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  • October 2026

  • Mon 12
    Slugs and Steins: Lectures from UC Santa Cruz

    October Slugs and Steins with Professor Matt O’Hara

    October 12 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
    Virtual Event

    The Flying Death: Poison, Plunder, and the Quest for a Miracle Medicine in the Amazon In the 1930s and 40s, amateur explorers and hardened plant hunters combed the Amazon in […]

  • Tue 13

    Fellowships for Research in Japan – In-person Info Session

    October 13 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 am
    Engineering 2 Engineering 2 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) is the largest funding agency for academic research in Japan. Fellowships are offered for Ph.D. students, post-doctorate scholars, researchers, and faculty members […]

  • Tue 13
    Kraw Lecture El Nino Edition

    Kraw Lecture: Could a “Super El Niño” be coming?

    October 13 @ 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
    The Quad Conference Center 2400 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park, CA, United States

    UC Santa Cruz researchers are closely tracking the development of a potential “super El Niño” this year. In this Kraw Lecture, two UC Santa Cruz experts will explore the natural […]

  • Wed 14
    The 2026 Festival of Monsters image is a monstrous banana slug rampaging across a city, like a kaiju.

    Festival of Monsters: The Quatermass Experiment

    October 14 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Festival of Monsters 2026
    The 418 Project 155 River St S, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

    The Festival of Monsters screens the 1955 classic sci-fi horror film The Quatermass Experiment at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026, at The 418 in Downtown Santa Cruz.  This screening […]

    $15
  • Sat 17
    The 2026 Festival of Monsters image is a monstrous banana slug rampaging across a city, like a kaiju.

    Festival of Monsters: A Devilish Discussion

    October 17 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Festival of Monsters 2026
    Museum of Art & History 705 Front St, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

    The Festival of Monsters presents “A Devilish Discussion,” 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026, at the Museum of Art and History in Downtown Santa Cruz. Authors Kiersten White (The Fox […]

    Free
  • Mon 19
    Roman Alcala

    Environmental Studies Seminar Series | North Stars of Emancipation: Navigating Movements and Institutions to Change Food Systems

    October 19 @ 1:25 pm – 2:30 pm
    Interdisciplinary Sciences Building 7487 Red Hill Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    In person and via Zoom (Meeting ID: 978 5545 8946, Passcode: 454736).  If you are unable to stream the talk live and need to access a recorded version, please contact […]

  • Mon 19
    Headshot of Génesis Lara in black short sleeve shirt

    The Dominican Wake: Contradictions of the Human and Human Rights in the Dominican Republic with Dr. Génesis Lara

    October 19 @ 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm Sovereignty and Solidarity Fall Speaker Series
    Charles E. Merrill Lounge Rutherford House, Santa Cruz, CA

    As a part of the Sovereignty & Solidarity Fall Speaker Series, the Huerta Center is thrilled to host Dr. Génesis Lara from UC-Irvine to speak on topics related to her […]

  • Mon 19
    Speaker J. Xavier Prochaska, Professor, UC Santa Cruz

    Statistics Seminar: Advancing Science on the Sea and Stars with Modern Statistical Techniques

    October 19 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
    Jack Baskin Engineering Baskin Engineering 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA

    Presenter: J. Xavier Prochaska, Professor, UC Santa Cruz Description: I will present two current and challenging research problems from the domains of astrophysics and oceanography which are leveraging standard Bayesian […]

  • Mon 19
    Seminar speaker Kelli Gutierrez

    AM Seminar: Analysis of Flagellar Gait Changes Across Fluid Viscosities

    October 19 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
    Jack Baskin Engineering Baskin Engineering 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA

    Presenter: Dr. Kelli Gutierrez, CSU Monterey Bay Description: Many microswimmers propel themselves using flagella, which are thin, threadlike filaments that beat in a periodic wavelike motion. The flagellar beat emerges […]

  • Mon 19
    Antonio Roman Alcala - North Stars of Emancipation

    North Stars of Emancipation: Navigating Movements and Institutions to Change Food Systems

    October 19 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
    Hay Barn 94 Ranch View Road, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

    In this talk, Dr. Roman-Alcalá will discuss his new book, North Stars of Emancipation: California’s Diverse Food and Farming Movements in Times of Racial Reckoning, based on his 20 years […]

    Free
  • Wed 21
    An older man wearing a hat smiles warmly while holding the brim with one hand.

    An Evening with Dr. Samuel Waymon — Ganja and Hess

    October 21 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
    Communications Building 7487 Red Hill Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    UC Santa Cruz, in collaboration with The African Connections Research and Education Fund, Inc., presents two very special evenings with Dr. Samuel Waymon Award-winning composer, actor, lecturer, arranger and brother […]

  • Thu 22
    image of woman on a porch

    Rioters: Unruly Images and Freedom Experiments with Patrícia Freitas

    October 22 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Visualizing Abolition
    Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Ave, Santa Cruz, United States

    The Institute of the Arts and Sciences invites you to a screening of three short films by Patrícia Freitas about women and incarceration in Brazil, followed by a conversation with […]

  • Thu 22
    An older man wearing a hat smiles warmly while holding the brim with one hand.

    An Evening with Dr. Samuel Waymon — The Amazing Nina Simone

    October 22 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
    Communications Building 7487 Red Hill Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    UC Santa Cruz, in collaboration with The African Connections Research and Education Fund, Inc., presents two very special evenings with Dr. Samuel Waymon Award-winning composer, actor, lecturer, arranger and brother […]

  • Sun 25

    Santa Cruz Pickwick Club presents: Christie Mysteries

    October 25, 2026 @ 1:00 pm – July 25, 2027 @ 3:00 pm Santa Cruz Pickwick Club

    Village murders! Occult conspiracies! A modern mystery tinged with the uncanny! Join the Pickwick Club as we explore Dickens and Christie across four landmark detective novels.

    Free
  • Mon 26

    Environmental Studies Seminar Series | Morgan Gilmour and James D. Jacobson, NASA Ames Earth Science

    October 26 @ 1:25 pm – 2:30 pm
    Interdisciplinary Sciences Building 7487 Red Hill Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    In person and via Zoom (Meeting ID: 978 5545 8946, Passcode: 454736).  If you are unable to stream the talk live and need to access a recorded version, please contact […]

  • Wed 28
    Reshaping representation: Midterm elections and emerging district map battles

    Reshaping representation: Midterm elections and emerging district map battles

    October 28 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
    Namaste Lounge 615 College Nine Road, Santa Cruz, CA
    Hybrid Event

    Our panel will discuss the long history of redistricting in the United States, differentiate between racial gerrymandering and partisan gerrymandering, discuss the intersection of race and partisan objectives, highlight the role of recent state independent redistricting commissions and California’s Prop 50, along with exclusionary changes to the Voting Rights Act and recent actions taken by the Supreme Court.

    Free
  • November 2026

  • Mon 2
    Paula Lu

    Environmental Studies Seminar Series | Edible Insects and the Future of Food: Capitalist Dreams, Loss, and Everyday Immigrant Practices

    November 2 @ 1:25 pm – 2:30 pm
    Interdisciplinary Sciences Building 7487 Red Hill Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    In person and via Zoom (Meeting ID: 978 5545 8946, Passcode: 454736).  If you are unable to stream the talk live and need to access a recorded version, please contact […]

  • Mon 2
    Baskin Engineering logo

    AM Seminar: Sliced Optimal Transport: From Acceleration to Bayesian Modeling

    November 2 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
    Jack Baskin Engineering Baskin Engineering 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA

    Presenter: Enter the speaker’s name, title, and institution at the top of the event Description: Optimal transport (OT) provides a principled way to match, compare, and interpolate distributions, but its […]

  • Fri 6
    Yellow light bulb graphic

    23rd Annual Graduate Research Symposium

    November 6 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
    Physical Sciences Building Physical Sciences Building, Santa Cruz, CA

    This event celebrates and highlights the work of UCSC graduate students in all academic divisions. Any enrolled graduate student is welcome to present either a poster, talk, or mixed media […]

  • Sat 7

    First Saturday Tour at the Arboretum

    November 7 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm First Saturday Tour at the Arboretum
    Arboretum 122 Arboretum Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    First Saturday Tours are a wonderful way to introduce yourself to the Arboretum or to deepen your knowledge of the Arboretum’s plant collections. Each tour is a little different depending […]

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