Readings/Lectures/Showings
January 2007

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 deafrost atsign gmail dot com – and feel free to submit events for future calendars. Please put “NSWA-to be posted” in the subject line.

Links to the University of Washington’s events.

NSWA Board Meeting
Monday, January 8, 6 p.m.:
Contact alan.boyle@msnbc.com for venue

Wednesday, January 3, 6:30 p.m.:
The Seattle Public Library and the UW School of Medicine hosts lectures on topics such as breast cancer, stem cells, aging, pandemic disaster response and obesity from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. every first Wednesday of the month at the Central Library Microsoft Auditorium, Level 1. All programs are free and everyone is welcome. Doors open 30 minutes before each program begins. The January lecture is “Talking with Doctors about End-of-life Care,” presented by J. Randall Curtis, founder and director of the Harborview Medical Center/University of Washington End-of-life Care Research Program.
http://www.spl.org

Thursday, January 4, 4:00 p.m.:
Ed Daw, University of Sheffield , lectures on “The Hunt for Gravitational Waves” for the Astrophysics Colloquium. Gravitational waves are oscillations in the geometry of space resulting from cataclysmic astrophysical events, from supernova explosions to the coalescence of pairs of neutron stars to the big bang singularity at the birth of the Universe. UW Physics Astronomy Building , A102.
http://www.astro.washington.edu/pages/colloquium.html

Thursday, January 4, 4:30 p.m.:
The lecture “Fishing Through Marine Food Webs and the Need for Multi-Species Fisheries Management” is presented as part of the Bevan Series on Sustainable Fisheries, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences Departmental Seminar. UW Fishery Sciences Building, Room 102.
http://fish.washington.edu/seminars

Thursday, January 4, 5 to 8 p.m.:
Experience Music Project and the Science Fiction Museum join the Seattle tradition of celebrating art and culture by offering free admission from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on the first Thursday evening of every month. January’s All Access Night at EMP/SFM will feature live music with local band Bench Grinder and Braden Blake of Super Deluxe, and curator-led tours. For more information on All Access Nights at EMP/SFM, phone 206-770-2700.
http://www.sfhomeworld.org/make_contact/details.asp?display=cal

Friday, January 5, 11 a.m.-noon and 2-3 p.m.:
Still the fastest piloted jet the world has ever seen more than four decades after its first flights, the Lockheed Blackbird continues to fascinate and amaze. Tip-to-Tail Tours of the Museum’s unique M/D-21 Blackbird and Drone are available daily through January 5. Event is free with Museum admission.
http://www.museumofflight.org

Saturday, January 6, 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.: 
Attend the annual Priorities for a Healthy WA Legislative Workshop as the state’s leading conservation groups prepare for the upcoming legislative session. Hear from legislators, environmental leaders, and members of the media regarding the community's Priorities for a Healthy Washington. Seattle Pacific University , Gwinn Room. For more information, please contact Kerri Cechovic, Washington Environmental Council's Organizer, at 206-622-8103, x212.
http://depts.washington.edu/poeweb/happening/off_campus.cgi

Saturday, January 6, 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Learn about Leonardo da Vinci’s design for an early version of a hang glider and then test-fly your own version at the Weekend Family Workshops - free with Museum admission every Saturday and Sunday at 11:15 a.m. and 1:15 p.m.
http://www.museumofflight.org

Saturday, January 6, 7:30 p.m.:
Noted science writer Jennifer Ouellette Black Bodies and Quantum Cats: Tales from the Annals of Physics, reads from a book devoted to both her passion of science and the popular television character “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” The Physics of the Buffyverse is a unique look at the television show and physics.
http://www.elliottbaybook.com/events/

Monday, January 8, 3:30 p.m.:
The Wildlife Science Seminar series presents “An Unnatural History of Wildlife Law” with Dr. J. Alan Clark, UW Department of Biology. Physics & Astronomy Auditorium Room A114. The public is welcome. For more information, please contact Cecilia Paul at 206.543.3075.
http://depts.washington.edu/poeweb/happening/on_campus.cgi

Tuesday, January 9, 8:30-9:20 a.m.:
The Global Water and Health seminar series presents “Rural Andean Bolivia: Needs and Potential Solutions” with Susan Bolton (Professor, College of Forest Resources ). Co-sponsored by The Water Center and the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences. For more information, please see:
http://depts.washington.edu/cwws/Outreach/Events/Tuesday/W07/tuesdayW07.html

Tuesday, January 9, 12:30 - 1:20 p.m.:
Associate Professor Lonnie D. Shea, Northwestern University , Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, presents “Gene Delivery from Tissue Engineering Scaffolds” for the Center for Nanotechnology seminar series. UW Bagley Hall, Room 260.
http://www.nano.washington.edu/seminars/seminars.asp

Wednesday, January 10, 3:30 p.m.:
The Environmental Ethics and Policy Lecture Series, presented by John Meyer, (Department of Politics, Humboldt State University ), features “Populism, Paternalism, and the Future of US Environmentalism.” This series is sponsored by the Program on the Environment, the Program on Values in Society and the UW Earth Initiative. UW Mary Gates Hall, Room 258. For more information, please contact alight@u.washington.edu or consult flier: http://depts.washington.edu/poeweb/happening/flyers/enviro_ethics_0607.pdf

Thursday, January 11, 4:00 p.m.:
Leo Girardi of the Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, INAF, lectures at UW Astronomy / Physics Building , A102.
http://www.astro.washington.edu/pages/colloquium.html

Thursday, January 11, 4:30 p.m.:
“Global Warming vs. All-You-Can-Eat Crab Legs: Are Alaskan Crabs in Hot Water?” is the topic of the Bevan Series on Sustainable Fisheries, School of Aquatic & Fishery Sciences Departmental Seminar. UW Fishery Sciences Building , Room 102.
http://fish.washington.edu/seminars/

Thursday, January 11, 7:30 p.m.:
Robert Michael Pyle, John Burroughs Medal award-winning writer of fourteen books on butterflies, Bigfoot, and life in this damp, mossy corner of the country, reads from and signs Sky Time in Gray’s River: Living for Keeps in a Forgotten Place. Elliott Bay Book Company.
http://www.elliottbaybook.com

Saturday, January 13, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m:
Ways of Whales Workshop. Join Orca Network for a day of learning about the wonders of Pacific Northwest whales - who they are, what they eat, threats to their habitat and health, and more with experts Jason Wood (Beam Reach Sustainability School), Mike Etnier (zooarchaeologist with Applied Osteology), Greg Schorr (Cascadia Research Collective), Howard Garrett (Orca Network) and Dr. Stephen Raverty, (renowned veterinary pathologist with the B.C. Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Fisheries in Canada). Coupeville Middle School Performing Arts Center ( 501 S. Main St , Coupeville Whidbey Island , WA). Workshop fee is $20. For more information & registration online or by contacting Orca Network at 360.678.3451 or info@orcanetwork.org
http://www.orcanetwork.org/news/events.html

Monday, January 15, 7:30 p.m.:
Best-selling social commentator and cultural historian Barbara Ehrenreich has written a fascinating exploration of one of humanity’s oldest traditions: the celebration of communal joy. In “Dancing in the Streets,” she explores the desire for collective joy, historically expressed in ecstatic revels of feasting, costuming, and dancing. Presented by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life with Elliott Bay Book Company. Downstairs at Town Hall, enter on Seneca Street . Tickets are $5 at the door only.
http://www.townhallseattle.org/calendar.cfm

Tuesday, January 16, 8:30-9:20 a.m.:
The Global Water and Health Seminar series presents “Safe, Sustainable Water Supplies: The First Step to Ending Extreme Poverty” with Marla Smith-Nilson (Water 1st International). Co-sponsored by The Water Center and the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences. UW Anderson Hall 223. For more information, see http://depts.washington.edu/cwws/Outreach/Events/Tuesday/W07/tuesdayW07.html

Tuesday, January 16, 12:30 p.m.:
“Cells, Gels and Surfaces: Life in the Hydrophilic Environment” is presented by Dr.  Gerald Pollack, UW Department of Bioengineering for the Center for Nanotechnology departmental seminar. UW Bagley Hall, Room 260.
http://www.nano.washington.edu/seminars/seminars.asp

Wednesday, January 17, 6:00 p.m.:
Colleen Delaney, a researcher at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, director of the Cord Blood Transplantation Program and assistant professor in the UW Department of Pediatrics, presents “Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation: History and Overview of Cord Blood Transplantation, Cord Blood Donation and Banking Options and Discussion of HLA Typing” at REI (Seattle). This free event is sponsored by the Mavin Foundation, Seattle. Register by January 12, 2007 by emailing or calling Lauren Slovic slovicl@lls.org, 1-888-345-4572, or Joana Ramos joana@mavinfoundation.org, 206-622-7101)
http://www.fosep.org

Wednesday, January 17, noon-1:20 p.m.:
Cindy Watts, professor of health services and director of the Resource Center for Health Policy at UW, and Rick Woods, counsel for Group Health Cooperative and member of Governor Gregoire’s Certificate of Need Task Force, present at the Department of Health Services Policy Seminar.
http://sphcm.washington.edu/cal/

Thursday, January 18, 4:00 p.m.:
Marla Geha, Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, presents “Small Answers to Big Questions:  How Dwarf Galaxies Test Galaxy Formation Models,” at UW Physics/Astronomy Building, A118.
http://www.astro.washington.edu/pages/colloquium.html

Thursday, January 18, 4:30 p.m.:
“Getting Real About Ecosystem-Scale Approaches to Management in the Puget Sound Basin” is presented as part of the Bevan Series on Sustainable Fisheries, School of Aquatic & Fishery Sciences Departmental Seminar. UW Fishery Sciences Building , Room 102.
http://fish.washington.edu/seminars/

Thursday, January 18. 4 - 7:30 p.m.:
The Washington Biotechnology & Biomedical Association (WBBA) presents “The Shape of Things to Come: Frontiers of the Integration of Biology and Information Science,” a special panel discussion on the frontiers of information science and biomedical research. Microsoft is sponsoring the event, with a reception following. The panel will provide an overview of the recently-created BIO-IT Alliance, and include a discussion of the covergence of biology and information science from a range of perspectives. Panelists include: Eric Schadt, senior scientific director of research genetics at Rosetta Inpharmatics LLC; Bob Cottingham, co-founder of VizX Labs; Simon Mercer Ph.D., program manager in the external research and projects group within Microsoft Research; and Don Rule, platform strategy advisor at Microsoft.
Information and registration page: http://www.washbio.org/cde.cfm?event=150457
Main Website: http://www.wabio.com

Saturday, January 20, 7 p.m.:
“The Adventures of a Real-Life History Detective,” with Wes Cowan, star of the PBS television series “History Detectives” and guest appraiser on “Antiques Roadshow.”  Cowan will offer his unique perspective on the evolving role of archival institutions such as the Burke, and share his antiquing adventures. His visit is sponsored by the Burke Museum in partnership with KCTS TV and the Museum of History and Industry. UW Kane Hall, Room 120. Tickets in advance are $12 for Burke members and $15 for the general public. All tickets at the door are $18. Make your reservation early by calling (206) 543-9681 or by email at burked@u.washington.edu.
For further information: http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/events/index.php

Monday, January 22, 3:30 p.m.:
The Wildlife Science Seminar series presents “Highways and habitat: managing habitat connectivity and landscape permeability for wildlife” with Peter Singleton (USDA Forest Service, PNW Research Station, Wenatchee ). UW Physics & Astronomy, Room A114. The public is welcome.
http://depts.washington.edu/poeweb/happening/on_campus.cgi

Monday, January 22, 6:30 p.m.:
Shot on location in South Africa, Kenya, Mexico, Brazil, the United States and Rome, “Silent Killer: The Unfinished Campaign Against Hunger” examines both the problem of hunger and solutions for current and future generations. The film screening and post-screening discussion with producers Hana Jindrova and John de Graaf are free. The World Health Cinema film series is co-sponsored by: Global Health Resource Center; International Health Program, School of Public Health and Community Medicine; Program on the Environment; UW Libraries; and the Common Book project, Undergraduate Academic Affairs. UW Kane Hall 210. For more information about the film, please see http://www.silentkillerfilm.org/index.html or download flier: http://www.depts.washington.edu/poeweb/happening/flyers/silentkiller_poster.pdf

Monday, January 22, 7 p.m.:
Science on Tap presents Dr. Ann Marie Kimball, a professor at UW School of Public Health and director of the APEC Asia Pacific Emerging Infections Network. Kimball's recently published “Risky Trade: Infectious Disease in the Era of Global Trade” explores the critical health issues arising from the enormous increase in global trade and travel. Ravenna 3rd Place Books, 6504 20th Ave. NE , Seattle .
Download flier: http://www.scienceontap.org/RISKYTRADEFLYERUS.pdf

Tuesday, January 23, 8:30-9:20 a.m.:
The Global Water and Health Seminar series presents “Solving Water Issues Through Social Entrepreneurship” with Craig Mayberry (University of British Columbia ). Co-sponsored by The Water Center and the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences. UW Anderson Hall 223. For more information, please see http://depts.washington.edu/cwws/Outreach/Events/Tuesday/W07/tuesdayW07.html

Tuesday, January 23, 12:30 p.m.:
Assistant Professor Patrick F. Kiser, Department of Bioengineering, University of Utah, presents “What Can A Bioengineer Do about HIV/AIDS? Controlled and Triggered Release Antiviral Microbiicides” for the Center for Nanotechnology seminar series. UW Bagley Hall, Room 260.
http://www.nano.washington.edu/seminars/seminars.asp

Tuesday, January 23, 7:30 p.m.:
John Lombard, Seattle native and senior policy analyst at the environmental consulting firm Steward and Associates, offers a practical proposal to conserve the region’s most important ecosystems in the face of long-term population growth. “Saving Puget Sound: A Conservation Strategy for the 21st Century” provides a detailed review of the political and legal issues that must be at the core of any sound conservation strategy. Presented by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life with Elliott Bay Book Company and the University of Washington Press. Downstairs at Town Hall, enter on Seneca Street . Tickets are $5 at the door only. Town Hall members receive priority seating.
http://www.townhallseattle.org/calendar.cfm

Tuesday, January 23, 6:30 p.m.:
The Walker-Ames Lecture Series features Nancy Folbre, Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts and staff economist with the Center for Popular Economics. Folbre presents “Greed, Lust, and Gender: A History of Economic Ideas.” Sponsors: The Graduate School, Department of Women Studies, School of Nursing, Center for Research on Families. UW Kane Hall, Room 120
For more information, see Nancy Folbre’s faculty website or the graduate school lecture page.
http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~folbre/folbre
http://www.grad.washington.edu/lectures/schedule.htm

Wednesday, January 24, 6:30 p.m.:
The Institute for Children’s Environmental Health’s 2007 “Our Health, Our Environment: Making the Link” lecture series explores the relationship between human and ecological health. The first lecture features Terry Collins, one of the leaders of a new field of research known as “green chemistry.” Collins, a professor of chemistry at Carnegie Mellon University, discusses his research on greening oxidation technologies through the design of nontoxic catalysts as well as public policy opportunities to encourage the development of products using green chemistry. A reception with heavy hors d'oeuvres precedes the lecture from 5:30-6:30. Advance tickets are $30 for the four lecture series or $10 for individual lectures. $15 at the door. Visit http://www.iceh.org or call 360/331-7904 for tickets and more information.
http://www.townhallseattle.org/calendar.cfm

Thursday, January 25, 4:00 p.m.:
The Astronomy Department Colloquia presents Andrey Kravstov, University of Chicago. Title TBD. Physics/Astronomy Building, A102.
http://www.astro.washington.edu/pages/colloquium.html

Thursday, January 25, 7:30 p.m.:
Nature writer Kim Todd follows her first book, Tinkering with Eden: A Natural History of Exotics in America, with a biographical/historical work, Chrysalis: Maria Sibylla Merian and the Secrets of Metamorphosis. Reading and book signing. Elliott Bay .
http://www.elliottbaybook.com/events/current/indexfull.jsp

Friday, January 26:
People for Puget Sound sponsored “Storming the Sound” is an annual event that provides an opportunity for educators to get together and present/discuss environmental issues around the Puget Sound area. For more information, please contact Stephanie Raymond at sraymond@pugetsound.org. Tacoma Nature Center (formerly Snake Lake Nature Center).
http://www.metroparkstacoma.org/page.php?id=20
http://depts.washington.edu/poeweb/happening/off_campus.cgi

Friday, January 26, 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.:
An opportunity arising from “The Guiding Lights Weekend- An Experiential Conference On The Art of Mentoring,” Eric Liu (“Guiding Lights” author) moderates a free luncheon panel on “How to Cultivate Imagination.” Panelists include: Bonnie Dunbar, Museum of Flight director and former NASA astronaut; Tod Machover, co-director, MIT Media Lab; Rosamund Zander, author of The Art of Possibility; and Charles Johnson, UW creative writing professor and National Book Award-winning novelist. Co-presented by The Guiding Lights Weekend, Lincoln Center Institute, and Town Hall Seattle. Free, pre-registration required.
http://www.guidinglightsnetwork.com/

Friday, January 26, 7:30 p.m.:
Award-winning Oxford mathematician Roger Penrose returns to Town Hall on the occasion of the paperback release of his encyclopedic book on modern physics, The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Law of the Universe. Presented with University Book Store. Tickets are $5 at the door only.
http://www.townhallseattle.org/calendar.cfm

Sunday, January 28, 12:30 p.m.:
A special midday Sunday program featuring one of this country's most noted schoolteachers, Rafe Esquith, and a group of his grade-school students, up from central Los Angeles. Rafe Esquith, featured in the award-winning POV documentary, "The Hobart Shakespeare," is here as the author of the inspiring new book, Teach Like Your Hair’s on Fire: The Methods and Madness Inside Room 56. Also part of this program will be students performing music, Shakespeare, and more. Co-presented by The Seattle Public Library and the Elliott Bay Book Company. Free admission is on a first-come, first-serve basis. Seattle Public Central Library is located at 1000 Fourth Avenue (between Madison and Spring). For more information, please see http://www.spl.org.
http://www.elliottbaybook.com/events/jan07/esquith.jsp

Sunday, January 28, 4 p.m.:
Nicholas Sullivan of the Global Horizon Fund tells the story of GrameenPhone as related in his book, You Can Hear Me Now: How Microloans and Cell Phones are Connecting the World’s Poor to the Global Economy. Reading and book signing. Elliott Bay Book Company.
http://www.elliottbaybook.com/events/current/indexfull.jsp

Monday, January 29, 3:30 p.m.:
The Wildlife Science Seminar series presents “Plum Creek’s Native Fish Habitat Conservation Plan: A Report on Five Years of Implementation and Effectiveness” with Brian Sugden (Plum Creek Timber Co., Columbia Falls, Montana ). Physics & Astronomy Auditorium, Room A114.  The public is welcome. For more information, please contact Cecilia Paul at 206-543-3075.
http://depts.washington.edu/poeweb/happening/on_campus.cgi

Tuesday, January 30, 8:30 a.m.-9:20 a.m.:
Global Water and Health Seminar series presents “Drug Resistance in Environments Associated with Aquaculture” with Marilyn Roberts (Professor, Pathobiology and Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences). Co-sponsored by The Water Center and the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences. UW Anderson Hall, Room 223. For more information, please see http://depts.washington.edu/cwws/Outreach/Events/Tuesday/W07/tuesdayW07.html

Tuesday, January 30, 12:30 p.m.:
The Center for Nanotechnology seminar series presents “Using Solid Mechanics to Assist the Engineering of Nanostructures” by Assistant Professor Li Tan, Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience - University of Nebraska. UW Bagley Hall, Room 260.
http://www.nano.washington.edu/seminars/seminars.asp

Tuesday, January 30, 7:30 p.m.:
Bellingham-based author George Dyson is a scientific historian, the son of Freeman Dyson, brother of Esther Dyson, and the grandson of Sir George Dyson. After last year’s popular talk on the anthropology and engineering of the kayak, he returns to Town Hall with a talk about John von Neumann, the father of the modern digital computer. Presented by Town Hall Seattle and the University Book Store. Downstairs at Town Hall, enter on Seneca Street . Tickets are $5 at the door only. Town Hall members receive priority seating.
http://www.townhallseattle.org/calendar.cfm

February Events:
Join a breakfast tour of PATH with PATH’s president, Dr. Chris Elias. The tour includes their product development shop and an opportunity to learn more about PATH's role in improving global health. PATH, 1455 NW Leary Way , Seattle (Parking lot and main entrance are on NW Ballard Way ). Space is limited, so please let them know at least a week in advance if you'd like to attend: RSVP to Jenny Adrian at jadrian@path.org or
206.788.2472. The next tours are set for:
Thursday, February 1, 8:00 a.m.
Tuesday, February 6, 8:00 a.m.

Other Timely Opportunities:
Volunteer for Seattle Expanding Your Horizons! SEYH offers 6th, 7th, and 8th grade girls a day of career exploration in math, science, and technology. The girls attend three 55-minute workshops where they engage in hands-on science and technology activities led by professional women working in those fields. This year's SEYH is on Saturday March 3, 2007 at Seattle University . If you would like to help SEYH, you might join the planning committee, volunteer the day of the conference, or sponsor a girl to attend SEYH! Please email seyh@smart-girls.org for more information.
http://www.smart-girls.org
 
Pacific Science Center publishes a monthly Calendar of Science, a compendium of science facts to add a little knowledge to your daily routine. So, read on and discover a few things you may not have known. If you have any comments or questions, please drop them a line.
http://www.pacsci.org/cos/
 
The Women’s Bioethics Project hosts an interactive bookclub launched last April, including podcasts, book recommendations and meetings.  You may also find their “The Scientists & the Ethicists” audio library interesting. Their links follow:
http://www.womensbioethics.org/index.php?p=About_the_Book_Club&s=141
http://www.womensbioethics.org/index.php?p=Podcasts&s=250
 
The Technology Alliance is now providing podcasts of some of its programs and events, including the Science & Technology Discovery Series.
http://www.technology-alliance.com/about/podcasts.html

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