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Winter 2006 [Return to issue home]

Calendar of Events

February 8, 2006 - GO-MAP Diversity Book Talk, featuring James Yee (7-9 p.m., Kane Hall 120) & Community Reception, (5-7 p.m., Kane Hall Walker Ames Room). Author of For God and Country: Faith and Patriotism Under Fire. Free and open to the public. Please RSVP for the reception at: gomap-rsvp@grad.washington.edu.

February 10 - GO-MAP Diversity Book Talk, featuring Mona Lisa Saloy (7-9 p.m., Kane Hall 120) & Community Reception (5-7 p.m., Kane Hall Walker Ames Room). Author of Red Beans and Ricely Yours. She is currently the Director of Creative Writing at Dillard University. Free and open to the public. Please RSVP for the reception at: gomap-rsvp@grad.washington.edu.

February 15 - Mary Ann and John Mangels Lecture Series, featuring Richard West, director of the National Museum of the American Indian. Community Reception (5-7 p.m., Kane Hall Walker Ames Room), Lecture (7-9 p.m., Kane Hall 120). FREE and open to the public. Please RSVP for the reception at: gomap-rsvp@grad.washington.edu.

February 16 - Diversity and the Architecture of Building Community Symposium and Panel (2-5 p.m., HUB 310) - Symposium co-sponsored by the Department of Architecture. Keynote speaker and facilitator, Johnpaul Jones, co-lead architect for the National Museum of the American Indian; Panel with Donald King, Carver Gayton, Beth Takekawa. Local architects of color and others who work to incorporate various aspects of diversity into planning and building public spaces. FREE and open to the public. For more information, please contact Cynthia del Rosario at cyn@u.washington.edu or 206-543-9779.

February 21 - Walker Ames Lecture Series, featuring David Mumford (7 p.m., Kane Hall 120) - The Lure of the Abstract: Case Studies in Math and Art. Admission is Free. No ticket required. For more information, grad.washington.edu/lectures.

February 28 - Danz Lecture Series, featuring Stephen Squyres (7 p.m. Kane Hall 130) - Roving Mars: Spirit, Opportunity, and the Exploration of the Red Planet. A Free Ticket is Required. Free tickets will be available on February 14, 2006. Limit four tickets per person. For more information, grad.washington.edu/lectures.

March 7 - Third Annual Graduate Diversity Fellows Dinner, Featuring Gloria Steinem. For more information, www.grad.washington.edu/gomap/fellowsdinner.htm.

March 8 - Danz Lecture Series, featuring Gloria Steinem (7 p.m., Town Hall, Downtown Seattle) - As If Women Mattered.... Writer, editor, feminist activist, co-founder National Women's Political Caucus, co-founder Ms. Magazine. Admission is FREE and a free TICKET is required for admission. Free tickets will be available beginning February 22, 2006. Limit four tickets per person. For more information, www.grad.washington.edu/gomap/fellowsdinner.htm.

March 7-9 - Graduate & Professional Education Week (University of Washington Seattle Campus) Notable lectures, forums and social events free to the public highlighting graduate and professional student research, important issues effecting the global society, community networking and continuing education opportunities. For more information, go to www.grad.washington.edu.