• Education in the Age of AI: Faculty Panel and Workshop

    Colleges Nine and John R. Lewis College Multi-purpose Room 615 College Nine Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    CITRIS and the Banatao Institute at UC Santa Cruz and the Humanities Institute invite you to a faculty panel and workshop discussing the evolving role of artificial intelligence in education. The event will be held on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, from 10 AM to 12 PM in the College 9/John R. Lewis College Multipurpose Room. […]

    Free
  • Kobenova, A. (CM) – Inclusive Joyful Learning: Designing and Evaluating Playful Immersive Systems for Neurodivergent Youth

    Virtual Event

    Neurodivergent children and young adults are frequently subjected to therapeutic and educational interventions anchored in “behavior deficits” inherited from the Medical Model of Disability. These paradigms prioritize normative performance, forcing disabled individuals into cognitive and emotional “masking” at the expense of their autonomy and well-being. Resisting these ableist connotations, this dissertation advances a philosophy of […]