Virtual Events
Virtual Events
Wherever you live, connect with UC Santa Cruz by joining us for virtual events. Engage in meaningful conversations, gain professional insights, or network with fellow Slugs, gain professional insights, or simply catch up with fellow Slugs—all from the comfort of your own home.
Slugs & Steins
Slugs & Steins is a monthly series of informal discussions highlighting UC Santa Cruz’s amazing faculty members. Talks are held on the 2nd Monday of each month with topics ranging from organic artichokes to endangered zebras, self-driving cars to Shakespeare.
All are welcome, and audience participation is encouraged. We encourage you to share the link far and wide as slugs and friends from around the world may join us.
Kraw Lecture Series
The Kraw Lecture Series in Silicon Valley is made possible by a generous gift from UC Santa Cruz alumnus George Kraw (Cowell ‘71, history and Russian literature) and Raphael Shannon Kraw. The lecture series features acclaimed UC Santa Cruz scientists and technologists who are grappling with some of the biggest questions of our time.
These talks are hybrid, free, and open to the public. Attend in person at UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley extension or via livestream.
February 2025
Species on the Move!
Virtual Event
Assistant Professor Alexa Fredston
Monday, February 10
6:30pm to 8:00pm
As our planet has warmed in recent decades, species have been recorded shifting their distributions around the world—upslope in mountain ranges, deeper into the oceans, and generally toward the poles. In this lecture I will review the changes we’ve seen in our Earth system; how ecosystems are responding; and what “species on the move” means for nature and for people. We’ll cover many examples of species on the move (birds, insects, trees, whales, fish, and more), as well as some surprising responses of biodiversity to climate change. I’ll introduce some of my own research that aims to forecast these shifts into the future, and do a deep dive on fisheries as a case study of managing ecosystems in the face of climate change.
Alexa Fredston is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Ocean Sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She earned a PhD in Environmental Science and Management at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University with a BA in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and a certificate in Environmental Studies. Fredston’s postdoctoral research was at Rutgers University and she also previously worked for the Environmental Defense Fund.
Questions? Please contact University Events at specialevents@ucsc.edu.