UW professor David Barash and his daughter Ilona display their new book, “The Mammal in the Mirror,” which promotes what they call biological literacy.

William Sullivan of the Carnegie Foundation greets a member of the audience after a Jan. 27 lecture in Kane Hall.

Hooshang Afrassiabi was a leader in Seattle’s Iranian community and a friend of the University of Washington. The second annual Afrassiabi Memorial Lecture is set for Feb. 12.

Paul Eggert

Karen Jinneman, a research microbiologist with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, speaks to students during a Career Connections meeting. The Monday meeting was designed to help students get started in the job market.

Artist Alexis Rockman, described as provocative, talented and “nuts,” will be on the UW campus Friday to speak about the above mural, which hangs in the lobby of the new Fisheries Building.

“Banks in Pink and Blue” by Inigo Manglano-Ovalle combines a variety of media to address the disparate concerns of aesthetics, genetics and ethics in ownership of DNA. The installation in the East Gallery of the Henry Art Gallery combines sperm banks, a liquid nitrogen tank, monitor and video player, framed contracts and abstract DNA portrait photographs. The second of the Henry’s “Future Forward: Projects in New Media” series, it runs through April 16.

Faculty artist Kyung Sun Chee performs Feb. 9 with special guest pianist Laurent Philippe.

Charles Chavkin in his lab , Photo by Gavin Sisk

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