail my research at the FDA, which centers on developing and applying innovative in silico evaluation tools, specifically virtual clinical trials that leverage synthetic patient data and simulated pathologies. These tools are critical for addressing real-world data gaps and allow for the rigorous, systematic "stress-testing" of AI algorithms. I will share specific examples from my research, including the creation of virtual cohorts to assess AI robustness for tasks like intracranial hemorrhage detection and CT image reconstruction, with a particular focus on ensuring generalizability to underrepresented pediatric populations.
Finally, I will discuss how these regulatory science frameworks can create powerful collaborative opportunities, bridging the gap between cutting-edge academic innovation in areas like photon-counting and C-arm CT and the evidence needed to bring trustworthy AI safely to the clinic.
Bio: Dr. Brandon Nelson is a Staff Fellow within the Division of Imaging, Diagnostics, and Software Reliability (DIDSR) at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH). In this unique role, he combines regulatory duties with scientific research, serving as a subject matter expert and reviewer for medical device submissions that incorporate AI/ML and advanced image reconstruction, while also leading research to develop novel tools for their evaluation.
His primary research focuses on leveraging regulatory science—including in silico methods like virtual clinical trials and synthetic data generation—to assess the robustness, generalizability, and safety of medical imaging AI, with a special emphasis on addressing performance gaps in pediatric populations.

He earned his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from the Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, where his dissertation focused on multi-contrast, grating-based interferometry for micro-CT. Dr. Nelson is a recipient of the FDA's Critical Path Award for his work on pediatric AI evaluations and has published extensively in leading medical physics journals and conferences.

Hosted by: Professor Soumya Bose, ECE Department

Student Health Services Open House
2025-09-30 12:00 | Student Health Center, 525 McLaughlin Drive, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064
Meet us at the Cowell Student Health Center Courtyard to learn about:

Insurance and vaccine requirements
Medical services
Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS)
Campus Mobile Crisis Team
The Center for Advocacy, Resources & Empowerment (CARE)
Student Health Outreach & Promotion (SHOP)
The Cove Collegiate Recovery Program

Enjoy complimentary refreshments and giveaways!

Fundraiser: Film Screening of "The Last Class"
2025-09-30 19:00 - 20:30 | Landmark’s Del Mar Theatre
The UC Santa Cruz Education Department is hosting a screening of the film “The Last Class” at the Del Mar on September 30th. The Last Class documents Robert Reich’s last time teaching his UC Berkeley class on wealth and poverty and has been called Reich’s “love letter to education.”

This is currently the only local screening of “The Last Class.”

All net proceeds from this event will go directly to support student teachers in the UC Santa Cruz Master of Education/Teaching Credential program. We are raising funds to help all student teachers complete their preparation and enter their first classrooms in the fall of 2026 in the face of state funding budget cuts.

Hosted by the Education Department with support from the Teaching & Learning Center and the Institute for Social Transformation.

Drop-In Figure Drawing
2025-09-30 19:00 - 21:00 | Elena Baskin Visual Arts Center, Baskin Service Road, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064
Drop-In Draw provides a live model and room monitor. There is no formal lesson and only dry media is allowed (no paints).
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ADVISORIES
– These events contain mature content and nudity.
– Drop-In Draw is subject to the possibility of last-minute cancellation without notification, and sessions are not guaranteed.
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ADMISSION
– FREE and open to the public
– UCSC Art Department Room L-101
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
This series occurs weekly on Tuesday evenings during fall quarter, including the following:
– Tue., Sep. 30, 7:00–9:00 p.m.
– Tue., Oct. 7, 7:00–9:00 p.m.
– Tue., Oct. 14, 7:00–9:00 p.m.
– Tue., Oct. 21, 7:00–9:00 p.m.
– Tue., Oct. 28, 7:00–9:00 p.m.
– Tue., Nov. 4, 7:00–9:00 p.m.
– Tue., Nov. 18, 7:00–9:00 p.m.
– Tue., Nov. 25, 7:00–9:00 p.m.
Additional dates to be announced for winter and spring quarter.
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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 members of the public consistent with state and federal law.

Engineering Teaching Community (Faculty)
2025-10-01 12:00, 2025-10-01 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.

Make Your Resume Awesome!
2025-10-01 13:00
Does your resume need a little help? Are you unsure about where to start, or about how to make your resume absolutely fantastic? Join us for this 30-minute workshop to learn about cutting-edge resume best practices, followed by an optional 30 minutes of "resume work time" where you can meet individually with a coach to review 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.

Moss Adams x Baker Tilly Info Session
2025-10-02 11:00 | Bay Tree Building, Student Union, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064, United States
Interested in a career in public accounting? Come chat with our Tax and Audit professionals about our 2026 internship opportunities and learn more about life at Moss Adams x Baker Tilly! Our 2026 internship opportunities are available for current seniors and juniors pursuing a CPA license.
Stop by anytime between 11:00AM – 1:00PM and enjoy some pizza with us!
In a transformative move, Moss Adams and Baker Tilly have merged to create the sixth largest CPA advisory firm in the country. The combination brings together our industry expertise, complementary locations, and shared commitment to client success to redefine accounting and advisory services for the middle market. With our go-to-market power, laser focus on clients, and best-in-class talent, we’re poised to meet the growing complexity facing middle market businesses, families, and individuals.

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.

CSE Colloquium: Enabling scalable GPU computing via efficient virtual memory systems
2025-10-02 11:00 | Engineering 2, Engineering 2 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064
Presenter: Hyeran Jeon, UC Merced
Title: Enabling scalable GPU computing via efficient virtual memory systems
Abstract: GPUs have become one of the most important accelerators of various emerging workloads. While the massive parallelism makes the GPUs one of the most favorable compute engines, the limited on-device memory capacity hinders their wider adoption. Virtual memory systems have been helpful in transparently expanding memory space to host CPU memory and peer GPU memories, as GPUs can access data through simple pointer sharing regardless of the physical location of that data. However, as GPU architecture evolves and the volume of data increases significantly, the virtual memory systems themselves become one of the critical performance bottlenecks. This talk will explore the perils and opportunities of virtual memory systems under emerging GPU architectures.
The first part of the talk will show that the limited IOMMU bandwidth is one of the primary performance limiters in multi-chip-module GPUs (MCM-GPUs) due to the increasing concurrency of multiple GPU chiplets. To fundamentally reduce the translation demands, the talk will introduce a new way of page mapping that effectively replaces page-table-based virtual memory translations with simple calculation-based translations. The second part of the talk will focus on GPUs that have internal GMMUs. The talk will first show that naive GMMU translation bandwidth increase will incur significant area overhead. Then, we show that one of the existing but highly underutilized accelerators integrated in the GPU die, the ray tracing cores, can be repurposed for virtual memory translation.
Bio: Hyeran Jeon is an associate professor at the University of California, Merced. Hyeran's main research interests lie in high-performance, energy-efficient, and robust computer architecture and systems. Her research lab (MoCA Lab) has been sponsored by the government and industry, including National Science Foundation, California Energy Commission, Xilinx, NVIDIA, and Ampere Computing. She earned her Ph.D. at the University of Southern California. She has industry experience as an intern at IBM T.J. Watson Research Center and AMD Research, and as a systems software engineer at Samsung Electronics. She is a recipient of the NSF CAREER award and the USC Viterbi dean’s doctoral fellowship.
Hosted by: Professor Mohsen Lesani
Location: Engineering 2, E2-180
*Refreshments such as coffee and pastries will be provided.

BME 280B Seminar: Computational Precision Health & Genomic Diversity
2025-10-02 11:40 - 13:15 | Physical Sciences Building, Physical Sciences Building, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064
Presenter: Dr. Alex Ioannidis, BME Assistant Professor, UCSC
Description: N/A
Bio: Alex Ioannidis graduated summa cum laude in Chemistry and Physics from Harvard and completed an M.Phil in Computational Biology in the Dept. of Applied Math & Theoretical Physics at Cambridge. He earned his Ph.D. in Computational & Mathematical Engineering at Stanford and M.S. in Mgt. Science & Engineering (Numerical Optimization concentration). Prior to this, he worked on novel superconducting computing logic and quantum computing at Northrop Grumman (Advanced Technology Lab).

Alex’s teachings has included machine learning algorithms and data science courses in the Institute for Computational & Mathematical Engineering (ICME) at Stanford, AI in healthcare at Stanford Medical School, and computational biology in the Dept. of Biomolecular Engineering (BME) at the University of California, Santa Cruz. His research group focuses on computational techniques and deep learning methods for genomics & precision health with a particular focus on populations in Oceania and Latin America (spotlight article).
Hosted by: Professor Josh Stuart, BME Department

Location: PSB-240

How to Validate AI Product Ideas and Build a Defensible MVP
2025-10-02 13:30 | Social Sciences 1, Social Sciences 1, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064
93% of US companies plan to increase their AI investments; but 80% of AI projects fail. Countless “cool” demos crash and burn; not because the technology failed, but because they solved the wrong problem. In this lesson, we lay out a proven playbook with 5 tactical steps, each a mindset shift or critical decision point, to validate AI product ideas and build towards defensible MVP. In this invited talk, you will learn:
The "AI Product Opportunity Canvas"
A proprietary framework to assess AI product ideas, inspired by proven processes from Google and successful AI labs
5-Step Playbook to Land an AI-Native MVP
How to evaluate user problems, craft a compelling AI-native value proposition, design for data and defensibility
Real AI-Native Product Success Cases
How AI product leaders and founders are finding the market niche in industries such as healthcare, legal and finance
How to Build Fast Feedback Loops with User and Human Evals
How to set up tight user feedback loops and leverage Human-in-the-Loop (HITL) as your secret validation weapon
Invited Speaker: Roger Jin
ex-Product Lead @Google DeepMind, 2x Founder, AI Strategy Coach
Roger is an ICF-certified coach and a seasoned product leader who has operated at the frontier of AI development and in the trenches of building venture-backed companies.
As Head of Product at Google DeepMind, Roger was a founding member of the product team that launched Gemini, Google's flagship generative AI product. Before that, Roger led product teams at Amazon Alexa, pushing the boundaries of customer experience for millions of users.
Roger has also co-founded two AI startups, raising over $20M in venture capital and scaling them to a combined $80M+ in annual revenue. He is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University.

How to Validate AI Product Ideas and Build a Defensible MVP
2025-10-02 13:30 - 14:30 | Social Sciences 1, Social Sciences 1, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064
93% of US companies plan to increase their AI investments; but 80% of AI projects fail. Countless “cool” demos crash and burn; not because the technology failed, but because they solved the wrong problem. In this lesson, we lay out a proven playbook with 5 tactical steps, each a mindset shift or critical decision point, to validate AI product ideas and build towards defensible MVP. In this invited talk, you will learn:
The “AI Product Opportunity Canvas”
A proprietary framework to assess AI product ideas, inspired by proven processes from Google and successful AI labs
5-Step Playbook to Land an AI-Native MVP
How to evaluate user problems, craft a compelling AI-native value proposition, design for data and defensibility
Real AI-Native Product Success Cases
How AI product leaders and founders are finding the market niche in industries such as healthcare, legal and finance
How to Build Fast Feedback Loops with User and Human Evals
How to set up tight user feedback loops and leverage Human-in-the-Loop (HITL) as your secret validation weapon
Invited Speaker: Roger Jin
ex-Product Lead @Google DeepMind, 2x Founder, AI Strategy Coach
Roger is an ICF-certified coach and a seasoned product leader who has operated at the frontier of AI development and in the trenches of building venture-backed companies.
As Head of Product at Google DeepMind, Roger was a founding member of the product team that launched Gemini, Google’s flagship generative AI product. Before that, Roger led product teams at Amazon Alexa, pushing the boundaries of customer experience for millions of users.
Roger has also co-founded two AI startups, raising over $20M in venture capital and scaling them to a combined $80M+ in annual revenue. He is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University.
Location: Social Science, Room 110

Dismantling the Deportation Machine...
2025-10-02 17:30 - 19:00 | Bay Tree Building, Student Union, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064, United States
Dismantling the Deportation Machine: A Conversation on Migration, Expulsion, and Xenophobia
Join Carlos Martinez as he moderates a powerful discussion with Megan Carney, Heide Castañeda, and Gilberto Rosas on the urgent U.S. and global trends shaping the politics of migration, deportation, and xenophobia.
As authoritarianism and xenophobia intensify globally, this distinguished panel will offer critical insights into the shifting terrain of border enforcement, deportation policies, and immigrant solidarity. Bringing together diverse expertise, the speakers will help us make sense of how these dynamics are unfolding both at home and across the world. In conversation, they will not only examine the harms of exclusionary policies and hateful rhetoric but also highlight strategies and practices of resistance, care, and collective organizing.
These scholars are coming together to support the development of Carlos Martinez’s in-progress manuscript, Captive States: Migration and Expulsion on the Carceral Frontier. This event and subsequent workshop are sponsored by the Institute for Social Transformation’s Emerging Scholar Manuscript Workshops.

Dr. Megan Carney, Associate Professor of Anthropology at University of Arizona, Invited Scholar
Dr. Heide Castañeda, Professor of Anthropology at the University of South Florida, Invited Scholar
Dr. Gilberto Rosas, Chair & Professor, Latina/Latino Studies, Professor of Anthropology, Professor of Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Don’t miss this chance to engage with leading voices at the forefront of one of the most urgent conversations of our time.

Road Trip! Light in the American West, from Baja to the Yukon
2025-10-03 12:00 - 17:00 | Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery, 11 Cowell Service Rd, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064
The photographs in this exhibition, made between 2004 and 2025, span across the American West from the Baja California Peninsula in Mexico to The Yukon territory in Canada. Paul Schoellhamer’s (Cowell ‘69) color photographs invite us to travel with him and reflect on our relationship to land, the light that shapes it, and the freedom – contested but essential – to move across it.
The exhibition draws on voices across time and perspective that frame the American landscape as more than a stage for beauty and awe. For Chief Satanta of the Kiowa Nation, to roam the land freely was life itself. For N. Scott Momaday, land must be “believed to be seen.” For Eliot Porter, light and reflection imparted magic to Glen Canyon’s waters. For Wallace Stegner, saving natural places meant saving fragments of our collective sanity. For Brook M. Thompson, the Klamath River is recognized with personhood. Alongside these perspectives, Paul’s images press us to see public land not as scenery to extract or aestheticize, but as sustenance and history. Land is alive and contested. To see closely is not to linger on a romanticized vision of the American landscape, but to reckon with responsibility: how we safeguard access, how we imagine “wildness,” and how we hold space for futures beyond our own. For Paul, this exhibition is a call for students to encounter land and light firsthand and let those encounters be their teachers.
Opening Reception
October 4, 2025
1-4pm
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Join us every Friday for Art Fridays.
No experience necessary. Supplies and snacks provided.

Sep 26 Snail Mail/Postcards
Oct 3 Souvenir Keychains
Oct 10 Stamp Magnets
Oct 17 Cyanotype Totebags/Pouches/Pencil cases
Oct 24 Candy Around The World Linocuts
Oct 31 Abstract Felt Collages
Nov 7 Phone Photos/Buttons
Nov 14 Travel Related Patches With Upcycled Materials
Nov 21 Thanksgiving Break! No Art Friday
Nov 28 Unexpected Landscape Surrealist Collage

Please note that the date and the project is subject to change.

Environmental Health and Justice: Successes and Future Challenges
2025-10-03 12:30 | Stevenson Event Center, Stevenson Service Road, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064
Join UCSC's Microbiology & Environmental Toxicology Department and the Global and Community Health Program for this special symposium!
See agenda here.
Please join us for this collaborative, interdisciplinary symposium to highlight and celebrate the important work being done in Global and Community Health at UC Santa Cruz. The symposium will feature talks on environmental determinants of health by faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates. Community speaker, Brian Roeder of the Never Again Moss Landing community group that formed in response to the Vistra Moss Landing Battery Fire will speak as well as environmental health luminary keynote speaker, Brenda Eskenazi from UC Berkeley.
Please join us for a reception at 6:00 – 7:30 PM.
Co-sponsored by the METX Department and Global and Community Health Program

Envisioning HSI: Nurturing Sustainable Institutional Change
2025-10-03 13:00 | Colleges Nine and John R. Lewis College Multi-purpose Room, 615 College Nine Road, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064
Join the HSI Initiatives Team for an afternoon of reflection, collaboration, and community at UC Santa Cruz’s Fall 2025 Envisioning HSI Session. As a Hispanic-Serving Research Institution, UCSC is committed to creating sustainable systems and structures that strengthen our mission in research, teaching, and service.

This session will bring together changemakers from across campus to nurture shared strengths, explore opportunities, and co-create pathways for collective action.

Date: Friday, Oct. 3, 2025 (RSVP by Sept. 26)

Time: 1:00–4:30 PM (doors open at 12:45 PM with a special performance by Mariachi Eterno de UCSC)

Location: Nine/Lewis College Multi-Purpose Room

The event will conclude with a brief reception featuring performances by Grupo Folklórico Los Mejicas.

The NEXTies: Earth & Sea
2025-10-03 17:30 | Seymour Marine Discovery Center, 100 McAllister Way, Santa Cruz, CA, 95060
Get ready for an unforgettable evening at our NEXTies spin off event: The NEXTies Earth: & Sea! Join us for a night of celebration, featuring delicious drinks, captivating performances, and the presentation of awards to the environmental pioneers who’ve made Santa Cruz a leader in climate resilience. From innovative waste reduction solutions to groundbreaking scientific achievements, it’s time to recognize the progress we’ve made.
Enjoy food and drinks available for purchase, live music, and awards that highlight the incredible work of our local community. This is a dressy event, so wear that outfit you’ve been waiting to debut and bring a jacket to enjoy the stunning ocean views from our terrace. We can’t wait to see you on the red carpet!

Movie on the Lawn
2025-10-03 20:00 - 22:00 | Oakes Lower Lawn, Oakes College, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064
As Slug Start continues, join us for a cozy evening under the stars on Oakes Lawn at 8 PM with a screening of Us. Kick back with free popcorn, candy, and plenty of other snacks while you enjoy the film. It’s a fun, laid-back way to relax, connect, and meet your fellow Slugs.

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