Events

May 2026

• Wed 20

  • 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm

    VMCC Talk with Salar Mameni—Blood of Tulips

    FREE and open to the public
  • 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm

    Tripoli: A Tale of Three Cities—reception, screening, and discussion with the filmmmaker

    FREE and open to UCSC affiliates

• Thu 21

  • 9:00 am – 2:30 pm

    Annual BE Student Project Showcase

  • 11:40 am – 1:15 pm

    BME 280B Seminar: Speaker Dylan Shropshire – “How did Wolbachia become Earth’s most pervasive animal symbiont?”

  • 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

  • 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm

    Optimizing Your Internship: Insider Strategies on How to Thrive in the Workplace

  • 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

    Changemakers with Dr. Cornel West

    Free
  • 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!

  • 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

    Vectors, Rasters, and Robots: Navigating the Shift from Digital Cartography to Spatial AI

  • 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

    Women’s Center Graduation Ceremony: A Season of Becoming

• 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

  • 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm

    The Creative Collective student arts event

• Mon 25

  • All day

    Beautiful Universe – An astrophotography exhibit

• Tue 26

  • All day

    Beautiful Universe – An astrophotography exhibit

  • 7:00 am – 9:00 am

    Virtual Event

    Chou, Y. (CM) – Exploring Future AI-Mediated Health Creator–Audience Interactions on Social Media: Transparency, Care, and Accountability

• Wed 27

  • All day

    Beautiful Universe – An astrophotography exhibit

• 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