Events
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Exhibition—The One with the Manes, works by Yasmine Benabdallah
Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery Baskin Service Road, Santa Cruz, CAA multimedia exhibition by Yasmine Benabdallah, Film and Digital Media PhD candidate, explores a shared history between Morocco, Brazil, and Portugal through video installations, photographs, and watercolors. More information about […]
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Summer Courses Listed for 2026
Summer 2026 classes are now posted at summer.ucsc.edu. Explore courses and start planning your summer schedule over winter closure! Days and times will be in the schedule of classes on […]
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Ecology of Presence: Pathways to the Natural World
Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery 11 Cowell Service Rd, Santa Cruz, CANorris Center Art + Science Graduate Fellowship Exhibition Ecology of Presence: Pathways to the Natural World brings together the work of ten graduate students supported by the Kenneth S. Norris […]
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Successful Slug Workshop: Productive Struggle & Study Skills
Academic Resources Center (ARC) 408 McHenry Road, Santa Cruz, CAProductive Struggle & Study Skills Wednesday, February 25, 2:45–3:30 p.m. Location: ARCenter 203 Learn study strategies and why making it hard for yourself supports durable learning. Successful Slug Workshop Series […]
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February 25, 2026 | Works-in-Progress with Geoffrey Bowker
On Wednesday, February 25, 2026 at 3:00PM in Humanities 1, Room 210, join SJRC scholars on the death of infrastructure, AI, and underwater network cables and his collaborative comic book on Actor Network Theory.
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Campus Conversations on Access: Insights from Disability Studies — Teaching Week 2026
Virtual EventThis panel explores ways to foster a classroom culture of inclusivity across the divisions by addressing questions of accessibility, grounded in both Disabilities Studies and in classroom experience. RSVP here
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Exploring Research Pathways at Baskin Engineering
Engineering 2 Engineering 2 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CACurious how being part of a research lab can supercharge your experience as a Baskin Engineer? Join us for this informative event to learn about opportunities to solve open-ended problems, […]
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Summer Courses Listed for 2026
Summer 2026 classes are now posted at summer.ucsc.edu. Explore courses and start planning your summer schedule over winter closure! Days and times will be in the schedule of classes on […]
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Course Reading Solutions and Challenges: A Half-Day Symposium — Teaching Week 2026
McHenry Library 1156 High St, Santa Cruz, CAJoin us for a half-day symposium dedicated to course readings. Hear from UCSC faculty who re-envisioned the role of readings in their courses in order to improve student success and […]
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BME 280B Seminar: The evolution of structural variation across vertebrate genomes
Physical Sciences Building Physical Sciences Building, Santa Cruz, CAPresenter: Peter Sudmant, Assistant Professor of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley Description: Structural variants (SVs) contribute substantially to genetic variation and play vital roles in adaptation and disease. However, […]
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Venezuela: Contradictions of Regime Change Without a Change of Regime, A Discussion with Dr. Gabriel Hetland
Stevenson Event Center Stevenson Service Road, Santa Cruz, CA*UPDATE!* New date! Now on Thursday, February 26th, 12- 1:30pm at the Stevenson Event Center. Following the January 3 US attack and kidnapping of its president, Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela has […]
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BE Club Bash – Engineers Week
Jack Baskin Engineering Baskin Engineering 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CADiscover innovation at the Baskin Engineering Club Bash, an event celebrating National Engineers Week! Mark your calendars for Thursday, February 26, 12–2 PM in the BE Courtyard! The BE Club Bash brings together student […]
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Ecology of Presence: Pathways to the Natural World
Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery 11 Cowell Service Rd, Santa Cruz, CANorris Center Art + Science Graduate Fellowship Exhibition Ecology of Presence: Pathways to the Natural World brings together the work of ten graduate students supported by the Kenneth S. Norris […]
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Campus to Career: Job Talk with Fashion Reporter Elizabeth Segran
Virtual EventAre you interested in writing, fashion, or sustainability? Join us for a job talk with Elizabeth Segran, a successful fashion reporter and author.
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Black on the Block
Crown Provost House 660 Crown Service Road, Santa Cruz, CAJoin the African American Resource & Cultural Center every Thursday from 1–2 p.m., at the front of the Ethnic Resource Center for Black on the Block, a weekly tabling and […]
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Coast-to-Coast Men’s Basketball Conference Tournament – Quarterfinals
Kaiser Permanente Arena 140 Front St, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThe Coast-to-Coast Men’s Basketball Conference Tournament is coming to Santa Cruz! The Banana Slugs are set to host the five-game tournament February 26-28, welcoming University of Mary Washington, Christopher Newport […]
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Distinguished Teaching Award Lecture — Teaching Week 2026
Merrill Cultural Center 200 McLaughlin Dr, Santa Cruz, CAHybrid EventJoin us as Distinguished Teaching Award recipient Laurie Palmer, Professor of Art, shares her insights on teaching. This lecture is one of the key events featured in Teaching Week 2026.
Starting in 2018-2019, the Distinguished Teaching Award recognizes outstanding teaching on our campus. This annual award is an opportunity to acknowledge the pedagogical contributions of our colleagues that include—but also go beyond—any one particular course. It seeks to recognize an instructor that has made significant contributions to educational equity within and beyond UC Santa Cruz.Free to the public -
How promotions actually happen (and why hard work alone isn’t enough)
Silicon Valley Campus 3175 Bowers Avenue, Santa Clara, CA, United StatesMost professionals are told a simple formula: work hard, deliver results, and your career will naturally advance. Yet many find that after years of strong performance, progress slows—responsibilities grow without […]
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Electroacoustic Performance and Artist Talk with the Whale Liberation Front
Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Ave, Santa Cruz, United StatesExperience a performance and talk by composers and sound artists Corey Diane and Peter J. Bowling, two members of the Whale Liberation Front. The Intersections of Climate Change Series is […]
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Will Work for Food
Hay Barn 94 Ranch View Road, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesJoin us for a conversation on labor, food, and justice with Will Work for Food co-author Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern and regional food production and service workers Veronica Rodriguez (Dole, Soledad), and X (Verve, Santa Cruz). Together, they will explore the often-overlooked role of labor in building a more just food system. Free and open to the public. Translation provided.