UW Events Archive

Judge Joel Ngugi

Wednesday, May 21, 2025

6:30 p.m.

Town Hall Seattle, Livestream

As a member of the Kenyan judiciary Judge Ngugi will talk about some of the most pressing political questions of our time in both his country and the USA, including how we ensure an equitable, independent and wise judiciary; as well as how we can imagine justice beyond narrow legal frameworks.
Link to Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/live/nW6Iv2qOC7U?si=2ZIjZ2bTkLbqjfKH

Experimentation and Inference on Networks

Wednesday, May 21, 2025

2 p.m.

Livestream

Explore how to draw reliable inferences from experiments in the presence of network interference, and how to optimally design such experiments.

VIRTUAL COM Colloquium by Steve Rains, Communicating Emotional Support Offline and Online

Wednesday, May 21, 2025

2 p.m.

Livestream

Study the means for the effects of person-centeredness, the processes that emerge between support seekers and providers, and collective support practices that occur on social media

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.