Spring Exhibitions at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences

Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Ave, Santa Cruz

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 […]

Visualizing Abolition Screening Series: Beyond Access

Visualizing Abolition
Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Ave, Santa Cruz

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 […]

American Indian Resource Center (AIRC) Year End Celebration

Hay Barn 94 Ranch View Road, Santa Cruz

Congratulations, Class of 2026! The American Indian Resource Center (AIRC) Year End Celebration, affectionately referred to as YEC, is an intimate celebration of all graduating Native students and past interns of the American Indian Resource Center and People of Color Sustainability Collective. We will be honoring a few of our graduates with gifts and a […]

Where Hardware Meets Intelligence

Silicon Valley Campus 3175 Bowers Avenue, Santa Clara

Embedded Systems: Build the Intelligence Behind the Hardware Join Juergen Kienhoefer to explore the foundations of embedded systems and how firmware powers the devices we use every day—plus get an introduction to how AI is transforming the field. Learn how the Embedded Firmware Essentials course prepares you to develop low-level software, interface with hardware components, and build reliable real-time […]