As we continue to adjust to Stay Home, Stay Healthy orders for Washington state, the realities of a changed work environment and altered research expectations have clearly hit home. Unfortunately, the financial impact of Stay Home, Stay Healthy won’t be fully realized for a number of months, if not years. More importantly, it will be quite awhile before we return to an environment even remotely resembling our pre-COVID memories. Also, the COVID-19-related impact on future job prospects is unclear. Recruitment…
As we anxiously await the termination of our current Stay Home, Stay Healthy order, the realities of a changed work environment and altered research expectations have clearly hit home. In recent weeks, we’ve heard of the dire predictions of budget shortfalls – within the School of Medicine, across the UW campus, and within our community. Unfortunately, the financial impact of our Stay Home, Stay Healthy won’t be fully realized for a number of months, if not years. More importantly, it will be quite a…
Welcome to the Lectures Library, where a selection of our past programming is available for revisiting, either in video or audio format. New lectures will be added monthly, so check back often! Video Lectures George Coyne: When the Sacred Cows of Science and Religion Meet In this talk, George Coyne reviews our scientific knowledge of the universe, our origins in the evolving universe and the religious implications one might draw from that science. His attempt is to show how a…
Graduate School Public Lectures are brought to the community through four very generous private endowments: Walker-Ames Fund Jessie and John Danz Fund Mary Ann and John D. Mangels Fund Earl and Edna Stice Memorial Lectureship in Social Science Signature Speaker Series Walker-Ames Fund The University of Washington Walker-Ames Fund was established in 1936 by a bequest from the estates of Maud Walker-Ames and Edwin Gardner Ames. Since 1936, the fund has been used to bring many outstanding scholars in the…
The Graduate School is pleased to announce the call for nominations for the following 2024 awards: Nominations are due 5 p.m. PST, May 2, 2024. In fairness to all nominators, this is a firm deadline; no exceptions or extensions will be granted. Please send questions and/or submissions to graddean@uw.edu. Recipients The Graduate School is pleased to recognize the following recipients of the Distinguished Dissertation and Thesis Awards, which recognize outstanding and exceptional scholarship and research at the doctoral and master’s levels.
The Graduate School and GSEE provide ways for graduate students impacted by racism and its intersections* to connect, to foster community and a sense of belonging in graduate school. Here is a list of the ongoing and periodic events and resources. Annual Equity in Graduate Education Summit The Graduate School’s annual tri-campus summit is a partnership with equity-focused, graduate student facing units across the UW. The summit guides faculty, staff, graduate students, and campus leaders to not simply observe or…
Video Lectures Morris Dees: Responding to Hate: Voices of Hope and Tolerance After witnessing firsthand the painful consequences of prejudice and racial injustice, Morris Dees co-founded the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) in 1971 — a nonprofit organization specializing in lawsuits involving civil rights violations and racially motivated crimes. In this talk, Dees discusses his book, “Gathering Storm: America’s Militia Threat,” and offers strategies to combat domestic terrorism. This lecture was originally presented on January 23, 2001. Vandana Shiva: Ahimsa:…
Kelsey Bilek spent the summer studying Swahili as an awardee of the 2019 U.S. Department of State’s Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program. The CLS Program is part of a U.S. government effort to expand the number of Americans studying and mastering critical foreign languages. CLS scholars gain critical language and cultural skills in languages that are less commonly taught in U.S. schools, but are essential for America’s engagement with the world, contributing to U.S. economic competitiveness and national security. In 2019, Bilek…
We all have different mentors in our life. These people have our best interest in mind and are able to guide and support our professional and personal development. In your personal life, look for advisors who are compassionate, enthusiastic, generous, honest, insightful, selfless and wise. In your professional life, it is imperative to find mentors who are collaborative, intellectual, knowledgeable, accessible, and visionary. In both, it is important to have mentors who will challenge and support you in doing your best work and…