Road Trip! Light in the American West, from Baja to the Yukon
Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery 11 Cowell Service Rd, Santa Cruz
Week of Events
Festival of Monsters 2025
Exploring the ways monsters and tropes of monstrosity pervade our culture.
Creative Interventions (CI) Series
Creative Interventions (CI) is a community colloquium in contemporary creativity and creative practices that addresses the interconnected work of artists, designers, activists, and knowledge workers—and the intrinsic and transformative capacity of that work to cultivate a just society. The CI Speaker Series raises questions of import to contemporary creative workers in media and technology: – How […]
Slugs Campout
Adventure Rec warmly welcome UCSC students to join the 5th annual Campus Campout on the Upper East Field! Friday, September 26, 6:30pm – Saturday, September 27, 9:00am.
Monday, October 13, 2025
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October 13, 2025Successful Slug Workshop: Campus Community & Student Success
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October 13, 2025Road Trip! Light in the American West, from Baja to the Yukon
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October 13, 2025Orientation to Community Archiving
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October 13, 2025AM Seminar: Faculty Lightning Talk
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October 13, 2025October Slugs & Steins with Professor Kimberly Lau
Successful Slug Workshop: Campus Community & Student Success
Campus Community and Student Success Monday, October 13, 11:40 a.m.–12:25 p.m. Location: ARCenter 203 Discover ways to get involved on campus and learn how building community supports your success at UCSC. Successful Slug Workshop Series Join Learning Support Services (LSS) for Successful Slug Workshops on Mondays at 11:40 a.m. and Wednesdays at 2:05 p.m. These […]
Road Trip! Light in the American West, from Baja to the Yukon
The photographs in this exhibition, made between 2004 and 2025, span across the American West from the Baja California Peninsula in Mexico to The Yukon territory in Canada. Paul Schoellhamer’s (Cowell ‘69) color photographs invite us to travel with him and reflect on our relationship to land, the light that shapes it, and the freedom […]
Orientation to Community Archiving
Orientation to Community Archiving for majors and minors in the Humanities Division
AM Seminar: Faculty Lightning Talk
Join us for a fast-paced showcase of applied mathematics faculty research in this week’s AM Seminar, featuring lightning talks that spotlight the department’s wide-ranging interests—from -fluid dynamics and numerical methods to environmental sensing, machine learning, genetics, and mathematical biology. Discover the innovative projects driving our community and learn about potential hands-on student research project opportunities […]
October Slugs & Steins with Professor Kimberly Lau
Race and the European Fairy Tale: The Making of a White Genre In this talk, Kimberly Lau offers intertwined readings of several cognate fairy tales that revolve around true and false brides, beginning with Black slaves and white fairies in 17th-century Naples and tracing their evolution into (implicitly raced but unmarked) kind and unkind girls […]
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
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October 14, 2025Workplace Mental Health Training for Supervisors and Managers
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October 14, 2025Road Trip! Light in the American West, from Baja to the Yukon
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October 14, 2025Addressing Basic Needs in Higher Education: Innovative Research and Policy to Support UC Student Success
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October 14, 2025Pride Night with Women’s Soccer
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October 14, 2025How to Optimize Your Career Fair Experience
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October 14, 2025Respond, Don’t React: Recognizing and Managing Emotional Triggers
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October 14, 2025Yoga as Healing Series
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October 14, 2025Drop-In Figure Drawing
Workplace Mental Health Training for Supervisors and Managers
The Office of Risk Services has partnered with OHSU’s Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Services to provide mental health support training to UCSC supervisors and managers. This evidence based program teaches leaders: To identify employee mental health struggles Appropriate ways to respond to employee warning signs Practical strategies to reduce employee stress Employees whose managers […]
Road Trip! Light in the American West, from Baja to the Yukon
The photographs in this exhibition, made between 2004 and 2025, span across the American West from the Baja California Peninsula in Mexico to The Yukon territory in Canada. Paul Schoellhamer’s (Cowell ‘69) color photographs invite us to travel with him and reflect on our relationship to land, the light that shapes it, and the freedom […]
Addressing Basic Needs in Higher Education: Innovative Research and Policy to Support UC Student Success
This event, co-sponsored by the Partnership with California Initiative for Health Equity and Action (Cal-IHEA), features research insights and evidence-based recommendations to strengthen basic needs programs and resources for students in higher education. UC Essential Needs Consortium awardees Camelia Hostinar, Matthew Landry, Laura Enriquez, and Suzanna Martinez will present findings from their recently completed research […]
Pride Night with Women’s Soccer
Join the Cantu Queer Center and Women’s Soccer for a Pride Game on 10/14/25. Game starts at 4pm at East Field. First 50 students will receive a FREE tshirt. There will be snacks, swag, and PRIDE!!! You Belong Here: The programs and services described here are open to all, consistent with state and federal […]
How to Optimize Your Career Fair Experience
Interested in attending an upcoming career fair but not sure what to do once you're there? We can help with that! Join us and hear some quick tips on how to work a career fair. Some of the discussion topics will include: What should you do to prepare in advance? How should you engage with […]
Respond, Don’t React: Recognizing and Managing Emotional Triggers
In a world of nonstop change and pressure, even the most experienced professionals get triggered in ways that throw us off course—hurting performance and straining relationships. In this presentation by the Silicon Valley chapter of the NHRA, we’ll explore what’s really happening when emotions take over, why it matters, and what we can do about […]
Yoga as Healing Series
Yoga as Healing is a 7-week program at UC Santa Cruz for students who identify as survivors of interpersonal violence. Participants are welcome to join any of the sessions, and attendance at the orientation is not required.
Drop-In Figure Drawing
Drop-In Draw provides a live model and room monitor. There is no formal lesson and only dry media is allowed (no paints). — ADVISORIES – These events contain mature content and nudity. – Drop-In Draw is subject to the possibility of last-minute cancellation without notification, and sessions are not guaranteed. — ADMISSION – FREE and […]
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
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October 15, 20252025 Fall STEM Career & Internship Fair
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October 15, 2025Healthy Relationships Workshop Series
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October 15, 2025Engineering Teaching Community (Faculty)
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October 15, 2025Road Trip! Light in the American West, from Baja to the Yukon
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October 15, 2025Campus to Career: Job Talk with Kristen Amicone, Education Program Specialist
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October 15, 2025Creative Interventions: Catherine Provenzano
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October 15, 2025SJRC Meet & Greet
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October 15, 2025Festival of Monsters: David Livingstone Smith Keynote
2025 Fall STEM Career & Internship Fair
Here is a chance to meet tech recruiters in person! If you are interested in pursuing a career in science, technology, engineering, mathematics or research, then take advantage of this opportunity to meet recruiters from companies looking to fill various positions (both technical and non-technical). Learn more about internships and full-time career opportunities. Undergraduate students, […]
Healthy Relationships Workshop Series
Join CARE this Relationship, Dating, and Domestic Violence Awareness/Action Month for a two-part workshop series on relationships and boundaries. Learn to recognize healthy and unhealthy relationship dynamics and the importance of setting boundaries. Workshops are on 10/15 (Green, Yellow, Red) and 10/29 (Boundaries & Beyond!) from 11:30am–1pm in Kerr Hall, Room 160.
Engineering Teaching Community (Faculty)
This quarter, make time for you, for reflection, and for community!
Road Trip! Light in the American West, from Baja to the Yukon
The photographs in this exhibition, made between 2004 and 2025, span across the American West from the Baja California Peninsula in Mexico to The Yukon territory in Canada. Paul Schoellhamer’s (Cowell ‘69) color photographs invite us to travel with him and reflect on our relationship to land, the light that shapes it, and the freedom […]
Campus to Career: Job Talk with Kristen Amicone, Education Program Specialist
Are you curious about careers in education or nonprofits? Join this job talk with UCSC Humanities alum Kristen Amicone, a doctoral student with expertise in nonprofits, educational programming, and leadership. Kristen will share insights from her academic and professional experience, from being a transfer student, to making career transition decisions, to navigating an online graduate […]
Creative Interventions: Catherine Provenzano
Since the shift to predominantly digital audio recording, manufacturers of software tools have stepped in claiming to make production work faster and easier while unlocking the artist/producer’s creative potential. In 2016, artist Justin Bieber explained to the New York Times Magazine that the way producers Diplo and Skrillex were able to manipulate Ableton on his […]
SJRC Meet & Greet
Join the Science & Justice Research Center for a beginning of quarter social hour on Wednesday, October 15, 2025 from 4:00-6:00 PM in the Oakes Academic Building, Room 231 + Zoom.
Festival of Monsters: David Livingstone Smith Keynote
Exploring the ways monsters and tropes of monstrosity pervade our culture.
Thursday, October 16, 2025
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October 16, 20252025 Business, Arts, Social Sciences & Humanities Career & Internship Fair
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October 16, 2025Eat Well, Live Well: Preventing Prediabetes & Type 2 Diabetes
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October 16, 2025Road Trip! Light in the American West, from Baja to the Yukon
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October 16, 2025Archives 101 for Graduate Students
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October 16, 2025Archives 101 for Graduate Students
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October 16, 2025Successful Slug Workshop: Understanding Your Syllabus
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October 16, 2025Sesnon Salon: History of Art & Visual Culture
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October 16, 2025All UCSC Student-Led Health Organizations Meeting!
2025 Business, Arts, Social Sciences & Humanities Career & Internship Fair
Undergraduate and graduate students and recent alumni interested in pursuing careers in business, arts, social sciences & humanities industries are welcome to attend. Get the chance to meet recruiters from many industries/firms seeking to fill internship, full-time, and part-time roles. Come take essential steps toward laying the foundation for your future career and potentially even […]
Eat Well, Live Well: Preventing Prediabetes & Type 2 Diabetes
If preventing or delaying prediabetes or type 2 diabetes is a top priority for you—you are not alone. We know that carbs are key players when it comes to controlling blood sugar, but did you know that healthy fats and lean proteins are also just as important when it comes to managing blood sugar? Join […]
Road Trip! Light in the American West, from Baja to the Yukon
The photographs in this exhibition, made between 2004 and 2025, span across the American West from the Baja California Peninsula in Mexico to The Yukon territory in Canada. Paul Schoellhamer’s (Cowell ‘69) color photographs invite us to travel with him and reflect on our relationship to land, the light that shapes it, and the freedom […]
Archives 101 for Graduate Students
Feeling the archival impulse? Come get some hands-on experience with our collections, chat about archives with your fellow grad students, and get your questions answered about archival research at UCSC and beyond. Curious undergrads are welcome, too! Space is limited. Please RSVP so we can get an accurate headcount. This event is co-sponsored by the Center […]
Archives 101 for Graduate Students
Feeling the archival impulse? Come get some hands-on experience with our collections, chat about archives with your fellow grad students, and get your questions answered about archival research at UCSC and beyond. Curious undergrads are welcome, too! Space is limited. Please RSVP so we can get an accurate headcount. Learn more about the Center […]
Successful Slug Workshop: Understanding Your Syllabus
Understanding Your Syllabus Thursday, October 16, 2:05 p.m.–2:50 p.m. Location: ARCenter 203 Break down, understand, and use your syllabus as a tool for success. Successful Slug Workshop Series Join Learning Support Services (LSS) for Successful Slug Workshops on Mondays at 11:40 a.m. and Wednesdays at 2:05 p.m. These 45-minute workshops are open to all UCSC […]
Sesnon Salon: History of Art & Visual Culture
The Arts Division welcome students, faculty, staff, and the general community to a salon-style gathering presenting the work of UC Santa Cruz’s History of Art and Visual Culture (HAVC) Department.
All UCSC Student-Led Health Organizations Meeting!
📞 Calling all Student-Led Health Organizations! 📆 Join the Global and Community Health Program on Thursday, October 17th at 4:30 – 5:30 PM in Social Sciences Building 1, Room 261. 🔑 Key purpose: To meet and greet representatives of other student-led health organizations + share announcements + coordinate events/resources, as is possible. 😊 Please join […]
Friday, October 17, 2025
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October 17, 2025Road Trip! Light in the American West, from Baja to the Yukon
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October 17, 2025Alumni Awards Celebration
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October 17, 2025Someone Always Dies (SAD): An Improv Comedy Show
Road Trip! Light in the American West, from Baja to the Yukon
The photographs in this exhibition, made between 2004 and 2025, span across the American West from the Baja California Peninsula in Mexico to The Yukon territory in Canada. Paul Schoellhamer’s (Cowell ‘69) color photographs invite us to travel with him and reflect on our relationship to land, the light that shapes it, and the freedom […]
Alumni Awards Celebration
UC Santa Cruz recognizes and honors those who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievements, made distinct contributions to society and UC Santa Cruz, and have embodied the values and spirit of the University.
Someone Always Dies (SAD): An Improv Comedy Show
Someone Always Dies (SAD) is UC Santa Cruz’s premier long-form improv team.
Saturday, October 18, 2025
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October 18, 2025Fall Harvest Welcome
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October 18, 2025Festival of Monsters: Oh, the Horror!
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October 18, 2025Harvest Festival
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October 18, 2025Road Trip! Light in the American West, from Baja to the Yukon
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October 18, 2025Festival of Monsters: Artist Cole Lemke
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October 18, 2025Festival of Monsters: Blood on the Clocktower
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October 18, 2025Trans & Queer Fall Mixer
Fall Harvest Welcome
Join the American Indian Resource Center, People of Color Sustainability Collective, UCSC Agroecology, and the Sustainability Office for a day of fun at the Farm Center! This Fall Harvest Welcome will be all about community building, learning about flora/fauna indigenous to Santa Cruz County, Native storytelling, and will feature a land blessing.
Festival of Monsters: Oh, the Horror!
exploring the ways monsters and tropes of monstrosity pervade our culture.
Harvest Festival
Connect with community on the campus farm at the annual Harvest Festival! On the Main Stage: 11:12pm–12:00pm: White Hawk Indian Council for Children 12:30–1:40pm: Sambada 2–3pm: Ancestree Activities 11-3pm Apple pressing for cider Pumpkin and produce sales Apple pie baking contest (more details here) Face painting Pumpkin painting Bouquet making Tractor rides 1:45pm Medicinal Plant Walk […]
Road Trip! Light in the American West, from Baja to the Yukon
The photographs in this exhibition, made between 2004 and 2025, span across the American West from the Baja California Peninsula in Mexico to The Yukon territory in Canada. Paul Schoellhamer’s (Cowell ‘69) color photographs invite us to travel with him and reflect on our relationship to land, the light that shapes it, and the freedom […]
Festival of Monsters: Artist Cole Lemke
exploring the ways monsters and tropes of monstrosity pervade our culture.
Festival of Monsters: Blood on the Clocktower
exploring the ways monsters and tropes of monstrosity pervade our culture.
Trans & Queer Fall Mixer
The Trans & Queer Fall Mixer is UCSC’s annual welcome event for new and returning students. Join us to learn more about the Lionel Cantú Queer Resource Center and to connect with the rainbow community at UCSC and in Santa Cruz. You’ll have the opportunity to learn about resources, make new friends, and enjoy music […]
Sunday, October 19, 2025
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October 19, 2025OLLI at UCSC Sunday Speaker Series
OLLI at UCSC Sunday Speaker Series
Julie James, Founder Jewel Theatre, presents “Jewel Theater Company: Behind the Curtain” Hosted by OLLI at UCSC (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute). Public invited to join OLLI for a social hour and presentation. Julie James has been a member of Actors’ Equity for 28 years and has acted and directed in several plays. She holds a BA in Theatre Arts […]