UW Events Archive

The Office of Public Lectures presents: The Art of Refuge, Resistance and Regeneration with Peter Sellars

Friday, Oct. 24, 2025

6:30 p.m.

Town Hall Seattle

In this lecture, Peter Sellars explores how the arts foster civic imagination, emotional connection, and moral renewal鈥攕haring global examples of art as a transformative force across institutions, crises, and communities in times of division and deep societal change.
Registration opens September 10, 2025.

Samuel Kelly Lecture 2025| Beyond Status: Living Undocumented in Disruptive times

Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025

7 p.m.

Alder Hall Auditorium

This year’s lecturer, Dr. Carolyn Pinedo-Turnovsky, invites us to explore undocumented immigration status, identity and the human experience.

Nature heals: The global movement for mental and physical health

Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025

6:30 p.m.

Town Hall Seattle

Join UW Environment for the 2025 Doug Walker Lecture & Reception with Mark Berejka, exploring the rise of the nature & health movement and how communities can benefit.

The Office of Public Lectures presents: The AI Con with Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna

Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025

6:30 p.m.

Town Hall Seattle, Livestream

In this lecture, Dr. Emily Bender and Dr. Alex Hanna expose AI hype as corporate-driven distortion, fueling false fears and creativity鈥檚 decline. They offer critical tools to decode these narratives and resist the exploitative systems they obscure.
In person is sold-out, livestream is still available.

Expert Insights: How AI is Shaping Instructional Design

Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025

6 p.m.

Livestream

Discover how AI is transforming instructional design, what AI can (and can鈥檛) do and how to future-proof your role with essential new skills in this short webinar.

The Office of Public Lectures presents: Unpacking Legacy: From the Personal to the Systemic with Dr. Uch茅 Blackstock

Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025

6:30 p.m.

Town Hall Seattle, Livestream

Dr. Uch茅 Blackstock reflects on personal legacy and systemic racism in medicine, tracing her family鈥檚 groundbreaking path while urging reform in healthcare to protect and uplift BIPOC practitioners.
Registration opens September 10, 2025.

Thinking with Monsters: A Conversation with Novelist Gerardo S谩mano C贸rdova

Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025

3:30 p.m.

Communications 202

A literary conversation between novelist and artist Gerardo S谩mano C贸rdova and UW professors Mar铆a Elena Garc铆a (CHID) and Vanessa Freije (JSIS/History).

Robustly Estimating Heterogeneity in Factorial Data Using Rashomon Partitions

Wednesday, Jun. 4, 2025

12:30 p.m.

Savery 409

Explore how the output of interest varies with mixes of covariates and how drug combinations affect health results or how technology adoption depends on incentives and demographics.

Psychology Loucks Colloquium with Prof. Hadas Okon-Singer

Wednesday, Jun. 4, 2025

3:30 p.m.

Kincaid Hall 102/108

Prof. Okon-Singer presents a series of studies exploring emotional biases in both healthy individuals and participants diagnosed with mental disorders.

Public Media Under Pressure: Why It Matters & What Can Be Done

Tuesday, Jun. 3, 2025

5 p.m.

Mary Gates Hall 389

An engaging conversation with local public media leaders about current challenges–including federal funding cuts–and pathways forward for sustaining public service journalism.