Readings/Lectures/Showings
April 2007

NSWA Events Calendar

Please E-mail NSWA with suggested announcements.

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.

Monday, April 2, 6:30 p.m.:
Northwest Science Writers Association Board Meeting
For location, contact deafrost@yahoo.com

Another great NSWA event is coming up - we’ll post soon, when our Program Chair nails the date!

Other April Events

Monday, April 2, 4:00 p.m.:
Dietrich Habs, University of Munich, will lecture on “Brilliant Photon and Particle Beams.” Ronald Geballe Auditorium, Physics & Astronomy Building, Room A102. Coffee and cookies at 3:45 p.m. in the lobby. An abstract is available:
http://www.phys.washington.edu/colloquia.htm

Tuesday, April 3, 8:30 a.m.:
Thomas Hinckley, UW College of Forest Resources presents “Water From a Tree’s Perspective: Climate Change, Fog and Tension? What Fails First?” Part of the Water Center Seminar series; UW Anderson Hall, Room 223.
http://depts.washington.edu/cwws/Outreach/Events/Tuesday/S07/tuesdayS07.html

Tuesday, April 3, 3:30 p.m.:
Sanmay Das, MIT/UCSD postdoctoral fellow, presents “Market-Making: From Algorithms for Price-Setting to Emergent Market Properties,” for the Computer Science & Engineering Colloquium. UW EE-105.
http://www.cs.washington.edu

Tuesday, April 3, 7:30 p.m.:
U.S. Senator John Kerry & Teresa Heinz Kerry talk about and sign their new work This Moment on Earth: The New Pioneers on the Environmental Frontier at Town Hall Seattle, Downstairs, 1119 8th Ave. This event is part of the Seattle Science Lectures series co-sponsored by Town Hall, University Book Store, the Pacific Science Center, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, KUOW-FM 94.9, Microsoft and Town Hall Center for Civic Life. Admission is $5 at the door.
http://www.bookstore.washington.edu

Thursday, April 5, 3:30 p.m.:
Garrett Stanley, Harvard University, presents “Reading the Neural Code: Signal Processing in the Natural Visual World” for the Computer Science & Engineering Colloquium. UW EE-105.
http://www.cs.washington.edu

Thursday, April 5, 5:00-8:00 p.m.:
The Experience Music Project and the Science Fiction Museum join the Seattle tradition of celebrating art and culture by offering free admission on the first Thursday evening of every month. All EMP/SFM Galleries. 325 5th Avenue North, Seattle.
http://www.sfhomeworld.org

Thursday, April 5, 7:00 p.m.:
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche discusses The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness at the University District Store. The book explores the practice, the benefits, and the neuroscience of Buddhist meditation.
http://www.bookstore.washington.edu

Saturday, April 7, 9:30 a.m.:
A number of critically acclaimed Northwest authors will gather for this years Seattle Writer’s Conference to teach workshops at the Seattle Central Community College. Writers / educators on hand include David Wagoner, Nick O'Connell, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Matt Ruff, Jo Beverly, Robert Ferrigno, Susan Wiggs, and many more. Sponsored by Seattle Central Community College Continuing Education, NW MediaArts, and University Book Store.
http://www.bookstore.washington.edu

Saturday, April 7:
Family Science Workshop - Pre-registration required, call 206-443-2925
http://www.pacsci.org/events/

Monday, April 9 - Friday, April 13:
Spring Break Camps at Pacific Science Center and Mercer Slough. Call 206-443-2925.
http://www.pacsci.org/events/

Monday, April 9, 4:00 p.m.:
Elliot Lieb, Princeton University, will lecture on “The Dilute, Cold Bose Gas: A truly quantum-mechanical many-body problem” for the Physics Colloquim. Ronald Geballe Auditorium, Physics & Astronomy Building, Room A102. Coffee and cookies at 3:45 p.m. in the lobby. An abstract is available:
http://www.phys.washington.edu/colloquia.htm

April 9, 7:30 p.m.:
Renowned Physicist Stephen Hawking will give a multi-media presentation at McCaw Hall. Ticket required.
http://www.pacsci.org/articles/hawking_greene_011107.html

Tuesday, April 10, 8:00 a.m.:
Co-hosted by the Washington Technology Center and Washington State University, “Discover WSU ? Science and Industry Collaboration” will highlight the innovative collaborations between WSU researchers and Washington companies in the areas of Life Sciences, Advanced Materials, and Computing and Electronics. This event is at the Washington State University Campus, Pullman WA. Contact: Pam Kelley pjkelley@wsu.edu or 509-335-3669.
http://www.watechcenter.org

Tuesday, April 10, 8:30 a.m.:
John Lombard, Senior Policy Analyst, Steward and Associates; presents “Saving Puget Sound: A Practical, Long-Term Conservation Strategy” for the Water Center Seminar series; UW Anderson Hall, Room 223.
http://depts.washington.edu/cwws/Outreach/Events/Tuesday/S07/tuesdayS07.html

Tuesday, April 10, 6:30 p.m.:
The Elliott Bay Book’s Global Issues & Ethics Book Group will discuss The Evolution of Cooperation by Robert Axelrod. Axelrod explores the conditions under which fundamentally selfish agents will spontaneously cooperate.
http://www.elliottbaybook.com

Wednesday, April 11 7:45 a.m. - 10 a.m.:
A panel discussion, “Breakthroughs in Diabetes Research,” will be led by Dr. Gerald Nepom, Scientific Director of Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason and Paul Robertson, M.D., and President/Scientific Director of the Pacific Northwest Research Institute. Research leaders will speak on how discoveries around Type 1 diabetes and the immune system may eventually open up other disease treatments and pave the way for new possibilities for commercialization of these therapies. The program begins with a continental breakfast and concludes with interactive Q & A. This morning event will be at Virginia Mason Volney Auditorium on First Hill in Seattle. Cost is $50 for WBBA members and volunteers with certain affiliated non-profit associations and $75 for non-members. For more information and to register online, please visit:
http://www.washbio.org

Wednesday, April 11, TBA:
Dr. Andrew Dessler, Texas A&M University, will discuss “Climate Change: Do we know enough to take action?” He will address the use of scientific “uncertainty” in the policy debate over climate change. Time and Room TBA
http://www.fosep.org/

Thursday, April 12, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.:
The 2007 Washington State Technology Summit will take place at the Meydenbauer Center, 11100 NE 6th Street, Bellevue, 98004. My apologies for sending you prematurely last month - but I bet you successfully registered for what looks to be an excellent opportunity.
http://www.watechcenter.org/index.php?p=Tech+Summit+2007+-+April+12&s=968

Thursday, April 12, 3:30 p.m.:
Scott Aaronson (UC Berkeley/U Waterloo) presents “The Limits of Quantum Computers” for the Computer Science & Engineering Colloquium. UW EE-105.
http://www.cs.washington.edu

Thursday, April 12, 7:00 p.m.:
Favorite science fiction writer Greg Bear will read from and sign his latest work Quantico, a tale of homegrown bioterrorism in the second decade of the 21st century. University Bookstore.
http://www.bookstore.washington.edu

Saturday, April 14:
Family Science Workshop - Pre-registration required, call 206-443-2925
http://www.pacsci.org/events/

Monday, April 16, 4:00 p.m.:
Tom Lubensky, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, will lecture on “Liquid Crystals: What they are and why you should know about them” for the Physics Colloquia. Ronald Geballe Auditorium, Physics & Astronomy Building, Room A102. Coffee and cookies at 3:45 P.M. in the lobby.
http://www.phys.washington.edu/colloquia.htm

Tuesday, April 17, 8:30 a.m.:
Gerald Pollet, JD, Executive Director, Heart of America Northwest presents “Groundwater Contamination Issues at Hanford and the Resulting Legal Issues and Health Risks.” for the Water Center Seminar series; UW Anderson Hall, Room 223.
http://depts.washington.edu/cwws/Outreach/Events/Tuesday/S07/tuesdayS07.html

Wednesday, April 18, 6:30 p.m.:
The Seattle Biotech Legacy Foundation's 2007 “Our Health, Our Environment: Making the Link” lecture series explores the relationship between human and ecological health. This evening, Dr. John Robinson, professor at the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability and the Department of Geography at the University of British Columbia will discuss how individuals can effectively apply sustainability theory in “real world” terms. A reception with heavy hors d’oeuvres precedes the lecture from 5:30-6:30. Downstairs at Town Hall, enter on Seneca Street. Advance tickets are $10/$15 at the door.
http://www.iceh.org

Wednesday, April 18, 7:30 p.m.:
Dr. Isaac Held of the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory at Princeton University will present “Global Warming and Drought.” Sponsored by the UW Department of Atmospheric Sciences. UW Kane Hall 130. This event is free; registration is recommended.
http://www.atmos.washington.edu/ for registration information.

Wednesday, April 18, 7:00 p.m.
Robotocist Daniel Wilson reads from and signs Where’s My Jetpack?: A Guide to the Amazing Science Fiction Future that Never Arrived. This event will be held at Greenwood Space Travel Supply Co., 8414 Greenwood Ave (finish up your shopping for that earth ditch-kit?!). Co-sponsored by 826 Seattle and the University Bookstore.
http://www.bookstore.washington.edu

Wednesday, April 18, 5:00 p.m.:
New York Times Op-Ed editor David Shipley will share tips from his new book (co-authored with Will Schwalbe) Send: The Essential Guide to Email for Office and Home, something akin to the classic Elements of Style. New York Times journalist Timothy Egan will join Shipley at this “fun” and informational event.
http://www.elliottbaybook.com

Friday, April 18, 6:30 p.m.-Networking and Refreshments; 7:00 p.m.-Program:
The Association for Women in Science presents Julie Lutz, Ph.D., Research Professor of Astronomy, University of Washington, “Old Stars, New Stars, Red Stars, Blue Stars.” UW South Lake Union Building, First Floor Auditorium, 815 Mercer St. AWIS events are open to all.
http://www.seattleawis.org

Thursday, April 19, 9:00 a.m until 4 p.m.:
Pacific Science Center’s “Science on Wheels” team will spend the entire day at the Capitol Building in Olympia. This event will provide legislators and visitors the chance to explore science through hands-on exhibits and demonstrations. They hope you can join them. Stop by to explore topics such as Engineering, Geology, Human Physiology, Mathematics, and Physics. Pacific Science Center promotes science literacy for children and adults across the state; in the 2004-2005 school year, the Science On Wheels program reached nearly 135,000 students, teachers and adults. The Washington State Legislature supports Science on Wheels through the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction.
http://www.pacsci.org/events/

Thursday, April 19, 3:30 p.m.:
Dr. Michael Freedman, New York University, presents “Democratizing content distribution” for the Computer Science & Engineering Colloquium. UW EE-105.
http://www.cs.washington.edu

Thursday, April 19, 5:30 p.m.:
Keith Kegley, former Director of Emerging Market Services and Platform Strategy at Microsoft will speak about Internet neutrality - the concept that the physical implementation of the internet should be neutral to its content as opposed to transmitting material preferentially (e.g., commercial or political materials). Links to relevant readings are available at the FOSEP website (including H.R. 5252: Communications Opportunity, Promotion, and Enhancement (COPE) Act of 2006). This seminar is presented by FOSEP and sponsored by the UW Department of Computer Science. The location of the important discussion will be announced.
http://www.fosep.org/

Thursday, April 19, 7:00 p.m.:
The Katz Distinguished Public Lecture Series will host “Climate and Catastrophe: The World Crisis of the 17th Century” presented by Geoffrey Parker of the History Department at Ohio State University. UW Kane Hall 110, with a reception to follow in the Walker Ames Room.
Please visit:
http://depts.washington.edu/uwch/projects_lectures_Katz.htm

Thursday, April 19, 7:30 p.m.:
Internationally acclaimed physicist, cosmologist, writer, and broadcaster Paul Davies presents arguments included in his forthcoming book Cosmic Jackpot: Why Our Universe Is Just Right for Life.
Downstairs at Town Hall. Tickets $5 at the door only.
http://www.townhallseattle.org/calendar.cfm

Thursday, April 19, 6:00-10:00 p.m.:
Pacific Science Center kicks off its monthly event series, “Science with a Twist,” with Cajun Night, April 19, 2007! Experience a taste of N’awlins with Cajun appetizers and sip on Hurricane cocktails from the bar. Get on the dance floor and learn Cajun dance moves from Gator Boy while moving to the sounds of our live band, “WHOZYAMAMA!” Wind down with a private showing of the film Hurricane on the Bayou on the largest screen in town at 9:30 p.m. The bayou beckons. For tickets call (206)443-3611 or email groupevents@pacsci.org. Tickets also available at the door. (You must be 21+ )
http://www.pacsci.org/events/

Friday, April 20:
Camp-In at the Pacific Science Center; pre-registration required, call 206-443-2925.
http://www.pacsci.org/events/

Saturday, April 21, 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.:
The Science Fiction Museum hosts Family Days every 3rd Saturday of the month from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Family Day activities include art projects, music demonstrations, special tours and workshops for everyone. Bring the family and join us for a day of fun and creativity!
http://www.sfhomeworld.org

Saturday, April 21, 6:00 p.m.:
The UW Libraries will present “Literary Voices.” Pepper Schwartz will deliver the keynote speech at this fundraising dinner with local literary luminaries. Guests will include: Greg Bear, Michael Biggins, Laura Kastner, Ruth Kirk, Joel Migdal, Jeffrey Ochsner, Nancy Pearl, Robert Schenkkan, Maya Sonenberg, Indu Sundaresan, Woodruff “Woody” Sullivan III, Solveig Torvik, David Wagoner. UW Club building. Tickets are $100 per person; proceeds benefit the UW Libraries. For more information, phone (206) 616-8397 or email uwlibs@u.washington.edu.
http://www.bookstore.washington.edu

Saturday, April 21:
Celebrate Earth Day at Taylor Creek in South Seattle or Arbor Day at Lewis Creek in Bellevue (or both)!
http://www.pacsci.org/events/

Monday, April 23, 4:00 p.m.:
Astronomer Jim Lattimer will lecture on “Neutron Star Observations and the Prognosis for Equation of State Constraints” for the Physcis Colloquim. Ronald Geballe Auditorium, Physics & Astronomy Building, Room A102. Coffee and cookies at 3:45 p.m. in the lobby. An abstract is available:
http://www.phys.washington.edu/colloquia.htm

Monday, April 23, 7:00 p.m.:
Dr. Richard Feely, NOAA/PMEL/UW, will present “Global Warming and Ocean Acidification: Double Trouble for Marine Ecosystems,” a public lecture sponsored by the Program on Climate Change at UW Kane Hall, Room 120. More information at:
http://depts.washington.edu/uwpcc/ourprog/Feely2007_lecture.html

Monday, April 23- Tuesday, April 24, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.:
The UW Program on Climate Change will host a workshop, “Anthropogenic Stresses on Ocean Ecosystems.” The science and policy issues related to two of the growing significant anthropogenic stresses on ocean ecosystems will be presented and discussed: increasing ocean temperatures due to global warming and ocean acidification due to increasing atmospheric CO2. The workshop will be held at the Portage Bay Room, South Campus Center. Space is limited. For agenda and registration information, check:
http://depts.washington.edu/uwpcc/stress_workshop.html

Tuesday April 24, 8:30 a.m.:
Robert J. McGaughey, Research Forester, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station and Affiliate Instructor, UW College of Forest Resources presents “Characterizing Vegetative Structure using Discrete-Return, Airborne Laser Scanner Data.” A part of the Water Center Seminar series, this event will be held at UW Anderson Hall, Room 223.
http://depts.washington.edu/cwws/Outreach/Events/Tuesday/S07/tuesdayS07.html

Tuesday, April 24, from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m.:
A Media Roundtable on pandemic flu will be co-sponsored by Public Health - Seattle & King County, The Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma, Washington State Association of Broadcasters, and the Society of Professional Journalism. The Media Roundtable will be an active conversation for professional reporters, editors, managers, and public health experts about: What information news media will need during a pandemic; What a pandemic may look like, and what Public Health will do; How to protect reporters’ health and safety; How to keep news operations running during a pandemic. The roundtable will be moderated by Bruce Shapiro, Executive Director of the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, who will trigger discussion by presenting realistic scenarios depicting a flu pandemic. The free event will be held at the Bertha Knight Landes Room at Seattle City Hall , 600 Fourth Avenue in Seattle. A continental breakfast is available from 8:45 a.m. To RSVP or for more information, please contact meredith.li-vollmer@metrokc.gov or 206-296-4313.

Tuesday, April 24, 11:00 a.m.:
Sean J. Morrison, Ph.D., Director, Center for Stem Cell Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute /Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, will present “Stem Cell self-renewal, Cancer cell Proliferation, and Aging” for the UW Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine. UW Health Sciences Building, Hogness Auditorium, A-420.
http://depts.washington.edu/iscrm/education/seminars.html

Tuesday, April 24, 7:30p.m.:
Richard Preston, author of the non-fiction thriller, The Hot Zone presents his forthcoming book, The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring, an account of the biosystem of the Sequoia sempervirens (California redwoods), thought to be not only the largest living organism in nature but also one of the oldest. Preston tells the story of the team of scientists and tree-climbers who risk their lives to study this wonder of nature. Presented with University Book Store; Downstairs at Town Hall. Tickets are $5 at the door only.
http://www.townhallseattle.org/calendar.cfm

Wednesday, April 25, 7:00 p.m.:
Distinguished Professor Dr. Patricia Kuhl, UW, will begin the 2007 Early Childhood Development Lecture Series with a presentation on “Early Learning, the Brain and Society.” In this series of lectures, prominent professors from the University of Washington’s School of Nursing, College of Education, and Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences will discuss issues related to early childhood. Discussions will cover how children learn, the right ways to teach young children, and the much-debated effects of daycare. UW Kane Hall 110. For more information or to register, please go to:
http://www.uwalum.com

Thursday, April 26, 6:00 p.m.:
UW Faculty will describe public health initiatives that have made our lives better and address issues facing our community from infancy to adolescence and middle and senior adults in “A Matter of Health and Safety: Public Health ... Looking back, Leading forward.” Speakers include Mary Selecky, Secretary of Health for the Washington State Department of Health; Ward Hinds (MD, MPH), Retiring Head of the Snohomish Health District; Colleen Huebner (PhD, MPH), Associate Professor, Department of Health Services; Ann Vander Stoep (PhD), Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology; Joel Kaufman (MD,MPH), Professor, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences and Epidemiology; Paula Diehr (PhD), Professor, Department of Biostatistics; Gary M. Goldbaum (MD, MPH), '89, In-coming head of Snohomish Health District. Sponsored by the UW Alumni Association and School of Public Health and Community Medicine. Kane Hall Room 110. Free, but advance registration is requested. RSVP by April 26, 8:00 a.m.,
https://go.washington.edu/uwaa/events/200704pubhealth/details.tcl

Monday, April 30, 4:00 p.m.:
Seth Patterman, UCLA, will lecture on “Energy Concentrating Phenomena: From Sonoluminescense to Crystal Fusion.” Ronald Geballe Auditorium, Physics & Astronomy Building, Room A102. Coffee and cookies at 3:45 p.m. in the lobby. An abstract is available:
http://www.phys.washington.edu/colloquia.htm

Monday, April 30, 7:00 p.m.:
Science on Tap hosts Peter Vitaliano, UW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, for an informal presentation on “Stress, Aging and the Effects on our Body: is Caregiving Hazardous to Your Health?”
www.scienceontap.org

Monday, April 30:
Deadline for early registration discount on Pacific Science Center Summer Camps
http://www.pacsci.org/events/

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