Readings/Lectures/Showings
May 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.

Monday, May 8, 7 p.m.:
Dr. Eugenie Scott, executive director of the National Center for Science Education, presents “What’s the Fuss About Intelligent Design?” Co-sponsored by the UW Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Science Education Programs and the UW ADVANCE Center for Institutional Change. UW Kane Hall 130.
http://protist.biology.washington.edu/bio2/news/seminars/

Monday, May 8, 7 p.m.:
Global Health Issues: Disease and Death in Low-Income Nations Workshop Series.
Dr. William Lavely, currently serving as the director of the UW East Asia Center, discusses “Population Dynamics and Family Planning.” The Global Health Issues Lecture Series (March 27-May 22) aims to describe the nature and impact of global health and disease issues and will discuss the social, political and economic underpinnings of these poor health outcomes and how they may be remedied. The cost is $20 for an individual lecture. For more information and registration, visit:
http://www.extension.washington.edu/ext/special/globalhealth/default.asp#topics

Monday, May 8, 7:30 p.m.:
MIT Professor Seth Lloyd, author of Programming the Universe, discusses how the creation of the universe involves information processing. Presented by the Seattle Science Lectures. Downstairs at Town Hall, enter on Seneca Street. Tickets are $5.
http://www.townhallseattle.org/calendar.cfm

Tuesday, May 9, 12:30 p.m.:
Dr. Michael J. McShane, associate professor at Louisiana Tech University's Biomedical Engineering Program and the Institute for Micromanufacturing, lectures on “Microcapsule Biochemical Sensors: Assembling Molecules into Useful Micro/Nanosystems.” Sponsored by the Center for Nanotechnology. UW Bagley Hall, Room 260.
http://www.nano.washington.edu/seminars/seminars.asp

Tuesday, May 9, 2:30 p.m.:
Dr. Ralph E. Showalter, professor of mathematics at Oregon State University, discusses “Poroelastic Filtration Coupled to Stokes Flow.” Sponsored by UW Department of Applied Mathematics. UW Condon Hall, Room 139.
http://www.amath.washington.edu/seminars/

Tuesday, May 9, 4 p.m.:
Dr. Lia Addadi, professor of structural biology and dean of the faculty of chemistry at the Weizmann Institute of Science, presents the Dauben Lecture on “Biomineralization: Design, Strategies and Mechanisms of Formation of Biogenic Crystals.” UW Bagley Hall, Room 260.
http://depts.washington.edu/chem/newsevents/events.html

Tuesday, May 9, 4 p.m.:
Dr. Eugenie Scott, executive director of the National Center for Science Education, presents “Genie’s (Approximately) Top Ten Ways to Teach Evolution Better.” Co-sponsored by the UW Howard Hughes Medical Research Institute, Science Education Programs and the UW ADVANCE Program Center for Institutional Change. UW Physics/Astronomy Building A102.
http://protist.biology.washington.edu/bio2/news/seminars/

Tuesday, May 9, 7 p.m.:
Ray Hilborn, professor of fisheries management at the UW School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, presents “Reinterpreting the Fisheries Crisis.” Free, but advance registration is required. UW Kane Hall 130.
http://www.washington.edu/alumni/activities/scienceforum/index.html

Wednesday, May 10, 12:30 p.m.:
Dr. Elizabeth Losos, president of the Smithsonian’s Organization for Tropical Studies, speaks at a Natural History Seminar sponsored by the UW Department of Biology. UW Kincaid A023D. For more information, please contact Christina Pince (crp7@u.washington.edu) or Suzie Graham (segraham@u.washington.edu).

Wednesday, May 10, 12:30 p.m.:
Dr. Hal Mofjeld, oceanography researcher at the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, NOAA, presents “Tsunamis, Tides and Sea Level: The New Observing Network.” Physical Oceanography Lunch Seminar. UW Ocean Sciences Building, Room 425.
http://depts.washington.edu/oceanweb/currents/currents.shtml

Wednesday, May 10, 7 p.m.:
Dr. Bryan Norton, professor of philosophy at the Georgia Institute of Technology, presents the 2006 Oceans to Stars Lecture, titled “The Rebirth of Environmentalism as Pragmatic, Adaptive Management.” Free, but registration required. UW Kane Hall 120.
https://ealumni.washington.edu/events/EventView.asp?ID=301&Private=N

Thursday, May 11, 9:30 a.m.:
John R. Delaney, UW marine geologist and professor of oceanography, presents “The NEPTUNE Ocean Observatory: Interactive Networks of Remotely Operated Submarine Laboratories.” Delaney is director of the NEPTUNE Program. UW Electrical Engineering, Room 105. (Rescheduled from March).
http://www.ee.washington.edu/research/colloquium/delaney_03-09-06.html

Thursday, May 11, 11 a.m.:
Dr. Colden V. Baxter, assistant professor at Idaho State University's Stream Ecology Center and Department of Biological Sciences, presents “Contrasting Effects of Anthropogenic vs. Natural Disturbances on the Flow of Resources Between Streams and Riparian Zones.” This lecture is part of the NWFSC Monster JAM. UW Ocean Teaching Building, Auditorium.
http://fish.washington.edu/seminars
http://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/events/monster.cfm

Thursday, May 11, 12:30 p.m.:
Jonathan Freedman, an investigator in the Molecular Toxicology Lab at the National Institute of Environmental Sciences, presents “Genomic Analysis of Transition Metal Toxicity.” UW Magnuson Health Sciences Building, Room T-739.
http://depts.washington.edu/envh580/

Thursday, May 11, 2:30 p.m.:
Alexander Mamishev, associate professor at the UW Department of Electrical Engineering, presents “Monitoring of Infrastructures With Acoustic Sensors.” UW Hardisty Conference Center. http://www.apl.washington.edu/edu_opportunities/seminar_series/seminar_series.php

Thursday, May 11, 3:30 p.m.:
Assistant Professor Venkatesan Guruswami (UW CSE) presents “Achieving Channel Capacity Against Malicious Errors” at the Computer Science and Engineering Colloquium. UW Electrical Engineering, Room 105.
http://www.cs.washington.edu/htbin-post/mvis/mvis?ID=519

Thursday, May 11, 3:30 p.m.:
Beth Pratt-Sitaula, Central Washington University, presents the Earth and Space Seminar on “Glaciers, Climate and Topography in the Himalaya.” UW Johnson Hall, Room 102.
http://www.ess.washington.edu/Program/Seminars/SPR06Seminars.html

Thursday, May 11, 4 p.m.:
Dr. Ric Hauer, biology professor at University of Montana’s Flathead Lake Biological Station, presents “Evaluating River Floodplain Habitats from Airborne Remote Sensing.” 120 Fishery Sciences (Auditorium).
http://fish.washington.edu/seminars/spring_06/hauer.html

Thursday, May 11, 4 p.m.:
Michael Meyer, University of Arizona, presents “Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems: Placing Our Solar System in Context.” UW Physics/Astronomy Building A102.
http://www.astro.washington.edu/pages/colloquium.html

Friday, May 12, 12:30 p.m.:
Dr. Liz Losos, president of the Smithsonian’s Organization for Tropical Studies, will discuss opportunities available for students, faculty and researchers through the Organization for Tropical Studies consortium in “Transforming How We Think About the Tropics.” UW Hitchcock Hall, Room 132.
http://depts.washington.edu/poeweb/happening/on_campus.cgi

Friday, May 12, 12:30 p.m.:
Dr. Bob Collier, Oregon State University, presents “Methane in the Northeast Pacific along the Cascadia Margin: From Hydrates to Upwelling and In Between,” at the Chemical Oceanography Lunch Seminar. UW Ocean Science Building, Room 425.
http://depts.washington.edu/oceanweb/currents/currents.shtml

Friday, May 12, 3:30 p.m.:
Carl Bergstrom, UW assistant professor of biology, presents “Ecology, Evolution, and Antibiotic Resistance” at the UW Science Forum Colloquium Series. UW Physics/Astronomy Building, Room A-102. http://www.washington.edu/research/scienceforum/schedule.html

Friday, May 12, 4 p.m.:
Professor Stephen Leone, University of California, Berkeley, presents the P.C. Cross Lecture on “Vibrational Dynamics: From State-Resolved to Ultrafast.” UW Bagley Hall, Room 261.
http://depts.washington.edu/chem/newsevents/documents/physical.pdf

Monday, May 15, 4 p.m.:
Dr. Andre M. Striegel, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, presents “Characterizing Crosslink-Induced Branching in a Real-World Polymer” at the Analytical Chemistry Seminar. UW Bagley Hall, Room 261.
http://depts.washington.edu/chem/newsevents/events.html

Monday, May 15, 7 p.m.:
Dr. Sanjeev Khagram, UW associate professor at the Evans School of Public Affairs and the Jackson School of International Studies, presents “Impact of Political Instability, Armed Conflict and Displacement on Health” as part of a workshop series on “Global Health Issues: Disease and Death in Low-Income Nations.” The cost to attend each lecture in this series is $20. For more information and registration information, visit: http://www.extension.washington.edu/ext/special/globalhealth/default.asp#topics

Tuesday, May 16, 11:30 a.m.:
Dr Anitra Ingalls, UW oceanography, presents “Quantifying Archael Community Autotrophy in the Mesopelagic Using Natural Radiocarbon” at the Biological Oceanography Lunch Seminar. UW Marine Science Building, Room 123.
http://depts.washington.edu/oceanweb/currents/currents.shtml

Tuesday, May 16, 12:30 p.m.:
Dr. Hong Yang, professor of chemical engineering at the University of Rochester, presents “Synthesis and Property of Platinum-Based Nanostructures” at the Center for Nanotechnology Colloquium. UW Bagley Hall, Room 260.
http://www.nano.washington.edu/seminars/sem_details.asp?id=193
http://www.nano.washington.edu/seminars/seminars.asp

Tuesday, May 16, 2:30 p.m.:
Dr. Beresford Parlett, mathematician at the University of California, Berkeley, discusses “The Structure of Eigenvalue Clusters for Glued Symmetric Tridiagonal Matrices.” Sponsored by the UW Department of Applied Mathematics. UW Condon Hall 139.
http://www.amath.washington.edu/seminars/

Tuesday, May 16, 3 p.m.:
Professor Michael Graetzel of the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, presents the Cady Lecture on “Light and Energy Mimicking Natural Photosynthesis” for the Department of Chemistry. UW Bagley, Room 131.
http://depts.washington.edu/chem/newsevents/events.html

Tuesday, May 16, 4 p.m.:
Dr. Bruce Alberts, biochemist at the University of California, San Francisco, shares his experience in “A Biochemist Goes to Washington - What I Learned in 12 Years.” He returned to UCSF after serving two six-year terms as the president of the National Academy of Sciences. The presentation is a part of the Leaders in Education Seminar Series, co-sponsored by the UW Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Science Education Program and the UW Department of Biology. UW Physics/Astronomy Building, Room A102. http://protist.biology.washington.edu/bio2/news/seminars/

Tuesday, May 16, 7 p.m.:
Jim Lynch is author of The Highest Tide, a fictional account of a 13-year-old boy who discovers a giant squid on a late-night excursion to gather samples from Puget Sound. He makes and appearance at University Bookstore on May 16, and will be at the Mill Creek University Bookstore (15311 Main Street) on Tuesday, May 23 at 7 p.m.
http://www.ubookstore.com

Tuesday, May 16, 7:30 p.m.:
Sander Bais, author of The Equations: Icons of Knowledge, discusses how equations are central to understanding our natural world. Bais, a theoretical physicist at the University of Amsterdam, presents 17 basic equations that describe the structure and dynamics of physical reality. Admission is $5. Pacific Science Center.
http://www.pacsci.org/events/

Wednesday, May 17, 12:30 p.m.:
Dr. Jennifer Rhode presents “Natural History of Eelgrass (Zostera marina) Populations in Chesapeake Bay” for the Natural History Seminar Series. UW Kincaid A023D. For more information, please contact Christina Pince (crp7@u.washington.edu) or Suzie Graham (segraham@u.washington.edu).

Wednesday, May 17, 3:30 p.m.:
Mike Keim, graduate student, presents “The Wavelet Variance and Long-Memory Processes” at the Quantitative Ecology and Resource Management Spring Seminar Series. UW Mary Gates Hall 287. http://depts.washington.edu/qerm/happening/index.html

Wednesday, May 17, 7 p.m.:
William H. Rodgers Jr., Stimson Bullitt Professor of Environmental Law at UW, presents “Baselines, Bad Memories and Indian Tribes: Environmental Law in the Terrorist Era” for the 2006 Oceans to Stars Lecture Series. UW Kane Hall 120. Free, but registration required. https://ealumni.washington.edu/events/EventView.asp?ID=301&Private=N

Wednesday, May 17, 7:30 p.m.:
Astronomer Ken Croswell discusses Ten Worlds, a book about the solar system for ages 6 and up. UW Physics Auditorium, A102.

Thursday, May 18, 2006, 11 a.m.:
Dr. Phil Hedrick, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, presents “Conservation Genetics: Examples from Salmon, Wolves and Topminnows.” This lecture is part of the NWFSC Monster JAM. UW Ocean Teaching Building Auditorium.
http://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/events/monster.cfm

Thursday, May 18, 4 p.m.:
Dr. Ken Sebens, director of UW’s Friday Harbor Laboratories, presents “Community Shifts in the Gulf of Maine Rocky Subtidal Zone (1978-2006): Do Fish Matter?” for the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences Seminar. UW Fishery Sciences, Auditorium (Room 102), 1122 NE Boat Street.
http://fish.washington.edu/seminars

Thursday, May 18, 4 p.m.:
Dr. Greg Bryan, Columbia University, presents “The First Stars in the Universe” for the Astronomy Department Colloquia Series. UW Physics/Astronomy Building A102. http://www.astro.washington.edu/pages/colloquium.html

Friday, May 19, 12:30 p.m.:
Dr. Karl Banse, UW Oceanography, presents “Oxygen Minimum Zone of the Arabian Sea: Can We Detect Four-Decadal Trends?” for the Chemical Oceanography Lunch Seminar. UW Ocean Sciences Building, Room 425. http://depts.washington.edu/oceanweb/currents/currents.shtml

Saturday, May 20, 2 p.m.:
Astronomer Ken Croswell discusses Ten Worlds" a new book on the solar system. Pacific Science Center, in the laser dome. Free discussion with paid exhibit admission.
http://www.kencroswell.com
http://www.pacsci.org/events/

Saturday, May 20, 4 p.m.:
Author Jordan Fisher Smith reads from and signs Nature Noir: A Park Ranger’s Patrol in the Sierra.
http://www.elliottbaybook.com/events/may06/smith.jsp

Sunday, May 21, 7:30 p.m.:
Richard Rhodes discusses “Louis Slotin and The Making of the Atomic Bomb.” Richard Rhodes is the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Making of the Atomic Bomb, a narrative history of the people and events before and during World War II. An incident recounted in the book forms the basis for a new play, “Louis Slotin Sonata,” which will be presented by the Empty Space Theatre in September. Seattle Science Lecture Series. Downstairs at Town Hall, enter on Seneca Street. Tickets are $5.
http://www.townhallseattle.org/calendar.cfm

Monday, May 22, 4 p.m.:
Dr. Robert M. Corn, University of California, Irvine, Department of Chemistry, presents “Using Surface Enzyme Chemistry and Nanoparticles for Enhanced Biosensing with SPR Imaging” for the Analytical Chemistry Seminar Series. UW Bagley Hall, Room 261.
http://depts.washington.edu/chem/newsevents/events.html

Monday, May 22, 7 p.m.:
Dr. Peter Ward, UW professor of paleontology, biology and astronomy, discusses his book Life As We Do Not Know It: The NASA Search for Alien Life. Science on Tap. Ravenna Third Place Books Pub.
http://www.scienceontap.org

Monday, May 22, 7 p.m.:
Dr. Jonathan Gorstein, faculty coordinator for the Peace Corps Master's International (PCMI), presents “Nutrition in Developing Countries With an Emphasis on Micronutrient Deficiencies,” as part of a workshop series on “Global Health Issues: Disease and Death in Low-Income Nations.” The cost is $20 for an individual lecture. http://www.extension.washington.edu/ext/special/globalhealth/default.asp#topics

Monday, May 22, 9 p.m.:
Daniel Gilbert, professor of psychology at Harvard University, discusses his book “Stumbling on Happiness.” Sponsored by the Seattle Science Lectures at Town Hall. Tickets are $5.
http://www.townhallseattle.org/calendar.cfm

Tuesday, May 23, 12:30 p.m.:
Dr. Robert Pickart, an investigator at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, presents “Impact of Labrador Sea Convection on the North Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation” at the Special Physical Oceanography Seminar. UW Ocean Science Building, Room 425.
http://depts.washington.edu/oceanweb/currents/currents.shtml

Tuesday, May 23, 12:30 p.m.:
Assistant Professor Seong H. Kim, Department of Chemical Engineering at Pennsylvania State University, presents “Big Problems and Simple Solutions in Nanotribology - Gas Adsorption.” Center for Nanotechnology Seminar. UW Bagley Hall, Room 260.
http://www.nano.washington.edu/seminars/seminars.asp

Tuesday, May 23, 2:30 p.m.:
UW Department of Applied Mathematics hosts Felix Herrmann, of the Earth and Ocean Sciences Department, University of British Columbia. Herrmann discusses “Stable Seismic Data Recovery, Separation and Imaging.” UW Condon Hall, Room 139.
http://www.amath.washington.edu/seminars/

Tuesday, May 23, 2:30 p.m.:
Dr. Doris Wagner, University of Pennsylvania, presents “Transcriptional Regulation During Meristem and Embryo Development in Arabidopsis” at the Biology Department Seminar. UW Physic/Astronomy Building A102.
http://protist.biology.washington.edu/bio2/news/seminars/

Tuesday, May 23, 3:30 p.m.:
Martin Tompa and Larry Ruzzo (UW CSE) present “Computational Prediction of RNA Motifs in Bacteria” as part of the UW Electrical Engineering Colloquium. UW EE-105.
http://www.cs.washington.edu/htbin-post/mvis/mvis?ID=518

Wednesday, May 24, 12:30 p.m.:
Those who attend the Natural History Seminar will hear “On the Wild Side: The Evolutionary Ecology of Ethanol Production and Alcoholism,” presented by Dr. Doug Levey, University of Florida. UW Kincaid A023D. For more information, please contact Christina Pince (crp7@u.washington.edu) or Suzie Graham (segraham@u.washington.edu).

Wednesday, May 24, 4:00 p.m.:
Professor John C. Tully from Yale University presents “Chemical Dynamics at Metal Surfaces” for the Physical Chemistry Seminar. UW Bagley Hall, Room 261.
http://depts.washington.edu/chem/newsevents/events.htm

Wednesday, May 24, 7:30 p.m.:
Christopher Cook visits Elliott Bay Bookstore to discuss his book “Diet for a Dead Planet: Big Business and the Coming Food Crisis.”
http://www.elliottbaybook.com/events/may06/cook.jsp

Thursday, May 25, 11 a.m.:
Dr. Kevin E. Trenberth, atmospheric scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, presents “Global Climate Change and Drought in the West.” This lecture is part of the NWFSC Monster JAM. UW Ocean Teaching Building Auditorium (OTB 014).
http://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/events/monster.cfm

Thursday, May 25, 4 p.m.:
Dr. Joe Sisneros, assistant professor of psychology, presents “Adaptive Hearing in the Plainfin Midshipman Fish: Getting in Tune for the Summer” for the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences Seminar. UW Fishery Sciences, Room 102 (auditorium), 1122 NE Boat Street.
http://fish.washington.edu/seminars

Thursday, May 25, 4 p.m.:
Tiziana Di Matteo presents “The Role of Black Holes in Galaxy Evolution” for the Astronomy Department Colloquium. UW Astronomy A102.
http://www.astro.washington.edu/pages/colloquium.html

Tuesday, May 30, 11:30 a.m.:
Dr. Laurent Seuront, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille/Wimereux, France, presents “Microscale Physico-Chemical Ecology of Plankton: Turbulence, Water Viscosity Food Patchiness and Behavior.” Biological Oceanography Lunch Seminar. UW Marine Sciences Building, Room 123.
http://depts.washington.edu/oceanweb/currents/currents.shtml

Tuesday, May 30, 12:30 p.m.:
Professor Mehmet Sarikaya, leader of the Genetically Engineered Materials Science and Engineering Research Group of the NSF/UW Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers (MRSEC), presents “Genetically Engineered Materials - Fundamentals and Applications in Materials and Medicine” for the Center for Nanotechnology Seminar Series. UW Bagley Hall, Room 260.
http://www.nano.washington.edu/seminars/seminars.asp

Tuesday, May 30, 2:30 p.m.:
Dr. Steven Strogatz, Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics and Center for Applied Mathematics, Cornell University, speaks to the UW Department of Applied Mathematics about “Weird Phase Transition in a Randomly Grown Network.” UW Condon Hall, Room 139.
http://www.amath.washington.edu/seminars/

Tuesday, May 30, 3:30 p.m.:
Ravi Ramamoorthi, Columbia University, presents “Representations of Visual Appearance for Computer Graphics.” Computer Science Colloquium. UW EE-105.
http://www.cs.washington.edu/htbin-post/mvis/mvis?ID=521

Tuesday, May 30, 4 p.m.:
Dr. Ned Friedman, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at University of Colorado, presents “A Generation Forgotten and Goethe Remembered: Modularity and the Evolution of Flowering Plants.” Department of Biology Seminar. UW Physics/Astronomy Building, A102. http://protist.biology.washington.edu/bio2/news/seminars/
Download flyer as pdf (about 30 K)

Tuesday, May 30, 7:30 p.m.:
Dr. Lisa Randall, professor of theoretical physics at Harvard University, discusses her book “Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe’s Hidden Dimensions.” Presented as part of the Seattle Science Lectures at Town Hall. Tickets are $5 at the door only.
http://www.townhallseattle.org

Wednesday, May 31, 12:30 p.m.:
The Natural History Seminar features a talk by Dr. Jim Kenagy on the “Deserts of Western North America.” Department of Biology. UW Kincaid A023D. For more information, please contact Christina Pince (crp7@u.washington.edu) or Suzie Graham (segraham@u.washington.edu).

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