• Exhibit Opening! “Ideas to Postpone the End of the World”: Artists Books and Archives towards Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve

    McHenry Library 1156 High St, Santa Cruz, CA

    Join us on on Thursday, June 4th from 2:00–3:00pm for Ideas to Postpone the End of the World: Artists Books and Archives toward Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve, a pop-up exhibition curated by MFA student SeeVa Dawne Kitslis! Just a sliver of the wonderful artist book collection at Special Collections & Archives at UC Santa Cruz […]

  • Exhibit Opening Event! “Improvising in fields of constraint”: How Feminist Studies at UCSC was made, changed and unmade”

    McHenry Library 1156 High St, Santa Cruz, CA

    Join us on on May 27th from 4-5pm for the opening of “Improvising in fields of constraint”: How Feminist Studies at UCSC was made, changed and unmade”! An April 9, 2026 press release from the U.S. Department of Education, titled, “Victories for Higher Education: Ending Gender Extremism and Cutting Underused Programs,” celebrated the closure of […]

  • Opening Reception: Envisioning Health for All Photo Exhibit!

    McHenry Library 1156 High St, Santa Cruz, CA

    Please join us for an Opening Reception of two student photo exhibits, focusing on health justice.  Students across all divisions, undergrad or grad, visually explore global and community health. Photography is a powerful way to represent our care and concern for health justice beyond the university. Exhibit will be held in conjunction with “Between Two […]

  • UCSC Graduate Research Symposium

    McHenry Library 1156 High St, Santa Cruz, CA

    Friday, May 15, 1:00-4:00 PM (PDT) McHenry Library | Information Commons South on the Main Floor We are delighted to invite you to the 22nd Annual Graduate Research Symposium! This […]

    FREE
  • Beyond public and private: Collaborative governance in global education reform with Antoni Verger and René Espinoza Kissell

    McHenry Library 1156 High St, Santa Cruz, CA

    We are excited to invite you to join us for a hybrid research talk on collaborative governance with international education scholar and sociologist Dr. Antoni Verger (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) in conversation with Dr. René Espinoza Kissell (UCSC) on Thursday, April 2, 2026 at 5pm. Neoliberal educational policies aimed at efficiency through competition have often resulted in greater inequality […]

    Free
  • Course Reading Solutions and Challenges: A Half-Day Symposium — Teaching Week 2026

    McHenry Library 1156 High St, Santa Cruz, CA

    Join 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 lower student course costs, followed by small group discussions on key topics including homework platforms, selecting materials, student insights on their reading experience, and what […]

  • Archives 101 for Graduate Students

    McHenry Library 1156 High St, Santa Cruz, CA

    Feeling the archival impulse? Come get some hands-on experience with our collections, chat about archives with your fellow grad students, and get your questions answered about archival research at UCSC and beyond. Curious undergrads are welcome, too! Space is limited. Please RSVP so we can get an accurate headcount. This event is co-sponsored by the Center […]

  • Archives 101 for Graduate Students

    McHenry Library 1156 High St, Santa Cruz, CA

    Feeling the archival impulse? Come get some hands-on experience with our collections, chat about archives with your fellow grad students, and get your questions answered about archival research at UCSC and beyond.   Curious undergrads are welcome, too!   Space is limited. Please RSVP so we can get an accurate headcount.   Learn more about the Center […]

  • Printing Party in McHenry Library

    McHenry Library 1156 High St, Santa Cruz, CA

    On Monday, 10/6, Special Collections and Archives is bringing our BookBeetle (a mini replica Gutenberg-era common press) into the 3rd floor hallway of McHenry Library for a printing party! Participants will:✔️ learn the mechanics of early printing in the West✔️ decorate the cover of a notebook that’s yours to take home! Very casual; just drop […]