Highlights of current and upcoming exhibitions:听

Until October 29 |, SOIL Art Gallery (Pioneer Square)

October 27 – November 23 | / November 2, 5 – 8 PM: , Art Building

November 6 – April 16 | , Burke Museum听(Free admission for 91爆料 students, faculty and staff)

Until January 8 | , Henry Art Gallery (Free admission for 91爆料 students, faculty and staff)

October 24, 6 PM | , Kane Hall

You know when you get that unexpected text asking you to add something big to your already enormous to-do list, you start to feel sweaty palms and that empty, freaked-out sensation in your stomach? Then you know, it鈥檚 back again鈥�.. Anxiety. But what if anxiety isn鈥檛 always a bad thing? What if, by using tools from neuroscience and psychology, you could learn to turn down the volume on your anxiety and transform all that activation energy that鈥檚 making your mind race into something that鈥檚 actually helpful? That jiu-jitsu move of transforming anxiety into something productive and helpful is the topic of Dr. Suzuki鈥檚 talk.

Free |

October 25, 1:30 PM | , Online

This panel confronts the question of whether the globally affluent have a moral obligation, either individually or collectively, to reduce their flying in view of the large carbon emissions associated with individual plane trips. We also raise the question of whether academic associations, universities, and departments ought morally to reduce the combined professional air travel currently entailed by their activities. The panelists will present diverse and sometimes conflicting perspectives on these questions and will raise related issues of accessibility, expense, and professional advancement.

Free |

October 27 – 29, 8 PM| , Meany Center

In this newest work by choreographer Abby Zbikowski, dancers of the New Utility dive head-on into the unknown, exploring complex movement that upends expectations. Radioactive Practice embodies the cultural collisions of contemporary living, testing the group鈥檚 own mental and physical limits with a hard-wiring for survival. Using movement traditions inspired by street and postmodern dance, contemporary African forms, tap, martial arts and sports, Abby Z shatters established assumptions through an arsenal of physical possibility.

91爆料 Faculty, 91爆料 Staff, 91爆料 Retirees and 91爆料 Alumni Association (91爆料AA):听, subject to availability. A valid 91爆料 ID (e.g. Husky card or 91爆料AA card) is required; limit of one ticket per valid ID |

October 27, 7 PM | , 91爆料 Samuel E. Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center and Theater听

鈥淩IT鈥� is a musical program featuring the poetry of Norwegian poet Olav H. Hauge as performed by Norwegian artists Reidun Horvei (voice) and Inger-Kristine Riber (keyboard and composition). The poems in this song cycle follow the seasons of the year at the same time that they mark developments in Hauge鈥檚 poetry and in his personal life.

Free |

October 27, 10:30 AM |, online

Featured guest speakers:

• Wendy R. Sherman, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State
• Nathaniel C. Fick, U.S. Ambassador at Large for Cyberspace and Digital Policy
• Sara Curran, (Moderator) Professor of International Studies, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, 91爆料

Free |

, online

What did it mean to be a Jewish minority in an Arab-Islamic society? How did Judaism shape Islam and vice versa? What is the future of Jewish-Arab relations?

Today, Jews and Arabs sometimes seem to be entrenched in a timeless conflict. But for centuries, over 90% of the world鈥檚 Jews lived, worked, and thrived (or sometimes floundered) in the Arab

Near East.

In four talks from scholars drawing on their original research, this series will explore interactions between Jews and Arabs across fifteen hundred years of history.

• October 26, 4 PM | Lecture 2. The Jews of Medieval Baghdad in the Abbasid Era
• November 2, 3 PM | Lecture 3. Jews and Muslims in Colonial Algeria: Between Intimacy and Resentment
• November 10, 3 PM | Coffeehouses, Parks, and Neighborhoods: Jews and Muslims
  in 20th-Century Cairo

Free |

Autumn Quarter:

The College of Arts & Sciences is launching its initiative by inviting students, faculty, and staff to join a campus-wide reading experience, followed by conversations about how we can enhance teaching and learning at the 91爆料.

(in person or Zoom).

October 17, 1:30 PM | , Brechemin Auditorium, School of Music Building

Making his Seattle Opera debut in the role of King Marke in Tristan und Isolde, internationally acclaimed bass and recent GRAMMY winner Morris Robinson visits the 91爆料 to share his story as a professional opera singer and his insights into the challenges of performing Wagner in the 21st century.

Free |

October 18, 7:30 PM| 91爆料 Public Lectures – Reckoning with Race: Fluidity, Invention, and Reality with Ann Morning, Kane Hall

The notion that race is a social construct, rather than an objective physical reality, is widely accepted 鈥� except in areas that include biomedical research, debates about transracial identities, and sports. In this talk, Ann Morning will dissect the reasons we hold firmly to the 18th-century understanding of race in these domains.

Free | More info

October 18, 6 PM | , online

Rena Priest (Lhaq鈥檛emish Nation), the Washington State Poet Laureate, has received numerous awards for her writing, including an American Book Award for her debut poetry collection, 鈥淧atriarchy Blues.鈥� Priest will share a reading followed by a conversation with 91爆料 Ta(oma professor Danica Miller (Puyallup), with an opportunity for audience questions afterward. The emcee for the event will be Annie Downey and the discussion moderator will be Anne Jenner, 鈥�93, both from the 91爆料 Libraries.

Free |

October 19, 7 PM | , Kane Hall

How and why did haiku come about? Why are haiku so short? Why do they include precisely 17 syllables in a 5-7-5 arrangement? This talk, which presumes no knowledge of Japan or the Japanese language, will answer these questions and more. In an engaging overview of this fascinating topic, Professor Paul Atkins will discuss the origins of haiku in medieval Japan, introduce the major classic poets, and explore the ways in which haiku is linked to other forms of Japanese literature and art. Haiku is not just a poetic genre鈥攊t is a way of looking at the world and, for many people, a way of life. This talk will be followed by a moderated roundtable discussion between Professor Paul Atkins, and haiku poets Scott Oki and Mitsuko Miller.

Free |

, online

What did it mean to be a Jewish minority in an Arab-Islamic society? How did Judaism shape Islam and vice versa? What is the future of Jewish-Arab relations?

Today, Jews and Arabs sometimes seem to be entrenched in a timeless conflict. But for centuries, over 90% of the world鈥檚 Jews lived, worked, and thrived (or sometimes floundered) in the Arab

Near East.

In four talks from scholars drawing on their original research, this series will explore interactions between Jews and Arabs across fifteen hundred years of history.

• October 19, 4 PM | Lecture 1. Arabian Judaism and Early Islam
• October 26, 4 PM | Lecture 2. The Jews of Medieval Baghdad in the Abbasid Era
• November 2, 3 PM | Lecture 3. Jews and Muslims in Colonial Algeria: Between Intimacy and Resentment
• November 10, 3 PM | Coffeehouses, Parks, and Neighborhoods: Jews and Muslims
  in 20th-Century Cairo

Free |

Autumn Quarter:

The College of Arts & Sciences is launching its initiative by inviting students, faculty, and staff to join a campus-wide reading experience, followed by conversations about how we can enhance teaching and learning at the 91爆料.

(in person or Zoom).

October 20, 11 AM: Annual President鈥檚 Address, Henry Art Gallery Auditorium and online

Join President Ana Mari Cauce for her annual address to learn about her vision for the year ahead and the 91爆料鈥檚 critical role in accelerating change for the public good through education, innovation, discovery and collaboration. Questions can be submitted in advance and during the event to presofuw@uw.edu.

Free | RSVP

October 20 – 22: , Meany Hall

For 50 years, Pilobolus has tested the limits of human physicality with choreography that changed the look of modern dance. Now for this anniversary celebration, Pilobolus questions its own 鈥済ivens,鈥� turns its traditions sideways, and brings its past into the future. As fresh and vibrant as ever, this feisty, shape-shifting arts organism puts the 鈥淥h!鈥� in 鈥婤IG FIVE-OH! and continues to morph its way thrillingly into audiences鈥� hearts and minds. The celebration includes signature works, from vintage classics to their trendsetting innovations in shadow play.

91爆料 Faculty, 91爆料 Staff, 91爆料 Retirees and 91爆料 Alumni Association (91爆料AA): 10% off regular-priced single tickets, subject to availability. A valid 91爆料 ID (e.g. Husky card or 91爆料AA card) is required; limit of one ticket per valid ID.

91爆料 Student: $10 91爆料 Student Tickets are available in Section B for most Meany Center visiting artist performances. A discount of 20% off regular-priced single tickets is available to 91爆料 Students in Section A. Limit of one 91爆料 Student ticket per valid Husky ID.

October 20, 2:30 PM | , HUB听

Ploughshares Fund President Emma Belcher in conversation with Jackson School faculty Christopher Jones and Scott Montgomery on the current state of nuclear threats within the confines of the escalating crisis in Ukraine. Together they will explore the geopolitical impacts of Russia鈥檚 war and the importance of diplomacy at this critical time.

Free |

October 20, 6 PM | , Alder Hall Auditorium听

Dr. Ali Mokdad will explore the drivers of health disparities in the United States among racial/ethnic groups. Dr. Mokdad will discuss the extent to which these patterns vary geographically at the local scale and how they are not well understood. He will address the urgent need to address the shared underlying factors driving these widespread disparities and the path forward to improve population health in the US.

Free |

Highlights of current and upcoming exhibitions:听

Until October 29 |, SOIL Art Gallery (Pioneer Square)

November 6 – April 16 | , Burke Museum听(Free admission for 91爆料 students, faculty and staff)

Until January 8 | , Henry Art Gallery (Free admission for 91爆料 students, faculty and staff)

Visit the 91爆料鈥檚 once, and you鈥檒l be impressed by its size, the historic murals and the number of resources available to students.

Go a second time and you鈥檙e likely to make friends, feel at ease and find what many students call a 鈥渉ome away from home.鈥�

鈥淚t is like a totally family vibe,鈥� said Calen Garrett, a 91爆料 junior studying psychology with an eye on medical school.

Garrett arrived on campus from his home in Concord, California, at 18, and felt immediately overwhelmed and alone. But he quickly found the Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center, or Kelly ECC, and that set him on a path toward academic success and campus leadership. He鈥檚 now a student senator, president of the and vice chair of the Student Advisory Council in the Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity, OMA&D.

鈥淚 really felt like I wasn’t alone in my experience, because a lot of people that were in that room at the Kelly ECC were in the same situation that I was: I’m the only Black person in this class, I’m the only Black person in my major, I’m the only Black person who lives in the same residence halls as I did,鈥� Garrett said. 鈥淎nd it was really refreshing for me to not feel isolated.鈥�

The 26,000-square-foot building on the corner of Brooklyn Avenue Northeast and Northeast 40th Street provides听study and meeting space for students and groups, a听computer lab, cultural conference rooms,听multipurpose rooms, a dance studio and a 161-seat auditorium.

It also has a history.

Born of the demands of the Black Student Union in 1968, on Thursday, the community will celebrate 50 years of the 91爆料 ECC.

鈥淚t鈥檚 always been students leading, and we see that still today. They believe that this is their institution, as they should, and they believe that they should be treated fairly and equitably,鈥� said Rickey Hall, vice president of OMA&D and university diversity officer. 鈥淭he Kelly ECC was established because back then, it was important for students of color to see representations of themselves on campus. It is just as important now as it was then.鈥�

Back in 1968, 91爆料 students from the Black Student Union staged a sit-in to demand a minority educational program. Despite 91爆料鈥檚 sprawling campus, the number of Black, Latinx, Native American and other minorities enrolled was miniscule. The protesters wanted the 91爆料 to recruit, retain, educate and graduate more Native American and Alaskan Native students and students of color, and diversify the faculty.

After months of discussions, the 91爆料 opened the Office of Minority Affairs, which evolved into OMA&D, launched the Special Education Program (SEP 鈥� later to be known as the Educational Opportunity Program) and in 1972 opened the Ethnic Cultural Center/Theater.

Former King County Councilmember , helped lead the 1968 protests. He recalled that students demanded the establishment of a place on campus where they could go to feel more comfortable and less alienated.

鈥淚t would be theirs,鈥� said Gossett, who鈥檚 also the 2021 91爆料 Alumnus Summa Laude Dignatus, a 91爆料 Wondrous 100, 1975 Charles E. Odegaard Award recipient and a graduate of the class of 鈥�71.

Originally, the ECC was to be a temporary, 10-year facility located on the west side of campus. Progress was made in the years that followed, with increasing representation of Native American and Alaskan Native and students and faculty of color. Gossett noted that in those early years, enrollment from underrepresented populations at 91爆料 swelled.

New policies helped diversify the student population, but in 1998 the state legislature passed I-200, which eliminated the use of affirmative action on campus. Part of the university鈥檚 response to the legislation was a renewed investment in the ECC, including a $1.75 million grant to renovate and improve the building. In 2001, after three years of negotiations, design, development and construction, the ECC reopened.

Then, about a decade later, in 2013, the campus celebrated the grand opening of the newly renovated Samuel E. Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center, named in honor of the late听, the inaugural vice president for minority affairs at the 91爆料 and the university鈥檚 first African American senior administrator.

鈥淪am Kelly was a really unique person, with high character and significant experience,鈥� Gossett said.听 鈥淲e wouldn鈥檛 have made the progress we made without him.鈥�

The Kelly ECC became the largest and oldest stand-alone college cultural center in the United States. It is also the first 91爆料 building named for an African American, and it houses 22 historical murals that were brought over and restored from the original building.

鈥淭he Kelly ECC is such a significant piece of how students express their identities and where they find community on campus. Today, there are more than 100 Kelly ECC affiliated registered student organizations, many of whom have dedicated office space in the building itself. The building is impressive, but it鈥檚 the students that bring it to life,鈥� said Kristian Wiles, the assistant vice president for Student Success in OMA&D.

For Letauaeletise 鈥淭ise鈥� Hunkin, a senior from Spanaway who is double majoring in American ethnic studies and medical anthropology with a double minor in diversity and Oceania and Pacific Islander studies, the ECC offered a safe place on campus where she could be herself, hang out, nap, watch TV and study.

鈥淚t’s really hard for underrepresented students to find a place where they feel comfortable enough to be themselves or safe to do so,鈥� said Hunkin, who chairs the . 鈥淲e’re all able to just be our authentic selves, and I feel like it’s hard to do that at a school as big as ours, like making a big campus smaller.鈥�

Wendi Zhou is a junior double majoring in history and philosophy. She鈥檚 chair of OMA&D鈥檚 Student Advisory Board and has benefited from OMA&D educational programs supporting underrepresented students in the graduate school application process.

鈥淚t really does show the importance of student activism and creating an environment where students can feel respected by the institutions that they’re a part of,鈥� she said. 鈥淚t also reflects an ongoing commitment to promoting justice and equity in our institutions.鈥�

She鈥檚 using her platform to call for more to be done. The university needs additional services, especially mental health, for students with marginalized identities, she said. And the Black Student Union continues to use campus activism to call for change. In January, the group updated demands first made in 2020: They鈥檙e asking the administration to improve campus safety, connect Black students with Black faculty, remove racist statues, create a Black dorm and provide healing circles for Black students.

鈥淚鈥檓 very confident that the university has not yet achieved satisfactory stature where we can say equity has been established,鈥� Gossett said. He blames state policies, like I-200, but also acknowledges that students today face many of the same struggles he did five decades ago.

Still, it鈥檚 important to celebrate successes and acknowledge the student activists and leaders working to ensure 91爆料 is a space that respects all students, Zhou said.

鈥淭here’s still work to be done, but what has been accomplished over the years is really inspiring,鈥� Zhou said.

Diana Paola Vergara, a first-generation, first-year student from Auburn, sought out the Kelly ECC after reading about it on Instagram. As an undocumented student, she鈥檚 sought counseling from Leadership Without Borders, and, like so many other undergraduates, finds commonality and peers at the center. Vergara, who plans to major in business and labor studies, also chairs Movimiento Estudiantil Chicana/o de Aztl谩n, or M.E.Ch.A.

鈥淎s a person of color, you’re very afraid of coming to this new place where you have no idea and you don’t know what to expect,鈥� she said. 鈥淏ut as soon as you come and you see that there is this place where there’s other students like you and they offer you hope and so many other resources, you kind of find peace there.鈥�