Readings/Lectures/Showings January 2006

NSWA Events Calendar

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Some events may require advance registration or admission fee. Check with the sponsoring organizations for further details. Please send additions or corrections to
alan.boyle@msnbc.com—and feel free to submit events for future calendars.

Thursday, January 5, noon
Arthur Kleinman, M.D., professor and chair of the Department of Anthropology at Harvard University, presents “Making Diseases of Unhappiness and Angst: The Culture and Ethics of Evidence-Based Medicalization.” University of Washington, Hogness Auditorium in the Health Sciences Building. 34th Annual Herbert S. Ripley Lecture, sponsored by Psychology & Behavioral Sciences. http://www.washington.edu/home/events.html

Thursday, January 5, 4:30 p.m.:
David Fluharty, professor of ocean and fishery sciences at the University of Washington, presents “Backing into the Ecosystem: Is NOAA Getting it Right?” University of Washington, 102 Fishery Sciences Auditorium. Part of the Bevan Series on Sustainable Fisheries. http://courses.washington.edu/susfish/speakers/fluharty.html

Thursday, January 12, 4:30 p.m.:
Timothy McClanahan, senior conservation zoologist at the Wildlife Conservation Society, presents “Achieving Sustainability in Coral Reef Fisheries.” University of Washington, 102 Fishery Sciences Auditorium. Part of the Bevan Series on Sustainable Fisheries. http://courses.washington.edu/susfish/speakers/mclanahan.html

Thursday, January 12, 5:30 and 8 p.m.:
Jared Diamond reads from “Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed.” Two readings at Town Hall Seattle. Sponsored by Seattle Science Lectures, University Book Store, Town Hall Seattle, Pacific Science Center, the University of Washington and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. http://www.townhallseattle.com

Saturday, January 14 at 7:30 p.m.:
Rocky Barker reads from “Scorched Earth: How the Fires of Yellowstone Changed America.” Elliott Bay Book Company. http://www.elliottbaybook.com

Wednesday, January 18, 6:30 p.m.:
Linguist Carol Padden presents “Birth of a New Language.” Her research group at the University of California at San Diego studied a new sign language that arose in isolation in a Bedouin village in Israel with a very high proportion of deaf people. Town Hall Seattle. Danz Lecture, sponsored by the University of Washington's Graduate School, Department of Linguistics, Department of Psychology, Computer Science and Engineering departments. Free tickets will be available at the University Book Store beginning January 4. http://www.bookstore.washington.edu http://www.grad.washington.edu/lectures/schedule.htm

Thursday, January 19, 4:30 p.m.:
Duke University marine biologist Andy Read presents “By-Catches of Marine Mammals: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions.” University of Washington, 102 Fishery Sciences Auditorium. Part of the Bevan Series on Sustainable Fisheries. http://courses.washington.edu/susfish/speakers/read.html

Friday, January 20, 3:30 p.m.:
University of Washington mathematician Ka-Kit Tung discusses climate in a Science Forum Colloquium series lecture. University of Washington, Physics/Astronomy Building, Room A102. http://www.washington.edu/home/events.html

Saturday, January 21, 2 p.m.:
Key Donn, a senior systems administrator with the Boeing Co., shares the story of Wong Tsu, Boeing’s first engineer and pioneer of the Chinese aerospace industry. William M. Allen Theater, Museum of Flight. http://www.museumofflight.org

Saturday, January 21, 7:30 p.m.:
Lesley Thomas reads from “Flight of the Goose,” a novel about the intersecting lives of an Inupiat orphan and a draft-evading scientist, set in the context of oil drilling in Alaska's wilderness. Elliott Bay Book Company. http://www.elliottbaybook.com

Wednesday, January 25, 7:00 p.m.:
Rebecca Lemov reads from “The World as Laboratory: Experiments with Mice, Mazes and Men.” University Book Store. http://www.bookstore.washington.edu

Thursday, January 26, 4:30 p.m.:
University of Calgary biologist John Post presents “The Invisible Collapse of Recreational Fisheries: Patterns, Processes and Prognosis.” University of Washington, 102 Fishery Sciences Auditorium. Part of the Bevan Series on Sustainable Fisheries. http://courses.washington.edu/susfish/speakers/post.html

Friday, January 27, 2006, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.:
The Museum of Flight remembers the fallen astronauts of Apollo 1, Challenger and Columbia. Special displays and activities are part of regular museum admission. http://www.museumofflight.org

Monday, January 30th, 7:00 p.m.:
Billy Roeseler, associate technical fellow at Boeing Co., presents “Electric Airplanes.” Ravenna Third Place Bookstore. Sponsored by Science on Tap. http://www.scienceontap.org

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