UW Events Archive

Toddler Talk: Iterative Development of a Model to Support Language and Social-Emotional Development in Infant-Toddler Community Childcare Programs

Thursday, May 15, 2025

9:30 a.m.

Eagleson Hall 211

Dr. Baumingham shares lessons from developing and implementing the intervention in childcare settings and unique challenges associated with measuring language interactions

Ten Paradoxes of Finland and Sweden’s NATO membership

Wednesday, May 14, 2025

3:30 p.m.

Thomson 317

The talk will focus on Finland and Sweden’s accession to NATO and the repercussions that this has had on the two countries as well as on NATO and European security.

Kwakwaka’wakw Art: A Presentation by Trevor Isaac

Wednesday, May 14, 2025

7 p.m.

Burke Museum

Trevor Isaac will give a general overview of Kwakwaka’wakw art, including how both the everyday and ceremonial art form have been a means of recording and documenting their culture

Making AI Globally Intelligent

Wednesday, May 14, 2025

12:30 p.m.

Savery 409

Talk through different data-driven strategies on broadening the scope of GenAI evaluations to be more competent in its handling of global perspectives and challenges.

Sexuality & Queer Studies Capstone: “Falling Asleep in the Museum”

Wednesday, May 14, 2025

3:30 p.m.

Hutchinson 154

Eric Villiers explores the queer curation of “Gap: Having time. Counting time. Filling time,” at the Schwules (Gay) Museum in Berlin, Germany.

Katz Distinguished Lecture in the Humanities: Jahan Ramazani

Tuesday, May 13, 2025

6:30 p.m.

Kane Hall, Room 120

Jahan Ramazani is University Professor and Edgar F. Shannon Professor of English at the University of Virginia.

Fluid or Solid? The Physics of Shape-Shifting Materials

Tuesday, May 13, 2025

7:30 p.m.

Kane Hall, Room 130

Join the Department of Physics and Chiara Daraio to discover how the geometry and topology of PAMs are redefining what’s possible in material science and engineering.

Trump in the World 2.0 Lecture Series – Latin America and Africa

Monday, May 12, 2025

5 p.m.

Livestream

A series of online talks and discussions on the international impact of the second Trump presidency featuring Jackson School and other UW faculty and guest speakers. Topic: Latin America and Africa featuring professors Vanessa Freije, International Studies, James Long, Political Science, and José Antonio (Tony) Lucero, Comparative History of Ideas.

Strike: Labor, Unions, and Resistance in the Roman Empire

Monday, May 12, 2025

4 p.m.

Communications 120

Strike: Labor, Unions, and Resistance in the Roman Empire (co-sponsored by History and Labor Studies) with Sarah Bond, University of Iowa.

Jill Fredericksen-Adams Endowed Lecture: The genomics of climate change adaptation (and extinction)

Monday, May 12, 2025

Noon

HCK 132

The ongoing climate change has put a spotlight on rapid evolutionary processes that could aid species to adapt to new environments. However, many questions remain unanswered