Events
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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, CAThe 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 […]
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2026 Right Livelihood International Conference
Hybrid EventThe 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 […]
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Slug48—Student Film Competition, Screening, and Awards Ceremony
The third annual Slug48 returns with a 48-hour film competition—open to all UC Santa Cruz students. A 48-hour film is one that is written, shot, edited, and all music composed […]
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Coffee with Provost Aims
Merrill College Office 641 Merrill Road, Santa Cruz, CAWarm greetings and hot coffee are served by Provost Aims and Poppy the Merrill Chihuahua each Tuesday in April. Breakfast snacks, tea, and cocoa too.
Stop by and say “hi”
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LinkedIn 101: Create A Great Profile That Gets Noticed!
Hahn Student Services Hahn Student Services, Santa Cruz, CA“Do I really need a LinkedIn profile to get hired?” The answer is YES! Employers and recruiters absolutely use LinkedIn to look for and research candidates. Come to this fast-paced and practical workshop to learn more about the basics of creating a LinkedIn profile that gets noticed and just might help you land your dream job!
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Taming Two Scorpions: Climate Science Tipping Points Meet Finance Tail Risks
Center for Adaptive Optics 7487 Red Hill Road, Santa Cruz, CAWhen two quite different disciplines make eerily similar predictions about the future of the planet and human societies, they deserve notice. Climate scientists warn that we may be heading toward […]
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Yoga as Healing Series
Yoga as Healing is a 7-session trauma-informed yoga and mindfulness program hosted by UCSC’s CARE office. Spring Quarter classes will be held Tuesdays, 6:00–7:30 p.m. from March 31–May 12. Classes […]
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Landesman Lecture
Music Center Recital Hall 400 McHenry Road, Santa Cruz, CAHybrid EventThis evening blends science, poetry, and storytelling to explore our deepest origins and shared humanity. Tracing the cosmic formation of the elements that make our bodies, we reflect on an ancestry older than nations, borders, and labels. Through verse and story, we connect stellar history with lived experience, inviting us to see how our many identities arise from the same ancestral matter. Together, we explore how storytelling can soften divisions, cross boundaries, and remind us that we are forged from one common origin.
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Karen Tei Yamashita – Questions 27 & 28
Bookshop Santa CruzBookshop Santa Cruz welcomes acclaimed author Karen Tei Yamashita (I Hotel) to celebrate the launch of her new novel Questions 27 & 28—a masterful polyvocal history of Japanese Americans before, during, […]
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FINS: Fisheries Insights Narratives and Stories seminar series featuring Dr. Steve Lindley
Ocean Health Building McAllister Way, Santa Cruz, CAPlease join us for the third talk in the FINS: Fisheries Insights Narratives and Stories seminar series featuring Dr. Steve Lindley giving his talk, “Science in support of salmon conservation in California”.
Steve Lindley worked at NOAA Fisheries’ Southwest Fisheries Science Center for 29 years, retiring in 2025 as director of the Santa Cruz Laboratory and Fisheries Ecology Division, where he led the SWFSC’s salmon and groundfish research programs. A graduate of Duke University and UC Santa Barbara, Steve has broad interests in aquatic ecology, and is currently a member of the Delta Stewardship Council’s Delta Independent Science Board, the Northwest Power and Conservation Council’s Independent Scientific Advisory Board and Independent Scientific Review Group, and researcher at UC Santa Cruz
Preceding the talk please join us for a networking coffee hour (snacks provided) and a student-only lunch after the talk.
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CSE Colloquium – Towards Safe and Resilient Large-scale Distributed Programming
Engineering 2 Engineering 2 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CAPresenter: Philipp Haller, KTH Royal Institute of Technology Abstract: Distributed programming is notoriously difficult. Not only are distributed systems concurrent, they pose additional challenges including data consistency and fault tolerance. […]
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Engineering Teaching Community (Faculty)
Jack Baskin Engineering Baskin Engineering 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CAThis quarter, make time for you, for reflection, and for community!
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A Mouthful of Archaeology: Oral Health Disparities During the Early Bronze Age in Anatolia
Social Sciences 1 Social Sciences 1, Santa Cruz, CAPlease join us on April 29th at noon for an Archaeology/Biological Anthropology lunch talk, “A Mouthful of Archaeology: Oral Health Disparities During the Early Bronze Age in Anatolia,” with Dr. Emily Smith.
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Office of Research Faculty Town Hall
Virtual EventPlease join us for an Office of Research Faculty Town Hall with VCR John MacMillan. The Town Hall will be held via zoom on Wednesday, April 29th from 12-1pm. In […]
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Spring Exhibitions at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences
Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Ave, Santa Cruz, United StatesVisit 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 […]
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Visualizing Abolition Screening Series: Beyond Access
Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Ave, Santa Cruz, United StatesOn 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 […]
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Career Success Drop-Ins at the Ethnic Resource Centers – Week 5
Crown Provost House 660 Crown Service Road, Santa Cruz, CAGroup Appointment Drop-in at the Ethnic Resource Centers with Career Coach & Engagement Specialist Bridge Kennedy to discuss career exploration, job search strategy, interview prep, grad school prep, or whatever’s […]
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Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed
Merrill Cultural Center 200 McLaughlin Dr, Santa Cruz, CAPlease join us as Quinn Slobodian & Ben Tarnoff discuss their new book, Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed (April, 2026). A Financial Times Most Anticipated Nonfiction Book of the Year • […]
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Denim Day Open Mic & Survivor Share-Out
Namaste Lounge 615 College Nine Road, Santa Cruz, CAJoin CARE in closing out Sexual Assault Awareness Month 2026, during Denim Day, for a space where we’ll connect as a community, hand out copies of the new volume of […]
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Stamp it Out: Pasifika Patterns
Terry Freitas Commons 600 McLaughlin Dr. College Nine, Santa Cruz, CAJoin AA/PIRC and Mauna Kea Protectors on Wednesday, April 29th from 6-8pm at Terry Freitas Commons to learn about the cultural significance of different Pasifika patterns and how to respectfully use the designs, […]