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M.F.A. Exhibition for Environmental Art & Social Practice (EASP)—”Picking up Shells Amid a Tsunami”

Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery Baskin Service Road, Santa Cruz

The culminating exhibition of the Environmental Art and Social Practice (EASP) M.F.A. program at UC Santa Cruz presents new projects—Picking up Shells Amid a Tsunami 쓰나미가 밀려오는데, 조개나 줍고 있네—developed through concentrated inquiry over a two-year period and offers a window into the artists’ unique long-term research projects that expand beyond the gallery space. — FULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS […]

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2026 Right Livelihood International Conference

Hybrid Event

The Right Livelihood International Conference is a five-week global conference exploring how education can strengthen democracy, collective intelligence, and just futures. Bringing together Right Livelihood Laureates, students, faculty, and community partners across continents, the conference combines asynchronous learning with participatory dialogue and collaborative action. Rather than advocating specific outcomes, the conference positions education as a democratic […]

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Summer Session Enrollment Open

Summer Session Enrollment Open
Virtual Event

  Summer Session enrollment is now open! All continuing students can add classes in MyUCSC. Incoming students must register to enroll. Get ahead on your degree, explore new subjects, or catch up on requirements. Financial aid is available. Learn more and enroll at summer.ucsc.edu

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Sueños: Juntos Podemos Soñar | Transfer Student Workshop

Wagstaff Fireside Lounge Stevenson Service Road, Santa Cruz

Join El Centro and build community with fellow transfer students at UCSC! This event will include a community storytelling workshop facilitated by students, followed by a session on campus resources to help you make the most of your transfer experience. Free lunch will be provided. You Belong Here: The programs and services described here are […]

Free

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Sequence to Survival: Using Genomics to Save Biodiversity

Cultural Center – Merrill College 641 Merrill Rd, Santa Cruz

A Free Public Symposium Friday, May 1, 2026 Merrill Cultural Center, UC Santa Cruz Main Campus Doors open at 12:30 PM | Program begins at 1:00 PM Registration is free but required! In the 25 years since the Human Genome Project, scientists have sequenced the DNA of thousands of species. But what can genomics actually […]

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BME80G Seminar – Katherine Bonini, “Rethinking Familial Risk in Genomic Medicine: Ethical Approaches to Cascade Screening”

Jack Baskin Auditorium 191 Baskin Cir, Santa Cruz

Presenter: Katherine Bonini, Senior Genetic Counselor @ Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai   Description: It has long been argued that families are central to genomic medicine. Genomic risk, diagnosis, and management are rarely confined to a single individual, and separating patients’ interests from those of their relatives is often neither straightforward nor desirable. Despite this, […]

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Meet the Campus Mobile Crisis Team

Porter College Quad

The UC Santa Cruz Campus Mobile Crisis Team (CMCT) will be at the SHOP RAVE Ready Event at Porter College Quad on May 1 from 3–5 PM. Drop by to […]

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Party Safe Presents: Rave Ready

Porter College Quad

Prepping for EDC or any other upcoming rave? Stop by Rave Ready on May 1 from 3 to 7 p.m. in the Porter Quad, an event hosted by Student Health […]

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