SAFS welcomes graduates, friends, family and other members of the UW community to the annual UW School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences Graduation Celebration, held on Friday, June 9, as we celebrate the 2022-23 graduates. 

What are aquatic invasive species? How did they get here, are they spreading, and should we be worried?
At the Freshwater Ecology and Conservation Lab booth during the SEAS Open House on 21 May, you will learn about invasive species in our Washington waterways and what you can do to limit their introduction and further spread. If you are brave enough, you can even touch a live invasive red swamp crayfish (pictured above)! 

Join your SAFS Community for a special All Hands Meeting where you can ask all of your burning questions!
Want to know more about the life of a post doc? Interested in the graduate program process? Always wanted to ask a faculty member what their day looks like? Wondering what are some of the important topics impacting our school? Want to know how SAFS is working to be more inclusive? 

We’re pleased to announce that the SAFS Cafe is starting back up for winter quarter 2023!
The SAFS faculty are pleased to host you for hot drinks and treats, and a chance to take a quick break from your day to catch up with colleagues.
When: Mondays at 2:30 – 3:30
Where: FISH second floor kitchen and patio
What should I bring? 

Taking place on Friday 9 December at 2pm, the agenda for the 2022 Alaska Salmon Program Annual Science Symposium has been announced. The event will be held in FSH 102, in the Fishery Sciences Building.

This symposium showcases the research of the UW School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences’ Alaska Salmon Program undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, staff and visiting scientists. 

We are hosting an information session for the NOAA Hollings Scholarship on Wednesday, November 30th at 4:30pm in FSH 207. Freshmen and Sophomores are encouraged to attend. Sophomores already intending to apply for the Hollings this round may benefit from this information session, though we will have a short series of more targeted workshops to help these students with applications starting December 7th. 

The School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences and the College of the Environment hosted the annual live preview of the most recent assessment of Eastern Bering Sea (EBS) pollock—the target of one of the world’s largest fisheries.
Providing fishery stakeholders and the public the opportunity to learn about the status of the EBS pollock stock and discuss the science underlying the assessment, you can watch the recording of the event below. 

The 33rd Annual Graduate Student Symposium (GSS) will be held on Friday, November 18th, 2022, from 9am to 5pm in FSH 107, with a poster session and reception beginning at 5pm in the FSH lobby. This event is a wonderful opportunity for SAFS graduate students to share their current, past, or proposed research and get feedback from other students, faculty, and scientists. 

Starting back up on Thursday 29 September at 4pm, join us in-person for the first of the 2022 Autumn Seminar Series, where we take a deep dive with experts into topics of interest in aquatic and fishery sciences.
The first seminar will be delivered by Professor Thomas Quinn on ‘Changing themes in salmon conservation: A 45-year personal perspective’.

With speakers joining us from academia and governmental and non-governmental agencies and organizations, the weekly seminars will be followed by a catered reception from 5-6pm. 

Graduates, friends, family and other members of the UW community are warmly invited to the UW School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences 2022 Graduation Celebration on Friday, June 10, 2022.