Brailled It film: Blind and low-vision kids take control of the cameras
In-person screening at the SIFF Film Center at the Seattle Center.
Every year, the top under-18 Braille readers and writers from across the English-speaking world gather in Los Angeles to compete in the Braille Challenge. For one weekend, blind and low-vision kids are no longer the minority in the room. They make new friends, face off against old rivals, and chase a rare chance to be recognized not for their disability, but for their skill. In Brailled It, the camera is placed directly in their hands. As the kids document the competition themselves, their fragmented imagery and candid moments of nerves, boredom, joy, and triumph invite audiences to experience the event on their terms. Designed with audio description and accessibility at its core–not as an afterthought but as a fundamental creative tool–the film shifts authorship and perspective to the community on screen, revealing a world defined not by limitation, but by mastery, ambition, and the transformative power of literacy.
Learn more about the…
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: info@siff.net. Event Types: Diversity Equity Inclusion. Screenings. Target Audience: Everyone.
Sunday, September 20, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM.
SIFF Film Center, 167 Republican St, Seattle, WA 98109.
For more info visit www.siff.net. Accessibility in the Age of AI webinar: Cutting Through Hype to What Comes Next
Government endorsement of using AI to meet regulatory compliance is mixed, but the pressure to automate your way to broad accessibility coverage has never been higher. So what's safe to hand off to a machine, and what still needs a human? This session breaks down the latest regulatory stances on AI-assisted accessibility work and makes the case for why two tempting shortcuts will get you in trouble: waiting until deadlines loom and trusting AI to do the whole job. We'll dig into what's real in hype around MCPs and how connecting AI to your accessibility platform can genuinely expand your program when you set it up right.
Register through Zoom, Speakers
Christina Adams, Sr. Manager of Digital Accessibility, Siteimprove
Nick Goodrum, Director of Accessibility, Americaneagle.com.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: certification@accessibilityassociation.org. Event Types: Diversity Equity Inclusion. Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: Anyone interested in the potential of AI while centering human expertise in accessibility.
Thursday, September 24, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM.
For more info visit us06web.zoom.us. Snacks & Cyberattacks in International Studies
Join Jackson School faculty Dr. Jessica Beyer for some snacks while learning about cyberattacks. Dr. Beyer, Assistant Teaching Professor and lead of the Jackson School’s Cybersecurity Initiative, will talk about opportunities to study cybersecurity politics, technology policy, and international security. She will lead you through an exercise to understand a famous cyberattack—so bring a device that can search the internet (cell phone is fine).
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Thomson Hall (THO). Campus room: Thomson Hall (THO) 317. Accessibility Contact: jsisoas@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: Free and open to the public.
Tuesday, September 29, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
For more info visit dawgdaze.uw.edu. International Studies Film Festival: The World on the Screen
Join Jackson School students, faculty, and staff for an International Film Festival at Thomson Hall! Go to a movie with your friends! Exciting and interesting information about International Studies, delicious popcorn, and sweet treats await you. Some movies may start or end with a short discussion with the students, faculty, or staff.
Come to Thomson Hall Room 111 to get your movie ticket, grab some popcorn, and candy! Summary of the films: Start 1:30 p.m. — Princess Mononoke (Room: THO 134 – Runtime: 2h 18m) with Jackson School Assistant Professor Dr. Andrea Arai -- Link to watch the movie trailer for Princess Mononoke, Start 1:15 p.m. — Mexico 86 (Room: THO 211 – Runtime: 1h 35m) with Jackson School Graduate Student Advisor Dr. Jesus Hidalgo -- Link to watch the movie trailer for Mexico 86, Start 1:45 p.m. — The Dink (Room: THO 119 – Runtime: 1h 42m) with Jackson School Senior Adviser Jonathan Fincher and Jackson School Associate Professor Dr. Stephen Meyers -- Link to watch the movie trailer for The…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Thomson Hall (THO). Campus room: Thomson Hall (THO) 111; films in THO 119, 134, 135, 202, 211, and 234. Accessibility Contact: jsisoas@uw.edu. Event Types: Screenings. Target Audience: Free and open to the public.
Tuesday, September 29, 2026, 1:00 PM – 4:30 PM.
For more info visit dawgdaze.uw.edu. Planning Accessible Events: Building Accessibility into Every Stage
The Mid-Atlantic ADA Center presents a webinar on creating an accessible event that is more than meeting minimum ADA requirements. This webinar will explore how to thoughtfully incorporate accessibility into every stage of event planning—from initial design and communications with event organizers to ticket purchasing, accommodations, and on-site support.
Whether you are planning a small meeting, training, conference, or stadium event, this webinar will provide tools and considerations to help make accessibility an intentional part of the planning process from the start.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: adainfo@transcen.org. Event Types: Diversity Equity Inclusion. Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: Anyone planning an event.
Wednesday, September 30, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
For more info visit lp.constantcontactpages.com. UW Planetarium: Space, Technology, & International Studies
Discover how outer space is shaping our world! Join the Jackson School of International Studies and the UW Planetarium for a unique Dawg Daze experience exploring the intersection of space exploration, technology, and global affairs.
Professor Saadia Pekkanen, an expert on international space policy, will introduce how International Studies helps us understand the growing importance of space in diplomacy, security, science, and technological innovation. Then, journey through the cosmos with an immersive planetarium presentation led by an Astronomy Ph.D. student or staff member, showcasing the night sky, the universe, and the incredible work happening at the UW Planetarium.
Each session includes:10-minute presentation from Professor Saadia Pekkanen in the planetarium, 25-minute immersive planetarium show led by an Astronomy Ph.D. student or staff member, 5- to10-minute Q&A with both presenters, Three back-to-back sessions will be offered beginning at 10:30 a.m. Come early—these sessions fill up fast! Whether…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Physics-Astronomy Auditorium (PAA). Campus room: UW Planetarium. Accessibility Contact: jsisoas@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: Free and open to the public.
Thursday, October 1, 2026, 10:30 AM – 1:30 PM.
For more info visit dawgdaze.uw.edu. HCDE Research Speaker Series: Kate Starbird
Join the UW Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering for a research talk with Professor Kate Starbird 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. Accessibility Contact: hcdehelp@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, October 1, 2026, 4:30 PM – 5:20 PM.
For more info visit www.hcde.washington.edu. Power of Public Research | S+T at UW Symposium
On October 2, 2026, Society + Technology at UW is thrilled to be hosting a symposium, The Power of Public Research and Teaching in a Technological Society, at the Burke Museum from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM. Research and teaching have their greatest impact when this work fosters understanding and empathy, strengthens intellectual community and creativity, and contributes to human well-being. Society + Technology at UW's Fall Symposium is designed with this impact in mind. Our fall convening will elevate UW's work at the critical juncture of society and technology in areas such as governance and trust, communication and meaning, bioethics and embodiment, and more. Would you like to join us? Space is limited. RSVP today.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: Burke Museum | Cascade Room. Accessibility Contact: mmjones@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Special Events. Target Audience: UW and Public.
Friday, October 2, 2026, 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
For more info visit docs.google.com. First Monday STSS Reading Group [Online]
What is First Monday?
First Monday is a participant-led, interdisciplinary, online STSS reading group.
When is the meeting?
The first Monday of each month. The meeting time changes quarterly, reach out to the organizers to get the most updated time.
Where is the meeting?
Via Zoom. Email mmjones@uw.edu to request an invitation.
What is the goal of the reading group?
We seek to foster and deepen an intellectual community amongst STS-curious faculty, students, and staff at the University of Washington’s three campuses and the School of Medicine. Anyone at the UW who is STS-curious is welcome to join.
Who hosts the meetings?
Anyone who participates in the group can volunteer to host. We have a rotating host model. Every month, someone new chooses an article, book chapter, or publication in the STS field. In the event no one volunteers, the facilitators may select an article and/or invite a host.
Who facilitates?
The First Monday facilitators are Monika Sengul-Jones, Director of Strategy and Operations for Society…
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: mmjones@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: Tri-campus science, technology, and society studies faculty, students, researchers, and staff.
Monday, October 5, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
For more info visit depts.washington.edu. After Hours | How Do You Know What to Believe?
Rumors are a common way for people to make sense of uncertainty. Emerging technologies from social media to AI have been a boon to misinformation, however, and have sown not just rumors but confusion and distrust. These days, how do we know what to believe?
At our S+T at UW After Hours, we'll host the Center for an Informed Public's Mert Can Bayar who is on the Election Rapid Research team, in conversation with Monika Sengul-Jones to talk about rumors, conspiracy, technology, and democracy. CIP’s research on election rumors has shown that misleading stories rarely rely on entirely fabricated evidence. More often, real events are misinterpreted, exaggerated, stripped of context, or assigned false intent.
Learn more about their work on election rumors as we approach the midterms and discuss over a drink. Free and open to the public (21+).
Mert Can Bayar
Mert Can Bayar is an Assistant Teaching Professor of Data Visualization in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences at UW Bothell and a researcher with…
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: mmjones@uw.edu. Event Types: Not Specified. Target Audience: Anyone interested in conspiracy theories and election rumors, tech and society.
Monday, October 5, 2026, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM.
Lonely Siren
1501 Pike Pl Level 2 #200
Seattle, WA 98101.
HCDE Research Speaker Series: Yi-Chieh Lee
Join the UW Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering for a research talk with Professor Yi-Chieh Lee 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. Accessibility Contact: hcdehelp@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, October 8, 2026, 4:30 PM – 5:20 PM.
For more info visit www.hcde.washington.edu. HCDE Research Speaker Series: Mark Haselkorn
Join the UW Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering for a research talk with Professor Mark Haselkorn 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. Accessibility Contact: hcdehelp@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, October 15, 2026, 4:30 PM – 5:20 PM.
For more info visit www.hcde.washington.edu. Data Are Made, Not Found | Town Hall | danah boyd with Ron S. Jarmin
danah boyd with Ron S. Jarmin
Data Are Made, Not Found
By any metric, a lot was going on in 2020, and looking back at it now, the census may have seemed like a fairly brief blip. Behind the scenes, however, the 2020 census was more than a decade in the making. Implementing phone and online responses for the first time and navigating countless real-time developments, this iteration required nearly a quarter of a million temporary workers to collect data about the American public. Data that would in turn be used to help determine years of federal funding and political power. In many ways, the US census is one of the government’s largest non-wartime operations and the world’s oldest, biggest data-making endeavors — and researcher and educator danah boyd has dug deep into how 2020’s census was like none that had come before it.
In her newest book, Data Are Made, Not Found: A Story of Politics, Power, and the Civil Servants Who Saved the US Census, boyd explores what it really took for the 2020 Census Bureau to…
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: mmjones@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Monday, October 19, 2026, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
For more info visit ticketing.townhallseattle.org. HCDE Research Speaker Series
Join the UW Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering for a research talk 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. Accessibility Contact: hcdehelp@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, October 22, 2026, 4:30 PM – 5:20 PM.
For more info visit www.hcde.washington.edu. What Feeds Us: Science, Climate, and the Future of Food with Pamela Ronald
Climate change is threatening the crops that feed us all. UC Davis geneticist Pamela Ronald reveals how her discovery of flood-tolerant rice is helping millions of farmers adapt — and what plant science means for the future of food.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: lectures@uw.edu. Event Types: Diversity Equity Inclusion. Lectures/Seminars.
Monday, October 26, 2026, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM.
Seattle Town Hall - Forum.
For more info visit www.washington.edu. HCDE Research Speaker Series: David Ribes
Join the UW Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering for a research talk with Professor David Ribes 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. Accessibility Contact: hcdehelp@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, October 29, 2026, 4:30 PM – 5:20 PM.
For more info visit www.hcde.washington.edu. First Monday STSS Reading Group [Online]
What is First Monday?
First Monday is a participant-led, interdisciplinary, online STSS reading group.
When is the meeting?
The first Monday of each month. The meeting time changes quarterly, reach out to the organizers to get the most updated time.
Where is the meeting?
Via Zoom. Email mmjones@uw.edu to request an invitation.
What is the goal of the reading group?
We seek to foster and deepen an intellectual community amongst STS-curious faculty, students, and staff at the University of Washington’s three campuses and the School of Medicine. Anyone at the UW who is STS-curious is welcome to join.
Who hosts the meetings?
Anyone who participates in the group can volunteer to host. We have a rotating host model. Every month, someone new chooses an article, book chapter, or publication in the STS field. In the event no one volunteers, the facilitators may select an article and/or invite a host.
Who facilitates?
The First Monday facilitators are Monika Sengul-Jones, Director of Strategy and Operations for Society…
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: mmjones@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: Tri-campus science, technology, and society studies faculty, students, researchers, and staff.
Monday, November 2, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
For more info visit depts.washington.edu. HCDE Research Speaker Series: Sharon Heung
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.
Additional details about the talk will be added as they become available.
Event interval: Single day event. 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. 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. 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. HCDE Research Speaker Series: Jin Yu
Join the UW Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering for a research talk with Professor Jin Yu 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. 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. 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. 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. First Monday STSS Reading Group [Online]
What is First Monday?
First Monday is a participant-led, interdisciplinary, online STSS reading group.
When is the meeting?
The first Monday of each month. The meeting time changes quarterly, reach out to the organizers to get the most updated time.
Where is the meeting?
Via Zoom. Email mmjones@uw.edu to request an invitation.
What is the goal of the reading group?
We seek to foster and deepen an intellectual community amongst STS-curious faculty, students, and staff at the University of Washington’s three campuses and the School of Medicine. Anyone at the UW who is STS-curious is welcome to join.
Who hosts the meetings?
Anyone who participates in the group can volunteer to host. We have a rotating host model. Every month, someone new chooses an article, book chapter, or publication in the STS field. In the event no one volunteers, the facilitators may select an article and/or invite a host.
Who facilitates?
The First Monday facilitators are Monika Sengul-Jones, Director of Strategy and Operations for Society…
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: mmjones@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: Tri-campus science, technology, and society studies faculty, students, researchers, and staff.
Monday, December 7, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
For more info visit depts.washington.edu. 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. 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.