Micro:bit Experiences: Weekly research group at UW
Join CREATE faculty members Tom Ball and Paul Dietz in an international effort to build tools that empower kids (preK–12) to make highly creative experiences for others using the BBC micro:bit.
Micro:bit. Experiences is open to all students, staff and faculty and others interested in education, experience design, AI, software, hardware, etc.
Weekly on Fridays (Autumn quarter 2026), Feel free to bring a lunch, For more information, contact Tom Ball or Paul Dietz, We aim to empower kids (preK-12) to make wildly creative, physical experiences for others using the BBC micro:bit. Experiences like animatronic shows, puzzle rooms, haunted houses, mini golf courses, and all sorts of interactive, immersive environments. It's crazy fun, but with a very serious purpose. In an era of AI, it's too easy to focus on how to use these amazing tools rather than thinking about what you do with them. Creating compelling innovation comes from practice - building lots of things and seeing how people respond to them.
If this…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering (CSE). Campus room: 503. Accessibility Contact: phdietz@uw.edu. Event Types: Diversity Equity Inclusion. Meetings. Student Activities. Target Audience: All students, staff & faculty interested in education, experience design, AI, software, hardware.
Friday, October 30, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
A&A Monday Seminar with NASA's Nathan Curtis (with WA Space Grant)
Online, but also viewable from GUG 218 with a social mixer following.
The Washington NASA Space Grant Consortium invites you to attend our Community Learning Webinar featuring Nathan Curtis, Natural Environments and Vehicle Management Post‑Flight Data Analysis Lead at Marshall Spaceflight Center.
Launching Dreams: A First-Gen Student’s Journey to NASA
About the speaker: Nathan Curtis from NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center will highlight his journey from being a first‑generation college student at Indiana University to working on the Space Launch System (SLS) and the Artemis program. This presentation will explore both the challenges and successes encountered along the way and will provide an overview of Curtis’ work on SLS as the Natural Environments and Vehicle Management Post‑Flight Data Analysis lead.
We look forward to having you join us for this event. Please contact nasa@uw.edu if you have questions about this event.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Guggenheim Hall (GUG). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_OYCqR5xSTZKqL-BqLie4MA#/registration. Campus room: 218. Accessibility Contact: nasa@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Lectures/Seminars.
Monday, November 2, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM.
Master of Science in HCDE: Information Session
Interested in learning more about the Master of Science in Human Centered Design & Engineering?
This session will provide an overview of the degree program, including curriculum, admissions requirements, and application, with time to meet with current students at the end.
RSVP here ».
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Alex Llapitan. Event Types: Information Sessions. Target Audience: Prospective HCDE Master's Students.
Wednesday, November 4, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
For more info visit engrwashington.event451.sites.451.io. AiiCE Book Club: Interface Frictions: How Digital Debility Reshapes Our Bodies
AiiCE is excited to announce our next book club! We’re looking forward to reading Interface Frictions: How Digital Debility Reshapes Our Bodies by Neta Alexander.
The book club will be held on Thursdays, October 22nd, 2026 through November 5th at 10-11 am PST (1-2 pm EST).
Format:
We’ll meet over Zoom to discuss selected sections of the book. Before each session, we will share reflection questions to discuss in small- or large-group conversations. While we encourage you to attend all sessions, we understand life gets busy!
We have limited funding to provide a book voucher to individuals who don’t otherwise have funds for a book and who reside, work, or study in the US. Indicate that you’d like a book voucher on your registration.
Important note: When you register for this book club, you only need to register once. You will not need to register for each session individually. If you would like to receive calendar invitations, select the option to have them sent to you at the end of the registration…
Event interval: Ongoing event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/95374768887. Accessibility Contact: doit@uw.edu. Event Types: Meetings. Target Audience: Anyone interested in accessibility in computing education.
Thursday, November 5, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM.
Zoom.
Distinguished Lecture Series: Cynthia Dwork (Harvard) - Indistinguishability: The Stuff of Magic
CS theory has given us many magical concepts, such as zero-knowledge proofs, pseudo-randomness, privacy-preserving data analysis, and public-key cryptography. These, and many others, share a common thread: their very definitions are based on indistinguishability, a core concept in complexity theory. Indistinguishability is a form of impossibility: encryptions of zero cannot be distinguished from encryptions of one; outputs of an analysis operating on a dataset D cannot be distinguished from outputs of an analysis operating on D-without-Me (or D-without-You). It is remarkable that this negative notion has proven to be such a generous instrument of algorithmic power. We will survey several flavors of indistinguishability and some recent, novel, applications. BIO, Cynthia Dwork, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science at Harvard and affiliated faculty at Harvard Law School and Department of Statistics, is known for her foundational role in the invention and development of differential privacy, non-malleable…
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: dso@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, November 5, 2026, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM.
Gates Center (CSE2), G20 | Amazon Auditorium.
For more info visit www.cs.washington.edu. HCDE Research Speaker Series: Sharon Heung, "Towards Designing Safer Platforms: Understanding and Mitigating Ableism On Social Media"
Join the UW Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering for a research talk with Postdoctoral scholar Sharon Heung as part of the HCDE Research Speaker Series.
Towards Designing Safer Platforms: Understanding and Mitigating Ableism On Social Media
Building safer social media platforms starts with designing for those most at risk of harm. Disabled people represent one-sixth of the world’s population and are disproportionately likely to experience hate online, yet research on their experiences of ableism (disability-specific discrimination) remains limited. My dissertation addresses this gap by asking: how do disabled people experience ableism online, and how might we design AI-based approaches to mitigate the harm?
In this talk, I will present studies that follow a human-centered design process, first empirically understanding ableism online and then using those findings to inform new AI-based moderation approaches. I will begin with two studies on how disabled people experience ableist…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Sieg Building (SIG). Campus room: 134 Sieg Building. Accessibility Contact: hcdehelp@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, November 5, 2026, 4:30 PM – 5:20 PM.
For more info visit www.hcde.washington.edu. Micro:bit Experiences: Weekly research group at UW
Join CREATE faculty members Tom Ball and Paul Dietz in an international effort to build tools that empower kids (preK–12) to make highly creative experiences for others using the BBC micro:bit.
Micro:bit. Experiences is open to all students, staff and faculty and others interested in education, experience design, AI, software, hardware, etc.
Weekly on Fridays (Autumn quarter 2026), Feel free to bring a lunch, For more information, contact Tom Ball or Paul Dietz, We aim to empower kids (preK-12) to make wildly creative, physical experiences for others using the BBC micro:bit. Experiences like animatronic shows, puzzle rooms, haunted houses, mini golf courses, and all sorts of interactive, immersive environments. It's crazy fun, but with a very serious purpose. In an era of AI, it's too easy to focus on how to use these amazing tools rather than thinking about what you do with them. Creating compelling innovation comes from practice - building lots of things and seeing how people respond to them.
If this…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering (CSE). Campus room: 503. Accessibility Contact: phdietz@uw.edu. Event Types: Diversity Equity Inclusion. Meetings. Student Activities. Target Audience: All students, staff & faculty interested in education, experience design, AI, software, hardware.
Friday, November 6, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
A&A Monday Seminar with Philippe Spalart, Flexcompute
A philosophy of turbulence modeling, Abstract
After a long career we discuss both the social and the technical aspects of turbulence modeling. Socially, the author of a successful model becomes responsible to the CFD community for writing clear and complete papers; for motivating the decisions made as much as is possible; for reporting errors; for examining critical comments and proposals of improvements; for avoiding a proliferation of versions; and for persistently thinking of improvements that could become the new "official version." Technically, we outline the many constraints a model must obey, both for the physics and the numerics. We look at the sources of ideas and the sources of data, and discuss the wisdom of having a single model, or a range of versions.
Bio
Philippe Spalart studied Mathematics and Engineering in Paris, and obtained an Aerospace PhD at Stanford/NASA-Ames in 1982. Still at Ames, he conducted Direct Numerical Simulations of transitional and turbulent boundary layers. Moving to…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Guggenheim Hall (GUG). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/93258516397. Campus room: 218. Accessibility Contact: aafrontdesk@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics.
Monday, November 9, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM.
☀️ Powering Progress, Changing the Climate Symposium — Clean Energy Institute
At the inaugural Powering Progress, Changing the Climate Symposium, hosted by the UW Clean Energy Institute (CEI), join leaders and innovators in academia, business, government, and philanthropy to explore how to:Accelerate deployment of transformative clean energy technologies and policies for the public good, Forge cross-sector alliances that are agile, inclusive, and built to last, Reignite leadership commitment to clean energy innovation, Speakers include President Jones, Professor David Baker (keynote), former WA Governor Jay Inslee, former U.S Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, former U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, world-leading clean energy/materials researchers, climate tech business leaders, CEI Member Faculty, and CEI Graduate Fellow alumni.
Register via UW TouchNet. UW students, faculty, and staff: contact uwcei@uw.edu for a registration code.
Doors 8:30 am | Reception 5:00 pm in HUB Lyceum.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Student Union Building (HUB). Campus room: HUB South Ballroom. Accessibility Contact: ofreed1@uw.edu. Event Types: Special Events.
Tuesday, November 10, 2026, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
For more info visit www.cei.washington.edu. MSE Applied Master's Program Info Session
Is an M.S. in MSE right for you? Are you interested in pursuing a practice-oriented degree involving research projects or internships in industry?
Join us for a virtual info session to learn about the materials science and engineering program! UW MSE offers a broad selection of courses and a diverse group of faculty mentors. Tailor our program to fit your needs and establish your own desired expertise.
RSVP to receive the meeting link: https://bit.ly/4B7TtZS.
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://engrwashington.event451.sites.451.io/event/engrwashington.events.2070735. Accessibility Contact: Karen Wetterhahn, karenlw@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions.
Tuesday, November 10, 2026, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
For more info visit engrwashington.event451.sites.451.io. Veterans Day
Holidays
No classes. Most University offices and buildings are closed. Check with specific offices to confirm.
Event interval: Single day event. Year: 2026. Quarter: Autumn. Event Types: Academics.
Wednesday, November 11, 2026.
For more info visit www.washington.edu. Distinguished Lecture Series: Leo Porter (UC San Diego) - Title forthcoming
Abstract is forthcoming.
Bio: Leo Porter is a Professor of Computer Science at UC San Diego interested in computer science education research and computer architecture. He co-founded the Computing Education Research Laboratory dedicated to better understanding how students learn computing and creating instructional environments where students can succeed. He also co-founded and co-direct the GenAI in CS Education Consortium whose mission is to help educators integrate GenAI into the computer science curriculum.
This lecture will be recorded and streamed live on the Allen School's YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@uwcse), unless otherwise noted. The link will be available on that page one hour prior to the event.
The University of Washington is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation in its services, programs, activities, education and employment for individuals with disabilities. Live captioning will be provided for this event. To request disability…
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: dso@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, November 12, 2026, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM.
Gates Center (CSE2), G20 | Amazon Auditorium.
For more info visit www.cs.washington.edu. HCDE Research Speaker Series: Cindy Atman
Join the UW Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering for a research talk with Professor Cindy Atman as part of the HCDE Research Speaker Series.
Additional details about the talk will be added as they become available.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Sieg Building (SIG). Campus room: 134 Sieg Building. Accessibility Contact: hcdehelp@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, November 12, 2026, 4:30 PM – 5:20 PM.
For more info visit www.hcde.washington.edu. Micro:bit Experiences: Weekly research group at UW
Join CREATE faculty members Tom Ball and Paul Dietz in an international effort to build tools that empower kids (preK–12) to make highly creative experiences for others using the BBC micro:bit.
Micro:bit. Experiences is open to all students, staff and faculty and others interested in education, experience design, AI, software, hardware, etc.
Weekly on Fridays (Autumn quarter 2026), Feel free to bring a lunch, For more information, contact Tom Ball or Paul Dietz, We aim to empower kids (preK-12) to make wildly creative, physical experiences for others using the BBC micro:bit. Experiences like animatronic shows, puzzle rooms, haunted houses, mini golf courses, and all sorts of interactive, immersive environments. It's crazy fun, but with a very serious purpose. In an era of AI, it's too easy to focus on how to use these amazing tools rather than thinking about what you do with them. Creating compelling innovation comes from practice - building lots of things and seeing how people respond to them.
If this…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering (CSE). Campus room: 503. Accessibility Contact: phdietz@uw.edu. Event Types: Diversity Equity Inclusion. Meetings. Student Activities. Target Audience: All students, staff & faculty interested in education, experience design, AI, software, hardware.
Friday, November 13, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Information Session: Bachelor of Science in HCDE
Are you a prospective student interested in learning about the undergraduate program in Human Centered Design & Engineering? Join our undergraduate peer advisors for an overview of the program, curriculum, and application process.
Bring your questions and join us!
Note: You will need to be logged into a Zoom account and will need to register using the Zoom URL above to join this event.
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/meeting/register/mWXNMVGTSIK1FcGYMp4CfQ. Campus room: Virtual. Accessibility Contact: Meghan Oxley, what@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Information Sessions. Student Activities. Target Audience: Prospective students interested in learning more about applying to the HCDE BS program.
Monday, November 16, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
A&A Monday Seminar with Fiona Spencer, UW Applied Physics Lab
High-performance mixing in a novel chemical rocket engine, Abstract
A conventional liquid rocket engine mixes its propellants through an injector plate, a showerhead of hundreds of small elements that is among the most complex, costly, and failure-prone parts of the engine, and whose face sits exactly where chamber acoustics couple to heat release. This talk examines a different approach: inject fuel and oxidizer as two radial wall jets near the upstream end of the chamber and let the chamber-scale counter-rotating vortex pair they spin up do the mixing. The idea is motivated by results from pulsed chemical lasers, confined transverse-jet experiments, and the UW rotating detonation engine.
Using direct numerical simulation and large-eddy simulation of inert surrogate propellants, together with confined mixing theory, I will show that the vortex pair produces a nearly uniform mixture within about one chamber diameter of the inlets, with concentration fluctuations decaying as the theory predicts and no…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Guggenheim Hall (GUG). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/93258516397. Campus room: 218. Accessibility Contact: aafrontdesk@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics.
Monday, November 16, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM.
ChemE Department Seminar Series: Frank S. Bates
Please join us for a reception following the talk, from 5-6 p.m. in the Benson Hall Lobby. , Presentation title: Bottlebrush Block Copolymer Prevents Disease Onset in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Abstract: Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a rare genetic disorder that appears in about 3,600 newborn boys in the US annually. This progressive degenerative muscle disease leads to disability and death as the afflicted individual matures to adult age. My colleagues and I have discovered that a bottlebrush (BB) version of poly(ethylene oxide-b-propylene oxide) block copolymer, a variation on commercial compounds known as Poloxamers, has a remarkable effect on genetically modified DMD mice. These results will be discussed in the context of recent studies dealing with the interaction of Poloxamer triblock copolymers with model lipid bilayers and comparison with the new BB diblock compound.
Bio: Frank S. Bates is a Regents Professor and a member of the Chemical Engineering and Materials Science department at the…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Johnson Hall (JHN). Campus room: JHN 075. Accessibility Contact: dso@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Tuesday, November 17, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
Building the Forth Bridge: Construction Lecture Series with Paul Giroux
Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2026, 4:30 to 6 p.m.
Hans Rosling Center for Population Health, Room 155
Free and open to all. Pizza will be served.
RSVP to attend. About the talk
In the late 1800s, the Firth of Forth, a two-mile-wide estuary in Scotland, stood between Edinburgh and the Highlands. Spanning it took record-setting foundations, new construction methods built for harsh conditions and a material just coming into its own: steel. Sir Benjamin Baker, Sir John Fowler and Sir William Arrol took on the challenge in 1882, drawing on the success of the Eads Bridge and lessons from the Tay Bridge disaster. Completed in 1890, the Forth Bridge pioneered the cantilever method and shaped bridge engineering for the century that followed.
About the speaker
Paul Giroux, a Distinguished Member of ASCE and a member of the National Academy of Construction, will tell the story of how it was built. Known for his detailed animations, he walks audiences through the methods builders used, why they chose them and the people behind…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Hans Rosling Center for Population Health (HRC). Campus room: HRC Population Health, Room 155. Accessibility Contact: stmuench@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Student Activities. Special Events.
Tuesday, November 17, 2026, 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM.
For more info visit forms.cloud.microsoft. AccessComputing Webinar: Take a Tour of Tech Unlimited's LEV
We invite you to join an upcoming webinar hosted by AccessComputing on Wednesday, November 18th, from 11am PT (2pm EST) to 12pm PT (3pm EST).
Abstract: Tech Unlimited (TU, formerly Tech Kids Unlimited) is an educational non-profit that designs programs for students who learn and think differently and we are honored to share our latest project, LEV. LEV is a new free library of ready-to-use art and tech lessons that TU developed with a team of educators and social workers, to meet the needs of our neurodiverse students. LEV stands for Learning, Exploration, and Versatility and is grounded in established frameworks and pedagogies, including Social Emotional Learning, Universal Design for Learning, and Project-Based Learning. For this webinar, we will introduce the tools of LEV, provide background on our intentions and decisions regarding the curriculum design, and explore how we've included TU's "Best Practices." We are also excited to share a brief on the lessons learned this summer during curriculum…
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/95140695622. Accessibility Contact: accesscomp@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Wednesday, November 18, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
Zoom.
Master of Science in HCDE: Information Session
Interested in learning more about the Master of Science in Human Centered Design & Engineering?
This session will provide an overview of the degree program, including curriculum, admissions requirements, and application, with time to meet with current students at the end.
RSVP here ».
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Alex Llapitan. Event Types: Information Sessions. Target Audience: Prospective HCDE Master's Students.
Wednesday, November 18, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
For more info visit engrwashington.event451.sites.451.io. Distinguished Lecture Series: Léon Bottou (Flatiron Institute) - The Fiction Machine
Imagine a machine that can read a story and generate a meaningful continuation, that is, one that complies with the narrative demands of the story and makes sense to a meaningful fraction of the readers. Because what is true in the world of the story needs not be true in our world, this machine cannot be expected to say the truth. It only knows narrative necessity. This machine is of course an idealized model of modern AI systems, from language models and chatbots to movie generation. It is also an opportunity to formulate important questions and sometimes catch a glimpse of their answers. How can we define such a machine more rigorously? What can it compute? How does it compare to logic and mathematical reasoning? Can it be used to make inferences about our world even though its output is not constrained by what is true in our world? Such questions are not only relevant to artificial intelligence, but also useful to understand certain aspects of human intelligence and society.
Bio:
Léon Bottou received the…
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: dso@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, November 19, 2026, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM.
Gates Center (CSE2), G20 | Amazon Auditorium.
For more info visit www.cs.washington.edu. HCDE Research Speaker Series: Jin Yu
Join the UW Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering for a research talk with Dr. Jin Yu, Postdoctoral Fellow at Simon Fraser University, as part of the HCDE Research Speaker Series.
Additional details about the talk will be added as they become available.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Sieg Building (SIG). Campus room: 134 Sieg Building. Accessibility Contact: hcdehelp@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, November 19, 2026, 4:30 PM – 5:20 PM.
For more info visit www.hcde.washington.edu. Micro:bit Experiences: Weekly research group at UW
Join CREATE faculty members Tom Ball and Paul Dietz in an international effort to build tools that empower kids (preK–12) to make highly creative experiences for others using the BBC micro:bit.
Micro:bit. Experiences is open to all students, staff and faculty and others interested in education, experience design, AI, software, hardware, etc.
Weekly on Fridays (Autumn quarter 2026), Feel free to bring a lunch, For more information, contact Tom Ball or Paul Dietz, We aim to empower kids (preK-12) to make wildly creative, physical experiences for others using the BBC micro:bit. Experiences like animatronic shows, puzzle rooms, haunted houses, mini golf courses, and all sorts of interactive, immersive environments. It's crazy fun, but with a very serious purpose. In an era of AI, it's too easy to focus on how to use these amazing tools rather than thinking about what you do with them. Creating compelling innovation comes from practice - building lots of things and seeing how people respond to them.
If this…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering (CSE). Campus room: 503. Accessibility Contact: phdietz@uw.edu. Event Types: Diversity Equity Inclusion. Meetings. Student Activities. Target Audience: All students, staff & faculty interested in education, experience design, AI, software, hardware.
Friday, November 20, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
A&A Monday Seminar
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Guggenheim Hall (GUG). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/93258516397. Campus room: 218. Accessibility Contact: aafrontdesk@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics.
Monday, November 23, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM.
Thanksgiving Day
Holidays
No classes. Most University offices and buildings are closed. Check with specific offices to confirm.
Event interval: Single day event. Year: 2026. Quarter: Autumn. Event Types: Academics.
Thursday, November 26, 2026.
For more info visit www.washington.edu. Native American Heritage Day
Holidays
No classes. Most University offices and buildings are closed. Check with specific offices to confirm.
Event interval: Single day event. Year: 2026. Quarter: Autumn. Event Types: Academics.
Friday, November 27, 2026.
For more info visit www.washington.edu. Micro:bit Experiences: Weekly research group at UW
Join CREATE faculty members Tom Ball and Paul Dietz in an international effort to build tools that empower kids (preK–12) to make highly creative experiences for others using the BBC micro:bit.
Micro:bit. Experiences is open to all students, staff and faculty and others interested in education, experience design, AI, software, hardware, etc.
Weekly on Fridays (Autumn quarter 2026), Feel free to bring a lunch, For more information, contact Tom Ball or Paul Dietz, We aim to empower kids (preK-12) to make wildly creative, physical experiences for others using the BBC micro:bit. Experiences like animatronic shows, puzzle rooms, haunted houses, mini golf courses, and all sorts of interactive, immersive environments. It's crazy fun, but with a very serious purpose. In an era of AI, it's too easy to focus on how to use these amazing tools rather than thinking about what you do with them. Creating compelling innovation comes from practice - building lots of things and seeing how people respond to them.
If this…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering (CSE). Campus room: 503. Accessibility Contact: phdietz@uw.edu. Event Types: Diversity Equity Inclusion. Meetings. Student Activities. Target Audience: All students, staff & faculty interested in education, experience design, AI, software, hardware.
Friday, November 27, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
A&A Monday Seminar
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Guggenheim Hall (GUG). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/93258516397. Campus room: 218. Accessibility Contact: aafrontdesk@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics.
Monday, November 30, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM.
Master of Science in HCDE: Information Session
Interested in learning more about the Master of Science in Human Centered Design & Engineering?
This session will provide an overview of the degree program, including curriculum, admissions requirements, and application, with time to meet with current students at the end.
RSVP here ».
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Alex Llapitan. Event Types: Information Sessions. Target Audience: Prospective HCDE Master's Students.
Wednesday, December 2, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
For more info visit engrwashington.event451.sites.451.io. HCDE Research Speaker Series: Sean Munson
Join the UW Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering for a research talk with Professor Sean Munson as part of the HCDE Research Speaker Series.
Additional details about the talk will be added as they become available.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Sieg Building (SIG). Campus room: 134 Sieg Building. Accessibility Contact: hcdehelp@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, December 3, 2026, 4:30 PM – 5:20 PM.
For more info visit www.hcde.washington.edu. Micro:bit Experiences: Weekly research group at UW
Join CREATE faculty members Tom Ball and Paul Dietz in an international effort to build tools that empower kids (preK–12) to make highly creative experiences for others using the BBC micro:bit.
Micro:bit. Experiences is open to all students, staff and faculty and others interested in education, experience design, AI, software, hardware, etc.
Weekly on Fridays (Autumn quarter 2026), Feel free to bring a lunch, For more information, contact Tom Ball or Paul Dietz, We aim to empower kids (preK-12) to make wildly creative, physical experiences for others using the BBC micro:bit. Experiences like animatronic shows, puzzle rooms, haunted houses, mini golf courses, and all sorts of interactive, immersive environments. It's crazy fun, but with a very serious purpose. In an era of AI, it's too easy to focus on how to use these amazing tools rather than thinking about what you do with them. Creating compelling innovation comes from practice - building lots of things and seeing how people respond to them.
If this…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering (CSE). Campus room: 503. Accessibility Contact: phdietz@uw.edu. Event Types: Diversity Equity Inclusion. Meetings. Student Activities. Target Audience: All students, staff & faculty interested in education, experience design, AI, software, hardware.
Friday, December 4, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
A&A Monday Seminar
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Guggenheim Hall (GUG). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/93258516397. Campus room: 218. Accessibility Contact: aafrontdesk@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics.
Monday, December 7, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM.
Drop-In Advising: Prospective HCDE BS Transfer Students
Are you a prospective transfer student interested in learning about the undergraduate program in Human Centered Design & Engineering? Join our undergraduate peer advisers to learn more about HCDE and discuss any questions you may have about applying to HCDE as a transfer student.
This event is part of UW's Transfer Student Preview Day.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Sieg Building (SIG). Campus room: Sieg 423. Accessibility Contact: Meghan Oxley, what@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Target Audience: Prospective transfer students interested in learning more about applying to the HCDE BS program.
Thursday, December 10, 2026, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
Drop-In Advising: Prospective HCDE BS Transfer Students
Are you a prospective transfer student interested in learning about the undergraduate program in Human Centered Design & Engineering? Join our undergraduate peer advisers to learn more about HCDE and discuss any questions you may have about applying to HCDE as a transfer student.
This event is part of UW's Transfer Student Preview Day.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Sieg Building (SIG). Campus room: Sieg 423. Accessibility Contact: Meghan Oxley, what@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Target Audience: Prospective transfer students interested in learning more about applying to the HCDE BS program.
Thursday, December 10, 2026, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM.
HCDE Research Speaker Series: Mark Zachry
Join the UW Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering for a research talk with Professor Mark Zachry as part of the HCDE Research Speaker Series.
Additional details about the talk will be added as they become available.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Sieg Building (SIG). Campus room: 134 Sieg Building. Accessibility Contact: hcdehelp@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, December 10, 2026, 4:30 PM – 5:20 PM.
For more info visit www.hcde.washington.edu. Instruction Ends - Autumn 2026
Instruction ends.
Event interval: Single day event. Year: 2026. Quarter: Autumn. Event Types: Academics.
Friday, December 11, 2026.
For more info visit www.washington.edu. Micro:bit Experiences: Weekly research group at UW
Join CREATE faculty members Tom Ball and Paul Dietz in an international effort to build tools that empower kids (preK–12) to make highly creative experiences for others using the BBC micro:bit.
Micro:bit. Experiences is open to all students, staff and faculty and others interested in education, experience design, AI, software, hardware, etc.
Weekly on Fridays (Autumn quarter 2026), Feel free to bring a lunch, For more information, contact Tom Ball or Paul Dietz, We aim to empower kids (preK-12) to make wildly creative, physical experiences for others using the BBC micro:bit. Experiences like animatronic shows, puzzle rooms, haunted houses, mini golf courses, and all sorts of interactive, immersive environments. It's crazy fun, but with a very serious purpose. In an era of AI, it's too easy to focus on how to use these amazing tools rather than thinking about what you do with them. Creating compelling innovation comes from practice - building lots of things and seeing how people respond to them.
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Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering (CSE). Campus room: 503. Accessibility Contact: phdietz@uw.edu. Event Types: Diversity Equity Inclusion. Meetings. Student Activities. Target Audience: All students, staff & faculty interested in education, experience design, AI, software, hardware.
Friday, December 11, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Final Examinations - Autumn 2026
Week of final examinations for autumn quarter.
Event interval: Ongoing event. Year: 2026. Quarter: Autumn. Event Types: Academics.
Saturday, December 12, 2026 – Friday, December 18, 2026.
For more info visit www.washington.edu. Christmas Day
Holidays
No classes. Most University offices and buildings are closed. Check with specific offices to confirm.
Event interval: Single day event. Year: 2027. Quarter: Winter. Event Types: Academics.
Friday, December 25, 2026.
For more info visit www.washington.edu. New Year's Day
Holidays
No classes. Most University offices and buildings are closed. Check with specific offices to confirm.
Event interval: Single day event. Year: 2027. Quarter: Winter. Event Types: Academics.
Friday, January 1, 2027.
For more info visit www.washington.edu. Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Holidays
No classes. Most University offices and buildings are closed. Check with specific offices to confirm.
Event interval: Single day event. Year: 2027. Quarter: Winter. Event Types: Academics.
Monday, January 18, 2027.
For more info visit www.washington.edu.