Events

May 2026

• Thu 7

  • 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm

    Spring Exhibitions at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences

  • 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm

    Visualizing Abolition Screening Series: Beyond Access

  • 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

    Black on the Block

  • 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

    Let’s Talk

  • 4:00 pm – 8:30 pm

    Chancellor’s Innovation Impact Awards

  • 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm

    Social Movements Across Generations: A Film Screening and Platica with Carmen Perez Jordan

  • 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

    Rasanblaj as Spirit Turn: Gina Athena Ulysse in Conversation with Jennifer González

• Fri 8

  • 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

    Virtual Event

    Let’s Talk

  • 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm

    Spring Exhibitions at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences

  • 1:00 pm – 1:45 pm

    Goal Setting

  • 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm

    The Annual Maya K. Peterson Memorial Lecture

  • 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

    Music on the Meadow—April in Santa Cruz

    FREE and open to the public
  • 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm

    AA/PI/SWANA Heritage Night Market

  • 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

    UCSC Wind Ensemble

    Free – $12

• Sat 9

  • 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

    Berry U-Pick at the UCSC Farm

  • 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

    Pitch-In! Campus Clean Up Day 2026!

    Free
  • 10:30 am – 12:00 pm

    Younger Lagoon Reserve Tours

    Free
  • 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm

    Spring Exhibitions at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences

  • 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm

    Visualizing Abolition Screening Series: Beyond Access

  • 12:30 pm – 3:00 pm

    Where Cultures Bloom — We Belong here