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Unpacking Legacy: From the Personal to the Systemic with Dr. Uché Blackstock

Dr. Uché Blackstock reflects on personal legacy and systemic racism in medicine, tracing her family’s groundbreaking path while urging reform in healthcare to protect and uplift BIPOC practitioners. Registration opens on September 10, 2025. Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: lectures@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Diversity Equity Inclusion. Event sponsors: School of Medicine, The Graduate School. Thursday, October 9, 2025, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM. Town Hall Seattle. For more info visit www.washington.edu.

The AI Con with Emily Bender and Alex Hanna

In this lecture, Dr. Emily Bender and Dr. Alex Hanna expose AI hype as corporate-driven distortion, fueling false fears and creativity’s decline. They offer critical tools to decode these narratives and resist the exploitative systems they obscure. Registration opens on September 10, 2025. Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: lectures@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Diversity Equity Inclusion. Event sponsors: Communication Leadership Program, Department of Communication, The Graduate School. Tuesday, October 21, 2025, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM. Town Hall Seattle. For more info visit www.washington.edu.

The Art of Refuge, Resistance and Regeneration with Peter Sellars

In this lecture, Peter Sellars explores how the arts foster civic imagination, emotional connection, and moral renewal—sharing global examples of art as a transformative force across institutions, crises, and communities in times of division and deep societal change. Registration opens on September 10, 2025. Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: lectures@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Diversity Equity Inclusion. Event sponsors: Meany Center for the Performing Arts, College of Arts and Sciences, The Graduate School. Friday, October 24, 2025, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM. Town Hall Seattle. For more info visit www.washington.edu.

Becoming a Birder with Ed Yong

Discover how birding became Ed Yong’s path to healing and wonder. In this talk, he explores nature’s power to restore, revealing how paying attention to birds can reconnect us to joy, presence, and the truest reality. Registration opens on September 10, 2025. Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: lectures@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Diversity Equity Inclusion. Event sponsors: Department of Psychology, Department of Biology, The Burke Museum, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Communication, The Graduate School. Tuesday, November 4, 2025, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM. Town Hall Seattle. For more info visit www.washington.edu.