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2025 Fall NACAC National College Fair Seattle: Meet the College of Arts & Sciences

Welcoming prospective undergraduate students and their families to learn about studying in the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Washington. Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: collegefairs@nacacnet.org. Event Types: Academics. Conferences. Exhibits. Information Sessions. Special Events. Target Audience: Prospective Undergraduate Students and Families. Friday, October 17, 2025, 9:00 AM – Saturday, October 18, 2025, 4:00 PM. For more info visit www.nacacattend.org.

Seminar: Andrés Carvajal (UC Davis)

Part of the Microeconomics Seminar Series, hosted by Xu Tan Title: Satisficing Matching Authors: Tina Danting Zhang, Ester Camina, and Andres Carvajal Abstract: We bring the notion of “satisficing” to matching theory and develop a weaker notion of stability. Satisficing behavior is an alternative to maximizing behavior, where instead of always going for the best, satisficers settle on something that is “good enough”. We say that a matching is satisficing if every agent is matched to an achievable partner. (An agent is achievable to another if they are matched in some stable matching.) We show that satisficing matchings have the following properties: (i) They are Pareto efficient; (ii) All women (men) weakly prefer the woman-optimal (man-optimal) stable matching to any satisficing matching; (iii) For any two satisficing matchings, there exist two couples, each formed under one of the two matchings, such that the agents in each couple have opposite preferences over the two matchings (weak decomposition);… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Campus room: SAV 410. Accessibility Contact: econdept@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Friday, October 17, 2025, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM.

Seminar: Fred Finan (UC Berkeley)

Part of the Joint Seminars in Development Economics Series, Hosted by Alan Griffith and Isabelle Cohen Title: Decoupling Taste-Based versus Statistical Discrimination in Elections Abstract: We present a methodology for decoupling taste-based versus statistical discrimination in political behavior. We combine a flexible empirical model of voting, featuring vertical and horizontal candidate differentiation in gender, ability, and policy positions, with a large-scale micro-targeted electoral experiment aimed at increasing female candidate vote shares. Our structural econometric approach allows to separately identify preference parameters driving taste-based discrimination and beliefs parameters driving statistical dis- crimination through expectations about ability and policy positions of female politicians. Our application to Brazilian municipal elections uncovers substantial levels of taste-based and statistical discrimination. Counterfactual political campaigns show promise in reducing both. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Campus room: SAV 410. Accessibility Contact: econdept@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Monday, October 20, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM.

Grad Student Brownbags: Yufei Liao

Part of the MTI Grad Student Brownbags. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Campus room: SAV 410. Accessibility Contact: econdept@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Tuesday, October 21, 2025, 11:10 AM – 12:10 PM.

The Big Read: Keynote Conversation with David J. Staley

This year’s featured author is David J. Staley, professor of history at The Ohio State University and author of Alternative Universities: Speculative Design for Innovation in Higher Education. In his work, Staley challenges us to reimagine higher education not as a fixed institution but as a space of continual transformation. What if students were required to major in three disparate subjects? What if universities placed play at the center of learning, or designed curricula around broad cognitive skills rather than departments? Through bold “What if?” questions, Staley opens the door to radical and inspiring visions for the university of the future. Professor Staley will be in conversation with UW College of Arts & Sciences Dean Dianne Harris. Together, they will explore how higher education might evolve and what possibilities lie ahead for universities like ours. This conversation connects directly to the College’s Rethinking the Academy initiative, inviting our community to think big-picture about the futu… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Student Union Building (HUB). Accessibility Contact: Greta Essig. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars. Special Events. Target Audience: UW students, faculty, and staff. Tuesday, October 21, 2025, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM. For more info visit artsci.washington.edu.

Grad Student Brownbag: Yvonne Ng

Part of the Labor and Development Grad Student Brownbags. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Campus room: SAV 311. Accessibility Contact: econdept@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Thursday, October 23, 2025, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.

Grad Student Brownbags: Yuhan Lee

Part of the MTI Grad Student Brownbags. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Campus room: SAV 410. Accessibility Contact: econdept@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Tuesday, October 28, 2025, 11:10 AM – 12:10 PM.

Faculty Brownbag: Yuya Takahashi

Title: Formula for Numerical Integral. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Accessibility Contact: econdept@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Tuesday, October 28, 2025, 12:20 PM – 1:20 PM.

Grad Student Brownbag: Matt Grimm

Part of the Microeconomics Grad Student Brownbags. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Campus room: SAV 410. Accessibility Contact: econdept@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Wednesday, October 29, 2025, 1:30 PM – 2:20 PM.

Grad Student Brownbag: Tsering Sherpa

Part of the Labor and Development Grad Student Brownbags. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Campus room: SAV 410. Accessibility Contact: econdept@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Thursday, October 30, 2025, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.

Grad Students Brownbag: Jiyoung Lee

Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Campus room: SAV 410. Accessibility Contact: econdept@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Tuesday, November 4, 2025, 11:10 AM – 12:10 PM.

Faculty Meeting

Faculty Meeting Agenda Faculty achievements , Chair announcements and updates , Dean’s Office Announcements , Other Department Announcements , Faculty Announcements , Discussion topics , Committee Updates , Graduate Committee , Undergraduate Committee , Diversity , Other faculty items. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Accessibility Contact: econdept@uw.edu. Event Types: Meetings. Tuesday, November 4, 2025, 12:20 PM – 1:20 PM.

Seminar: Yuichi Kitamura (Yale)

Part of the Econometrics Seminar Series, Hosted by Jackson Bunting Title: ESTIMATING STOCHASTIC BLOCK MODELS IN THE PRESENCE OF COVARIATES Authors: Yuichi Kitamura and Louise Laage Abstract: In the standard stochastic block model for networks, the probability of a connection between two nodes, often referred to as the edge probability, depends on the unobserved communities each of these nodes belongs to. We consider a flexible framework in which each edge probability, together with the probability of community assignment, are also impacted by observed covariates. We propose a computationally tractable two-step procedure to estimate the conditional edge probabilities as well as the community assignment probabilities. The first step relies on a spectral clustering algorithm applied to a localized adjacency matrix of the network. In the second step, k-nearest neighbor regression estimates are computed on the extracted communities. We study the statistical properties of these estimators by providing… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Campus room: SAV 410. Accessibility Contact: econdept@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Wednesday, November 5, 2025, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM.

Grad Student Brownbag: Ananya Diwakant

Part of the Labor and Development Grad Student Brownbags. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Campus room: SAV 410. Accessibility Contact: econdept@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Thursday, November 6, 2025, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.

Economics Prospective Student Info Session

Students who study economics learn to decode the systems that are a part of our everyday lives using models and a variety of social and economic data to analyze how decisions are made, and how limited resources are made, traded, and used. In this session, students will learn helpful information about the Department of Economics Undergraduate Program and its Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science majors. Students will also have an opportunity to meet with Department of Economics advisers, and get helpful tips on pursuing Economics as a major at the UW. This session will be offered online, via Zoom, at the following link:Join Zoom Meeting https://washington.zoom.us/j/98341973783 Meeting ID: 983 4197 3783 --- One tap mobile +12532158782,98341973783# US (Tacoma) +12063379723,98341973783# US (Seattle). Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/98341973783. Accessibility Contact: econadv@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Thursday, November 6, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM. For more info visit washington.zoom.us.

Grad Student Brownbag: Suvekshya Gautam

Part of the Labor and Development Grad Student Brownbags. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Campus room: SAV 410. Accessibility Contact: econdept@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Thursday, November 13, 2025, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.

Seminar: Arun Chandrasekhar (Stanford)

Part of the Joint Seminars in Development Economics Series, Hosted by Alan Griffith. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Campus room: SAV 410. Accessibility Contact: econdept@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Monday, November 17, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM.

Grad Student Brownbag: Eric Wang

Part of the MTI Grad Student Brownbags. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Campus room: SAV 410. Accessibility Contact: econdept@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Tuesday, November 18, 2025, 11:15 AM – 12:10 PM.

Grad Student Brownbag: Dhongkyu Yoon

Part of the Microeconomics Grad Student Brownbags. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Campus room: SAV 410. Accessibility Contact: econdept@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Wednesday, November 19, 2025, 1:30 PM – 2:20 PM.

Grad Student Brownbag: Erik Anderson

Part of the Labor and Development Grad Student Brownbags. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Campus room: SAV 410. Accessibility Contact: econdept@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Thursday, November 20, 2025, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.

Economics Prospective Student Info Session

Students who study economics learn to decode the systems that are a part of our everyday lives using models and a variety of social and economic data to analyze how decisions are made, and how limited resources are made, traded, and used. In this session, students will learn helpful information about the Department of Economics Undergraduate Program and its Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science majors. Students will also have an opportunity to meet with Department of Economics advisers, and get helpful tips on pursuing Economics as a major at the UW. This session will be offered online, via Zoom, at the following link:Join Zoom Meeting https://washington.zoom.us/j/92985892517 Meeting ID: 929 8589 2517 --- One tap mobile +12532158782,92985892517# US (Tacoma) +12063379723,92985892517# US (Seattle). Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/92985892517. Accessibility Contact: econadv@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Thursday, November 20, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM. For more info visit washington.zoom.us.

Grad Student Brownbag: Saya Ikegawa

Part of the MTI Grad Student Brownbags. Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: Online via zoom. Accessibility Contact: econdept@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Tuesday, November 25, 2025, 11:10 AM – 12:10 PM.

Grad Student Brownbag: Zahra Khanalizadeth

Part of the Labor and Development Grad Student Brownbags. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Campus room: SAV 410. Accessibility Contact: econdept@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Thursday, November 27, 2025, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.

Seminar: Resem Makan (Case Western Reserve University)

Part of the Joint Seminars in Development Economics Series, Hosted by Alan Griffith and Rachel Heath. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Campus room: SAV 410. Accessibility Contact: econdept@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Monday, December 1, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM.

Faculty Meeting

Faculty Meeting Agenda Faculty achievements , Chair announcements and updates , Dean’s Office Announcements , Other Department Announcements , Faculty Announcements , Discussion topics , Committee Updates , Graduate Committee , Undergraduate Committee , Diversity , Other faculty items. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Accessibility Contact: econdept@uw.edu. Event Types: Meetings. Tuesday, December 2, 2025, 12:20 PM – 1:20 PM.

Seminar: Rafael Dix-Carneiro (Duke)

Part of the Macroeconomics and International Economics Seminars Series, Hosted by Brian Greaney. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Campus room: SAV 410. Accessibility Contact: econdept@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Tuesday, December 2, 2025, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM.

Seminar: Ismael Mourifie (WashU)

Part of the Econometrics Seminar Series, Hosted by Jackson Bunting. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Campus room: SAV 410. Accessibility Contact: econdept@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Wednesday, December 3, 2025, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM.

Grad Student Brownbag: Rafia Nisat

Part of the Labor and Development Grad Student Brownbags. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Campus room: SAV 410. Accessibility Contact: econdept@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Thursday, December 4, 2025, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.

Economics Prospective Student Info Session

Students who study economics learn to decode the systems that are a part of our everyday lives using models and a variety of social and economic data to analyze how decisions are made, and how limited resources are made, traded, and used. In this session, students will learn helpful information about the Department of Economics Undergraduate Program and its Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science majors. Students will also have an opportunity to meet with Department of Economics advisers, and get helpful tips on pursuing Economics as a major at the UW. This session will be offered online, via Zoom, at the following link:Join Zoom Meeting https://washington.zoom.us/j/98341973783 Meeting ID: 983 4197 3783 --- One tap mobile +12532158782,98341973783# US (Tacoma) +12063379723,98341973783# US (Seattle). Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/98341973783. Accessibility Contact: econadv@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Thursday, December 4, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM. For more info visit washington.zoom.us.

Grad Student Brownbag: Manya Malik

Part of the Labor and Development Grad Student Brownbags. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Campus room: SAV 410. Accessibility Contact: econdept@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Thursday, December 11, 2025, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.

Economics Prospective Student Info Session

Students who study economics learn to decode the systems that are a part of our everyday lives using models and a variety of social and economic data to analyze how decisions are made, and how limited resources are made, traded, and used. In this session, students will learn helpful information about the Department of Economics Undergraduate Program and its Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science majors. Students will also have an opportunity to meet with Department of Economics advisers, and get helpful tips on pursuing Economics as a major at the UW. This session will be offered online, via Zoom, at the following link:Join Zoom Meeting https://washington.zoom.us/j/92985892517 Meeting ID: 929 8589 2517 --- One tap mobile +12532158782,92985892517# US (Tacoma) +12063379723,92985892517# US (Seattle). Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/92985892517. Accessibility Contact: econadv@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Thursday, December 18, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM. For more info visit washington.zoom.us.

Economics Prospective Student Info Session

Students who study economics learn to decode the systems that are a part of our everyday lives using models and a variety of social and economic data to analyze how decisions are made, and how limited resources are made, traded, and used. In this session, students will learn helpful information about the Department of Economics Undergraduate Program and its Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science majors. Students will also have an opportunity to meet with Department of Economics advisers, and get helpful tips on pursuing Economics as a major at the UW. This session will be offered online, via Zoom, at the following link:Join Zoom Meeting https://washington.zoom.us/j/98341973783 Meeting ID: 983 4197 3783 --- One tap mobile +12532158782,98341973783# US (Tacoma) +12063379723,98341973783# US (Seattle). Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/98341973783. Accessibility Contact: econadv@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Thursday, January 1, 2026, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM. For more info visit washington.zoom.us.

Faculty Meeting

Faculty Meeting Agenda Faculty achievements , Chair announcements and updates , Dean’s Office Announcements , Other Department Announcements , Faculty Announcements , Discussion topics , Committee Updates , Graduate Committee , Undergraduate Committee , Diversity , Other faculty items. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Accessibility Contact: econdept@uw.edu. Event Types: Meetings. Tuesday, January 6, 2026, 12:20 PM – 1:20 PM.

Faculty Brownbag: Rachel Heath

Title: A statistical methodology for assessing firm heterogeneity in low-income countries. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Accessibility Contact: econdept@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Tuesday, January 13, 2026, 12:20 PM – 1:20 PM.

Economics Prospective Student Info Session

Students who study economics learn to decode the systems that are a part of our everyday lives using models and a variety of social and economic data to analyze how decisions are made, and how limited resources are made, traded, and used. In this session, students will learn helpful information about the Department of Economics Undergraduate Program and its Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science majors. Students will also have an opportunity to meet with Department of Economics advisers, and get helpful tips on pursuing Economics as a major at the UW. This session will be offered online, via Zoom, at the following link:Join Zoom Meeting https://washington.zoom.us/j/92985892517 Meeting ID: 929 8589 2517 --- One tap mobile +12532158782,92985892517# US (Tacoma) +12063379723,92985892517# US (Seattle). Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/92985892517. Accessibility Contact: econadv@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Thursday, January 15, 2026, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM. For more info visit washington.zoom.us.