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SUMMARY:STEM Culture Festival
DESCRIPTION:The STEM Culture Festival is returning to UC Santa Cruz on Friday\, May 15 from 1-4pm in the Baskin Engineering Courtyard. Join us! \nThis year\, we’re expanding with even more performances\, activities\, and creative ways to celebrate UCSC’s vibrant\, diverse\, and excellent STEM culture!  \nWhat to expect: \n\nCuban Dance Master Susana Arenas and her troupe of Orisha dancers led by Cuban Drum Master Toribio Garcia return for a rousing\, communal dance\n\nStudent performers: Los Mejicas and their traditional baile folklórico followed by an open dance lesson/performance by Slug N’ Boots\n\nSTEM-themed drag performances and spoken word poetry by student creatives \n\nAssociate Vice Chancellor for Student Success and Equity Dr. Ebonee Williams (Chemical Engineering\, University of Washington ‘04) will share an inspirational talk on “Bringing our whole selves to STEM!”\n\nEl Buen Taco and Falafel Santa Cruz will be serving delicious food\, completely FREE for all attendees who engage with the student orgs and their activities\n\nMore than just your standard student organization tabling: Games\, interactive demos\, culturally themed activities\, and opportunities to learn more about clubs from all over campus \n\nRaffle for gift cards to be awarded every hour from 1-4pm – must be present to win! \n\nThis event will take place in the Baskin Engineering Courtyard and will be open to all UCSC students\, staff\, and faculty. \nThe STEM Culture Festival celebrates and elevates the many backgrounds\, cultures\, and identities that intersect with our work as scientists\, engineers\, educators\, and members of the UCSC community. It is a rare opportunity when all of UCSC is invited to meet at the engineering school for a time of joy and togetherness. We enthusiastically invite you to attend and be in community with us – especially now in these tumultuous times of division and disunity.  \nThis event represents a collaboration between Baskin Engineering\, the Women’s Center\, the Lionel Cantú Queer Resource Center\, El Centro Latinx and Chicanx Resource Center\, the Asian American and Pacific Islander Resource Center\, the Physical and Biological Sciences Division\, and the Genomics Institute.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/stem-culture-festival-2026/
LOCATION:Jack Baskin Engineering\, Baskin Engineering 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Concerts,Performances,Social Gathering,Undergraduate
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SUMMARY:NemoClaw NVIDIA x ASUS Hackathon @ UC Santa Cruz
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to the premier physical AI hackathon on the West Coast. We are bringing together the top 200 AI\, infrastructure\, and hardware engineers to build autonomous\, agentic applications on the NVIDIA NemoClaw stack. \n​You aren’t just calling APIs\, you are building on enterprise-grade hardware. \n​The Tracks: \n\nThe Edge Track: 40 exclusive teams will be granted physical\, on-site access to an ASUS DGX Spark unit to build and deploy locally.\n​The Cloud Track: Teams will build the exact same stack utilizing fully sponsored cloud compute instances via Brev.dev.\n\n​The Arsenal & Prizes: Every team builds on a unified playing field. The top projects will take home heavy enterprise hardware\, including: \n\n​NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nanos\n​The ASUS Ascent (DGX Spark)\n​Jensen Huang signed NVIDIA hats & premium swag\n​High-value Brev.dev compute credits\n​Monitors\n​Internship Opportunities\n\n​The Details: \n\n​Who: Open to the top engineers at UC Santa Cruz and local feeder universities.\n​Food: Fully catered for 24 hours. Energy\, caffeine\, and meals are on us.\n​Special Guests*: Opening and closing ceremonies featuring VIP industry leaders (to be announced).\n​Title Sponsors: Nvidia\, ASUS\, Baskin School of Engineering\n\nRegister today!  \n​Space is strictly capped at 200 builders. Registration requires application approval. \n*May subject to change \n 
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/nvidia-hackathon-2026/
LOCATION:Kresge College\, R-3 Suites\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Competition,Meetings & Conferences
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SUMMARY:Annual BE Student Project Showcase
DESCRIPTION:Join Baskin Engineering for our annual Student Project Showcase to celebrate the innovative work and accomplishments of undergraduate engineers in capstone courses and research pathways. The broader campus community\, parents\, and industry partners are invited to view the culmination of student work. \nThe day begins with oral presentations from nominated “best-in-class” teams and those working on industry-sponsored projects. Following this\, all students will participate in a comprehensive Poster Session featuring project outcomes with some teams including table-top demonstrations of functional hardware. \nEvent Details: \n\nDate: May 21\, 2026\nOral Presentations (Nominated/Industry Teams): 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM\, Engineering 2\, Room 180\nPoster Session (All Student Teams): 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM\, Engineering Courtyard
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/be-student-project-showcase-2026/
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Undergraduate
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