Events

May 2026

• Wed 20

  • 3:00 pm – 4:15 pm

    Virtual Event

    It Takes an Ecosystem: Staff and Faculty Perspectives on Collaboration at UC Santa Cruz

  • 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

    Queer Joy Crafting Time (Communi-tea)

  • 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm

    The Helene Moglen Lecture in Feminism and Humanities: Donna Haraway

  • 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm

    VMCC Talk with Salar Mameni—Blood of Tulips

    FREE and open to the public

• Thu 21

  • 9:00 am – 2:30 pm

    Annual BE Student Project Showcase

  • 12:00 pm onwards

    Beautiful Universe – An astrophotography exhibit

  • 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

    Springtime Sip and Social with SHOP and Stevenson

  • 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

    Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism Book Talk with Thea Riofrancos

  • 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

    Dress to Represent

  • 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

    Of Nature and the Cosmos—April in Santa Cruz

    FREE and open to the public
  • 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm

    Santa Cruz Cinema Takeover Showing: Mandalorian & Grogu

• Fri 22

  • All day

    Beautiful Universe – An astrophotography exhibit

  • 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

    Something held by poetry

  • 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

    Opening Reception: Envisioning Health for All Photo Exhibit!

• Sat 23

  • All day

    Beautiful Universe – An astrophotography exhibit

  • 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

    Volunteer Workday at the UCSC Farm

• Sun 24

  • All day

    Beautiful Universe – An astrophotography exhibit

  • 2:00 pm – 2:00 pm

    Who Can I Run To?, by Alyssa Windom—2026 Dharma Grace Creative Writing Award and Theatrical Production

• Mon 25

  • All day

    Beautiful Universe – An astrophotography exhibit

• Tue 26

  • All day

    Beautiful Universe – An astrophotography exhibit

  • 1:00 pm – 1:30 pm

    Narcan Training for Faculty and Staff

  • 6:00 pm – 6:00 pm

    The Deep Read: The Literature and Poetics of Fungi Salon

• Wed 27

  • All day

    Beautiful Universe – An astrophotography exhibit

  • 10:30 am – 12:00 pm

    FINS: Fisheries Insights Narratives and Stories seminar series featuring Lisa Uttal

  • 11:00 am – 12:30 pm

    CSE Colloquium – Learning to Image: Computational Microscopy for Dynamic Systems

    Free
  • 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

    Panel Discussion—Let the City Speak: The Sonic Journey of Quetzal—Arts Dean’s Speaker Series

    FREE and open to the public

• Thu 28

  • All day

    Beautiful Universe – An astrophotography exhibit

• Fri 29

  • All day

    Beautiful Universe – An astrophotography exhibit

• Sat 30

  • All day

    Beautiful Universe – An astrophotography exhibit

• Sun 31

  • Until 6:00 pm

    Beautiful Universe – An astrophotography exhibit