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2021 Winter Quantitative Seminar Series
The SAFS Quantitative Seminar is celebrating its 25th Anniversary. Join us for this weekly lunch-time series with varying topics presenting quantitative analysis. This series is free and open to the public. Please register in advance.
Read more2021 Bevan Series on Sustainable Fisheries
The 2021 Bevan Series will be held virtually online and open to the public. This year’s focus is Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. Visit our events page and click the “subscribe” button to have each seminar and join link added to your calendar.
Read moreWe’re Hiring: Diversity Specialist
The University of Washington School of Aquatic & Fishery Sciences is hiring a Diversity Specialist – this temporary position will be 9 months at 50% FTE, including benefits, and will report to the Manager of Student Services & Diversity. The SAFS Diversity Specialist will fill a key role in the School’s ongoing efforts to become an equitable, inclusive, and welcoming academic and professional institution for students, staff, faculty, and colleagues.
Read more2020 Graduate Student Symposium
The 31st Annual Graduate Student Symposium will be held on Thursday, November 12th, 2020, from 9 am to 4:15 pm on Zoom. 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.
Read moreCitizen Scientists Help Count Deep 7 Bottomfish in Hawaii
The Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center is launching a new citizen science project called OceanEYEs and is seeking volunteers to help find Deep 7 bottomfish in underwater videos.
Read moreJacqueline Padilla-Gamiño Recognized by UW Center for Latino Health
The UW Center for Latino Health has recognized 32 UW Latinx faculty for scholarly achievements, including Jacqueline Padilla-Gamiño, assistant professor at the UW School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, who has been honored for the second year in a row. This annual event honors the scholarly achievements of Latina and Latino faculty across the three campuses of the University of Washington.
Read moreAnatomy of a frogfish: New book explores world of fishes with arms and legs
The latest book by Ted Pietsch, UW professor emeritus of aquatic and fishery sciences, explores the lives and habits of these unusual marine shorefishes. “Frogfishes: Biodiversity, Zoogeography, and Behavioral Ecology” was published in March by Johns Hopkins University Press.
Read more2020-21 Scholarships for Current SAFS Majors
The UW School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences (SAFS) is pleased to announce the availability of scholarships for prospective majors in SAFS (includes high school students and transfers applying for Admission to UW in 2020-21).
Application deadline: May 6, 2020
Read moreCoralChange: a project to study and protect threatened coral by global change
The School of Aquatic and Fishery Science together with the University of Barcelona (Spain) are leading CoralChange, a project that will assess for the first time the role of larval reproduction and ecology on the long term dynamics and viability of the threatened coral populations worldwide.
Read moreFish, Film & Fashion
Last year, the UW Alaska Salmon Program partnered with Waterlust, an apparel and media company, to develop a line of salmon-inspired clothing. Waterlust’s clothing line, dubbed “advocated apparel,” aims to bring awareness to aquatic science and conservation-based causes by turning designs found in nature into fashion. The company has previously worked with other institutions and nonprofits to develop prints inspired by sea turtles, whale sharks, and spotted dolphins.
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