[Ssnet_list] S+T@UW Happenings | Pop-Up Working Group on Science, Society & Justice | Anthropomorphism | STSS Mixer | Dr. Evelynn Hammonds: “The Long Road to Equity in Research”

[Monika Sengul-Jones via Ssnet_list]

*Apologies for cross-posting! A version of this was also shared on the
Society + Technology at UW listserv.*

Hi everyone,

The birds are singing in the mornings and there's still light in our
blustery gray skies after 5 pm. I don't know about you, but these signs of
the world turning keep me hopeful.

I'm writing to let you know about several upcoming events and opportunities
you can join and share with others in our campus communities.

[Happening Tomorrow] Pop-Up Working Group on Science, Society, and Justice
– Session 2 (Online)

Theme: Collaborating
Tuesday, February 25, 2025 | 9:30 – 10:25 AM (PT) | Online
Hosted by: Tim Brown (Bioethics and Humanities)
Register <https://www.trumba.com/calendar/sea_society?eventid=180456339>

Join us for the second session in the three-part Pop-Up Working Group
series on Science, Society, and Justice, to collaboratively address
questions around funding, language, and more.

In the last session, philosopher and host Tim Brown, assistant professor in
Bioethics and Humanities at the School of Medicine, observed the sense of
urgency among participants concerned with the complex challenges of doing
"science communication," or considering how stories/imaginaries about
science and technology, and scientific research, are told beyond the
disciplines.

How might new, additional, or enriched scientific imaginaries be cultivated
right now? This working group will take up that line of thinking in
relation to the federal changes to grants or funding models regarding
DEI-specific terminology and proposed cuts to NIH indirect costs and the
impact on our faculty, staff, and students.

[Registration Open!] Pop-Up Working Group on Science, Society, and Justice
– Session 3 (Online)

Tuesday, March 11, 2025 | 9:30 – 10:25 AM (PT) | Online | Chatham House Rule
Register
<https://eventactions.com/eareg.aspx?ea=Rsvp&invite=01byzvb56uved3kp3zhdbj22ysma7wrybd75fwe7jehr35m0fe0u>

The third session will focus on Creating, following the collaboration
discussions on Feb. 25. The registration link is now open!

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[One Week Away!] | First Monday STSS Reading Group | March 3, 2025 | The
Dark Sides of Anthropomorphism (Online)

Monday, March 3, 2025 | 10:30 – 11:20 AM (PT) | Online
March Host: Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmad (Computer Science, UW Bothell)
Reading: The Dark Side of AI Anthropomorphism: A Case of Misplaced
Trustworthiness in Service Provisions (Read the paper
<https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/items/685cd4e6-0161-4abd-8bb0-5fe84dec94a0>
)

Our popular reading group on science, technology and society studies (STSS)
is discussing a computing paper about how AI anthropomorphism can lead to
misplaced trust.

About First Monday STSS

Co-facilitated by Monika Sengul-Jones and Leah Ceccarelli, this
participant-led monthly reading group fosters an intellectual community for
faculty, students, and staff across UW’s campuses and the School of
Medicine. We use a rotating host model. Anyone at UW who is STS-curious is
welcome! Learn more

<https://depts.washington.edu/stsst/first-monday>To join the group, email
mmjones at uw.edu for an invitation.

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[Register Now!] | STSS Research Mixer | March 13, 2025 | In-Person

Monday, March 13, 2025 | 3:30 – 5:30 PM (PT) | In-Person
Hosts: Monika Sengul-Jones and Leah Ceccarelli (Director, STSS, Department
of Communication)
Come for the in-person research birds-of-a-feather activity and
announcements, stay for the snacks, no-host happy hour, and intellectual
community. This mixer is for the science, technology, and society studies
faculty, staff, and students across all three campuses.

Learn more and register
<https://eventactions.com/eareg.aspx?ea=Rsvp&invite=gn8a0hmf39jr5rmu8j51x5wmcvbwr5djfx2dc6t74p740x9z8pcg>


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[Register Now!] | Dr. Evelynn Hammonds: “The Long Road to Equity in
Research” | Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall | UW Seattle


Monday, March 17, 2025 | 9:30 AM (PT)

We're pleased to share the good news that the Office of Research is
welcoming Dr. Evelynn Hammonds
<https://histsci.fas.harvard.edu/people/evelynn-hammonds> for a lecture on
the persistent challenges of achieving equity in STEM and higher education.
Dr. Hammonds is Harvard University’s Barbara Gutmann Rosenkrantz Professor
of History of Science, Professor of African and African American Studies &
Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the T. Chan School of Public
Health.

Visit the lecture site & register
<https://www.washington.edu/research/or/diversity-in-research/office-of-research-task-force-equity-in-research/equity-in-research-for-excellence-symposium-2025/>

Share this event widely with colleagues, students, and staff.

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Please do continue to share opportunities with each other. Several of you,
UW S+T affiliates, have cross-posted events and programs using the campus
shared calendar and that's visible on Society + Technology at UW's calendar
<https://depts.washington.edu/societytech/wordpress/calendar/> as well. Be
sure to check it out.

Yours,

Monika Sengul-Jones

on behalf of Society + Technology at UW
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