[event]: Friday Harbor Labs Information Session

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Friday Harbor Labs Information Session

Tuesday 1/17Tuesday 1/31 (rescheduled!)

4-5:30pm

Fishery Sciences Building 203

Directions: http://washington.edu/maps/?FSH

Learn how you can get involved with Friday Harbor Labs (FHL), UW’s world renowned marine station on San Juan Island. FHL faculty and former students will share their experiences, talk about their research, and answer questions. By participating in a FHL field and research-intensive marine science, social science, and/or humanities program, you will strengthen your resume, prepare for graduate school, and develop skills for a career in your field.  Any UW student can spend a quarter at FHL.  

“Through field trips, lectures, and labs, everyone was able to get a really hands-on experience.  For basically all of the labs, we went out on the dock and collected samples of the things we were learning about in class.  That kind of relationship between the class and the field is something I have never experienced.  FHL is unique in that you are able to directly observe the things you are reading about.”

–Alex Ulmke, FHL Student Autumn 2011

[event] Art Exhibition: Particles on the Wall

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Join Nick Thorp from WPSR and INND/Toxipedia for the opening reception of the latest installation of Particles on the Wall at the University of Washington in Seattle, in Odegaard Undergraduate Library.

The artist forum will begin at 7:30 in Room 220, January 6th. The exhibit will continue through March 29th.

                                 

The program provides a unique opportunity to hear from artists, poets, and scientists who have been inspired by Hanford to create a wide variety of art. From poetry readings, to discussions on the inspirations for their art and their impressions on Hanford, the panel of artists will shed a new and interesting light on the site that created the bomb dropped on Nagasaki and is now the most contaminated place in the Western Hemisphere.

Come see the exhibit and follow the event on facebook! 

[event] – A Conversation with EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson

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A Conversation with EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson

Wednesday, January 25th

4:00-5:00 PM

Fisheries 102

Wednesday, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson will visit the University of Washington’s College of the Environment to discuss current EPA policies and “Jobs for the Future Green Economy.”  This “Town Hall”-style event, held on the University’s Seattle campus, is a part of Administrator Jackson’s ongoing efforts to speak with Americans across the country, especially students, about EPA’s work to protect people’s health and the environment and support job growth.

Admission to the event is free and open to the public.

More about Lisa Jackson at: http://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/administrator.html

[event] – “The Great Infection of the Sea” – Plastic Ocean

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Captain Charles Moore
Scientist and Activist

Discusses “The Great Infection of the Sea”
detailed in his acclaimed new book Plastic Ocean

Date: January 25, 2012 Time: 7:30-9:00 PM Location: Town Hall Seattle
1119 8th Ave.
Seattle, WA Advance tickets are $5 at Brown Paper Tickets or 800/838-3006 and at the door beginning at 6:30 pm.

A prominent seafaring environmentalist and researcher shares his shocking discovery of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in the Pacific Ocean, and inspires a fundamental rethinking of the Plastic Age and a growing global health crisis.

In the summer of 1997, Charles Moore set sail from Honolulu with the sole intention of returning home after competing in a trans-Pacific race. To get to California, he and his crew took a shortcut through the seldom-traversed North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, a vast “oceanic desert” where winds are slack and sailing ships languish. There, Moore realized his catamaran was surrounded by a “plastic soup.” He had stumbled upon the largest garbage dump on the planet – a spiral nebula where plastic outweighed zooplankton, the ocean’s food base, by a factor of six to one.

In this presentation Moore will discuss these observations, what they mean to our planet, and his book Plastic Ocean. A call to action as urgent as Rachel Carson’s seminal Silent Spring, Moore’s sobering revelations will be embraced by activists, concerned parents, and seafaring enthusiasts concerned about the deadly impact and implications of this man-made blight.

Presented as part of the Town Hall’s Science Lecture Series, with the Washington State Chapter of the Sierra Club, Pacific Science Center, and University Book Store. Series sponsored by Microsoft . Series media sponsorship provided by KPLU.

Additional sponsorship provided by Environment Washington, PCC, People for Puget Sound, Olympic Peninsula Surfrider, and Zero Waste.

Captain Moore is also speaking in Bellingham, Olympia, Port Angeles, and Tacoma.

[event] PoE Cookie Cookoff TODAY!

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There are no specific cookie requirements for this cookoff, simply bring your favorite cookie to the office TODAY: Monday, January 23rd and we will put them to the test. Students will be invited to join in on the judging at 3:00 in the PoE commons (bribing students with good grades is not allowed). And for those who don’t like to bake, your duty is to come help with the judging!

Tea will be supplied to help you clean your palate between tastings.

Come Hungry!

[event] PoE Cookie Cookoff!

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The holiday season has come and gone, and with it came many parties and many cookies. To ring in the Winter quarter on a sweet note, PoE will be hosting a cookie cookoff. What we want to know is who can make the best cookie in PoE??

   

There is no specific cookie requirements for this cookoff, simply bring your favorite cookie to the office on Monday, January 23rd and we will put them to the test. Students will be invited to join in on the judging (bribing students with good grades is not allowed). And for those who don’t like to bake, your duty is to come help with the judging!

Tea will be supplied to help you clean your palate between tastings.

Come Hungry!

[event] State Recycling Association Conference

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WSRA is looking for students to attend this year’s conference in Spokane. WSRA and its partner, The Recycling Foundation, award funds to help students participate in our annual conference. This is a great opportunity for them to learn and network and for us to help cultivate the next generation of recycling professionals. 

The award includes full conference registration. This entitles award recipients to attend educational sessions, workshops, exhibits, tours of recycling facilities, social events, meals and the WSRA Annual Awards Banquet. It also covers three nights’ lodging.

  • What: WSRA’s 32nd Annual Conference
  • When: Sunday, April 29 – Wednesday, May 2, 2012
  • Where: The Historic Davenport Hotel, Spokane
  • How to apply: Fill out the attached application
  • Application deadline: February 1, 2012

Click for Student Guest Application

For a full conference brochure click here.

[event]: Sustainability Studio Team Presentations

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Please join us for a public presentation of student projects from the Program on the Environment’s Sustainability Studio…

Getting Here Green:
Student research on transportation and sustainability at the University of Washington

Friday, December 9
2:00 – 3:00 pm

Wallace Hall, POE Commons
(formerly the Academic Computing Center)
3737 Brooklyn Ave NE

Students in POE’s Sustainability Studio spent this quarter researching options for creating more sustainable transportation systems on and around campus! This presentation is your opportunity to learn from their work. Projects include: 

  • Community engagement for more sustainable bike and pedestrian infrastructure in the University District
  • Analysis of connectivity between campus and planned light rail stations
  • Behavior change research on barriers to using bicycles and public transit

Please contact Justin Hellier, hellier@uw.edu, with any questions, and we hope to see you there!

[event] You’re Invited, Save the Date!

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PoE capstone students will be giving poster and oral presentations on Wednesday, November 30 from 1:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. in the PoE Commons and FSH 102.  Come support them and find out what they have been doing these past few quarters.  Learn more about their inspiring environmental work and projects. Attend some (or all!) of the presentations to get an idea of what you’ll be doing when you’re a senior!

WHAT: Capstone Symposium Autumn 2011
WHERE: ACC 012 (PoE commons) + FSH 102
WHEN: Wednesday, November 30, 1:30PM-7:30PM

Event details and abstracts

*Light refreshments will be served!*

SNEAK PEEK! THE DATING GAME: Learn about Wade Jones and Sienna Hiebert’s project on tree dating through a nifty science called dendrochronology!