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Be a part of SAGEs big Earth Day event!  

When: April 25th 7-9pm
Where: Bagley Hall Rm 131

For UWs Earth Day/week this year S.A.G.E. is planning a really great event!  SAGE will be hosting a presentation on climate change featuring a diverse mix of UW faculty, scientists, and researchers, followed by a question and answer session with the audience!

This is a great opportunity to hear interesting and up-to-date climate science, how it may impact the Pacific Northwest, and about some of the research that is currently being done on campus. This event is FREE and open to the PUBLIC, and LOCAL.

Check out the link for more information:  Facebook event page. If you have any questions about the event, feel free to email sagepoe@uw.edu.  

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Happy Spring PoE Community! 
Come kick start Earth Month with a nice local pint and some stimulating conversation with the PoE community! The Spring PoE Community Drinks event will be held at Big Time Brewery & Alehouse on April 11th from 6:30pm –8:00pm. Big Time is All Ages until 8:00PM so everyone can join in the fun. 
Please help us plan a better event by replying via the Evite link below. 
http://new.evite.com/l/6GV5SH5ZJK 
We hope to see you there! 

– The PoE Alumni Board

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Join PoE for another round of Brown Bag Lunches!  This quarter will be full of really great speakers, including our very own Megan Styles kicking off the series.  See you there!

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Community, Environment and Planning (CEP) cordially invites you the event Inspire My Generation on April 11th at 6:30pm. Doors open at 6:00pm in Gould Hall room 322.  
Jake Ducey, a 21 year old published author and non-profit owner is excited to share his story about his 6-month journey around the world to find life’s purpose.
Come, listen, participate and be inspired! When you purchase your ticket you are also invited to the after party in Gould Court. Food, beverages, and LIVE music along with an opportunity to mingle and explore ideas with Jake himself! 
Purchase your ticket fast! We are expecting quite a turn out. 
Again, this event includes INSPIRATION, MUSIC, FOOD, BEVERAGES… can it get any better? Only if YOU attend! 
Also, know that you are supporting CEP with your ticket purchase! 
HERE IS THE LINK TO THE CONVIO WEBSITE WHERE YOU CAN PURCHASE YOUR TICKET:
Thank you for your support and energy! 
For more information about our speaker, Jake, check out his website at jakeducey.com

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Come hear about innovative efforts by ENVIR 480 Sustainability Studio to achieve a Zero Waste campus!

The University of Washington has established a goal to divert 70% of waste by the year 2020. In 2012, about 57% of waste was diverted through composting and recycling. This Winter Quarter, Program on Environment ENVIR 480 students engaged in their own Zero Waste experiments and initiated innovative projects to help the UW meet and exceed its waste diversion goals. Please join us on Thursday, March 14th 2013 for the class final presentation.

What: Final Class Presentation and Q&A

 
Time: March 14th, presentation from 11:00am-12:00pm, followed by a reception with light snacks and refreshments until 12:30pm.
Place: Wallace Hall 1st floor Commons, on the corner of NE Pacific and Brooklyn
Topics include: Educational Videos to Promote Waste Diversion, Inventory of Composting Infrastructure on Campus, Encouraging “Ave” Businesses to Reduce Waste, Promoting Reusable Coffee Cups at Suzallo Cafe, and a Business Plan for Soap from the UW Biodiesel Co-op
Partners include: UW Recycling, Housing and Food Services, Garbology project, UW Biodiesel Co-op, and others.

Hope to see you there!
For more information, please see http://envir480.tumblr.com/post//come-hear-about-innovative-efforts-by-envir-480 or email the instructor Megan Horst at horstm@uw.edu.

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Interested in joining or learning more about Peace Corps? Go to the “Peace Corps Through the Decades” panel that will be taking place this Wednesday, March 6th 6:00pm-7:30pm in Thomson 125.

The panel will consist of returned volunteers who have served in the 1960’s to volunteers who recently arrived back home. The volunteers on the panel have served in Africa, South America, and in the South Pacific and been involved in projects focused on health education, environmental awareness, and community economic development. It will be an interesting opportunity to learn more about the history of Peace Corps, how things have changed, and how things have remained the same.

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Come help out a Capstone student!

Laura Lee is conducting a trash audit following the last husky men’s basketball game on March 9th as part of her Capstone. She needs about 30 volunteers to help with the project. She will provide some refreshments and gear/supplies (although students may want to wear comfortable clothes they don’t mind possibly getting messy). Admission to the game is not included so volunteers will have to gather at the arena entrance at 2:30PM.

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Undergraduate Diversity at Evolution 2013

The National Evolutionary Synthesis Center presents the undergraduate travel award to bring talented and diverse undergraduates to the Evolution meetings this June 21-25 in Snowbird, Utah.  For the 11th year in a row they will fly a cohort of undergraduates from throughout the US and Puerto Rico to present a poster at the meetings, receive mentoring from graduate students, postdocs and faculty, and participate in a career-oriented ‘Undergraduate Futures in Evolutionary Biology’ panel and discussion.  The program covers the costs of travel, registration, food and accommodation at the meetings. 

The application deadline is Friday, April 5th, and decisions will be announced by Friday, April 12th.  Applications are welcomed from all undergraduates, and the admissions goal is to create a diverse pool of students.  

An overview of the program and student eligibility, and a link to the online application can be found at:  

Applications consist of a short statement of interest, a letter of recommendation and the title and abstract of the poster to be presented.

In addition, the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center will be soliciting names of graduate students, postdocs and faculty members who would like to serve as mentors during the meetings.  Mentors meet with pairs of students and attend talks with them, introduce them to colleagues, network and generally make the meetings a welcoming place for them.  Although costs are not covered for mentors it is an unusually rewarding experience. Contact Richard Kliman (rmkliman@cedarcrest.edu) if you are interested in serving as a mentor.

For inquires contact one of the organizers:

 Scott Edwards – sedwards@oeb.harvard.edu

 Richard Kliman – rmkliman@cedarcrest.edu

 Jory Weintraub – jory@nescent.org

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1:00pm:  Terence Leach
“Uncovering the Evolutionary Relationships of Pseudo-nitzschia”
Terence Leach is currently a freshman attending the University of Washington- Seattle.  His intended major is Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology with a minor in Marine Biology. Terence started working in the Rocap Lab over the summer while taking part in the UW GenOM ALVA program for incoming minority freshmen who are interested in science research, especially research in genetics and genomics.  For the past two quarters Terence has continued conducting undergraduate research in the Rocap Lab. Terence’s long term interests include
going to graduate school to further his studies in marine biology and to eventually become a marine biologist.

1:30pm:  Jessica Youngblood, BS
“Phylogenetic and Functional Metagenomic Profiling of Microbial Communities in the Puget Sound”
Jessica Youngblood is a second year Toxicology Masters student working with Dr. Elaine M. Faustman, director of the Pacific Northwest Center for Human Health and Ocean Studies. Jessica graduated from Michigan State University with a BS in Zoology and a concentration in Marine Biology. She has worked with Virginia Beach Marine Mammal Stranding team and the Navy Marine Mammal Program as an animal trainer, diver and veterinary technician for dolphins and sea lions.

2:00pm:  Marissa Smith, MS
“A Framework for Using Functional Environmental Metagenomic Data in Public Health Applications”
Marissa Smith obtained her undergraduate degree in Aquatic and Fishery Sciences in 2009 and her Masters degree in Toxicology in 2012 under the mentorship of Dr. Elaine M. Faustman. While a Masters student Marissa worked with the Pacific Northwest Center for Human Health and Ocean Studies as a trainee  as part of the NOAA-funded Pacific Northwest Consortium for Pre- and Post-doctoral Traineeships in Oceans and Human Health (PNW Consortium.)  The work that she is presenting in this seminar was largely completed during her NOAA traineeship.