Events of Interest—March 2010
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Featured Event
Monday, Mar 15, 7:30–9 p.m.
Wisdom: From Philosophy to Neuroscience. As part of Seattle Science Lectures, with Pacific Science Center and University Book Store and sponsored by Microsoft, Town Hall Seattle presents science writer Stephen S. Hall, discussing his new book. Wisdom explores the science of wisdom, from its historical roots to the biology of cognitive traits associated with wisdom—and how we might cultivate them. His Wisdom book grew out of a 2007 cover article in The New York Times Magazine, where he was an editor and contributing writer. Among his previous books is Merchants of Immortality: Chasing the Dream of Human Life Extension, which won the National Association of Science Writers "Science in Society Award" in 2004. He teaches science journalism and explanatory journalism at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism and leads writing workshops for scientists-in-training at New York University’s Carter Institute of Journalism.
Venue: Town Hall Seattle, Downstairs, 1119 8th Avenue (Enter on Seneca). Tickets are $5 and are available at www.brownpapertickets.com, 800.838.3006, and at the door beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Information: www.townhallseattle.org, www.stephenshall.com
Wisely, NSWA is trying to arrange a social gathering with Stephen S. Hall before his talk. Please stay tuned for final details.
Mark Your Calendar
Thursday, Apr 29, 6:30-8 p.m.
Health Reform #2: Pros and Cons of Guidelines. Following up on our first science of health reform event from August 2009, we’ll explore medical guidelines with University of Washington chair of medical history and ethics Wylie Burke, MD, PhD, and other experts TBA. Evidence-based medicine, "cookbook medicine," or a dash of both? Venue: Group Health Research Institute, 1730 Minor Ave. (between Olive Way and Howell), Seattle.
Please stay tuned for final details.
Saturday, May 15, 2010, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.
2nd Annual Burke Museum Environmental Writers Workshop. Lynda Mapes, Jack Nisbet, and Susan Zwinger will lead this workshop on writing about the environment. One-day workshop includes classroom and field-based sessions.
Venue: Burke Museum (start); Center for Urban Horticulture (end).
Registration is $100 including lunch (with 10% discount for Burke members and scholarships for students with valid ID)
Information: www.burkemuseum.org
Register in advance (space limited): Call 206.543.5591 or email burked@u.washington.edu
NSWA Board Meeting
Monday, March, 6:30 p.m.:
NSWA Monthly Board Meeting. All members are welcome. Please contact Michael Bradbury for venue and other details: mbradbury@realscience.us
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March Events
Monday, March 1, 7:30 p.m.
The Decision Tree: Taking Control of Your Health in the New Age of Personalized Medicine. As part of the Future of Health lectures, sponsored by Bastyr University and PCC Natural Markets, Town Hall Seattle presents Thomas Goetz. Executive editor of Wired magazine, Goetz has a masters degree in public health. His new book examines advances in preventive medicine, from genomics to early detection—and how they are transforming healthcare. His goal is for cutting-edge technology to pair with sound science to put the individual back in the center of healthcare. Wired's February issue has an excerpt.
Venue: Town Hall Seattle, Downstairs, 1119 8th Avenue (Enter on Seneca).
Tickets are $5 and are available at www.brownpapertickets.com, 800.838.3006, and the door beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Information: www.townhallseattle.org, http://thedecisiontree.com/blog
Monday, Mar 1, and Tuesday, Mar 2, both at 7:30 p.m. (both sold out).
Two Evenings with Jared Diamond. National Geographic’s Seattle Speaker Series presents the Pulitzer Prize-winning author sharing his thoughts on societal collapse—and its implications for us. Diamond, a UCLA professor of geography and environmental health studies, wrote Collapse and Guns, Germs, and Steel.
Venue: Benaroya Hall, Third Ave (between Union and University Sts), Seattle.
Tickets (now sold out) were $18-35 ($12-15 for students)
Information: http://events.nationalgeographic.com/events/locations/city/seattle
Tuesday, Mar 2, 7:30 p.m.
Mathematical Modeling of Infectious Diseases: Tools for Plotting Epidemics. University of Washington fellow in infectious diseases Ruanne Barnabas addresses this Science on Tap event, presented with the Pacific Science Center and KCTS Public Television.
Venue: T.S. McHugh's Irish Pub, 21 Mercer St, Seattle.
Information: www.scienceontap.org
No charge to attend, but buy your own food and drink.
Wednesday, Mar 3, noon-1 p.m.
The ATP-Cytokine-Adenosine Hypothesis for Sleep Regulation and Brain Organization of Sleep. Washington State University’s James M. Krueger, PhD, gives University of Washington’s Science in Medicine lecture for the month.
Venue: A-420, Hogness Auditorium, Health Sciences Building, University of Washington, Seattle
Wednesday, Mar 3, 7:30–9 p.m.
Who’s Watching You Now? Journalist Shane Harris discusses the rise of America’s surveillance state over the past 25 years. Venue: Town Hall Seattle, Downstairs, 1119 8th Avenue (Enter on Seneca).
Tickets are $5 and are available at www.brownpapertickets.com, 800.838.3006, and at the door beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Information: www.townhallseattle.org
Thursday, Mar 4, 7–8:30 p.m.
Addiction & Recovery: A Family Journey. David and Nic Sheff, father and son, on their companion memoirs that explore the pain of addiction.
Venue: Great Hall, enter on 8th Ave, Town Hall Seattle, 1119 8th Ave., Seattle, WA.
Tickets are $5 and are available at www.brownpapertickets.com, 800.838.3006, and at the door beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Information: www.townhallseattle.org
Thursday, March 4, 7:30–9 p.m.
League of Women Voters: Women and Climate Change.
How change hits women in poor countries especially hard, as they plant and grow food, collect water, gather firewood, and nurture their children. This forum is called "Connecting Around the World." Venue: Town Hall Seattle, Downstairs, 1119 8th Avenue (Enter on Seneca).
Tickets are $5 and are available at www.brownpapertickets.com, 800.838.3006, and at the door beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Information: www.townhallseattle.org
Friday, Mar 5, 7 p.m.
How to Build a Dinosaur. Paleontologist Jack Horner will explore these questions and more in his Thomas Burke Memorial Lecture, sponsored by the Hugh and Jane Ferguson Foundation: Can dinosaurs be brought back to life? Is there a velociraptor lurking in the cells of every chicken? Does extinction have to be forever?
Venue: Kane Hall 130, University of Washington campus.
Free and open to the public, but registration is required to save a seat.
Seating for this event has reached capacity. Walk-up registration will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis, starting at 6:15 at Kane Hall on the night of the lecture.
Information: www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/event/horner
Tuesday, Mar 9, 7:30–9 p.m.
Essential Engineer: Why Science Alone Will Not Solve Our Global Problems. Henry Petroski says science alone is not the answer to our most pressing challenges. Instead, what the world needs now is some practical engineering. Venue: Great Hall, enter on 8th Ave, Town Hall Seattle, 1119 8th Ave., Seattle, WA.
Tickets are $5 and are available at www.brownpapertickets.com, 800.838.3006, and at the door beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Information: www.townhallseattle.org
Tuesday, Mar 9, 7:30–9 p.m.
Climate Change in the Media Revolution. W. Lance Bennett. The third installment of the Town Hall/University of Washington Communication Department series, The Revolution is Here: How Digital Media and Awakened Citizens Are Changing the World. Venue: Town Hall Seattle, Downstairs, 1119 8th Avenue (Enter on Seneca).
Tickets are $5 and are available at www.brownpapertickets.com, 800.838.3006, and at the door beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Information: www.townhallseattle.org
Wednesday, Mar 10, 6-8 p.m.
Changing Career Direction: From Research to Process Development. Lisa Connell-Crowley, PhD, an Amgen senior scientist, talks about moving from research to development in this Association for Women in Science event. Venue: University of Washington South Lake Union / Brotman Building, Blue Flame/Brotman Auditorium (First Floor), 815 Mercer St, Seattle.
All are welcome; no charge to members or nonmembers
Information: www.seattleawis.org/events.htm
Tuesday and Wednesday, Mar 16 and 17.
Life Science Innovation Northwest.
Presented by The Washington Biotechnology & Biomedical Association (WBBA) and Burrill & Company, this conference brings together public and private life sciences companies, research institutions, scientists, entrepreneurs, and the global health community to discuss technology.
Venue: Bell Harbor International Conference Center
Information: https://m360.washbio.org/event.aspx?eventID=12560&instance=0
Monday, Mar 22, 7:30–9 p.m.
Future History of the Arctic. As part of Seattle Science Lectures, with Pacific Science Center and University Book Store and sponsored by Microsoft, Town Hall Seattle presents Charles Emmerson discussing the Arctic. No longer a remote outpost, it stands center stage for a host of issues that will challenge and define our world in the next century, including energy security and the struggle for natural resources.
Venue: Town Hall Seattle, Downstairs, 1119 8th Avenue (Enter on Seneca).
Tickets are $5 and are available at www.brownpapertickets.com, 800.838.3006, and at the door beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Information: www.townhallseattle.org
Monday, Mar 22, 7 p.m.
The Man Who Ate His Boots: The Tragic History of the Search for the Northwest Passage. Anthony Brandt discusses his book about Sir John Franklin, who vanished, with a crew of 128, while trying to find a Northwest Passage, a sea route to the Orient over Northern Canada, in 1835. Venue: Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, University of Washington Campus at 17th Ave NE and NE 45th St, Seattle
Monday, Mar 22, and Tuesday, Mar 23, both at 7:30 p.m.
Solo Across the Pacific. National Geographic’s Seattle Speaker Series presents rower Roz Savage, author of Rowing the Atlantic, speaking and showing video about her current attempt to conquer the world’s largest ocean: That would be our very own Pacific. Venue: Benaroya Hall, Third Ave (between Union and University Sts), Seattle.
Tickets (now sold out) were $18-35 ($12-15 for students)
Information: http://events.nationalgeographic.com/events/locations/city/seattle
Wednesday, Mar 24, 7:30–9 p.m.
The Story of Stuff: How Our Obsession with Stuff Is Trashing the Planet, Our Communities, and Our Health-and a Vision for Change. Author and sustainability and environmental health expert Annie Leonard made the video "The Story of Stuff," a look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns.
Venue: Town Hall Seattle, Downstairs, 1119 8th Avenue (Enter on Seneca).
Tickets are $5 and are available at www.brownpapertickets.com, 800.838.3006, and at the door beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Information: www.townhallseattle.org
Friday, Mar 26, 7:30–9 p.m.
Future of Health: Moby: Thinking Twice about the Meat We Eat. As part of the Future of Health Lecture Series, with Elliott Bay Book Company, sponsored by Bastyr University and PCC Natural Markets, Town Hall Seattle presents musician Moby. He talks about having been a vegan for 15 years. With Miyun Park he wrote Gristle: From Factory Farms to Food Safety.
Venue: Town Hall Seattle, Downstairs, 1119 8th Avenue (Enter on Seneca).
Tickets are $5 and are available at www.brownpapertickets.com, 800.838.3006, and at the door beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Information: www.townhallseattle.org
Monday, Mar 29, 7 p.m.
The Case for Dwarf Planets: Diversity in the Search for Other Worlds. MSNBC science editor, and former NSWA president, Alan Boyle discusses his new book, The Case for Pluto. This Science on Tap event is presented with the Pacific Science Center and KCTS Public Television.
Venue: Ravenna Science on Tap, Third Place Bookstore, 20th Ave NE & NE 65th St., Seattle.
Information: www.scienceontap.org
No charge to attend, but buy your own food and drink.
Tuesday, Mar 30, 6 p.m.
A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Fossil Freeway. Liz Nesbitt, Burke curator of invertebrate paleontology, kicks off this four-lecture series complementing the Burke Museum’s Cruisin' the Fossil Freeway exhibit. Can extinction be good? When can evolution become an "arms race"? Learn about current paleontology research from the people who do it. Venue: Burke Museum, on the University of Washington campus at the corner of 17th Ave NE and NE 45th St.
Tickets are $5 per lecture; free for Burke members, students, and educators with ID. Up to four clock hour credits available for educators. Create your own "short course" by registering for all four lectures and receive a free copy of Ray Troll's Fossils of Washington poster.
Information and registration: www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/event/cruisin_lectures
Wednesday, Mar 31 (and Apr 14 and 21, and May 5).
From the Laboratory to Leadership - Spring 2010. Business training for scientists, engineers, and executives from the Leadership Edge and the Washington Biotechnology & Biomedical Association (WBBA). $1,795 for four sessions for WBBA members ($2,295 for nonmembers)
Venue: HaloSource, 1631 220th Street SE, Suite 100, Bothell, WA
Information: www.washbio.org
REMINDER:
The Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture at the UW hosts "Cruisin' the Fossil Freeway" through Monday May 31. This premiere of a nationally touring exhibit will take visitors on a "road trip" through the American West to learn about our region’s intriguing fossils and the stories they tell about the past, based on the book by the celebrated duo Ray Troll and Kirk Johnson. Venue: Burke Museum.
Information: Call: (206) 543-5590 or visit www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/
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