Come curious. Leave inspired.
Wherever you are, the 糖心原创 offers opportunities to learn and connect with the ideas, people, and research shaping our world. This summer, visit campus for the latest exhibitions at the Henry Art Gallery and Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, or join us from anywhere through recorded lectures, podcasts, virtual experiences, and more. As a public university, we’re proud to share the knowledge, creativity, and discoveries of the UW with communities near and far.
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If You’re in Seattle:
(Biology)
Wednesdays, noon to 4 pm / 2nd and 4th Saturdays, 10 am – 2 pm
For nearly 70 years, the Biology Greenhouse at the 糖心原创 has played a vital role in research and teaching. Whether focusing on plant-pollinator interactions, paleoclimatology, or other biological questions, the teaching collection has enhanced and inspired UW biological research. Visit the 4 Collection rooms and browse through an amazing diversity of plant species from around the world.
July 7 | (Arboratum Foundation)
Meet Seattle-based author, journalist, and photographer Roddy Scheer and learn about his new book, Wild Seattle: Explore the Amazing Nature in and Around the Emerald City.
July 11 | (Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies)
Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies at the 糖心原创 for a day packed with labor history, organizing strategies, and labor research with the Seattle labor community. How are racism and capitalism related, and how have workers confronted them, past and present? Come ready to learn, discuss, and organize!
July 22 – 26 | (School of Art + Art History + Design)
Assembly is a new invitational contemporary art fair organized by a cohort of Seattle’s leading galleries. Founding members include Traver Gallery, led by School of Art + Art History + Design alum Sarah Traver (BFA ’02), and Greg Kucera Gallery. The fair鈥檚 inaugural edition will take place at the West Canal Yards. It will bring together galleries from across the Western US with their curatorial programs, artists, and collectors.
July 23 – 26 | 听(ArtsUW)
Seattle Art Fair, a one-of-a-kind showcase for the vibrant arts community of the Pacific Northwest, and a leading destination for the best in modern and contemporary art, returns for its tenth edition. The Fair brings together the region鈥檚 strong collector base, the Pacific Northwest鈥檚 top museums and institutions, and an array of innovative public programming.
Through July 24 – Book Club | The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon (UW Alumni Association)
Readers鈥� Choice! Bundle up for an historical mystery set in 18th-century Maine. The body of a local man is found in the frozen Kennebeck River. Martha Ballard, the local midwife, suspects that this death is not an accident 鈥� and her detailed diaries of local life are full of clues. Will she weather the scandals unleashed by her pursuit of the truth? Inspired by historic events!
July 25 | (Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture)
Walk around the 糖心原创 campus with Dr. Susan Pavel to learn more about native plants and how you can use them to dye textiles. In this workshop, learn about the native plants around the Burke Museum and how they can be used. Hear about the dyeing process and see samples of native plant dyes. Leave this workshop with the information to do your own natural dyeing at home! Takeaways include: a sample card of a natural dye from a native plant.
August 6 |听(Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture)
Admission to the Burke Museum is FREE, and the museum is open until 8 p.m. on the first Thursday of every month. Get closer to the daily work happening in the Burke Museum鈥檚 visible collections storage, labs, and workrooms during Free First Thursday.
August 27 | (Henry Art Gallery)
Celebrate the opening of new exhibitions featuring newly acquired prints by Helen Frankenthaler, collection objects that explore the politics of the everyday, a solo exhibition by artist Joiri Minaya, and the unveiling of a new mural project! Plus music and drinks!
September 10 | Book Launch – Just Hear Me Out: How to Change Minds Without Lies, Bullshit, or Moral Compromise by Colin Marchall (Philosophy)
In Just Hear Me Out, philosopher Colin Marshall describes a persuasive method that is both effective and ethical. Rather than share a flurry of tips on how to win friends and influence people, Marshall invites us to take up persuasion as fundamentally civil work, good for both our conscience and our communities. Real-world persuaders such as Jane Addams, Daryl Davis, and Fred Rogers show us an ethical route, he argues, to changing hearts through patience, respect, and compassion. Hosted at the University Bookstore. Details coming.
EXHIBITIONS:
Opening July 5 | 听(Henry Art Gallery)
Ramblas, 1987-88, Ed. 11/75
Six color lithograph, drypoint, and etching
漏 2024 Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / Ediciones Pol铆grafa, S.A., Barcelona
By the age of thirty-two, Helen Frankenthaler (1928鈥�2011) had established herself in a white male-dominated art world as one of the leading American Abstract Expressionist painters of the twentieth century. Her distinctive 鈥渟oak-stain鈥� technique鈥攁pplying thinned paint onto unprimed canvases on the floor to produce watercolor-like effects鈥攊ntroduced chance as an integral part of her artistic process. Printmaking, a technical process involving chemistry, collaboration, and repetition, might appear at odds with the spontaneity and physicality of her painting.
Opening July 11 |
(Henry Art Gallery)
This exhibition brings together contemporary artworks across media that explore the poetics and politics of everyday life. Using the day-to-day as both material and subject, these works explore how the ordinary and seemingly incidental can become a powerful source for artistic inquiry, critical reflection, and imagination.
Opening July 18 | (Henry Art Gallery)
Richard Learoyd’s (U.K., b. 1966)听large-scale photograph of a dead grey reef shark in the Henry鈥檚 permanent collection. This photograph draws from lineages of scientific photography and still life across media, resulting in a picture that surfaces entanglements between traditions of imaging and practices of extraction from land, people, and other living creatures. Reflections from members of the UW community across Art History, Anthropology, and Marine Biology will examine these intersecting histories and contexts.
Opening July 25 | (Henry Art Gallery)
Joiri Minaya (b.1990, New York City; raised in the Dominican Republic) is a multidisciplinary artist who examines the Tropics as a constructed place and identity. As both performer and saboteur, Minaya challenges misrepresentations that reduce tropical geographies and their inhabitants to imagined fantasies of the colonial imagination. In her work, she reclaims Afro-Indigenous narratives of resistance, ancestral knowledges, and regenerative practices鈥攅specially those rooted in plant and botanical traditions.
Through August 30 | (Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture)
Journey through the seasonal cycle of weaving, from gathering materials and spinning wool to dyeing with natural ingredients and weaving intricate designs. Along the way, learn firsthand from weavers and gain insight into the deep cultural and scientific knowledge embedded in every strand. Related Article by the Seattle Times:
As you enter the exhibit, you鈥檒l see baskets, tumplines, and raw materials 鈥� all part of the first phase of the weaving process: gathering. Ancestral weavings 鈥� some on loan and returning to Coast Salish territory for the first time in a century 鈥� are displayed alongside contemporary creations by the co-curators.
(Henry Art Gallery)
ojo|-|o虂l谦虂 (pronounced oh-ho hol-ohn) is an exhibition of recent and newly commissioned work by Din茅 artist Eric-Paul Riege (b. 1994, Na鈥檔铆zhoozh铆 [Gallup, New Mexico]) that includes sculpture, textile, collage, and video, activated by moments of performance. Across this work, Riege combines customary Din茅 practices of weaving, silversmithing, and beading with contemporary cultural forms, exploring Din茅 cosmology, the history of Euro-American trading posts in and adjacent to the Navajo Nation, and the notion of 鈥渁uthenticity鈥� as a value marker of Indigenous art and craft.
ART AROUND SEATTLE:
Volunteer Park: (Henry Art Gallery)
The title, Soft Services, is a phrase drawn from the artist鈥檚 research and interviews with members of the activist community, in reference to the care efforts made during the height of the AIDS crisis. At the time, the rare opportunity arose to use the Ryan White (CARE Act) monies towards “soft services”鈥攁spects of support deemed assistive but not strictly necessary and as such not covered by traditional healthcare (massage, meal trains, dog walking, etc.) Through this installation, Bass explores the notion of what true care means, what we define as essential versus optional, and who has access to it, questions of heightened importance at this moment of crisis and recovery.
Judkins Park Sound Transit: 听(School of Art + Art History + Design)
鈥淎 Walk in the Neighborhood,鈥� a public art installation by Barbara Earl Thomas, 鈥�73, 鈥�77, is the culmination of 12 years of creative development. It features illustrated glass panels that serve as dividers and windbreaks on the terminal platform. The imagery features people and elements from the neighborhood rendered in Thomas鈥檚 cut-paper style.
Through August 8 | ARTS at King Street Station: 听(School of Art + Art History + Design)
Vivian Cho is a visual designer and animator based in Seattle whose work includes themes of identity, nature, and digital nostalgia. Their practice is driven by curiosity and a love for experimentation, often exploring ways to synthesize 2D and 3D digital art with analog techniques. A recent graduate of the 糖心原创鈥檚 Visual Communication Design program, Vivian has previously worked as a motion design intern at Netflix and a visual designer at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery. Currently, they are a staff designer at ARCADE NW Publishing, while also continuing to develop their independent practice and personal design and animation projects. Related article by 糖心原创 Magazine: .
Engage with the 糖心原创 from Anywhere:
SUMMER READS:
听(Department of English)
Discover the latest books and creative achievements from the Department of English faculty.
(Department of English)
From captivating novels and memoirs to poetry, scholarship, and more, this collection showcases the breadth of alumni publications.
PODCASTS:
(Communication)
Lost Credits is a podcast that emerged from a single question: what happened to all of the Black girls that used to occupy our screens? Each episode invites listeners into the quest of two friends to find answers. Hosts Dr. Timeka Tounsel (UW Communication associate professor) and Dr. Ashleigh Greene Wade (Digital Studies, University of Virginia) draw on their expertise as Black feminist media scholars to offer fascinating insights about popular culture and the inner workings of Hollywood. Together, they examine Black girls鈥� representation in late-twentieth-century and new-millennium entertainment media. With equal doses of fan criticism and educational content, Lost Credits is designed for Black culture enthusiasts as well as students and teachers.
(School of Art + Art History + Design)
UW Professor Karen Cheng joins host and Design alum Jason Tselentis (MFA 2004), Head of Design at Winthrop University, to discuss Working Girl (1988). They discuss the cinematography, Harrison Ford鈥檚 character, and other movies that would pair well with Working Girl for a potential double feature.
Ways of Knowing, Season 2 (College of Arts & Sciences)
Faculty in the College of Arts & Sciences are facilitating critical conversations in the classroom and the sound booth! The second season of 鈥淲ays of Knowing,鈥� a podcast collaboration with The World According to Sound, spotlights eight Arts & Sciences faculty members whose research shapes our knowledge of the world in real time鈥攆rom digital humanities to mathematics to AI.
(Astronomy)
Researchers at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland have announced that they discovered a new subatomic particle. Roughly four times more massive than a standard proton, this short-lived piece of matter called 螢cc鈦�(Xi-cc-plus) is like an extra-heavy proton, researchers say. Physicist Hassan Jawahery joins Host Flora Lichtman to unpack how the particle was found, and what its discovery means for theoretical physics. Then, astronomer Eric Bellm describes a new alert system that could flag potentially significant changes in the southern night sky in real time. On its first night of testing at the Rubin Observatory in Chile, the system fired off 800,000 alerts.
听(Jackson School of International Studies)
Launched in 2021 with UW Professor Daniel Bessner and writer Derek Davison, 鈥淎merican Prestige,鈥� the winner of the 2025 Signal Awards 鈥渟ilver鈥� medal, offers an in-depth analysis of U.S. foreign policy and international affairs, and has featured guests such as actor Morgan Spector and HuffPost senior diplomatic correspondent Akbar Shahid Ahmed.
(Biology)
This is a podcast centered around the humans who study the myriad biological processes that shape our world, specifically, the humans who are students and faculty in the Department of Biology at the 糖心原创. They are scientists who study everything from the ways cells move through complex tissues to ancient communities of long-extinct mammals, from the ways plants interact with their surroundings to the ways bats fly and hummingbirds feed. Plunge into the vast world of biology, where students share paths to becoming scientists and the lessons they have learned along the way.
Podcast:听听(School of Drama)
A lively and opinionated cultural history of the Broadway Musical that tells the extraordinary story of how Immigrants, Jews, Queers, African-Americans, and other outcasts invented the Broadway Musical, and how they changed America in the process. In Season One, host David Armstrong traces the evolution of American Musical Theater from its birth at the dawn of the 20th Century, through its mid-century 鈥淕olden Age鈥�, and right up to its current 21st Century renaissance; and also explores how musicals have reflected and shaped our world 鈥� especially in regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, and equality.
STREAMING 2025-26 LECTURES AND PERFORMANCES:
The World (Cup) Comes to Seattle Lecture Series (Jackson School of International Studies)
The Global Sports Lab hosts an online series of talks and discussions featuring local and global experts to discuss the geopolitical, local, and sporting implications of the 2026 FIFA Men鈥檚 World Cup in Seattle.
Presented by Sean Jacobs, Professor and Director of the Graduate Program in International Affairs at The New School, and Martha Saavedra, former Associate Director of the Center for African Studies at UC Berkeley.
Presented by C茅sar Wazen, Director of the International Affairs Office at Qatar University.
Presented by Mary V. Harvey, Chief Executive at the Center for Sport and Human Rights; Maya Mendoza-Exstrom, Board Member of the SeattleFWC26 Local Organizing Committee, Chief Business Officer of Seattle Reign Football Club, and Chief Operating Officer of Seattle Sounders Football Club; Leo Flor, Chief Legacy Officer of the SeattleFWC26 Local Organizing Committee; and Anita Ramasastry, Henry M. Jackson Professor of Law and Director of the Sustainable International Development Graduate Program at the 糖心原创 School of Law.
Presented by Niki Akhavan, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Media and Communication Studies at The Catholic University of America.
Presented by Teresa Mosqueda, Councilmember of the Metropolitan King County Council, and Anita Ramasastry, Barer Chair and Professor of Law at the 糖心原创.
Presented by St茅phane Mourlane, Senior Lecturer, Aix-Marseille University; Yvan Gastaut, Lecturer, University of C么te d鈥橝zur; and Paul Dietschy, Professor, Marie and Louis Pasteur University.
Presented by Abdullah Al-Arian, Associate Professor of History, Georgetown University in Qatar.
Presented by Jen Barnes, Co-Chair of the Pride+ Match Impact Committee with SEA2026 and founder and CEO of both Rough & Tumble Pub and Salmon Bay FC.
听(Physics)
Building on the Department’s longtime commitment to public scholarship, the lecture series brings renowned scientists to UW to offer free lectures on exciting advances in physics with the goal of fostering an appreciation of science and technology in our community:
Nobel laureate David鈥疊aker discusses advanced protein design software and its use in developing molecules to address challenges in medicine, technology, and sustainability.
Dr. John Martinis, recipient of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics, presents 鈥淧rehistoric quantum bits: experiments testing the fundamental physics of superconducting quantum devices.鈥�
听(History)
Incarceration is a hotly debated topic in the United States, a country that has one of the highest rates of incarceration in the world. Looking at the practice from a historical perspective, what can incarceration teach us about who we were and who we are now? What might histories of incarceration, and the histories of those who have been incarcerated, tell us about power dynamics, belonging, exclusion, struggle, and hope across societies in the past and present? The 2026 History Lecture Series explores the practice of incarceration, tracing its evolution from antiquity to our modern world.
(Communication)
Kathleen Hall Jamieson is the Elizabeth Ware Packard Professor of Communication at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania, the Walter and Leonore Annenberg Director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania, and the cofounder of the fact-checking site FactCheck.org and its science subsite, SciCheck. In this lecture, Dr. Jamieson argues that scientists and science communicators would be well served by using a 鈥渕ental models鈥� approach to simultaneously increase consequential knowledge and reduce public susceptibility to misconceptions about controversial climate and health findings. By engaging audiences with visual, verbal, or animated models, this approach fosters an understanding of science that audiences can draw on to recognize and reject consequential misconceptions.
(Department of English)
Nationally-acclaimed poet and critic Ange Mlinko lecture, 鈥淲hen Poets Say Nothing,鈥� addresses the use of a negative mode in poetry, called apophasis or the apophatic. Her title itself is a clever pun that operates on several levels. Poets have always been accused of saying nothing much, of course. William Butler Yeats describes this accusation as a professional hazard; to be a poet is to 鈥淸b]e thought an idler by the noisy set / Of bankers, schoolmasters, and clergymen / The martyrs call the world.鈥� On a different level, though, it is equally true that poets themselves invoke the negative to create distinct artistic and intellectual effects from those of positive language. As Mlinko noted, the apophatic is historically connected to theology, with figures from the ancient world, such as Saint Augustine of Hippo, urging that a correct human understanding of God must always be tempered by humility. Humans cannot understand the divine, writes Augustine; if you think you understand something, you can be sure it is not God. Poets say nothing when nothing is precisely the thing that needs to be said.
(Department of Psychology)
Dr. Cynthia Berg presents a perspective on self- and social-regulation that guides her work across the lifespan. In addition to talking about transition points across the lifespan where coordination of self- and social-regulation are linked to diabetes outcomes 鈥� across adolescence, in young adulthood, and in late adulthood 鈥� she identifies interventions that help to optimize the coordination of self- and social-regulation.
(School of Art + Art History + Design)
Visual Communication Design faculty members Karen Cheng, Annabelle Gould, Chad P. Hall, and Kristine Matthews give a series of short presentations reflecting on the designers, projects, and ideas that have shaped their practices and design values鈥攆rom their time as students through their early careers. Their selections ranged from foundational texts on typography to inventive works, such as annual reports that document a designer鈥檚 year through charts and graphs. Watch the presentation recording to learn from these creative influencers.
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By bringing top minds from around the world to the 糖心原创 to teach and speak to the public, the UW Graduate School鈥檚 Office of Public Lectures takes big ideas and discoveries into the community and brings the community into scholarly life.
This talk invites audiences to explore five distinct perspectives on the political and cultural impact of the tournament鈥攐ffering a more nuanced, thought-provoking look at what the World Cup means for Seattle and the world.
From winning two Olympic gold medals and a World Cup championship to enduring a career-ending concussion that left her 鈥渢emporarily totally disabled鈥� and forced her to pawn her Olympic medals, Briana Scurry delivers a raw and inspiring account of resilience. With unflinching candor, she guides audiences through the soaring highs and devastating lows of her journey鈥攕haring a story of triumph, adversity, and ultimate redemption. Along the way, Scurry reflects on soccer’s global influence and the enduring significance of the World Cup, offering a deeply personal perspective on the sport that shaped her life and legacy.
Based on Alexis Pauline Gumbs鈥� forthcoming book of poetic indexes, this interactive poetic lecture explores the life, teaching, and artwork of color theorist Alma Thomas. Engaging themes of audience, intimacy, abstract expressionist art, and the dynamic relationship between Black women鈥檚 creativity and the process of being Earth, the lecture invites participants into a rhythmic dialogue of form, meaning, and presence.
In the shadow of an empire, in a world on fire, what if we could imagine 鈥� and build 鈥� otherwise? Crip feminist technoscience teaches us how to wield disabled, mad, neuroexpansive, crip, sick people鈥檚 wisdom as a vital tool for surviving now and thriving then. Disabled people know intimately how to strategically leverage legal and policy tools and know precisely the limitations of these tools and frameworks.
While World War I is often framed as a European conflict, its most far-reaching consequences were profoundly felt far beyond Europe鈥檚 borders. In the Middle East, the war sparked a sweeping political crisis that ultimately led to the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. In its wake, the European victors imposed new borders and mandates, carving the region into fragmented zones of imperial control and influence. But this was not merely a story of unchecked colonial dominance. In the postwar moment, a spectrum of fluid, intersecting anti-colonial movements emerged. Palestine became a key site in these struggles, as a racialized order of settler-colonial capitalism took shape under British rule. This talk locates those movements within the broader transition from British to American imperial ascendancy, contending that the political history of the region must be understood as integral to the global history of fossil capitalism. Moving beyond frameworks centered solely on empire, the talk examines how anti-colonial actors envisioned their futures within a rapidly transforming global system鈥攅ven as new hierarchies of race, empire, and capital were being redefined.
This talk explores the idea that the endurance of the rule of law in the United States relies not solely on the provisions of the Constitution鈥攊ts structural framework, the institutions it established, or the rights it enshrines鈥攂ut fundamentally on the character of its citizens. Qualities such as public-spiritedness, tolerance, moderation, empathy, mutual respect, a sense of fair play, and, ultimately, intelligence, honor, and decency form the foundation of constitutional democracy.
Join this lecture on reviving MLK鈥檚 vision of the beloved community鈥攚here inclusion, cultural goodwill, and nonviolence expand democracy beyond voting. Discover how these values can bridge today鈥檚 deep divides and strengthen the soul of American civic life.
Healthcare can be challenging for anyone鈥攂ut for older LGBTQ individuals, the barriers are often deeper and more complex. This engaging talk explores how thoughtful, inclusive communication can transform healthcare experiences, making every person feel truly seen, heard, and respected. Join us to learn how the words we choose and the ways we listen can foster trust, reduce disparities, and build a system that cares for everyone with dignity.
Is artificial intelligence on the brink of world domination? Have tech giants created autonomous thinking machines? Will AI render authors, artists, and other creatives obsolete? Are we entering an era where computers surpass humans in every way?
In this powerful and deeply personal talk, Dr. Uch茅 Blackstock explores the legacies that have shaped her journey鈥攂oth personal and institutional. She reflects on following in her mother鈥檚 footsteps to medical school, a path that made Dr. Blackstock and her twin sister the first Black mother-daughter legacy at the institution.
(Simpson Center for the Humanities)
The Katz Distinguished Lectures Playlist offers a rich, ever-growing archive to explore from anywhere, inviting you to engage with a wide range of thought-provoking topics.
Why do we turn to the past in order to confront the crises of the present? Michael Rothberg approaches this question from the perspective of “comparison controversies,” which occur when impassioned public debates emerge from provocative historical comparisons. Since October 7, 2023, political speeches, protests, magazine articles, and social media posts have generated controversy by connecting recent events in Israel and Gaza to the Holocaust. In this talk, Rothberg will consider post-October 7 examples in relation to a larger context of comparison controversies and a longer trajectory of Holocaust memory to reflect more generally on the possibilities and pitfalls of historical analogy.
The production and promotion of so-called 鈥淎I鈥� technology involves dehumanization on many fronts: the computational metaphor valorizes one kind of cognitive activity as 鈥渋ntelligence,鈥� devaluing many other aspects of human experience while taking an isolating, individualistic view of agency, ignoring the importance of communities and webs of relationships. Meanwhile, the purpose of humans is framed as labeling data or as interchangeable machine components. Data collected about people is understood as 鈥済round truth鈥� even while it lies about those people, especially marginalized people. In this talk, Bender will explore these processes of dehumanization and the vital role that the humanities have in resisting these trends by painting a deeper and richer picture of what it is to be human.
(Astronomy)
What will Rubin Observatory discover that no one鈥檚 expecting? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice learn and answer cosmic queries about the Vera Rubin Observatory, the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST), and our next big tool to uncover more about the universe with Zeljko Ivezic, Director of Rubin Observatory Construction.
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