Featured Events

A conversation with Terri McCullough (Oakes '91, politics), chief of staff to Nancy Pelosi, in memory of Gabe Zimmerman (Stevenson '02, sociology)
Gabe Zimmerman (Stevenson '02, sociology) was U.S. Congresswoman Gabby Giffords's community outreach director.

Visualizing Abolition: (Re)Enacting Revolution
Dread Scott's recent large-scale art project, Slave Rebellion Reenactment, was a community-engaged performance reenacting the largest rebellion of enslaved people in U.S. history. Prof. Gray, UC Davis, will join him in conversation about art, revolution, and reenactments.

University Forum: The Filmmaker’s Voice in Changing Media Landscape
Join us for an engaging conversation with award-winning filmmakers and professors in the Social Documentation MFA program Jacqueline Olive and Jennifer Maytorena Taylor, whose most recent feature documentaries are Always in Season and For the Love of Rutland.

Live reading: “The Comedy of Errors”
Watch a live reading of Shakespeare's masterful play “The Comedy of Errors” directed by theater arts professor Danny Scheie and featuring special guests, including illustrious alumni and fabulous friends.

Kraw Lecture: The past, present, and future of DNA-based forensics
New technologies are being brought to bear in criminal justice. The existence of community databases of DNA information have enabled a new approach, forensic genetic genealogy, for identifying suspects in violent crimes.

Elephant Seals at UCSC's Año Nuevo Reserve
Join Reserve Director Patrick Robinson for a live view of the elephant seal colony at Año Nuevo.