UW’s West Coast Poverty Center invites you to attend a seminar by Ji Young Kang (Assistant Professor, Chungnam National University) for a talk, titled “The effect of Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) on mothers’ employment outcomes during the Covid-19 pandemic”. The seminar will take place on Thursday, Jan 18th from 9:30-10:30 AM in Room 306A/B of the Social Work Building.

Join UW’s Allen School for a seminar by Fei-Fei Li (Stanford University), titled “What we see and what we value: AI with a human perspective”. The seminar will take place on Thursday, Jan. 18th at 3:30 PM in the Amazon Auditorium of the Gates Center. The talk will also be streamed live on the Allen School’s YouTube channel [link will be available 1 hour before talk]. Read more about the talk here.

The Center for Environmental Politics presents Evan Schofer and Ann Hironaka (professors of Sociology, University of California-Irvine), “The consequences of Environmental Protest in Global Perspective”. The seminar will take place on January 19th in  Gowen Hall, 1A from 12:00-1:30pm. No RSVP is required. Learn more about the talk here. 

Ann Hironaka is an Associate Professor of Sociology at University of California, Irvine. She studies environmental sociology, politics, and war from a global perspective. Her book, Greening the Globe: World Society and Environmental Change examines the historical emergence of the global environmental regime and its impact on national policy and environmental practices around the world. Evan Schofer is a Professor of Sociology at University of California, Irvine. He researches globalization, political participation, education, environmentalism, economic growth, and economic inequality.

On January 17th from 3-4pm, Anissa Tanweer, a Senior Social Scientist at the eScience Institute and CSDE Affiliate, will present at the CDWG. Dr. Tanweer conducts ethnographic research on the practice and culture of computationally-mediated science and directs the UW Data Science for Social Good summer internship. At the CDWG, she will discuss her work on integrating ethics into practice of data-intensive research and provide an overview of the Data Science for Social Good program. CDWG Will be Hybrid in Winter Quarter 2024. Attend in-person in 223 Raitt Hall (The Demography lab) or on Zoom (register here).

The Friends of the Market (FOM) has initiated the Fall 2023-2024 round of the Steinbrueck-Thonn Award for Pike Place Market Research, an academic research award available to current college students and recent graduates. The Steinbrueck-Thonn Award is intended to encourage a broad range of cross-disciplinary and community-engaged scholarship related to the Pike Place Market; research that will serve as a catalyst for greater understanding of and appreciation for this treasured public resource.

 The Friends of the Market Board of Directors has committed to funding this program to a maximum of $4,000 this round. Please visit the Friends of the Market webpage to learn more about the program and view/print information regarding the Call for Applications.

 The Fall 2023 program uses a straightforward and simple application format and submittal process. The deadline for all submissions is January 15, 2024 (11:59pm Pacific). The Friends look forward to sharing the products of the 2023-2024 award via various public formats and/or programs in late 2024 and 2025. 

 A member of the FOM Board would be happy to meet with you about the program.  Please contact Kate Krafft, FOM Education Committee Chair, Krafft2@comcast.net with any questions or to schedule a meeting.