UW Events Archive

Designing Robust and Domain-Specific Multimodal Foundation Models

Wednesday, May 21, 2025

12:30 a.m.

Livestream, Savery 409

Ian Stewart surveys the landscape of modern multimodal foundation models, then discusses two recent projects meant to empower models.

Evolutions of Domestic Labor

Wednesday, May 21, 2025

11:30 a.m.

Communications Building 202

Join Golden M. Owens to discuss the introduction and promotion of labor-saving products, influenced technologies, altered popular perceptions, and articulations of domestic work

2025 Andrew L. Markus Memorial Lecture

Monday, May 19, 2025

5 p.m.

Kane Hall, Room 225

This lectureship was established in memory of Andrew L. Markus, Associate Professor of Japanese Literature at the University of Washington from 1986-1995.

Trump in the World 2.0 Lecture Series – Energy

Monday, May 19, 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: Energy featuring Scott Montgomery, International Studies

The AI CON: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want

Monday, May 19, 2025

7 p.m.

Elliott Bay Bookstore

Linguist, educator Emily M. Bender and social scientist Alex Hanna visit the store to discuss their new book, The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want.

Leaders from Biology Endowed Lecture

Monday, May 19, 2025

Noon

HCK 132

Join Dr. Christopher Harley from the University of British Columbia, Department of Zoology and Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, for the Leaders from Biology Endowed Lecture

A Tyrant’s Rise: The evolution of T. rex

Saturday, May 17, 2025

6:30 p.m.

Burke Museum

Join paleontologist Dr. Lindsay Zanno as she reveals what new dinosaur discoveries from the Cretaceous are teaching us about the fame and fortune of T. rex and its favorite meal.

Center for Environmental Politics: Maura Allaire, University of California-Irvine, “Water Governance Disparities and Utility Performance: Evidence from California”

Friday, May 16, 2025

Noon

The Olson Room, Gowen Hall 1A

University of California-Irvine’s Maura Allaire discusses water governance disparities and utility performance in relation to what’s been observed in California.

TEP Speaker Series #3

Friday, May 16, 2025

6 p.m.

Health Sciences Building - Hogness Auditorium

Join us to explore Dr. Gholdy Muhammad’s frameworks for designing powerful curricula that honor all students’ identities and genius.

Linguistics Colloquium Series

Friday, May 16, 2025

3:30 p.m.

Johnson Hall 111

Spring 2025 Linguistics Colloquium Series: “The syntax and semantics of quantificational expressions in Chuj” Justin Royer (UdeM)