Week of Events
Return to the Redwoods 2026
Get ready to Return to the Redwoods! Reconnect with friends, family, and fellow alumni as you explore the beauty of UC Santa Cruz. From the kick-off party and Stars & S’mores to hikes, workshops, and family-friendly fun, this weekend offers something for everyone. Ticket, housing, and registration details will be shared in early 2026—stay tuned! […]
Monday, August 10, 2026
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Hybrid EventAugust 10, 2026Zhao, Z. (CSE) – TOWARD VERIFIABLE REASONING IN LLMS
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Virtual EventAugust 10, 2026August Slugs and Steins with Professor Barbara Rogoff
Zhao, Z. (CSE) – TOWARD VERIFIABLE REASONING IN LLMS
Chain-of-thought (CoT) prompting can improve final-answer performance, but it does not guarantee that intermediate reasoning steps are faithful, valid, or checkable. This proposal studies how formal methods can make natural-language […]
August Slugs and Steins with Professor Barbara Rogoff
Learning to be Community-Minded How do children learn to be part of a community, attentive to what’s going on around them and pitching in to help out? Barbara Rogoff builds […]
Tuesday, August 11, 2026
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August 11, 2026Volunteer at the UCSC Arboretum
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Virtual EventAugust 11, 2026Time Management
Volunteer at the UCSC Arboretum
Volunteer Information Sessions at the Arboretum Do you love gardens and gardening? The UCSC Arboretum & Botanic Garden has a wonderful community of staff, students, and volunteers, ready to welcome you. Opportunities include staffing our gift shop & retail nursery and working to care for our gardens and greenhouses. To learn more, join us at […]
Time Management
In this workshop, you will: Learn the ways you can manage your time and avoid procrastination/burnout. The Successful Slug Workshop series, hosted by Learning Support Services Peer Coaches, are open to […]
Wednesday, August 12, 2026
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August 12, 2026Visualizing Abolition Screening Series: Beyond Access
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August 12, 2026Spring Exhibitions at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences
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Virtual EventAugust 12, 2026Research Lunch & Learn: Researcher roadmap: resources for faculty preparing grant proposals
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August 12, 2026Chat with the AI Chair
Visualizing Abolition Screening Series: Beyond Access
On view in the IAS Screening Room is a selection of short films curated by Visualizing Abolition Visiting Faculty Fellow Dr. Pooja Rangan. Prisons deny and censor the access of […]
Spring Exhibitions at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences
Visit the IAS, UCSC’s premier art galleries, for our spring exhibitions. On view April 10–August 16, 2026 are three diverse and interdisciplinary shows: Libia Posada: Everything is Going Right, the first US solo exhibition by the Colombia-based artist and medical doctor; Gina Athena Ulysse: A Redwoods Rasanblaj, a site-specific and immersive exploration of the Haitian […]
Research Lunch & Learn: Researcher roadmap: resources for faculty preparing grant proposals
Tune into this session with the Research Development team as we discuss resources and guides we gathered for the Office of Research’s inaugural Research Leaders Academy in Winter 2026. We […]
Chat with the AI Chair
AI is advancing faster than ever. Join Praveen Krishna, chair of the AI Program Advisory Board, for a discussion of the latest developments shaping the field, from Agentic AI and AI orchestration to enterprise deployment, emerging regulations, local AI models, and breakthrough innovations. This is a monthly conversation series. Each session highlights timely trends and concludes […]
Thursday, August 13, 2026
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August 13, 2026Visualizing Abolition Screening Series: Beyond Access
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August 13, 2026Spring Exhibitions at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences
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August 13, 2026Working Hard Isn’t Enough: The Unspoken Rules That Shape Your Career
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August 13, 2026Rules Are Not Neutral: Play As Sense-Making, Acts Of Resistance, And Imagining Otherwise
Visualizing Abolition Screening Series: Beyond Access
On view in the IAS Screening Room is a selection of short films curated by Visualizing Abolition Visiting Faculty Fellow Dr. Pooja Rangan. Prisons deny and censor the access of those trapped inside them—to information, to intimacy, to community, to meaningful work, to nourishment of all kinds, and perhaps most cruelly, to care. This program […]
Spring Exhibitions at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences
Visit the IAS, UCSC’s premier art galleries, for our spring exhibitions. On view April 10–August 16, 2026 are three diverse and interdisciplinary shows: Libia Posada: Everything is Going Right, the first US solo exhibition by the Colombia-based artist and medical doctor; Gina Athena Ulysse: A Redwoods Rasanblaj, a site-specific and immersive exploration of the Haitian […]
Working Hard Isn’t Enough: The Unspoken Rules That Shape Your Career
Working Hard Isn’t Enough: The Unspoken Rules That Shape Your Career With Ricky Koo Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026 | Noon PT Virtual via Zoom Hosted by UCLA Alumni Association, open to all UC alumni As a first-generation immigrant, career coach Ricky Koo was taught to work hard, stay humble, and let results speak. Sound familiar? […]
Rules Are Not Neutral: Play As Sense-Making, Acts Of Resistance, And Imagining Otherwise
This exhibition brings together a range of analog games – including board, card, role-playing, and other participatory works – that engage social and political realities in different ways. The works span widely circulated commercial games to independently produced projects, one-of-a-kind artworks by artists, faculty, alumni, and students, and materials drawn from UC Santa Cruz Special […]
Friday, August 14, 2026
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August 14, 2026Spring Exhibitions at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences
Spring Exhibitions at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences
Visit the IAS, UCSC’s premier art galleries, for our spring exhibitions. On view April 10–August 16, 2026 are three diverse and interdisciplinary shows: Libia Posada: Everything is Going Right, the […]
Saturday, August 15, 2026
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August 15, 2026UCSC Farm U-Pick
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August 15, 2026Visualizing Abolition Screening Series: Beyond Access
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August 15, 2026Spring Exhibitions at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences
UCSC Farm U-Pick
Come enjoy picking your own organic strawberries and/or flowers at the campus farm! When: U-picks will take place on Saturdays from 9am to 12pm, July 11–August 22, or while supplies last. PLEASE NOTE that u-pick will not occur on Saturday, August 29. Where: Free parking will be available in the Hay Barn lot or lot […]
Visualizing Abolition Screening Series: Beyond Access
On view in the IAS Screening Room is a selection of short films curated by Visualizing Abolition Visiting Faculty Fellow Dr. Pooja Rangan. Prisons deny and censor the access of those trapped inside them—to information, to intimacy, to community, to meaningful work, to nourishment of all kinds, and perhaps most cruelly, to care. This program […]
Spring Exhibitions at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences
Visit the IAS, UCSC’s premier art galleries, for our spring exhibitions. On view April 10–August 16, 2026 are three diverse and interdisciplinary shows: Libia Posada: Everything is Going Right, the first US solo exhibition by the Colombia-based artist and medical doctor; Gina Athena Ulysse: A Redwoods Rasanblaj, a site-specific and immersive exploration of the Haitian […]
Sunday, August 16, 2026
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August 16, 2026Visualizing Abolition Screening Series: Beyond Access
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August 16, 2026Spring Exhibitions at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences
Visualizing Abolition Screening Series: Beyond Access
On view in the IAS Screening Room is a selection of short films curated by Visualizing Abolition Visiting Faculty Fellow Dr. Pooja Rangan. Prisons deny and censor the access of those trapped inside them—to information, to intimacy, to community, to meaningful work, to nourishment of all kinds, and perhaps most cruelly, to care. This program […]
Spring Exhibitions at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences
Visit the IAS, UCSC’s premier art galleries, for our spring exhibitions. On view April 10–August 16, 2026 are three diverse and interdisciplinary shows: Libia Posada: Everything is Going Right, the […]