Name: Festival of Monsters: Academic Conference
Start: 2026-10-14T00:00:00-07:00
End: 2026-10-18T23:59:59-07:00
Location: Courtyard by Marriott Santa Cruz

Sep 2026
- Mon 28
  - 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
    
    Statistics Seminar: Vecchia Approximated Bayesian Heteroskedastic Gaussian Processes
- Tue 29
  - 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
    
    Student Health Services Scavenger Hunt
- Wed 30
  - 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
    
    The Mindful U: Finding Calm, Clarity + Connection in a Chaotic World
    
    Free
Oct 2026
- Thu 1
  - 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
    
    Miriam Pawel – California Dreams
- Fri 2
  - 7:30 pm – 7:30 pm
    
    Fire & Grace & Flamenco with special guests Fanny Ara and Ian Scarfe
- Sat 3
  - 10:00 am – 1:30 pm
    
    Free Guided Tour of the UCSC Farm
- Sun 4
  - 8:00 am – 11:00 am
    
    Race the Flame – A Wildfire Preparedness Run/Walk
    
    $20
- Mon 5
  - 1:25 pm – 2:30 pm
    
    Environmental Studies Seminar Series | Siyu Luo, UC Santa Cruz
- Wed 7
  - 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
    
    Engineering Teaching Community (Faculty)
- Thu 8
  - 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
    
    Bruce H. Jennings in conversation with Mayor Fred Keeley
    
    Free
  - 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
    
    AA/PI/SWANA Community Welcome: Hatch Into Your Next Chapter!
- Fri 9
  - 10:30 am – 4:30 pm
    
    Hybrid Event
    AI Frontier Summit – Intelligence at Scale: Agents, Physical AI & Chips #SFTechWeek
  - 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
    
    Building Better Food Policy Councils with Nessa Richman
    
    Free
- Sat 10
  - 7:00 pm – 7:00 pm
    
    Indian Classical Music—Nishat Khan, sitar, and Nitin Mitta, tabla
- Sun 11
  - 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
    
    Min Jin Lee – American Hagwon
- Mon 12
  - 1:25 pm – 2:30 pm
    
    Environmental Studies Seminar Series | Diana Macias, UC Berkeley
- Tue 13
  - 10:30 am – 11:30 am
    
    Fellowships for Research in Japan – In-person Info Session
  - 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
    
    Virtual Event
    Sustainability & Dining at UCSC
  - 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
    
    Kraw Lecture: Could a “Super El Niño” be coming?
- Wed 14
  - All day
    
    Festival of Monsters: Academic Conference
    
    Free
- Thu 15
  - All day
    
    Festival of Monsters: Academic Conference
    
    Free
- Fri 16
  - All day
    
    Festival of Monsters: Academic Conference
    
    Free
- Sat 17
  - All day
    
    Festival of Monsters: Academic Conference
    
    Free
- Sun 18
  - All day
    
    Festival of Monsters: Academic Conference
    
    Free

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