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March 16, 2024

GEN ST 297 | Future-ish | Winter 2024

Wintr 2024 Word Cloud

The Winter 2024 GEN ST 297 seminar students were very interactive this quarter and like to explore topics more deeply than we have done in past quarters.  Hot topics were AI, ChapGPT, and biomimicry. Seminar Scenarios The Winter 2024 seminar students chose to look at the nexus of research & technology with a special focus…


December 11, 2023

GEN ST 297 | Future-ish | Autumn 2023

The Autumn 2023 GEN ST 297 seminar students were both engaged and exploratory this quarter with multiple instances in which extra research was done around the assignments and weekly headline challenges. Hot topics were AI, the arts, and 3D printing. Seminar Scenarios The Autumn 2023 seminar students chose to look at the nexus of AI…


August 18, 2023

GEN ST 297 | Future-ish | Summer 2023

Summer 2023 Wordcloud

The Summer 2023 GEN ST 297 seminar students were once again super engaged and ready to bring creative ideas into discussions. Summer is often a challenging quarter to stay focused and motivated given all the distractions but the seminar students were all-in on seminar discussion sessions.  Hot topics were once again Chat GPT, virtual and…


March 10, 2023

GEN ST 297 | Future-ish | Winter 2023

Winter 2023 Wordcloud

The Winter 2023 GEN ST 297 seminar students were incredibly engaged and creative. This was considered the ‘we are fully back from COVID’ quarter and I think the benefits of in-person learning and being able to interact and discuss topics with fellow students was clearly demonstrated in this cohort. Hot topics were Chat GPT, virtual…


March 29, 2022

GEN ST 297 | Future-ish | Winter 2022

Winter 2022 Word Cloud

The Winter 2022 GEN ST 297 Future-ish seminar group was the largest yet since the seminar was restarted. Robotic fish seemed to be a frequent topic, along with COVID, plastics, 3D printing, and new horizons for space travel. Seminar Scenarios The Winter 2022 seminar students chose to look at the nexus of space travel and…


December 29, 2021

GEN ST 297 | Future-ish | Autumn 2021

Autumn 2021 Word Cloud

The Autumn 2021 GEN ST 297 Future-ish seminar group was, once again, in person and the larges number of students since the seminar was restarted with over 15 participants. The quarter focused on the post-COVID and there was a strong connection to agricultural systems, including produce agriculture but other managed food commodities like fisheries. Seminar…


September 30, 2021

GEN ST 297 | Future-ish | Summer 2021

Summer 2021 Word Cloud

The Summer 2021 GEN ST 297 Future-ish seminar group was very engaged and dynamic. Fashion, the intersection of neuroscience and AI, and COVID were frequent subjects in discussions. This particular group had many students from psychology which provided an interesting perspective during the class discussions and exercises. Seminar Scenarios The Summer 2021 seminar students chose…


August 20, 2021

GEN ST 297 Freshman Seminar | Future-ish

Students at UW

In the not-so-distant future, we will learn calculus in kindergarten, design our own clothes and cars on handhelds, and enthusiastically keep our culture and traditions alive whether we are on Earth, the moon, or Mars I lead a quarterly, discussion-oriented undergraduate seminar through First Year Programs that gives students the opportunity to explore future studies…


August 19, 2021

GEN ST 297 | Future-ish | Spring 2021

Spring 2021 Word Cloud

The Spring 2021 GEN ST 297 Future-ish seminar group was quite interesting. AI seemed to be a topic of interest that spanned the whole seminar, particularly with how it intersected with higher education. This was not surprising given that we are still in virtual mode during the COVID-19 mitigation period, but the directions this interest…


October 31, 2018

My Dawg Life | Provost Richard’s First Lecture

Packed house for Provost Richards’ first lecture on campus. It was great to have a Provost address that wasn’t about admin/budget stuff for once. Even better that his area of expertise happens to be on what caused the mass extinction of dinosaurs. Even MORE better that it had some pretty humorous moments throughout 😉 Welcome Provost…


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