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SUMMARY:BME 280B Seminar: The evolution of structural variation across vertebrate genomes
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Peter Sudmant\, Assistant Professor of Integrative Biology\, University of California\, Berkeley \nDescription: Structural variants (SVs) contribute substantially to genetic variation and play vital roles in adaptation and disease. However\, SVs are poorly captured by short read sequencing and thus are understudied\, particularly in non-model organisms. Here\, taking advantage of recently generated haplotype-resolved genome assemblies from >600 vertebrate species\, we present the most comprehensive survey of the diversity of SVs and single nucleotide variants (SNVs) across the vertebrate tree of life to date. \nBio: Peter Sudmant is an Assistant Professor of Integrative Biology at the University of California Berkeley. Prior to joining UC Berkeley\, Dr Sudmant completed his PhD at the University of Washington in the Lab of Dr Evan Eichler as HHMI International Fellow. Dr Sudmant went on to complete a postdoc with Christopher Burge at MIT as a Genentech fellow of the Life Sciences Research Foundation. Dr Sudmant is a recipient of the American Foundation for Aging Research Junior Faculty Award and a Hellman Fellow. \nHosted by: Professor Russ Corbett-Detig\, BME Department
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/bme-280b-seminar-the-evolution-of-structural-variation-across-vertebrate-genomes/
LOCATION:Physical Sciences Building\, Physical Sciences Building\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Seminars
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SUMMARY:Course Reading Solutions and Challenges: A Half-Day Symposium — Teaching Week 2026
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a half-day symposium dedicated to course readings. Hear from UCSC faculty who re-envisioned the role of readings in their courses in order to improve student success and lower student course costs\, followed by small group discussions on key topics including homework platforms\, selecting materials\, student insights on their reading experience\, and what to do if students aren’t reading. Select sessions will be streamed. Lunch will be provided for in-person attendees. \nRegister here
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/course-reading-solutions-and-challenges-a-half-day-symposium-teaching-week-2026/
LOCATION:McHenry Library\, 1156 High St\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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SUMMARY:Exploring Research Pathways at Baskin Engineering
DESCRIPTION:Curious how being part of a research lab can supercharge your experience as a Baskin Engineer?   \nJoin us for this informative event to learn about opportunities to solve open-ended problems\, build deeper technical skills\, and learn how to think like an engineer. \nWe’ll kick things off with a quick overview of the kinds of research opportunities available to undergrads and how to get started\, then you’ll hear directly from students who’ve worked in research labs as undergraduates. They’ll share what they actually did day-to-day\, the skills they built (technical and professional)\, and how research shaped their confidence\, career goals\, and next steps. We’ll then have pizza and networking to end the evening. \nWhether you’re aiming for industry\, graduate school\, or just want hands-on experience that goes beyond coursework\, this panel will help you understand how undergraduate research can set you apart—academically\, professionally\, and personally! \n\nRegister via Handshake. \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/exploring-research-pathways-at-baskin-engineering/
LOCATION:Engineering 2\, Engineering 2 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Seminars
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SUMMARY:Campus Conversations on Access: Insights from Disability Studies — Teaching Week 2026
DESCRIPTION:This panel explores ways to foster a classroom culture of inclusivity across the divisions by addressing questions of accessibility\, grounded in both Disabilities Studies and in classroom experience.  \nRSVP here
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/campus-conversations-on-access-insights-from-disability-studies-teaching-week-2026/
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SUMMARY:February 25\, 2026 | Works-in-Progress with Geoffrey Bowker
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, February 25\, 2026 \n3:00 – 5:00 PM \nHumanities 1\, Room 210 or Zoom (Registration) \nJoin SJRC scholars in Humanities 1\, room 210 or on Zoom for an open discussion of works-in-progress! This is a wonderful chance to engage with one another’s ideas\, and support our own internal work. \nAt this session\, we will hear from Geoffrey Bowker\, Emeritus Professor in Irvine and Science & Justice Advisor about works-in-progress and ongoing work on the death of infrastructure\, AI\, and underwater network cables and his collaborative comic book on Actor Network Theory. SJRC members Warren Sack and Dimitris Papadopolous will act as “warm up” discussants. \nContact Colleen Stone (colleen@ucsc.edu) or Maria Puig de la Bellacasa (puig@ucsc.edu) for the readings\, including a new comic book on the graveyard of machines! \nRegister for Zoom here. \nGeoffrey C. Bowker is Emeritus Professor at the School of Information and Computer Science\, University of California at Irvine\, where he directed a laboratory for Values in the Design of Information Systems and Technology. He was also Professor of and Senior Scholar in Cyberscholarship at the University of Pittsburgh School\, and Executive Director\, Center for Science\, Technology and Society\, Santa Clara. He was awarded the prestigious 4S Bernal Prize in 2024 for his distinguished\, career-long contributions to the field of Science and Technology Studies (STS). His book Memory Practices in the Sciences (MIT Press 2008) won the 2007 Ludwig Fleck Prize of the Society for Social Studies of Science\,  and was awarded “Best Information Science Book” by the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T). \nCo-sponsored by earthecologies x technoscience conversations\, History of Consciousness
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/february-25-2026-works-in-progress-with-geoffrey-bowker/
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SUMMARY:Successful Slug Workshop: Productive Struggle & Study Skills
DESCRIPTION:Productive Struggle & Study Skills\nWednesday\, February 25\, 2:45–3:30 p.m.\nLocation: ARCenter 203 \nLearn study strategies and why making it hard for yourself supports durable learning. \nSuccessful Slug Workshop Series\nJoin Learning Support Services (LSS) for Successful Slug Workshops on Tuesdays at noon and Wednesdays at 2:45 p.m. \nThese 45-minute workshops are open to all UCSC students and offer tools and strategies to support your academic success. Each session highlights best practices for effective\, long-lasting learning and is led by LSS professional staff. \nTo get first priority\, sign up on TutorHub or simply drop in. You can also sign up on TutorHub to receive email reminders. \nLearn more and sign up: learningsupport.ucsc.edu/programs/workshops/ \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/successful-slug-workshop-productive-struggle-study-skills/
LOCATION:Academic Resources Center (ARC)\, 408 McHenry Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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SUMMARY:Ecology of Presence: Pathways to the Natural World
DESCRIPTION:Norris Center Art + Science Graduate Fellowship Exhibition \nEcology of Presence: Pathways to the Natural World brings together the work of ten graduate students supported by the Kenneth S. Norris Center for Natural History Art + Science Fellowship\, a program dedicated to creative research connecting art with the natural world. Across media – including sound\, moving image\, music\, performance\, installation\, comics\, social practice\, photography\, and storytelling – the artists in Ecology of Presence emphasize relationality and careful attention to place as essential to building relationships with environs. As accelerating environmental change and technological dependency threaten ways of belonging\, the works in this exhibition maintain a steadfast commitment to interdisciplinary approaches that propose kinship with the natural world. By coming together\, Art + Science Fellows artworks and social practices suggest ways of imagining human life in relation to the more-than-human world.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/ecology-of-presence-pathways-to-the-natural-world/2026-02-25/
LOCATION:Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery\, 11 Cowell Service Rd\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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SUMMARY:CSE Colloquium: Agile and evolvable software construction in the era of rapidly evolving hardware accelerator designs
DESCRIPTION:Presenter\n\nCharith Mendis\, Siebel School of Computing and Data Science\, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign\n\nAbstract\n\nModern AI workloads have become exceedingly abundant and important in the current computing landscape. As a result\, there have been numerous software and hardware innovations aimed at accelerating these workloads. However\, we observe a subtle disconnect between the software and hardware communities. Most software innovations target well-established hardware platforms such as CPUs (e.g.\, x86\, ARM) and GPUs (e.g.\, NVidia GPUs)\, while hardware innovations produce plenty of other tensor accelerator designs (e.g.\, Gemmini\, Feather\, Trainium) each year.\n\nWe asked the question\, why aren’t the software community using these accelerators or even evaluating on them? The simple yet undeniable reason is the lack of standardized software tooling compared to CPUs and GPUs. For an architecture to be used\, properly designed compiler backends\, correctness\, and performance testing tools should be abundant (e.g.\, CUDA ecosystem).\n\nIn this talk\, I will describe how we bridge this gap by automatically generating the necessary software tools for a large class of accelerators through the Accelerator Compiler Toolkit (ACT) ecosystem. Central to ACT is an ISA definition language\, TAIDL\, that for the first time standardizes the hardware-software interfaces for a large class of accelerators. Departing from the traditional approach of manually constructing test oracles\, performance models\, or retargetable compiler backends\, we instead introduce agile and evolvable methodologies to automatically generate such necessary tooling using both formal methods and machine learning techniques for any TAIDL-defined accelerator interface. I will show how such automation enables rapid software prototyping\, making rapidly evolving accelerator designs usable by the software community.\n\nBio\n\nCharith Mendis is an Assistant Professor in the Siebel School of Computing and Data Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His broad research interests are at the intersection of compilers\, programming languages\, and machine learning. He received his Ph.D. and Master’s from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his B.Sc. from the University of Moratuwa. He is the recipient of the DARPA Young Faculty Award\, the NSF CAREER Award\, the Google ML and Systems Junior Faculty Award\, the Outstanding Advisor award at UIUC\, the William A. Martin Outstanding Master’s Thesis Award at MIT\, and the University Gold Medal for his B.Sc. He has won numerous paper awards\, including a Distinguished Paper Award at POPL\, a Best Student Paper Award at the IEEE BigData conference\, an honorable mention for the Best Artifact Award at SIGMOD\, a Best Paper Award at ML for Systems workshop at ISCA\, and an IEEE Top Picks Honorable Mention.\n\nHosted by: Professor Nikos Tziavelis\n\nLocation: Engineering 2\, E2-180 (Refreshments such as fruit\, pastries\, tea\, and coffee will be available for guests.)\n\nZoom: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/93445911992?pwd=YkJ2TQtF79h0PcNXbEcpZLbpK0coiY.1&jst=3 
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/cse-colloquium-agile-and-evolvable-software-construction-in-the-era-of-rapidly-evolving-hardware-accelerator-designs/
LOCATION:Engineering 2\, Engineering 2 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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SUMMARY:Liu\, C. (CSE) - Enabling LLM Unlearning at Inference Time by Decomposing Detection and Intervention
DESCRIPTION:Machine unlearning addresses the “right to be forgotten” under GDPR and enables privacy\, copyright\, and safety compliance in large language models. Training-based unlearning can remove targeted behavior on benchmarks\, but it scales poorly\, can degrade utility\, and can fail under adversarial prompting that recovers supposedly forgotten content. This prospectus proposes inference-time behavioral unlearning: rather than modifying weights to “erase” knowledge\, we detect when a query targets forgotten content and intervene in generation so the system behaves like a model never trained on that content. We formalize this approach as Detect-Intervene Decomposition and instantiate it with three complementary methods operating at the embedding\, token\, and reasoning levels under different access capabilities. Comprehensive experiments across entity unlearning\, hazardous knowledge removal\, and copyright protection demonstrate that our methods match or exceed training-based approaches while being orders of magnitude faster and preserving model utility. As LLMs increasingly operate as services with restricted weight access\, inference-time unlearning provides the only practical path for responsible AI deployment that respects privacy\, safety\, and legal requirements. \nEvent Host: Chris Liu\, Ph.D. Student\, Computer Science and Engineering \nAdvisor: Yang Liu \nZoom – https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/94799852992?pwd=EBFQe4U2lRNro1oJ8F36bgORhT2xSv.1 \nPasscode –  242384
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/liu-c-cse-enabling-llm-unlearning-at-inference-time-by-decomposing-detection-and-intervention/
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SUMMARY:Drop-In Figure Drawing
DESCRIPTION:Drop-In Draw provides a live model and room monitor. There is no formal lesson and only dry media is allowed (no paints).\n—\nADVISORIES\n– These events contain mature content and nudity.\n– Drop-In Draw is subject to the possibility of last-minute cancellation without notification\, and sessions are not guaranteed.\n—\nADMISSION\n– FREE and open to the public\n– UCSC Art Department Room L-101\n—\nSCHEDULE OF EVENTS\nThis series occurs weekly on Tuesday evenings during winter quarter\, including the following:\nTuesday January 6\, 2026\, 7:00–9:00 p.m.\nTuesday January 13\, 2026\, 7:00–9:00 p.m.\nTuesday January 20\, 2026\, 7:00–9:00 p.m.\nTuesday January 27\, 2026\, 7:00–9:00 p.m.\nTuesday February 3\, 2026\, 7:00–9:00 p.m.\nTuesday February 10\, 2026\, 7:00–9:00 p.m.\nTuesday February 17\, 2026\, 7:00–9:00 p.m.\nTuesday February 24\, 2026\, 7:00–9:00 p.m.\nTuesday March 3\, 2026\, 7:00–9:00 p.m. \nAdditional dates to be announced for spring quarter.\n—\nPARKING\n– Parking by permit or ParkMobile.\n– Arts Lot #126 is the closest parking lot to the event.\n– 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.\n– More information provided by UCSC Transportation & Parking Services (TAPS).\n—\nThis program is open to all members of the public consistent with state and federal law.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/drop-in-figure-drawing-winter/2026-02-24/
LOCATION:Elena Baskin Visual Arts Center\, Baskin Service Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Exhibits
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SUMMARY:Expanding the Narrative
DESCRIPTION:Join AA/PIRC and USS on Tuesday\, February 24th from 6:30-8pm at Terry Freitas Commons for a teach-in and art build exploring how different Asian communities are affected by U.S. immigration policies. \nWe will talk about the diversity of Asian experiences with immigration\, how fictions like the “model minority myth” and “perfect immigrant narrative” harm Asian communities\, and where we can move forward from here. \nFree food will be provided! RSVP at bit.ly/aapirc-immigration. \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/expanding-the-narrative/
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SUMMARY:AI and Security 101
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an informative conversation with Neta Haiby\, Head of Product | AI Security at Microsoft! \nArtificial Intelligence is transforming both cyber defense and cyber offense. It creates unique risks in how we build\, deploy\, and operate AI apps and Agents. This session examines how AI can be attacked or misused – through techniques such as jailbreaks\, intent breaking\, and supply-chain compromise and discusses practical defense strategies\, including guardrails\, access controls\, monitoring\, and evaluation. \nDesigned for students interested in cybersecurity and AI\, this session emphasizes a practical understanding of AI security. \nAttendees will also receive resources to help them further explore and get started in the field! \nDon’t miss this highly informative event! \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/ai-and-security-101/
LOCATION:Engineering 2\, Engineering 2 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Undergraduate,Workshop
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SUMMARY:Teaching Symposium — Teaching Week 2026
DESCRIPTION:This is the kick-off event for Teaching Week 2026. The symposium will showcase the work of instructors (including grads\, lecturers\, senate faculty) presenting on a teaching innovation\, activity\, program\, or scholarly work. Presentation modalities include posters and short spoken presentations. \nApplication to Present \nRSVP here to attend
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/teaching-symposium-2026/
LOCATION:Merrill Cultural Center\, 200 McLaughlin Dr\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Meetings & Conferences
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SUMMARY:Ecology of Presence: Pathways to the Natural World
DESCRIPTION:Norris Center Art + Science Graduate Fellowship Exhibition \nEcology of Presence: Pathways to the Natural World brings together the work of ten graduate students supported by the Kenneth S. Norris Center for Natural History Art + Science Fellowship\, a program dedicated to creative research connecting art with the natural world. Across media – including sound\, moving image\, music\, performance\, installation\, comics\, social practice\, photography\, and storytelling – the artists in Ecology of Presence emphasize relationality and careful attention to place as essential to building relationships with environs. As accelerating environmental change and technological dependency threaten ways of belonging\, the works in this exhibition maintain a steadfast commitment to interdisciplinary approaches that propose kinship with the natural world. By coming together\, Art + Science Fellows artworks and social practices suggest ways of imagining human life in relation to the more-than-human world.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/ecology-of-presence-pathways-to-the-natural-world/2026-02-24/
LOCATION:Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery\, 11 Cowell Service Rd\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260224T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260224T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T143219
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260112T193435Z
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SUMMARY:Arts Division - Application and Interview Skills That Will Get You A Great Job!
DESCRIPTION:Having a stand-out application and exceptional interview skills are essential for landing a great job! Join us for this fast-paced and interactive one-hour online workshop where we’ll explore how to submit an application that makes an employer WANT to interview you\, as well as top-notch tips and techniques to prepare for and answer  interview questions with intentionality\, confidence\, and skill. \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/arts-division-application-and-interview-skills-that-will-get-you-a-great-job/
LOCATION:https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/2614256373?pwd=WVdISUN0Q3ZHTXhSak5VVWN5OVc3dz09
CATEGORIES:Meetings & Conferences,Seminars,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260224T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260224T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T143219
CREATED:20251212T234115Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251212T234115Z
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SUMMARY:Successful Slug Workshop: Time Management
DESCRIPTION:Time Management\nTuesday\, February 24\, 12:00-12:45 p.m.\nLocation: ARCenter 203 \nLearn the ways you can manage your time and avoid procrastination/burnout. \nSuccessful Slug Workshop Series\nJoin Learning Support Services (LSS) for Successful Slug Workshops on Tuesdays at noon and Wednesdays at 2:45 p.m. \nThese 45-minute workshops are open to all UCSC students and offer tools and strategies to support your academic success. Each session highlights best practices for effective\, long-lasting learning and is led by LSS professional staff. \nTo get first priority\, sign up on TutorHub or simply drop in. You can also sign up on TutorHub to receive email reminders. \nLearn more and sign up: learningsupport.ucsc.edu/programs/workshops/ \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/successful-slug-workshop-time-management-2/
LOCATION:Academic Resources Center (ARC)\, 408 McHenry Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260224T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260224T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T143219
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260203T221840Z
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SUMMARY:Disability Resource Center Open House
DESCRIPTION:Join us at the UCSC Disability Resource Center (DRC) for an Open House. \nMeet DRC staff\, learn about disability services on campus\, and tour our space in Kerr Hall. Lunch will be provided. \nDate: Tuesday\, February 24 \nTime: 11:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. \nLocation: Kerr Hall\, Basement Level\, Room 54 \nQuestions? Email drc@ucsc.edu.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/disability-resource-center-open-house/
LOCATION:Kerr Hall\, Kerr Hall Kerr Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260224T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260224T113000
DTSTAMP:20260403T143219
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260209T232106Z
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SUMMARY:Transform Your Future Pop-Up (Cookies Included!)
DESCRIPTION:Join Baskin Engineering to celebrate National Engineers Week with a sweet stop at the Transform Your Future Pop-Up (Cookies Included!) 🍪☕ \nThis year’s Engineers Week theme\, Transform Your Future\, is a powerful reminder that engineering doesn’t just shape our world—it shapes our opportunities\, our communities\, and the futures we can imagine for ourselves. \nSwing by the BE Courtyard to grab cookies\, coffee\, and BE swag (first come\, first served!) and take a moment to celebrate how you are transforming your future. \n📅 Date: Tuesday\, February 24⏰ Time: 10:30 a.m.📍 Location: BE Courtyard \nWe hope to see you there!
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/transform-your-future-pop-up-cookies-included/
LOCATION:Jack Baskin Engineering\, Baskin Engineering 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Social Gathering,Undergraduate
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260224T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260224T110000
DTSTAMP:20260403T143219
CREATED:20260121T234908Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260128T195950Z
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SUMMARY:Coffee and Convo with Provost Aims
DESCRIPTION:Stay for the engaging conversation or grab it to go. Either way\, it’s hot and free. Featuring Alta Organic Roasting Company coffee\, a fair trade locally women owned company.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/coffee-and-convo-with-provost-aims/2026-02-24/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Social Gathering
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260223T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260223T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T143219
CREATED:20260218T234306Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260218T234553Z
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SUMMARY:Right Livelihood Community Organizing Workshop
DESCRIPTION:On SuperBowl weekend\, students part of the Right Livelihood Student Club\, YDSA\, and other communities organized a successful local rally against ICE operations\, showing solidarity with Americans and the global consciousness against current agendas of militarism\, capitalism\, and imperialism. \nThe Right Livelihood Community Organizing Workshop focuses on issues that students want to strategize. A nice dinner will be supplied by Pretty Good Advice as we look for ways the student community can continue to rise up in solidarity with humanity. RSVP in bio. \nThis is more than a space to discuss anti-ICE tactics\, but a workshop where you can pick whatever issue you care about to plan a campaign on. \nClick here to RSVP.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/right-livelihood-community-organizing-workshop/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260223T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260223T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T143219
CREATED:20251216T203224Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260126T213935Z
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SUMMARY:College Night: Camp Snoopy
DESCRIPTION:Merrill College\, in collaboration with UCSC Dining\, present Peanuts (not the food) college night. Join us Monday\, February 23\, from 5–8 p.m. at the Crown/Merrill 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-peanuts-not-the-food/
LOCATION:Crown/Merrill Dining Hall
CATEGORIES:Social Gathering
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260223T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260223T180000
DTSTAMP:20260403T143219
CREATED:20260221T040533Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260223T230546Z
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SUMMARY:Bay Tree Building Renovation Information Session
DESCRIPTION:Drop in to learn more about the Bay Tree Building Renovation and campus resources for meeting rooms\, tabling\, and events during the renovation. \nDate: February 23\nTime: 5–6 p.m. via Zoom (Zoom link) \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/bay-tree-building-renovation-information-session/
LOCATION:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/bay-tree-building-renovation-information-session/
CATEGORIES:Meetings & Conferences
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260223T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260223T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T143219
CREATED:20260126T202042Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260126T202042Z
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SUMMARY:Statistics Seminar: Rotated Mean-Field Variational Inference and Iterative Gaussianization
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Sifan Liu\, Assistant Professor\, Department of Statistical Science\, Duke University \nDescription:Mean-field variational inference (MFVI) approximates a target distribution with a product distribution in the standard coordinate system\, offering a scalable approach to Bayesian inference but often severely underestimating uncertainty due to neglected dependence. We show that MFVI can be greatly improved when performed along carefully chosen principal component axes rather than the standard coordinates. The principal components are obtained from a cross-covariance matrix of the target’s score function and identify orthogonal directions that capture the dominant discrepancies between the target distribution and a Gaussian reference. Performing MFVI in a rotated system defines a rotation followed by a coordinatewise transformation that moves the target closer to Gaussian. Iterating this procedure yields a sequence of transformations that progressively Gaussianize the target. The resulting algorithm provides a computationally efficient construction of normalizing flows\, requiring only MFVI sub-problems and avoiding large-scale optimization. In posterior sampling tasks\, we demonstrate that the proposed method greatly outperforms standard MFVI while achieving accuracy comparable to normalizing flows at a much lower computational cost. \nBio: Sifan Liu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Statistical Science at Duke University. She was previously a research scientist at the Flatiron Institute and received her Ph.D. in Statistics from Stanford University. Her research interests include sampling\, generative modeling\, and selective inference. \nHosted by: Statistics Department
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/statistics-seminar-rotated-mean-field-variational-inference-and-iterative-gaussianization/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260223T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260223T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T143219
CREATED:20260114T175234Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260219T193254Z
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SUMMARY:AM Seminar: Multiscale Modeling of Cellular Membranes and Oncogenic Proteins
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Liam Stanton\, Professor\, San Jose State University \nDescription: In this talk\, I will present a multiscale model for cellular membranes\, which is trained on molecular dynamics simulations. The model is constructed within the formalism of dynamic density functional theory and can be extended to include features such as the presence of proteins and membrane deformations. This new framework has enabled simulations that can access length-scales on the order of microns and time-scales on the order of seconds\, all while maintaining near fidelity to the underlying molecular interactions. Such scales are significant for accessing biological processes associated with signaling pathways within cells and experimentally relevant regimes. As applications\, we consider the cellular interactions of two membrane proteins of biological interest: G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) and RAS-RAF complexes\, the latter being implicated in roughly 30% of human cancers. \nBio: Dr. Stanton received his PhD in Applied Mathematics from Northwestern University in 2009. He went on to do a postdoc at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)\, where he later became a staff scientist at the Center for Applied Scientific Computing. In 2018\, he joined the faculty at San Jose State University in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics\, where he is now an associate professor and a recent recipient of the Dean’s Scholar Award in Research Excellence. Dr. Stanton’s current research interests are in the multiscale modeling of non-equilibrium\, many-body systems. In particular\, he focuses on areas such as fusion energy\, biophysical systems and statistical mechanics. \nHosted by: Applied Mathematics
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/am-seminar-multiscale-modeling-of-cellular-membranes-and-oncogenic-proteins/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Seminars
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260223T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260223T150000
DTSTAMP:20260403T143219
CREATED:20251218T232339Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260223T203112Z
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SUMMARY:Career Success Drop-In Coaching at the EOP Office - Winter 2026
DESCRIPTION:Drop-in with Career Coach & Engagement Specialist Bridge Kennedy to discuss Career Exploration\, Job Search Strategy\, Interview Prep\, Grad School Prep\, or whatever’s on your mind related to your career success! \nTime: 1:30pm – 3:00pm \nDates: Mondays\, Weeks 2\, 4\, 6\, & 8 of Winter Quarter 2026 \n1/12\, 1/26\, 2/9\, 2/23 \nLocation: Academic Resource Center\, EOP Lounge \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/career-success-drop-in-coaching-at-the-eop-office-winter-2026/2026-02-23/
LOCATION:Academic Resources Center (ARC)\, 408 McHenry Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Drop-In Support
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260223T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260223T133000
DTSTAMP:20260403T143220
CREATED:20260213T223807Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260213T223807Z
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SUMMARY:Wellness in Action: Managing Stress in Times of Uncertainty
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, February 23\, 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM\nLocation: Register for the Zoom link \nPeriods of uncertainty can increase stress\, reduce focus\, and affect overall well-being. Participants will learn practical strategies to pause\, regain perspective\, and respond to stress with greater clarity. These sustainable skills build resiliency\, help maintain calm\, and create balance during challenging times. \nThe Wellness in Action series is designed to help you improve your health in a short session with simple tips you can try in your own life. In the follow-up session on Monday\, March 9 from 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM\, you will have the opportunity to share your experience and learn from others in the group. \nRegister for the Zoom link. The workshop will be recorded\, and a link to the recording will be sent out after the first session. The follow up session will not be recorded. \nTo learn more about our events and workshops\, visit the Upcoming Wellness Events page. \nFor questions\, please contact Health and Well-being Specialist\, Ashley Parker\, at aseparke@ucsc.edu.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/wellness-in-action-managing-stress-in-times-of-uncertainty/2026-02-23/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260223T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260223T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T143220
CREATED:20251218T194314Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260106T174638Z
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SUMMARY:Ecology of Presence: Pathways to the Natural World
DESCRIPTION:Norris Center Art + Science Graduate Fellowship Exhibition \nEcology of Presence: Pathways to the Natural World brings together the work of ten graduate students supported by the Kenneth S. Norris Center for Natural History Art + Science Fellowship\, a program dedicated to creative research connecting art with the natural world. Across media – including sound\, moving image\, music\, performance\, installation\, comics\, social practice\, photography\, and storytelling – the artists in Ecology of Presence emphasize relationality and careful attention to place as essential to building relationships with environs. As accelerating environmental change and technological dependency threaten ways of belonging\, the works in this exhibition maintain a steadfast commitment to interdisciplinary approaches that propose kinship with the natural world. By coming together\, Art + Science Fellows artworks and social practices suggest ways of imagining human life in relation to the more-than-human world.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/ecology-of-presence-pathways-to-the-natural-world/2026-02-23/
LOCATION:Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery\, 11 Cowell Service Rd\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
ORGANIZER;CN="Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery":MAILTO:epsgal@ucsc.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260223T104000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260223T114500
DTSTAMP:20260403T143220
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260219T235259Z
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SUMMARY:ECE 290 Seminar: High-Frequency Circuits for Next-Generation Communication: From Beyond-5G mm-Wave MIMO to Co-Packaged Optics
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Susnata Mondal\, Research Scientist\, Intel \nDescription: \nRapid growth in wireless connectivity\, cloud computing\, and AI infrastructure is driving an urgent need for communication systems that can deliver higher data rates with improved energy efficiency. Meeting these demands requires advances in high-frequency circuit design across both wireless and wireline domains\, spanning millimeter-wave radios to optical interconnects. \nThis seminar will present recent developments in two complementary directions. The first focuses on millimeter-wave MIMO systems for beyond-5G communication. Conventional phased arrays are typically limited to single-stream beamforming\, while fully digital solutions\, although flexible\, incur significant power and area overhead. Emerging hybrid architectures enable multi-stream\, multi-band operation with improved spectral efficiency by combining RF and baseband beamforming\, supporting carrier aggregation\, adaptive spatial processing\, and full-duplex operation. Prototype systems have demonstrated scalable multi-antenna transceivers operating across 28/37 GHz bands\, integrating RF front-ends\, beamforming networks\, and system-level signal processing. \nThe second direction addresses high-performance computing interconnects\, where electrical links increasingly struggle with loss and energy efficiency at high data rates. Co-packaged optics offers a promising alternative by placing optical engines in close proximity to compute and switch chips\, improving link efficiency. The seminar will discuss circuit and system innovations enabling scalable optical I/O\, including equalization\, clocking\, and high-linearity design techniques for high-speed optical links\, along with recent prototype demonstrations achieving high data rates with low energy per bit. \nBio: Susnata Mondal received the B.Tech. and M.Tech. degrees in E&ECE from IIT Kharagpur in 2015 and the Ph.D. degree in ECE from Carnegie Mellon University\, Pittsburgh\, in 2020. Since then\, he has been a Research Scientist at Intel\, Hillsboro\, working on co-packaged optics and high-speed I/O. He has authored several lead-author papers in ISSCC and JSSC and holds 18 U.S. patents. He is a Technical Program Committee member of RFIC and an Associate Editor for TCAS-I\, TCAS-II\, and SSCL. His honors include the SSCS Predoctoral Achievement Award\, the Best Ph.D. Thesis Award from CMU ECE\, and selection as an SSCS Rising Star. \nHosted by: Professor Soumya Bose\, ECE Department \nZoom: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/97975378707?pwd=ljcgaCfhMmhZ88Vt5dqQUBVQRjehOx.1
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/ece-290-seminar-high-frequency-circuits-for-next-generation-communication-from-beyond-5g-mm-wave-mimo-to-co-packaged-optics/
LOCATION:Engineering 2\, Engineering 2 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260222T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260222T180000
DTSTAMP:20260403T143220
CREATED:20260210T003057Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260210T003057Z
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SUMMARY:Food For Thought
DESCRIPTION:Join the People of Color Sustainability Collective for a fun\, community-centered day of activities\, shared food\, and meaningful conversation. This gathering creates an informal\, educational space for the UCSC community to connect with one another while exploring themes within environmentalism\, with an emphasis on inclusive sustainability. \nFood for Thought will focus on food sovereignty and strengthening relationships with local organizations leading food justice work. The evening will include a shared dinner\, presentations and discussion with community leaders in food justice\, and a hands-on food preservation workshop to build practical skills and collective knowledge.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/food-for-thought-2/
LOCATION:Cardiff House\, 114 Carriage House Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Social Gathering,Workshop
ORGANIZER;CN="People of Color Sustainability Collective":MAILTO:pocsc@ucsc.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260222T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260222T180000
DTSTAMP:20260403T143220
CREATED:20260210T002905Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260210T002905Z
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SUMMARY:Food For Thought
DESCRIPTION:Join People of Color Sustainability Collective for Food for Thought! This event will be focused on food sovereignty and connecting our community with local organizations involved in related work. The event will include dinner\, including presentations and discussion with impactful food justice representatives\, and a hands-on food preserving workshop. 
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/food-for-thought/
LOCATION:Cardiff House\, 114 Carriage House Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Workshop
ORGANIZER;CN="People of Color Sustainability Collective":MAILTO:pocsc@ucsc.edu
GEO:36.9792246;-122.0521797
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