UW Events Archive

A panel discussion with Sarah Lohmann, Acting Assistant Professor of International Studies, Vytautas Butrimas and Kristina Libby.

Come join us for an hour-long event led by Dr. Sheryl Burgstahler, the director of DO-IT at UW, who will be providing a brief overview about Universal Design. Universal Design aims to create classroom environments that are accessible and inclusive for all students, without the need for disability-specific accommodations.

Join us in conversation with Petra Ahrens, Senior Researcher at Tampere University (Finland), for a discussion on gender in the European Parliament.

Panel discussion.

Over the past year, Vin Gupta, M.D., has become a familiar face as a COVID-19 medical contributor for MSNBC and NBC News, and he will be the featured speaker at the upcoming Next Generation Medicine webinar, presented by the UW School of Medicine – Gonzaga University Health Partnership. In this webinar, he will share the latest information about the COVID-19 vaccines and their effectiveness against the virus variants first found in the U.K., South Africa and Brazil, and what we can do to help bring an end to the pandemic in our own communities. Dr. Gupta will help dispel myths, provide facts and address your concerns in a Q&A session.

This panel will take a deep dive into the history of sports and civil rights, featuring perspectives from historians, a writer, and sports figures Dawn Trudeau and Braden Bishop.

To what extent will the recent change in administrations impact U.S. involvement on the world stage?

This talk will underscore how it was new attitudes to poverty and social class that most significantly framed this Sepharadi community’s encounter with the modern age.

Professor David Shulman, Israeli Indologist, will present.

This panel will reflect upon the racial justice struggles of the last year and what is necessary to shift the balance of power in favor of movements.